Book Tour Exclusive // Hampton Sides ~ “The Wide Wide Sea”

Charleston Library Society 164 King Street, Charleston, SC, United States

The Library Society is honored to welcome back renowned American historian, author, and journalist Hampton Sides for a book tour exclusive on his most recent historical narrative The Wide Wide Sea. Best-known for his gripping non-fiction adventure stories set in war or depicting epic expeditions of discovery and exploration, Sides is the author of the […]

Workshop // Introduction to Bookbinding: Folding, Sewing, Casing, and Covering

Charleston Library Society 164 King Street, Charleston, SC, United States

Join our resident bookbinder and conservator, James Davis, to learn the art of hand bookbinding and take home with your very own journal. Starting with paper, board, and thread, students will be instructed on the techniques and practices of constructing a well-made blank book from scratch. Each journal will feature hand stitching and decorative marbled […]

Saturday Story Time In The Rabbit Hole – Mother’s Day

Charleston Library Society 164 King Street, Charleston, SC, United States

Due to the high enthusiasm surrounding Story Time, we will be offering this to members only. To join the Library Society, please click here. Join us for our beloved Story Time in the Rabbit Hole! During this hour long, kid-friendly program, children and their parents/caregivers will join Kenna, our incredible Camps in the Stacks leader. She […]

Free

May New Member’s Mingle

Please join us for our New Members Mingle! Every second Monday of the month, we host our newest members of the CLS family with a fun and informative tour of the facility, including key information on utilizing Library resources, an exploration of some of the treasures from the CLS archives, a visit to the Igoe […]

Free

Story Time In The Rabbit Hole – Color

Charleston Library Society 164 King Street, Charleston, SC, United States

Due to the high enthusiasm surrounding Story Time, we will be offering this to members only. To join the Library Society, please click here. Join us for our beloved Story Time in the Rabbit Hole! During this hour long, kid-friendly program, children and their parents/caregivers will join Melissa, our Children's Library Coordinator. She will be reading […]

Free

Lite Lunch // Dana Mattioli ~ The Everything War

Charleston Library Society 164 King Street, Charleston, SC, United States

From veteran Amazon reporter for The Wall Street Journal, The Everything War is the first untold, devastating exposé of Amazon's endless strategic greed, from destroying Main Street to remaking corporate power, in pursuit of total domination, by any means necessary. Dana Mattioli has been a reporter for The Wall Street Journal since 2006, has written investigative pieces […]

Story Time In The Rabbit Hole – Color

Charleston Library Society 164 King Street, Charleston, SC, United States

Due to the high enthusiasm surrounding Story Time, we will be offering this to members only. To join the Library Society, please click here. Join us for our beloved Story Time in the Rabbit Hole! During this hour long, kid-friendly program, children and their parents/caregivers will join Melissa, our Children's Library Coordinator. She will be reading […]

Free

The Curious Story of an Ancient Craft: Globemaking

Charleston Library Society 164 King Street, Charleston, SC, United States

Peter Bellerby is the founder of Bellerby & Co. Globemakers, the world's only truly bespoke maker of globes. His team of skilled craftspeople make exquisite terrestrial, celestial, and planetary globes for customers around the world. The story began after his attempt to find a special globe for his father's 80th birthday - failing to find […]

Saturday Story Time In The Rabbit Hole – Fruits and Veggies

Charleston Library Society 164 King Street, Charleston, SC, United States

Due to the high enthusiasm surrounding Story Time, we will be offering this to members only. To join the Library Society, please click here. Join us for our beloved Story Time in the Rabbit Hole! During this hour long, kid-friendly program, children and their parents/caregivers will join Kenna, our incredible Camps in the Stacks leader. She […]

Free

Story Time In The Rabbit Hole – Whales

Charleston Library Society 164 King Street, Charleston, SC, United States

Due to the high enthusiasm surrounding Story Time, we will be offering this to members only. To join the Library Society, please click here. Join us for our beloved Story Time in the Rabbit Hole! During this hour long, kid-friendly program, children and their parents/caregivers will join Melissa, our Children's Library Coordinator. She will be reading […]

Free

The Cold War: Modernist Architecture as Diplomacy

Charleston Library Society 164 King Street, Charleston, SC, United States

Please join the Charleston Library Society in welcoming Author David B. Peterson, Executive Director of the Onera Foundation, a private foundation dedicated to supporting historic preservation in the United States. Peterson will discuss his new book US Embassies of the Cold War: the Architecture of Democracy, Diplomacy and Defense. The lecture will dive into the […]

CLS Book Club // “North Woods” by Daniel Mason

Charleston Library Society 164 King Street, Charleston, SC, United States

CLS Book Club is FREE, in-person, and open to the public—whether you’ve finished the book, are thinking about starting it, or couldn’t make it past the halfway point. All that is required is an RSVP via the form below. Please note the author will not be in attendance.  About the Program: Offered a few times […]

Free

Story Time In The Rabbit Hole – Whales

Charleston Library Society 164 King Street, Charleston, SC, United States

Due to the high enthusiasm surrounding Story Time, we will be offering this to members only. To join the Library Society, please click here. Join us for our beloved Story Time in the Rabbit Hole! During this hour long, kid-friendly program, children and their parents/caregivers will join Melissa, our Children's Library Coordinator. She will be reading […]

Free

Saturday Story Time In The Rabbit Hole – Beach

Charleston Library Society 164 King Street, Charleston, SC, United States

Due to the high enthusiasm surrounding Story Time, we will be offering this to members only. To join the Library Society, please click here. Join us for our beloved Story Time in the Rabbit Hole! During this hour long, kid-friendly program, children and their parents/caregivers will join Kenna, our incredible Camps in the Stacks leader. She […]

Free

Story Time In The Rabbit Hole – Silly Stories

Charleston Library Society 164 King Street, Charleston, SC, United States

Due to the high enthusiasm surrounding Story Time, we will be offering this to members only. To join the Library Society, please click here. Join us for our beloved Story Time in the Rabbit Hole! During this hour long, kid-friendly program, children and their parents/caregivers will join Melissa, our Children's Library Coordinator. She will be reading […]

Free