Charleston Literary Festival presents Tim Bouverie at CLS

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

With his new title Perfect Pitch, Tim Bouverie is back at CLS - only this time in conversation with Edward Hart! Together they will help us navigate the vast and varied […]

Music at the Library: HALO with Alyson Cambridge

HALO (Holy City Arts & Lyric Opera) is thrilled to collaborate with the Charleston Library Society to present award-winning artist, Alyson Cambridge, in a one-night only performance: LEADING LADY: Heroines […]

Saturday Story Time In The Rabbit Hole – Baking

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, click here. Please join us for our beloved Story […]

Free

November New Members’ Mingle

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

Please join us for our New Member's Mingle! Every second Monday of the month, we host our newest members of the CLS family. The evening will include an orientation of the library and informational tour with Q & A about your membership benefits. RSVP required to attend.

Free

Story Time In The Rabbit Hole – Giving Thanks

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, click here. Please join us for our beloved Story Time in the Rabbit Hole! During this hour long, kid-friendly program, children and their parents/caregivers can join Joyce, our Children's Librarian, in the Rabbit Hole […]

Free

Lite Lunch with Clay Rice, Treasured Silhouette Artist

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

Join the Library Society as we host our very own local and internationally acclaimed, multi-award winning silhouette artist and children's author, Clay Rice! Cutting into the history of the artform of silhouetting, the presence of silhouetting in Charleston, the Lowcountry through the Rice family, and the future of the silhouetting artform, Rice will illustrate his […]

Silhouettes in the Stacks with Clay Rice

Silhouetting in the Stacks will take place at 2:00pm - 4:45pm on November 16th, following Clay Rice's Lite Lunch presentation at 12pm on the same afternoon. Children, families, and silhouetting fans of all ages are welcome to use this SIGN UP LINK to reserve your time to get a personalized silhouette by Clay Rice himself. Taking home […]

Story Time In The Rabbit Hole – Giving Thanks

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, click here. Please join us for our beloved Story Time in the Rabbit Hole! During this hour long, kid-friendly program, children and their parents/caregivers can join Joyce, our Children's Librarian, in the Rabbit Hole […]

Free

“Shy”: Inside a Musical Theatre Dynasty with Adam Guettel – son of Broadway Royalty, Mary Rogers

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

"Both a joyful chronicle of a life well lived and a box-seat view on some of the best, brightest, and most idiosyncratic creative minds of the 20th century." —Leah Greenblatt, Entertainment Weekly Join the Charleston Library Society to welcome the Tony award-winning composer and lyricist from one of the most prolific musical theatre dynasties of […]

“The Grimkes: The Legacy of Slavery in an American Family” by Kerri K. Greenidge

The Library Society and Buxton Books are thrilled to host Kerri K. Greenidge, Tufts University professor and author of The Grimkes: The Legacy of Slavery in an American Family. Come join us on November 18th at 6pm here at CLS for this contemporary perspective of a prominent South Carolinian family, the Grimkes, and a historical narrative […]

Saturday Story Time In The Rabbit Hole – Thanksgiving and Family

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, click here. Please join us for our beloved Story Time in the Rabbit Hole! During this hour long, kid-friendly program, children and their parents/caregivers can join Kenna, who led our CAMPS in the STACKS […]

Free

Revealing the True Legal System of Jim Crow // Buxton Books + CLS present Margaret Burnham

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

Please come join Buxton Books and CLS as we invite in Margaret Burnham, civil rights lawyer, to discuss with us her new book By Hands Now Known. Tickets are $10 for CLS members and $15 for guests. Free for students by calling the number listed below and showing a valid ID at check in. To […]

Story Time In The Rabbit Hole – Loud and Quiet

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, click here. Please join us for our beloved Story Time in the Rabbit Hole! During this hour long, kid-friendly program, children and their parents/caregivers can join Joyce, our Children's Librarian, in the Rabbit Hole […]

Free

Story Time In The Rabbit Hole – All Kinds of Pets

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, click here. Please join us for our beloved Story Time in the Rabbit Hole! During this hour long, kid-friendly program, children and their parents/caregivers can join Joyce, our Children's Librarian, in the Rabbit Hole […]

Free

Uncovering “Broad Street and Beyond” – A Journey Through Charleston History with Peg Eastman

Join the Library Society in celebrating the most recent publication of a devoted longtime member, Margaret (Peg) Middleton Rivers Eastman, and her co-author, Robert P. Stockton – Broad Street and Beyond: Charleston’s Historic Nexus of Power. These incredible authors and historians are prominent examples of how love of place can be expressed through the written word. […]

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