Join the Charleston Library Society and the Sophia Institute in experiencing one woman’s death-defying, life-affirming journey on the open ocean. Local author Heather Lyn Mann will share personal stories from Ocean of Insight: A Sailor’s Voyage from Despair to Hope. This event is free and open to the public. To RSVP, call 843-723-9912 or email dreutter@charlestonlibrarysociety.org “Irma’s eye […]

Wide Angle Lunch is a thought-provoking lunch hour in the peaceful surroundings of the Charleston Library Society while you fulfill your appetite in every way. Femi Oyediran & Miles White ~ Wine As We See It No matter where in the world you are, wine has a magical, mystical power to bring people together. Whether it’s […]

Join us as we welcome Johnna Neuman in conversation as she discusses her most recent book Gilded Suffragists: The New York Socialites Who Fought for Women’s Right To Vote. To RSVP, call 843-723-9912 or email dreutter@charlestonlibrarysociety.org. Gilded Suffragists: The New York Socialites Who Fought for Women’s Right To Vote, tells the fascinating story of more than two hundred New […]

CLS Book Club is back! This time we will discuss Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder by Caroline Fraser. Please RSVP to this free event. To RSVP, call 843-723-9912 or email dreutter@charlestonlibrarysociety.org The first comprehensive historical biography of Laura Ingalls Wilder, the beloved author of the Little House on the Prairie books Millions of readers of Little House […]

NY Times Bestselling author Jon Meacham will visit The Charleston Library Society to discuss his latest book, The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels with former Time, Inc. Editor in Chief, John Huey. In this timely look at tumultuous periods when Presidents and ordinary citizens came together to defeat the forces of fear and […]

NY Times Bestselling author Dorothea Benton Frank dishes the latest Lowcountry dirt on her newest novel, By Invitation Only, at the Charleston Library Society, and despite the title, this ticketed event is open to the public! By Invitation Only tells the tale of two families from two very different worlds: the affluence of a Chicago high society […]

Join us as we host USC First Lady and author Patricia Moore-Pastides to discuss her new book, At Home in the Heart of the Horseshoe: Life in the University of South Carolina’s President’s House At Home in the Heart of the Horseshoe is the first book to feature the workings of the President’s House and gardens. A pictorial tour […]

Join the Library Society in welcoming Frank Blair as he speaks about his recent book, The Schooner Maggie B, telling the story of his true Southern Ocean circumnavigation, around the great capes, filling the imagination of every serious, as well as armchair, sailor. To RSVP, call 843-723-9912 or email dreutter@charlestonlibrarysociety.org In 2005, Frank Blair built a 63-foot wooden […]

A Special Fundraiser for the Jenkins Institute: Jazz for Jenkins with Tuffus Zimbabwe, Mayor John Tecklenburg, and Quentin Baxter Thursday, June 7th ~ 7:00 PM Join Saturday Night Live pianist Tuffus Zimbabwe, Mayor John Tecklenburg, and Quentin Baxter for an evening rich in the jazz roots of the Lowcountry. Zimbabwe, the great-grandson of the Rev. Daniel Joseph Jenkins, […]

Camp 1: King Street Camp Monday, June 11th – Friday, June 15th 8:45am-9am (drop-off) – 9-12:30pm (camp) Ages: 6-9 y/o (Grades 1-3) Snack provided daily $120 members, $150 nonmembers To enroll, call 843-723-9912 or click here. If enrolling online, please call the Library Society to answer follow up questions. Charleston Library Society staff will creatively use books, […]

Join us for our first ever Young & Adult Book Club featuring The Secret Garden. This event is open to literary lovers of all ages, but encouraged to be enjoyed by young and old alike, together. Parents and grandparents are invited to rediscover The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett with their young adults this month, then come together at CLS to […]

Camp 2: Broad Street Camp July 23rd – July 27th 8:45am-9am (drop-off) – 9-12:30pm (camp) Ages: 9-12 y/o (Grades 4-6) Snack provided daily $120 members, $150 nonmembers To enroll, call 843-723-9912 or click here. If enrolling online, call the Library Society afterwards to answer follow-up questions. Charleston Library Society staff will creatively use books, crafts, and activities […]

Charleston Library Society hosts Jason Heller for a night of funkadelic music and literary discussion about his new book Strange Stars unlike anything seen before in the Lowcountry. Come for the music, stay for the stories and the Strange Stars cocktail. For tickets, call 843-723-9912 or click here. $5 members/$10 nonmembers Spearheaded by Hugo Award winning author and music journalist Jason Heller […]

In this gripping literary thriller, Shadow of the Lions, Christopher Swann will take you deep into the dark heart of privilege, secrets, and lies at an elite boys’ boarding school in Virginia. Atmospheric and full of twists, this accomplished debut explores the nature of friendship, betrayal, and whether it is possible—ever—to escape the past. Swann, an alumnus […]

It has been a hot and rainy summer and we are all eager for some live chamber music. So the Library Society has the solution. Join Charleston Symphony Orchestra musicians for an evening of intimate chamber music by Brahms and Mozart. Yuriy Bekker and Jan-Marie Joyce will first perform Mozarts Duo for violin and viola. […]