Crafternoon- Fresh Floral Embroidery

April showers bring May flower embroidery samplers!  Learn a few new embroidery stitches with this floral-focused class.  These stitches will brighten up any botanical project.  You don’t need to be […]

Speaker Series: David Stewart

Best-selling writer, David O. Stewart, will discuss his book, The Summer of 1787: The Men Who Invented the Constitution, the story of delegates closeted through a sultry summer to create a government charter that embodied the best of Americas dreams, and the worst of Americas realities. The Constitution will come alive in this lecture, and […]

Coffee with an Author: Ruth Miller & Alec Cooley

Local authors, Ruth Miller & Alec Cooley, discusses their walking tour guidebook to African-American history in Charleston, Slavery to Civil Rights: A Walking Tour of African-American Charleston in this new event format. The book details individuals and events that have shaped African-American history in Charleston from the 1600’s to the present. Attendees with enjoy coffee & donuts […]

Speaker Series: Kate Quinn & Laura Kamoie

Authors Kate Quinn & Laura Kamoie discuss their book, Ribbons of Scarlet: A Novel of the French Revolutions Women.Describing women who stood up for themselves, Ribbons of Scarlet illuminates the hopes, desires, and destinies of princesses, peasant, harlots, wives, and philosophers during the tumultuous events of the French Revolution. While the novel takes place over […]

Speaker Series: Dr. Andrew Jackson O’Shaughnessey

Dr. Andrew Jackson O’Shaughnessy VP of the Thomas Jefferson Foundation, Saunders Director of International Center for Jefferson Studies, and Professor at the University of Virginia will be in town for the American Revolution Symposium and treats us to a lecture about his book, The Men Who Lost America: British Leadership, the American Revolution, and the […]

CLS Book Club: The Furious Hours & To Kill a Mockingbird

CLS Book Club: The Furious Hours & To Kill A Mockingbird CLS Book Club features two books this upcoming session; Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee by Casey Cep and To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee. This duo reconnects a modern classic with the mysterious pursuit of its enigmatic author. This Book Club […]

Coffee with An Author: Carol Bass

Unfortunately, Coffee with an Author featuring Carol Bass has had to be cancelled. Local author & poet, Carol Bass discusses her book, Ripple Effect. The book of art and poetry is a plea to S.C. not to squander and sell its rivers but to protect and respect its natural resources. Attendees will enjoy coffee & donuts as they listen […]

Music at the Library: Laura Ball & Friends

Music at the Library: Laura Ball & Friends It seems like only Yesterday…Beatles and Bach returns for an evening of British Rock and Baroque hits Laura Ball & friends! Don’t miss this special homecoming chamber concert with your favorite UNED!TED Rock and Bach Stars. Tickets for this concert are $25 for members & $35 for […]

A Pre-Publication Book Launch with Karen White

Charleston Library Society and Buxton Books host best-selling author Karen White for the launch of her newest novel The Christmas Spirits on Tradd Street. This pre-publication book launch will take place two days before the book’s official publication date, so all who attend will get to experience the magic of White’s discussion while getting exclusive access […]

Speaker Series: Lary Bloom

Sol LeWitt, one of the most influential artists of the 20th century, upended traditional practices of how art is made and marketed. A key figure in minimalism and conceptualism, he proclaimed that the work of the mind is much more important than that of the hand. Lary Blooms biography, Sol LeWitt: A Life of Ideas is an […]