CLS Book Club // Burning the Books

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

Join us, as we have invited Dr. Elisa Jones, Assistant Professor of the College of Charleston, to lead our Book Club conversation of Richard Ovenden’s, Burning the Books: A History of the Deliberate Destruction of Knowledge. Given Dr. Jones' class, Information Revolutions: The Radical History of Reading and Knowledge, which mirrors Ovenden's message in his pages - we […]

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Story Time In The Rabbit Hole – Monsters

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 […]

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Lite Lunch with Media Mogul, Zibby Owens

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

Come join us for lunch on Friday, October 21st at 12pm as we celebrate Zibby Owens, author, podcaster, publisher, CEO, and mother of four! At this Lite Lunch, Owens will share with us her experience of her entrepreneur path - her perseverance, talent, and trust that consumers of her creative end product will engage in the conversation, respectfully. She will reveal […]

Saturday Story Time In The Rabbit Hole – Magical Creatures

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 […]

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Story Time In The Rabbit Hole – Spooky 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, 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 […]

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“Dangerous Ground: Squatters, Statesmen, and the Antebellum Rupture of American Democracy”

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

Come join historian, Dr. John Suval as he reveals how white squatters in the American West transformed from remote frontier scourges to central actors in the crisis engulfing the United States in the lead-up to the Civil War. In his new book, Dangerous Ground: Squatters, Statesmen, and the Antebellum Rupture of American Democracy, Suval shares […]

Lite Lunch: Sustainable Packaging for A New Earth with Wes Carter

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

When a handful of pro surfers, brand managers, and packaging experts struck up a conversation about the plastic pollution crisis plaguing our oceans, lakes, and rivers, they ended up on a mission to transform the entire packaging industry. Come join us for a Lite Lunch about A New Earth Project on October 26th, as we […]

Story Time In The Rabbit Hole – Spooky 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, 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

The Moth Founder and Best Selling Author, George Dawes Green, comes to CLS

Join the Charleston Library Society as we host award-winning American novelist and Founder of the storytelling organization, The Moth, George Dawes Green, and celebrate his recent best-seller, The Kingdoms of Savannah. Green's writing style in his new southern gothic, chilling novel, will thrill audiences during the most eerie time of the year. Tickets for this […]

Workshop // Introduction to BookBinding

Join our resident bookbinder and conservator, James Davis, to learn the art of hand bookbinding and walk away 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 – Monsters

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

Story Time In The Rabbit Hole – Scarecrows

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 […]

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Love, Hurricanes, and “The Last First Kiss” with Walter Bennett

The Library Society is excited to host award-winning Southern author Walter Bennett on November 1st to honor the release of his second southern fiction, The Last First Kiss. Celebrating great Southern authors is something the Library Society has always done and this event will be no different. Come enjoy this program with the Alabama Author’s […]

Story Time In The Rabbit Hole – Scarecrows

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

Mission: JOY // Documentary Screening with Producer + Co-Director, Peggy Callahan

Come join us at the Charleston Library Society on November 2nd at 6pm for one remarkably shot film with a remarkably powerful message! Peggy Callahan, Producer & Co-Director, will be here to share the story behind Mission: JOY - Finding Happiness in Troubled Times and all the inner goodness that spun out of these 90 mins on screen. The boldness of this title is not an overstatement. […]