CLS Book Club: The Line Becomes a River

The CLS Book Club is back with the first Fall selection, The Line Becomes A River by Francisco Cantu. All are welcome to this meeting — whether you just started the book, […]

Speaker Series: Adam Parker

Join Adam Parker and Cleveland Sellers, Jr. for the launch of Parker’s biography on Sellers, Outside Agitator. Additional guests will discuss the history of the freedom movement, the seminal 1968 Orangeburg Massacre, […]

Music at the Library: Bernstein’s Birthday Celebration

BERNSTEIN’S BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION Fri, 19 Oct | 7PM $25 specialty price – To purchase tickets, call 843-723-9912 or click here In partnership with Duke University, we invite you to celebrate the […]

Book Launch and High Tea with Carolyne Roehm

Come celebrate the launch of Carolyne Roehm’s newest book, Design & Style: A Constant Thread with an elegant High Tea, Charleston style. Featuring a brief discussion of her book, Carolyne and her guests will […]

Wide Angle Lunch: Steve Stegelin

SKETCHY POLITICS: THE LIFE OF AN EDITORIAL CARTOONIST IN THE TRUMP ERA As editorial cartoonist at the local alt.weekly Charleston City Paper, Steve Stegelin has spent the past 14+ years skewering […]

Irish Georgian Society Presents: James P. MacGuire

The Irish Georgian Society and the Charleston Library Society presents James P. MacGuire, Author of Real Lace Revisited: Inside the Hidden World of America’s Irish Aristocracy. To RSVP to this event, call […]

Music at the Library: Halloween Harmony with the Charlestones

HALLOWEEN HARMONY WITH THE CHARLESTONES Tues, 30 Oct | 7PM $20 members, $30 guests, Kids are FREE. To purchase tickets, call 843-723-9912 or click here. The Charlestones, a Charleston-based a capella group, will […]

Music at the Library: V&K Plus

V&K PLUS Tues, 6 Nov | 7PM $20 members, $30 guests. To purchase tickets, call 843-723-9912 or click here. Library Society favorites, Volodymyr Vynnytsky and Natalia Khoma return this season with an […]

Charleston to Charleston Literary Festival

Welcome to the Charleston to Charleston Literary Festival, a partnership between the Charleston Library Society in historic Charleston, South Carolina, and the celebrated Charleston Farmhouse in Sussex, England. These two […]

Life-Long Learning: iPhone Photography with Lisa Field

Local photographer, Lisa Field, currently known for her captivating landscape images on Instagram (@lfphotos), will be here to show us how to create beautiful photographs using just our iPhones.  Learn […]

Music at the Library: A Special Evening with Joel Fan

A SPECIAL EVENING WITH JOEL FAN- Part of Yo-Yo Ma’s Silk Road Odyssey $35 members, $45 guests. To purchase tickets, call 843-723-9912 or click here.  Experience the exhilarating art of American pianist […]

Family Movie Night: Miracle on 34th Street

Be part of our holiday season kick-off! We will be screening the 1947 holiday classic, Miracle on 34th Street and light our annual Christmas “Book Tree” in the Main Reading Room. All […]