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SUMMARY:Book Tour Exclusive: Daniel Silva
DESCRIPTION:Join us in welcoming the New York Times–bestselling author Daniel Silva on the heels of the publication of his newest book\, The Collector. Fit with conspiracies\, luxury\, and the threat of nuclear disaster\, this blockbuster makes for an evening program not to miss! \nMember Tickets: $45 (Book Included!) \nGuest Tickets: $50 (Book Included!) \nThis event is sold out. Please call 843.723.9912 to be added to the waitlist. \nAbout the Book: \nIn this new thriller from #1 New York Times–bestselling author Daniel Silva\, Gabriel Allon undertakes a search for a stolen Vermeer masterpiece and uncovers a conspiracy that could bring the world to the brink of nuclear Armageddon. \nOn the morning after the Venice Preservation Society’s annual black-tie gala\, art restorer and legendary spy Gabriel Allon enters his favorite coffee bar on the island of Murano to find General Cesare Ferrari\, the commander of the Art Squad\, eagerly awaiting his arrival. The Carabinieri have made a startling discovery in the Amalfi villa of a murdered South African shipping tycoon—a secret vault containing an empty frame and stretcher matching the dimensions of the world’s most valuable missing painting. General Ferrari asks Gabriel to quietly track down the artwork before the trail goes cold. \n“Isn’t that your job?” \n“Finding stolen paintings? Technically speaking\, yes. But you’re much better at it than we are.” \nThe painting in question is The Concert by Johannes Vermeer\, one of thirteen works of art stolen from Boston’s Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in 1990. With the help of a most unlikely ally\, a beautiful Danish computer hacker and professional thief\, Gabriel soon discovers that the painting has changed hands as part of an illicit billion-dollar business deal involving a man code-named the Collector\, an energy executive with close ties to the highest levels of Russian power. \nThe missing masterpiece is the lynchpin of a conspiracy that if successful\, could plunge the world into a conflict of apocalyptic proportions. To foil the plot\, Gabriel must carry out a daring heist of his own\, with millions of lives hanging in the balance. \nElegant\, meticulously plotted\, and filled with a cast of unforgettable characters\, The Collector moves swiftly from the graceful canals of Venice to the windswept coast of northern Denmark to CIA headquarters in Langley\, Virginia—and\, finally\, to a heart-pounding climax in Russia as current as tomorrow’s headlines. \nThis extraordinary novel—wildly entertaining\, deeply illuminative\, with flashes of wry humor—demonstrates why Daniel Silva is the unrivaled master of international intrigue and suspense\, and “quite simply the best” (Kansas City Star).
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/book-tour-exclusive-event-daniel-silva/
LOCATION:Charleston Library Society\, 164 King Street\, Charleston\, SC\, 29401\, United States
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SUMMARY:Story Time In The Rabbit Hole - Magic
DESCRIPTION:Due to the high enthusiasm surrounding Story Time\, we will be offering this to members only. To join the Library Society\, please click here. \nJoin us for our beloved Story Time in the Rabbit Hole! During this hour long\, kid-friendly program\, children and their parents/caregivers will join Kenna\, our incredible Camps in the Stacks leader. She will be reading in the Rabbit Hole and making an on-theme craft to bring home. \nFor this Story Time\, Kenna will read The Magic Rabbit By Annette LeBlanc and the craft will be a rabbit in a hat puppet! \nStory Time will repeat every Tuesday and Wednesday at 3:30 pm–we hope to see you there! \nTo RSVP to this free event\, please fill out the form below.
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/story-time/
LOCATION:Charleston Library Society\, 164 King Street\, Charleston\, SC\, 29401\, United States
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SUMMARY:CLS Book Club: Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng
DESCRIPTION:An old story made new\, Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng explores the power—and limitations— of art to create meaningful and lasting change. \nJoin us on Wednesday\, August 2\, at 10:30AM for a lively Book Club discussion on this exciting novel. We’ll unpack some of the story’s core themes\, including the lessons and legacies we pass on to our children\, and how any of us can survive a broken world with our hearts intact. \nCLS Book Club is FREE\, in-person\, open to the public—whether you’ve finished the book\, are thinking about starting it\, or couldn’t make it past the half-way point. All that is required is an RSVP via the form below.  \nFor a copy of the book\, check out our catalog here\, or shop local at Buxton Books. \nAbout CLS Book Club\nThe CLS Book Club has become a space for conversations about wide ranging topics\, but such a book\, so directly connected to a library’s mission\, has never been chosen. We hope that this book will provide an opportunity to discuss banned books\, freedom of speech\, educational access\, historical importance of librarianship\, and the power that libraries hold in the 21st Century and beyond.
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/cls-book-club-our-missing-hearts-by-celeste-ng/
LOCATION:Charleston Library Society\, 164 King Street\, Charleston\, SC\, 29401\, United States
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SUMMARY:Story Time In The Rabbit Hole - Magic
DESCRIPTION:Due to the high enthusiasm surrounding Story Time\, we will be offering this to members only. To join the Library Society\, please click here. \nJoin us for our beloved Story Time in the Rabbit Hole! During this hour long\, kid-friendly program\, children and their parents/caregivers will join Kenna\, our incredible Camps in the Stacks leader. She will be reading in the Rabbit Hole and making an on-theme craft to bring home. \nFor this Story Time\, Kenna will read The Magic Rabbit By Annette LeBlanc and the craft will be a rabbit in a hat puppet! \nStory Time will repeat every Tuesday and Wednesday at 3:30 pm–we hope to see you there! \nTo RSVP to this free event\, please fill out the form below.
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/story-time-2/
LOCATION:Charleston Library Society\, 164 King Street\, Charleston\, SC\, 29401\, United States
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SUMMARY:CAMP In The STACKS: Interstellar Explorers
DESCRIPTION:AUGUST 7th – AUGUST 11th \nDuring this week\, campers will focus on space and galaxies for an adventure that will surely be out of this world! \n\n\n\n $200 for Members // $225 for Non Members // $25 additional for the Lunch Bunch option \nTo reserve your camper’s spot\, please CLICK HERE. \nCAMP in the STACKS details: \n\n\n\nAges 5-8 years old are invited to attend.\nMonday – Friday\, from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm. Drop-off and pick-up will be outside in front of our marble staircase. Here\, your children will be met by a CLS member who will escort your child into the Rabbit Hole to meet Kenna\, our wonderful teacher. If your child would prefer to be walked in by you\, there are a few “loading” parking spots available across the street that don’t require payment. Otherwise\, there are several parking meter spots on King. Pickup will be at 12:00 pm for Standard Campers and 1:00 pm for our Lunch Bunch Campers.\nWe are offering a “Lunch Bunch” hour option from 12:00-1:00 pm at the end of camp for an additional $25. CLS will not be providing lunch. If you’re choosing this addition\, please send your child’s lunch for a picnic outside in our beautiful garden\, weather permitting!  We have a refrigerator\, if needed. During this additional hour\, our campers will have an opportunity to listen to an audible book and/or have time for Choice Play in the designated stations of the Rabbit Hole once they’re finished with their lunch.\nEach day’s agenda will tentatively look like this: Begin with circle time\, followed by stories and two crafts. Our campers will be able to enjoy choice play with the toys and games available in the Rabbit Hole if they have free time.
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/camp-in-the-stacks-interstellar-explorers/
LOCATION:Charleston Library Society\, 164 King Street\, Charleston\, SC\, 29401\, United States
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SUMMARY:Story Time In The Rabbit Hole - Pirates
DESCRIPTION:Due to the high enthusiasm surrounding Story Time\, we will be offering this to members only. To join the Library Society\, please click here. \nJoin us for our beloved Story Time in the Rabbit Hole! During this hour long\, kid-friendly program\, children and their parents/caregivers will join Kenna\, our incredible Camps in the Stacks leader. She will be reading in the Rabbit Hole and making an on-theme craft to bring home. \nFor this Story Time\, Kenna will read How I Became a Pirate By Melinda Long and the craft will be a treasure chest! \nStory Time will repeat every Tuesday and Wednesday at 3:30 pm–we hope to see you there! \nTo RSVP to this free event\, please fill out the form below.
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/story-time-in-the-rabbit-hole-pirates/
LOCATION:Charleston Library Society\, 164 King Street\, Charleston\, SC\, 29401\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230814T170000
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SUMMARY:August New Members Mingle
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for our New Members Mingle! Every second Monday of the month\, we look forward to hosting our newest members of the CLS family. Starting our night off with a complimentary glass of wine\, the evening will include an orientation of the Library and informational tour with Q & A about your membership benefits. \nPlease RSVP with the form below. We look forward to seeing you!
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/august-new-members-mingle-2/
LOCATION:Charleston Library Society\, 164 King Street\, Charleston\, SC\, 29401\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230815T153000
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SUMMARY:Story Time In The Rabbit Hole - Caterpillars and Butterflies
DESCRIPTION:Due to the high enthusiasm surrounding Story Time\, we will be offering this to members only. To join the Library Society\, please click here. \nJoin us for our beloved Story Time in the Rabbit Hole! During this hour long\, kid-friendly program\, children and their parents/caregivers will join Kenna\, our incredible Camps in the Stacks leader. She will be reading in the Rabbit Hole and making an on-theme craft to bring home. \nFor this Story Time\, Kenna will read Gotta Go! Gotta Go! by Sam Swope and Sue Riddle and the craft will be a caterpillar! \nStory Time will repeat every Tuesday and Wednesday at 3:30 pm and Saturday at 10:00 am–we hope to see you there! \nTo RSVP to this free event\, please fill out the form below.
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/story-time-in-the-rabbit-hole-caterpillars-and-butterflies/
LOCATION:Charleston Library Society\, 164 King Street\, Charleston\, SC\, 29401\, United States
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SUMMARY:Story Time In The Rabbit Hole - Caterpillars and Butterflies
DESCRIPTION:Due to the high enthusiasm surrounding Story Time\, we will be offering this to members only. To join the Library Society\, please click here. \nJoin us for our beloved Story Time in the Rabbit Hole! During this hour long\, kid-friendly program\, children and their parents/caregivers will join Kenna\, our incredible Camps in the Stacks leader. She will be reading in the Rabbit Hole and making an on-theme craft to bring home. \nFor this Story Time\, Kenna will read Gotta Go! Gotta Go! by Sam Swope and Sue Riddle and the craft will be a caterpillar! \nStory Time will repeat every Tuesday and Wednesday at 3:30 pm and Saturday at 10:00 am–we hope to see you there! \nTo RSVP to this free event\, please fill out the form below.
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/story-time-in-the-rabbit-hole-caterpillars-and-butterflies-2/
LOCATION:Charleston Library Society\, 164 King Street\, Charleston\, SC\, 29401\, United States
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230818T130000
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SUMMARY:Summer Symposium // The Book: A History of Innovation & Impact with Global Expert James Raven
DESCRIPTION:Professor James Raven is a global authority on ‘the Book\,’ with a Capital ‘B.’ From the materials and physical structures of the form\, to how books have influenced people and places at contrasting times in history\, to rare titles and the libraries that house them\, he is an encyclopedic expert on the printed text.  \nDuring this two-day series\, his first time presenting at CLS since 2002\, Professor Raven will bring his formidable experience to bear\, covering both the singular power of the Book as a vehicle for impact\, and the topic as it relates to CLS specifically (he wrote the definitive history of the Library Society).  \nCopies of his titles\, including a new update of his classic bibliophile bible\, The Oxford Illustrated History of the Book\, will also be featured. \nThere are two ticket options for this program: \nEVENING PROGRAM ONLY (Thursday\, August 17)  $30 // Admission to the lecture on Thursday\, 6:00 PM–7:00 PM. \nTWO-DAY SYMPOSIUM (Thursday\, August 17 & Friday\, August 18) – $130 // Admission to Thursday’s lecture\, plus the extended session on Friday\, from 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM\, which will include a boxed lunch. \nAbout the Event: \nPerhaps we think we know what a book is—it has a cover and a spine and it’s usually printed. It might be illustrated and it’s usually read\, although sometimes not all the way through. But over many thousands of years\, books have come in many different material forms and have served many different purposes. \nIn this richly illustrated two-day program\, Professor Raven will take us from the earliest inscribed shells\, stones\, and clay tablets through to the modern digital age. This global journey invites comparisons between materials such as papyrus\, bamboo\, and plant leaves\, and explores different ways of creating texts by writing\, painting\, imprinting\, and digitizing.
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/lifelong-learning-symposium-the-history-of-the-book-with-professor-james-raven/
LOCATION:Charleston Library Society\, 164 King Street\, Charleston\, SC\, 29401\, United States
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SUMMARY:Story Time In The Rabbit Hole - Big Cats
DESCRIPTION:Due to the high enthusiasm surrounding Story Time\, we will be offering this to members only. To join the Library Society\, please click here. \nJoin us for our beloved Story Time in the Rabbit Hole! During this hour long\, kid-friendly program\, children and their parents/caregivers will join Kenna\, our incredible Camps in the Stacks leader. She will be reading in the Rabbit Hole and making an on-theme craft to bring home. \nFor this Story Time\, Kenna will read Mr. Tiger Goes Wild by Peter Brown and the craft will be a tiger pouch! \nStory Time will repeat every Tuesday and Wednesday at 3:30 pm and Saturday at 10:00 am–we hope to see you there! \nTo RSVP to this free event\, please fill out the form below.
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/story-time-in-the-rabbit-hole-big-cats/
LOCATION:Charleston Library Society\, 164 King Street\, Charleston\, SC\, 29401\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230823T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230823T163000
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SUMMARY:Story Time In The Rabbit Hole - Big Cats
DESCRIPTION:Due to the high enthusiasm surrounding Story Time\, we will be offering this to members only. To join the Library Society\, please click here. \nJoin us for our beloved Story Time in the Rabbit Hole! During this hour long\, kid-friendly program\, children and their parents/caregivers will join Kenna\, our incredible Camps in the Stacks leader. She will be reading in the Rabbit Hole and making an on-theme craft to bring home. \nFor this Story Time\, Kenna will read Mr. Tiger Goes Wild by Peter Brown and the craft will be a tiger pouch! \nStory Time will repeat every Tuesday and Wednesday at 3:30 pm and Saturday at 10:00 am–we hope to see you there! \nTo RSVP to this free event\, please fill out the form below.
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/story-time-in-the-rabbit-hole-big-cats-2/
LOCATION:Charleston Library Society\, 164 King Street\, Charleston\, SC\, 29401\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230824T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230824T190000
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SUMMARY:Book Tour Exclusive: Patti McCracken's Arsenic-laced True Crime Tale
DESCRIPTION:​Arsenic\, a midwife\, and modern history’s most astonishing murder ring. Patti McCracken’s masterful true crime thriller\, The Angel Makers (HarperCollins\, March 2023)\, is a narrative tour de force rooted in meticulous research and detail-driven storytelling (no surprise there\, given the author’s journalism bona fides).  \nJoin us on August 24\, at 6:00pm\, to celebrate this exciting debut with the author. The evening will feature a discussion and Q&A\, as well as an opportunity to purchase signed and personalized copies of the book. \nTickets are $10 for members\, $15 for the public. \nPlease click here or call us at 843-723-9912. \nAbout the Book \nThe Angel Makers is a true-crime story like no other—a 1920s midwife who may have been the century’s most prolific killer leading a murder ring of women responsible for the deaths of at least 160 men. \nThe horror occurred in a rustic farming enclave in modern-day Hungary. To look at the unlikely lineup of murderesses—village wives\, mothers\, and daughters—was to come to the shocking realization that this could have happened anywhere\, and to anyone. At the center of it all was a sharp-minded village midwife\, a “smiling Buddha” known as Auntie Suzy\, who distilled arsenic from flypaper and distributed it to the women of Nagyrév. “Why are you bothering with him?” Auntie Suzy would ask\, as she produced an arsenic-filled vial from her apron pocket. In the beginning\, a great many used the deadly solution to finally be free of cruel and abusive spouses. \nBut as the number of dead bodies grew without consequence\, the killers grew bolder. With each vial of poison emptied\, a new reason surfaced to drain yet another. Some women disposed of sickly relatives. Some used arsenic as “inheritance powder” to secure land and houses. For more than fifteen years\, the unlikely murderers aided death unfettered and tended to it as if it were simply another chore—spooning doses of arsenic into soup and wine\, stirring it into coffee and brandy. By the time their crimes were discovered\, hundreds were feared dead. \nAnonymous notes brought the crimes to light in 1929. As a skillful prosecutor hungry for justice ran the investigation\, newsmen from around the world—including the New York Times—poured in to cover the dramatic events as they unfolded. \nThe Angel Makers captures in expertly researched detail the entirety of this harrowing story\, from the early murders to the final hanging—the story of one of the most sensational and astonishing murder rings in all of modern history. \nAbout the Author \nPatti McCracken is a long-time journalist and twice a Knight International Press Fellow. For two decades\, she was a journalism trainer\, free press advocate and newsroom consultant in Eastern and Central Europe\, the Balkans\, the Caucasus\, and later North Africa and Southeast Asia. She was based in an Austrian village on the Slovak border. \n\n\n\n\nOver 20+ years\, her articles appeared in Chicago Tribune\, San Francisco Chronicle\, Wall Street Journal\, Guardian\, Smithsonian magazine\, and many more outlets. She is a member of PEN America. \nThe Angel Makers is her first book. \nShe resides on Martha’s Vineyard.
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/a-london-love-story/
LOCATION:Charleston Library Society\, 164 King Street\, Charleston\, SC\, 29401\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230829T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230829T163000
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SUMMARY:Story Time In The Rabbit Hole - Animal Adventures
DESCRIPTION:Due to the high enthusiasm surrounding Story Time\, we will be offering this to members only. To join the Library Society\, please click here. \nJoin us for our beloved Story Time in the Rabbit Hole! During this hour long\, kid-friendly program\, children and their parents/caregivers will join Melissa\, our Children’s Library Coordinator. She will be reading in the Rabbit Hole and making an on-theme craft to bring home. \nFor this Story Time\, Melissa will read When the Library Lights Go Out by Megan McDonald and the craft will be an animal puppet! \nStory Time will repeat every Tuesday and Wednesday at 3:30 pm and Saturday at 10:00 am–we hope to see you there! \nTo RSVP to this free event\, please fill out the form below.
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/animal-adventures/
LOCATION:Charleston Library Society\, 164 King Street\, Charleston\, SC\, 29401\, United States
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SUMMARY:Pub Week Exclusive: The History and Legacy of Horsepower in Charleston
DESCRIPTION:Discover the fascinating history and legacy of working equines in Charleston during this exclusive Pub Week program featuring the author\, scholar\, and preservationist Christina Rae Butler. \nFeaturing thorough research\, absorbing storytelling\, and captivating photographs\, Charleston Horse Power takes readers back to an equine-dominated city of the past\, in which horses and mules pervaded all aspects of urban life. Butler describes carriage types and equines roles (both privately owned animals and those in the city’s streets\, fire\, and police department herds)\, animal power in industrial settings\, regulations for animals and their drivers\, horse-racing culture\, and Charleston’s equine lifestyles and architecture. She also includes profiles the people who made a living working with horses and mules—from drivers\, grooms\, and carriage makers\, to farriers\, veterinarians\, and trainers. \nTickets are $10 for members\, $15 for the public. Copies of the book will also be available for purchase and personalization following the program\, thanks to our friends at Buxton Books. \nFor more info and to purchase tickets\, please click here. \nAbout the Book \nCharleston Horse Power is a richly illustrated and comprehensive examination of the social and cultural history and legacy of Charleston’s equine economy. Urban historians\, historic preservationists\, general readers\, and Charleston visitors interested in discovering a vital aspect of the city’s past and present will enjoy and appreciate this impressive work. \nAbout the Author \nChristina Rae Butler is professor of Historic Preservation at the American College of Building Arts in Charleston\, South Carolina\, as well as an adjunct faculty member at the College of Charleston in the Historic Preservation and Community Planning Program. She is the owner/operator of Butler Preservation LLC\, a private preservation firm engaged in cultural resource management in Charleston. Butler also works as a barn shift manager for Palmetto Carriage Works in Charleston where she cares for horses and mules\, drives carriages\, and trains new staff. She lives in Charleston.
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/pub-week-exclusive-the-history-and-legacy-of-horsepower-in-charleston/
LOCATION:Charleston Library Society\, 164 King Street\, Charleston\, SC\, 29401\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230830T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230830T163000
DTSTAMP:20260404T090023
CREATED:20230821T143728Z
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SUMMARY:Story Time In The Rabbit Hole - Animal Adventures
DESCRIPTION:Due to the high enthusiasm surrounding Story Time\, we will be offering this to members only. To join the Library Society\, please click here. \nJoin us for our beloved Story Time in the Rabbit Hole! During this hour long\, kid-friendly program\, children and their parents/caregivers will join Melissa\, our Children’s Library Coordinator. She will be reading in the Rabbit Hole and making an on-theme craft to bring home. \nFor this Story Time\, Melissa will read When the Library Lights Go Out by Megan McDonald and the craft will be an animal puppet! \nStory Time will repeat every Tuesday and Wednesday at 3:30 pm and Saturday at 10:00 am–we hope to see you there! \nTo RSVP to this free event\, please fill out the form below.
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/story-time-in-the-rabbit-hole-animal-adventures/
LOCATION:Charleston Library Society\, 164 King Street\, Charleston\, SC\, 29401\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230905T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230905T163000
DTSTAMP:20260404T090023
CREATED:20230821T143921Z
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SUMMARY:Story Time In The Rabbit Hole - Don't Yuck My Yum
DESCRIPTION:Due to the high enthusiasm surrounding Story Time\, we will be offering this to members only. To join the Library Society\, please click here. \nJoin us for our beloved Story Time in the Rabbit Hole! During this hour long\, kid-friendly program\, children and their parents/caregivers will join Melissa\, our Children’s Library Coordinator. She will be reading in the Rabbit Hole and making an on-theme craft to bring home. \nFor this Story Time\, Melissa will read Hannah’s Tall Order by Linda Vander Heyden and the craft will be a pizza! \nStory Time will repeat every Tuesday and Wednesday at 3:30 pm and Saturday at 10:00 am–we hope to see you there! \nTo RSVP to this free event\, please fill out the form below.
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/dont-yuck-my-yum/
LOCATION:Charleston Library Society\, 164 King Street\, Charleston\, SC\, 29401\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230905T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230905T190000
DTSTAMP:20260404T090023
CREATED:20230629T191947Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230717T153023Z
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SUMMARY:Inside the Life of a Legendary Pirate's Wife
DESCRIPTION:Before he was executed in 1701\, Captain William Kidd was one of the most notorious pirates to prowl the seas. But few know that he had an accomplice back home: his wife\, Sarah\, a woman whose life is a lesson in survival\, resilience\, and resourcefulness. There may not be a legendary woman behind every legendary pirate in high seas history\, but Sarah Kidd was a singular force whose moxy and bravery not only enhanced her husband’s reputation but also furthered the narrative of female empowerment within the structures of America’s colonial days. \nOn September 5\, we’ll explore her life and impact with the historian and journalist Dr. Daphne Palmer Geanacopoulos\, whose new book\, The Pirate’s Wife: The Remarkable True Story of Sarah Kidd (Hanover Square Press\, 2022)\, tells Sarah’s story for the first time. \nTickets are $10 for members\, $15 for the public. \nTo purchase\, click here or call 843.792.9913 during Box Office Hours (11:00AM–4:00PM\, Monday through Thursday). \nAbout the Book and Author \nWriting in a lively\, conversational tone and packed with fascinating insights into the Golden Age of Piracy during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries in colonial America\, The Pirate’s Wife is a fresh and feminist take on a time in history that’s often written around men. Utilizing a trove of original documents\, Dr. Geanacopoulos reconstructs Sarah’s life (1670-1744) in New York – when the colony was a pirate haven – her roles as wife\, mother\, merchant\, and socialite\, and delves into the swashbucklingly nasty politics of the time. She was key to Kidd’s fight for his life against the people who accused him of turning from privateer to pirate\, and was even initially arrested and jailed with him. Sarah went from socialite to fugitive and international outlaw\, and back again\, always managing to find her own agency within the oppressive structures of colonial America. \nDr. Geanacopoulus has spent her career researching pirate history and culture\, and she is dedicated to bringing the stories of women like Sarah Kidd\, who have been forgotten by history\, into the light. For fans of cinematic\, impeccably researched narrative nonfiction like works by David McCullough or Stacy Schiff\, The Pirate’s Wife reads like a novel\, but crackles with the kind of vivid details only an expert scholar could synthesize. \n 
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/inside-the-life-of-historys-most-legendary-pirates-wife/
LOCATION:Charleston Library Society\, 164 King Street\, Charleston\, SC\, 29401\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230906T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230906T103000
DTSTAMP:20260404T090023
CREATED:20230728T172433Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230801T174310Z
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SUMMARY:Storytelling Series // Omnivorous Collectors and the Networks of Natural History
DESCRIPTION:More than a dose of AM stimulation\, this morning program offers a rare glimpse behind a trifecta of cultural curtains: the first\, the thrilling research and discovery practices involved in stewarding our archival treasures; the second\, insights and the kind of un-Googleable anecdotes that only experts (and primary source institutions!) can provide; and finally\, how the legacies of omnivorous collectors of the past continue to unite and inspire pivotal cultural conversations today. \nDon’t miss this occasion to hear Dr. Alexandra Ortolja-Baird explore the provenance and history of Sir Hans Sloane’s 1707 A voyage to the islands of Madera\, Barbados\, Nieves\, S. Christophers and Jamaica.  \nTickets are free and open to the public. \nRSVP below to reserve your seat. \nAbout Sir Hans Sloane \nSloane\, whose vast cabinet of curiosities would later become the foundation of The British Museum in 1753\, began his omnivorous collecting habits in 1687 while working as a physician in Jamaica. Recounting this experience\, his sumptuous Voyage to Jamaica blends together personal travel narrative\, observations on the island’s flora and fauna\, medical case notes\, and ethnographic accounts of slave and planter culture. \nContaining more than 200 life-sized engravings of Jamaican botany\, it is no average book. But the Library Society holds no average copy. As this talk will reveal\, the unique CLS copy lays bare the personal connections between Sloane and the Library Society\, and the extensive networks of colonial natural history and botany that were the lifeblood of eighteenth-century libraries. \nAbout Dr. Alexandra Ortolja-Baird \nDr. Ortolja-Baird specializes in the history of early modern collections and museums. Her research has largely focused on the library of Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753)\, whose collections became the foundation of The British Museum\, the world’s first national museum. She is especially interested in the relationship between colonialism and collecting\, and her research seeks to shed light on the silenced\, erased\, and forgotten individuals who were central to the collecting process. When she’s not grubbing around in archives\, Alexandra is a Lecturer in Digital History and Culture at the University of Portsmouth\, UK\, a Senior Research Fellow on the AHRC Towards a National Collection project The Sloane Lab: Looking back to build future shared collections\, and a Visiting Researcher at The British Museum.
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/omnivorous-collectors-and-the-networks-of-natural-history/
LOCATION:Charleston Library Society\, 164 King Street\, Charleston\, SC\, 29401\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230906T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230906T163000
DTSTAMP:20260404T090023
CREATED:20230821T144015Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230821T144015Z
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SUMMARY:Story Time In The Rabbit Hole - Don't Yuck My Yum
DESCRIPTION:Due to the high enthusiasm surrounding Story Time\, we will be offering this to members only. To join the Library Society\, please click here. \nJoin us for our beloved Story Time in the Rabbit Hole! During this hour long\, kid-friendly program\, children and their parents/caregivers will join Melissa\, our Children’s Library Coordinator. She will be reading in the Rabbit Hole and making an on-theme craft to bring home. \nFor this Story Time\, Melissa will read Hannah’s Tall Order by Linda Vander Heyden and the craft will be a pizza! \nStory Time will repeat every Tuesday and Wednesday at 3:30 pm and Saturday at 10:00 am–we hope to see you there! \nTo RSVP to this free event\, please fill out the form below.
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/story-time-in-the-rabbit-hole-dont-yuck-my-yum/
LOCATION:Charleston Library Society\, 164 King Street\, Charleston\, SC\, 29401\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230907T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230907T190000
DTSTAMP:20260404T090023
CREATED:20230711T140628Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230717T152801Z
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SUMMARY:The Public and Private Life of Bunny Mellon
DESCRIPTION:“I’ll Build a Stairway to Paradise is like an exquisite string of pearls: the perfect balance of elegance\, style\, design\, and beauty. This book is inspiring\, spirited\, and totally absorbing.” ―Diane von Furstenberg\n\nThe story of Bunny Mellon\, the great landscape and interior designer\, is a revelatory exploration of the aesthetic and aspirational impacts of one of the 20th century’s leading visionaries. Join us for an evening with the author—and Bunny Mellon confidante—Mac Griswold\, as she lifts the veil on the famous tastemaker through personal anecdotes and riveting details pulled from the pages of her new book. \nTickets are $10 for members\, $15 for the public. \nTo purchase\, click here or call 843.792.9913 during Box Office Hours (11:00AM–4:00PM\, Monday through Thursday). \nAbout the Book \nIn I’ll Build a Stairway to Paradise\, Griswold―who knew Mellon personally―delves into her subject’s closely guarded personal archives to construct an unrivaled portrait of a woman as complex and multifaceted as the gardens and homes on which she left her mark. Mellon tested the anodyne 1950s model of woman-as-wife-as-mother by getting a divorce\, admitting candidly to her first husband that she wanted a richer one. She imperiously traded old friends for new and ultimately used her reputation\, her connections\, and above all her money to help fund John Edwards’s short-lived presidential campaign. She led an American version of a royal court that\, over the years\, included Jackie Kennedy\, Hubert de Givenchy\, and I. M. Pei. \nHow Mellon’s character\, style\, and taste developed together to produce her greatest accomplishments―private and public―is the real subject of this biography. \nA life marked by astonishing good fortune as well as tragedy and scandal\, hers remains singular as a preeminent figure in the annals of American design. Not only did she have her finger on the pulse of American culture and possessed a rare\, once-in-a-generation sense of style and grace\, but her most celebrated work―the White House Rose Garden\, created during the presidency of John F. Kennedy―demonstrated how formal restraint and the sparing use of color could be deployed to maximal effect. Later\, her understated landscape design for the Kennedy grave site at Arlington National Cemetery changed the face of American public memorials. \nMellon was a famously private person\, and many of her greatest achievements remained concealed from public view. Her rarely seen gardens and domestic interiors at eight different properties on three continents became legends and models. At Oak Spring Farm in Virginia\, the bibliographic riches of her Garden Library were twinned with the expansive flowering gardens lying below the Edward Larrabee Barnes–designed building. At her home on Nantucket\, she pruned back the landscape to reveal the elemental forms of nature. Mellon also ranked as one of the great art collectors of her era\, encouraging her husband Paul to use his family’s vast wealth to acquire hundreds of nineteenth-century French paintings\, many of which were donated to the National Gallery of Art. Her own tastes ranged from Mark Rothko to Richard Diebenkorn―in quantity. \nAbout the Author \nMac Griswold is an acclaimed cultural landscape historian and writer. Rooted in a childhood spent exploring the castles and towers of lush north central New Jersey\, Mac went on to study landscape design at the Radcliffe Seminars and horticulture at the New York Botanical Gardens. After living and writing in New York City for decades and on the East End of Long Island for twenty years\, Mac decamped for Virginia in 2014 where she lived for seven years not far from Bunny Mellon’s library\, archives\, and gardens in Upperville before moving to rural Pennsylvania\, her present home\, where she continues to write and to garden. Her previous books have centered on lives and places of cultural and historic importance. This book\, I’ll Build a Stairway to Paradise\, a Life of Bunny Mellon\, her first full biography\, is no exception. \nGriswold currently serves as a member of the stewardship council of The Cultural Landscape Foundation (TCLF).
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/the-public-and-private-life-of-bunny-mellon/
LOCATION:Charleston Library Society\, 164 King Street\, Charleston\, SC\, 29401\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230909T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230909T110000
DTSTAMP:20260404T090023
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SUMMARY:Saturday Story Time In The Rabbit Hole - Grandparents
DESCRIPTION:Due to the high enthusiasm surrounding Story Time\, we will be offering this to members only. To join the Library Society\, please click here. \nJoin us for our beloved Story Time in the Rabbit Hole! During this hour long\, kid-friendly program\, children and their parents/caregivers will join Kenna\, our incredible Camps in the Stacks leader. She will be reading in the Rabbit Hole and making an on-theme craft to bring home. \nFor this Story Time\, Kenna will read The Hello\, Goodbye Window by Norton Juster and the craft will be a framed flower! \nStory Time will repeat every Tuesday and Wednesday at 3:30 pm and Saturday at 10:00 am–we hope to see you there! \nTo RSVP to this free event\, please fill out the form below.
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/story-time-grandparents/
LOCATION:Charleston Library Society\, 164 King Street\, Charleston\, SC\, 29401\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230911T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230911T180000
DTSTAMP:20260404T090023
CREATED:20230615T153331Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230815T150948Z
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SUMMARY:September New Members Mingle
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for our New Members Mingle! Every second Monday of the month\, we host our newest members of the CLS family with a fun and informative tour of the facility\, including key information on utilizing Library resources\, an exploration of some of the treasures from the CLS archives\, a visit to the Igoe Shakespeare Library and concluding with a tour of our bindery and information about our conservation efforts. Questions are welcome throughout our time together. \nThe tour starts at 5pm\, and generally ends around 6pm. The tour schedule includes:\n5:00 – 5:10 pm Welcome\n5:10 – 5:20 pm Introduction of staff and an overview of the Main Reading Room and Exhibits\n5:20 – 5:40 pm Tour of key areas of the Library\, including the Melvin P. Seiden Gallery\, the Kellogg Family Map Room\, the Ruth and Bill Baker Conference Room\, the Igoe Shakespeare Library and the Stephen F. Gates Vaults\n5:40 – 6:00 pm  Tour of Dorothy’s Book Bindery and the Jerrold and Ann Mitchell Conservation Lab; Q&A \nPlease RSVP with the form below. We look forward to seeing you!
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/september-new-members-mingle-2/
LOCATION:Charleston Library Society\, 164 King Street\, Charleston\, SC\, 29401\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230912T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230912T163000
DTSTAMP:20260404T090023
CREATED:20230821T144608Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230821T144608Z
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SUMMARY:Story Time In The Rabbit Hole - House and Homes
DESCRIPTION:Due to the high enthusiasm surrounding Story Time\, we will be offering this to members only. To join the Library Society\, please click here. \nJoin us for our beloved Story Time in the Rabbit Hole! During this hour long\, kid-friendly program\, children and their parents/caregivers will join Melissa\, our Children’s Library Coordinator. She will be reading in the Rabbit Hole and making an on-theme craft to bring home. \nFor this Story Time\, Melissa will read Farmhouse by Sophie Blackall and the craft will be a house! \nStory Time will repeat every Tuesday and Wednesday at 3:30 pm and Saturday at 10:00 am–we hope to see you there! \nTo RSVP to this free event\, please fill out the form below.
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/house-and-homes/
LOCATION:Charleston Library Society\, 164 King Street\, Charleston\, SC\, 29401\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230912T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230912T190000
DTSTAMP:20260404T090023
CREATED:20230717T203238Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230718T195105Z
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SUMMARY:"How to Become an American" with Daniel Wolff
DESCRIPTION:Beginning with a Jewish family\, Daniel Wolff builds a microcosm of the broader history of immigration and movement of people across the United States. How to Become an American teaches us about the diverse background and migration of the American people and the uphill battle of defining self and home. Touching on themes of loneliness\, immigration\, and family history\, this program is not to miss. \nTickets are $10 for members\, $15 for the public.  \nTo purchase tickets\, click here or call 843-723-9912 during box office hours. \nAbout the Book:\nAn odyssey from pre-Civil War Charleston to post-World War II Minneapolis through Jewish immigrants’ eyes \nThe histories of US immigrants do not always begin and end in Ellis Island and northeastern cities. Many arrived earlier and some migrated south and west\, fanning out into their vast new country. They sought a renewed life\, fresh prospects\, and a safe harbor\, despite a nation that was not always welcoming and not always tolerant. \nHow to Become an American begins with an abandoned diary—and from there author Daniel Wolff examines the sweeping history of immigration into the United States through the experiences of one unnamed\, seemingly unremarkable Jewish family\, and\, in the process\, makes their lives remarkable. It is a deeply human odyssey that journeys from pre-Civil War Charleston\, South Carolina\, to post-World War II Minneapolis\, Minnesota. In some ways\, the family’s journey parallels that of the nation\, as it struggled to define itself through the Industrial Age. A persistent strain of loneliness permeates this story\, and Wolff holds up this theme for contemplation. In a country that prides itself on being “a nation of immigrants\,” where “all men are created equal\,” why do we end up feeling alone in the land we love?
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/a-history-of-movement-and-immigration-with-daniel-wolff/
LOCATION:Charleston Library Society\, 164 King Street\, Charleston\, SC\, 29401\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230913T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230913T130000
DTSTAMP:20260404T090023
CREATED:20230620T204135Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230908T203540Z
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SUMMARY:Lite Lunch // Mark Catesby's Journey as Nature's Messenger
DESCRIPTION:On Wednesday\, September 13\, CLS and Buxton Books presents a mid-day escape into the wild and wonderful world of Mark Catesby. \nDuring this Lite Lunch program\, the acclaimed writer and Catesby chronicler Patrick Dean will share stories from his fascinating new book\, Nature’s Messenger\, as we retrace the pioneering naturalist’s personal and professional path  from his youth as a landed gentleman in rural England through his early work as an emerging wildlife artist and beyond. \nDr. Nic Butler\, a noted historian with the Charleston County Public Library\, will add his own insights to this fresh exploration of Catesby’s life and legacy\, as well as his lasting influence on Charleston. \nTickets are $25 for members\, $35 for guests. \nClick here or call 843.723.9912 during Box Office Hours (11:00am–4:00pm\, Monday through Thursday) to purchase. \nAbout Mark Catesby \nIn 1722\, Mark Catesby stepped ashore in “Charles Town” in the Carolina colony. Over the next four years\, the young naturalist made history as he explored deep into America’s natural wonders\, collecting and drawing plants and animals which had never been seen back in the Old World. Nine years later Catesby produced his magnificent and groundbreaking book\, The Natural History of Carolina\, the first-ever illustrated account of American flora and fauna. Catesby preceded John James Audubon by nearly a century\, and his work had a profound influence on our understanding of American wildlife and naturalist art. \nAbout the Book \nAn adventurer and journeyman with an insatiable curiosity rivaled only by an eye for detail\, Catesby was an artist of unparalleled scope. His careful attention to the knowledge of non-Europeans in America—the enslaved Africans and Native Americans who had their own sources of food and medicine from nature—set him apart from others of his time (although Dean does not shy away from Catesby’s actions and affiliations\, either). Nature’s Messenger takes us from the rice plantations of the Carolina Lowcountry to the bustling coffeehouses of 18th-century England\, from the sun-drenched islands of the Bahamas to the austere meeting-rooms of London’s Royal Society\, then presided over by Isaac Newton. It was a time of discovery\, of intellectual ferment\, and of the rise of the British Empire. And there on history’s leading edge\, recording the extraordinary and often violent mingling of cultures as well as of nature\, was Mark Catesby.  Intensively researched and thrillingly told\, Nature’s Messenger will thrill fans of exploration and early American history as well as appealing to birdwatchers\, botanists\, and anyone fascinated by the natural world.   \nAbout the Author \nPatrick Dean writes on the outdoors and the environment. He has worked as a teacher\, a political media director\, and is presently the executive director of a rail-trail nonprofit. An avid trail-runner\, paddler\, and mountain-biker\, he lives with his wife and dogs on the Cumberland Plateau in Tennessee\, and is the author of A Window To Heaven\, about the summit of Denali\, also available from Pegasus Books. \nAbout Nic Butler\, Ph.D \nNic is the historian for the Charleston County Public Library. A native of Greenville County\, Dr. Butler has worked for more than twenty years as a public historian specializing in the Lowcountry of South Carolina. As creator and host of the bi-weekly podcast “Charleston Time Machine\,” Dr. Butler draws attention to a wide variety of under-explored aspects of local history and neglected documentary resources.
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/lite-lunch-mark-catesbys-journey-as-natures-messenger/
LOCATION:Charleston Library Society\, 164 King Street\, Charleston\, SC\, 29401\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230913T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230913T163000
DTSTAMP:20260404T090023
CREATED:20230821T144700Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230821T144700Z
UID:10001522-1694619000-1694622600@charlestonlibrarysociety.org
SUMMARY:Story Time In The Rabbit Hole - House and Homes
DESCRIPTION:Due to the high enthusiasm surrounding Story Time\, we will be offering this to members only. To join the Library Society\, please click here. \nJoin us for our beloved Story Time in the Rabbit Hole! During this hour long\, kid-friendly program\, children and their parents/caregivers will join Melissa\, our Children’s Library Coordinator. She will be reading in the Rabbit Hole and making an on-theme craft to bring home. \nFor this Story Time\, Melissa will read Farmhouse by Sophie Blackall and the craft will be a house! \nStory Time will repeat every Tuesday and Wednesday at 3:30 pm and Saturday at 10:00 am–we hope to see you there! \nTo RSVP to this free event\, please fill out the form below.
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/story-time-in-the-rabbit-hole-house-and-homes/
LOCATION:Charleston Library Society\, 164 King Street\, Charleston\, SC\, 29401\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230916T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230916T110000
DTSTAMP:20260404T090023
CREATED:20230802T174838Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230914T122306Z
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SUMMARY:Saturday Story Time In The Rabbit Hole - Cities
DESCRIPTION:Due to the high enthusiasm surrounding Story Time\, we will be offering this to members only. To join the Library Society\, please click here. \nJoin us for our beloved Story Time in the Rabbit Hole! During this hour long\, kid-friendly program\, children and their parents/caregivers will join Kenna\, our incredible Camps in the Stacks leader. She will be reading in the Rabbit Hole and making an on-theme craft to bring home. \nFor this Story Time\, Kenna will read Last Stop on Market Street By Matt de la Pena and the craft will be a mini city! \nStory Time will repeat every Tuesday and Wednesday at 3:30 pm and Saturday at 10:00 am–we hope to see you there! \nTo RSVP to this free event\, please fill out the form below.
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/saturday-story-time-in-the-rabbit-hole-cities/
LOCATION:Charleston Library Society\, 164 King Street\, Charleston\, SC\, 29401\, United States
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SUMMARY:Story Time In The Rabbit Hole - Pets!
DESCRIPTION:Due to the high enthusiasm surrounding Story Time\, we will be offering this to members only. To join the Library Society\, please click here. \nJoin us for our beloved Story Time in the Rabbit Hole! During this hour long\, kid-friendly program\, children and their parents/caregivers will join Melissa\, our Children’s Library Coordinator. She will be reading in the Rabbit Hole and making an on-theme craft to bring home. \nFor this Story Time\, Melissa will read Gaston by Kelly DiPucchio and the craft will be egg carton pets! \nStory Time will repeat every Tuesday and Wednesday at 3:30 pm and Saturday at 10:00 am–we hope to see you there! \nTo RSVP to this free event\, please fill out the form below.
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/story-time-in-the-rabbit-hole-pets/
LOCATION:Charleston Library Society\, 164 King Street\, Charleston\, SC\, 29401\, United States
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SUMMARY:Interview with an Artist // An Evening with Fletcher Williams
DESCRIPTION:The multimedia\, multidiscplinary creator Fletcher Williams III opens up about everything from art as storytelling\, to his inventive use of materials and embrace of new forms of craftsmanship\, to how and why he creates immersive art installations that are as much experiences as exhibitions. \nTickets are $10 for members\, $15 for the public. \nTo purchase\, click here or call 843.792.9913 during Box Office Hours (11:00AM–4:00PM\, Monday through Thursday).
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/interview-with-an-artist-an-evening-with-fletcher-williams/
LOCATION:Charleston Library Society\, 164 King Street\, Charleston\, SC\, 29401\, United States
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