Join us for our first installment of our Lite Lunch Series! For this premiere event, we are delighted to welcome Melissa Biggs Bradley, renowned travel entrepreneur and founder of Indagare, a membership-based luxury travel company that provides rich editorial content combined with the services of a boutique, in-house travel agency. Bradley will discuss what responsible […]

CLS is honored to welcome Lt. General Ben Hodges, former commanding general of the U.S. Army Europe, and KzS. Colonel Ivo Schneider of the German Navy for the second installment of our Ambassador R. L. Walker International Relations & Diplomacy Series! The powerful duo will discuss NATO and the seismic challenges it faces today. Discover […]

Please join us for our New Member's Mingle! Every second Monday of the month, we host our newest members of the CLS family. The evening will include an orientation of the library and informational tour with Q & A about your membership benefits. RSVP required to attend.

Join us in welcoming beloved author Virginia Beach for a book launch celebration of her newest piece of work, American Landmark: Charles Duell and the Rebirth of Middleton Place, hosted by the Middleton Place Foundation. When Beach undertook writing the history of the Middleton Place Foundation, she began by tracing the early life of Middleton descendant […]

Please join us for an enthralling program with Michael Murphy, Founding Principal and Executive Director of MASS (Model of Architecture Serving Society) Design Group, with interlocutor Braden Bergan, producer of "60 Minutes". Murphy will discuss the ways architecture can help improve function and social justice as he explains his nonprofit's, MASS, belief - “that architecture […]

The Library Society is delighted to welcome back the Yale Alley Cats, the incredibly talented, world-renowned, all-male a cappella singing group from Yale University, making music around the world since their founding back in 1943. The group will perform classic and contemporary songs, all just with the power of their impressive voices. This event is free […]

Calling all history buffs! The Library Society is thrilled to host author Bruce Ragsdale for an evening lecture on his new book, "Washington at the Plow: The Founding Farmer and the Question of Slavery". A fresh, original look at George Washington as an innovative land manager whose singular passion for farming would unexpectedly lead him to reject slavery.

The Library Society is thrilled to host author Michael A. Almond for a discussion of his highly anticipated debut novel, The Tannery, a story that combines violent crime, Southern history, […]

The ZD Experience present the P.U.R.E. Concert Series (Peace, Unity, & Revival through Entertainment) feat. Mayor John Tecklenburg and Friends The ZD Experience & The Charleston Library Society present the […]

CLS is thrilled to host Andrew O'Shaughnessy for a lecture on his newest book. The Illimitable Freedom of the Human Mind: Thomas Jefferson’s Idea of a University covers the birth and […]

Jump into spring with the new CLS Book Club pick - Matrix by Lauren Groff. Join fellow bookworms in the Main Reading Room to discuss this incredible historical fiction novel and […]

In conjunction with our strong Greystar sponsor, CLS is very inspired to be hosting the most powerful woman on Wall Street! Charleston native Sallie Krawcheck is the CEO and Co-Founder […]

We are delighted to partner with the Charleston Mercury and South Carolina attorney Larry Kobrovsky for a presentation by reporter & Charleston native, Will Cathcart! Cathcart returns to CLS to […]

Join us for another fabulous Lite Lunch at the Library Society, this time with incredibly talented interior designer, Marshall Watson. Watson is known for his European-inspired, richly textured designs, and […]