Due to the high enthusiasm surrounding Story Time, we will be offering this to members only. To join the Library Society, please click here. Join us for our beloved Story Time in the Rabbit Hole! During this hour long, kid-friendly program, children and their parents/caregivers will join Tori, our Children's Librarian. She will be reading in […]

Last spring, we explored the less-referenced Spanish link in early American history with author Kevin Kokomoor. As a follow-up, and on his suggestion, we look forward to hosting Evan Nooe, […]

Along with Buxton Books, we welcome USC Emeritus and acclaimed historian Don H. Doyle for the second of two Civil War-focused programs this fall. Following the success of The Cause […]

In partnership with SC250 (the South Carolina American Revolution Sestercentennial Commission), we are so pleased to have been a recipient of one of their many generous grants oriented around commemorating […]

Join CLS and Buxton Books for a rare opportunity to welcome renowned co-authors Jack Carr and James Scott, for a special pub-day release of the first book in a new […]

With the success of its relaunch last Spring, look forward to Life-long Learning returning seasonally in a daytime format.  This Fall, we are fortunate to host a special (and timely) six-part series with Charleston-based authority Jon Gundersen, exploring foreign policy and the critical decisions made at the highest levels of government. With a focus on […]

In partnership with MOJA Arts Festival, the Charleston Library Society is honored to present radio host, producer and lowcountry legend Osei Chandler of Roots Musik Karamu – the beloved and […]

Jennifer Jewell, host of the national award-winning weekly public radio program and podcast, Cultivating Place: Conversations on Natural History and the Human Impulse to Garden, will join us this fall […]

The recent hit Oppenheimer made us all that much more familiar with the great concern that Germany would be the first to create "The Bomb". But on the night of […]

Just days after publication, join CLS in partnership with the Royal Oak Foundation to welcome UK-based Sonia Purnell, bestselling author and journalist, for her latest book, Kingmaker, an electrifying re-examination […]

Twenty-five sites in Berkeley County are on the National Register of Historic Places. Just one of them is explicitly associated with the Black experience. Join CLS in welcoming a panel […]

Join our resident bookbinder and conservator, James Davis, to learn the more advanced aspects of hand bookbinding. Starting with a premade book, students will be instructed on the techniques and practices of covering their book with leather and decorating it with real gold foil. Discussions will focus on the history of bookbinding and conservation techniques […]

In partnership with the Nuovo Cinema Italiano Film Festival, and in anticipation of its return to Charleston this November, we are pleased to host St. Lawrence University Professor Alessandro Giardino […]

How might poetry evolve through song? Boston-based composer and pianist Scott Wheeler, Pulitzer winner Megan Marshall, and soprano singer and actress Sarah Chalfy will explore this topic through a captivating […]

The RMS Titanic was not the only luxury transatlantic ocean liner to suggest 'largest, fastest, safest... and yes, unsinkable'. The SS Andrea Doria was a flagship of the Italian Line […]