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 […]
Join Charleston Library Society's Director of Conservation James Davis and Conservation Intern Sam Barnhart for an introduction to the ancient art of decorative paper marbling: a method of aqueous surface […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 support of Jenna Bush Hager, our Book Drop initiative will host its inaugural fundraiser with significant fanfare on September 26th. Join us for the culminating event of our fundraising […]
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 […]
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 longest running Caribbean music programs on SC Public Radio, first broadcast in 1979. Hosted in conversation with MOJA Arts Festival Director Charlton Singleton, Brooklyn-born Chandler […]
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 to speak about her overarching philosophy that gardens and gardeners are powerful agents and spaces for addressing positive change in our world across climate change, […]
Following the initial debut at the Gaillard in Sept, we are pleased to join the Ashley Hall Alumnae Association along with Buxton Books in hosting Evie McGee Colbert for an intimate local's peek into the stories and makings of this extra special, and debut, cookbook. Complete with banter typically only heard at their dining room […]
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 and eye-popping tale of the money, politics, and fabulous clothes of Pamela Harriman, one of the 20th century’s greatest unsung power players. Known for her […]
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 of preservations and visionaries to tell the inspirational story of the rehabilitation of Taveau Church, a Black Methodist sanctuary dating back to 1847 that had […]
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 for a creatively-charged discussion on his debut novel The Caravaggio Syndrome moderated by College of Charleston Professor Rebekah T. Compton. Staying true to his Italian […]
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 (Società di navigazione Italia) put into service in 1953, only to face a similar fate of the Titanic just 3 years later. The NYC-bound ship […]
