Wide Angle Lunches- Season XII: Making Community 12:30pm – 1:30pm Individual Tickets: $20 members, $25 nonmembers Season Pass: $75 members, $95 nonmembers (To purchase Season Pass, call 843-723-9912) Editor’s Note— What is a community without creativity? The arts are thriving in Charleston, but it would be folly to assume that they will continue to flourish […]
The Royal Oak Foundation presents Sally Bedell Smith ~ Prince Charles: The Passions and Paradoxes of an Improbable Life To purchase tickets click here or call 800-913-6565, x. 201 If you a member of the Charleston Library Society, use the co-sponsor code to get the discounted member price. The code is 17SCHLIB Sally Bedell Smith is the author of bestselling […]
Come enjoy this special afternoon Speaker Series lecture by Candice Shy Hooper about her book, Lincoln’s Generals’ Wives: Four Women Who Influenced the Civil War – For Better and for Worse To RSVP, please call 843-723-9912 or email dreutter@charlestonlibrarysociety.org The story of the American Civil War is not complete without examining the extraordinary lives of Jessie Frémont, […]
Wide Angle Lunches- Season XII: Making Community 12:30pm-1:30pm Individual Tickets: $20 members, $25 nonmembers Season Pass: $75 members, $95 nonmembers ( To purchase season pass, call 843-723-9912) Editor’s Note: What is a community without creativity? The arts are thriving in Charleston, but it would be folly to assume that they will continue to flourish in these uncertain political […]
Wide Angle Lunches- Season XII: Making Community 12:30pm – 1:30pm Individual Tickets: $20 members, $25 nonmembers Season Pass: $75 members, $95 nonmembers (To purchase season passes, please call 843-723-9912) Editor’s Note: What is a community without creativity? The arts are thriving in Charleston, but it would be folly to assume that they will continue to flourish in these […]
We are delighted to host Eva Dillon to discuss her new, Kirkus starred review memoir, Spies in the Family. This event is free for CLS members and $5 for nonmembers. To RSVP or purchase tickets, call 843-723-9912 or click here. Spies in the Family is a true-life thriller and revealing memoir from the daughter of an American intelligence officer. […]
Historian Andrew Carroll’s Million Letters Campaign Comes to Charleston Library Society To RSVP, call 843-723-9912 or email dreutter@charlestonlibrarysociety.org. On June 14, 2017, at 2:00 p.m., Chapman University Historian Andrew Carroll will bring his Million Letters Campaign to the Charleston Library Society. On a multi-state tour throughout the country, Carroll seeks to collect and preserve at […]
Join us as Arthur Ravenel, Jr. speaks about his new release, Pastor Stat. Pastor Stat chronicles the journey of Vedder Oberstat, a Huguenot pastor en route to Charleston ready to take his place at the pulpit—but nobody said it was going to be easy. Set at the start of the Civil War, the colorful cast of characters […]
Saturday, June 24th from 5pm to 7pm: The work of human hands: Shaping our landscape past, present and future. Friends of Coastal South Carolina hosts a thought provoking evening with Patrick McMillan. Renowned naturalists and host of the award winning PBS series, Expeditions, Patrick McMillan brings a unique perspective to the challenges of conservation in our […]
he Charleston Library Society is excited to host three symposiums for the Lowcountry Freedom Reigns Festival. For more information, please visit http://freedomreignsfestival.com/ Discussions of Challenges in a Highly Publicized Trial for a Fair Jury Trial Friday, September 8th: 9:30am-12:30pm Join Honorable Costa Pleicones, Chief Justice, SC Supreme Court (Retired) to discuss the challenges in a highly publicized […]
We are excited to host James Rosebush for insightful and dynamic lecture on his book, True Reagan. What Was Ronald Reagan Really Like? Peeling back layers of Reagan to explore his outsized values and character, Rosebush relies on what Reagan revealed to him personally, and observations while working and traveling the world with him. True Reagan shows readers […]
Join us for an evening of art and intrigue as Wolf Burchard discusses his new book The Sovereign Artist – Charles Le Brun and the Image of Louis XIV! To RSVP, call 843-723-9912 or email dreutter@charlestonlibrarysociety.org Wolf Burchard is an art and architectural historian, and specialist on 17th and 18th century royal patronage. He is the National […]
The Return of Porto Seguro 7:00PM $20 members / $30 nonmembers Back by popular demand, especially after Hurricane Mathew prevented their performance last season, Porto Seguro will kick off the Music at the Library Series with the rhythms of Brazil! Porto Seguro is a local band that specializes in samba and Brazilian bahia music. While […]
MUSC Health Series at the Charleston Library Society Fall series topic: Coopetition in the Health Care Industry: How do competitors work together to improve patient care? Dr. Mark Scheurer, M.D., Chief Medical Officer of MUSC Children’s Health MUSC Shawn Jenkins Children’s Hospital: How one facility can help meet statewide children’s healthcare needs To RSVP, call […]
Join us as we partner with Croghan’s Jewel Box to host jewelry maker, Temple St. Clair, as she discusses her journey and her most recent book The Golden Menagerie. To RSVP, call 843-723-9912 or email dreutter@charlestonlibrarysociety.org TEMPLE ST CLAIR found her passion for creative expression in gold and precious gemstones 30 years ago. St. Clair founded her company […]
