CLS Summer Camp- Broad Street Camp

Camp 2: Broad Street Camp July 23rd – July 27th 8:45am-9am (drop-off) – 9-12:30pm (camp) Ages: 9-12 y/o (Grades 4-6) Snack provided daily $120 members, $150 nonmembers To enroll, call 843-723-9912 or click here. If enrolling online, call the Library Society afterwards to answer follow-up questions. Charleston Library Society staff will creatively use books, crafts, and activities […]

Speaker Series: Jason Heller

Charleston Library Society hosts Jason Heller for a night of funkadelic music and literary discussion about his new book Strange Stars unlike anything seen before in the Lowcountry. Come for the music, stay for the stories and the Strange Stars cocktail. For tickets, call 843-723-9912 or click here. $5 members/$10 nonmembers Spearheaded by Hugo Award winning author and music journalist Jason Heller […]

Speaker Series: Christopher Swann

In this gripping literary thriller, Shadow of the Lions, Christopher Swann will take you deep into the dark heart of privilege, secrets, and lies at an elite boys’ boarding school in Virginia. Atmospheric and full of twists, this accomplished debut explores the nature of friendship, betrayal, and whether it is possible—ever—to escape the past. Swann, an alumnus […]

Summer Chamber Music at the Library with Yuriy Bekker

It has been a hot and rainy summer and we are all eager for some live chamber music. So the Library Society has the solution. Join Charleston Symphony Orchestra musicians for an evening of intimate chamber music by Brahms and Mozart. Yuriy Bekker and Jan-Marie Joyce will first perform Mozarts Duo for violin and viola. […]

Speaker Series: Timothy Boyce

Join Timothy Boyce as he presents on his national book tour of the World War II concentration camp diary, From Day to Day. To RSVP, call 843-723-9912 or email dreutter@charlestonlibrarysociety.org Hailed by The New Yorker as “among the most compelling documents to come out of the war,” From Day to Day is a World War II concentration camp diary—one […]

Speaker Series: Lisa Patton

Tennessee native and bestselling author, Lisa Patton will discuss her contemporary story of sorority fiction in Rush. Inspired by her real-life experiences, she offers a provocative peek at a centuries-old tradition and calls for change in the Southern sorority and fraternity customs that allow race and pedigree to remain factors in the treatment others.  This event is […]

Speaker Series: Patrick Ahearn

Join Patrick Ahearn FAIA, award-winning architect and author of Timeless, as he opens the doors to his world of traditional architecture combined with the ideals of modernism. He will share some of the firm’s most recent projects ranging from Wellesley, MA to Martha’s Vineyard, and walk us through how he adapts and applies philosophy’s greater […]

Wide Angle Lunch: Dr. Sundar Balasubramanian

GOOD HEALTH & GOOD BREATHING Come look into the mechanisms of ancient mind-body practice, Yogic breathing.  Dr. Balasubramanian will discuss the science of Yogic breathing (Pranayama). Attendees will be able to […]

Wide Angle Lunch: Dr. Jeb Hallett

CURIOSITY – THE KEY TO LIFE Why are you curious or NOT? Dr. Jeb Hallett will explore why curious people may be more engaged, healthier and happy with life. Through […]

CLS Book Club: The Line Becomes a River

The CLS Book Club is back with the first Fall selection, The Line Becomes A River by Francisco Cantu. All are welcome to this meeting — whether you just started the book, […]

Speaker Series: Adam Parker

Join Adam Parker and Cleveland Sellers, Jr. for the launch of Parker’s biography on Sellers, Outside Agitator. Additional guests will discuss the history of the freedom movement, the seminal 1968 Orangeburg Massacre, […]

Music at the Library: Bernstein’s Birthday Celebration

BERNSTEIN’S BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION Fri, 19 Oct | 7PM $25 specialty price – To purchase tickets, call 843-723-9912 or click here In partnership with Duke University, we invite you to celebrate the […]