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SUMMARY:Chamber Music with CSO: Beethoven's Serioso Quartet
DESCRIPTION:Join the Charleston Symphony for an elevated Chamber Music experience this season! Enjoy an intimate evening of ensemble music at the beloved Charleston Library Society that will showcase the brilliant talent of your CSO musicians. Performances will offer an exciting range of chamber music literature\, robust programming\, and a newly added wine reception at intermission. \nBohuslav Martinů’s “Three Madrigals for Violin and Viola” will kick off the evening\, showcasing a vivid dialogue between the violin and viola with energetic and rhythmic interplay. Following\, the audience will enjoy Jean Françaix’s “Divertissement for Oboe\, Clarinet\, and Bassoon\,” a piece renowned for its light-hearted and witty character\, offering a delightful contrast through its use of woodwind timbres. Ludwig van Beethoven’s intense “String Quartet in F minor\, Op. 95\,” often called the “Serioso\,” will provide a dramatic counterpoint with its profound depth and robust textures. The night will conclude with a world premiere by Charleston native\, Thomas Cabaniss. The String Quartet by Cabaniss titled “Denmark Vessey\,” promises to be a compelling addition to the chamber music repertoire\, reflecting on historical themes through a contemporary lens. \nThis concert is set to be a memorable journey through the evolution of chamber music\, from the classical era to the present day. \nArtists: \nYuriy Bekker\, Micah Gangwer\, and Asako Kremer\, Violins\nJan-Marie Joyce and Sadie Nichols\, Violas\nBenjamin Menkinulov\, Cello\nKelly Mozeik\, Oboe\nCharles Messersmith\, Clarinet\nJordan Brokken\, Bassoon \nTickets are $50.\nTo purchase tickets\, click HERE or call the CSO at 843-723-7528. 
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/chamber-music-with-cso-beethovens-serioso-quartet-2/
LOCATION:Charleston Library Society\, 164 King Street\, Charleston\, SC\, 29401\, United States
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SUMMARY:Story Time In The Rabbit Hole - Thanksgiving
DESCRIPTION:Due to the high enthusiasm surrounding Story Time\, we will be offering this to members only. To join the Library Society\, please click here. \nJoin 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 Associate Librarian. She will be reading in the Rabbit Hole and making an on-theme craft to bring home. \nFor this Story Time\, Tori will read Apple Pie Tired by Beth Charles and the craft will be watercolor turkeys! \nStory Time will repeat every Tuesday and Wednesday at 3:30 pm and Saturdays at 10:00 am–we hope to see you there! \nTo RSVP to this free event\, please fill out the form below.
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/story-time-in-the-rabbit-hole-thanksgiving-2/
LOCATION:Charleston Library Society\, 164 King Street\, Charleston\, SC\, 29401\, United States
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SUMMARY:Honoring His Honor: America’s First Black State Supreme Court Justice
DESCRIPTION:Charleston resident Jonathan Jasper Wright\, an attorney originally from Pennsylvania\, was sworn into his seat on the South Carolina Supreme Court in 1870 – as the country’s first African American Supreme Court Justice. His tenure coincided with the rise and fall of the Reconstruction in the South\, a time of temporarily granted legal and political opportunities for Black Americans. Join the Charleston Library Society in welcoming Judge Richard Gergel and Professor William Burke\, both authors of Justice Wright’s story in the context of African-American struggles in the legal community during the Reconstruction\, for an in-depth reflection on the inspiring life of Justice Wright\, his political successes\, failures and his relevance to the new freedoms in the Age of Reconstruction. \nAbout Jonathan Jasper Wright \nJonathan Jasper Wright\, the first African American to serve on a state Supreme Court\, was born in Luzerne County\, Pennsylvania\, and grew up in nearby Susquehanna County in the northeastern corner of the state. In 1858\, Wright traveled to Ithaca\, New York where he enrolled in the Lancasterian Academy\, a school where older students helped teach younger ones. He graduated in 1860 and for the next five years taught school and read law in Pennsylvania. \nWright’s first known political activity came in October 1864 when he was a delegate to the National Convention of Colored Men meeting in Syracuse. The convention\, chaired by Frederick Douglass\, passed resolutions calling for a nationwide ban on slavery\, racial equality under the law\, and universal suffrage for adult males. When Wright applied for admission to the Pennsylvania bar\, however\, he was refused because of his race. \nIn 1865 the American Missionary Association sent Wright to Beaufort\, South Carolina to organize schools for the freed people. Wright taught and gave legal advice to the ex-slaves. In 1866 he returned to Pennsylvania and was now\, with the backing of a new Federal civil rights law\, accepted into the bar as the state’s first African American attorney. Wright returned to Beaufort in January 1867 and worked as a legal advisor for the Freedman’s Bureau. He soon became active in Republican politics and was chosen as a delegate to the South Carolina Constitutional Convention that met in Charleston in January 1868. Later that year he was elected to the South Carolina state senate representing Beaufort. In 1870 the Republican-dominated legislature in Columbia named him a justice of the state supreme court even though he was 30 and had little courtroom experience. He joined two white Democrats on the bench. \nBy 1876 white conservatives\, using fraud\, intimidation and violence\, managed to gain control over South Carolina’s government. However\, it was Wright’s concurrence in a February 1877 decision confirming the authority of a Democratic claimant to the governor’s chair\, Wade Hampton\, which ended Republican rule\, reconstruction in South Carolina\, and Wright’s tenure as a state Supreme Court Justice. When the new Democrat-controlled legislature attempted to impeach Wright for corruption and malfeasance he at first denied the charges and vowed to defend his name and record. By August 1877\, however\, realizing he would not win\, Wright submitted his resignation. \nWright moved to Charleston where he practiced law\, then to Orangeburg where he established the law department at Claflin College. Jonathan Wright died of tuberculosis in Orangeburg in 1885. \nAbout Judge Richard Gergel \nRichard Gergel is a United States district judge who presides in the same courthouse in Charleston\, where Judge Waties Waring once served. Waring is one of the central figures of Gergel’s book\, Unexampled Courage: The Blinding of Sgt. Isaac Woodard and the Awakening of President Harry S. Truman and Judge J. Waties Waring (Sarah Crichton). With his wife\, Dr. Belinda Gergel\, he also wrote In Pursuit of the Tree of Life: A History of the Early Jews of Columbia\, South Carolina. A native of Columbia\, South Carolina\, Judge Gergel earned undergraduate and law degrees from Duke University. \nAbout Professor William Burke \nProfessor Burke is a Distinguished Professor emeritus of the University of South Carolina School of Law. He taught at USC for 37 years. In that time he served as Director and Chair of Clinical Education and as Associate Dean. He has authored and edited seven books and numerous articles and book chapters. These include All for Civil Rights\, a history of the African American bar in S.C.; At Freedom’s Door\, essays on African American Founding Fathers in Reconstruction S.C.; and Matthew J. Perry:  The Man\, His Times and his Legacy. Now retired\, Professor Burke birds\, drives the tractor for his farmer wife and lectures on the long\, long struggle for civil rights in South Carolina.  
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SUMMARY:Lite Lunch // NY Times Bestseller "Leaving"
DESCRIPTION:Along with Buxton Books\, we are thrilled to welcome beloved author Roxana Robinson for exclusive appearance on her latest release\, Leaving\, a novel that explores the vows we make to one another\, the tensile relationships between parents and their children\, and what we owe to others and ourselves. Renowned for numerous works of literary fiction as well as a biography of Georgia O’Keeffe\, Robinson is not new to acclaim; Leaving has received accolades from Washington Post\, NYT\, People Magazine\, Oprah Daily\, NPR and many many more. \n“Leaving navigates the chasm between responsibility and desire when two long-lost lovers reconnect. This beautiful book will sweep you away.” ―People Magazine \nLite Lunch Lectures are $25 for Members and $35 for General Admission.  \nAll tickets include a boxed-lunch. \nIf you are unable to attend the event\, but would like to purchase one or more signed copies\, please visit Buxton Books here. \nAbout the Book \nSarah and Warren’s college love story ended in a single moment. Decades later\, when a chance meeting brings them together\, a passion ignites—threatening the foundations of the lives they’ve built apart. Since they parted in college\, each has married\, raised a family\, and made a career. When they meet again\, Sarah is divorced and living outside New York\, while Warren is still married and living in Boston. Seeing Warren sparks an awakening in Sarah\, who feels emotionally alive for the first time in decades. Still\, she hesitates to reclaim a chance at love after her painful divorce and years of framing her life around her children and her work. Warren has no such reservations: he wants to leave his marriage but can’t predict how his wife and daughter will react. As their affair intensifies\, Sarah and Warren must confront the moral responsibilities of their love for their families and each other. Leaving charts a passage through loyalty and desire as it builds to a shattering conclusion. In her boldest and most powerful work to date\, Roxana Robinson demonstrates her “trademark gifts as an intelligent\, sensitive analyst of family life” (Wendy Smith\, Chicago Tribune) in an engrossing exploration of the vows we make to one another\, the tensile relationships between parents and their children\, and what we owe to others and ourselves. \nAbout Roxana Robinson \nRoxana Robinson is the author of eleven books—seven novels\, three collections of short stories\, and the biography of Georgia O’Keeffe. Four of these were chosen as New York Times Notable Books\, two as New York Times Editors’ Choices. Her fiction has appeared in The New Yorker\, The Atlantic\, Harper’s\, Best American Short Stories\, The Southampton Review\, Ep!phany and elsewhere. Her work has been widely anthologized and broadcast on NPR. Her books have been published in England\, France\, Germany\, Holland and Spain. Roxana Robinson has received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts\, the Guggenheim Foundation and the MacDowell Colony\, and she was named a Literary Lion by the New York Public Library. Robinson has served on the Boards of PEN and the Authors Guild\, and was the president of the Authors Guild. She has received the Barnes and Noble “Writers for Writers Award\,” given by Poets and Writers\, and the Award for Distinguished Service to the Literary Community from the Authors Guild. She teaches in the MFA Program at Hunter College.
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SUMMARY:Story Time In The Rabbit Hole - Thanksgiving
DESCRIPTION:Due to the high enthusiasm surrounding Story Time\, we will be offering this to members only. To join the Library Society\, please click here. \nJoin 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 Associate Librarian. She will be reading in the Rabbit Hole and making an on-theme craft to bring home. \nFor this Story Time\, Tori will read Apple Pie Tired by Beth Charles and the craft will be watercolor turkeys! \nStory Time will repeat every Tuesday and Wednesday at 3:30 pm and Saturdays at 10:00 am–we hope to see you there! \nTo RSVP to this free event\, please fill out the form below.
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/story-time-in-the-rabbit-hole-thanksgiving/
LOCATION:Charleston Library Society\, 164 King Street\, Charleston\, SC\, 29401\, United States
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SUMMARY:Music Series // Cabaret Couple: A Girl\, A Guy\, A Piano on Great American Music
DESCRIPTION:Back for an encore at the Charleston Library Society\, the Cabaret Couple (Theresa Quinn and Randall Kramer) will present an evening of virtuosic four hands piano and song\, including favorites of American classical\, pop\, rhythm and blues and musical theatre selections. Click here to preview this incredible duo. \nTickets*: Purchase HERE through Charleston City Paper \nProgram Admission – $40 \nTen Dollars from every ticket will support the Lowcountry Food Bank this Thanksgiving Season. \nAbout Randy Kramer \nRandall Kramer is a classically trained pianist with a Masters in Piano performance from the University of Buffalo where he studied with Frina Arschanska Boldt. He is the founder and Artistic/Executive Director of MusicalFare Theatre\, a regional center for world and area premiere musicals and a leading musical theatre company in the Northeast. He has conducted and performed as a piano soloist with numerous orchestras and was awarded the 2005 career achievement award by the Artvoice Theatre Awards. \nAbout Theresa Quinn \nTheresa Quinn is an innovative and versatile pianist and vocalist. Classically trained (Shigeo Neriki\, Leonard Hokanson at Indiana University Jacobs school of Music and Frina Arschanska Boldt at the University of Buffalo)\, she performs a wide range of genres\, has music-directed scores of professional musical productions\, and is a featured cabaret artist. She was inducted into the Buffalo Music Hall of Fame in 2014 and teaches at her Piano and Voice studio in Williamsville\, New York.
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SUMMARY:Saturday Story Time In The Rabbit Hole - Thanksgiving
DESCRIPTION:Due to the high enthusiasm surrounding Story Time\, we will be offering this to members only. To join the Library Society\, please click here. \nJoin us for our beloved Story Time in the Rabbit Hole! During this hour long\, kid-friendly program\, children and their parents/caregivers will join Kenna\, our part time Children’s Librarian. She will be reading in the Rabbit Hole and making an on-theme craft to bring home. \nFor this Story Time\, Kenna will read Giving Thanks by Denise Kiernan\, and the craft will be Thanksgiving dinner plates! \nDue to the Thanksgiving holiday\, CLS will be closed Saturday\, November 30th\, and there will be no Saturday Story Time – Happy Thanksgiving! \nTo RSVP to this free event\, please fill out the form below.
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/saturday-story-time-in-the-rabbit-hole-thanksgiving/
LOCATION:Charleston Library Society\, 164 King Street\, Charleston\, SC\, 29401\, United States
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SUMMARY:Story Time In The Rabbit Hole - Family
DESCRIPTION:Due to the high enthusiasm surrounding Story Time\, we will be offering this to members only. To join the Library Society\, please click here. \nJoin us for our beloved Story Time in the Rabbit Hole! During this hour long\, kid-friendly program\, children and their parents/caregivers will join Lisa\, our Director of Collections. She will be reading in the Rabbit Hole and making an on-theme craft to bring home. \nFor this Story Time\, Lisa will read The Hello\, Goodbye Window by Norton Juster and Chris Raschka and the craft will be popsicle stick families! \nDue to the Thanksgiving holiday\, CLS will be closed Wednesday\, November 27th\, and there will be no Story Time. \nTo RSVP to this free event\, please fill out the form below.
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/story-time-in-the-rabbit-hole-family/
LOCATION:Charleston Library Society\, 164 King Street\, Charleston\, SC\, 29401\, United States
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SUMMARY:Elizabeth Boatwright Coker: An Intimate Portrait
DESCRIPTION:The Library Society is honored to welcome Penelope Coker Hall and Eliza Wilson Ingle for the Charleston launch of A Curious Heart\, their evocative account of the life of Elizabeth Boatwright Coker\, an award-winning author who challenged the status quo of the female role in the early 20th century. With sensitivity and insight\, the authors chronicle the passion\, the powers of observation\, the gift of storytelling\, and the fierce independence that propelled their mother and grandmother to The New York Times bestseller list and the South Carolina Hall of Fame. Quoting liberally from Elizabeth’s letters\, journal entries\, book passages\, and interviews\, A Curious Heart reflects the inner life of this complex\, small-town Southern woman\, who dreamed of becoming a published writer.  \nPresale for A Curious Heart begins September 30th\, 2024\, with Pub Date on October 7th\, 2024\, and is available through Buxton Books or through the launch event; tickets below. \nAbout the Book \n\n\nIn this captivating biography\, Penelope Coker Hall and Eliza Wilson Ingle give readers a front row seat to the remarkable life and career of award-winning author Elizabeth Boatwright Coker (1909-1993). Born in Darlington\, South Carolina\, in an era when women couldn’t vote and the legacy of the Civil War suffused nearly everything\, Elizabeth was blessed with movie star beauty\, extraordinary determination\, a keen intellect\, and a sense of humor. At an early age\, she was mentored by inspired teachers and some of the great writers of the 20th century. She would go on to challenge the status quo\, in her life and her books. Elizabeth’s journey juggling the demands of corporate wife and mother with that of working writer is a story of trial and triumph\, heartbreak and joy. Her life spanned nearly the entire century\, the second half of which yielded nine historical novels. Listed in Who’s Who in America\, and Who’s Who in the World\, she was on the board of the South Carolina State Museum Foundation\, the South Caroliniana Society\, the Palmetto Trust for Historic Preservation\, and many others. She received an honorary degree from Converse College in 1987 and was inducted into the South Carolina Academy of Author’s Hall of Fame in 1991. \n\n\nAbout Penelope Coker Hall \nBorn in Hartsville\, South Carolina\, Penelope Coker Hall matriculated to Sarah Lawrence College and eventually settled in New York\, becoming a writer and host for Metromedia’s Channel Five TV show “The New Yorkers.” Later at NBC\, Hall worked as a co-producer of several TV specials\, including “Vanishing 400” and “Debutante.” During this time\, she met and married film producer William Wilson and in 1968 their daughter\, Eliza\, was born. In 1972\, Hall left the performing arts and embarked on a new marriage with widower Mortimer Hall of Millbrook\, N.Y. Ensconced in Millbrook for 50 years\, Hall served as editor of Duchess Magazine while raising daughter Eliza as well as Morti’s five young children\, along with a bevy of horses and dogs. Hall is author of several children’s books and the novel Riding High (under the pseudonym of Emily Brooks)\, written with former E.P. Dutton editor Ann LaFarge. Today\, she divides her time between Charleston\, S.C. and Millbrook. \nAbout Eliza Wilson Ingle \nEliza Wilson Ingle is a New York native with Southern roots. She earned her BA in Dance from Middlebury College\, and after a brief stint in New York City\, moved to Charleston where she became a Professor of Dance at the College of Charleston. In addition to teaching\, Ingle has been a performer and choreographer with Anonymity Dance Company. A dance reviewer for The Post and Courier covering Spoleto Festival USA\, as well as a contributor to Charleston Magazine and Charleston City Paper\, and creator and co-host of Just Imagine – a radio program covering local cultural events and people – she stays tapped into the arts and believes\, as her grandmother did\, in the power of story. She thanks her husband and three grown daughters for their love\, laughter and support. \nAbout Virginia Christian Beach \nVirginia Christian Beach was born in Richmond\, Virginia and earned a BA in English from the University of Virginia. From there she served as a Peace Corps volunteer in East Africa\, after which she worked for Little\, Brown publishers in New York. Beach is the author of four books and a writer and editor for numerous publications and periodicals. She and her husband reside in Charleston\, South Carolina where their two grown children were raised. \n  \nPrior to the program\, We invite our Fellows Members to enjoy a Happy Hour from 5:00 – 6:00pm\, downstairs in the Dr. Suzan D. Boyd Fellows Club Lounge.
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SUMMARY:Story Time In The Rabbit Hole - Winter
DESCRIPTION:Due to the high enthusiasm surrounding Story Time\, we will be offering this to members only. To join the Library Society\, please click here. \nJoin us for our beloved Story Time in the Rabbit Hole! During this hour long\, kid-friendly program\, children and their parents/caregivers will join Lisa\, our Director of Collections. She will be reading in the Rabbit Hole and making an on-theme craft to bring home. \nFor this Story Time\, Lisa will read Coat of Many Colors by Dolly Parton and the craft will be painted paper coats! \nStory Time will repeat every Tuesday and Wednesday at 3:30 pm and Saturdays at 10:00 am–we hope to see you there! \nTo RSVP to this free event\, please fill out the form below.
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/story-time-in-the-rabbit-hole-winter/
LOCATION:Charleston Library Society\, 164 King Street\, Charleston\, SC\, 29401\, United States
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SUMMARY:An Editor's Eye on Southern Style
DESCRIPTION:Tori Mellott\, career respected design editor and now Style Director of Frederic Magazine\, joins CLS for the debut of her first book: Southern Interiors: A Celebration of Personal Style published in conjunction with Schumacher. A veteran of the industry\, Mellott has been be behind the scenes for more than twenty years in posts at House Beautiful\, Elle Decor\, Domino\, Martha Stewart and Traditional Home\, and now provides an exclusive peek into the homes of various creatives\, particularly those that are uniquely Southern. For her official launch in the Southeast\, appropriately at the oldest cultural institution in the South\, Tori will hold a delightful repartee with several of the featured talent from the book\, including Chelsea Handegan and John Pope\, exploring what Southern living means to them. \nIf you are unable to attend the event\, but would like to purchase one or more signed copies\, please visit Buxton Books here. \nAbout the Book \nSouthern Interiors spotlights 28 residences across country towns\, coastal resorts\, and major metropolitan cities featuring homes in a variety of architectural and interior design styles\, from modern and minimalist to Georgian-inspired to Southern Gothic. Each of these deeply personal residences illustrates how the region’s traditions of hospitality and easy elegance are being interpreted by the South’s most stylish people today. Peek inside Beth Webb’s coastal South Carolina getaway\, artist Hunt Slonem’s historic Louisiana manor\, and fashion insider Ann Mashburn’s airy Atlanta home. Among the many other luminaries featured in the book are interior designers Suzanne Kasler and Thomas Jayne\, architects Stan Dixon and Bobby McAlpine\, and tastemakers Elizabeth Damrich and Kerry Moody. \nSince its founding in 1889\, luxury design house Schumacher has been committed to design that transcends time and rises above the ordinary. It is the ultimate resource for extraordinary textiles\, wallpapers\, trim\, and home accessories and is renowned as a style leader worldwide. \nAbout Tori Mellot  \nTori has been an editor for more than twenty years and has held posts at House Beautiful\, Elle Decor\, Domino\, Martha Stewart\, Traditional Home\, and is currently the Style Director of Frederic Magazine and Director of Video for Frederic Media. Originally from Pittsburgh\, PA Tori resides in New York City with her eleven-year-old twin daughters. \nAbout Chelsea Handegan \nNative Charlestonian Chelsea Handegan launched her eponymous studio in 2019 with an aim to develop long-lasting relationships and create beautiful\, comfortable designs that endure for generations. She holds a Master of Arts in Interior Design from Savannah College of Art and Design. Chelsea’s design aesthetic was shaped by a decade of experience at Amelia T. Handegan\, Inc.\, working on both residential and commercial projects. She has overseen the designs of such projects as a Bahamian residence\, Montana ranch\, 1791 Charleston single house\, Lowcountry plantation\, and luxury yacht. Chelsea was selected to Frederic magazine’s inaugural It List in 2023\, which honored thirteen up-and-coming interior designers. She resides in Charleston with her husband and young daughter. \nAbout John Pope \nJohn Pope graduated from the Savannah College of Art and Design with a degree in historic preservation\, and his unique combination of good taste and sophisticated education makes his collection one of Charleston’s best\, from ceramic lamps to vintage frames\, chandeliers\, and taxidermy peacocks\, it is as eclectic as it is refined. \nAbout Angie Hranowsky \nAngie Hranowsky’s extensive project list includes residences from Maine to Florida\, Brooklyn to Austin—and features significant houses\, intimate pieds-à-terre\, seaside homes\, and urban apartments. To every aspect of her work\, Hranowsky brings an appreciation of place and period\, character and artistry. She has been featured in Veranda\, Architectural Digest\, The Wall Street Journal\, House Beautiful\, 1stDibs\, Domino\, Departures\, Elle Decor and Luxe. She has been included as one of Elle Decor’s “Game-Changing Designers” and Southern Living’s “Top Five Tastemakers”.  Her wallpaper line is available from Studio Four NYC.
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/an-editors-eye-on-southern-style/
LOCATION:SC
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241204T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241204T163000
DTSTAMP:20260520T125947
CREATED:20241112T195202Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241217T163556Z
UID:10001855-1733326200-1733329800@charlestonlibrarysociety.org
SUMMARY:Story Time In The Rabbit Hole - Winter
DESCRIPTION:Due to the high enthusiasm surrounding Story Time\, we will be offering this to members only. To join the Library Society\, please click here. \nJoin us for our beloved Story Time in the Rabbit Hole! During this hour long\, kid-friendly program\, children and their parents/caregivers will join Lisa\, our Director of Collections. She will be reading in the Rabbit Hole and making an on-theme craft to bring home. \nFor this Story Time\, Lisa will read Coat of Many Colors by Dolly Parton and the craft will be painted paper coats! \nStory Time will repeat every Tuesday and Wednesday at 3:30 pm and Saturdays at 10:00 am–we hope to see you there! \nTo RSVP to this free event\, please fill out the form below.
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/story-time-in-the-rabbit-hole-winter-2/
LOCATION:Charleston Library Society\, 164 King Street\, Charleston\, SC\, 29401\, United States
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20241205
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20241207
DTSTAMP:20260520T125947
CREATED:20241101T140136Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241115T203547Z
UID:10001832-1733356800-1733529599@charlestonlibrarysociety.org
SUMMARY:Holiday Shopping Bazaar in the Stacks
DESCRIPTION:Join the Charleston Library Society for our annual Holiday Shopping Bazaar in the Stacks: a market pop-up in our Main Reading Room featuring local makers\, bakers\, collectors\, and artists. \nDate & Time: \nThursday\, December 5th from 2-7 PM and Friday\, December 6th from 10 AM-3 PM. \nEnjoy our two-part holiday shopping bazaar with our local vendors: \nLia Burke Libaire // Original Artwork \nSwell Botanics // Wreaths and Wreath Workshops // SIGN UP FOR WORKSHOP HERE!  \nMaggie Jewelry // Custom Charm Necklaces \nBeetle // Antiques and Jewelry \nOliver Pluff & Co.  // American-Made Teas \nSouthern Ruetz // Custom Hand-Crafted Hats \nAnne’s Charleston Cheese Biscuits // Southern Cheese Biscuits \nToffee Smyth // Handmade Chocolate Toffee \nHatch Cove Designs // Stationary\, Surcie Shop\, Custom Calligraphy \nAshley D. Studio // Paper Goods and Custom Calligraphy \nSugar Bakery // Cookie Kits \nBuxton Books // Holiday Books \nCLS Book Shop // Vintage Books \n… more to come… \nNo RSVP required.
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/holiday-shopping-bazaar-in-the-stacks/
LOCATION:Charleston Library Society\, 164 King Street\, Charleston\, SC\, 29401\, United States
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241209T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241209T180000
DTSTAMP:20260520T125947
CREATED:20241015T145306Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241015T145306Z
UID:10001826-1733763600-1733767200@charlestonlibrarysociety.org
SUMMARY:December New Member's Mingle
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for our New Members Mingle! Every second Monday of the month\, we host our newest members of the CLS family for a fun and informative tour of the facility\, including key information on utilizing Library resources\, an exploration of some of the treasures from the CLS archives\, a visit to the Igoe Shakespeare Library\, concluding with a tour of our bindery and information about our conservation efforts. Questions are welcome throughout our time together. \nThe tour starts at 5pm\, and generally ends around 6pm. The tour schedule includes:\n5:00 – 5:10 pm Welcome\n5:10 – 5:20 pm Introduction of staff and an overview of the Main Reading Room and Exhibits\n5:20 – 5:40 pm Tour of key areas of the Library\, including the Melvin P. Seiden Gallery\, the Kellogg Family Map Room\, the Ruth and Bill Baker Conference Room\, the Igoe Shakespeare Library and the Stephen F. Gates Vaults\n5:40 – 6:00 pm  Tour of Dorothy’s Book Bindery and the Jerrold and Ann Mitchell Conservation Lab; Q&A \nPlease RSVP with the form below. We look forward to seeing you! \n*Please note: if this session fills to capacity\, RSVP for January’s New Member Mingle!
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/december-new-members-mingle-2/
LOCATION:Charleston Library Society\, 164 King Street\, Charleston\, SC\, 29401\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241210T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241210T163000
DTSTAMP:20260520T125947
CREATED:20241112T195404Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241217T163610Z
UID:10001856-1733844600-1733848200@charlestonlibrarysociety.org
SUMMARY:Story Time In The Rabbit Hole - Snow
DESCRIPTION:Due to the high enthusiasm surrounding Story Time\, we will be offering this to members only. To join the Library Society\, please click here. \nJoin us for our beloved Story Time in the Rabbit Hole! During this hour long\, kid-friendly program\, children and their parents/caregivers will join Lisa\, our Director of Collections. She will be reading in the Rabbit Hole and making an on-theme craft to bring home. \nFor this Story Time\, Lisa will read Mooncake by Frank Asch and the craft will be marshmallow snowmen! \nStory Time will repeat every Tuesday and Wednesday at 3:30 pm and Saturdays at 10:00 am–we hope to see you there! \nTo RSVP to this free event\, please fill out the form below.
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/story-time-in-the-rabbit-hole-snow/
LOCATION:Charleston Library Society\, 164 King Street\, Charleston\, SC\, 29401\, United States
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241211T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241211T163000
DTSTAMP:20260520T125947
CREATED:20241112T195435Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241217T163623Z
UID:10001857-1733931000-1733934600@charlestonlibrarysociety.org
SUMMARY:Story Time In The Rabbit Hole - Snow
DESCRIPTION:Due to the high enthusiasm surrounding Story Time\, we will be offering this to members only. To join the Library Society\, please click here. \nJoin us for our beloved Story Time in the Rabbit Hole! During this hour long\, kid-friendly program\, children and their parents/caregivers will join Lisa\, our Director of Collections. She will be reading in the Rabbit Hole and making an on-theme craft to bring home. \nFor this Story Time\, Lisa will read Mooncake by Frank Asch and the craft will be marshmallow snowmen! \nStory Time will repeat every Tuesday and Wednesday at 3:30 pm and Saturdays at 10:00 am–we hope to see you there! \nTo RSVP to this free event\, please fill out the form below.
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/story-time-in-the-rabbit-hole-snow-2/
LOCATION:Charleston Library Society\, 164 King Street\, Charleston\, SC\, 29401\, United States
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241214T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241214T110000
DTSTAMP:20260520T125947
CREATED:20241202T181147Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241217T191357Z
UID:10001865-1734170400-1734174000@charlestonlibrarysociety.org
SUMMARY:Saturday Story Time In The Rabbit Hole - Winter Festivities
DESCRIPTION:Due to the high enthusiasm surrounding Story Time\, we will be offering this to members only. To join the Library Society\, please click here. \nJoin us for our beloved Story Time in the Rabbit Hole! During this hour long\, kid-friendly program\, children and their parents/caregivers will join Kenna\, our part time Children’s Librarian. She will be reading in the Rabbit Hole and making an on-theme craft to bring home. \nFor this Story Time\, Kenna will read The Gingerbread Baby by Jan Brett\, and the craft will be puffy paint snowmen! \nDue to CLS’s holiday closure\, there will be no Saturday Story Times December 21st or 28th. \nTo RSVP to this free event\, please fill out the form below.
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/saturday-story-time-in-the-rabbit-hole-winter-festivities/
LOCATION:Charleston Library Society\, 164 King Street\, Charleston\, SC\, 29401\, United States
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241217T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241217T163000
DTSTAMP:20260520T125947
CREATED:20241112T195612Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250107T140610Z
UID:10001858-1734449400-1734453000@charlestonlibrarysociety.org
SUMMARY:Story Time In The Rabbit Hole - Holidays
DESCRIPTION:Due to the high enthusiasm surrounding Story Time\, we will be offering this to members only. To join the Library Society\, please click here. \nJoin us for our beloved Story Time in the Rabbit Hole! During this hour long\, kid-friendly program\, children and their parents/caregivers will join Lisa\, our Director of Collections. She will be reading in the Rabbit Hole and making an on-theme craft to bring home. \nFor this Story Time\, Lisa will read The Joyful Book by Todd Parr and the craft will be mitten hands! \nStory Time will repeat every Tuesday and Wednesday at 3:30 pm and Saturdays at 10:00 am–we hope to see you there! \nTo RSVP to this free event\, please fill out the form below.
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/story-time-in-the-rabbit-hole-holidays/
LOCATION:Charleston Library Society\, 164 King Street\, Charleston\, SC\, 29401\, United States
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241218T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241218T163000
DTSTAMP:20260520T125947
CREATED:20241112T195638Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250107T140623Z
UID:10001859-1734535800-1734539400@charlestonlibrarysociety.org
SUMMARY:Story Time In The Rabbit Hole - Holidays
DESCRIPTION:Due to the high enthusiasm surrounding Story Time\, we will be offering this to members only. To join the Library Society\, please click here. \nJoin us for our beloved Story Time in the Rabbit Hole! During this hour long\, kid-friendly program\, children and their parents/caregivers will join Lisa\, our Director of Collections. She will be reading in the Rabbit Hole and making an on-theme craft to bring home. \nFor this Story Time\, Lisa will read The Joyful Book by Todd Parr and the craft will be mitten hands! \nStory Time will repeat every Tuesday and Wednesday at 3:30 pm and Saturdays at 10:00 am–we hope to see you there! \nTo RSVP to this free event\, please fill out the form below.
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/story-time-in-the-rabbit-hole-holidays-2/
LOCATION:Charleston Library Society\, 164 King Street\, Charleston\, SC\, 29401\, United States
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250107T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250107T163000
DTSTAMP:20260520T125947
CREATED:20241217T145810Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250121T163904Z
UID:10001866-1736263800-1736267400@charlestonlibrarysociety.org
SUMMARY:Story Time In The Rabbit Hole - Sharing
DESCRIPTION:Due to the high enthusiasm surrounding Story Time\, we will be offering this to members only. To join the Library Society\, please click here. \nJoin us for our beloved Story Time in the Rabbit Hole! During this hour long\, kid-friendly program\, children and their parents/caregivers will join Lisa\, our Director of Collections. She will be reading in the Rabbit Hole and making an on-theme craft to bring home. \nFor this Story Time\, Lisa will read Thank You Omu by Oge Mora and the craft will be paper collages! \nStory Time will repeat every Tuesday and Wednesday at 3:30 pm and Saturdays at 10:00 am–we hope to see you there! \nTo RSVP to this free event\, please fill out the form below.
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/story-time-in-the-rabbit-hole-sharing/
LOCATION:Charleston Library Society\, 164 King Street\, Charleston\, SC\, 29401\, United States
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250108T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250108T163000
DTSTAMP:20260520T125947
CREATED:20241217T145839Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250121T163950Z
UID:10001867-1736350200-1736353800@charlestonlibrarysociety.org
SUMMARY:Story Time In The Rabbit Hole - Sharing
DESCRIPTION:Due to the high enthusiasm surrounding Story Time\, we will be offering this to members only. To join the Library Society\, please click here. \nJoin us for our beloved Story Time in the Rabbit Hole! During this hour long\, kid-friendly program\, children and their parents/caregivers will join Lisa\, our Director of Collections. She will be reading in the Rabbit Hole and making an on-theme craft to bring home. \nFor this Story Time\, Lisa will read Thank You Omu by Oge Mora and the craft will be paper collages! \nStory Time will repeat every Tuesday and Wednesday at 3:30 pm and Saturdays at 10:00 am–we hope to see you there! \nTo RSVP to this free event\, please fill out the form below.
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/story-time-in-the-rabbit-hole-sharing-2/
LOCATION:Charleston Library Society\, 164 King Street\, Charleston\, SC\, 29401\, United States
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250111T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250111T110000
DTSTAMP:20260520T125947
CREATED:20241220T152824Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250121T175414Z
UID:10001934-1736589600-1736593200@charlestonlibrarysociety.org
SUMMARY:Saturday Story Time In The Rabbit Hole - Snowflakes
DESCRIPTION:Due to the high enthusiasm surrounding Story Time\, we will be offering this to members only. To join the Library Society\, please click here. \nJoin us for our beloved Story Time in the Rabbit Hole! During this hour long\, kid-friendly program\, children and their parents/caregivers will join Kenna\, our part time Children’s Librarian. She will be reading in the Rabbit Hole and making an on-theme craft to bring home. \nFor this Story Time\, Kenna will read Snowflakes Fall by Patricia MacLachlan\, and the craft will be beaded snowflakes! \nTo RSVP to this free event\, please fill out the form below.
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/saturday-story-time-in-the-rabbit-hole-snowflakes/
LOCATION:Charleston Library Society\, 164 King Street\, Charleston\, SC\, 29401\, United States
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250113T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250113T180000
DTSTAMP:20260520T125947
CREATED:20241202T165857Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250108T194048Z
UID:10001863-1736787600-1736791200@charlestonlibrarysociety.org
SUMMARY:January New Member's Orientation
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for our New Members Orientation! Every second Monday of the month\, we host our newest members of the CLS family for a fun and informative tour of the facility\, including key information on utilizing Library resources\, an exploration of some of the treasures from the CLS archives\, a visit to the Igoe Shakespeare Library\, concluding with a tour of our bindery and information about our conservation efforts. Questions are welcome throughout our time together. \nThe tour starts at 5pm\, and generally ends around 6pm. The tour schedule includes:\n5:00 – 5:10 pm Welcome\n5:10 – 5:20 pm Introduction of staff and an overview of the Main Reading Room and Exhibits\n5:20 – 5:40 pm Tour of key areas of the Library\, including the Melvin P. Seiden Gallery\, the Kellogg Family Map Room\, the Ruth and Bill Baker Conference Room\, the Igoe Shakespeare Library and the Stephen F. Gates Vaults\n5:40 – 6:00 pm  Tour of Dorothy’s Book Bindery and the Jerrold and Ann Mitchell Conservation Lab; Q&A \nPlease RSVP with the form below. We look forward to seeing you! \n*Please note: if this session fills to capacity\, RSVP for February’s New Member Orentation!
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/january-new-members-mingle-2/
LOCATION:Charleston Library Society\, 164 King Street\, Charleston\, SC\, 29401\, United States
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250114T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250114T163000
DTSTAMP:20260520T125947
CREATED:20241217T150020Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250121T164151Z
UID:10001868-1736868600-1736872200@charlestonlibrarysociety.org
SUMMARY:Story Time In The Rabbit Hole - Moon and Stars
DESCRIPTION:Due to the high enthusiasm surrounding Story Time\, we will be offering this to members only. To join the Library Society\, please click here. \nJoin us for our beloved Story Time in the Rabbit Hole! During this hour long\, kid-friendly program\, children and their parents/caregivers will join Susanna\, our Children’s Service Coordinator. She will be reading in the Rabbit Hole and making an on-theme craft to bring home. \nFor this Story Time\, Susanna will read A Big Mooncake for Little Star by Grace Lin and the craft will be moon and star pictures! \nStory Time will repeat every Tuesday and Wednesday at 3:30 pm and Saturdays at 10:00 am–we hope to see you there! \nTo RSVP to this free event\, please fill out the form below.
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/story-time-in-the-rabbit-hole-moon-and-stars/
LOCATION:Charleston Library Society\, 164 King Street\, Charleston\, SC\, 29401\, United States
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250115T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250115T113000
DTSTAMP:20260520T125947
CREATED:20241126T204012Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241126T204012Z
UID:10001847-1736937000-1736940600@charlestonlibrarysociety.org
SUMMARY:CLS Book Club // "Playground" by Richard Powers
DESCRIPTION:CLS Book Club is FREE\, in-person\, and open to the public—and also member-researched and led through thoughtfully curated discussion. Whether you’ve finished the book\, are thinking about starting it\, or couldn’t make it past the halfway point\, please join us. \nRSVP is required via the form below so that we can plan for seating. \nAbout Book Club \nOffered a few times a year\, the CLS Book Club seeks to explore various topics\, authors\, and diversity within its book selections. Under this objective\, Book Club also offers space for conversation\, perspectives\, and discourse to aptly deliver a synopsis on the panorama of characters and and narratives present in Playground. This Book Club will presented and presided over by a dynamic panel consisting of Diana Hambleton\, Clare Meyer\, Tina Wardrop and Susan Porter. After their exploration of the book\, the floor will open to questions and discussion. \nAbout the Book \n\n\n\n\n\nFour lives are drawn together in a sweeping\, panoramic new novel from Richard Powers\, showcasing the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Overstory at the height of his skills. Twelve-year-old Evie Beaulieu sinks to the bottom of a swimming pool in Montreal strapped to one of the world’s first aqualungs. Ina Aroita grows up on naval bases across the Pacific with art as her only home. Two polar opposites at an elite Chicago high school bond over a three-thousand-year-old board game; Rafi Young will get lost in literature\, while Todd Keane’s work will lead to a startling AI breakthrough. \nThey meet on the history-scarred island of Makatea in French Polynesia\, whose deposits of phosphorus once helped to feed the world. Now the tiny atoll has been chosen for humanity’s next adventure: a plan to send floating\, autonomous cities out onto the open sea. But first\, the island’s residents must vote to green light the project or turn the seasteaders away. \nSet in the world’s largest ocean\, this awe-filled book explores that last wild place we have yet to colonize in a still-unfolding oceanic game\, and interweaves beautiful writing\, rich characterization\, profound themes of technology and the environment\, and a deep exploration of our shared humanity in a way only Richard Powers can. \nPlease note that the authors of our selections ARE NOT in attendance.  \n\n\n\n\n\nFor a copy of the book\, check out our catalog here\, or shop local at Buxton Books.
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/cls-book-club-playground-by-richard-powers/
LOCATION:Charleston Library Society\, 164 King Street\, Charleston\, SC\, 29401\, United States
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250115T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250115T163000
DTSTAMP:20260520T125947
CREATED:20241217T150107Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250121T175135Z
UID:10001869-1736955000-1736958600@charlestonlibrarysociety.org
SUMMARY:Story Time In The Rabbit Hole - Moon and Stars
DESCRIPTION:Due to the high enthusiasm surrounding Story Time\, we will be offering this to members only. To join the Library Society\, please click here. \nJoin us for our beloved Story Time in the Rabbit Hole! During this hour long\, kid-friendly program\, children and their parents/caregivers will join Susanna\, our Children’s Services Coordinator. She will be reading in the Rabbit Hole and making an on-theme craft to bring home. \nFor this Story Time\, Susanna will read A Big Mooncake for Little Star by Grace Lin and the craft will be moon and star pictures! \nStory Time will repeat every Tuesday and Wednesday at 3:30 pm and Saturdays at 10:00 am–we hope to see you there! \nTo RSVP to this free event\, please fill out the form below.
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/story-time-in-the-rabbit-hole-moon-and-stars-2/
LOCATION:Charleston Library Society\, 164 King Street\, Charleston\, SC\, 29401\, United States
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250116T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250116T190000
DTSTAMP:20260520T125947
CREATED:20241126T204041Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250203T204010Z
UID:10001791-1737050400-1737054000@charlestonlibrarysociety.org
SUMMARY:Marking 50 Years of Breakthrough Writing
DESCRIPTION:Both standouts for their time – fifty years ago\, to be exact – we’re celebrating the continued impact of bestselling books by Peter H. Wood and Theodore Rosengarten that showcased the endurance of enslaved people in early America\, transforming the a widespread understanding of early American history. Black Majority (Peter Wood)\, features a new epilogue in its recently revised fiftieth-anniversary edition that challenges a fresh generation with provocative history. All God’s Dangers (Theodore Rosengarten) may be a “forgotten autobiography” as re-highlighted by The New York Times already once before\, but it was the National Book Award Winner in 1975\, surpassing many others that came out in the same banner year for non-fiction. \nMore relevant and enlightening than ever\, these literary works tell the stories of colonial African American language\, culture\, and expertise – all of which form the critical fibers of our nation’s history. Theodore Rosengarten and Peter H. Wood will reflect on what they have learned since publishing their respective works\, discuss the future of the African American past\, and reveal how their work has shaped their careers as historians and authors. \nIf you are unable to attend the event\, but would like to purchase one or more signed copies\, please visit Buxton Books for copies of Black Majority and All God’s Dangers. \nAbout Peter H. Wood \nPeter H. Wood grew up in St. Louis and Baltimore\, earning degrees at Harvard and Oxford before teaching early American history at Duke University for nearly four decades. In 1974\, Alfred A. Knopf published his dissertation about enslavement in colonial South Carolina. W.W. Norton has recently published an updated 50th-anniversary edition of this pioneering book with the fresh title\, Black Majority: Race\, Rice\, and Rebellion in South Carolina\, 1670-1740. Wood is the author of Strange New Land: Africans in Colonial America and several books about the Black images of American artist Winslow Homer\, including Near Andersonville: Winslow Homer’s Civil War (Harvard University Press\, 2010). He is also the co-author of a widely-used college U.S. History text entitled Created Equal. He has served on the boards of Harvard University\, the Omohundro Institute of Early American History\, and the Highlander Education Center in East Tennessee. Dr. Wood now lives in Colorado with his wife\, Pulitzer-Prize-winning historian\, Elizabeth Fenn. Recently\, he co-authored an essay on slave-built canals in South Carolina before the Stono Rebellion. When not growing gourds\, he is writing a book entitled The Great Southern Blackout\, about the scope and consequences of two centuries of forced Black illiteracy across the South. \nAbout Black Majority \nFirst published in 1974\, Black Majority chronicles the crucial formative years of North America’s wealthiest and most tormented British colony. It explores how West African familiarity with rice determined the Lowcountry economy and how a skilled but enslaved labor force formed its own distinctive language and culture. While African American history often focuses on the nineteenth and twentieth centuries\, Black Majority underscores the significant role early African arrivals played in shaping the direction of American history. \nAbout Theodore Rosengarten \nTheodore Rosengarten is a writer\, teacher and a social activist from McClellanville\, South Carolina. Born in Brooklyn\, New York\, Ted got his AB from Amherst College\, and a PhD in The History of American Civilization\, from Harvard. Even as a child\, he was obsessed by the black struggle for justice and freedom and by the destruction of the Jews in Europe. His first book\, All God’s Dangers: The Life of Nate Shaw\, the oral history of an African American tenant farmer from Alabama\, won the National Book Award. His second book\, Tombee: Portrait of a Cotton Planter\, chronicles the life of an unsuccessful plantation owner from St. Helena Island\, South Carolina. This book won the National Book Critics Circle Award for best biography. Last year\, Yad Vashem Studies published Ted’s critical review of Steven T. Katz’s opus comparing the The Holocaust and New World Slavery. Ted taught for decades in the Jewish Studies Program at the College of Charleston and in the Honors College at the University of South Carolina. Since 2002\, Ted and his wife Dale have led a biennial study abroad to Poland\, Germany and The Netherlands called Tracing the Holocaust. Looking to unearth the past\, they encounter the new racial demography of European cities. \nAbout the All God’s Dangers \nNate Shaw’s father was born under slavery. Nate Shaw was born into a bondage that was only a little gentler. At the age of nine\, he was picking cotton for thirty-five cents an hour. At the age of forty-seven\, he faced down a crowd of white deputies who had come to confiscate a neighbor’s crop. His defiance cost him twelve years in prison. This triumphant autobiography\, assembled from the eighty-four-year-old Shaw’s oral reminiscences\, is the plain-spoken story of an “over-average” man who witnessed wrenching changes in the lives of Southern black people—and whose unassuming courage helped bring those changes about. \nPrior to the program\, We invite our Fellows Members to enjoy a Happy Hour from 5:00 – 6:00pm\, downstairs in the Dr. Suzan D. Boyd Fellows Club Lounge.
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/marking-50-years-of-breakthrough-writing/
LOCATION:Charleston Library Society\, 164 King Street\, Charleston\, SC\, 29401\, United States
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SUMMARY:Saturday Story Time In The Rabbit Hole - Friendship
DESCRIPTION:Due to the high enthusiasm surrounding Story Time\, we will be offering this to members only. To join the Library Society\, please click here. \nJoin us for our beloved Story Time in the Rabbit Hole! During this hour long\, kid-friendly program\, children and their parents/caregivers will join Kenna\, our part time Children’s Librarian. She will be reading in the Rabbit Hole and making an on-theme craft to bring home. \nFor this Story Time\, Kenna will read Zebra’s Great Escape by Katherine Rundell\, and the craft will be friendship bracelets! \nTo RSVP to this free event\, please fill out the form below.
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/saturday-story-time-in-the-rabbit-hole-friendship/
LOCATION:Charleston Library Society\, 164 King Street\, Charleston\, SC\, 29401\, United States
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SUMMARY:Story Time In The Rabbit Hole - Hats and Caps
DESCRIPTION:In accordance with City of Charleston winter weather advisories\, the Library Society will be closed from 3pm Tuesday\, January 21st through Wednesday\, January 22nd. Therefore\, there will be no Story Time Tuesday or Wednesday. We apologize for the inconvenience! \nDue to the high enthusiasm surrounding Story Time\, we will be offering this to members only. To join the Library Society\, please click here. \nJoin us for our beloved Story Time in the Rabbit Hole! During this hour long\, kid-friendly program\, children and their parents/caregivers will join Lisa\, our Director of Collections. She will be reading in the Rabbit Hole and making an on-theme craft to bring home. \nFor this Story Time\, Lisa will read Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina and the craft will be paper hats! \nStory Time will repeat every Tuesday and Wednesday at 3:30 pm and Saturdays at 10:00 am–we hope to see you there! \nTo RSVP to this free event\, please fill out the form below.
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/story-time-in-the-rabbit-hole-hats-and-caps/
LOCATION:Charleston Library Society\, 164 King Street\, Charleston\, SC\, 29401\, United States
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SUMMARY:Story Time In The Rabbit Hole - Hats and Caps
DESCRIPTION:In accordance with City of Charleston winter weather advisories\, the Library Society will be closed from 3pm Tuesday\, January 21st through Wednesday\, January 22nd. Therefore\, there will be no Story Time Tuesday or Wednesday. We apologize for the inconvenience! \nDue to the high enthusiasm surrounding Story Time\, we will be offering this to members only. To join the Library Society\, please click here. \nJoin us for our beloved Story Time in the Rabbit Hole! During this hour long\, kid-friendly program\, children and their parents/caregivers will join Lisa\, our Director of Collections. She will be reading in the Rabbit Hole and making an on-theme craft to bring home. \nFor this Story Time\, Lisa will read Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina and the craft will be paper hats! \nStory Time will repeat every Tuesday and Wednesday at 3:30 pm and Saturdays at 10:00 am–we hope to see you there! \nTo RSVP to this free event\, please fill out the form below.
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/story-time-in-the-rabbit-hole-hats-and-caps-2/
LOCATION:Charleston Library Society\, 164 King Street\, Charleston\, SC\, 29401\, United States
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