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SUMMARY:A PBS Masterpiece Presentation // Watch World on Fire Season 2 Before It Airs
DESCRIPTION:Join members of the ETV Endowment for an advance screening of this epic World War II drama’s Season 2 debut\, weeks before it airs on SCETV/PBS (October 15\, 9:00PM). The hit series\, which premiered in 2020\, tells the story of battle through the eyes of ordinary people whose lives have been thrown into chaos. This season\, World on Fire takes viewers from the streets of Britain into occupied France\, Nazi Germany\, and the North African desert\, where British troops struggle alongside Indian Sappers and Australian Diggers to adapt to a very different kind of combat. Space is limited so register early. \nTickets are free with RSVP. Register via the form below.
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/a-pbs-masterpiece-presentation-watch-world-on-fire-season-2-before-it-airs/
LOCATION:Charleston Library Society\, 164 King Street\, Charleston\, SC\, 29401\, United States
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SUMMARY:A CLS x Buxton Books Exclusive // Local Authors Showcase: Breakfast\, Books\, and a Panel Discussion
DESCRIPTION:In celebration of our 275th Anniversary Year\, and with generous support from SC Humanities\, we are thrilled to host this special literary showcase with our friends at Buxton Books. The morning begins with lite bites and an author meet and greet\, followed by a panel discussion on the importance of storytellers in our community\, and a book signing.  Panelists will include\, Yvette Murray\, George Brewington\, Lydia Fitzpatrick\, Matt Lee\, Kristen Ness\, Victoria Benton Frank\, and Julian Buxton.  As a bonus\, the first 50 people to arrive will also receive a surprise title from a local author. \nThis event is free with RSVP. Simply fill out the form below to secure your spot.
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/a-cls-x-buxton-books-exclusive-local-authors-showcase-breakfast-books-and-a-panel-discussion/
LOCATION:Charleston Library Society\, 164 King Street\, Charleston\, SC\, 29401\, United States
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SUMMARY:Saturday Story Time In The Rabbit Hole - Welcome Fall!
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 incredible Camps in the Stacks leader. She will be reading in the Rabbit Hole and making an on-theme craft to bring home. \nFor this Story Time\, Kenna will read Bella’s Fall Coat by Lynn Plourde and the craft will be a leaf wreath! \nStory Time will repeat every Tuesday and Wednesday at 3:30 pm and Saturday 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/saturday-story-time-in-the-rabbit-hole-welcome-fall/
LOCATION:Charleston Library Society\, 164 King Street\, Charleston\, SC\, 29401\, United States
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SUMMARY:Story Time In The Rabbit Hole - Neighbors
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 Melissa\, our Children’s Library Coordinator. She will be reading in the Rabbit Hole and making an on-theme craft to bring home. \nFor this Story Time\, Melissa will read Maybe Something Beautiful by Isabel Campoy and Theresa Howell and the craft will be a suncatcher! \nStory Time will repeat every Tuesday and Wednesday at 3:30 pm and Saturday 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-neighbors/
LOCATION:Charleston Library Society\, 164 King Street\, Charleston\, SC\, 29401\, United States
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SUMMARY:Story Time In The Rabbit Hole - Neighbors
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 Melissa\, our Children’s Library Coordinator. She will be reading in the Rabbit Hole and making an on-theme craft to bring home. \nFor this Story Time\, Melissa will read Maybe Something Beautiful by Isabel Campoy and Theresa Howell and the craft will be a suncatcher! \nStory Time will repeat every Tuesday and Wednesday at 3:30 pm and Saturday 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-neighbors-2/
LOCATION:Charleston Library Society\, 164 King Street\, Charleston\, SC\, 29401\, United States
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SUMMARY:Documentary Series // 'Prisoner of Her Past'
DESCRIPTION:Prisoner of Her Past is a 2010 documentary film adapted from Howard Reich’s book by the same name and the latest installment in the Library Society’s Documentary Screening series. The film grapples with the lives and experiences of those impacted by World War II\, confronting the past and unraveling a family history. \nThis program is supported by South Carolina Humanities\, a not-for-profit organization; inspiring\, engaging and enriching South Carolinians with programs on literature\, history\, culture and heritage. SC Humanities receives funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Democracy Demands Wisdom. \nTickets are $10 for members\, $15 for the public.\nTo purchase tickets\, click here or call 843-723-9912 during box office hours. \nAbout the Film:\nOn the night of Feb. 15\, 2001\, 69-year-old Holocaust survivor Sonia Reich ran out of her house in Skokie\, Illinois\, telling police she feared someone was going to “put a bullet in my head.” It took Howard\, her son\, a year to find a doctor who came up with a specific diagnosis: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. In effect\, Sonia was reliving her unspoken childhood as a Jew running for her life from Nazis. Sixty years later\, Howard traveled the world to discover her untold story. He learned that of the 12\,000 Jews in Sonia’s small town of Dubno\, Poland\, less than 100 escaped machine-gun executions; his mother was one. Prisoner of Her Past (originally published as The First and Final Nightmare of Sonia Reich) illuminates the demons that haunt Howard’s mother to this day. \nAbout SC Humanities:\nThe mission of South Carolina Humanities is to enrich the cultural and intellectual lives of all South Carolinians. This not-for-profit organization presents and/or supports literary initiatives\, lectures\, exhibits\, festivals\, publications\, oral history projects\, videos and other humanities-based experiences that reach more than 250\,000 citizens annually. South Carolina Humanities receives funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities as well as corporate\, foundation and individual donors. It is governed by a volunteer Board of Directors comprised of community leaders from throughout the state.
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/documentary-series-prisoner-of-her-past/
LOCATION:Charleston Library Society\, 164 King Street\, Charleston\, SC\, 29401\, United States
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SUMMARY:A Sense of Place // Inside the International African American Museum
DESCRIPTION:The highly-anticipated International African American Museum opened its doors over the summer\, marking an incredible achievement for all involved and a valuable addition to Charleston’s cultural core. Many are aware of the commitment it took to create this seminal institution\, and of the importance of its physical location on Gadsden’s Wharf—a once-prolific port where scores of enslaved people passed through—but the museum’s full origin story is a little less well-known. To offer insight\, SCETV’s Thelisha Eaddy will host IAAM’s President and CEO\, Dr. Tonya Matthews\, Wilbur E. Johnson and Robert Macdonald for a discussion on the carefully planning and thoughtful intent that brought the museum to life at last. \nTickets are $10 for members\, $15 for the public. \nTo purchase\, click here or call 843.792.9913 during Box Office Hours (11:00AM–4:00PM\, Monday through Thursday). \nAbout the Panelists: \nDr. Tonya Matthews: \nA non-profit executive veteran\, Dr. Matthews is currently President and Chief Executive Officer of the International African American Museum (IAAM) located in Charleston\, SC. Under Dr. Matthews’ leadership\, IAAM has become a champion of authentic\, empathetic storytelling of African American history and thus is one of the nation’s newest platforms for the disruption of institutionalized racism.  Dr. Matthews’ storied career includes her role as Associate Provost for Inclusive Workforce Development & Director of the STEM Innovation Learning Center at Wayne State University and\, prior to that\, as the President & CEO of the Michigan Science Center.  Dr. Matthews’ dedication to community and accomplishments are widely recognized. She has been noted as one of the Charleston’s Most Influential by Charleston Business Magazine twice and honored as Trailblazer by Career Mastered Magazine (2017). She is a former member of the National Academy of Sciences Board on Science Education and was appointed by both Democratic and Republican administrations to the National Assessment Governing Board. Dr. Matthews received her Ph.D. in biomedical engineering from Johns Hopkins University and her B.S.E. in biomedical and electrical engineering from Duke University\, alongside a certificate in African/African American Studies. She is a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority\, Inc. and The Links\, Inc. Dr. Matthews is a native of Washington\, D.C. and – in each community she has settled – is known for planting roots on the side of town best for keeping an eye on progress. \nWilbur E. Johnson: \nWilbur E. Johnson is an attorney and has served as Managing Partner of Young Clement Rivers\, LLP\, a law firm based in Charleston\, South Carolina. Mr. Johnson is affiliated with various professional organizations.  He is a past member of the SC Bar House of Delegates and the SC Bar Nominating Committee.  He is also a permanent member of the Fourth Circuit Judicial Conference and holds memberships in the Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel\, the International Association of Defense Counsel and the American Bar Foundation.  He is listed in the “Best Lawyers in America” publication.  He has also served as an Adjunct Professor at the Charleston School of Law. Mr. Johnson is actively involved in civic and charitable affairs in the community.  Currently\, he serves as a Board member of several organizations\, including the Historic Charleston Foundation\, the Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce\, Chair Emeritus of the New Morning Foundation and the International African American Museum Board of Trustees.  Mr. Johnson is a former member of the Board of Directors of the Federal Reserve\, Richmond Bank Board of Directors. \nRobert Macdonald: \nRobert R. Macdonald\, Director Emeritus\, Museum of the City of New York\, Vice Chair Emeritus\, South Carolina Aquarium. Forty-six years experience as a museum director in Pennsylvania\, Connecticut\, Louisianan\, and New York. Macdonald began his career at the National Museum of American History\, Smithsonian Institution. He attained undergraduate and graduate degrees in history from Notre Dame and a graduate degree in American Civilization from the University of Pennsylvania. He is an Associate Fellow at Berkeley College\, Yale University\, a past President\, American Alliance of Museums; Chevalier de L’Order des Arts et des Letters; Cruz de Caballero de la Order de Isabel la Catolica; Award of Distinction\, American Association of Museums. Macdonald is a consultant to museums in the United States and abroad\, including Charleston’s International African American Museum. Bob and his wife Cathy moved to Mt. Pleasant in 2002. They have three adult children and three grandchildren. \nThelisha Eaddy: \nThelisha Eaddy is the local host of South Carolina Public Radio’s Morning Edition\, a national news program produced and distributed by National Public Radio (NPR). Eaddy was recently featured as the first African-American woman to serve in that position. \nEaddy joined SC Public Radio’s team of reporters in 2015 to cover the long- term recovery of the historic flood in Columbia. Since that time\, she has continued covering top news stories for the network. In addition to her on-air reporting\, Eaddy can be seen on other South Carolina ETV programming\, reporting live coverage of elections and providing analysis during Governor Inaugurations\, moderating debates\, and hosting the program Palmetto Perspectives. In 2019\, Eaddy also produced The Road We Trod\, a one-hour special on South Carolina's Historically Black Colleges and Universities and their impact on history and the economy. A native of the South Carolina Lowcountry\, Eaddy’s first broadcast job was in her hometown of Saint Stephen. She studied at the University of South Carolina in Columbia and learned valuable behind-the-scenes radio and TV broadcasting skills at Trident Technical College in Charleston. Eaddy is an award-winning\, multimedia journalist\, receiving the 2009 South Carolina Broadcasters Association Radio Reporter of the Year award and several Radio Television Digital.
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/sense-of-place/
LOCATION:Charleston Library Society\, 164 King Street\, Charleston\, SC\, 29401\, United States
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SUMMARY:Saturday Story Time In The Rabbit Hole - Bears
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 incredible Camps in the Stacks leader. She will be reading in the Rabbit Hole and making an on-theme craft to bring home. \nFor this Story Time\, Kenna will read Leaves by David Ezra Stein and the craft will be pasta bears! \nStory Time will repeat every Tuesday and Wednesday at 3:30 pm and Saturday 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/saturday-story-time-in-the-rabbit-hole-bears/
LOCATION:Charleston Library Society\, 164 King Street\, Charleston\, SC\, 29401\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231003T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231003T163000
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SUMMARY:Story Time In The Rabbit Hole - The Night Sky
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 Melissa\, our Children’s Library Coordinator. She will be reading in the Rabbit Hole and making an on-theme craft to bring home. \nFor this Story Time\, Melissa will read When Moon Fell Down by Linda Smith and the craft will be a night sky mobile! \nStory Time will repeat every Tuesday and Wednesday at 3:30 pm and Saturday 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-the-night-sky/
LOCATION:Charleston Library Society\, 164 King Street\, Charleston\, SC\, 29401\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231003T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231003T190000
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SUMMARY:Martyrdom and the History of Christianity
DESCRIPTION:On Tuesday\, October 3\, CLS and Buxton Books presents an evening for lovers of history and theology. \nIn Cult of the Dead\, Kyle Smith dives into the origins of Christianity and its history of memoralizing the legacies of martyrs. Smith’s sweeping historical account adopts a fascinating approach to the evolution of religion and the phenomena of death and martyrdom.  Smith will be joined in conversation by the Reverend Dr. Adam J Shoemaker \nTickets are $10 for members\, $15 for the public.  \nTo purchase tickets\, click here or call 843-723-9912 during box office hours. \nAbout the Book:\nA cultural history of how Christianity was born from its martyrs. \nThough it promises eternal life\, Christianity was forged in death. Christianity is built upon the legacies of the apostles and martyrs who chose to die rather than renounce the name of their lord. In this innovative cultural history\, Kyle Smith shows how a devotion to death has shaped Christianity for two thousand years. \nFor centuries\, Christians have cared for their saints\, curating their deaths as examples of holiness. Martyrs’ stories\, lurid legends of torture\, have been told and retold\, translated and rewritten. Martyrs’ bones are alive in the world\, relics pulsing with wonder. Martyrs’ shrines are still visited by pilgrims\, many in search of a miracle. Martyrs have even shaped the Christian conception of time\, with each day of the year celebrating the death of a saint. From Roman antiquity to the present\, by way of medieval England and the Protestant Reformation\, Cult of the Dead tells the fascinating story of how the world’s most widespread religion is steeped in the memory of its martyrs. \nAbout Kyle Smith: Kyle Smith is Associate Professor and Director of the History of Religions Program at the University of Toronto. An award-winning teacher\, he is the author or co-author of five books about Christian saints and martyrs. \nAbout Reverend Dr. Adam J. Shoemaker: Adam received a bachelor’s degree from Boston University\, a Master of Divinity from Harvard Divinity School\, a Diploma in Anglican Studies from the General Theological Seminary of the Episcopal Church\, and has completed the Doctor of Ministry program at Duke Divinity School. His dissertation addresses a pivotal moment in the unique history of St. Stephen’s. The title of his dissertation is “Building Community Across Walls: A History of an Integrated Church amid a Gentrifying Neighborhood in Charleston\, South Carolina.”
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/martyrdom-and-the-history-of-christianity/
LOCATION:Charleston Library Society\, 164 King Street\, Charleston\, SC\, 29401\, United States
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231004T163000
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SUMMARY:Story Time In The Rabbit Hole - The Night Sky
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 Melissa\, our Children’s Library Coordinator. She will be reading in the Rabbit Hole and making an on-theme craft to bring home. \nFor this Story Time\, Melissa will read When Moon Fell Down by Linda Smith and the craft will be a night sky mobile! \nStory Time will repeat every Tuesday and Wednesday at 3:30 pm and Saturday 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-the-night-sky/
LOCATION:Charleston Library Society\, 164 King Street\, Charleston\, SC\, 29401\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231005T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231005T190000
DTSTAMP:20260403T150151
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SUMMARY:Storytelling Series // Fashioning Narratives with Judith Thurman\, Harold Koda\, and Caroline Rennolds Milbank
DESCRIPTION:What does a dress\, or how we dress\, have to tell us? Few people better demonstrate the worlds that can be discerned from fashion than Judith Thurman and Harold Koda. In Judith Thurman’s work\, literature and fashion can be co-dependent—a mention of a dress of rare lace leads to Alice B. Toklas and Anita Loos\, and a Charles James seam smoothes easily to Virginia Woolf’s letter to Vita Sackville-West. That Thurman discerns this thread of communication is evident in her description of Alexander McQueen’s fashion as a “form of confessional poetry.” Besides her recently published collection of essays\, A Left-Handed Woman\, she is the author of award-winning biographies of the pivotal cultural figures Colette and Isak Dinesen (for which she won a National Book Award)\, and has also worked as a producer on the film about Dinesen’s life\, Out of Africa. \nHarold Koda led the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s legendary Costume Institute for nearly two decades\, curating such brilliant fashion exhibitions as “Dangerous Liaisons\,” which animated the 18th-century epistolary novel Les Liaisons Dangereuses in a series of sometimes risqué vignettes of mannequins carrying on amongst the fine French furniture and objects d’art of the Wrightsman Galleries. Imaginative in concept\, breathtaking in the look and array of garments\, Koda’s exhibitions and writings have definitively moved the fashion exhibition needle from gazing at the past to brilliantly illuminating the present. \nJoin us on Thursday\, October 5\, from 6:00PM to 7:00PM\, for their perspectives on the unlikely power of genre-spanning storytelling in a conversation moderated by the fashion historian and returning CLS program host\, Caroline Rennolds Milbank. \nTickets are $10 for members\, $15 for the public. \nTo purchase\, click here or call 843.723.9912 during Box Office Hours (11:00AM–4:00PM\, Monday through Thursday).
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/storytelling-series-fashioning-narratives-with-judith-thurman-and-harold-koda/
LOCATION:Charleston Library Society\, 164 King Street\, Charleston\, SC\, 29401\, United States
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SUMMARY:Saturday Story Time In The Rabbit Hole - Ghosts
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 incredible Camps in the Stacks leader. She will be reading in the Rabbit Hole and making an on-theme craft to bring home. \nFor this Story Time\, Kenna will read Ghosts in the House by Kazuno Kohara and the craft will be a puffy ghost! \nStory Time will repeat every Tuesday and Wednesday at 3:30 pm and Saturday 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/saturday-story-time-in-the-rabbit-hole-ghosts/
LOCATION:Charleston Library Society\, 164 King Street\, Charleston\, SC\, 29401\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231009T170000
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SUMMARY:October New Members 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 with 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 and 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!
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/october-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:20231010T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231010T163000
DTSTAMP:20260403T150151
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SUMMARY:Story Time In The Rabbit Hole - Quests and Adventures
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 Melissa\, our Children’s Library Coordinator. She will be reading in the Rabbit Hole and making an on-theme craft to bring home. \nFor this Story Time\, Melissa will read On a Magical Do Nothing Day by Beatrice Alemagna and the craft will be adventure goggles! \nStory Time will repeat every Tuesday and Wednesday at 3:30 pm and Saturday 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-quests-and-adventures/
LOCATION:Charleston Library Society\, 164 King Street\, Charleston\, SC\, 29401\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231010T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231010T190000
DTSTAMP:20260403T150151
CREATED:20230912T153407Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230927T133235Z
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SUMMARY:Storytelling Series // Behind the Hedges of the Rose Garden (and Windows into Other Fabled Places)
DESCRIPTION:We’re thrilled to welcome author and garden historian Linda Holden for an evening program that brings us back into the world of Bunny Mellon.  Throughout the evening Holden will explore Mellon’s personal aesthetics and approach to landscape design\, with a focus on her mindfulness and intentionality when  approaching the interior spaces of renown figures of the public \nTickets are $10 for members\, $15 for the public. \nTo purchase tickets\, click here or call 843.723.9912 during box office hours (Monday–Thursday\, 11:00AM to 4:00PM) to purchase tickets. \nAbout the Author\nLinda Jane Holden is a garden historian and sought-after speaker on the White House Gardens during the Camelot years. She is the author of Presidents Gardens\, a contributing author to White House History\, a publication of the White House Historical Association and co-author of Bunny Mellon Style and Garden Secrets of Bunny Mellon. Linda first became aware of Mrs. Mellon’s contributions to landscape design while working in the White House during the Reagan administration. She lives in Virginia.
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/public-spaces-of-private-people/
LOCATION:Charleston Library Society\, 164 King Street\, Charleston\, SC\, 29401\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231011T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231011T113000
DTSTAMP:20260403T150151
CREATED:20230911T153038Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231010T182919Z
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SUMMARY:CLS Book Club: King by Jonathan Eig
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Wednesday\, October 11\, at 10:30AM for a lively Book Club discussion on the masterful biography\, King: A Life by Jonathan Eig\, with special guest Rev. Nelson B Rivers\, III. We’ll unpack some of the book’s core themes as we delve into the life and legacy of Martin Luther King\, Jr. \nFrom the small farming community of Bennett’s Point\, SC near Charleston\, the Rev. Nelson B. Rivers\, III\, has risen throughout the ranks of the NAACP to become the Chief Operating Officer of the oldest and most revered civil rights organization. His climb epitomizes the unlimited possibilities of a life of commitment\, dedication and purpose. \nRev. Rivers received his bachelor’s degree from Wilberforce University in Ohio\, and currently serves on the Board of Trustees. He is an ordained Baptist preacher and is currently pursing a Master of Arts in Theology Degree at the Ecumenical Institute of Theology at St. Mary’s Seminary and University in Baltimore\, MD. He is married to the former Carolyn Smalls of Charleston and has four children. \nAlways determined to make things better\, Rivers has given his time\, talents and expertise to the NAACP for over thirty years. He has worked at every level of the organizations-as branch committee chair\, advisor of a local youth council; President and leader of the reorganization of the nearly defunct North Charleston\, SC Branch; Executive Director of the South Carolina State Conference; Director of the Southeast Region (the largest of the NAACP’s seven regions); Chief of Field Operation; and his current position\, Chief Operating Officer. With Rivers at the helm of the South Carolina Conference\, NAACP membership in the state tripled from 1984 to 1994. His work led to the election of more than 300 new black elected officials in South Carolina between the years of 1986 to 1994. His skills as a grassroots organizer resulted in massive direct action activities. Among them was the January 2000 historic march and rally that brought over 50\,000 people to the grounds of the South Carolina Statehouse to protest the state’s flying of the Confederate battle flag. In 2014\, Rev. Nelson B. Rivers\, III became the Vice President of Religious Affairs and External Relations for the National Action Network under the leadership of Rev. Al Sharpton. \nHe has received numerous awards for his civil rights and community work including the Order of the Palmetto\, the State of South Carolina’s highest award; the honorary Doctor of Humanities degree by his alma mater\, Wilberforce University; and induction into the South Carolina Black Hall of Fame. He has appeared on various radio and television programs including Donahue\, 60 Minutes\, a speaking role in the movie “Separate but Equal” starring Sidney Poitier\, BET Tonight with Ed Gordon\, among others. In July 2004\, at the NAACP 95th Convention\, he was recognized as the top NAACP staff professional when he was awarded the Medgar Evers Award of Excellence. \nCLS Book Club is FREE\, in-person\, open to the public—whether you’ve finished the book\, are thinking about starting it\, or couldn’t make it past the half-way point. All that is required is an RSVP via the form below.  \nFor a copy of the book\, check out our catalog here\, or shop local at Buxton Books. \nAbout CLS Book Club\nThe CLS Book Club has become a space for conversations about wide ranging topics\, but such a book\, so directly connected to a library’s mission\, has never been chosen. We hope that this book will provide an opportunity to discuss banned books\, freedom of speech\, educational access\, historical importance of librarianship\, and the power that libraries hold in the 21st Century and beyond.
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/king-by-jonathan-eig/
LOCATION:Charleston Library Society\, 164 King Street\, Charleston\, SC\, 29401\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231011T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231011T163000
DTSTAMP:20260403T150151
CREATED:20230915T140421Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230915T140421Z
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SUMMARY:Story Time In The Rabbit Hole - Quests and Adventures
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 Melissa\, our Children’s Library Coordinator. She will be reading in the Rabbit Hole and making an on-theme craft to bring home. \nFor this Story Time\, Melissa will read On a Magical Do Nothing Day by Beatrice Alemagna and the craft will be adventure goggles! \nStory Time will repeat every Tuesday and Wednesday at 3:30 pm and Saturday 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-questsandadventures/
LOCATION:Charleston Library Society\, 164 King Street\, Charleston\, SC\, 29401\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231014T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231014T110000
DTSTAMP:20260403T150151
CREATED:20230802T183735Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230914T122637Z
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SUMMARY:Saturday Story Time In The Rabbit Hole - Monsters
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 incredible Camps in the Stacks leader. She will be reading in the Rabbit Hole and making an on-theme craft to bring home. \nFor this Story Time\, Kenna will read Monsters Love Colors by Mike Austin and the craft will be a monster mask! \nStory Time will repeat every Tuesday and Wednesday at 3:30 pm and Saturday 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/saturday-story-time-in-the-rabbit-hole-monsters/
LOCATION:Charleston Library Society\, 164 King Street\, Charleston\, SC\, 29401\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231017T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231017T163000
DTSTAMP:20260403T150151
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SUMMARY:Story Time In The Rabbit Hole - Creatures\, Monsters OH MY
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 Melissa\, our Children’s Library Coordinator. She will be reading in the Rabbit Hole and making an on-theme craft to bring home. \nFor this Story Time\, Melissa will read Jitterbug Jam by Alexis Deacon and Barbara Jean Hicks and there will be a creature craft! \nStory Time will repeat every Tuesday and Wednesday at 3:30 pm and Saturday 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-creaturesmonsters/
LOCATION:Charleston Library Society\, 164 King Street\, Charleston\, SC\, 29401\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231017T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231017T190000
DTSTAMP:20260403T150151
CREATED:20230828T174400Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231011T193756Z
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SUMMARY:Behind the Podium // An Insider's Perspective on the Importance of Collections
DESCRIPTION:In the world of books\, autographs\, and photographs\, Doyle is a legend. The renowned auction house has worked with the estates and collections of screen greats like Bette Davis and Rock Hudson\, music legends from Louis Armstrong to Count Basie\, and fashion vanguards such as Oleg Cassini and Alexander McQueen\, and for this one evening\, it will bring its wealth of knowledge and expertise to King Street\, via Peter Costanzo \nThe New-York based SVP of Estates and Director of Rare Books\, Autographs\, and Photographs will reveal insider secrets gleaned from a career spent on the lead up to and from the other side of the podium: what it takes to ready an item for auction\, how to know what exactly an auction-worthy item is\, the importance of maintaining records of provenance\, what goes into the cataloguing process\, the source of the persistent intrigue surrounding maps—just to name a few. From conservation and the preservation of legacy\, to Doyle’s views on rare books\, to an introduction to Americana\, this program will cover it all—and then some. \nTickets:  Members – $10 // General Admission – $15 \nTo purchase\, click here or call 843.723.9912 during Box Office Hours (11:00AM–4:00PM\, Monday through Thursday). \nAbout Doyle \nFounded in 1962 on integrity\, expertise and service\, Doyle is one of the world’s foremost auctioneers and appraisers of fine art\, jewelry\, furniture\, decorations\, Asian works of art\, coins\, stamps\, rare books and a variety of specialty categories. Located in New York City\, the global capital of the auction market\, Doyle offers over 100 sales each year that attract a broad base of buyers and consignors from around the world and now oversees an ever-expanding network of offices and Regional Advisors throughout the United States\, including galleries in Palm Beach\, Beverly Hills and Charleston. \nAbout Peter Costanzo \nPeter Costanzo joined Doyle in 2010 and is a Senior Vice President in Trusts & Estates and Director of the Rare Books\, Autographs\, Maps\, and Photographs Department. As a certified appraiser\, he specializes in printed and manuscript Americana\, literature\, illustration art and 20th century figures\, as well as value of photographs and rare books in all fields. Throughout his work he has organized a number of landmark auctions\, among these the Rare Book Auction in New York as well as orchestrating the complete Oleg Cassini estate in 2019. Prior to Doyle\, Mr. Costanzo began his career in 2007 at the rare books auction house Bloomsbury\, where he rose through the ranks from junior cataloguer to specialist and conducted thirty sales as principal auctioneer.
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/behind-the-podium-an-insiders-perspective-on-the-importance-of-collections/
LOCATION:Charleston Library Society\, 164 King Street\, Charleston\, SC\, 29401\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231018T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231018T130000
DTSTAMP:20260403T150151
CREATED:20230728T202739Z
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SUMMARY:Lite Lunch // A Conversation with Christine Todd Whitman and Dana Beach
DESCRIPTION:A commitment to public service and a passion for a cause have a way of bridging gaps. Throw in a love of storytelling and a surprisingly few degrees of separation\, thanks to a meeting a decades ago\, and you have the makings of a superlative discussion filled with new content and established context.   \nJoin us for a special conversation on Charleston and conservation with the former New Jersey Governor and Environmental Protection Agency Director Christine Todd Whitman and the author and longtime CLS supporter and Coastal Conservation League pioneer Dana Beach. \nTickets are $25 for Members\, $35 for General Public. \nTo purchase\, click here or call 843.723.9912 during Box Office Hours (11:00AM–4:00PM\, Monday through Thursday).
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/christine-todd-whitman-and-the-politics-of-conservation/
LOCATION:Charleston Library Society\, 164 King Street\, Charleston\, SC\, 29401\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231018T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231018T163000
DTSTAMP:20260403T150151
CREATED:20230915T150948Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230915T154043Z
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SUMMARY:Story Time In The Rabbit Hole - Creatures\, Monsters OH MY
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 Melissa\, our Children’s Library Coordinator. She will be reading in the Rabbit Hole and making an on-theme craft to bring home. \nFor this Story Time\, Melissa will read Jitterbug Jam by Alexis Deacon and Barbara Jean Hicks and there will be a creature craft! \nStory Time will repeat every Tuesday and Wednesday at 3:30 pm and Saturday 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-creatures-monsters-oh-my/
LOCATION:Charleston Library Society\, 164 King Street\, Charleston\, SC\, 29401\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231019T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231019T190000
DTSTAMP:20260403T150151
CREATED:20230718T134732Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231011T193320Z
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SUMMARY:"Monuments Man": The Mission to Save Stolen Artwork
DESCRIPTION:During the destruction and devastation brought about by World War II\, a segment of the US army set out preserve Fine Art threatened by the Third Reich. The U.S. Army Monuments\, Fine Arts & Archives Group was tasked initially with preservation and ultimately\, to track and recover art masterpieces stolen by the Nazis. The story of James Rorimer\, his fellow Monuments Men\, and their hunt to rescue valued artworks tells one of many unique stories from World War II. \nWith Monuments Man: A Mission to Save Vermeers\, Rembrandts\, and Da Vincis from the Nazis’ Grasp now back in print\, we are thrilled to welcome Louis and Anne Rorimer\, James Rorimer’s children\, to walk us through their father’s life and work. \nTickets: Members – $10 // General Admission – $15. \nTo purchase tickets\, click here or call 843-723-9912 during box office hours. \nAbout the Book:\nA classic now back in print and enriched with new imagery\, James J. Rorimer’s riveting first-hand account takes readers on a treasure hunt as he follows the Allied troops across France and Germany to save Nazi-stolen masterpieces of art. \nJames J. Rorimer\, former director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art\, became a leading figure in the art recovery unit known as the Monuments Men\, an elite group imbedded in the US Army\, who risked their lives during World War II to save Europe’s greatest artworks from Hitler’s grasp. In the film Monuments Men\, Matt Damon’s character is based on Rorimer as he embarks on the world’s most dangerous real-life hunt for stolen artworks with the goal of locating\, seizing\, and returning the works to their original holders\, including museums and private collectors. \nThis new edition of a book first published in 1950 includes the original illustrations from the first edition plus a wealth of new imagery and ephemera uncovered during extensive research\, including WWII photographs\, many taken by Rorimer himself\, that are accompanied by gorgeous reproductions of many of the Old Masters Rorimer helped save by artists such as Rembrandt\, Leonardo da Vinci\, Bruegel\, Vermeer\, Goya\, Velazquez\, and van Eyck. Maps created specially for this volume\, and other facts about WWII history and geography\, add new dimension to a remarkable story of courage\, perseverance\, and ultimately\, triumph. \nAbout the Authors:\nJames J. Rorimer was the curator of the Metropolitan Museum of Art until 1955 when he was made director of the museum\, a position he held until his death in 1966. Rorimer’s children\, Louis and Anne Rorimer\, collaborated to co-author this brilliant new edition of Monuments Man.  Anne Rorimer is an Art Consultant and Historian\, specializing in American and European Art created after 1965.  Like her father\, Anne has been a Museum Curator.  First of modern and contemporary art at the Art Institute of Chicago and subsequently at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles.  She has authored many monographic and thematic articles as well as her own book\, New Art in the 60’s and 70’s: Redefining Reality.  Louis Rorimer was a lawyer by profession.  After retiring from a 35 year career\, he returned to his family’s art history roots\, Greek and Roman antiquities in particular\, focusing on the role of provenance.  Louis Rorimer holds a B.A. from Harvard and a J.D. from Case Western Reserve University.  He and his wife of 44 years\, Savery Rorimer\, manage an organic farm in Chagrin Falls\, OH\, Snake Hill Farm.
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/the-mission-to-save-stolen-art-works/
LOCATION:Charleston Library Society\, 164 King Street\, Charleston\, SC\, 29401\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231021T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231021T110000
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SUMMARY:Saturday Story Time In The Rabbit Hole - Witches
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 incredible Camps in the Stacks leader. She will be reading in the Rabbit Hole and making an on-theme craft to bring home. \nFor this Story Time\, Kenna will read A Job For Wittilda by Carolyn and Marker Buehner and the craft will be a witch hut! \nStory Time will repeat every Tuesday and Wednesday at 3:30 pm and Saturday 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/saturday-story-time-in-the-rabbit-hole-witches/
LOCATION:Charleston Library Society\, 164 King Street\, Charleston\, SC\, 29401\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231024T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231024T163000
DTSTAMP:20260403T150151
CREATED:20230915T151843Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230915T151843Z
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SUMMARY:Story Time In The Rabbit Hole - Pumpkins\, Bats and Black Cats
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 Melissa\, our Children’s Library Coordinator. She will be reading in the Rabbit Hole and making an on-theme craft to bring home. \nFor this Story Time\, Melissa will read Moonlight the Halloween Cat by Cynthia Rylant and the craft will be decorating pumpkins! \nStory Time will repeat every Tuesday and Wednesday at 3:30 pm and Saturday 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-pumkinsbatsandblackcats/
LOCATION:Charleston Library Society\, 164 King Street\, Charleston\, SC\, 29401\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231024T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231024T190000
DTSTAMP:20260403T150151
CREATED:20230728T155634Z
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SUMMARY:The Original Fight to Save America from Itself
DESCRIPTION:In the early days of the republic\, fractious political fights among the founders stoked real fear that the War of Independence might end in disunion and civil war\, with separate regional confederacies\, rather than a single nation\, emerging as the shape of this brand new world. In a new eye-opening account of American history\, Disunion Among Ourselves\, Vanderbilt University political historian Eli Merritt reveals the details of these deep political divisions that almost tore the Union apart during the American Revolution\, and also the triumphs forged from grueling compromises (including the Declaration of Independence in 1776\, the Mississippi-Fisheries Compromise of 1779\, and the ratification of the Articles of Confederation in 1781\, to name a few). \nJoin us on Tuesday\, October 24\, from 6:00PM–7:00PM for a fascinating look at this how these early—and occasionally furtive—negotiations managed to hold a young America together for the sake of unity and self-preservation\, as well as accounts of the founding players who made it happen. \nTickets:  Members – $10 // General Admission – $15 \nTo purchase\, click here or call 843.723.9912 during Box Office Hours (11:00AM–4:00PM\, Monday through Thursday). \nAbout the Book \nIn addition to bringing new insights to the history of the American Revolution and the history of the Civil War\, Disunion Among Ourselves has inevitable resonances with our present era of political hyperpolarization and serves as a touchstone for contemporary politics\, reminding us that the founders overcame far tougher times than our own through commitment to ethical constitutional democracy and compromise. \n“Eli Merritt deftly explores a revolutionary America rife with divisions and driven by a fear of civil wars on multiple fronts. Deeply researched\, wide-ranging\, and insightful\, Disunion Among Ourselves persuades that our national Union began from\, and still depends on\, fending off the many demons of disunion.” \n—Alan Taylor\, Thomas Jefferson Foundation Chair at the University of Virginia and author of American Revolutions: A Continental History\, 1750-1804  \n“Disunion Among Ourselves tells an important story that has been missed or skipped over in nearly all histories of the Revolution. It has indeed\, as promised\, recovered ‘a whole area of the Revolution’ previously underappreciated\, and for that is invaluable.” \n—Richard Kreitner\, writer and historian\, author of Break It Up: Secession\, Division\, and the Secret History of America’s Imperfect Union  \nAbout the Author  \nA political historian at Vanderbilt University\, Eli Merritt has written about the dangers of demagogues to democracy for the New York Times\, Los Angeles Times\, Seattle Times\, Chicago Tribune\, Newsday\, and Philadelphia Inquirer\, among dozens of other news outlets. He writes a Substack newsletter called American Commonwealth that explores the origins of the United States’s political discontents and solutions to them. \nHe completed his B.A. in History at Yale; M.A. in Ethics at Yale\, M.D. at Case Western Reserve; internal medicine internship at the Lahey Clinic; and psychiatry residency at Stanford. He is the editor of How to Save Democracy: Inspiration and Advice From 95 World Leaders (Amplify\, March 2023) as well as of The Curse of Demagogues: Lessons Learned from the Presidency of Donald J. Trump (Spotlight Press\, 2022).
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/the-original-fight-to-save-america-from-itself/
LOCATION:Charleston Library Society\, 164 King Street\, Charleston\, SC\, 29401\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231025T153000
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SUMMARY:Story Time In The Rabbit Hole - Pumpkins\, Bats and Black Cats
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 Melissa\, our Children’s Library Coordinator. She will be reading in the Rabbit Hole and making an on-theme craft to bring home. \nFor this Story Time\, Melissa will read Moonlight the Halloween Cat by Cynthia Rylant and the craft will be decorating pumpkins! \nStory Time will repeat every Tuesday and Wednesday at 3:30 pm and Saturday 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-pumpkins-bats-and-black-cats/
LOCATION:Charleston Library Society\, 164 King Street\, Charleston\, SC\, 29401\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231026T180000
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DTSTAMP:20260403T150151
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SUMMARY:Tackling Life's Big Questions: The Monumental Minutes of the Clionian Debating Society
DESCRIPTION:Highlighting an incredible discovery from our archives—a handwritten journal documenting meeting minutes from the Clionian Debating Society\, a philosophical group formed in 1847 by and for free people of color in pursuit of intellectual discourse—this CLS original event illuminates a chapter of broad historic influence and interest that has remained largely unknown. Until now.   \nJoin Dr. Bernie Powers and Professor Angela Ray\, of Northwestern University\, on Thursday\, October 26\, from 6:00PM to 7:00PM\,  for an historical perspective on this profoundly important discovery. \nTickets:  Members – $10 // General Admission – $15 \nTo purchase tickets\, click here or call 843-723-9912 from 10AM–4PM\, Monday thru Friday. \nAbout the Clionian Debating Society \nThe Clionian Debating Society was formed in 1847 by a group of free people of color in Antebellum-era Charleston. During the society’s 10-year history\, they debated 93 questions among 55 members\, honorary members\, and supporters listed by name. Members were exclusively male but women are recorded as having donated books to their library and making financial contributions. Members were keenly interested in questions of historical importance\, such as whether Charlemagne and Caesar were great men or whether ancient or modern history was more interesting\, but did not debate the topic of slavery. \nProceedings of the Clionian Debating Society\, 1847-1851\, chronicles the voice of this largely unheard population in Antebellum-era Charleston. Acquired in 1919 through the A.W. Dellquest Book Company in Augusta\, GA\, this 148-page hardback\, handwritten journal contains the minutes and notes from the second-half of the debating society’s lifetime.  \nLearn more about the society\, and our ongoing work to share its story\, here.
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/tackling-lifes-big-questions-the-monumental-minutes-of-the-clionian-debating-society/
LOCATION:Charleston Library Society\, 164 King Street\, Charleston\, SC\, 29401\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231027T093000
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DTSTAMP:20260403T150151
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SUMMARY:Workshop // Introduction to BookBinding
DESCRIPTION:Join our resident bookbinder and conservator\, James Davis\, to learn the art of hand bookbinding and walk away with your very own journal. Starting with paper\, board\, and thread\, students will be instructed on the techniques and practices of constructing a well made blank book from scratch. Each journal will feature hand stitching and decorative marbled paper covers. Discussions will focus on the history of bookbinding and conservation techniques for preserving books within our libraries and museums. \nAll materials will be provided and no prior bookbinding experience is necessary. Please wear closed toed shoes and clothes you don’t mind getting a little messy or bring an apron if you have one. \nTickets are $275 for CLS members and $325 for the Public \nTo purchase tickets\, click here or call 843-723-9912.
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/workshop-introduction-to-bookbinding-4/
LOCATION:Charleston Library Society\, 164 King Street\, Charleston\, SC\, 29401\, United States
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