BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Charleston Library Society - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Charleston Library Society REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20230312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20231105T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20240310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20241103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240320T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240320T163000 DTSTAMP:20260410T180211 CREATED:20240221T171436Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240221T171436Z UID:10001681-1710948600-1710952200@charlestonlibrarysociety.org SUMMARY:Story Time In The Rabbit Hole - Spring 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 Goodbye Winter\, Hello Spring by Kenard Pak and the craft will be watercolor and crayon paintings! \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-spring-2/ LOCATION:Charleston Library Society\, 164 King Street\, Charleston\, SC\, 29401\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/28.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240323T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240323T110000 DTSTAMP:20260410T180211 CREATED:20240219T192726Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240221T172214Z UID:10001674-1711188000-1711191600@charlestonlibrarysociety.org SUMMARY:Saturday Story Time In The Rabbit Hole - St. Patrick's Day 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 Jamie O’Rourke and the Big Potato: Irish Folktale by Tomie DePaola and the craft will be fizzing paint clover leaves! \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-st-patricks-day/ LOCATION:Charleston Library Society\, 164 King Street\, Charleston\, SC\, 29401\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/22.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240326T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240326T163000 DTSTAMP:20260410T180211 CREATED:20240221T171723Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240221T171723Z UID:10001682-1711467000-1711470600@charlestonlibrarysociety.org SUMMARY:Story Time In The Rabbit Hole - 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 Robinson by Peter Sis and the craft will be making a treasure map and going on a treasure hunt! \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-adventures/ LOCATION:Charleston Library Society\, 164 King Street\, Charleston\, SC\, 29401\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/29.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240327T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240327T163000 DTSTAMP:20260410T180211 CREATED:20240221T172051Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240221T172051Z UID:10001684-1711553400-1711557000@charlestonlibrarysociety.org SUMMARY:Story Time In The Rabbit Hole - 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 Robinson by Peter Sis and the craft will be making a treasure map and going on a treasure hunt! \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-adventures-2/ LOCATION:Charleston Library Society\, 164 King Street\, Charleston\, SC\, 29401\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/29.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240327T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240327T200000 DTSTAMP:20260410T180211 CREATED:20230620T161620Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241001T153709Z UID:10001466-1711562400-1711569600@charlestonlibrarysociety.org SUMMARY:Documentary Series // "The Book Keepers" DESCRIPTION:A gifted writer’s death a week before becoming a critically acclaimed author sends her husband and son on an inspirational book tour to ensure her dream lives on. \nCarol Wall’s debut memoir – about cancer\, friendship\, and cultivating an open heart – was a breakout success. But joy turned to tragedy when the breast cancer she wrote about returned\, and she died months after its publication. \nDetermined to keep his late-wife’s dream alive\, Dick Wall becomes the unlikely spokesperson for her debut memoir and embarks on an unexpected cross-country promotional tour. He’s joined by his filmmaker son\, Phil\, who is torn between saving his mom’s first book and his concern for how his dad is coping with their new reality. \nTheir inspirational journey\, captured on film in The Book Keepers\, sparks reflections on loss\, relationships\, and the healing power of sharing stories. \nJoin us on Wednesday\, March 27\, from 6:00pm–8:00pm for a special screening of this gripping documentary\, as well as a discussion with the tenacious father-son team whose commitment to their cause adds poignancy and power to every scene. \nTickets: Members $10\, General Admission $15 \nClick here or call 843.723.9912 during office hours (Monday–Thursday\, 11:00am to 4:00pm) to purchase tickets. \nAbout the Director \nPhil Wall is an award-winning filmmaker. He has written\, produced\, directed\, filmed and edited three feature documentaries\, and is currently in post-production on his fourth. His documentary feature\, The Standard\, debuted at #4 on the iTunes documentary chart in September of 2020. It’s currently available on Hulu in the US\, and internationally–most notably on Discovery+ in Latin America and Brazil. The Book Keepers is his third documentary. It won both the Jury Prize and the Audience Award for Best Documentary Feature at its premiere with the Austin Film Festival. It’s an official selection for 13 other US film festivals\, including SCAD Savannah\, Napa Valley\, and Twin Cities. The film was acquired for distribution by First Run Features and its limited nationwide theatrical release launched June 17\, 2022. Wall’s professional career began in 2008\, when he began work on The Passing Game\, a documentary feature currently in post-production about the career and philosophies of legendary prep-school basketball coach\, Fletcher Arritt. Wall lives in Brooklyn\, where he works on independent and commercial narrative content. \nPraise for The Book Keepers \nAwards \nJury Prize for Best Documentary – Austin Film Festival \nAudience Award for Best Documentary – Austin Film Festival \nFestival Selections \nAustin Film Festival (Premiere) \nFlickers’ Rhode Island International Film Festival \nCatalina Film Festival \nChagrin Documentary Film Festival \nTwin Cities Film Festival \nMystic Film Festival \nSCAD Savannah Film Festival \nBeaufort Film Festival (NC) \nDOCUTAH International Documentary Film Festival \nNapa Valley Film Festival \nFIDBA (International Documentary Film Festival\, Buenos Aires) \nOjai Film Festival \nBeaufort International Film Festival (SC) \nMiddlebury New Filmmakers Festival URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/documentary-series-the-book-keepers/ LOCATION:Charleston Library Society\, 164 King Street\, Charleston\, SC\, 29401\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/The_Book_Keepers_Poster_square.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240328T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240328T190000 DTSTAMP:20260410T180211 CREATED:20231205T212025Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240131T162256Z UID:10001604-1711648800-1711652400@charlestonlibrarysociety.org SUMMARY:Book Tour Exclusive // Charles Frazier shares "The Trackers" DESCRIPTION:Buxton Books and the Charleston Library Society are honored to host Charles Frazier for a pub week debut of The Trackers in its paperback release. In his first official appearance in Charleston\, the award-winning and New York Times-bestselling author of Cold Mountain\, Thirteen Moons\, Nightwoods\, and Varina will share insights from developing his latest success – a stunning new novel that paints a vivid portrait of life in the Great Depression.  In The Trackers\, singular American writer Charles Frazier conjures up the lives of everyday people during an extraordinary period of history that bears uncanny resemblance to our own. With the keen perceptions of humanity and transcendent storytelling that have made him beloved for decades\, Frazier has created a powerful and timeless new classic. \nSecure your seat for this exclusive opportunity to join the audience with one of the most acclaimed Storytellers of the era.  \nTickets*: PURCHASE HERE \n$ 28 – Members or $ 32 – General Admission // 1 Ticket and 1 signed copy of The Trackers \n$ 38 – Limited Option (Members only)  // 2 Tickets and 1 signed copy of The Trackers* \n*There will be a limited number of first come two-for-one tickets available for CLS Members\, these tickets include two attendees and one signed copy of The Trackers.  \nNOTE: If you are unable to attend the program\, and wish to secure a signed copy (or copies!)\, please pre-order through the following link: The Trackers or call Buxton Books at (843) 723-1670 \nThis is a collaborative event with Buxton Books\, guest information such as email and name will be shared between both parties for promotional purposes only. \nABOUT THE AUTHOR \nCharles Frazier grew up in the mountains of Western North Carolina. He has been writing critically-acclaimed\, best-selling literary fiction for more than 25 years\, and his work has been translated into over two dozen languages. \nCold Mountain (1997)\, his highly acclaimed first novel\, was an international bestseller\, won the National Book Award\, the ABBY Award\, the Heartland Award\, the Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction\, and was an American Library Association Notable Book. In 2003\, Cold Mountain was adapted into an Academy Award-winning film by screenwriter and director Anthony Minghella. Later\, Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Jennifer Higdon and librettist Gene Scheer adapted Cold Mountain into an opera\, which premiered at Santa Fe Opera in 2015. Thirteen Moons (2006)\, was a New York Times bestseller\, won the 2007 SIBA Book Award and the 2007 Pat Conroy Southern Book Prize\, and was named a best book of the year by the Los Angeles Times\, Chicago Tribune\, and St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Two other books\, Nightwoods (2011) and Varina (2018) were also critically acclaimed New York Times bestsellers. \nABOUT THE BOOK \n\n\n\n\nThe Trackers is a stunning new novel that paints a vivid portrait of life in the Great Depression. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHurtling past the downtrodden communities of Depression-era America\, painter Val Welch travels westward to the rural town of Dawes\, Wyoming. Through a stroke of luck\, he’s landed a New Deal assignment to create a mural representing the region for their new Post Office. \nA wealthy art lover named John Long and his wife Eve have agreed to host Val at their sprawling ranch. Rumors and intrigue surround the couple: Eve left behind an itinerant life riding the rails and singing in a western swing band. Long holds shady political aspirations\, but was once a WWI sniper—and his right hand is a mysterious elder cowboy\, a vestige of the violent old west. Val quickly finds himself entranced by their lives. \nOne day\, Eve flees home with a valuable painting in tow\, and Long recruits Val to hit the road with a mission of tracking her down. Journeying from ramshackle Hoovervilles to San Francisco nightclubs to the swamps of Florida\, Val’s search for Eve narrows\, and he soon turns up secrets that could spark formidable changes for all of them. URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/book-tour-exclusive-charles-frazier-shares-the-trackers/ LOCATION:Charleston Library Society\, 164 King Street\, Charleston\, SC\, 29401\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/17.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240402T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240402T163000 DTSTAMP:20260410T180211 CREATED:20240320T180227Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240320T180227Z UID:10001703-1712071800-1712075400@charlestonlibrarysociety.org SUMMARY:Story Time In The Rabbit Hole - Frogs 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 Over and Under the Rainforest by Kate Messner\, with art by Christopher Silas Neal and the craft will be making a frog toy! \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-frogs/ LOCATION:Charleston Library Society\, 164 King Street\, Charleston\, SC\, 29401\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/57.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240402T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240402T190000 DTSTAMP:20260410T180211 CREATED:20240109T174409Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240131T162349Z UID:10001605-1712080800-1712084400@charlestonlibrarysociety.org SUMMARY:A Tumultuous Narrative of SC ~ "The Grim Years" by Dr. John J. Navin DESCRIPTION:In keeping with a subject matter close to our hearts\, we are pleased to host Dr. John J. Navin for a personal account of his 2020 debut: The Grim Years: Settling South Carolina\, 1670-1720. With extraordinary detail and analysis\, Navin reveals the hardships that were experienced by people of all ethnicities and stations in life during the first half-century of South Carolina’s existence\, through a graphic account of our state’s tumultuous beginnings when calamity\, violence\, and ruthless exploitation were commonplace.  \nTickets*: PURCHASE HERE \n$10 – Members or $15 – General Admission \nNOTE: If you are unable to attend the program\, and wish to secure a signed copy (or copies!)\, please pre-order through Buxton Books by calling (843) 723-1670. \nABOUT THE BOOK \nFrom South Carolina’s founding in 1670 through 1720\, a cadre of men rose to political and economic prominence\, while ordinary colonists\, enslaved Africans\, and indigenous groups became trapped in a web of violence and oppression. Navin explains how eight English aristocrats\, the Lords Proprietors\, came to possess the vast Carolina grant and then enacted elaborate plans to recruit and control colonists as part of a grand moneymaking scheme. But those plans went awry\, and the mainstays of the economy became hog and cattle ranching\, lumber products\, naval stores\, deerskin exports\, and the calamitous Indian slave trade. The settlers’ relentless pursuit of wealth set the colony on a path toward prosperity but also toward a fatal dependency on slave labor. Rice would produce immense fortunes in South Carolina\, but not during the colony’s first fifty years. Religious and political turmoil instigated by settlers from Barbados eventually led to a total rejection of proprietary authority. \nUsing a variety of primary sources\, Navin describes challenges that colonists faced\, setbacks they experienced\, and the effects of policies and practices initiated by elites and proprietors. Storms\, fires\, epidemics\, and armed conflicts destroyed property\, lives\, and dreams. Threatened by the Native Americans they exploited\, by the Africans they enslaved\, and by their French and Spanish rivals\, South Carolinians lived in continual fear. For some it was the price they paid for financial success. But for most there were no riches\, and the possibility of a sudden\, violent death was overshadowed by the misery of their day-to-day existence. \nABOUT THE AUTHOR \nAs a specialist in early American history\, Dr. John Navin as served as a member of the History department at Coastal Carolina University since 1999 with previous positions at Brandeis and Pfeiffer universities. Navin earned his Master’s degree at Boston College and his Ph.D. at Brandeis University.  His Master’s thesis was a comparative study of Civil War era holdings in the Charleston Library Society and the Lancaster (MA) Public Library.  His 865-page doctoral dissertation\, directed by David Hackett Fischer\, focused on the search for community in Plymouth Plantation.  In the 1970s and 1980s Navin managed the marketing communications departments for five major companies in the Boston area.  He now lives in Conway\, SC and spends summers in western Maine.  In addition to releasing The Grim Years: Settling South Carolina\, 1670-1720 (USC Press 2020)\, he has two U.S. patents for four-player chess and is an aspiring but unlikely candidate for the PGA tour. URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/a-tumultuous-narrative-of-sc-the-grim-years/ LOCATION:Charleston Library Society\, 164 King Street\, Charleston\, SC\, 29401\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Grim-Years.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240403T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240403T130000 DTSTAMP:20260410T180211 CREATED:20240118T201019Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240321T155135Z UID:10001640-1712145600-1712149200@charlestonlibrarysociety.org SUMMARY:Lite Lunch // Edwardian Britain with Jane Tippett and Martin Williams DESCRIPTION:The Library Society is delighted to welcome authors and historians Jane Marguerite Tippett and Martin Williams for their first State-side book discussion on the diverse but complementary approaches they adopted when researching and writing about the lives and reigns of King Edward VII (r. 1901-1910) and his grandson\, King Edward VIII (r. 1936)\, later Duke of Windsor. Tippett hit gold with access to untapped archival materials\, while Williams\, finding himself unable to access the Royal Archives because of the COVID-19 pandemic\, instead utilised primary and secondary sources derived from a host of other archives across England and Ireland. Providing a fascinating juxtaposition of monarchs\, as well as the methodologies and practices of biographer historians in the twenty-first century\, their presentation will explore what drew them to their respective subjects\, and how they came to shape such compelling and original narratives. \nTickets*: PURCHASE HERE \n$25 – Members or $35 – General Admission \nAbout Jane Tippett: \nJane Tippett is a historian and archivist. She graduated from the University of Delaware with a BA in French\, History and English Literature. She received her MSt. in History of Art from Wadham College\, Oxford\, where she wrote her dissertation on the centrality of provenance in the contemporary fine art auction market. Since graduating she has worked as a private archivist to high-net-worth families and interior design firms in New York City\, Boston\, and London. Once A King: The Lost Memoir of Edward VIII (Hodder & Stoughton\, October 2023) is her first book. Her next book\, Monsieur\, which will be published in May 2024\, is a survey of the photographic work of Patrick O’Higgins\, the biographer and longtime companion of Helena Rubinstein. She currently lives between New York and London. \nAbout Once a King: The Lost Memoir of Edward VIII: \nUsing never-before-seen sources\, Once a King is a fresh\, revelatory and gripping insight into the Duke of Windsor – King Edward VIII – who gave up the throne to marry the woman he loved\, twice divorced American Wallis Simpson. Considering Edward VIII’s travels and interests as Prince of Wales as well as his relationship with Wallis Simpson and the course of events leading up to his abdication and subsequent exile\, Once a King offers a previously unexplored lens through which we encounter first-hand the hitherto concealed subtlety and raw emotion of two of the twentieth century’s most iconic Royal figures: the Duke and Duchess of Windsor. \nAbout Martin Williams: \nMartin Williams is a London-based writer and art and social historian who has worked at Christie’s\, Bonhams and Sotheby’s Institute of Art. A highly experienced public speaker\, he has addressed literary festivals\, academic symposiums and private members’ groups across the UK\, besides contributing essays and reviews to the arts and literature pages of Country Life and Slightly Foxed. His Instagram account\, @disraeli81\, has acquired over 21\,000 followers worldwide. Williams’ first full-length work of narrative non-fiction\, The King is Dead\, Long Live the King!\, was published by Hodder and Stoughton in April 2023. A London Times ‘Book of the Week’\, it has variously been described as ‘fascinating and absorbing’ (Hugo Vickers)\, ‘witty\, informative and immensely readable’ (Miranda Seymour)\, ‘a tour de force’ (Dr. Kate Strasdin) and ‘compulsory reading’ (Dame Joanna Lumley). In December 2023\, it was selected by Country Life magazine as a ‘Best Book of the Year’. \nAbout The King is Dead\, Long Live the King:  \nUnforgettable as it was\, the public response to the death of Queen Elizabeth II in September 2022 was not without precedent. When her great-grandfather King Edward VII – glamorous\, cosmopolitan and extraordinarily popular – died in May 1910\, the political\, social and cultural anxieties of a nation in turmoil were temporarily set aside during a summer of intense and ritualised mourning. \nIn The King is Dead\, Long Live the King! Martin Williams charts a period of tension and transition as one era slipped away and another took shape. Witnessed by a diverse but interconnected cast of characters – crowned heads and Cabinet ministers\, debutantes and suffragettes\, artists and murderers – here is the swansong of Edwardian Britain. Set against a backdrop of bereavement and parliamentary crisis overshadowed by the gathering clouds of war\, we see a people caught between past and future\, tradition and modernity\, as they unite to bid farewell to a much-loved monarch who had personified his age. \nFrom Buckingham Palace to Bloomsbury\, and from the lying-in-state in Westminster Hall to a now legendary Royal Ascot enveloped in black\, this is a vivid evocation of a world on the brink of seismic upheaval. \nAbout Peter Wild: \nPeter is the son of Squadron Leader Gilbert Wild\, who was a night fighter pilot in the RAF during WWII\, and Audrey Wild who was a Plotter in the RAF at the same time. He grew up in Kent\, England\, went to school in Sevenoaks and later became a Chartered Accountant while working in London.  He is still a member of the Honourable Artillery Company in London which is the oldest regiment in the British Army as it was formed in 1537 as a personal guard to Henry VIII. He moved to New York in 1980 and he is a “recovering” auditor and worked in accounting firms and banks there until he retired and moved to Charleston in 2018. He is currently a consultant and teacher in anti-money laundering for financial institutions. He is a car enthusiast and judges at three annual Concours D’Elegance. He is the mentor at The Citadel and President of the Carolinian Branch of The Royal Society of St. George. URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/lite-lunch-edwardian-britain-with-jane-tippett-and-martin-williams/ LOCATION:Charleston Library Society\, 164 King Street\, Charleston\, SC\, 29401\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Instagram-Post-Square-5-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240403T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240403T163000 DTSTAMP:20260410T180211 CREATED:20240320T180344Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240320T180344Z UID:10001704-1712158200-1712161800@charlestonlibrarysociety.org SUMMARY:Story Time In The Rabbit Hole - Frogs 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 Over and Under the Rainforest by Kate Messner\, with art by Christopher Silas Neal and the craft will be making a frog toy! \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-frogs-3/ LOCATION:Charleston Library Society\, 164 King Street\, Charleston\, SC\, 29401\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/57.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240404T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240404T190000 DTSTAMP:20260410T180211 CREATED:20240208T203020Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240328T190217Z UID:10001654-1712253600-1712257200@charlestonlibrarysociety.org SUMMARY:Revitalizing the Art Salon with Julie Wheat and Douglas Balentine DESCRIPTION:Charleston-based artists Julie Wheat and Douglas Balentine took part in an Artist Residency at the Chateau Orquevaux in the Champagne-Ardenne region of France. The owners of the Chateau have created a unique residency format with 20+ artists a month staying on the property\, creating\, and sharing their work in an effort to revive the spirit of the art salon and the concepts of art criticism and fine art as accessible to the wider public\, rather than craftsman trade only to be patronized by nobility. The Louvre now holds many original artworks from Chateaux Orquevaux\, which shares ties with both Denis Diderot and Antoine de Saint-Exupery. Wheat and Balentine will explore the unique history of the estate\, which region is also where most of the iron weapons in France were forged during the 15th century when Joan of Arc passed through the area at the beginning of her journey. \nJoin us at the Library Society to hear a discussion moderated by Nicki Clendening between Wheat\, and Balentine as they explore their experience at the Chateau\, view the work they created (landscape\, portraiture\, nudes\, and botanicals) and photos of the surrounding estate and small village nearby. \nTickets: $10 – Members or $15 – General Admission \nPurchase tickets HERE. \nAbout Julie Wheat \nJulie Wheat has 20+ years of combined experience in a variety of disciplines including brand and product development\, art direction\, interior design\, photography\, painting\, drawing\, graphic design\, curriculum development\, restoration\, renovation\, preservation\, curating\, and museum installation. Ms. Wheat has worked as a professor in the Arts\, in public\, private\, non-profit\, and military sectors as well as in fashion\, film\, television\, print\, hospitality\, and retail industries.  She has degrees in Fine Art\, Education\, Educational Technology\, and Finance. She is certified as a Superintendent of Schools and Fine Art educator; both a Wendell Foundation and Getty Scholar\, and former Fulbright candidate. She was a pioneer in both distance learning and itinerant work methods helping to brand and develop working standards for implementing them nationwide through the public education sector working with New York and Nevada States and Princeton University.  Her unique talents\, educational background\, and work experience ranging from the factory floor to the boardroom. \nAbout Douglas Balentine \nParsons alumnus and Charleston native Douglas Balentine showed proclivity for drawing since early childhood. Recognizing this\, his father\, the late Neuropathologist\, Dr. J Douglas Balentine\, M.D.\, frequently took the youngster to his laboratory where he encouraged him to draw skulls\, skeletons\, and brains from life. \nHis grandmother\, the late Emily Whaley\, author of the best selling  ( Mrs. Whaley and Her Charleston Garden ) was a ubiquitously creative soul whether at the easel\, at the piano\, in the garden\, at her writing desk\, in the kitchen\, or teaching dance. The whiff of turpentine and oil paints was ever present in her home and she encouraged the young Douglas to depict the beaches\, marshes\, clouds\, and ever present shrimp trawlers. She enjoyed painting all of her life\, though for her art was one of many talents she employed\, none to the exclusion of the others. \nFrom 1977-1978 the family lived in Paris\, France where Dr. Balentine conducted research at the Sorbonne’s Pierre et Marie Curee University de Medecine. This was a particularly formative year for the nine year old Douglas with the innumerable stimuli of daily life in Paris\, being in an international school with classmates and new friends from all over the world\, and exposure to Art in the Louvre Museum. Dating from this year was his first museum copy (in colored pencil) of Gericault’s The Charging Chasseur. His mother encouraged him to draw cathedrals and Roman ruins on their excursions outside Paris. \nAfter the family’s year abroad\, Douglas continued to fill up sketchbooks and fill closets with paintings throughout elementary and high school which ultimately lead him to art school.  While a student at Parsons School of Design in NY and at The International School of Art in Umbria Italy\, some of his first works were purchased in Charleston\, New York\, Italy\, and France. \nIn the late 1990’s Balentine moved back to Charleston from N.Y. where he continued to show his work and execute commissioned pieces. Reviews of Balentine’s earliest shows noted his “emerging and surprisingly maturing talent”\, “promise of thematic content”\, and the “sumptuousness and strength of his draftsmanship”- “Balentine’s drawings are just plain sumptuous”- Nicholas Drake of The Post and Courier. “Balentine is dealing with the largest problems of being human in this sometimes confusing world… in this world of splash and dab\, it is a rare treat to see an artist’s work which is attempting to deal with the big issues”- Charles Statts\, Post and Courier. “Balentine develops a haunting image that depicts light with great elegance” -Michael W.Haga assistant dean and adjunct professor of Art History at The College of Charleston School of the Arts\, Carolina Arts. \nNotably\, his drawing “The Venus of Sullivan’s Island”\, was purchased along with the painting “A Quiet Presence” (for which it was a study) by the head of acquisitions and  was featured in Lines of Discovery; 225 years of American drawings https://www.tfaoi.org/aa/6aa/6aa362.htm  published in 2006 by the Columbus museum\, Columbus Georgia. “which owns one of the most important collections of American drawings in the southeast.” \nConcurrent with his Art and Classics education\, Balentine has since the mid 1980’s  been a student of Chinese martial arts\, beginning his training in Shaolin Kempo between Charleston and N.Y. in 1986 and earning a black belt in that system in 1991. In 1988 he began studying Taoist meditation\, Yang style Tai Chi\, Nei Gong\, and Kung fu under Master C.K. Chu in N.Y. where he became interested in the Taoist maxim  “the soft overcomes the hard” or to “be like water”. In 2003 he began studying Wudang  Kung fu\, Taiji\, and qigong with Master Zhongxian Wu (18th generation Wudang Long Men Pai / Dragon Gate Lineage) and later with Master Zhong Xue Chao (15th generation Wudang Sanfeng Pai lineage) of whom he is a disciple. \nIn 2019 while training in China at Master Zhong’s  school at the Ning Xu Quan Taoist temple in the Wudang mountains\,  Balentine was featured on China’s National news during a regional Kung fu demonstration in which he performed Ba Xian Gun (Eight Immortals Staff) and was interviewed about his interest in and study of Taoist culture and martial arts. On this stay he also began a series of portraits of the Wudang Taoist kung fu masters of Purple Heaven Temple\, including the Grand Master Zhong Yun Long. \nBalentine primarily works on commissions in painting\, drawing\, and sculpture in Charleston with related excursions to Italy\, France\, Greece\, and China. He occasionally teaches art privately and has recently been asked to teach Wudang Taiji and Gongfu by his Master Zong Xue Chao in order to share and promote these Taoist arts with the west as he continues his study of them. \nAbout Nicki Clendening \nNicki Clendening has made a career out of a passion for art\, design\, and antiques. In 2009 she co-founded Scout Designs\, creating residential and commercial interiors which effortlessly incorporate a wide range of styles and design elements–modern\, traditional\, and vintage–to achieve spaces that are both adventurous and timeless. In 2011 Scout Designs was named one of Trad Home’s Top 20 “New Traditional” Designers to Watch\, and a “Rising Star” by the International Furnishings & Design Association in November 2012. She has been profiled in Garden & Gun\, AD.com\, Vogue.com\, 1stDibs and featured Lonny magazine\, Time Out New York\, and Interior Design\, and on numerous sites from Curbed to Daily Candy\, Style Court and Apartment Therapy. \nWith an art history degree from the College of Charleston\, Nicki has traversed the globe curating one-of-a-kind finds sourced from trips to antiques markets across France\, Italy\, Spain\, and beyond for her interior design projects and BEETLE\, her online store. She previously worked for Artisan Books and Workman Publishing and has consulted for 15 years with Rizzoli International Publications to secure media attention for the fashion\, design\, and lifestyle books. \nA devoted New Yorker for the last 23 years\, Nicki lives within walking distance of the city’s legendary Museum Mile\, which provides a constant source of inspiration for her work. URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/revitalizing-the-salon-with-julie-wheat-and-douglas-ballentine/ LOCATION:SC ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Event-Graphics-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240406T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240406T110000 DTSTAMP:20260410T180211 CREATED:20240325T130824Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240325T130824Z UID:10001714-1712397600-1712401200@charlestonlibrarysociety.org SUMMARY:Saturday Story Time In The Rabbit Hole - Silly Stories 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 Silly Suzy Goose by Petr Horáček and the craft will be silly glasses! \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-silly-stories/ LOCATION:Charleston Library Society\, 164 King Street\, Charleston\, SC\, 29401\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/69.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240408T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240408T180000 DTSTAMP:20260410T180211 CREATED:20240312T150348Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240312T150348Z UID:10001694-1712595600-1712599200@charlestonlibrarysociety.org SUMMARY:April 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 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/april-new-members-mingle/ LOCATION:SC ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Website-Image-Resizing-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240409T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240409T153000 DTSTAMP:20260410T180211 CREATED:20240223T204057Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240429T154507Z UID:10001685-1712671200-1712676600@charlestonlibrarysociety.org SUMMARY:Workshop // Paper Marbling in the Bindery DESCRIPTION:Join Charleston Library Society’s Director of Conservation James Davis and Conservation Intern Sam Barnheart for an introduction to the ancient art of decorative paper marbling: a method of aqueous surface design using ink and paint colors\, which can produce patterns similar to smooth marble or other kinds of stone. During this creative session\, you will explore the fascinating craft that transforms prepared papers with fluid patterns and vibrant colors. The workshop will introduce the history of paper marbling which dates back to the 10th century\, and provide insights into materials\, tools\, and techniques to create your own unique papers. Whether you’re a seasoned artist or a beginner\, this class offers something for everyone who wishes to experiment with creative paper techniques using various color combinations and designs. Join us to discover the joy of creating your unique marbled papers! \nTickets are $150 for CLS members and $175 for General Admission. \nTo purchase tickets\, click here or call 843-723-9912. URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/workshop-paper-marbling-in-the-bindery/ LOCATION:Charleston Library Society\, 164 King Street\, Charleston\, SC\, 29401\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/2.7.24-Marbling-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240409T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240409T163000 DTSTAMP:20260410T180211 CREATED:20240320T180556Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240320T180556Z UID:10001705-1712676600-1712680200@charlestonlibrarysociety.org SUMMARY:Story Time In The Rabbit Hole - Bugs and Insects 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 Manuelo the Playing Mantis by Don Freeman and the craft will be making a bug! \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-bugs-and-insects/ LOCATION:Charleston Library Society\, 164 King Street\, Charleston\, SC\, 29401\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/58.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240409T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240409T190000 DTSTAMP:20260410T180211 CREATED:20240109T173905Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240320T202959Z UID:10001620-1712685600-1712689200@charlestonlibrarysociety.org SUMMARY:Literary Torchbearers ~ Retrospective on Larry McMurtry & Pat Conroy DESCRIPTION:Following its publication in 1925\, The Great Gatsby sold poorly and quickly fell out of print. F. Scott Fitzgerald felt the failure sharply. When he died in 1940 he believed that he and Gatsby were doomed to obscurity. Resurrection of The Great Gatsby\, and of Fitzgerald’s reputation\, came in the form of one Edmund Wilson\, who was Fitzgerald’s Princeton classmate and best friend.  It was Wilson\, himself an acclaimed editor\, who pushed hard in 1941 for the re-publication of The Great Gatsby – and the rest\, as they say\, is history.  Gatsby now sells in the millions\, and is considered among the finest of all American Novels. \nAdvocates like Wilson could be called Literary Torchbearers\, loyalists who keep the flame burning for authors who have passed on. Another of these would certainly be Wayne and Dartie Flynt\, who befriended To Kill a Mockingbird author Harper Lee in her final years\, and recently published Afternoons with Harper Lee\, a reminiscence of Lee and their time with her. \nWe don’t have to look far to find Literary Torchbearers in our midst. One of them is George Getschow\, former Dallas bureau chief for the Wall Street Journal\, frequent judge for the Pulitzer Prise\, and most importantly\, a good friend and supporter of Lonesome Dove and The Last Picture Show author Larry McMurtry. Getschow started a workshop for aspiring writers in Archer City\, Texas – McMurtry’s home town – in 2005. When McMurtry died in 2021\, Getschow gathered many of McMurtry’s friends\, family\, and colleagues for a dramatic memorial service beneath the Texas Stars.  From the energy of this\, Getschow solicited essays about McMurtry: Pastures of the Empty Page was published a few months ago.  As fate would have it\, that’s how George Getschow became Larry McMurtry’s Literary Torchbearer. \nAnother pair of Literary Torchbearers are John Warley and Jonathan Haupt. Warley was Pat Conroy’s Citadel classmate\, baseball teammate\, and lifelong friend.  As such\, Warley was a witness to may of the family dramas that drove Conroy’s work. After Pat’s death\, Warley actively supported the Pat Conroy Literary Center\, and has appeared on numerous panels discussing Conroy’s work.  Jonathan Haupt is the Executive Director of the Pat Conroy Library\, Founding Director of the Pat Conroy Literary Festival\, and editor of the collection of Pat Conroy essays that was published in 2015\, Our Prince of Scribes.  Together they continue to keep Conroy’s legacy thriving. \nCollectively Haupt\, Warly and Getschow will provide a thrilling evening’s discussion on the work of Literary Torchbearers.  They will be joined on stage by James Scott\, who will perform as moderator. Scott is also an author\, Pulitzer nominee and Archer City attendee. Erik Calonius will be providing an introduction to the evening’s talk. Calonius is a former foreign correspondent for the Wall Street Journal and a writing coach at the Archer City Workshop. \nTickets*: PURCHASE HERE \n$10 – Members or $15 – General Admission \nAbout George Getschow                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      George Getschow is a Pulitzer Prize finalist for National Reporting and winner of the Robert F. Kennedy Award for distinguished writing about the underprivileged. He has earned numerous other awards for his writing and was inducted into the Texas Institute of Letters in 2012 for “distinctive literary achievement.” Today\, as director of the Archer City Writers Workshop\, he helps organize and conduct annual writing workshops in Archer City for professional writers and college and high school students from across the country. \nAbout John Warley                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          John Warley is an award-winning author\, a dedicated dad\, and a retired lawyer\, having practiced both criminal law as a prosecutor and civil law as a litigator for over forty years. A South Carolinian by birth\, he grew up largely in Yorktown\, Virginia.  He is the award-winning author of five published novels and one non-fiction history of his undergraduate alma mater (Stand Forever\, Yielding Never; The Citadel in the 21st Century). Jury of One is his sixth novel. \nAbout Jonathan Haupt                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Jonathan Haupt is the executive director of the Pat Conroy Literary Center and the founding director of the Pat Conroy Literary Festival. As the former director of the University of South Carolina Press\, Haupt created\, with the late Pat Conroy\, the Story River Books original fiction imprint\, named by Garden & Gun magazine as “one of the top ten things to love about the South.” He serves on the boards of the South Carolina Academy of Authors and the Friends of South Carolina Libraries. He has moderated panels and presented on topics of small press and university press publishing\, literary arts partnerships\, and the writing life of Pat Conroy at writers conferences\, library conferences\, book festivals\, libraries\, and schools. With novelist Nicole Seitz\, Haupt is coeditor of the anthology Our Prince of Scribes: Writers Remember Pat Conroy. \nAbout James Scott                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                A former Nieman Fellow at Harvard\, James M. Scott is the author of Rampage\, which was named one of the Best Books of 2018 by the editors at Amazon\, Kirkus\, and Military Times and was chosen as a finalist for the prestigious Gilder Lehrman Prize for Military History by the New York Historical Society. His other works include Target Tokyo\, a 2016 Pulitzer Prize finalist\, The War Below\, and The Attack on the Liberty\, which won the Rear Admiral Samuel Eliot Morison Award. Scott lives with his wife and two children in Mt. Pleasant\, SC. URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/literary-torchbearers-retrospective-on-larry-mcmurtry-pat-conroy/ LOCATION:Charleston Library Society\, 164 King Street\, Charleston\, SC\, 29401\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Instagram-Post-Square-4.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240410T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240410T163000 DTSTAMP:20260410T180211 CREATED:20240320T180642Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240320T180642Z UID:10001706-1712763000-1712766600@charlestonlibrarysociety.org SUMMARY:Story Time In The Rabbit Hole - Bugs and Insects 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 Manuelo the Playing Mantis by Don Freeman and the craft will be making a bug! \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-bugs-and-insects-2/ LOCATION:Charleston Library Society\, 164 King Street\, Charleston\, SC\, 29401\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/58.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240412T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240412T210000 DTSTAMP:20260410T180211 CREATED:20240117T200724Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240328T135951Z UID:10001612-1712950200-1712955600@charlestonlibrarysociety.org SUMMARY:Chamber Music // A Spring Tradition DESCRIPTION:Join the Charleston Symphony for an elevated musical experience in an intimate setting. Enjoy carefully curated Chamber Music from your beloved Charleston Symphony musicians up close and personal as they perform distinguished works by Beethoven\, Prokofiev\, and Strauss. \nBeethoven is known for being the catalyst between the classical and romantic era. His innovative chord progressions as well as repeated themes throughout multiple movements are what make his writing so unique. Composed in 1801\, Beethoven’s Serenade for Flute\, Violin\, and Viola was written specifically with these instruments in mind\, instead of interchangeably. This was unusual for a composer like Beethoven who is not known for writing various works for flute. This one-of-a-kind piece will be performed by our esteemed CSO musicians in addition to works by Prokofiev and Strauss. \nTickets are $50.\nTo purchase tickets\, click here or call the CSO at 843-723-7528. URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/chamber-music-a-spring-tradition-3/ LOCATION:Charleston Library Society\, 164 King Street\, Charleston\, SC\, 29401\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Instagram-Post-Square-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240413T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240413T110000 DTSTAMP:20260410T180211 CREATED:20240325T131001Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240325T131001Z UID:10001715-1713002400-1713006000@charlestonlibrarysociety.org SUMMARY:Saturday Story Time In The Rabbit Hole - Gardening and Plants 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 Plants Can’t Sit Still by Rebecca Hirsch and the craft will be flying bees! \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-gardening-and-plants/ LOCATION:Charleston Library Society\, 164 King Street\, Charleston\, SC\, 29401\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/70.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240413T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240413T210000 DTSTAMP:20260410T180211 CREATED:20240117T200746Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240328T135916Z UID:10001613-1713036600-1713042000@charlestonlibrarysociety.org SUMMARY:Chamber Music // A Spring Tradition DESCRIPTION:Join the Charleston Symphony for an elevated musical experience in an intimate setting. Enjoy carefully curated Chamber Music from your beloved Charleston Symphony musicians up close and personal as they perform distinguished works by Beethoven\, Prokofiev\, and Strauss. \nBeethoven is known for being the catalyst between the classical and romantic era. His innovative chord progressions as well as repeated themes throughout multiple movements are what make his writing so unique. Composed in 1801\, Beethoven’s Serenade for Flute\, Violin\, and Viola was written specifically with these instruments in mind\, instead of interchangeably. This was unusual for a composer like Beethoven who is not known for writing various works for flute. This one-of-a-kind piece will be performed by our esteemed CSO musicians in addition to works by Prokofiev and Strauss. \n\n\n\n\nTickets are $50.\nTo purchase tickets\, click here or call the CSO at 843-723-7528. URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/chamber-music-a-spring-tradition-4/ LOCATION:Charleston Library Society\, 164 King Street\, Charleston\, SC\, 29401\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Instagram-Post-Square-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240416T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240416T163000 DTSTAMP:20260410T180211 CREATED:20240320T180840Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240320T180840Z UID:10001707-1713281400-1713285000@charlestonlibrarysociety.org SUMMARY:Story Time In The Rabbit Hole - Astronauts and Space 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 Mousetronaut by Astronaut Mark Kelly and the craft will be making watercolor planets! \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-astronauts-and-space/ LOCATION:Charleston Library Society\, 164 King Street\, Charleston\, SC\, 29401\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/59.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240416T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240416T190000 DTSTAMP:20260410T180211 CREATED:20231205T211338Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240131T162639Z UID:10001611-1713290400-1713294000@charlestonlibrarysociety.org SUMMARY:Book Tour Exclusive // Jeanette Walls: Hang the Moon DESCRIPTION:Along with Buxton Books\, the Library Society is thrilled to be welcoming Jeanette Walls to King Street as part of the national tour for Hang the Moon\, her latest novel that debuted Spring 2023\, and transported readers to 1920’s rural Virginia. Having been described by NPR as ‘brilliant and effervescent’\, she hits on the difficulties of enforcing Prohibition and how its effects decreased the quality of life for many middle and lower class people whose livelihoods relied on the making or selling of liquor. \n“Walls has written a stunning and compelling tale — not surprising considering the acclaim she received for her memoir The Glass Castle. The novel Hang the Moon gives us a chance to think about something that hasn’t gotten much attention — the lives of women bootleggers in America.” – NPR\, 2023 \nTickets*: PURCHASE HERE \n$ 28 – Members or $ 32 – General Admission // 1 Ticket and 1 signed copy of Hang the Moon \n$ 38 – Limited Option (Members Only) // 2 Tickets and 1 signed copy of Hang the Moon* \n*There will be a limited number of first come two-for-one tickets available for CLS Members\, these tickets include two attendees and one signed copy of Hang the Moon.  \nNOTE: If you are unable to attend the program\, and wish to secure a signed copy (or copies!)\, please pre-order through the following link: Hang the Moon or call Buxton Books at (843) 723-1670. \nThis is a collaborative event with Buxton Books\, guest information such as email and name will be shared between both parties for promotional purposes only. \nABOUT THE AUTHOR \nJeannette Walls is an internationally known author and journalist most known for The Glass Castle\, which remained on the New York Times Bestseller’s List for 100 weeks and also received The Christopher Award\, the American Library Association’s Alex Award and the Books for Better Living Award. She is also the author of the instant New York Times bestsellers The Silver Star and Half Broke Horses\, named one of the ten best books of 2009 by the editors of The New York Times Book Review. Walls lives in rural Virginia with her husband\, the writer John Taylor. \nWalls has three siblings\, her sisters Lori and Maureen\, and a brother named Brian. Lori\, Jeannette and Brian went through thick and thin together and they had a very tight bond when growing up. They lived in extreme poverty for some time of their childhood. After seeing the poor conditions they grew up with\, Lori and Jeannette decided to move to New York City. Lori was the first to move as she was the oldest\, followed by Jeannette\, then Brian\, then her whole family which included her parents\, Rex and Rose Mary Walls\, and Maureen\, her little sister. Jeannette Walls was born in Phoenix\, Arizona and graduated with honors from Barnard College\, the women’s college affiliated with Columbia University. \nABOUT THE BOOK \nSallie Kincaid is the daughter of the biggest man in a small town\, the charismatic Duke Kincaid. Born at the turn of the 20th century into a life of comfort and privilege\, Sallie remembers little about her mother who died in a violent argument with the Duke. By the time she is just eight years old\, the Duke has remarried and had a son\, Eddie. While Sallie is her father’s daughter\, sharp-witted and resourceful\, Eddie is his mother’s son\, timid and cerebral. When Sallie tries to teach young Eddie to be more like their father\, her daredevil coaching leads to an accident\, and Sallie is cast out. \nNine years later\, she returns\, determined to reclaim her place in the family. That’s a lot more complicated than Sallie expected\, and she enters a world of conflict and lawlessness. Sallie confronts the secrets and scandals that hide in the shadows of the Big House\, navigates the factions in the family and town\, and finally comes into her own as a bold\, sometimes reckless bootlegger. \n“You’ll fall in love with Sallie on the very first page and keep rooting for her all the way through to the last” (Good Housekeeping) in this thrilling read that “goes down easy…like the forbidden whisky that defines the life of Sallie Kincaid” (Associated Press). URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/book-tour-exclusive-jeanette-walls-latest-hang-the-moon/ LOCATION:Charleston Library Society\, 164 King Street\, Charleston\, SC\, 29401\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Instagram-Post-Square-2.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240417T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240417T163000 DTSTAMP:20260410T180211 CREATED:20240320T180921Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240320T180921Z UID:10001708-1713367800-1713371400@charlestonlibrarysociety.org SUMMARY:Story Time In The Rabbit Hole - Astronauts and Space 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 Mousetronaut by Astronaut Mark Kelly and the craft will be making watercolor planets! \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-astronauts-and-space-2/ LOCATION:Charleston Library Society\, 164 King Street\, Charleston\, SC\, 29401\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/59.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240417T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240417T193000 DTSTAMP:20260410T180211 CREATED:20240305T190134Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240409T155530Z UID:10001692-1713375000-1713382200@charlestonlibrarysociety.org SUMMARY:CLS Wine Club: Alsace Whites DESCRIPTION:Sprouting from a lively conversation down in our Fellows Lounge last year\, CLS Wine Club originated with the hopes of bringing our members’ love for literacy and wine together. Our gracious hosts—each hailing from storied outings and clubs centered around the complexities of wine—have agreed to share wit and wisdom twice a year. Special thanks to Jerry Mitchell\, who we have named the “Wine Intellect\,” and Tim Cantopher\, who shares knowledge as “Taste Master.” \nIn addition\, we have partnered with the renowned expert Justin Coleman of Monarch Wines and for this special evening of tasting and access to unique vineyards and small-production varietals. This season’s theme is Alsace Whites featuring varietals such as Rieslings (on the dryer side)\, Gewürztraminers\, Pinot Blancs\, and Gruner Veltliners. \nSeating is limited in order to host a conversation-style wine tasting where the experts will walk us through four specifically chosen bottles and dissect the nuance associated with each. Part of participating in the wine club is the opportunity to purchase wines that would otherwise not be available at retail. Because these wines are available in such limited quantities to start with\, we must secure them ahead of time\, therefore your ticket will include one of each bottles to take home (Avg $35/bottle)\, as part of the overall ticket price. Each ticket includes your attendance to the event in addition to the four bottles. \nAbout Monarch and Justin Coleman \nYears of selecting wines for some of NYC’s favorite spots (Balthazar\, Commerce\, Morandi\, The Mark) have helped Justin (owner and propietor of Monarch Wines) cultivate strong relationships with both European and American winemakers\, importers\, and distributors. From lugging bottles to creating beverage programs\, to managing operations\, Justin has worked with some of the most exalted names in the business. Seeking a slower pace of life for his young family at the time (wife\, Sarah\, and eldest daughter\, Fia)\, Justin headed south to Charleston in 2013\, landing at The Ordinary as General Manager. At The Ordinary\, Justin fostered an appreciation for\, and understanding of\, the community in Charleston. Monarch Wine Merchants opened in 2017\, filling a void in the market at the time for a true neighborhood wine shop\, focused on wine and only wine. Delivering the highest level of customer service has become a hallmark of the shop. Justin is forever passionate about keeping the shelves well-stocked at the brick and mortar\, while also sourcing highly allocated wines for both local clients and those further afield. \nThere are two ticket options available: \n*Single $285 // $145 ticket price + $140 wine price (4 bottles to take home) \n*Couple $430 // $290 ticket price + $140 wine price (4 bottles to take home) \nCurrent Fellows may purchase tickets here. URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/fellows-exclusive-cls-wine-club-alsace-whites/ LOCATION:Charleston Library Society\, 164 King Street\, Charleston\, SC\, 29401\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/5.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240420T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240420T110000 DTSTAMP:20260410T180211 CREATED:20240325T131141Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240325T131141Z UID:10001716-1713607200-1713610800@charlestonlibrarysociety.org SUMMARY:Saturday Story Time In The Rabbit Hole - Earth Day Celebration 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 Most of the Better Natural Things in the World by Dave Eggers and Angel Chang and the craft will be a spinning paper earth! \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-earth-day-celebration/ LOCATION:Charleston Library Society\, 164 King Street\, Charleston\, SC\, 29401\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/71.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240423T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240423T163000 DTSTAMP:20260410T180211 CREATED:20240320T181155Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240320T181155Z UID:10001709-1713886200-1713889800@charlestonlibrarysociety.org SUMMARY:Story Time In The Rabbit Hole - Earth Day 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 The Digger and the Flower by Joseph Kuefler and the craft will be nature prints in clay! \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-earth-day/ LOCATION:Charleston Library Society\, 164 King Street\, Charleston\, SC\, 29401\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/60.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240423T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240423T190000 DTSTAMP:20260410T180211 CREATED:20240109T211119Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240131T162713Z UID:10001630-1713895200-1713898800@charlestonlibrarysociety.org SUMMARY:Book Tour Exclusive // Don Winslow\, "City in Ruins" DESCRIPTION:Along with partners Buxton Books\, the Library Society will host international best-selling author Don Winslow\, the man who says he is leaving publishing\, but has continued to create masterworks. His latest novel\, City in Ruins\, happens to be the final of the “city trilogy” delivering a dramatic conclusion to this series about two New England crime families. Winslow cites that this book truly is the last of his extraordinary career\, therefore an even more special opportunity to be in the audience. \nTickets*: PURCHASE HERE \n$45 – Members or $50 – General Admission // 1 Ticket and 1 signed copy of City in Ruins \n$55 – Limited Option // 2 Tickets and 1 signed copy of City in Ruins* \n*There will be a limited number of two for one tickets available\, these tickets include two attendees and one signed copy of City in Ruins. \nNOTE: If you are unable to attend the program\, and wish to secure a signed copy (or copies!)\, pre-order HERE or call Buxton Books at (843) 723-1670. \nThis is a collaborative event with Buxton Books\, guest information such as email and name will be shared between both parties for promotional purposes only. \nAbout the book: \nFollowing City on Fire and City of Dreams\, City in Ruins is the explosive\, impossible to put down conclusion to New York Times bestselling author Don Winslow’s epic\, genre-defining crime trilogy and the final book of Winslow’s extraordinary career. Sometimes you have to become what you hate to protect what you love. Danny Ryan is rich. Beyond his wildest dreams rich. The former dock worker\, Irish mob soldier and fugitive from the law is now a respected businessman – a Las Vegas casino mogul and billionaire silent partner in a group that owns two lavish hotels. Finally\, Danny has it all: a beautiful house\, a child he adores\, a woman he might even fall in love with. Life is good. But then Danny reaches too far. When he tries to buy an old hotel on a prime piece of real estate with plans to build his dream resort\, he triggers a war against Las Vegas power brokers\, a powerful FBI agent bent on revenge and a rival casino owner with dark connections of his own. Danny thought he had buried his past\, but now it reaches up to him from the grave to pull him down. Old enemies surface\, and when they come for Danny they vow to take everything – not only his empire\, not just his life\, but all that he holds dear\, including his son. To save his life and everything he loves\, Danny must become the ruthless fighter he once was – and never wanted to be again. Ranging from the gritty back rooms of Providence\, RI to the power corridors of Washington\, DC and Wall Street to the golden casinos of Las Vegas\, City in Ruins is an epic crime novel of love and hate\, ambition and desperation\, vengeance and compassion. \nAbout the author: \nDon Winslow is the author of twenty-five acclaimed\, award-winning international bestsellers\, including seven New York Times bestsellers (Savages\, The Kings of Cool\, The Cartel\, The Force\, The Border\, City on Fire and City of Dreams). Savages was made into a feature film by three-time Oscar-winning writer-director Oliver Stone from a screenplay by Shane Salerno\, Winslow and Stone. Winslow’s epic Cartel trilogy has been adapted for TV and will appear as a weekly series on FX. Additional Winslow books are currently in development at Paramount (The Winter of Frankie Machine)\, Netflix (Boone Daniels)\, Warner Brothers (Satori)\, Sony (City on Fire\, City of Dreams\, City in Ruins) and Working Title (“Crime 101”). He has recently written a series of acclaimed and award-winning short stories for Audible narrated by four-time Oscar nominee Ed Harris. A former investigator\, anti-terrorist trainer and trial consultant\, Winslow has announced that City in Ruins will be his final novel. URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/don-winslow/ LOCATION:Charleston Library Society\, 164 King Street\, Charleston\, SC\, 29401\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/city-in-ruins-3.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240424T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240424T163000 DTSTAMP:20260410T180211 CREATED:20240320T181233Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240320T181233Z UID:10001710-1713972600-1713976200@charlestonlibrarysociety.org SUMMARY:Story Time In The Rabbit Hole - Earth Day 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 The Digger and the Flower by Joseph Kuefler and the craft will be nature prints in clay! \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-earth-day-2/ LOCATION:Charleston Library Society\, 164 King Street\, Charleston\, SC\, 29401\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/60.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240425T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240425T190000 DTSTAMP:20260410T180211 CREATED:20240216T204307Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240424T135144Z UID:10001670-1714068000-1714071600@charlestonlibrarysociety.org SUMMARY:Book Tour Exclusive // J. Drew Lanham\, "Joy is the Justice We Give Ourselves" DESCRIPTION:Join the Library Society and Buxton Books in welcoming back J. Drew Lanham\, South Carolinian\, American author\, poet\, and wildlife biologist\, to the Main Reading Room for a book tour exclusive event celebrating Joy is in the Justice We Give Ourselves. Recognized in February 2022 by the Post and Courier newspaper as one of twelve Black Leaders in South Carolina\, Lanham is a strong advocate for the African-American role in natural resources conservation\, intrigued with how culture and ethnic prisms can bend perceptions of nature and its care. He believes that conservation must be a blending of head and heart\, rigorous science\, and evocative art. His newest work\, Joy is the Justice We Give Ourselves\, is written in his signature mix of poetry and prose\, mines the deep connection to ancestors through the living world\, and tunes his unique voice toward embracing the radical act of joy. \n“…Black joy shines through in this eco-aware\, Black-centered book that offers a refreshing point of view and demands that Black bodies receive the same beautified Earth on which we were all born.” —The New York Amsterdam News \nTickets*: PURCHASE HERE \n$30 – Members or $35 – General Admission // 1 Ticket and 1 signed copy of Joy is the Justice We Give Ourselves \n$40 – Limited Option // 2 Tickets and 1 signed copy of Joy is the Justice We Give Ourselves* \n*There will be a limited number of two for one tickets available\, these tickets include two attendees and one signed copy of Joy is the Justice We Give Ourselves* \nNOTE: If you are unable to attend the program\, and wish to secure a signed copy (or copies!)\, pre-order HERE or call Buxton Books at (843) 723-1670. \nThis is a collaborative event with Buxton Books\, guest information such as email and name will be shared between both parties for promotional purposes only. \nAbout the book: \nFrom J. Drew Lanham\, MacArthur “Genius” Grant Recipient and author of Sparrow Envy: A Field Guide to Birds and Lesser Beasts\, comes a sensuous new collection in his signature mix of poetry and prose. In gorgeous and timely pieces\, Joy Is the Justice We Give Ourselves is a lush journey into wildness and Black being. Lanham notices nature through seasonal shifts\, societal unrest\, and deeply personal reflection and traces a path from bitter history to the present predicament. Drawing canny connections between the precarity of nature and the long arm of racism\, the collection offers reconciliation and eco-reparation as hopeful destinations from our current climate of division. \nAbout the author: \nJ. Drew Lanham is the author of Sparrow Envy: Field Guide to Birds and Lesser Beasts and The Home Place: Memoirs of a Colored Man’s Love Affair with Nature. He has received a MacArthur “Genius” Grant as well as the Dan W. Lufkin Conservation Award (National Audubon Society)\, the Rosa Parks and Grace Lee Boggs Outstanding Service Award (North American Association for Environmental Education)\, and the E. O. Wilson Award for Outstanding Science in Biodiversity Conservation (Center for Biological Diversity). He served as the Poet Laureate of Edgefield\, South Carolina in 2022. He is a bird watcher\, poet\, and Distinguished Professor of Wildlife Ecology and Master Teacher at Clemson University. He lives in Seneca\, South Carolina. URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/book-tour-exclusive-j-drew-lanham-joy-is-the-justice-we-give-ourselves/ LOCATION:Charleston Library Society\, 164 King Street\, Charleston\, SC\, 29401\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Instagram-Post-Square-22.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240426T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240426T113000 DTSTAMP:20260410T180211 CREATED:20240126T160339Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240131T162802Z UID:10001615-1714127400-1714131000@charlestonlibrarysociety.org SUMMARY:Writers on Writing: Zibby Owens In Conversation with Victoria Benton Frank and Stacy Willingham DESCRIPTION:In celebration of Zibby Owens’ new novel\, Blank\, the Library Society is pleased to welcome Zibby Owens in discussion with Victoria Benton Frank\, author of My Magnolia Summer\, and Stacy Willingham\, author of Only if You’re Lucky for an in-depth discussion on “Writers on Writing” and each author’s unique perspective and approach to their works. \nBlank\, by Zibby Owens\, shares the story of a wife\, mother\, and frustrated writer who faces an impossible deadline for turning her life around in a hilarious debut novel about family\, friendship\, success\, and exhilarating self-(re)discovery. Pippa Jones is a forty-ish former literary sensation who fears she will be a one-hit-wonder. After the follow-up book she was almost done writing\, Podlusters\, had to be tossed (it ended up sharing a plot and title with superstar author Ella Rankin’s summer blockbuster!)\, she couldn’t write a thing. When she finds out that she has only five days left to finish (or rather\, start) or repay an advance she’s already spent\, Pippa has a brilliantly original idea\, and when Pippa’s publisher gets intimately involved\, it unlocks a series of plot twists she never saw coming. Pippa races against time—in her used Volvo—and discovers more about her career\, marriage\, family\, friends\, and herself than she ever could have dreamed up. \nIn My Magnolia Summer\, a gripping tale of self-discovery\, Victoria Benton Frank introduces us to Maggie\, a South Carolina transplant in New York City struggling to find her place in the world. When she receives a phone call from her troubled sister\, Violet\, Maggie must return to her hometown of Sullivan’s Island\, where she uncovers shocking secrets about her family’s past. With three generations of South Carolina women reunited—the steadfast Gran\, the troubled Lily\, the impulsive Violet\, and the determined Maggie\, anything becomes possible. Immerse yourself in the stunning depictions of marsh grasses and dunes\, as this novel transports you to a world brimming with cherished family traditions and unforeseen twists of fate. \nStacy Willingham brings us Only if You’re Lucky\, a tantalizing thriller about the nature of friendship and belonging\, about loyalty\, envy\, and betrayal—another gripping novel from an author quickly becoming the gold standard in psychological suspense. Lucy Sharpe is larger than life. Magnetic\, addictive. Bold and dangerous. Especially for Margot\, who meets Lucy at the end of their freshman year at a liberal arts college in South Carolina. Margot is the shy one\, the careful one\, and never the center of attention. But when Lucy singles her out at the end of the year\, a year Margot spent studying and playing it safe\, and asks her to room together\, something in Margot can’t say no. And so Margot finds herself living in an off-campus house with three other girls\, the three of them opposites but also deeply intertwined. Margot and Lucy have become the closest of friends\, but by the middle of their sophomore year\, one of the fraternity boys from the house next door has been brutally murdered… and Lucy Sharpe is missing without a trace. \nTickets*: PURCHASE HERE \n$10 – Members // $15 – General Admission \nIf you aren’t able to attend but would like to secure a (signed!) copy of Zibby’s new novel Blank\, click HERE\,                                                                                                                                                                 or call Buxton Books at (843) 723-1670 \nABOUT ZIBBY OWENS \nZibby Owens — like Pippa — wears a lot of hats. She is the award-winning podcast host of Moms Don’t Have Time to Read Books; founder and CEO of Zibby Media which includes the publishing house Zibby Books\, online content site Zibby Mag\, Zibby’s Book Club\, retreats\, classes\, events\, and podcasts; and owner of Zibby’s Bookshop\, an independent bookstore in Santa Monica. Her previous books include Bookends: A Memoir of Love\, Loss\, and Literature\, Princess Charming\, and two anthologies that she edited. Most of all\, she is the mother of four pretty fabulous kids ages 8 to 16 — and wife to Kyle. \nABOUT VICTORIA BENTON FRANK \nVictoria Benton Frank was born in New York City\, and raised in Montclair\, New Jersey\, but considers herself to have dual residency in the Lowcountry. She is a graduate of the College of Charleston and the French Culinary Institute. Victoria worked in restaurants in New York before returning to Charleston\, South Carolina\, which she considers home\, with her husband\, two kids\, and a giant mutt. When she isn’t writing\, she is reading\, cooking\, or chasing her children. \nABOUT STACY WILLINGHAM \nStacy Willingham is a New York Times\, USA Today and internationally bestselling author of A Ficker in the Dark\, All the Dangerous Things\, and Only if You’re Lucky. Her debut\, A Flicker in the Dark\, was a 2022 finalist for the Book of the Month’s Book of the Year award\, Goodreads Choice Best Debut award\, Goodreads Choice Best Mysttery & Thriller award\, and ITW’s Best First Novel award.  Her work has been translated into more than thirty languages. Before turning to fiction\, she was a copywriter and brand strategist for various marketing agencies.  She earned her B.A. in magazine journalism from the University of Georgia and M.F.A. in writing from Savannah College of Art and Design. \nShe currently lives in Charleston\, South Carolina\, with her husband\, Britt\, and Labradoodle\, Mako. URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/writers-on-writing-zibby-owens-in-conversation-with-victoria-benton-frank-and-stacy-willingham/ LOCATION:Charleston Library Society\, 164 King Street\, Charleston\, SC\, 29401\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Instagram-Post-Square-1.png END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR