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  • April 2022

  • Fri 29
    April 29, 2022 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

    TEASE Exhibit & Reception – Transatlantic Exhibition of Art In the Southeast

    Hosted by The N.C. Zeitgeist Foundation, the Transatlantic Exhibition of Art In the Southeast (TEASE) will revolve around the theme “Heimat” or “Home/Homeland.” Artists from Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (Germany) and from Mecklenburg County, North Carolina (United States) will create and present “sense-of-place” themed works of art reflecting a transatlantic exchange of ideas about the meaning of “Homeland […]

    Free
  • May 2022

  • Mon 2
    May 2, 2022 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

    Story Time In The Rabbit Hole – Shapes

    Due to the high enthusiasm surrounding Story Time, we will be offering this to members only. To join the Library Society, click here. Please join us for our beloved Story Time in the Rabbit Hole! During this hour long, kid-friendly program, children and their parents/caregivers can join Joyce, our Children's Librarian, in the Rabbit Hole […]

    Free
  • Wed 4
    May 4, 2022 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm

    The Story and Style of American Icon, Rachel ‘Bunny’ Mellon

    This month's Lite Lunch is a unique opportunity for special insights into the life and legend of Bunny Mellon. For this program, we are welcoming Meryl Gordon, author of Bunny Mellon: The Life of an American Style Legend, along with Mellon’s grandson Thomas Lloyd and her dear friend Bryan Huffman - two of the authors […]

  • Wed 4
    May 4, 2022 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

    Story Time In The Rabbit Hole – Shapes

    Due to the high enthusiasm surrounding Story Time, we will be offering this to members only. To join the Library Society, click here. Please join us for our beloved Story Time in the Rabbit Hole! During this hour long, kid-friendly program, children and their parents/caregivers can join Joyce, our Children's Librarian, in the Rabbit Hole […]

    Free
  • Mon 9
    May 9, 2022 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

    Story Time In The Rabbit Hole – Bedtime

    Due to the high enthusiasm surrounding Story Time, we will be offering this to members only. To join the Library Society, click here. Please join us for our beloved Story Time in the Rabbit Hole! During this hour long, kid-friendly program, children and their parents/caregivers can join Joyce, our Children's Librarian, in the Rabbit Hole […]

    Free
  • Tue 10
    May 10, 2022 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

    Speaker Series: Poet Elizabeth Hughey

    Charleston Library Society 164 King Street, Charleston, SC, United States

    What are we to do with the things we inherit? The names we are given? The language we are taught? The stories with which we are raised? These are the questions at the heart of Elizabeth Hughey’s White Bull, winner of the 2020 Kathryn A. Morton Prize in Poetry. This new poetry collection is composed […]

  • Wed 11
    May 11, 2022 @ 4:00 pm

    Story Time In The Rabbit Hole – Bedtime

    Due to the high enthusiasm surrounding Story Time, we will be offering this to members only. To join the Library Society, click here. Please join us for our beloved Story Time in the Rabbit Hole! During this hour long, kid-friendly program, children and their parents/caregivers can join Joyce, our Children's Librarian, in the Rabbit Hole […]

    Free
  • Wed 11
    May 11, 2022 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

    Speaker Series: British Robinson

    Charleston Library Society 164 King Street, Charleston, SC, United States

    In collaboration with Trident Literacy Association, we welcome British Robinson, President and CEO of the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy. Coming from a background that prioritizes career, family, and literacy, Robinson, will converse on the many avenues to fully support and enrich the lives of the people around you through acts of service, no […]

  • Mon 16
    May 16, 2022 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

    Story Time In The Rabbit Hole – Space Stories

    Due to the high enthusiasm surrounding Story Time, we will be offering this to members only. To join the Library Society, click here. Please join us for our beloved Story Time in the Rabbit Hole! During this hour long, kid-friendly program, children and their parents/caregivers can join Joyce, our Children's Librarian, in the Rabbit Hole […]

    Free
  • Tue 17
    May 17, 2022 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

    Documentary Screening & Discussion – “For The Left Hand”

    Charleston Library Society 164 King Street, Charleston, SC, United States

    Join documentary Co-Director, Gordon Quinn, and Producer/Writer, Howard Reich, for the inspiring story of pianist Norman Malone as we screen the inspiring documentary For the Left Hand. This event is free and open to the public, but requires an RSVP. To RSVP, fill out the form below.  About the Film: At age 5, Norman discovered […]

    Free
  • Wed 18
    May 18, 2022 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

    Story Time In The Rabbit Hole – Space Stories

    Due to the high enthusiasm surrounding Story Time, we will be offering this to members only. To join the Library Society, click here. Please join us for our beloved Story Time in the Rabbit Hole! During this hour long, kid-friendly program, children and their parents/caregivers can join Joyce, our Children's Librarian, in the Rabbit Hole […]

    Free
  • Wed 18
    May 18, 2022 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

    Speaker Series: Susan Sully

    Charleston Library Society 164 King Street, Charleston, SC, United States

    In this debut lecture, Susan Sully will share her passion and curiosity about Charleston’s unique architecture and design traditions as celebrated in her new book, The Allure of Charleston (Rizzoli: 2022). The inspiration for this volume began when she returned to Charleston after a time away and found herself wondering what makes this city look and […]

  • Thu 19
    May 19, 2022 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

    CLS Presents A Special Performance of The Colour of Music Festival Quintet

    CLS invites you to share in a rare opportunity to hear the storied Color of Music Festival Quintet and join a post-performance reception to meet the musicians. With a special appearance by violinist Anyango Yarbo-Davenport and pianist Kyle P. Walker, the evening will feature an arrangement of Igor Frolov’s “Fantasy” on Porgy and Bess. The […]

  • Mon 23
    May 23, 2022 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

    Story Time In The Rabbit Hole – On the Farm

    Due to the high enthusiasm surrounding Story Time, we will be offering this to members only. To join the Library Society, click here. Please join us for our beloved Story Time in the Rabbit Hole! During this hour long, kid-friendly program, children and their parents/caregivers can join Joyce, our Children's Librarian, in the Rabbit Hole […]

    Free
  • Tue 24
    May 24, 2022 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

    Speaker Series: Betsy Prioleau

    Charleston Library Society 164 King Street, Charleston, SC, United States

    Join us in welcoming author, Besty Prioleau to discuss her recent biography, Diamonds and Deadlines: A Tale of Greed, Deceit, and a Female Tycoon in the Gilded Age.  Tickets for this event are $10 for members and $15 for nonmembers. To purchase tickets, click here. To purchase your copy of Diamonds and Deadlines from Buxton […]

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