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SUMMARY:Wide Angle Lunch: Dave Morgan
DESCRIPTION:For tickets to this event\, please call (843) 723-9912 or visit http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/1342358 \nDave Morgan \nYes\, Television Can Be a Positive Influence on Society! \nIn recent years\, Charlestonians have grown accustomed to watching their streets transform into television and movie sets. What many don’t know is that Dave Morgan\, Founder\, President and CEO of Mount Pleasant-based Litton Entertainment\, has been quietly putting the Lowcountry on the entertainment industry map for more than ten years. \nMorgan established Litton in 1989 and partnered with prominent animal ambassador Jack Hanna to produce and distribute pro-social programs aimed at America’s youth. Today\, Litton Entertainment is a world class producer\, distributor and partner programming 22 half hours on leading broadcast networks including ABC\, CBS and The CW. Litton currently produces more than 600 hours of Emmy Award-Winning television reaching over 250 million viewers annually. \nLitton’s production facilities span the country in cities including New York\, Burbank\, Boston\, Washington\, D.C.—and Charleston. The recent acquisition of a 50\,000 square foot studio in North Charleston\, which will serve as the production home for CBS’s new scripted series called “The Inspectors\,” doubled its production space. \nMorgan and his family live in Charleston\, where he serves on The School of Business Board of Governors for the College of Charleston and MUSC Children’s Hospital Board. In addition\, Mr. Morgan taught “The Business of Television\,” a television business course at College of Charleston aimed at inspiring young people to pursue careers in television and emerging media.
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/wide-angle-lunch-dave-morgan/
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SUMMARY:Wide Angle Lunch: John Reynolds
DESCRIPTION:For tickets to this event\, please call (843) 723-9912 or visit http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/1342363 \nJohn Reynolds \nThe Fight for Freedom \nIn the summer of 1965\, an eighteen-year old boy\, filled with frustration and anger at the injustices of the segregated society in his hometown of Troy\, Alabama\, volunteered to help Civil Rights workers sent to Alabama by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference as part of a campaign to register black people to vote. A few short months later he found himself in Atlanta\, standing in the sanctuary of Ebenezer Baptist Church\, being interviewed by Dr. Martin Luther King\, Jr. for a position on SCLC’s field staff \nAs a young foot soldier in the Civil Rights Movement\, John Reynolds was an eyewitness to history. In his recent book\, The Fight for Freedom: A Memoir of My Years in the Civil Rights Movement\, he shares his experiences in some of the hot spots of that day\, such as Selma\, Birmingham\, and Mississippi. A passionate and dedicated soldier\, Reynolds was jailed more than twenty times and beaten on a number of occasions as he went through some of the toughest battles of the Movement and played a role in awakening the national conscience and redeeming the soul of America. \nReynolds is an ordained American Baptist minister and served as a pastor in Rhode Island for twelve years. Born in Alabama\, he spent seven years with the Southern Christian Leadership Conference\, working with Martin Luther King\, Jr. and Ralph David Abernathy. He currently lives near Charleston.
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/wide-angle-lunch-john-reynolds/
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SUMMARY:Music at the Library: Charleston Renaissance Ensemble
DESCRIPTION:Celebrating Shakespeare’s birthday once again\, the magic of the Renaissance Ensembles’ voices will be enhanced by literary commentary by Shakespearean scholar\, Betsy Cahill. \nFor tickets\, please call (843) 723-9912 or click here. \n$20 members\, $30 nonmembers.
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/music-at-the-library-charleston-renaissance-ensemble-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150424T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150424T200000
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SUMMARY:Catesby Commerative Trust Book Launch
DESCRIPTION:The Catesby Trust’s new book The Curious Mr. Catesby: a “truly ingenious” naturalist explores new worlds is available now.  Get more information at www.catesbytrust.org. \nThe book is being introduced at a series of events in the US and the UK.  Programs will be held in April and May\, in Washington DC\, New York\, Cincinnati\, Richmond\, Kiawah Island\, Charleston\, Savannah\, Atlanta\, San Francisco\, London & Sudbury.  Detailed information on each location is below.  If reservations are noted as being required\, please contact Janice Stanley at stellayaris@gmail.com. \nDr. Charles Nelson will speak at every event\, joined by Leslie Overstreet at all US locations (except Savannah\, Atlanta and San Francisco\, where David Elliott will speak).  UK speakers will be Sir Ghillean Prance and Dr. Nelson.  Brief biographies are shown below. \nThere will be question and answer panels as well as book signings at every location\, involving the speakers and other authors. Each venue plans to display Addison Publication’s new version of Catesby’s Natural History based on facsimiles of his original watercolors at Windsor Castle.
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/catesby-commerative-trust-book-launch/
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SUMMARY:Arts & Influences: A Passionate Journey- Collectors\, Dealers\, and The Collection of Art
DESCRIPTION:Arts & Influences Seminar: A Passionate Journey- Collectors\, Dealers and The Collection of Art taught by Barbara Horlbeck\, M.A. \nApril 27 & 28 \n9:30 AM – 2:00 PM \nMembers $175\, Nonmembers $200 \nTo Register: artsandinfluences@gmail.com or call (410) 458-3488 \nCollectors of art have long played a discrete but powerful role in building the world’s great museums.  Of parallel influence has been that of the intermediary- the art dealer- who has brought the passionate collector and the unique work of art together. \nIn this Arts and Influences Seminar\, “A Passionate Journey: Collectors\, Dealers and The Collection of Art”\, we will examine the role of these key players in the art world\, from the collectors whose passions have driven them to collect and the remarkable works of art themselves that are a result of those passions\, to the fascinating role of the art dealer/intermediaries whose own passions and wide range of interests and skills have guided collectors\, museum curators\, and\, importantly\, the value of the art itself.  We will look at a selection of collectors\, dealers\, and collections as we uncover the intriguing stories behind the works of art and understand more deeply the art market itself and the passionate journeys that lie behind it. \nBarbara Horlbeck\, M.A. is an independent researcher\, adjunct instructor of art history\, International Study Leader for the Smithsonian and the National Trust for Historic Preservation\, and founder of Arts and Influences.
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/arts-influences-a-passionate-journey-collectors-dealers-and-the-collection-of-art/
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SUMMARY:Grimke Sisters Exhibit
DESCRIPTION:The Charleston Library Society will host a “Grimke Sisters” exhibit featuring books and archival materials relevant to the abolitionist sisters.  The exhibit will be available for viewing during regular library hours. \nSarah Moore Grimke (1792-1973) and Angelina Emily Grimke (1805-1879)\, known as the Grimke sisters\, were 19th century Southern American writers\, orators\, educators\, and Quakers who were the first American women advocates of abolition and women’s rights. \nThroughout their lives\, they traveled to the North\, lecturing about their firsthand experiences with slavery on their family’s plantation.  Among the first American women to act publicly in social reform movements\, they were ridiculed for their abolitionist activity.  They became early activists in the women’s rights movement.
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150505T170000
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SUMMARY:Lowcountry Giving Day
DESCRIPTION:To donate to the Library Society for giving day\, please click here \nhttps://lowcountrygivingday.org/#npo/charleston-library-society \nLowcountry Giving Day 2014 raised a total of $4\,003\,591.62 from 7\,166 individuals for 93 participating nonprofits\, the highest amount collected in 24 hours of giving in similar challenges among all 50 states. \nWill you help us #LiftTheLowcountry a second time? Hosted by Coastal Community Foundation\, Lowcountry Giving Day will take place on May 5\, and we need your help to support the Charleston Library Society! \nCoastal Community Foundation will channel gifts through their website\, which will make it easy to give and easy to see how much we as a community donate together.
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/lowcountry-giving-day-2/
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SUMMARY:American Debut of Bernard Cornwell’s Best Selling Book: Waterloo
DESCRIPTION:American Debut \nBernard Cornwell’s best-selling \nbook WATERLOO \n\nTalk followed by book-signing and reception \nMembers:  $10 \nNon-Members $15 \nFor tickets\, please click here or call (843) 723-9912 \nWaterloo: The True Story of Four Days\, Three Armies and Three Battles \nby Bernard Cornwell \n\n ‘Some battles change nothing. Waterloo changed almost everything.’ \nBestselling author Bernard Cornwell is celebrated for his ability to bring history to life. Here\, in his first work of non-fiction\, he has written the true story of the epic battle of Waterloo – a momentous turning point in European history – a tale of one campaign\, four days and three armies. \nHe focuses on what it was like to be fighting in that long battle\, whether officer or private\, whether British\, Prussian or French; he makes you feel you are present at the scene. The combination of his vivid\, gripping style and detailed historical research make this\, his first non-fiction book\, the number one book for the upcoming 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo. \nIt is a magnificent story. There was heroism on both sides\, tragedy too and much misery. Bernard Cornwell brings those combatants back to life\, using their memories to recreate what it must have been like to fight in one of the most ghastly battles of history. It was given extra piquancy because all of Europe reckoned that the two greatest soldiers of the age were Napoleon and Wellington\, yet the two had never faced each other in battle. Both were acutely aware of that\, and aware that history would judge them by the result. In the end it was a victory for Wellington\, but when he saw the casualty lists he wept openly. ‘I pray to God\,’ he said\, ‘I have fought my last battle.’ He had\, and it is a story for the ages.
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/american-debut-of-bernard-cornwells-best-selling-book-waterloo/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150507T180000
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SUMMARY:Speaker Series: Firoozeh Dumas
DESCRIPTION:The Charleston Library Society invites you to join us for a lecture and book signing with Firoozeh Dumas.  To RSVP to this event\, please call (843) 723-9912 or email mstokenberry@charlestonlibrarysociety.org \nNew York Times Bestselling Author of Funny in Farsi: \nA Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America and Laughing Without an Accent \nFiroozeh Dumas was born in Abadan\, Iran and\, in the 1970’s\, moved to Southern California with her family. She later attended UC Berkeley where she met and married a Frenchman. \nFiroozeh grew up listening to her father\, a former Fulbright Scholar\, recount the many colorful stories of his life in both Iran and America. In 2001\, with no prior writing experience\, Firoozeh decided to write her stories as a gift for her children. Funny in Farsi was on the San Francisco Chronicle\, Los Angeles Times\, and New York Times bestseller lists and was a finalist for the PEN/USA award in 2004 and a finalist in 2005 for an Audie Award for best audio book.  (She lost to Bob Dylan.)  She was also a finalist for the prestigious Thurber Prize for American Humor (she lost to Jon Stewart)\, and is the first Middle Eastern woman ever to be considered for this honor. \nCritics and readers of all ages have loved her stories. Jimmy Carter called Funny in Farsi “A humorous and introspective chronicle of a life filled with love—of family\, country and heritage.” \nOver a dozen community reading programs have used Firoozeh’s books for their citywide reads\, all with great success. Firoozeh’s stories appeal to all ages and backgrounds and her humor resonates with a wide audience. In addition\, Funny in Farsi has become part of the curriculum in junior highs\, high schools and colleges around the country and is now on the California Recommended Reading List for grades 6 – 12. Educators have found that Firoozeh’s books are a gateway to many conversations\, including shared humanity\, immigration\, language\, family and identity. Firoozeh has spoken at educational conferences throughout the United States and in Europe and was awarded the Spirit of America Award in 2008 by the National Council of Social Studies. Former recipients of this award include Jimmy Carter\, Rosa Parks and Mr. Rogers. You may have heard Firoozeh’s commentaries on NPR or read one of her pieces in the Los Angeles Times\, the New York Times\, the Wall Street Journal\, San Francisco Chronicle Magazine\, Gourmet\, Good Housekeeping or Lifetime Magazine. \nIn April 2005\, Firoozeh’s one-woman show\, “Laughing Without an Accent” opened in Northern California to sold out audiences at Theatreworks in Mountain View\, California. Firoozeh incorporates much of what she learned from her one-woman show in her speeches\, adding yet another layer of entertainment to her thought-provoking\, yet humorous talks. \nFor the past eight years\, Firoozeh has traveled the country reminding us that our commonalities far outweigh our differences. Her travels have taken her throughout rural America\, from the East Coast to the West Coast\, from Harvard University to UCLA and to Europe. Everywhere she has gone\, audiences have embraced her message of shared humanity while laughing at her humorous tales. \nFiroozeh Dumas’s second memoir\, entitled Laughing without an Accent\, was published in May 2008. Alexander McCall Smith had this to say\, “These stories\, like everything Firoozeh Dumas writes\, are charming\, highly amusing vignettes of family life. Dumas is one of those rare people–a naturally gifted storyteller.” \n Firoozeh is currently working on a “tween” novel due from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in Spring 2015. The story contains no vampires.
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SUMMARY:Spoleto: Conversations with Martha Teichner
DESCRIPTION:May 23\, 24\, 30 and June 6 \nSpoleto: Conversations with Martha Teichner \nTo RSVP to these events\, please click here. \nHeld in the beautiful Main Reading Room of the Charleston Library Society\, CBS correspondent Martha Teichner will lead intimate conversations with festival artists about the creative process and their experiences at Spoleto Festival USA. \nSaturday\, May 23 | Shakespeare’s Globe (Romeo and Juliet)\nSunday\, May 24 | Jennifer Wen Ma and Huang Ruo (Paradise Interrupted)\nSaturday May 30 | Stefano Vizioli and Aaron Carpenè (Veremonda)\nSaturday\, June 6 | Shen Wei (Shen Wei Dance Arts)
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/spoleto-conversations-with-martha-teichner/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150605T180000
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SUMMARY:Pat Conroy and the Story River Authors
DESCRIPTION:Join Pat Conroy and a number of his Story River Authors including Maggie Schein\, John Lane and Bernie Schein. \nFor tickets\, please click here or call (843) 723-9912 \n$10 members\, $15 nonmembers \nMaggie Schein- Lost Cantos of the Orobourous Caves \nA collection of fables in the literary tradition of Italo Calvino (if he were a Taoist seeker)\, Lost Cantos of the Ouroboros Caves brings together medicine men\, monks\, immortals\, witches\, seekers\, souls in various stages of their cycles in and out of lived-life\, and the occasional talking animal\, all searching for the meaning of it all and each other. Here\, the well\, the prairie\, the mountains (the Ouroboros mountains\, of course)\, the pond over which a swan swims continuously as she keeps vigil for the newly dead; each fable is a meditation on love\, death\, growth\, pain\, identity\, self\, spirit\, and the natural world\, as seen from the perspectives of the primal\, the celestial\, or the spiritual. Fragile and beautifully strong\, the Lost Cantos are tales and mythology for anyone seeking stories for a larger life. \nJohn Lane- Fate Moreland’s Widow \nOn a placid Blue Ridge mountain lake on Labor Day Weekend in 1935\, three locals sightseeing in an overloaded boat drown\, and the cotton mill scion who owns the lake is indicted for their murders. Decades later Ben Crocker–witness to and reluctant participant in the aftermath of this long-forgotten tragedy–is drawn once more into the morally ambiguous world of mill fortunes and foothills justice.\nThe son of mill workers in Carlton\, South Carolina\, Crocker is caught between competing loyalties to his family and future. Crocker wanted more than a rough-hewn life on a factory floor\, so he studied accounting at the local textile institute and was hired as bookkeeper to the owner\, George McCane\, a man as burdened by his familial ties as Crocker and even less prepared for the authority of his mantel.\nMcCane’s decision to renovate the Carlton Mill and lay off families connected to the Uprising of ’34\, one of the largest labor strikes in U.S. history\, puts Crocker in the ill-fitting position as his boss’s enforcer. Days after the evictions\, the surprise indictment lands McCane in a North Carolina mountain jail and sinks Crocker even deeper into the escalating tensions between mill workers and the owners.\nWhile traversing mountain communities in McCane’s defense\, Crocker must also manage the forced renovation of the Carlton Mill\, negotiate with labor organizers led by local hero Olin Campbell\, collaborate with McCane’s besotted brother\, Angus\, and fend off his father’s and wife’s skepticism of his own social aspirations. Hanging distractingly over Crocker’s upended life is his burgeoning infatuation with Novie Moreland–the young widow of one of those McCane is accused of killing. Though unrequited\, Croker’s relationship with Novie proves to be a beacon of hope amid the shadows of political and social machinations in the darkest chapter in his long life.\nAs the union retaliates and the McCane murder trial is settled\, it is uncertain who the winners and losers have been in this generational clash of workers and owners\, labor and capital\, those tied to the land and its people and those who exploit both. When Crocker looks back from 1988 at these two crucial years in his life in the mid-1930s\, he is left to wonder if he did right by himself and those closest to him. Against all better judgment\, Crocker knows he must seek out Novie Moreland once more if he is ever to find closure with the past. \nBernie Schein- Famous All Over Town \nNovelist Walker Percy once said that the only remaining unexplored territory in southern literature was the Jewish southerner. Famous all over Town\, the first novel from southern storyteller Bernie Schein\, stakes a claim on Percy’s unexplored terrain with a comically candid multigenerational account of two Jews\, a lowcountry native and a northern transplant\, at the epicenter of momentous events in the sleepy southern coastal hamlet of Somerset\, a fictitious stand-in for Schein’s native Beaufort\, South Carolina.
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150611T180000
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SUMMARY:Speaker Series: Adam Mendelsohn
DESCRIPTION:The Rag Race\nHow Jews Sewed Their Way to Success in America and the British Empire\n·         Adam D. Mendelsohn \nTo RSVP\, please email mstokenberry@charlestonlibrarysociety.org or call (843) 723-9912 \n·\n“The Rag Race traces the involvement of Jewish immigrants in the shmatte business\, and draws connections between that involvement and the economic ascent of Jews in America.” \n—New York Jewish Weekly \n·         “If you were a young Jewish immigrant from Central Europe…chances are good that you would wind up shouldering a bundle of cheap clothing for sale along the rutted dirt roads of the rural South or Midwest…[these immigrants] wrote a compelling chapter in the success story of the Jews in America.  That’s the saga that Adam Mendelsohn tells.” \n—The Wall Street Journal \n·         ” If you were a young Jewish immigrant from Central Europe…chances are good that you would wind up shouldering a bundle of cheap clothing for sale along the rutted dirt roads of the rural South or Midwest…[these immigrants] wrote a compelling chapter in the success story of the Jews in America.  That’s the saga that Adam Mendelsohn tells.” \n—Wall Street Journal \n·         “In The Rag Race\, Adam Mendelsohn traces the intertwined fates of the Jewish community and the garment industries in America and Britain…Like any good historical writer\, he turns documents and data into relatable human stories.” \n—Sewjewish.com \n·         “An inquiry into the wellspring of modern Jewish economic success\, [The Rag Race] attends to the origins of the garment industry\, poking around in the dusty\, and often little-known\, corners of a global exchange based on kinship and the Jewish collective…The Rag Race is a remarkable achievement\, a testament to the vitality of the historical imagination.” \n—Jewish Review of Books
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SUMMARY:Speaker Series: Peg Eastman
DESCRIPTION:Speaker Series: Peg Eastman- St. Philip’s Church of Charleston\, An Early History of the Oldest Parish in South Carolina \nTo RSVP- please email mstokenberry@charlestonlibrarysociety.org or call (843) 723-9912 \nSt. Philip’s Church was commissioned shortly after the Carolina colony was founded in 1670.  Because the Church of England was the established Church\, St. Philip’s tried to meet the spiritual needs of the early settlers and also was responsible for oversight of elections\, education and social services in everything from healthcare to disaster relief.  St. Philip’s churchwardens and vestry enforced morality laws and levied taxes.  The colony’s first state funeral- that of Governor Robert Johnson- took place in the church\, as did that of the controversial\, one-time vice president\, Senator John C. Calhoun.  Buried in the churchyard are Founding Fathers\, pirate hunters\, war heroes\, statesmen and even the unfortunate victim of a sensational murder.  This book recounts the early years of St. Philip’s Church\, the people who walked its aisles and some of the early religious conflicts that shook the community.  Authors Dorothy Middleton Anderson and Margaret Middleton Rivers Eastman outline the fascinating history of the first church in the new colony.
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/speaker-series-peg-eastman/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150619T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150619T230000
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SUMMARY:A Night in Monte Carlo!
DESCRIPTION:Come enjoy an evening of food\, drinks\, and games. \n8:00pm to 11:00pm \nBlack Tie Encouraged \nPurchase your Tickets Here
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/a-night-in-monte-carlo/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150622T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150622T203000
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SUMMARY:Treat Yourself to a Virtuoso Evening with Maestro Matteo Fedeli
DESCRIPTION:The Charleston Library Society\, 164 King Street\, will host two concerts by violin virtuoso Maestro Matteo Fedeli\, A Stradivari for the People\, Saturday\, June 20th and Monday\, June 22nd to benefit The Gaillard Performance Hall Foundation. \nIn the intimate and beautiful setting of the Charleston Library Society\, Fedeli will play the precious violin of Antonio Stradivari 1715 “Ex Bazzini” accompanied by pianist Maestro Andrea Carcano in aprogram featuring compositions by Tchaikovsky\, Saint-Saëns\, Paganini\, Fauré\, de Falla\, Brahms and Williams. \nSaturday\, June 20\nOpening Reception\, Concert and After Party\nThe Sylvan Gallery will host a pre-concert reception at 171 King Street at 6:30\, followed by the performance at 7:30 p.m. at the Charleston Library Society. A post-concert reception with complimentary heavy hors-d’oeuvres and a cash bar featuringfine Italian wines will follow the concert. Tickets are $65. \nMonday\, June 22\nOpening Reception\, Concert and Dinner at Muse\nThe VIP Concert will be an exquisite affair. The evening begins at 5:30 p.m. with a pre-concert reception at Reinert Fine Art\, 179 King Street\, then moves across the street to Maestro Fedeli’s performance at the Library Society at 6:30 p.m. It will be followed by a post-concert dinner and open bar at Muse Restaurant and Wine Bar\, 82 Society Street. Tickets are $125. \n(CLICK HERE TO ORDER YOUR TICKETS NOW!) \nMaestro Matteo Fedeli is probably the only living violinist in the world that has played no fewer than 24 of Antonio Stradavari’s instruments\, the acclaimed master\, whose violins are considered the best stringed instruments ever made. \nThere are only 50 existing Stradavarius instruments in the world that demonstrate “perfect technical refinement\, and the capacity to produce a pure\, yet intense and powerful voice\, which emphasizes an always ample sound having crystalline luminous character\, capable of innumerable nuances.” All of these instruments are valued in the multiple millions of dollars. \nThe Charleston concerts will be part of Fedeli’s solo series\, A Stradivarius for the People\, accompanied by pianist Maestro Andrea Carcano. This formula is winning resounding success as listening to this music pairs the opportunity to touch the instrument and also listen to general and technical discussions directly from the voice of the protagonist\, Matteo Fedeli. He also plays a series of concerts in Italy and all over the world accompanied by the finest orchestras.
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/treat-yourself-to-a-virtuoso-evening-with-maestro-matteo-fedeli/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150820T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150820T200000
DTSTAMP:20260404T101612
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SUMMARY:Music at the Library: John Tecklenburg- History of Fud Livingston
DESCRIPTION:Joseph Anthony (Fud) Livingston (April 10\, 1906- March 25\, 1957) was an American jazz clarinetist\, saxophonist\, arranger\, and composer.  He co-wrote the jazz and pop standard “I’m Thru With Love”\, and played with several bands\, including Glenn Miller.  Join us as John Tecklenburg takes us on a journey through the colorful life of “Uncle Fud”\, combining stories and music into an enjoyable evening. \nFor tickets\, please call (843) 723-9912 or click here.
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/music-at-the-library-john-tecklenburg-history-of-fud-livingston/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150825T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150825T190000
DTSTAMP:20260404T101612
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SUMMARY:Speaker Series: Peter Stambler
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Stambler was born in Washington. Educated at Yale\, Carnegie Tech Drama School\, and Syracuse. He taught creative writing\, literature\, cultural history at the North Carolina School of the Arts\, University of Wisconsin – Green Bay\, Hong Kong Baptist\, and the University of the Arts – Philadelphia where he served as Dean of Liberal Arts till his retirement in 2012. He is author of six books of poems\, radio plays\, and stage plays. He is winner of the Quarterly Review of Literature (Princeton) international poetry prize\, the Wisconsin Public Radio/NPR radio drama award\, and the Wisconsin Best Book Award (3 times). In retirement\, he travels\, writes and illustrates a travel blog\, and is volunteer on Al’s farm\, harvesting whatever is in season. He is also a member of the Kiwanis Club of Charleston. \nTo RSVP\, please call (843) 723-9912 or email mstokenberry@charlestonlibrarysociety.org
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/speaker-series-peter-stambler/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150827T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150827T190000
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SUMMARY:Speaker Series: Dick Wall
DESCRIPTION:To RSVP to this event\, please call (843) 723-9912 or email mstokenberry@charlestonlibrarysociety.org \nCarol Wall\, living in a lily-white neighborhood in Middle America\, is at a crossroads in her life. Her children are grown; she has successfully overcome illness; her beloved parents are getting older. One day she notices a dark-skinned African man tending her neighbor’s yard. His name is Giles Owita. He bags groceries at the supermarket. He comes from Kenya. And he’s very good at gardening.\nBefore long Giles is transforming not only Carol’s yard\, but her life. Though they are seemingly quite different\, a caring bond grows between them. But Carol and Giles both hold long-buried secrets that\, when revealed\, will cement their friendship forever. \nCarol Wall (1951-2014): A graduate of Peabody College for Teachers at Vanderbilt University\, Carol taught high school English in both public and private schools in Tennessee and Virginia. Her articles and essays centering on family life were popular features in publications such as Southern Living Magazine and The Atlanta Journal-Constitution for more than twenty years. She lived in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia\, and died of complications of breast cancer on December 14\, 2014\, just nine months after her first book was published to critical acclaim. She is survived by her husband\, three grown children\, three beautiful granddaughters\, and two grandsons. In accordance with her wishes\, her family has carried on the message of her book\, speaking to readers and groups across the country.
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/speaker-series-dick-wall/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150910T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150910T200000
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SUMMARY:Music at the Library: Chamber Music Charleston- Rock and Rondo
DESCRIPTION:For tickets\, please click here or call (843) 723-9912 \nThe 2015 Mozart In The South Festival opens with a special performance at the Charleston Library Society.  Musicians of CMC trade in their formalwear for jeans and leather as they rock out to the music of Michael Jackson and The Beatles with some Mozart thrown in for good measure. Violinists Jenny Weiss and Ruben Camacho\, violist Ben Weiss and cellist Timothy O’Malley perform in this hour-long program of music for string quartet.
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/music-at-the-library-chamber-music-charleston-rock-and-rondo/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150915T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150915T133000
DTSTAMP:20260404T101612
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SUMMARY:Life Long Learning: Steve Gavel
DESCRIPTION:Etruscan\, Roman and Early Byzantine Art \n$200 members\, $250 nonmembers \nTo RSVP- please email mstokenberry@charlestonlibrarysociety.org\, call (843) 723-9912 or CLICK HERE.
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/life-long-learning-steve-gavel/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150915T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150915T193000
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SUMMARY:Life Long Learning: Penn Hagood
DESCRIPTION:The War on Terror:  Where Are We Now\, and How Did We Get Here? \nAmerica’s Relationship with the Middle East & the Historical Background of the War on Terror \nPenn Hagood \nSeptember 15 – November 10 \nTuesdays:  6:00 – 7:15 \nIf you want to know more about what you read in the newspaper or see on the nightly news\, this 9 week course offers a look at the current events of the War on Terror and its historical background. \nPenn Hagood taught high school history for over 25 years and\, recently\, taught a senior elective in “Peace\, War and Defense:  America’s Military History\, Foreign Policy and National Defense.” \nFor more information or to sign up\, please call (843) 723-9912 or click here.
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/life-long-learning-penn-hagood/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150921T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150921T140000
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SUMMARY:“Emotion\, Drama and Illusion: Those Baroque Masters” Seminar
DESCRIPTION:An Arts and Influences Seminar\n“Emotion\, Drama and Illusion: Those Baroque Masters”\nEurope in the 17th century saw the explosion of a new style of art that was dramatic\, theatrical\, emotional and grand.  Enhanced by the powerful patronage of the Catholic Church\, the consolidation of absolute monarchies throughout Europe which brought a great deal of wealth and interest in building massive structures\, and a new interest and broadening in the explorations of the world\, Baroque Period\, as this style became known\, profoundly influenced the arts of the century from painting and sculpture to architecture and music. \nIn this Arts and Influences Seminar\, “Emotion\, Drama\, and Illusion: Those Baroque Masters!” led by art historian Barbara Horlbeck\, we will examine the great masterpieces that emerged from Europe and the great masters who created the paintings\, sculpture and architecture of the time – from Gentileschi\, Caravaggio\, and Rembrandt to Bernini and Borromini. \nJoin us at The Charleston Library Society September 21st and 22nd from 9:30 A.M. to 2:00 P.M.! The Arts and Influences 2-day Seminar costs $175 for members of the Library Society and $200 for non-members. \nBarbara Horlbeck\, M.A.\, is an independent researcher\, adjunct instructor of art history\, International Study Leader for the Smithsonian and the National Trust\, and founder of Arts and Influences. \nTo RSVP please email artsandinfluences@gmail.com or call 410-458-3488. \nClick Here for more
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/emotion-drama-and-illusion-those-baroque-masters-seminar/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150924T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150924T190000
DTSTAMP:20260404T101612
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SUMMARY:Speaker Series: Andrea Wulf
DESCRIPTION:To RSVP to this event\, please call (843) 723-9912 or email mstokenberry@charlestonlibrarysociety.org \nIn collaboration with Middleton Place\, renowned horticultural writer\, Andrea Wulf will speak about the extraordinary life of the visionary German naturalist Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) and how he created the way we understand nature today. \nTo RSVP- call (843) 723-9912 or email mstokenberry@charlestonlibrarysociety.org \n‘The Invention of Nature. Alexander von Humboldt’s New World’ \nAndrea Wulf reveals in her new book the extraordinary life of the visionary German naturalist Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) and how he created the way we understand nature today. Though almost forgotten today\, his name lingers everywhere from the Humboldt Current to the Humboldt penguin. Humboldt was an intrepid explorer and the most famous scientist of his age. His restless life was packed with adventure and discovery\, whether climbing the highest volcanoes in the world or racing through anthrax–infested Siberia. Perceiving nature as an interconnected global force\, Humboldt discovered similarities between climate zones across the world and predicted human-induced climate change. He turned scientific observation into poetic narrative\, and his writings inspired naturalists and poets such as Darwin\, Wordsworth and Goethe but also politicians such as Jefferson. Wulf also argues that it was Humboldt’s influence that led John Muir to his ideas of preservation and that shaped Thoreau’s ‘Walden’. Wulf traces Humboldt’s influences through the great minds he inspired in revolution\, evolution\, ecology\, conservation\, art and literature.  In The Invention of Nature Wulf brings this lost hero to science and the forgotten father of environmentalism back to life. \n\nAUTHOR BIO: \nAndrea Wulf was born in India\, moved to Germany as a child\, and now lives in Britain. She is the author of several acclaimed books. ‘The Brother Gardeners’ won the American Horticultural Society 2010 Book Award and was long-listed for the Samuel Johnson Prize 2008. Her book ‘Founding Gardeners’ was on the New York Times Best Seller List. Andrea has written for many newspapers including the Guardian\, LA Times and New York Times. She was the Eccles British Library Writer in Residence 2013 and a three-time fellow of the International Center for Jefferson Studies at Monticello. In 2014 she co-presented a four-part BBC TV garden series and she appears regularly on radio.
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20151001T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20151001T190000
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SUMMARY:Speaker Series: Cynthia Mestad Johnson
DESCRIPTION:To RSVP to this event please call (843) 723-9912 or email mstokenberry@charlestonlibrarysociety.org \nOver thirty thousand slaves were brought to the shores of colonial America on ships owned and captained by James DeWolf. When the United States took action to abolish slavery\, this Bristol native manipulated the legal system and became actively involved in Rhode Island politics in order to pursue his trading ventures. He served as a member of the House of Representatives in the state of Rhode Island and as a United States senator\, all while continuing the slave trade years after passage of the Federal Slave Trade Act of 1808. DeWolf’s political power and central role in sustaining the state’s economy allowed him to evade prosecution from local and federal authorities–even on counts of murder. Through archival records\, author Cynthia Mestad Johnson uncovers the secrets of James DeWolf and tells an unsettling story of corruption and exploitation in the Ocean State from slave ships to politics. \nThis event is open to the public\, but we encourage all members of the Library Society and friends and supporters of Historic Charleston Foundation to come to this compelling event. \nThe talk will begin promptly at 6:00 PM and last roughly an hour.
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/speaker-series-cynthia-mestad-johnson/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20151007T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20151007T110000
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SUMMARY:CLS Book Club
DESCRIPTION:The Charleston Library Society’s Book Club is making its return! We welcome all members and nonmembers\, free of charge\, to come and discuss a book of the Library Staff’s choosing. We will be able to host the riveting discussions thanks to the help of our dedicated volunteers. \nThe first novel selected for CLS Book Club is Circling the Sun: A Novel by Paula McClain. The author of the best-selling novel The Paris Wife returns with her eagerly anticipated new novel that transports readers to colonial Kenya in the 1920s. Circling the Sun brings to life a fearless and captivating woman—Beryl Markham\, a record-setting aviator caught up in a passionate love triangle with safari hunter Denys Finch Hatton and Karen Blixen\, depicted in Isak Dinesen’s classic memoir Out of Africa. \nThe first meeting will take place on Wednesday\, October 7th\, 2015 at 10:00 AM. There will be a maximum capacity for this event\, so please call ahead and reserve your space. To RSVP please call (843)-723-9912. \nFor your convenience\, we will have copies of Circling the Sun: A Novel available for purchase beginning Tuesday\, August 11\, 2015 here at the Library Society. \nIf you often find yourself reading a book and asking questions about a character’s decisions or why the author approached the subject from a particular perspective\, then you may make a wonderful discussion leader. Thinking of questions and talking points while also engaging with the group’s discussion are just a few things that define a terrific Volunteer Discussion Leader. If you have an idea\, we would love to hear from you! Please contact lmina@charlestonlibrarysociety.org\, or call (843)-723-9912.
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20151009T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20151009T210000
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SUMMARY:Martinis and a Movie
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for a fun\, entertaining event hosted by the Library Society: “Martinis and a Movie.” \nIn preparation for the November 5 release of the newest James Bond installment\, Spectre (2015)\, the Library Society will feature the first cinema adaptation of an Ian Fleming novel\, Dr. No (1962).  The evening will include select cocktails\, inspired by Sean Connery’s inaugural portrayal of James Bond\, the resourceful British agent tasked with solving in the disappearance of a colleague and the disruption of the American space program.  Fear not – the martinis will be shaken\, not stirred. \nPurchase of a ticket will include a reserved spot to the screening as well as one martini. The event begins at 7:00 P.M. with martinis and light hors d’oeuvres. The screening will begin promptly at 7:15 P.M. \nTickets are $10 for members and $15 for nonmembers. \nCome share a martini and experience a movie franchise that has been unstoppable in box offices for over 50 years! \nTo reserve your spot and purchase your ticket please call (843) 723-9912 or click here.
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/martinis-and-a-movie/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20151013T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20151013T180000
DTSTAMP:20260404T101612
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SUMMARY:Lifelong Learning Series Week 5
DESCRIPTION:These two 9-week long seminars run from September 15 through November 10 and have proven to be a hit with members and nonmembers alike. Both classes take place once a week at their respective times on Tuesday. The two seminars are as follows… \nDr. Steve Gavel: (Cancelled this week) \nEtruscan\, Roman and Early Byzantine Art (12:00 PM-1:30 PM) \nPenn Hagood: \nThe War on Terror:  Where Are We Now\, and How Did We Get Here?  \nAmerica’s Relationship with the Middle East & the Historical Background of the War on Terror (6:00 PM-7:15 PM)
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/lifelong-learning-series-week-5/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20151015T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20151015T133000
DTSTAMP:20260404T101612
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SUMMARY:Wide Angle Lunch Series XI Season Pass
DESCRIPTION:Save on the series by buying a Season Pass for all 5 sessions. \nFor tix- click here. \nThese are historic times for Charleston. This summer\, our city bore witness to an act that recalled its darkest days: the racially-motivated massacre of nine African-American parishioners and community leaders in the state’s most historic Black church. \nSince that horrific June night\, much has shown that this is not the past. Love and support and flowers and money and food have flooded the city and Mother Emanuel A.M.E. Church in an unprecedented groundswell of solidarity. The Confederate flag\, for so long a symbol and source of entrenched opposition within this state and across the nation\, went down with a whimper. It seems\, and we’re told\, that much has changed. \nAnd yet—much hasn’t changed\, and needs to. Racism’s roots run deep. While we can all easily disavow the work of a hate-filled and wayward young man\, it is less easy to confront the insidious societal forces that shaped him and the ideology to which he subscribes. It is less easy to acknowledge that indifference and ignorance\, over time\, can be more dangerous than an assault rifle in the hands of a terrorist. \nReal change starts with honest conversation. This fall\, Wide Angle Lunches and the Charleston Library Society will host a sustained conversation over five weeks. Our speakers are educators and activists\, thinkers and doers. They are committed both to understanding the past and charting the future. I hope you will join this critical conversation and learn how we might turn last summer’s suffering into a better\, fairer\, stronger Charleston. \nCeara Donnelley
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/wide-angle-lunch-series-xi-season-pass/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20151015T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20151015T133000
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SUMMARY:Wide Angle Lunch Series: Patricia Williams Lessane
DESCRIPTION:For tickets\, please call (843) 723-9912 or click here. \n“We must … resist the comfortable fiction that\, whatever racial turmoil exists elsewhere\, genteel Charleston is a place of calm.” \nSo wrote Patricia Williams Lessane in the New York Times\, just one day after the shooting of nine parishioners at Mother Emanual A.M.E. church in downtown Charleston. Dr. Lessane is uniquely qualified to explore what it today means to be Black\, both in Charleston and across the nation. A native Chicagoan whose parents\, like many African-Americans\, migrated to the north in the 1950s in search of opportunity and a better life\, Dr. Lessane returned to the south in 2010—also in search of a better life for her family. Offered the job of Executive Director of the Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture at the College of Charleston\, Dr. Lessane\, in her words\, “jumped at the chance to leave the violence of Chicago’s South Side to forge a life in a safer\, culturally rich community.” The events of the last year in Charleston\, and in so many towns across the country\, suggest that there may be no such thing for many African-Americans. \nDr. Lessane came to Charleston having studied and/or worked at a wide range of institutions\, from Fisk University to the Field Museum\, with stops at Dartmouth and Harvard in between. She was named one of Charlie Magazine’s 50 Most Progressive People in 2013 and\, in addition to running the Avery Center\, she is currently co-editing two volumes of work: We Carry These Memories Inside of We: Celebrating Daughters of the Dust and the Blacks Arts Aesthetic of Julie Dash and Dreams Deferred\, Promises and Struggles; Perceptions and Interrogations of Empire\, Nation\, and Society. She lives in Charleston with her two beautiful and precocious children.
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SUMMARY:Music at the Library: Emile Pandolfi- Pianist Extraodinaire
DESCRIPTION:For tickets\, please click here or call (843) 723-9912 \nWith almost thirty recordings in his own discography\, Emile Pandolfi ranks among America’s most popular piano artists. With the majority of his performance repertoire being lush\, intricate arrangements of Broadway and standards that form the canon of “The Great American Songbook”\, his influences are more classical than pop.  It is this subjective layering of classical style that Pandolfi infuses onto the broad palette of selections performed in his frequent concerts that resonates with audiences everywhere.
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