Summer Series Season Pass

Charleston Library Society Summer Series The Charleston Library Society wants to provide our members with fun opportunities to relax and maybe even enjoy a drink or two.  We have created a series offering one or more events a month that will showcase the Library Society in a different light.  There is nothing staid or stodgy […]

Summer Series Kick-Off BBQ

Summer Series Kick-Off BBQ: Friday, June 17th 6-9PM $50 members, $60 nonmembers For tickets, please call (843) 723-9912 or click here. Welcome to Libraritaville! The Library Society is going to the tropics with its first-ever outdoor event. The Summer Series Kick-Off BBQ will be hosted in our parking lot behind the main building. Live music, open […]

Speaker Series: WE ARE CHARLESTON

Speaker Series: WE ARE CHARLESTON RSVP to (843) 723-9912 or mstokenberry@charlestonlibrarysociety.org The arresting book, We Are Charleston, opens with the image of assailant Dylann Roof’shandgun he used to kill nine people at Mother Emanuel AME Church on June 17, 2015, but also with the truth of people uniting in love and support in their efforts to relieve […]

Summer Series: Family Movie Night

Roald Dahl Family Night: Thursday, June 30th 5-7PM $15 adults, $10 child (13 and under) For tickets, please call (843) 723-9912 or click here. With the new BFG movie coming out the first week of July, we have decided to celebrate the works of Roald Dahl with a Family Movie Night. We’ll screen James and the Giant Peach, provide […]

Speaker Series: Michele Moore- The Cigar Factory

Speaker Series: Michele Moore To RSVP, please call (843) 723-9912 or email mstokenberry@charlestonlibrarysociety.org Michele Moore is the author of the historical novel The Cigar Factory as well as author and director of its performance reading, “The Sounds of the Cigar Factory,” a 2016 Piccolo Spoleto selection to be performed on May 29 at the Footlight Players […]

Speaker Series: Billy Baldwin & Robert Barber

On July 14th at 6PM the Charleston Library Society will host author Billy Baldwin and restaurant owner Robert Barber as they discuss the release of the book about Bowen’s Island Restaurant. Bowen’s Island Restaurant is the delightfully quirky seafood staple of the Lowcountry.  Located just 12 miles outside of Charleston, the eatery has transformed from […]

Summer Series: Beer & Bingo

Beer and Bingo Night: Thursday, August 11th 7-9PM $30 members, $35 nonmembers For tickets, please call (843) 723-9912 or click here. There are two things that everyone can agree to love: beer and bingo. The Library Society will host the fun evening while providing a variety of beer and snacks. This is a call for a […]

Music at the Library Series: Micah McLaurin

Micah McLaurin Thursday, August 18th 7:00PM $20 members / $30 nonmembers For tickets, call 843-723-9912 or click here. Charleston’s own Micah McLaurin will perform an evening of beautiful classical piano. McLaurin has distinguished himself at many international competitions and performed with numerous renowned orchestras throughout the U.S. Micah was the youngest pianist chosen worldwide to participate in the […]

An Evening with BJ Barham

BJ Barham’s solo album ROCKINGHAM is debuting on August 19th.  We are thrilled to have his tour stop by the Library Society for a concert! Come celebrate a special evening at an amazingly beautiful venue, The Charleston Library Society, with An Evening with BJ Barham of American Aquarium. $15 – ADV | $20 – DOS […]

Yuriy Bekker’s CD Release Recital & Party

Yuriy Bekker’s CD Release Recital and Party August 31, 2016 7:00pm CSO Concertmaster and Principal Pops Conductor Yuriy Bekker will be joined by renowned pianist Andrew Armstrong in a recital celebrating their recently released CD, “Twentieth Century Duos”. They will play the recordings on the CD, which are some of the most beautiful and rarely-performed […]

Music at the Library: Chamber Music Charleston 10th Anniversary Season Opener

Come celebrate Chamber Music Charleston’s 10th Anniversary. Chamber Music Charleston (CMC) returns to the Charleston Library Society on Thursday, September 8, 2016 for a program of music for flute, cello and piano.   Flutist Regina Helcher Yost, cellist Timothy O’Malley and pianist Irina Pevzner perform Dvorak’s Humoresque, Rachmaninoff’s Cello Sonata in g minor and Martinu’s Trio […]

Speaker Series: West Fraser

Painting the Southern Coast: The Art of West Fraser is a stunning collection of the works of West Fraser, one of the nation’s most respected painters of representational art. A mastery of his medium and the scope of work ensure his place in Southern art history. A true son of the lowcountry, Fraser has dedicated much […]

Speaker Series: Lauren Collins

RSVP to mstokenberry@charlestonlibrarysociety.org or call (843) 723-9912 WHEN IN FRENCH: Love in a Second Language– A staff writer at the New Yorker since 2008, Collins has profiled April Bloomfield and the reinvention of the gastropub, Michelle Obama at the height of the 2008 election, the graffiti artist Banksy, and Gérard Depardieu. In her first book, Collins turns […]

Life Long Learning Series: Shakespeare with Nan Morrison

Tuesdays ~ 5:30PM September 27th through November 1st Revered as one of the most demanding and successful teachers of Southern Literature and Shakespeare at the College of Charleston for over 37 years, Dr. Nan Morrison has been lured out of retirement to share her passion for Shakespeare. For six weeks, she will offer insights into the […]

The Royal Oak Foundation Presents: A Feast of Treasures and Curiosities

The Royal Oak Foundation Presents: A Feast of Treasures and Curiosities- The Collections at Windsor Castle by the Librarian Emeritus of Windsor Castle. For tickets, please click here. Oliver Everett Librarian Emeritus, Royal Library, Windsor Castle In addition to his British academic credentials from Cambridge University and the London School of Economics, Oliver Everett spent a […]