Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Ginkgo, But Were Afraid to Ask Dr. Peter Del Tredici Senior Research Scientist, Arnold Arboretum Join Dr. Peter Del Tredici of Harvard University for an in-depth look at one of the most ancient and fascinating trees on the planet. Peter has been studying the natural history and evolution […]
The Art and Tools of the Apothecary C. Wayne Weart, Pharm D. Professor Emeritus, College of Pharmacy and Department of Family Medicine, MUSC The presentation will look back over the last 150 plus years of the pharmacy profession with an emphasis on Charleston, SC, and Apothecary’s Hall, one of the oldest pharmacies in the US. […]
Volodymyr Vynnytsky Piano Recital The talented Vynnytsky rejoins us for a second season concert. Come chase away those February blahs as the team warms the hall and your hearts with magnificent music. This concert is always a crowd pleaser. For tickets, please call (843) 723-9912 or click here. TICKETS
We offer you an hour of space in the center of your day. An hour to forget what’s going on at home, in the office, in your head, and re-focus. An energizing lunch, an expert’s insight into a new theme, a fresh perspective on a familiar topic. Emerge from the peaceful surrounds of the Charleston […]
Keeping Up With Generation iPhone $10 members, $15 nonmembers- For tickets, please call (843) 723-9912 or click here. How Fortune and its readers are adapting to the rise of the millennials. In 2015, millennials – loosely defined as adults born after 1980 – became the largest generation in the American labor force. The demographic dominance of this highly […]
The Art of the Sell Mix up your lunch break — Christie’s International Director of Strategic Partnerships, Senior Vice President, Lydia Fennet will kick off our Spring 2016 Wide Angle Lunch Series. She will discuss the incredibly dynamic world of art selling and buying when dealing with celebrities of great magnitude. Lunch will be provided. $20 members, […]
Ann Caldwell is a vocalist and performing artist who sings songs about love and loss; heartache and heaven. Ann has been performing as a fixture on the Charleston music scene for more than two decades. “Caldwell is a wide-ranging alto-contralto… Her roots are in Negro spirituals, church music and pop, and she has emerged … […]
Movie Night is returning to the Library Society! Come enjoy our screening of the classic, Some Like It Hot (1959), starring Marilyn Monroe, while enjoying a Manhattan and some light snacks. After witnessing a Mafia murder, slick saxophone player Joe (Tony Curtis) and his long-suffering buddy, Jerry (Jack Lemmon), improvise a quick plan to escape from […]
Join the CLS Book Club for our discussion of Ta-Nehesi Coates’ Between the World and Me. Dr. Patricia Williams Lessane, PhD, Executive Director of the Avery Research Center (and CLS Board Member) will present a lecture, and lead the book club’s follow-up discussion on this National Book Award winning work of non-fiction. Please remember to RSVP for […]
For Tickets, please click here or call (843) 723-9912. Sworn-in two months ago, Mayor John Tecklenburg is in the midst of creating his own “new vision for Charleston.” He has made it a priority to focus on some of the problems that have arisen because of Charleston’s enormous success and popularity. Mayor Tecklenburg will discuss what he […]
For tickets, please click here or call (843) 723-9912 Cleary Simpson, Senior Vice President of MediaLink, has three decades of experience in media general management, sales and marketing, business development, partnerships and alliances, brand management, new market identification and product development. Working with major companies such as Johnson & Johnson, Wal-Mart, Campbell’s, McDonald’s, and Cadbury, Ms. Simpson isn’t […]
Beautiful photography of birds in their habitats The Library Society will host Audubon South Carolina and the Charleston Audubon Society for a reception and talk to honor the National Audubon Society Photography Awards. The winning photographs for this year’s contest have recently been on exhibit at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, and the […]
2016 Founders Award Honoring Martha Ingram For tickets, please call (843) 723-9912 or click here. $75 members, $100 nonmembers The Founders Award was established by the Trustees of the Charleston Library Society to recognize an institution or individual who has helped us appreciate and understand our past and its relationship to the future. The award honors […]
Chamber Music Charleston – Music for Winds & Piano: Bizet, Piazzolla & Mozart An encore of one of the best chamber music organizations in Charleston. It always a delight to host Bassoonist Sandra Nikolayevs, leader of CMC, to our venue. Her group never fails to enrapture and entertain. Flutist Regina Helcher Yost, clarinetist Charles Messersmith […]
Join the Charleston Library Society in welcoming two musical geniuses, Tenzin Chopak & Nicholas Walker, for a unique and provoking concert on April’s Second Sunday at 6:00PM. This is a free concert open to the public, so bring friends and family to experience a beautiful performance in historic setting. To RSVP, call 843-723-9912 or email […]
