CLS Book Club is ready for spring! CLS Book Club’s success depends on the dedication of our wonderful volunteers and patrons. So, please RSVP if you are planning on attending. […]

Join the Charleston Library Society for a Special Family Concert! Saturday, April 22nd 2:00PM Mark Mason, a folk singer-songwriter from Summerville, SC, will perform songs from his album Charleston- Musical Portrait in […]

Wide Angle Lunches- Season XII: Making Community 12:30pm – 1:30pm Individual Tickets: $20 members, $25 nonmembers Season Pass: $75 members, $95 nonmembers (To purchase Season Pass, call 843-723-9912)  Editor’s Note— […]

Join us for a conversation with Tessa Tennant; an evening filled with stimulating conversations about a wide variety of topics. For her entire career Tessa Tennant has worked to ‘green’ […]

Wide Angle Lunches- Season XII: Making Community 12:30pm – 1:30pm Individual Tickets: $20 members, $25 nonmembers Season Pass: $75 members, $95 nonmembers (To purchase Season Pass, call 843-723-9912)  Editor’s Note— […]

The Royal Oak Foundation presents Sally Bedell Smith ~ Prince Charles: The Passions and Paradoxes of an Improbable Life To purchase tickets click here or call 800-913-6565, x. 201 If you a member […]

Come enjoy this special afternoon Speaker Series lecture by Candice Shy Hooper about her book, Lincoln’s Generals’ Wives: Four Women Who Influenced the Civil War – For Better and for Worse To […]

Wide Angle Lunches- Season XII: Making Community 12:30pm-1:30pm Individual Tickets: $20 members, $25 nonmembers Season Pass: $75 members, $95 nonmembers ( To purchase season pass, call 843-723-9912) Editor’s Note: What is a community […]

Wide Angle Lunches- Season XII: Making Community 12:30pm – 1:30pm Individual Tickets: $20 members, $25 nonmembers Season Pass: $75 members, $95 nonmembers (To purchase season passes, please call 843-723-9912) Editor’s Note: What is […]

We are delighted to host Eva Dillon to discuss her new, Kirkus starred review memoir, Spies in the Family. This event is free for CLS members and $5 for nonmembers. To RSVP […]

Historian Andrew Carroll’s Million Letters Campaign Comes to Charleston Library Society To RSVP, call 843-723-9912 or email dreutter@charlestonlibrarysociety.org.  On June 14, 2017, at 2:00 p.m., Chapman University Historian Andrew Carroll […]

Join us as Arthur Ravenel, Jr. speaks about his new release, Pastor Stat. Pastor Stat chronicles the journey of Vedder Oberstat, a Huguenot pastor en route to Charleston ready to take his […]

Saturday, June 24th from 5pm to 7pm: The work of human hands:  Shaping our landscape past, present and future.  Friends of Coastal South Carolina hosts a thought provoking evening with Patrick […]

he Charleston Library Society is excited to host three symposiums for the Lowcountry Freedom Reigns Festival. For more information, please visit http://freedomreignsfestival.com/  Discussions of Challenges in a Highly Publicized Trial for […]

We are excited to host James Rosebush for insightful and dynamic lecture on his book, True Reagan.  What Was Ronald Reagan Really Like? Peeling back layers of Reagan to explore his […]