Wednesdays, 12:00 – 1:00 January 28 – March 18, 2015 A decade and a half into the 21st Century, what is this time period in which we are living? There are many names for it: The Modern Era, The Age of Globalization, the Age of Multiculturalism, the Internet Age, the Information Age, the Computer Age, […]
Bring your lunch and enjoy a talk by Inge Reist, Director of the Center for the History of Collecting, The Frick Collection and Frick Art Reference Library. Art collecting requires the consideration of a vast array of archival, bibliographic, and photographic materials to evaluate the various contexts—cultural, socioeconomic, and political—in which art has been bought […]
Tuesday, February 10th at 6:00 PM An evening with Mountain Man Eustace Conway and screening of the new documentary film Reconvergence Eustace Conway is the subject of Elizabeth Gilbert’s book “The Last American Man”, and is one of The History Channel’s “Mountain Men.” The film will be screened at 6:00 PM with a book signing and […]
Photographs from the ACE Basin by photographer Vince Musi Reception: Thursday, February 12th at 5:30PM Thursday, February 12 and Friday, February 13 9:30AM-5:30PM Saturday, February 14 9:30AM- 4:00PM Sunday, February 15 12:00PM- 4:00PM
Jonathan Odell is a novelist, short story writer, essayist, speaker and memoirist. His work appears in anthologies, national periodicals, newspapers, and a soon to be published volume of essays about growing up in Mississippi. He has also done extensive work in organizations in the area of racial inclusion. Jonathan now makes his home in Minnesota, but stays long […]
Na Fidleiri Celtic music comes alive as fiddlers between the ages of 10 and 18 join forces with pennywhistle, bodhran and guitar to perform a repertoire especially arranged for their talents. $20 members, $30 nonmembers. For ticket, please click here or call (843) 723-9912.
Please join us for a lecture and book signing by Bill Thompson. To RSVP, please call (843) 723-9912 or email mstokenberry@charlestonlibrarysoclety.org The University of South Carolina Press is pleased to announce the publication of Bill Thompson’s new book, Art & Craft: Thirty Years on the Literary Beat, the hand-picked fruit of his three decades covering writers and writing as […]
The Minus Times by Hunter Kennedy Begun as an open letter to strangers and fellow misfits, The Minus Times grew to become a hand-typed literary magazine that showcased the next generation of American fiction. Contributors include Sam Lipsyte, David Berman, Patrick DeWitt, and Wells Tower, with illustrations by David Eggers and Brad Neely as well as interviews with […]
To raise funds for our important music programs, on March 6th, 2015, the Library Society will offer a lovely “salon” experience in the intimate and acoustically-fabulous Main Reading Room. Thanks to the extraordinary generosity of Winifred and John Constable, owners of a vintage 1686 Stradivarius violin known as the “ex Nachez” for one of its […]
Speaker Series: Andres Duany March 9, 2015 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm WE ARE AT CAPACITY FOR THIS EVENT- IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE PLACED ON A WAITING LIST, PLEASE EMAIL MSTOKENBERRY@CHARLESTONLIBRARYSOCIETY.ORG Andrés Duany is an American architect, urban planner and founder of the Congress for the New Urbanism. He is consulting for the City of Charleston […]
To RSVP for this class, please call (843) 723-9912 or email mstokenberry@charlestonlibrarysociety.org, there is no charge for this event. Canada’s War of Independence, 1914-1918 The United States of America was born in a successful, if slightly reluctant, revolutionary war. The complete transition from colonial status to independence was a crucible of fire that lasted less […]
Textiles as Text Susan Hull Walker, who founded ibu in 2013, studied World Religions at Harvard Divinity School and served for eighteen years as a minister in Maine, San Francisco, and Charleston, SC. Returning to school to study Fiber Arts, she learned to weave and speak in the language of cloth. It opened her eyes […]
For tickets, please call (843) 723-9912 or visit http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/1342353. Caroline von Nathusius Cold War Child: an Englishwoman in Eastern Germany
The strength and beauty of Mozart, Puccini, Verdi and Wagner’s beloved opera works will be presented in an accessible, enjoyable fashion by local virtuosos. Familiar duets and arias assume a special tone in a salon setting similar to those that were used during the composers’ careers. For tickets, please call (843) 723-9912 or click here. $20 […]
Join Civil War expert Brian Hicks as Sea of Darkness recounts the most historically accurate narrative of the sinking and eventual recovery ever written. Hicks has been given unprecedented access to all the main characters involved in the discovery, raising, and restoration of the Hunley. Complete with a foreword and additional commentary by Clive Cussler, Sea of Darkness offers new, […]
