Join us as we host, Pulitzer Prize and Emmy award winner, Ron Powers as he presents Locking Away Our Mentally Ill–It’s a Crime while discussing his most recent book, No One Cares About Crazy People: The Chaos and Heartbreak of Mental Health in America. Tickets are $10 for members and $15 for nonmembers. To buy tickets call 843-723-9912 or click […]

CLS After-School Programming Books, Imagination, and Creativity Wednesdays – October 11th through December 6th 3:30pm – 5:15pm After-school Maker Programs at the Charleston Library Society Join us in the Rabbit Hole on Wednesday afternoons from 3:30-5:15pm for after-school programming featuring books and maker projects that foster imagination and creativity.  Children ages 5K -3rd grade will make […]

The holidays are a time to enjoy the classics mixed with the traditional. Join us as the Charleston Symphony Orchestra gets us in the spirit of the season. While the holiday tunes are being played patrons will enjoy the beautiful sights of our 9th Annual Christmas Book Tree. Tickets for this holiday spectacular are available […]

The Library Society is extremely excited to host An Evening with Walter Isaacson to celebrate to release of his newest biography, Leonardo Da Vinci. Isaacson will be joined in conversation with former Editor-In-Chief of Time Inc., John Huey. The two will discuss topics ranging from the life of Da Vinci, to creativity, to the importance of thinking different. Ticket Packages: […]

Join us as the Charleston Library Society and Bernard Cornwell present Fools and Mortals at Play: A Charleston Library Society Gala Event. This impressive and unique evening will serve as the Library Society’s annual fundraiser to support and further its mission. Released just a few days earlier, come celebrate the US publication of Bernard Cornwell’s most recent work, Fools and […]

The Jewish Community Center presents acclaimed author and editor Joan Juliet Buck as she discusses her fascinating memoir, The Price of Illusion, a very honest account of her storied life as a former editor of French Vogue and four decades in the creative heart of London, New York, Los Angeles and Paris. Tickets are $10. To purchase, visit www.charlestonjcc.org or call […]

CANCELLED: Award-winning author Miles Tager will facilitate a writing workshop with a focus on affecting change, whether personal, professional, spiritual, or practical. This workshop will address how to use the written word in both responding to, and creating, change in your life and the lives of others. To sign-up please call 843-723-9912. Tickets are $50 […]

Announcing the 2018 Annual Meeting- Please save the date of Tuesday, January 23rd for the 270th Annual Meeting. More information will be available shortly. This is a members only event.

The CLS Book Club returns in 2018 with The Orphan Master’s Son by Adam Johnson. To RSVP, email dreutter@charlestonlibrarysociety.org or call 843-723-9912. The Pulitzer Prize–winning, New York Times bestselling novel of North Korea is an epic journey into the heart of the world’s most mysterious dictatorship. Pak Jun Do is the haunted son of a lost mother—a singer “stolen” to Pyongyang—and […]

Share a romantic evening with the delightful Abigail Kent as she plays her harp and plucks at your heartstrings. This special Valentine’s Day concert is the perfect gift. Kent is a national prize-winning harpist who has played across the U.S. and abroad, and just so happens to be a native of our lovely city. Tickets […]

With an introduction by Executive Director Emeritus of SC Coastal Conservation League Dana Beach, Ceara Donnelley will present a reading, discussion, and Q&A from her late father’s newly published book Frog Pond Philosophy, a highly anticipated collection of essays by the Center for Humans and Nature’s founder and first president. To RSVP, please call 843-723-9912 or […]

The Library Society and the Royal Society of St. George, Carolinian Chapter will host John Scott Cowan and John Shannon for a mid-day film and discussion seminar. Before and after a showing of the 1989 Kenneth Branagh classic, Henry V, discussions will offer insights on “Myths & Myth Breaking about the 100 Years’ War” and “Heraldry of […]

Please join the conversation between restaurant critic, now restaurateur, Brys Stephens (The New Southern Table) and author and photographer Charlotte Caldwell, as Brys delves into her fifth and newest book, The Faces of Local Food: Celebrating the People Who Feed Us.   To RSVP, call 843-723-9912 or email dreutter@charlestonlibrarysociety.org Using her photography as a springboard for storytelling, The […]

Join the authors of the new title The Huguenot Church in Charleston as they discuss the church’s history including the immigrants who helped create the congregation. To RSVP, call 843-723-9912 or email dreutter@charlestonlibrarysociety.org The Huguenot heritage in the United States cannot be overstated. In the latter part of the sixteenth century, France was plunged into a series of religious […]

In 1962, Rachel Carson the acclaimed author of prize-winning books on the sea, touched off a national debate on the proper use of pesticides with the publication of Silent Spring. Her message was extremely controversial.  In 2018, her conviction that human behavior can impact the whole biota adversely, and her challenge to scientific, corporate and government responsibility […]