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SUMMARY:The Human Experience of Love\, Loss\, and Living a Full Life with Terry Helwig & Mary Alice Monroe
DESCRIPTION:If only you could meet your younger\, greener self\, along life’s shore\, what might you say? \nJoin CLS as we explore this perennial question with author Terry Helwig in her new book\, Shifting Shorelines​: Messages From A Wiser Self. Joined by renowned author Mary Alice Monroe\, these two authors will dive deep into the human experiences of love\, loss\, and living a full life. This event is in-person and free\, but an RSVP is required.  \nTo RSVP\, fill out the form below. \nTo purchase your copy of Shifting Shorelines from Buxton Books\, click here. \nAbout the Authors: \nTerry Helwig is an award-winning author whose new book\, Shifting Shorelines\, has been praised as a twenty-first century Gift from the Sea. Terry’s wise\, lyrical\, and heartwarming prose reveals a deep thinker who finds meaning and correlation between both her inner and outer worlds. A naturalist at heart\, with a Master’s Degree in Counseling Psychology\, Terry says nature and synchronicity have been two of her most profound teachers. Her favorite pastime\, combing the beach of a Florida barrier island\, is a dream come true—especially for a child whose turbulent upbringing threatened to overwhelm her. Terry recounts her early struggle to keep hope alive in her coming-of-age memoir Moonlight on Linoleum\, which won Elle Magazine’s 2012 Grand Prix Nonfiction Book of the Year. \nMary Alice Monroe is the New York Times bestselling author of 27 books\, including The Summer of Lost and Found\, the 2021 installment in her beloved Beach House series. Monroe has also published children’s books which complement the environmental themes she is known for in her adult novels. Monroe’s middle grade series\, written with Angela May\, The Islanders\, debuted #2 on the New York Times in 2021. The second book in the series\, Search for Treasure\, will be released in summer 2022.  Nearly eight million copies of her books have been published worldwide. Mary Alice has earned numerous accolades and awards including induction into the South Carolina Academy of Authors’ Hall of Fame; the Southwest Florida Author of Distinction Award; South Carolina Award for Literary Excellence; RT Lifetime Achievement Award; the International Book Award for Green Fiction\, and the prestigious Southern Book Prize for Fiction. Her bestselling novel The Beach House is a Hallmark Hall of Fame movie. Monroe is the co-creator of the weekly web show and podcast Friends and Fiction. Monroe is an active conservationist and serves on the South Carolina Aquarium Board Emeritus\, The Leatherback Trust\, The Pat Conroy Literary Center Honorary Board\, and Casting Carolinas Advisory Board. She is especially proud to be a twenty year plus state-certified volunteer with the Island Turtle Team. \nAbout the Book: \nTerry Helwig explores how the human heart\, tested by time and adversity\, broken open by love and beauty\, ripens and bears fruit. Her lyrical and compelling reflections awaken our sense of wonder to our place in the vast universe\, to the ebb and flow of joy and loss\, and to the sacred treasure of being alive. Set on her beloved\, Florida barrier island\, Helwig discovers a landscape of fierce beauty within as well as without. She uncovers the solace of following the phases of the moon\, the curve of a shell\, and the solstice path of the sun. Nature reconnects us to our true center—that place where wisdom blossoms. Inspired by years of living beside the sea\, the book’s three sections—ebb tide\, slack tide\, and flood tide—metaphorically refer to times of loss\, equanimity\, and fullness. “The dance of these perpetual tides in our daily lives\,” writes Helwig\, “continually shifts the shoreline of who we are\, and\, more importantly\, who we will become.”
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/speaker-series-terry-helwig-with-mary-alice-monroe/
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SUMMARY:A Photographic Exploration of the Voting Rights Movement
DESCRIPTION:Ordinary images can tell extraordinary stories. Photographer and author\, William Abranowicz\, sits down in conversation with historian and academic\, Dr. Bernard Powers\, to discuss Abranowicz’ recent book and project\, This Far and No Further: Photographs Inspired by the Voting Rights Movement. The two will bring history that is integral to understanding present-day America to the forefront through images that viewers can see and relate to on the simplest of levels. The stories that come with the book’s images and conversations are what we must truly see as living American history. \nTickets for this event are $10 for CLS members and $15 for guests. \nTo purchase your ticket\, call 843-723-9912 or click here. \nAbout the Book: \nStanding on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma\, Alabama\, in 2017\, photographer William Abranowicz was struck by the weight of historical memory at this hallowed site of one of the civil rights movement’s defining episodes: 1965’s “Bloody Sunday\,” when Alabama police officers attacked peaceful marchers. To Abranowicz’s eye\, Selma seemed relatively unchanged from its appearance in the photographs Walker Evans made there in the 1930s. That\, coupled with an awareness of renewed voter suppression efforts at state and federal levels\, inspired Abranowicz to explore the living legacy of the civil and voting rights movement through photographing locations\, landscapes\, and individuals associated with the struggle\, from Rosa Parks and Harry Belafonte to the barn where Emmett Till was murdered. \nThe result is This Far and No Further\, a collection of photographs from Abranowicz’s journey through the American South. Through symbolism\, metaphor\, and history\, he unearths extraordinary stories of brutality\, heroism\, sacrifice\, and redemption hidden within ordinary American landscapes\, underscoring the crucial necessity of defending—and exercising—our right to vote at this tenuous moment for American democracy. \nAbout the Author:\nWilliam Abranowicz is a photographer whose work has been acquired by the National Portrait Galleries of the United States and United Kingdom\, the Getty\, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art\, among other collections. A long-standing contributing photographer to Condé Nast Traveler\, he is the author of five books\, most recently American Originals: Creative Interiors.\n \nAbout the Interlocutor:\nBERNARD E. POWERS JR. earned M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in American history at Northwestern University and in 2018 retired as professor emeritus of history at the College of Charleston. Currently Powers is the founding director of the College of Charleston’s Center for the Study of Slavery in Charleston. He has presented papers at conferences and reviewed books and manuscripts for journals and presses. His work appears in book chapters and in scholarly and popular periodicals. He edited the 1999 ASALH Black History Month Kit entitled “The Legacy of African American Leadership for the Present and the Future.” His article “Community Evolution and Race Relations in Reconstruction Charleston\, S.C.” was included in the Century of Excellence Centennial Volume 1900-2000 of The South Carolina Historical Magazine (July\,2000). A recent book chapter is “Churches as Places of History: The Case of Nineteenth Century Charleston\, South Carolina\,” in Interpreting African American History and Culture at Museums and Historic Sites (2015). Powers is the author of Black Charlestonians: A Social History 1822-1885\, (1994) a Choice Magazine Outstanding Academic Book for 1995. He was an associate editor of the Encyclopedia of South Carolina (2006). Most recently he co-authored We Are Charleston: Tragedy and Triumph at Mother Emanuel(2016). His current research examines African Methodism in South Carolina. Bernard Powers has appeared in documentary films\, including recently the PBS production\, “African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross” and “Emanuel: the Untold Story of the Victims and Survivors of the Charleston Church Shooting.” Powers has been extensively involved in public history and has served as a consultant for historic sites. He is the founding past president of the Charleston Branch of ASALH. He was also president of the South Carolina Historical Association and of the Advisory Board of the Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture. He is an emeritus trustee of the Historic Charleston Foundation and a former member of the City of Charleston Tourism Commission.
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/william-abranowicz-in-conversation-with-dr-bernard-powers/
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SUMMARY:Mozart's Masterpiece presented by CSO Chamber Music
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the finale to the CSO’s vibrant and intimate 2021-2022 season of chamber music performed at the beautifully historic Charleston Library Society – Mozart’s Masterpiece! Written as a showpiece for Mozart’s friend and virtuoso clarinetist Anton Stadler\, Clarinet Quintet in A Major\, K. 581 is one of the composer’s finest works of his later years. The program will also feature two pieces for English Horn and String Quartet\, one by Ulysses Kay\, African American composer and nephew of the classic jazz musician King Oliver\, and another by Pulitzer-prize-winning American composer Jennifer Higdon. CSO chamber musicians will also perform Duo for Violin and Cello\, Op. 7\, written by prolific Hungarian composer\, ethnomusicologist\, and philosopher\, Zoltán Kodály. Artists performing at this event include Yuriy Bekker\, Alexander Boissonnault\, and Asako Kremer on violins\, Jan-Marie Joyce on viola\, Norbert Lewandowski and Damian Kremer on violoncellos\, Gretchen Roper on clarinet\, and Karen Kistler on the English Horn. \nTo purchase tickets\, click here or call the CSO at 843-723-7528
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/mozarts-masterpiece-presented-by-cso-chamber-music/2022-04-22/
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SUMMARY:Story Time In The Rabbit Hole - Friendship
DESCRIPTION:Due to the high enthusiasm surrounding Story Time\, we will be offering this to members only. To join the Library Society\, click here. \nWe are so thrilled to finally re-start our beloved Story Time in the Rabbit Hole! During this hour long\, kid-friendly program\, children and their parents/caregivers can join Joyce\, our Children’s Librarian\, in the Rabbit Hole for a reading of the book of the week\, and then have the option to make an on-theme craft to bring home. \nFor this first Story Time\, Joyce will read The Great Eggscape! by Jory John & Pete Oswald\, and the craft will be friendship necklaces. Story Time will repeat every Monday and Wednesday at 4:00 pm – we hop to see you there! \nTo RSVP to this free event\, fill out the form below.
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/story-time-in-the-rabbit-hole/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220426T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220426T190000
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SUMMARY:Rescheduled: HBO-Signed Author\, Stacy Willingham\, Dives Into her Psychological Thriller with Lydia Fitzpatrick
DESCRIPTION:“Monsters don’t hide in the woods. They aren’t shadows in the trees or invisible things lurking in darkened corners. No\, the real monsters move in plain sight.” – A Flicker In The Dark\nWe are thrilled to partner with Buxton Books\, our amazing on-campus bookstore\, in hosting two incredible authors\, Stacy Willingham and Lydia Fitzpatrick. \nThis powerful literary duo will discuss Willingham’s debut book\, A Flicker In The Dark\, which has recently been chosen by HBO for a new TV series\, and will be produced by actress Emma Stone. The Southern thriller is filled with psychological torment\, murder\, and one woman’s journey from an adolescence filled with pain to an adulthood that looks much too similar. A masterfully done lyrical thriller\, certain to be the launch of an amazing career for Willingham\, A Flicker in the Dark is eerily compelling to the very last page. \nTickets for this event are $20. \nTo purchase tickets\, click here or call 843-723-9912 \nTo purchase your copy of A Flicker In The Dark from Buxton Books\, click here. \nAbout Stacy Willingham: \nStacy Willingham worked as a copywriter and brand strategist for various marketing agencies before deciding to write fiction full time. She earned her BA in Magazine Journalism from the University of Georgia and MFA in Writing from the Savannah College of Art & Design. Her first novel\, A Flicker in the Dark\, was published on January 11\, 2022 by Minotaur Books and February 3\, 2022 by HarperCollins UK. She currently lives in Charleston\, South Carolina\, with her husband\, Britt\, and her Labradoodle\, Mako. \nAbout Lydia Fitzpatrick: \nLydia Fitzpatrick’s work has appeared in the The O. Henry Prize Stories\, The Best American Mystery Stories\, One Story\, Glimmer Train\, and elsewhere. She was a Wallace Stegner Fellow at Stanford University\, a fiction fellow at the Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing\, and a recipient of an Elizabeth George Foundation grant. She graduated from Princeton University and received an MFA from the University of Michigan. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and daughters. \nAbout the Book:\nWhen Chloe Davis was twelve\, six teenage girls went missing in her small Louisiana town. By the end of the summer\, her own father had confessed to the crimes and was put away for life\, leaving Chloe and the rest of her family to grapple with the truth and try to move forward while dealing with the aftermath. Now twenty years later\, Chloe is a psychologist in Baton Rouge and getting ready for her wedding. While she finally has a fragile grasp on the happiness she’s worked so hard to achieve\, she sometimes feels as out of control of her own life as the troubled teens who are her patients. So when a local teenage girl goes missing\, and then another\, that terrifying summer comes crashing back. Is she paranoid\, seeing parallels from her past that aren’t actually there\, or for the second time in her life\, is Chloe about to unmask a killer?
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/lowcountry-author-stacy-willingham-dives-into-her-suspenseful-psychological-thriller/
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SUMMARY:Story Time In The Rabbit Hole - Friendship
DESCRIPTION:Due to the high enthusiasm surrounding Story Time\, we will be offering this to members only. To join the Library Society\, click here. \nWe are so thrilled to finally re-start our beloved Story Time in the Rabbit Hole! During this hour long\, kid-friendly program\, children and their parents/caregivers can join Joyce\, our Children’s Librarian\, in the Rabbit Hole for a reading of the book of the week\, and then have the option to make an on-theme craft to bring home. \nFor this first Story Time\, Joyce will read The Great Eggscape! by Jory John & Pete Oswald\, and the craft will be friendship necklaces. Story Time will repeat every Monday and Wednesday at 4:00 pm – we hop to see you there! \nTo RSVP to this free event\, fill out the form below.
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/story-time-in-the-rabbit-hole-2/
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SUMMARY:TEASE Exhibit & Reception  - Transatlantic Exhibition of Art In the Southeast
DESCRIPTION:Hosted by The N.C. Zeitgeist Foundation\, the Transatlantic Exhibition of Art In the Southeast (TEASE) will revolve around the theme “Heimat” or “Home/Homeland.” Artists from Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (Germany) and from Mecklenburg County\, North Carolina (United States) will create and present “sense-of-place” themed works of art reflecting a transatlantic exchange of ideas about the meaning of “Homeland – Parting & Return”. The evening will include intimate discussions of the art pieces with the artists and refreshments will be served. \nThe event is free and open to the public\, but an RSVP is required. \nTo RSVP\, fill out the form below or call 843-723-9912. \nAbout the N.C. Zeitgeist Foundation: \nIn recognition of the significant and long-standing German-American bilateral relationship in North Carolina\, The N.C. Zeitgeist Foundation works to inform and foster dialogue about Germany’s current and historic influence of industry\, culture and arts in the region. Zeitgeist means “spirit of time”\, and in carrying out its mission\, the Foundation seeks to strengthen relationships between Germany and North Carolina. Since 2014 TEASE is one of the highlights of the Foundation’s program. Every event has drawn a large diverse audience and sparked new friendships across the Atlantic.
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/tease-exhibit-reception-transatlantic-exhibition-of-art-in-the-southeast/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220502T160000
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SUMMARY:Story Time In The Rabbit Hole - Shapes
DESCRIPTION:Due to the high enthusiasm surrounding Story Time\, we will be offering this to members only. To join the Library Society\, click here. \nPlease join us for our beloved Story Time in the Rabbit Hole! During this hour long\, kid-friendly program\, children and their parents/caregivers can join Joyce\, our Children’s Librarian\, in the Rabbit Hole for a reading of the book of the week\, and then have the option to make an on-theme craft to bring home. \nFor this Story Time\, Joyce will read Triangle by Mac Barnett & Jon Klassen\, and the craft will be an adorable mouse-shaped stick puppet. Story Time will repeat every Monday and Wednesday at 4:00 pm – we hop to see you there! \nTo RSVP to this free event\, fill out the form below.
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/story-time-in-the-rabbit-hole-2-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220504T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220504T133000
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SUMMARY:The Story and Style of American Icon\, Rachel ‘Bunny’ Mellon
DESCRIPTION:This month’s Lite Lunch is a unique opportunity for special insights into the life and legend of Bunny Mellon. For this program\, we are welcoming Meryl Gordon\, author of Bunny Mellon: The Life of an American Style Legend\, along with Mellon’s grandson Thomas Lloyd and her dear friend Bryan Huffman – two of the authors behind Bunny Mellon Style\, which was released at the end of 2021. Both books capture a unique glimpse into the less known world one of the most unintentionally influential women of the twentieth century. Learn about her incredible sense of signature style\, anecdotes about her personal relationships with the Kennedys and the White House as well as designers Givenchy and Billy Baldwin\, and come away with the highest regard for a woman who was disciplined and self-taught\, loved learning from historic texts\, and accomplished in so many areas of society while remaining inherently down to earth.  Tickets for this event are $25 for CLS Members and $35 for CLS Guests\, and include a boxed lunch.  Both books will be available for signing and purchase following the program. \nTo purchase tickets\, click here or call 843-723-9912. \nTo purchase your copy of Bunny Mellon Style from Buxton Books\, click here. \nTo purchase your copy of Bunny Mellon: The Life of an American Style Legend from Buxton Books\, click here. \nAbout The Authors: \nMeryl Gordon is the author of Mrs. Astor Regrets: The Hidden Betrayals of A Family Beyond Approach\, along with Bunny Mellon: The Life of an American Style Legend and The Phantom of Fifth Avenue. She is an award-winning journalist and a regular contributor to Vanity Fair. She is on the graduate journalism faculty at New York University’s Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute. She is considered an expert on elder abuse and has appeared on NPR\, CNN\, and other outlets whenever there is a high-profile case. \nBryan Huffman is an interior designer whose projects are filled with comfort\, warmth and reflect the world of the families who inhabit them.  “I approach projects from a classically traditional perspective\, adding a twist to keep it from being to ‘period’.”  He says that he eschews fads and trends\, instead focusing on creating timeless spaces with and for his clients. Bryan’s influences vary from the decorating greats Nancy Lancaster\, Sister Parish\, and Mario Buatta\, as well as a life of travel\, and friendships that have honed his sense of design and love of understated luxury. Bryan also has a passion for landscape and gardening\, and co-authored Bunny Mellon Style and Garden Secrets of Bunny Mellon\, which will give readers an intimate glimpse into the design standards of the horticultural and style icon. Bryan Huffman Interiors is a full-service firm based in North Carolina that handles projects on both a large and small scale. \nThomas Lloyd is the grandson of Rachel ‘Bunny’ Mellon and a Wealth Advisor in Washington\, D.C. He currently also serves as the President of the Gerard B. Lambert Foundation and is on the Board of Directors for Children’s National Medical Center\, The National Gallery of Art\, The Penn-Faulkner Foundation\, and Institute of Classical Architecture & Art. Along with Bryan Huffman and Linda Jane Holden\, Lloyd co-authored Bunny Mellon Style.
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/lite-lunch-the-story-of-american-style-icon-rachel-bunny-mellon/
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SUMMARY:Story Time In The Rabbit Hole - Shapes
DESCRIPTION:Due to the high enthusiasm surrounding Story Time\, we will be offering this to members only. To join the Library Society\, click here. \nPlease join us for our beloved Story Time in the Rabbit Hole! During this hour long\, kid-friendly program\, children and their parents/caregivers can join Joyce\, our Children’s Librarian\, in the Rabbit Hole for a reading of the book of the week\, and then have the option to make an on-theme craft to bring home. \nFor this Story Time\, Joyce will read Triangle by Mac Barnett & Jon Klassen\, and the craft will be an adorable mouse-shaped stick puppet. Story Time will repeat every Monday and Wednesday at 4:00 pm – we hop to see you there! \nTo RSVP to this free event\, fill out the form below.
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/story-time-in-the-rabbit-hole-2-2-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220509T160000
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SUMMARY:Story Time In The Rabbit Hole - Bedtime
DESCRIPTION:Due to the high enthusiasm surrounding Story Time\, we will be offering this to members only. To join the Library Society\, click here. \nPlease join us for our beloved Story Time in the Rabbit Hole! During this hour long\, kid-friendly program\, children and their parents/caregivers can join Joyce\, our Children’s Librarian\, in the Rabbit Hole for a reading of the book of the week\, and then have the option to make an on-theme craft to bring home. \nFor this Story Time\, Joyce will read Llama Llama Red Pajama by Anna Dewdney\, and the craft will be a paper llama the kids can dress in pajamas! \nStory Time will repeat every Monday and Wednesday at 4:00 pm – we hop to see you there! \nTo RSVP to this free event\, fill out the form below.
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SUMMARY:Speaker Series: Poet Elizabeth Hughey
DESCRIPTION:What are we to do with the things we inherit? The names we are given? The language we are taught? The stories with which we are raised? These are the questions at the heart of Elizabeth Hughey’s White Bull\, winner of the 2020 Kathryn A. Morton Prize in Poetry. This new poetry collection is composed entirely of words taken from the correspondence and public statements of notorious segregationist Bull Connor\, who was Commissioner of Public Safety for the city of Birmingham in the early 1960s. Join us for a conversation about how art and poetry can help us reckon with the ugliness of our past\, confront the moral cost of silence in the present\, and recalibrate our language for a shared future.\n\nTickets for this event are $10 for members and $15 for guests. To purchase your tickets\, click here.\n\nTo purchase your copy of White Bull from Buxton Books\, click here.\n\n \nAbout White Bull: Composed entirely of words taken from the letters and public statements of the notorious segregationist Bull Connor\, the poems in White Bull use language that was wielded in violence and oppression to reckon with the present moment. Here\, the truth comes out\, like a child whispering in the midst of a political rally\, “Summer separates us with the same trees.” And\, “I thought if I repeated a word enough it would change its meaning.” Elizabeth Hughey holds up and examines the things handed down to us―from patterned wing backs and chipped tea sets to family names and gender roles―and asks if we should keep any of it or burn it all down and start again.\n\nAbout Elizabeth: Elizabeth Hughey is the author of Sunday Houses the Sunday House (University of Iowa Press)\, and Guest Host (The National Poetry Review Press). She has received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Sustainable Arts Foundation. She is the co-founder and Programming Director of the Desert Island Supply Co. (DISCO)\, a literary arts center in Birmingham\, Alabama\, where she teaches poetry in public schools. \n\nRecent Praise for White Bull: \n“White Bull is a feat in finding the language to demystify our time.”―The Clarion-Ledger \n“[Hughey’s] refusal to let the dead lie buried evokes the hauntology of Southern life\, but it also seeks a reparative future that acknowledges\, and disempowers\, the old…..White Bull ravage[s] time in spectacular\, disturbing ways.” ―”Invocations of Time in Recent Poetry” by Alina Stefanescu\, Gasher
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/speaker-series-poet-elizabeth-hughey/
LOCATION:Charleston Library Society\, 164 King Street\, Charleston\, SC\, 29401\, United States
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220511T160000
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SUMMARY:Story Time In The Rabbit Hole - Bedtime
DESCRIPTION:Due to the high enthusiasm surrounding Story Time\, we will be offering this to members only. To join the Library Society\, click here. \nPlease join us for our beloved Story Time in the Rabbit Hole! During this hour long\, kid-friendly program\, children and their parents/caregivers can join Joyce\, our Children’s Librarian\, in the Rabbit Hole for a reading of the book of the week\, and then have the option to make an on-theme craft to bring home. \nFor this Story Time\, Joyce will read Llama Llama Red Pajama by Anna Dewdney\, and the craft will be a paper llama the kids can dress in pajamas! \nStory Time will repeat every Monday and Wednesday at 4:00 pm – we hop to see you there! \nTo RSVP to this free event\, fill out the form below.
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/story-time-in-the-rabbit-hole-bedtime-2/
LOCATION:SC
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220511T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220511T190000
DTSTAMP:20260403T191850
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SUMMARY:Speaker Series: British Robinson
DESCRIPTION:In collaboration with Trident Literacy Association\, we welcome British Robinson\, President and CEO of the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy. Coming from a background that prioritizes career\, family\, and literacy\, Robinson\, will converse on the many avenues to fully support and enrich the lives of the people around you through acts of service\, no matter the size. It’s often asked how can we answer the call of community\, and Robinson will discuss some answers as well as the power of education\, literacy across all ages\, and beauty and impact of second chances. \nTickets for this event are $10 for members and $15 for nonmembers. To purchase tickets\, click here.\n\n\n\nBritish A. Robinson is a visionary leader with more than 20 years of experience leading initiatives in international and domestic health\, corporate social responsibility\, public-private partnerships\, government relations\, and advocacy and policy development. \n\n\nAs the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy\, British oversees the strategic direction and all operations of the public charity\, which was established by former First Lady Barbara Bush in 1989. \nPrior to joining the Barbara Bush Foundation\, British was founding CEO of the Women’s Heart Alliance\, where she oversaw all aspects of the initiative\, including its education/awareness campaign\, advocacy and fundraising efforts\, operations\, program implementation\, and strategic alliances. Her extensive nonprofit leadership experience also includes service as Senior Vice President of Innovation and Strategic Initiatives at Women for Women International and as Vice President of Global Strategy and Programs at Susan G. Komen. British also served at the U.S. Department of State as the Deputy Coordinator/Director of Private Sector Engagement for the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)\, where she was responsible for the U.S. Government’s successful establishment of public-private partnerships at the international\, national\, and enterprise levels to strengthen HIV/AIDS initiatives. \nAdditionally\, during her tenure at the State Department\, she held a special assignment as Director and Special Advisor to the Secretary’s Office of Global Women’s Issues\, where she established and managed alliances and partnerships committed to advancing the rights of women and girls around the world. \nEarlier in her career\, British worked for the Jesuit Conference/Jesuit Refugee Services USA as the Director of Social and International Ministries\, Citigroup/Citibank in retail banking\, and served in the Jesuit Volunteer Corps (JVC).
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/speaker-series-british-robinson/
LOCATION:Charleston Library Society\, 164 King Street\, Charleston\, SC\, 29401\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220516T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220516T170000
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SUMMARY:Story Time In The Rabbit Hole - Space Stories
DESCRIPTION:Due to the high enthusiasm surrounding Story Time\, we will be offering this to members only. To join the Library Society\, click here. \nPlease join us for our beloved Story Time in the Rabbit Hole! During this hour long\, kid-friendly program\, children and their parents/caregivers can join Joyce\, our Children’s Librarian\, in the Rabbit Hole for a reading of the book of the week\, and then have the option to make an on-theme craft to bring home. \nFor this Story Time\, Joyce will read Penguinaut! by Marcie Colleen and the craft will be a rocket to the moon spinner! \nStory Time will repeat every Monday and Wednesday at 4:00 pm – we hop to see you there! \nTo RSVP to this free event\, fill out the form below.
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/story-time-in-the-rabbit-hole-bedtime-2-2/
LOCATION:SC
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220517T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220517T200000
DTSTAMP:20260403T191850
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SUMMARY:Documentary Screening & Discussion - "For The Left Hand"
DESCRIPTION:Join documentary Co-Director\, Gordon Quinn\, and Producer/Writer\, Howard Reich\, for the inspiring story of pianist Norman Malone as we screen the inspiring documentary For the Left Hand. This event is free and open to the public\, but requires an RSVP. To RSVP\, fill out the form below.  \nAbout the Film:\nAt age 5\, Norman discovered he was a natural at the piano. Tragically\, when Norman turned 10\, his father attacked him with a hammer to the head\, leaving him paralyzed on his right side. Undaunted\, Malone began a lifelong quest to reclaim his place at the piano\, mastering the most difficult music ever written for left hand alone – and never telling anyone of his deepening virtuosity. Not until he was 78 did Malone reveal his story (to the Chicago Tribune)\, prompting belated invitations to perform across America. Nearly 70 years after his tragic attack\, Malone launches a much-delayed\, triumphant concert career. \nAbout Gordon:\nArtistic Director and founding member of Kartemquin Films\, Gordon Quinn has been making documentaries for over 50 years. Roger Ebert\, of the Chicago Sun Times\, called his first film Home for Life (1966) “an extraordinarily moving documentary.” With Home for Life Gordon established the direction he would take for the next four decades\, making cinéma vérité films that investigate and critique society by documenting the unfolding lives of real people. At Kartemquin\, Gordon created a legacy that is an inspiration for young filmmakers and a home where they can make high-quality\, social-issue documentaries. Gordon currently executive produces and works creatively on all of our current productions. \nAbout Howard:\nHoward has covered the arts for the Chicago Tribune since 1978 and joined the staff in 1983. He has written six books: “The Art of Inventing Hope: Intimate Conversations with Elie Wiesel\,” “Portraits in Jazz\,” “Let Freedom Swing\,” “Jelly’s Blues” (with William Gaines)\, “Van Cliburn” and “Prisoner of Her Past” (originally published as “The First and Final Nightmare of Sonia Reich”). The latter inspired the Kartemquin documentary film Prisoner of Her Past which Reich wrote\, narrated and co-produced.
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/documentary-screening-discussion-for-the-left-hand/
LOCATION:Charleston Library Society\, 164 King Street\, Charleston\, SC\, 29401\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220518T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220518T170000
DTSTAMP:20260403T191850
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SUMMARY:Story Time In The Rabbit Hole - Space Stories
DESCRIPTION:Due to the high enthusiasm surrounding Story Time\, we will be offering this to members only. To join the Library Society\, click here. \nPlease join us for our beloved Story Time in the Rabbit Hole! During this hour long\, kid-friendly program\, children and their parents/caregivers can join Joyce\, our Children’s Librarian\, in the Rabbit Hole for a reading of the book of the week\, and then have the option to make an on-theme craft to bring home. \nFor this Story Time\, Joyce will read Penguinaut! by Marcie Colleen and the craft will be a rocket to the moon spinner! \nStory Time will repeat every Monday and Wednesday at 4:00 pm – we hop to see you there! \nTo RSVP to this free event\, fill out the form below.
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/story-time-in-the-rabbit-hole-bedtime-2-2-2/
LOCATION:SC
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220518T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220518T190000
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SUMMARY:Speaker Series: Susan Sully
DESCRIPTION:In this debut lecture\, Susan Sully will share her passion and curiosity about Charleston’s unique architecture and design traditions as celebrated in her new book\, The Allure of Charleston (Rizzoli: 2022). The inspiration for this volume began when she returned to Charleston after a time away and found herself wondering what makes this city look and feel so unique. In this lavishly illustrated lecture\, she will share her discoveries about Charleston’s particular design language\, its history\, and how it is perpetuated today. A reception and book signing will follow the lecture. \nTickets for this event are $10 for members and $15 for guests. To purchase your tickets\, click here. \nTo purchase your copy of The Allure of Charleston Houses\, Rooms\, and Gardens from Buxton Books\, click here. \nThe Allure of Charleston celebrates this historic city’s eighteenth- and nineteenth-century styles and demonstrates how they continue to be employed and updated today. Exploring the question of what makes Charleston so distinct\, Sully’s book begins with an illustrated lexicon of Charleston’s particular architectural language\, followed by examples of Georgian\, Federal\, and Greek Revival architecture that demonstrate how this language first came to expression. Featuring historic masterpieces including Drayton Hall\, the Nathaniel Russell House\, and Middleton Place\, this volume also offers a look at present-day residences that reveal the enduring nature of this unique architectural idiom. \nAbout Susan:\nA renowned expert on Southern style\, Susan Sully is the author and photographer of many books about architecture and design from Rizzoli and other publishers. She has also co-authored books with leading Southern architects and designers and contributed articles to The New York Times\, Veranda\, Town & Country Travel\, and other publications. She has lectured at The Smithsonian’s Museum of Architecture\, The Sotheby’s Institute\, and other organizations.
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/speaker-series-susan-sully-2/
LOCATION:Charleston Library Society\, 164 King Street\, Charleston\, SC\, 29401\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220519T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220519T200000
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SUMMARY:CLS Presents A Special Performance of The Colour of Music Festival Quintet
DESCRIPTION:CLS invites you to share in a rare opportunity to hear the storied Color of Music Festival Quintet and join a post-performance reception to meet the musicians. With a special appearance by violinist Anyango Yarbo-Davenport and pianist Kyle P. Walker\, the evening will feature an arrangement of Igor Frolov’s “Fantasy” on Porgy and Bess. The full Colour of Music Festival Quintet will be performing “Quintet in A Major” by Florence B. Price – one of the most noted Black female composers – whom we are pleased is finally getting the recognition she deserves. Tickets for this event are $25 for CLS Members and $35 for CLS Guests. Hors d’ oeuvres reception to immediately follow the performance from 8:00-9:00 p.m. \n\n\n\n\n\nTo purchase tickets\, click here or call 843-723-9912. \nAbout the Festival: \nThe Colour of Music Festival\, Inc. presents a diverse classical repertoire of baroque\, classical and 20th-century music at the highest of musical standards to diverse audiences nationally. The festival has presented in Atlanta; Charleston and Columbia\, South Carolina; Nashville\, Tennessee; Houston; Pittsburgh; Richmond\, Virginia; and Washington\, D.C. \nFew classical music enthusiasts are aware of the tremendous contributions of Le Chevalier de Saint-Georges\, an African-French composer whose opera and classical masterpieces equaled or far exceeded those of his 18th-century contemporaries. Although his compositions are highly recognized overseas\, they have gathered little notice in the United States. Today there are thousands of celebrated and prodigiously talented classical principals\, composers and performers of African descent throughout the world. Yet\, their opportunities to grace concert stages of major American orchestras are rare to non-existent. The Colour of Music Festival’s mission is reversing this trend. \nSince 2013\, the Colour of Music Festival offers a musical kaleidoscope highlighting the impact and historical significance of Black classical composers and performers on American and world culture. The Colour of Music Festival began with performances at various venues throughout historic Charleston\, South Carolina and has grown to debut in cities across the country with artists from across the globe. \nAssembling acclaimed Black chamber ensemble players and artists to form the Colour of Music Orchestra\, the Festival showcases some of the top Black classical musicians in the United States\, trained at some of the most prestigious music schools\, conservatories and universities in the world.
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/the-colour-of-music-festival-live/
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220523T170000
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SUMMARY:Story Time In The Rabbit Hole - On the Farm
DESCRIPTION:Due to the high enthusiasm surrounding Story Time\, we will be offering this to members only. To join the Library Society\, click here. \nPlease join us for our beloved Story Time in the Rabbit Hole! During this hour long\, kid-friendly program\, children and their parents/caregivers can join Joyce\, our Children’s Librarian\, in the Rabbit Hole for a reading of the book of the week\, and then have the option to make an on-theme craft to bring home. \nFor this Story Time\, Joyce will read Duck on a Tractor by David Shannon and the craft will be a cow mask! \nStory Time will repeat every Monday and Wednesday at 4:00 pm – we hop to see you there! \nTo RSVP to this free event\, fill out the form below.
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/story-time-in-the-rabbit-hole-bedtime-2-2-2-2/
LOCATION:SC
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220524T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220524T190000
DTSTAMP:20260403T191850
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SUMMARY:Speaker Series: Betsy Prioleau
DESCRIPTION:Join us in welcoming author\, Besty Prioleau to discuss her recent biography\, Diamonds and Deadlines: A Tale of Greed\, Deceit\, and a Female Tycoon in the Gilded Age.  \nTickets for this event are $10 for members and $15 for nonmembers. To purchase tickets\, click here. \nTo purchase your copy of Diamonds and Deadlines from Buxton Books\, click here. \nAbout the Book:\nThe first major biography of the glamorous and scandalous Miriam Leslie—a titan of publishing and an unsung hero of women’s suffrage. A fantastic Gilded Age story that speaks to the important social issues of our time. \nAmong the fabled tycoons of the Gilded Age—Carnegie\, Rockefeller\, Vanderbilt—is a forgotten figure: Mrs. Frank Leslie. For 20 years she ran the country’s largest publishing empire which chronicled postbellum America in dozens of weeklies and monthlies. A pioneer in an all-male industry\, she made a fortune and became a national celebrity and tastemaker. \nBut Miriam Leslie was a byword for scandal. She flouted feminine mores\, took lovers\, married four times\, and harbored unsavory secrets she concealed through a skein of lies and multiple personas\, including possible mixed-race parentage and a checkered youth. At her death\, she dropped a bombshell: she left her multimillion-dollar estate to Women’s suffrage—a never-equaled amount that guaranteed passage of the 19th Amendment. \nA dazzling biography\, Diamonds and Deadlines reveals the unknown\, sensational life of the brilliant and brazen “Empress of Journalism” who presaged the feminist future and reflected\, in bold relief\, the Gilded Age\, one of the most momentous\, seismic\, and vivid epochs in American history. \nAbout Betsy:\nBetsy Prioleau was born and grew up in Richmond\, Virginia. Her father was portrait artist Hugo Stevens\, and her home life\, full of books\, art\, and talkfests. She worked as a reporter on the Charlottesville Daily Progress and received a B.S. and M.A. from the University of Virginia. \nAfter a Ph.D. in American literature at Duke University\, she taught English and World Literature at Manhattan College\, where she was a tenured associate professor. She was a scholar in residence at New York University\, and most recently\, taught cultural history in the New York University Liberal Studies Program. Besides scholarly articles\, she has written for popular publications and authored four books — Diamonds and Deadlines (2022)\, Swoon (2013)\, Seductress (2003) and Circle of Eros (1983). \nShe lives with her husband Philip in Charleston\, South Carolina and New York City\, and dances with her grandchild Olivia\, gardens\, and swims when she’s not buried in books. \n 
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/speaker-series-betsy-prioleau/
LOCATION:Charleston Library Society\, 164 King Street\, Charleston\, SC\, 29401\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220525T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220525T133000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20220509T195227Z
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SUMMARY:CLS Book Club - Special Guest Presents "Lessons From The Edge: A Memoir by Maria Yovanovitch"
DESCRIPTION:Join CLS Book Club for a discussion of the inspiring and urgent memoir by the former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine\, Maria Yovanovitch\, Lessons From The Edge\, led by Jon Gundersen\, retired U.S. diplomat to Ukraine.  This timely analysis will be the perfect springboard for a discussion about the climate of world affairs from a domestic and foreign lens. All are welcome to participate in CLS Book Clubs\, no matter your reading progress! We encourage all to attend\, whether you’ve finished the book\, are thinking about starting it\, or couldn’t make it past the half-way point.  \nCLS Book Club is free and open to the public. All that is required is an RSVP. \nTo RSVP\, fill out the form at the bottom of the page. \nAbout the Book:\n“Lessons From the Edge is a brilliant\, engaging\, and inspiring memoir from one of America’s wisest and most courageous diplomats—essential reading for current policymakers\, aspiring public servants\, and anyone who cares about America’s role in the world.” —Madeleine K. Albright \nAn inspiring and urgent memoir by the ambassador who electrified the nation by speaking truth to power. \nBy the time she became US Ambassador to Ukraine\, Marie Yovanovitch had seen her share of corruption\, instability\, and tragedy in developing countries. But it came as a shock when\, in early 2019\, she was recalled from her post after a smear campaign by President Trump’s personal attorney and his associates—men operating outside of normal governmental channels\, and apparently motivated by personal gain. Her courageous participation in the subsequent impeachment inquiry earned Yovanovitch the nation’s respect\, and her dignified response to the president’s attacks won our hearts. She has reclaimed her own narrative\, first with her lauded congressional testimony\, and now with this memoir. \nA child of parents who survived Soviet and Nazi terror\, Yovanovitch’s life and work have taught her the preciousness of democracy as well as the dangers of corruption. Lessons from the Edge follows the arc of her career as she develops into the person we came to know during the impeachment proceedings.
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/cls-book-club-lessons-from-the-edge-a-memoir-by-maria-yovanovitch/
LOCATION:Charleston Library Society\, 164 King Street\, Charleston\, SC\, 29401\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220525T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220525T170000
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SUMMARY:Story Time In The Rabbit Hole - On the Farm
DESCRIPTION:Due to the high enthusiasm surrounding Story Time\, we will be offering this to members only. To join the Library Society\, click here. \nPlease join us for our beloved Story Time in the Rabbit Hole! During this hour long\, kid-friendly program\, children and their parents/caregivers can join Joyce\, our Children’s Librarian\, in the Rabbit Hole for a reading of the book of the week\, and then have the option to make an on-theme craft to bring home. \nFor this Story Time\, Joyce will read Duck on a Tractor by David Shannon and the craft will be a cow mask! \nStory Time will repeat every Monday and Wednesday at 4:00 pm – we hop to see you there! \nTo RSVP to this free event\, fill out the form below.
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/story-time-in-the-rabbit-hole-bedtime-2-2-2-2-2/
LOCATION:SC
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220601T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220601T170000
DTSTAMP:20260403T191850
CREATED:20220411T200701Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220601T190211Z
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SUMMARY:Story Time In The Rabbit Hole - Laugh Out Loud
DESCRIPTION:Due to the high enthusiasm surrounding Story Time\, we will be offering this to members only. To join the Library Society\, click here. \nPlease join us for our beloved Story Time in the Rabbit Hole! During this hour long\, kid-friendly program\, children and their parents/caregivers can join Joyce\, our Children’s Librarian\, in the Rabbit Hole for a reading of the book of the week\, and then have the option to make an on-theme craft to bring home. \nFor this Story Time\, Joyce will read The Nonsense Show by Eric Carle and the craft will be a silly face! \nStory Time will repeat every Monday and Wednesday at 4:00 pm – we hope to see you there! \nTo RSVP to this free event\, fill out the form below.
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/story-time-in-the-rabbit-hole-bedtime-2-2-2-2-2-2-2/
LOCATION:SC
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220606T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220606T170000
DTSTAMP:20260403T191850
CREATED:20220411T200701Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220525T193444Z
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SUMMARY:Story Time In The Rabbit Hole - Glorious Garbage
DESCRIPTION:Due to the high enthusiasm surrounding Story Time\, we will be offering this to members only. To join the Library Society\, click here. \nPlease join us for our beloved Story Time in the Rabbit Hole! During this hour long\, kid-friendly program\, children and their parents/caregivers can join Joyce\, our Children’s Librarian\, in the Rabbit Hole for a reading of the book of the week\, and then have the option to make an on-theme craft to bring home. \nFor this Story Time\, Joyce will read Trashy Town by Andrea Zimmerman and the craft will be a garbage truck! \nStory Time will repeat every Monday and Wednesday at 4:00 pm – we hope to see you there! \nTo RSVP to this free event\, fill out the form below.
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/glorious-garbage-2/
LOCATION:Charleston Library Society\, 164 King Street\, Charleston\, SC\, 29401\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220608T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220608T113000
DTSTAMP:20260403T191850
CREATED:20220519T183949Z
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SUMMARY:Coffee with an Author - Judy Goldman
DESCRIPTION:Re-introducing our beloved program\, “Coffee with an Author”! A midmorning opportunity\, in collaboration with Buxton Books\, for direct conversation and a short reading with a new author every session.  We are reigniting this series from when it initially started in 2019\, and look forward to getting back to these intimate conversations that will be held in our beloved\, book-lined Dr. Suzan D. Boyd Fellows Lounge. This event is free and open to the public\, but an RSVP is required.  For this inaugural program\, we will be hosting award-winning author of seven books\, Judy Goldman\, and we couldn’t be more thrilled to have a chance to hear her talk about her newest book\, Child: A Memoir. \nAbout the Author: \nJudy Goldman is the award-winning author of seven books – three memoirs\, two novels\, and two collections of poetry. Her new memoir\, Child\, was published in May 2022. It was named a Katie Couric Media Must-Read Book for 2022. Her recent memoir\, Together: A Memoir of a Marriage and a Medical Mishap\, was named one of the best books of 2019 by Real Simple magazine and received a starred review from Library Journal. Her work has appeared in USA Today\, Washington Post\, Charlotte Observer\, Real Simple\, LitHub\, Southern Review\, Gettysburg Review\, Kenyon Review\, Crazyhorse\, Ohio Review\, Shenandoah\, Prairie Schooner\, and elsewhere. She lives in Charlotte\, NC\, with her husband. They have two married children and four grandchildren. \nTo RSVP\, fill out the form below or call 843-723-9912.
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/coffee-with-an-author-judy-goldman/
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SUMMARY:Story Time In The Rabbit Hole - Glorious Garbage
DESCRIPTION:Due to the high enthusiasm surrounding Story Time\, we will be offering this to members only. To join the Library Society\, click here. \nPlease join us for our beloved Story Time in the Rabbit Hole! During this hour long\, kid-friendly program\, children and their parents/caregivers can join Joyce\, our Children’s Librarian\, in the Rabbit Hole for a reading of the book of the week\, and then have the option to make an on-theme craft to bring home. \nFor this Story Time\, Joyce will read Trashy Town by Andrea Zimmerman and the craft will be a garbage truck! \nStory Time will repeat every Monday and Wednesday at 4:00 pm – we hope to see you there! \nTo RSVP to this free event\, fill out the form below.
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/glorious-garbage/
LOCATION:Charleston Library Society\, 164 King Street\, Charleston\, SC\, 29401\, United States
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SUMMARY:Experience the Magic of Brookgreen Gardens with CEO Page Kiniry
DESCRIPTION:Come celebrate the release of Brookgreen Gardens: Ever Changing. Simply Amazing with the Charleston Library Society and Brookgreen Gardens President and CEO\, Page Kiniry. The botanical garden in Georgetown\, South Carolina is a 9\,127-acre National Historic Landmark and America’s first public sculpture garden. \nTo RSVP to this free event\, call 843-723-9912 or fill out the form below. \nAbout the Book:\nAn oasis of art and nature\, Brookgreen Gardens is America’s first public sculpture garden and largest collection of American figurative sculpture. Founded in 1931 by Archer Milton Huntington and Anna Hyatt Huntington\, its lush South Carolina coastal location\, between Myrtle Beach to the north and Charleston to the south\, is an exquisite setting for the more than two thousand works by four hundred twenty-five artists―including more than one hundred sculptures and other works by Anna Huntington\, many placed in the gardens she designed. In 1984\, Brookgreen was designated as a National Historic Landmark\, highlighting the number of women sculptors whose work is presented in the collection\, as well as the significance of the work of Anna Huntington. Today\, Brookgreen has become a cultural institution unlike any other\, blending sculpture\, historic sites\, botanical gardens\, and the Lowcountry Zoo. \nAbout Page:\nSince January 2017\, Page Kiniry has directed operations of Brookgreen Gardens. Under her leadership\, Brookgreen has completed new Strategic and Master Plans\, expanded evening events including Nights of a Thousand Candles and Summer Light: Art by Night and developed new programming in all areas of the mission.  Kiniry is leading the institution’s first Capital Campaign in thirty years\, which was publicly announced in April 2022. Campaign projects underway or completed include the Leonard Pavilion for public events and programs\, Bethea’s Heritage Farm Garden\, a new Spanish Goat exhibit and barn\, an endangered Red Wolf exhibit and breeding facility\, and the Rosen Galleries\, Brookgreen’s new changing exhibits galleries. \nPrior to joining Brookgreen\, Kiniry was Executive Director of the Virginia Living Museum in Newport News\, Virginia\, where she spent eleven years enhancing the Museum’s educational mission with new exhibits and programs\, eliminating its $9 million debt\, and adding new amenities including a café and amphitheater. A graduate of the College of William and Mary with a master’s degree from the University of Richmond\, Kiniry is a 2018 graduate of Leadership South Carolina\, a peer reviewer for the American Alliance of Museums\, a member of the National Garden Advisory Group and a member of the Board of Visitors of Edwards College of Humanities and Fine Arts at Coastal Carolina University.  She and her husband Bill live in Pawleys Island with Angus\, Brookgreen Garden’s Scottish Deerhound mascot.
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/brookgreen_gardens/
LOCATION:Charleston Library Society\, 164 King Street\, Charleston\, SC\, 29401\, United States
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SUMMARY:Story Time In The Rabbit Hole - Something Big and Something Little
DESCRIPTION:Due to the high enthusiasm surrounding Story Time\, we will be offering this to members only. To join the Library Society\, click here. \nPlease join us for our beloved Story Time in the Rabbit Hole! During this hour long\, kid-friendly program\, children and their parents/caregivers can join Joyce\, our Children’s Librarian\, in the Rabbit Hole for a reading of the book of the week\, and then have the option to make an on-theme craft to bring home. \nFor this Story Time\, Joyce will read The Little Mouse\, the Red Ripe Strawberry and the Big Hungry Bear by Audrey and Don Wood and the craft will be stick puppets! \nStory Time will repeat every Monday and Wednesday at 4:00 pm – we hope to see you there! \nTo RSVP to this free event\, fill out the form below.
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/something-big-and-something-little/
LOCATION:Charleston Library Society\, 164 King Street\, Charleston\, SC\, 29401\, United States
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SUMMARY:June New Members' Mingle
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for our New Members’ Mingle! Every second Monday of the month\, we look forward to hosting our newest members of the CLS family. Starting our night off with a complimentary glass of wine\, the evening will include an orientation of the Library and informational tour with Q & A about your membership benefits. \n  \nPlease RSVP with the form below. We look forward to seeing you!
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/march-new-members-mingle/
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