Wide Angle Lunch is a thought-provoking lunch hour in the peaceful surroundings of the Charleston Library Society while you fulfill your appetite in every way. Femi Oyediran & Miles White ~ […]

Join us as we welcome Johnna Neuman in conversation as she discusses her most recent book Gilded Suffragists: The New York Socialites Who Fought for Women’s Right To Vote. To RSVP, call […]

CLS Book Club is back! This time we will discuss Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder by Caroline Fraser. Please RSVP to this free event. To RSVP, call 843-723-9912 […]

NY Times Bestselling author Jon Meacham will visit The Charleston Library Society to discuss his latest book, The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels with former Time, Inc. Editor […]

NY Times Bestselling author Dorothea Benton Frank dishes the latest Lowcountry dirt on her newest novel, By Invitation Only, at the Charleston Library Society, and despite the title, this ticketed event […]

Join us as we host USC First Lady and author Patricia Moore-Pastides to discuss her new book, At Home in the Heart of the Horseshoe: Life in the University of South Carolina’s President’s […]

Join the Library Society in welcoming Frank Blair as he speaks about his recent book, The Schooner Maggie B, telling the story of his true Southern Ocean circumnavigation, around the great capes, […]

A Special Fundraiser for the Jenkins Institute: Jazz for Jenkins with Tuffus Zimbabwe, Mayor John Tecklenburg, and Quentin Baxter Thursday, June 7th ~ 7:00 PM Join Saturday Night Live pianist Tuffus […]

Camp 1: King Street Camp Monday, June 11th – Friday, June 15th 8:45am-9am (drop-off) – 9-12:30pm (camp) Ages: 6-9 y/o (Grades 1-3) Snack provided daily $120 members, $150 nonmembers To […]

Join us for our first ever Young & Adult Book Club featuring The Secret Garden. This event is open to literary lovers of all ages, but encouraged to be enjoyed by young and old alike, […]

Camp 2: Broad Street Camp July 23rd – July 27th 8:45am-9am (drop-off) – 9-12:30pm (camp) Ages: 9-12 y/o (Grades 4-6) Snack provided daily $120 members, $150 nonmembers To enroll, call […]

Charleston Library Society hosts Jason Heller for a night of funkadelic music and literary discussion about his new book Strange Stars unlike anything seen before in the Lowcountry. Come for the music, stay […]

In this gripping literary thriller, Shadow of the Lions, Christopher Swann will take you deep into the dark heart of privilege, secrets, and lies at an elite boys’ boarding school in Virginia. […]

It has been a hot and rainy summer and we are all eager for some live chamber music. So the Library Society has the solution. Join Charleston Symphony Orchestra musicians […]