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SUMMARY:Wide Angle Lunch: Dr. Sundar Balasubramanian
DESCRIPTION:GOOD HEALTH & GOOD BREATHING \nCome look into the mechanisms of ancient mind-body practice\, Yogic breathing.  Dr. Balasubramanian will discuss the science of Yogic breathing (Pranayama). Attendees will be able to get acquainted with the concept of Yogic breathing\, various ways in which it is practiced\, and the potential benefits of Yogic breathing for good health.   $20 members / $30 nonmembers; boxed lunch included. To purchase tickets\, call 843-723-9912 or click here. \nDr. Sundar Balasubramanian is a Cell Biology/Yoga Biology researcher. He is currently studying mechanisms involved in resistance to cancer therapy at the Medical University of South Carolina\, USA. His recent research papers have provided evidence how Yoga practices could promote our well-being. Sundar is a member of International Association of Yoga Therapists and the Integral Yoga Teachers Association\, and is an IAYT-certified Yoga Therapist (C-IAYT). He is the Founder/Director of PranaScience Institute\, and was a speaker at TEDx Charleston 2015. He has recently published a book titled “PranaScience: Decoding Yoga Breathing”.
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/wide-angle-lunch-dr-sundar-balasubramanian/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181004T180000
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SUMMARY:Speaker Series: James Scott & Hampton Sides with Jim Hornfischer
DESCRIPTION:Speaker Series: JAMES SCOTT & HAMPTON SIDES with JIM HORNFISCHER \nEnjoy the extraordinary storytelling of two authors who transform military history into visceral experiences. Pulitzer Prize finalist and acclaimed military historian James Scott will discuss Rampage: MacArthur\, Yamashita\, and the Battle of Manila\, a definitive history of one of the most brutal campaigns of the Pacific\, the bloody battle to retake Manila. Award-winning editor and author Hampton Sides examines his new book\, On Desperate Ground which chronicles the extraordinary feats of heroism by Marines during the greatest battle of the Korean War. Based on extensive archival research\, war-crimes testimonies\, after-action reports\, and survivor interviews\, both Rampage and On Desperate Ground recount heartbreaking and impressive chapters of the Pacific and Korean wars. Scott and Sides will be interviewed by Jim Hornfischer. \n$5 CLS members\, $10 nonmembers. To purchase tickets\, call 843-723-9912 or click here. \nA former Nieman Fellow at Harvard\, James M. Scott is the author of Target Tokyo\, which was a 2016 Pulitzer Prize finalist and was named one of the best books of the year by Kirkus\, The Christian Science Monitor and The Fort Worth Star-Telegram. His other works include The War Below and The Attack on the Liberty\, which won the Rear Admiral Samuel Eliot Morison Award. His latest book\, Rampage: MacArthur\, Yamashita\, and the Battle of Manila\, will be released Oct. 2\, 2018. \nHampton Sides is an award-winning editor of Outside and the author of the bestselling histories Hellhound on his Trial\, Blood and Thunder and Ghost Soldiers. He lives in New Mexico with his wife\, Anne\, and their three sons. \nJames D. Hornfischer is the author of four books on the U.S. Navy during World War II. All New York Times bestsellers\, they have led reviewers to rate him as one of the most commanding naval historians writing today. The board of directors of the USS Constitution Museum recently presented him with the Samuel Eliot Morison Award for his work\, which “reflects the best of Admiral Morison: artful scholarship\, patriotic pride\, and eclectic interest in the sea and things maritime and a desire to preserve the best of our past for future generations.”  \nHis most recent book is “The Fleet at Flood Tide: America at Total War in the Pacific\, 1944–1945” (Bantam\, 2016)\, a narrative of the final year of the war against Japan\, from the seizure of the Marianas Islands to the atomic bombings and surrender of Japan. Hornfischer is a native of Massachusetts\, and a graduate of Colgate University and the University of Texas School of Law. He lives in Austin\, Texas\, with his family.
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/speaker-series-james-scott-hampton-sides-with-jim-hornfischer/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181011T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181011T133000
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SUMMARY:Wide Angle Lunch: Dr. Jeb Hallett
DESCRIPTION:CURIOSITY – THE KEY TO LIFE \nWhy are you curious or NOT? Dr. Jeb Hallett will explore why curious people may be more engaged\, healthier and happy with life. Through science\, Dr. Hallett will illustrate how curiosity expands health and happiness and suggest a “personal curiosity plan” for each attendee. $20 members / $30 nonmembers; boxed lunch included. To purchase tickets\, call 843-723-9912 or click here. \nJohn (Jeb) Hallett\, MD\, a graduate of the US Air. Force Academy was recently recognized as a Distinguished Alumnus at Duke Medical School for his clinical research and educational innovations as Dean of the Faculty at Mayo Clinic. As Clinical Professor at MUSC and past Chief Medical Officer at the Roper Saint Francis Heart and Vascular Center he is known for his innovation\, integrity\, and perseverance in dealing with some of the most important issues and controversies facing the field of vascular surgery. A gifted educator who has built strong training programs for medical students\, residents\, and fellows\, under Hallett’s leadership\, Mayo was one of the first medical centers to create a leadership program to encourage more women to go into vascular surgery.
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/wide-angle-lunch-dr-jeb-hallett/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181016T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181016T190000
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SUMMARY:Speaker Series: Stephen Watson & The National WWII Museum
DESCRIPTION:Stephen Watson: The National WWII Museum \nStephen Watson\, President and CEO of The National WWII Museum\, will discuss the mission and history of the New Orleans institution.  The Museum has grown to be one of the nation’s most comprehensive repositories for the history and education relating to the conflict.  Watson tells the story of the American experience in the war that changed the world—why it was fought\, how it was won\, and what it means today—so that all generations will understand the price of freedom and be inspired by what they learn. \nTo RSVP\, to this free lecture\, call 843-723-9912 or email dreutter@charlestonlibrarysociety.org
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/speaker-series-stephen-watson-the-national-wwii-museum/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181017T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181017T113000
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SUMMARY:CLS Book Club: The Line Becomes a River
DESCRIPTION:The CLS Book Club is back with the first Fall selection\, The Line Becomes A River by Francisco Cantu. All are welcome to this meeting — whether you just started the book\, finished recently\, or haven’t even begun yet\, this meeting is fun for all. Coffee will be served. To RSVP\, call 843-723-9912 or email dreutter@charlestonlibrarysociety.org \nThe instant New York Times bestseller\, “A must-read for anyone who thinks ‘build a wall’ is the answer to anything.” –Esquire \nFor Francisco Cantú\, the border is in the blood: his mother\, a park ranger and daughter of a Mexican immigrant\, raised him in the scrublands of the Southwest. Haunted by the landscape of his youth\, Cantú joins the Border Patrol. He and his partners are posted to remote regions crisscrossed by drug routes and smuggling corridors\, where they learn to track other humans under blistering sun and through frigid nights. They haul in the dead and deliver to detention those they find alive. Cantú tries not to think where the stories go from there. \nPlagued by nightmares\, he abandons the Patrol for civilian life. But when an immigrant friend travels to Mexico to visit his dying mother and does not return\, Cantú discovers that the border has migrated with him\, and now he must know the whole story. Searing and unforgettable\, The Line Becomes a River goes behind the headlines\, making urgent and personal the violence our border wreaks on both sides of the line
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/cls-book-club-the-line-becomes-a-river/
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SUMMARY:Speaker Series: Adam Parker
DESCRIPTION:Join Adam Parker and Cleveland Sellers\, Jr. for the launch of Parker’s biography on Sellers\, Outside Agitator. Additional guests will discuss the history of the freedom movement\, the seminal 1968 Orangeburg Massacre\, and current challenges facing activists today. Parker’s incisive biography details a proud black man who refuses to be defeated\, and whose tumultuous life story exemplifies America’s ongoing fight for civil rights. Tickets are $5 CLS members\, $10 nonmembers. To purchase tickets\, call 843-723-9912 or click here. \nPatrons will also get the chance to view Mark Stetler’s photographic portraits of Sellers\, meet the staff of Hub City Press\, and hear from the civil rights activist himself.
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/speaker-series-adam-parker/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181019T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181019T200000
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SUMMARY:Music at the Library: Bernstein’s Birthday Celebration
DESCRIPTION:BERNSTEIN’S BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION \nFri\, 19 Oct | 7PM \n$25 specialty price – To purchase tickets\, call 843-723-9912 or click here \nIn partnership with Duke University\, we invite you to celebrate the music of the American composer Leonard Bernstein to honor his 100th birthday. The Eclipse Ensemble made up of teachers from the Charleston Academy of Music will perform a collection of his most famous works. The ensemble will be joined by opera singer Stephanie Chevalier who will discuss the significance of Bernstein’s legacy.
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/music-at-the-library-bernsteins-birthday-celebration/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181021T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181021T170000
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SUMMARY:Book Launch and High Tea with Carolyne Roehm
DESCRIPTION:Come celebrate the launch of Carolyne Roehm’s newest book\, Design & Style: A Constant Thread with an elegant High Tea\, Charleston style. Featuring a brief discussion of her book\, Carolyne and her guests will enjoy lively conversations\, traditional high tea canapés and champagne. Join us for this memorable afternoon. \nLifestyle icon Carolyne Roehm has been a part of American design culture for more than four decades\, with a storied career spanning the world of fashion\, decorative arts\, gardening\, entertaining\, and publishing. A discerning eye and passion for beauty led her into the world of flowers\, where her books on the subject have been hailed as the best in their field. In her thirteenth book\,Design & Style: A Constant Thread\, to be released in October 2018\, Ms. Roehm reminisces on her remarkable life and the constant creative thread that has remained unchanged throughout. \nFor the first time talking about her past\, from growing up in small-town Missouri to finding a mentor in Oscar de la Renta\, this book is a window into a life lived in the spotlight. Touching on the icons of her life\, including her seamstress grandmother and stylish mother and\, of course\, de la Renta himself\, Ms. Roehm will share stories with the audience and toast to a life lived well enjoyed. \nTickets for this special event are $95 and will include a copy of Design & Style: A Constant Thread.  Because we know this will be a coveted ticket\, we encourage you to make plans early to join us for the reception.  There will be both standing and seated tables available with plenty of room to mingle with your friends as they enjoy Design & Style: A Constant Thread with the legendary Carolyne Roehm. \nTo purchase your ticket\, please call 843-723-9912 or click here.
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/book-launch-and-high-tea-with-carolyne-roehm/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181023T173000
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SUMMARY:Lifelong Learning with Nan Morrison: Tyrants in Richard III and Macbeth
DESCRIPTION:Shakespeare’s Tyrants in Richard III and Macbeth \nDiscover and read Shakespeare’s most famous tragedies dramatizing ambition and those who stop at nothing for personal gain\, Macbeth and Richard III. This class will look at these dramas each successive Tuesday night for 5 weeks. $150 members / $200 nonmembers. \nTo purchase your seat\, call 843-723-9912 or click here. \nRichard III exploits the chaos of a divided England; Macbeth overturns a benevolent order in Scotland.  Both become tyrants; both are finally brought down.  Why?  This question will be discussed on successive Tuesday evenings\, beginning September 25\, from 5:30 — 7:00. \nNan Morrison is a professor emeritus of English at the College of Charleston where she taught Shakespeare and Southern Literature\, wrote articles in those areas\, and held the Maybelle Higgins Howe Chair. \nTexts:  The Signet Classic mass market paperback editions of Richard III and Macbeth. \nSeptember 25\, October 2\, October 9\, October 16\, and October 23
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/lifelong-learning-with-nan-morrison-tyrants-in-richard-iii-and-macbeth/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181025T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181025T133000
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SUMMARY:Wide Angle Lunch: Steve Stegelin
DESCRIPTION:SKETCHY POLITICS: THE LIFE OF AN EDITORIAL CARTOONIST IN THE TRUMP ERA \nAs editorial cartoonist at the local alt.weekly Charleston City Paper\, Steve Stegelin has spent the past 14+ years skewering current events near and far with his cynical social commentary. Steve will share his insight on the creative process in general and the role of the editorial cartoonist in particular. Part career retrospective\, part philosophical discussion\, Steve’s lunchtime talk delves into the importance of social commentary\, and how that political discourse has evolved during the current administration. $20 members / $30 nonmembers; boxed lunch included. To purchase ticket\, call 843-723-9912 or click here. \nOnce known for his 90s-era small press comic Boondoggle\, Steve Stegelin went from indie comic book creator to editorial cartoonist at the Charleston City Paper. For 14+ years\, Steve has used that forum to skewer current events near and far — from Charleston flooding to Presidential shenanigans and international dictatorships — with trademark cynicism. When not at his West Ashley home studio\, Steve creates content experiences at one of Charleston’s umpteen tech firms.
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/wide-angle-lunch-steve-stegelin/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181029T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181029T190000
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SUMMARY:Irish Georgian Society Presents: James P. MacGuire
DESCRIPTION:The Irish Georgian Society and the Charleston Library Society presents James P. MacGuire\, Author of Real Lace Revisited: Inside the Hidden World of America’s Irish Aristocracy. To RSVP to this event\, call 843-723-9912 or email dreutter@charlestonlibrarysociety.org \nThe Irish Georgian Society is proud to present an evening with James P. MacGuire\, author of Real Lace Revisited: Inside the Hidden World of America’s Irish Aristocracy. Using his gift of rich storytelling\, Mr. MacGuire offers a compelling update to Stephen Birmingham’s masterwork Real Lace. Mr. MacGuire creates his own entertaining portrait of life among the upper-class Irish world as it grew and changed\, further detailing and filling out this engrossing portion of America’s social history. \nJames P. MacGuire was born in New York and educated at John Hopkins and Cambridge. He has worked for Time\, Inc.\, Macmillan\, The Health Network and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. His poetry\, fiction and journalism have been published in many national publications. He is the author or coauthor of ten books and has two beloved sons\, Pierce and Rhoads. \nSir David Davies\, the President of the Society\, Michael Wall\, the Chair of the Irish Board of Directors\, Donough Cahill\, the Director of the Society in Ireland and the well known author and expert on Irish Georgian architecture Robert O’Byrne\, will be on hand for the event. \nAbout The Irish Georgian Society \nThe Irish Georgian Society promotes awareness and protection of Ireland’s architectural heritage and decorative arts. It achieves this through conservation projects that have saved many important historic buildings; through education programs that encompass seminars\, publications and specialist tours; and through campaigning for the protection of endangered buildings.
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/irish-georgian-society-presents-james-p-macguire/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181030T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181030T200000
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SUMMARY:Music at the Library: Halloween Harmony with the Charlestones
DESCRIPTION:HALLOWEEN HARMONY WITH THE CHARLESTONES \nTues\, 30 Oct | 7PM \n$20 members\, $30 guests\, Kids are FREE. To purchase tickets\, call 843-723-9912 or click here. \nThe Charlestones\, a Charleston-based a capella group\, will delight patrons with a evening of spooky renditions just in time for Halloween. The quartet has over 100 years of professional singing experience between them\, and it will certainly be on display in this fun-filled concert. We invite any and all to come in costume to this family friendly concert\, perfect for all ages!
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/music-at-the-library-halloween-harmony-with-the-charlestones/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181101T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181101T190000
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SUMMARY:A Silicon Harbor Conversation with Kenly Walker Uphaus & Stanfield Gray
DESCRIPTION:A Silicon Harbor Conversation with Kenly Walker Uphaus and Stanfield Gray \nThe Library Society is “getting technical.” Senior Manager of Corporate Communications for LinkedIn\, Kenly Walker Uphaus will discuss how she drives the broader narratives surrounding the LinkedIn brand\, product strategy\, and company vision and mission. She will be in conversation with Charleston local and CEO of DIG SOUTH\, Stanfield Gray. Gray was just named one of Time magazine’s “31 People Changing the South.” Charleston is one of the fastest growing tech cities in the U.S.\, and we are unbelievably lucky to get an insider’s look. \n$10 CLS members\, $20 nonmembers. To purchase tickets\, call 843-723-9912 or click here.
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/a-silicon-harbor-conversation-with-kenly-walker-uphaus-stanfield-gray/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181106T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181106T200000
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SUMMARY:Music at the Library: V&K Plus
DESCRIPTION:V&K PLUS \nTues\, 6 Nov | 7PM \n$20 members\, $30 guests. To purchase tickets\, call 843-723-9912 or click here. \nLibrary Society favorites\, Volodymyr Vynnytsky and Natalia Khoma return this season with an extraordinary talent\, Zoya Rozhok. Rozhok is a brilliant singer\, soloist in the National Opera of Ukraine\, professor at the Tchaikovsky National Music Academy of Ukraine and winner of countless international competitions. Join the trio as the perform chamber music\, arias\, and more…
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/music-at-the-library-vk-plus/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181108T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181111T180000
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SUMMARY:Charleston to Charleston Literary Festival
DESCRIPTION:Welcome to the Charleston to Charleston Literary Festival\, a partnership between the Charleston Library Society in historic Charleston\, South Carolina\, and the celebrated Charleston Farmhouse in Sussex\, England. These two organizations\, both legendary in their support of all things literary\, scholarly\, and creative\, offer a stimulating weekend series of programs with authors and thinkers from around the world in Charleston\, South Carolina.
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/charleston-to-charleston-literary-festival-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181114T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181114T190000
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SUMMARY:Life-Long Learning: iPhone Photography with Lisa Field
DESCRIPTION:Local photographer\, Lisa Field\, currently known for her captivating landscape images on Instagram (@lfphotos)\, will be here to show us how to create beautiful photographs using just our iPhones.  Learn practical techniques of image composition and discover easy shortcuts to edit like a pro.  It will be interactive and informative – come with lots of questions and your charged phones.  In the mean time you can find her love of Charleston on her website www.lisafieldphotography.com $20 for members / $30 for nonmembers. To purchase tickets\, call 843-723-9912. \nLisa Field is a graduate of Duke University with degree in Advertising and Photography. Her 25 year career began with black and white portraiture specializing in capturing the spirit of young families with sibling dynamics as her focus. There are several hundred Darien\, Greenwich and Nantucket families with Lisa’s work on their walls today. \nFor the past ten years Lisa has traveled extensively and has changed lenses and format to capture the beauty of the world’s coastal shores. Lisa’s most recent work was exhibited at Fritz Porter in Charleston\, SC in May 2017. She currently lives and works in Charleston\, SC; New York City and Nantucket\, MA
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/life-long-learning-iphone-photography-with-lisa-field/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181115T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181115T200000
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SUMMARY:Music at the Library: A Special Evening with Joel Fan
DESCRIPTION:A SPECIAL EVENING WITH JOEL FAN- Part of Yo-Yo Ma’s Silk Road Odyssey \n$35 members\, $45 guests. To purchase tickets\, call 843-723-9912 or click here.  \nExperience the exhilarating art of American pianist Joel Fan\, who uses his talents to cross musical boundaries. During the last 2 seasons\, Fan performed with the New York Philharmonic\, Odessa Philharmonic\, and Royal Stockholm Philharmonic in concerto performances of Rachmaninov\, Beethoven\, and Messiaen. He has collaborated with leading conductors and soloists such as cellist Yo-Yo Ma in Beethoven’s Triple Concerto. Don’t miss out on this very special guest appearance!
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/music-at-the-library-a-special-evening-with-joel-fan/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181129T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181129T190000
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SUMMARY:Drayton Hall Presents: Whiskey in America – Lecture & Tasting
DESCRIPTION:Drayton Hall partners with the Charleston Library Society on Thursday\, November 29th at 6 pm to host Whiskey in America – Lecture and Tasting with Luke J. Pecoraro\, Ph.D.\, Director of Archaeology\, George Washington’s Mount Vernon. \nDr. Pecoraro received his Ph.D. in Anthropology from Boston University’s department of Archaeology.  He will present on “Whiskey in America – An Archaeology Lecture”. The lecture will introduce the audience to distilled products made in colonial America\, and combine this with information drawn from the archaeological record of known production sites\, with specific reference to George Washington’s distillery at Mount Vernon.  Following the lecture guests will be invited to a Whiskey Tasting. \nThis lecture is made possible by a grant from South Carolina Humanities. \nLecture is free\, tasting is $25 Members\, $35 Non-Members. SPONSOR CODE: LIBRARY \nFor tickets call 843-769-2600 or CLICK HERE TO RSVP.
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/drayton-hall-presents-whiskey-in-america-lecture-tasting/
LOCATION:SC
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181130T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181130T190000
DTSTAMP:20260403T192906
CREATED:20220209T185137Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220209T185137Z
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SUMMARY:Family Movie Night: Miracle on 34th Street
DESCRIPTION:Be part of our holiday season kick-off! We will be screening the 1947 holiday classic\, Miracle on 34th Street and light our annual Christmas “Book Tree” in the Main Reading Room. All ages are invited to enjoy this evening to start the holiday season. To RSVP\, please call 843-723-9912 or email dreutter@charlestonlibrarysociety.org
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/family-movie-night-miracle-on-34th-street/
LOCATION:SC
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181203T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181203T190000
DTSTAMP:20260403T192906
CREATED:20220209T185012Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220210T140502Z
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SUMMARY:Charleston Mercury Presents: Shay McNeal
DESCRIPTION:The Charleston Mercury presents author Shay McNeal as she speaks about her recent book\, The Road to Trump. To RSVP\, please call 843-723-9912 or email dreutter@charlestonlibrarysociety.org \nA country divided will fall into the abyss it creates.\nThe Road to Trump chronicles the most pressing issues the United States faced over the last five years in an effort to illuminate the prevailing political landscape. McNeal’s columns\, Meet You in the Middle\, published in the Charleston Mercury\, in Charleston\, S.C.\, reveal the raw nature of the state of our nation. The Road to Trump also places on the record McNeal’s insightful analysis of China and Russia as they challenge the United States on the world stage. Moreover\, The Road to Trump clearly illustrates how failure to meet in the middle fueled the successful election of the outsider\, Donald Trump\, and contributed to the resurgence of China and Russia.\nIn January 2016\, her column titled Mourning in America was one of the first analyses indicating that Trump would go the distance. Moreover\, she was the rare columnist at the time who was prescient regarding the 2016 election and called it right\, even before candidate Trump became the Republican Party nominee. \nShay McNeal is a past political consultant\, past president of an advertising and marketing firm as well as an executive in the fashion and retail business where she began her business career.  She has been a guest numerous times on the BBC\, CNN\, and radio shows in the United States and the United Kingdom.\nShay’s last book\, The Secret Plot to Rescue the Tsar\, garnered a full-page review in the Sunday Times (London).  Vogue (UK)\, BookPage and Publishers Weekly\, among others\, weighed in as well. She is an indefatigable researcher who is fearless when it comes to placing valid yet controversial findings on the record.
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/charleston-mercury-presents-shay-mcneal/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181204T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181204T193000
DTSTAMP:20260403T192906
CREATED:20220209T184905Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220209T184905Z
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SUMMARY:CLS Holiday Bazaar
DESCRIPTION:Join us on the evening of December 4th for a unique shopping experience created by your Charleston Library Society. Our first ever Holiday Bazaar will showcase Charleston-based vendors to sell their wares to Library members and guests. Step into our Main Reading Room and be transported to a magical European marketplace where you can find one-of-a-kind gifts for everyone in your family. Sip a speciality cocktail and enjoy a tasty treat with your friends while grooving to holiday tunes as you browse hand-crafted goods and custom-made items in our one-stop holiday shop. \nSome of the vendors: \nVieuxtemps\, Arcadia Publishing\, Brackish Ties\, Callie’s Biscuits\, Candy Shop Vintage\, Cannonborough Sodas\, Counter Cheese Caves\, Graft\, Hart Earrings\, Holy Smoke Olive Oil\, IBU\, Jack Rudy\, Red Clay Hot Sauce\, Rose Wirtz Hooked Rugs\, Second State Coffee\, Carolina Millinery Company: Handmade Hats\, Show Allegiance\, Norton and Hodges\, Hook N Hide\, Rhett’s Imports\, and more! \nwww.vieuxtemps.net \nhttps://www.arcadiapublishing.com/Home \nhttps://www.brackishbowties.com/ \nhttps://calliesbiscuits.com/ \nhttps://www.candyshopvintage.com/ \nhttp://www.cannonbevco.com/ \nhttps://www.countercheesecaves.com/ \nhttps://www.graftchs.com/ \nhttps://harthagerty.com/ \nhttps://www.holysmokeoliveoil.com/ \nhttp://www.ibumovement.com/ \nhttps://jackrudycocktailco.com/ \nhttps://redclayhotsauce.com/ \nhttps://secondstatecoffee.com/ \nhttps://carolinamillinery.com/ \nhttps://www.showallegiance.com/ \nwww.NortonandHodges.com\nhttps://www.hooknhide.com/ \nhttp://www.rhettsimports.com/
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/cls-holiday-bazaar/
LOCATION:SC
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181211T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181211T190000
DTSTAMP:20260403T192906
CREATED:20220209T184727Z
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SUMMARY:Coastal Conservation League Book Launch: Virginia & Dana Beach
DESCRIPTION:Join the Library Society and the Coastal Conservation League as they celebrate the release of A WHOLLY ADMIRABLE THING: Defending Nature and Community on the South Carolina Coast by Virginia and Dana Beach. This event is free and open to the public. To RSVP\, call 843-723-9912 or email dreutter@charlestonlibrarysociety.org \nA few weeks before Hurricane Hugo made landfall in September of 1989\, the South Carolina Coastal Conservation League opened shop in a one-room office in downtown Charleston.  Armed with founder Dana Beach’s personal desktop computer and the local phone book\, the three-person staff sent out its first membership mailing\, rushing to the post office each day to check for responses.  The organization grew from a hundred members that first fall to a thousand the following year and several thousand by the end of the first decade. \nPrior to Hurricane Hugo\, the 1960s\, 70s and 80s had seen a surge of resort and residential growth in the South Carolina Lowcountry\, displacing whole communities of people and wildlife along the coast\, overtaking what had traditionally been a resourced-based economy.  The storm triggered a pause\, a reset\, which the Conservation League seized upon. Lawsuits\, back-room deals and corruption in high places conspired against the public trust at every turn. Nevertheless\, a deep-rooted love of the Lowcountry\, combined with practical opportunism and longstanding friendships cultivated across the generations\, unified and empowered South Carolina conservationists to prevail. \nThe stories in A WHOLLY ADMIRABLE THING chronicle these transformational successes and failures over three decades of community activism\, led by one of the country’s most innovative\, persistent and controversial conservation groups.  The book highlights the Coastal Conservation League’s founding principles and culture\, institutional evolution\, dogged work ethic\, fearless advocacy\, pragmatic politicking\, and mastery of communication and community organizing.  It also features the voices of countless citizens and activists on the front lines—through a mix of narrative\, personal interview and first-person memoir and reflection. \nFinally\, the book reveals the critical importance of place—the biological\, historical\, political and social backdrop of an ancient and troubled region—in shaping a conservation ethic and agenda for the present day.  The history of the Conservation League and its diverse collaborators spotlights a region in the throes of wrenching change: staggering out of the hazy mist of an insular\, pre-modern world of planters\, yeomen farmers and Gullah slave descendants\, into an era dominated by global economic forces and instantaneous communication.  The struggle continues today. It is a never-ending tale of a formidable alliance of courageous citizens\, standing up for wild species and human communities so that all can thrive and endure.
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/coastal-conservation-league-book-launch-virginia-dana-beach/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181218T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181218T200000
DTSTAMP:20260403T192906
CREATED:20220209T184608Z
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SUMMARY:Music at the Library: CSO Holiday Strings
DESCRIPTION: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 10th Annual Christmas Book Tree. \nTickets for this holiday spectacular are available for sale through the Charleston Symphony Orchestra at 843-723-7528 or by clicking here \nTickets are $25 for adults and $10 for students.
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/music-at-the-library-cso-holiday-strings/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190110T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190110T200000
DTSTAMP:20260403T192906
CREATED:20220208T210239Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220208T210239Z
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SUMMARY:Music at the Library: Beatles\, Bach & Beer
DESCRIPTION:Thurs. Jan 10 | 7:00PM\nMusic at the Library: Beatles\, Bach & Beer\n$25 members\, $35 guests \nIt seems like only Yesterday…Beatles and Bach returns for an evening of British Rock and Baroque hits! Don’t miss this special homecoming chamber concert with your favorite UNED!TED Rock and Bach Stars. To purchase tickets\, call 843-723-9912 or click here
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/music-at-the-library-beatles-bach-beer/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190115T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190115T183000
DTSTAMP:20260403T192906
CREATED:20220208T210139Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220208T210139Z
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SUMMARY:271st Annual Meeting Featuring Victoria Johnson
DESCRIPTION:271ST ANNUAL MEETING FEATURING VICTORIA JOHNSON \nJoin us for the 271st Annual Meeting of the Charleston Library Society. This year’s guest speaker will be author and educator Victoria Johnson\, who will discusse her recent book\, American Eden: David Hosack\, Botany\, and Medicine in the Garden of the Early Republic. The biography tells the story of Hamilton and Burr’s personal physician\, whose dream to build the nation’s first botanical garden inspired the young republic. RSVP Necessary – SEATS ARE LIMITED. TO RSVP\, CALL 843-723-9912 or EMAIL dreutter@charlestonlibrarysociety.org \nABOUT THE BOOK When Dr. David Hosack tilled the country’s first public botanical garden in the Manhattan soil more than two hundred years ago\, he didn’t just dramatically alter the New York landscape; he left a monumental legacy of advocacy for public health and wide-ranging support for the sciences. A charismatic dreamer admired by the likes of Jefferson\, Madison\, and Humboldt\, and intimate friends with both Hamilton and Burr\, the Columbia professor devoted his life to inspiring Americans to pursue medicine and botany with a rigor to rival Europe’s. Though he was shoulder-to-shoulder with the founding fathers―and even present at the fatal duel that took Hamilton’s life―Hosack and his story remain unknown. Now\, in melodic prose\, historian Victoria Johnson eloquently chronicles Hosack’s tireless career to reveal the breadth of his impact. The result is a lush portrait of the man who gave voice to a new\, deeply American understanding of the powers and perils of nature. \n“From the first moment I learned of David Hosack and his lost botanical garden—today the site of Rockefeller Center—I’ve been working to reconstruct his dramatic and moving life story. I’ve followed him through a vanished New York City\, up the Hudson to his beautiful estate at Hyde Park (now home to the Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site)\, and across the Atlantic to England and Scotland\, where he studied medicine and botany as a young man in the late eighteenth century. I’ve also followed Hosack through more than thirty archival collections in the US and Europe as I researched and wrote American Eden.” -Victoria Johnson \nABOUT VICTORIA JOHNSON\nA former Cullman Fellow at the New York Public Library\, Johnson currently is an associate professor of urban policy and planning at Hunter College in New York City\, teaching on the history of philanthropy\, nonprofits\, and New York City. She holds a doctorate in sociology from Columbia University and an undergraduate degree in philosophy from Yale.
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/271st-annual-meeting-featuring-victoria-johnson/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190117T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190117T200000
DTSTAMP:20260403T192906
CREATED:20220208T210036Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220208T210036Z
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SUMMARY:Drayton Hall Presents: Curators Unhinged
DESCRIPTION:There is a lot they know that they haven’t told us. \nDrayton Hall is pulling their curators out of the galleries\, house\, and archaeology lab\, handing them a drink and letting it fly on what they know\, what they don’t know\, and what they’re still arguing about.  Historic facts\, theories\, conjecture and wine flow as Drayton Hall’s curators make a new mark (smudge?) on history. Bring your questions on the mysteries of Drayton Hall. Ask them where the colonnades are and what their ten-year bet is. No holds barred\, the gloves are off at Charleston Library Society on Thursday\, January 17\, 2019 from 6 to 8 pm. \nRound table discussion is free to all. The reception is for $10 members and $20 non-members. CLS members may use the promo code LIBRARY to login to the DH website to register for this event. Advanced registration required\, please. No door admittance can be accommodated\, please RSVP HERE TO ATTEND. \nThis lecture is made possible by a grant from South Carolina Humanities. \nModerator- \nCarter L. Hudgins\, Director of Clemson/College of Charleston Graduate Program in Historic Preservation\, School of Architecture / Charleston Design Center \nSpeakers- \nCarter C. Hudgins\, Ph.D. \, PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER \nSarah Stroud Clarke\, Archaeologist and Curator of Collections\nPatricia Lowe Smith\, Curator of Historic Architectural Resources \nCameron Moon\, Assistant Curator of Historic Architectural Resources
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/drayton-hall-presents-curators-unhinged/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190124T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190124T170000
DTSTAMP:20260403T192906
CREATED:20220208T205934Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220208T205934Z
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SUMMARY:Speaker Series: Marie Benedict
DESCRIPTION:Bestselling author Marie Benedict will enthrall guests with discussion her new historical fiction\, The Only Woman in the Room. The novel shares the story of Hedy Lamarr\, a glamourous Oscar-nominated 1940s film star\, who was also an avid inventor and the figure behind advances in communication technologies that led to  Wi-Fi\, GPS\, and Bluetooth. Tickets are $5 for members and $10 for nonmembers. To purchase tickets\, call 843-723-9912 or click here \nSet in 1930s Austria before the start of WWII\, THE ONLY WOMAN IN THE ROOM\nintroduces us to young Jewish Hedy Kiesler who marries the countrys richest man\, Fritz Mandl\,\na munitions manufacturer often referred to as the Merchant of Death. Fritz is responsible for\nsupplying weaponry to Mussolini and Hitler in deals struck over the couples dinner table where\nHedy was often the only woman in the room. Always the active listener\, soon after she learns of\nthe Third Reichs military strategy and the horrific plans for the Jewish people\, she escapes to\nLondon and then to Hollywood. When she begins to suffer from survivors guilt as the military\nplans she had previously overheard begin to manifest\, Hedy decides she must take action and\nhelp in some way. With the assistance of co-inventor George Anthiel\, she utilizes the secret\nmilitary information learned at her ex-husbands side to develop an incredibly effective frequency\nhopping weaponry system that could have ended the war sooner but ultimately ends up rejected\nby the Navy. \nOnce a New York City lawyer\, MARIE BENEDICT had long dreamed about a fantastical job unraveling the larger mysteries of the past as an archaeologist or historian — before she tried her hand at writing. While drafting her first book\, she realized that she could excavate the possible truths lurking in history through fiction\, and has done so in The Other Einstein\, the story of Mileva Maric\, Albert Einstein’s first wife and a physicist herself\, and Carnegies Maid\, the story of a brilliant woman who may have spurred Andrew Carnegie toward philanthropy. She is a graduate of Boston College and the Boston University School of Law\, and lives in Pittsburgh with her family.
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/speaker-series-marie-benedict/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190124T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190127T200000
DTSTAMP:20260403T192906
CREATED:20220208T205830Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220208T205830Z
UID:10000946-1548356400-1548619200@charlestonlibrarysociety.org
SUMMARY:Music at the Library: Porto Seguro
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate Carnival season with a concert of Brazilian music by the Charleston-based quartet and Library Society audience favorite\, Porto Seguro. Lighthearted\, rhythmic\, and mellow like a great cup coffee\, the bands blend is quintessentially Brazilian with an American twist. Susan Conant\, flutes; John Holenko\, mandolin; Tom Noren\, seven string guitar and Jonathan Kennedy\, bass cover a varied collection of choro (lighthearted Afro-European mix)\, samba (the raucous music of Carnival) and bossa nova (Brazils distinctive contribution to jazz) tunes. Throughout the concert\, Noren\, a native of Rio\, provides a musical guidebook to Brazil. The band balances expert instrumental technique with a laid-back groove in an entertaining and informative program of well-known and unusual Brazilian tunes. Tickets are $25 for members and $35 for guests. To purchase tickets\, call 843-723-9912 or click here.
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/music-at-the-library-porto-seguro/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190125T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190125T200000
DTSTAMP:20260403T192906
CREATED:20220208T205714Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220208T205714Z
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SUMMARY:2019 Gala with Judge Richard Gergel & John Huey
DESCRIPTION:2019 GALA WITH JUDGE RICHARD GERGEL & JOHN HUEY \n$350 per person – For tickets\, call 843-723-9912 \nWe are thrilled to return to our Main Reading Room for a lovely Gala seated dinner on January 25th. Guests will be enlightened by Judge Richard Gergel and John Huey’s discussion of Gergel’s book\, Unexampled Courage: The Blinding of Sgt. Isaac Woodard and the Awakening of President Harry S. Truman and Judge J. Waties Waring.
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/2019-gala-with-judge-richard-gergel-john-huey/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190130T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190130T120000
DTSTAMP:20260403T192906
CREATED:20220208T205605Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220208T205605Z
UID:10000942-1548844200-1548849600@charlestonlibrarysociety.org
SUMMARY:CLS Book Club: Two For One Selections
DESCRIPTION:CLS BOOK CLUB – TWO FOR ONE. TWO SELECTIONS. TWICE THE FUN. \nCLS Book Club returns with a new twist. Patrons can choose to read either Kate Atkinson’s Transcription or Michael Ondaatje’s Warlight\, or both! We will discuss both novels and find their commonalities. Free with RSVP . To RSVP\, call 843-723-9912 or email dreutter@charlestonlibrarysociety.org \nTRANSCRIPTION – \nIn 1940\, eighteen-year old Juliet Armstrong is reluctantly recruited into the world of espionage. Sent to an obscure department of MI5 tasked with monitoring the comings and goings of British Fascist sympathizers\, she discovers the work to be by turns both tedious and terrifying. But after the war has ended\, she presumes the events of those years have been relegated to the past forever. \nTen years later\, now a radio producer at the BBC\, Juliet is unexpectedly confronted by figures from her past. A different war is being fought now\, on a different battleground\, but Juliet finds herself once more under threat. A bill of reckoning is due\, and she finally begins to realize that there is no action without consequence. \nTranscription is a work of rare depth and texture\, a bravura modern novel of extraordinary power\, wit and empathy. It is a triumphant work of fiction from one of the best writers of our time. \nWARLIGHT – \nFrom the internationally acclaimed\, best-selling author of The English Patient: a mesmerizing new novel that tells a dramatic story set in the decade after World War II through the lives of a small group of unexpected characters and two teenagers whose lives are indelibly shaped by their unwitting involvement. \nIn a narrative as beguiling and mysterious as memory itself–shadowed and luminous at once–we read the story of fourteen-year-old Nathaniel\, and his older sister\, Rachel. In 1945\, just after World War II\, they stay behind in London when their parents move to Singapore\, leaving them in the care of a mysterious figure named The Moth. They suspect he might be a criminal\, and they grow both more convinced and less concerned as they come to know his eccentric crew of friends: men and women joined by a shared history of unspecified service during the war\, all of whom seem\, in some way\, determined now to protect\, and educate (in rather unusual ways) Rachel and Nathaniel. But are they really what and who they claim to be? And what does it mean when the siblings’ mother returns after months of silence without their father\, explaining nothing\, excusing nothing? A dozen years later\, Nathaniel begins to uncover all that he didn’t know and understand in that time\, and it is this journey–through facts\, recollection\, and imagination–that he narrates in this masterwork from one of the great writers of our time.
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/cls-book-club-two-for-one-selections/
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