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  • May 2015

  • Mon 4
    May 4, 2015 @ 9:30 am - 2:00 pm

    Grimke Sisters Exhibit

    The Charleston Library Society will host a “Grimke Sisters” exhibit featuring books and archival materials relevant to the abolitionist sisters.  The exhibit will be available for viewing during regular library hours. Sarah Moore Grimke (1792-1973) and Angelina Emily Grimke (1805-1879), known as the Grimke sisters, were 19th century Southern American writers, orators, educators, and Quakers […]

  • Tue 5
    May 5, 2015 @ 9:00 am - 5:00 pm

    Lowcountry Giving Day

    To donate to the Library Society for giving day, please click here https://lowcountrygivingday.org/#npo/charleston-library-society Lowcountry Giving Day 2014 raised a total of $4,003,591.62 from 7,166 individuals for 93 participating nonprofits, the highest amount collected in 24 hours of giving in similar challenges among all 50 states. Will you help us #LiftTheLowcountry a second time? Hosted by […]

  • Wed 6
    May 6, 2015 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

    American Debut of Bernard Cornwell’s Best Selling Book: Waterloo

    American Debut Bernard Cornwell’s best-selling book WATERLOO Talk followed by book-signing and reception Members:  $10 Non-Members $15 For tickets, please click here or call (843) 723-9912 Waterloo: The True Story of Four Days, Three Armies and Three Battles by Bernard Cornwell  ‘Some battles change nothing. Waterloo changed almost everything.’ Bestselling author Bernard Cornwell is celebrated for his ability […]

  • Thu 7
    May 7, 2015 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

    Speaker Series: Firoozeh Dumas

    The Charleston Library Society invites you to join us for a lecture and book signing with Firoozeh Dumas.  To RSVP to this event, please call (843) 723-9912 or email mstokenberry@charlestonlibrarysociety.org New York Times Bestselling Author of Funny in Farsi: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America and Laughing Without an Accent Firoozeh Dumas was born in Abadan, Iran […]

  • Sat 23
    May 23, 2015 @ 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm

    Spoleto: Conversations with Martha Teichner

    May 23, 24, 30 and June 6 Spoleto: Conversations with Martha Teichner To RSVP to these events, please click here. Held in the beautiful Main Reading Room of the Charleston Library Society, CBS correspondent Martha Teichner will lead intimate conversations with festival artists about the creative process and their experiences at Spoleto Festival USA. Saturday, May […]

  • June 2015

  • Fri 5
    June 5, 2015 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

    Pat Conroy and the Story River Authors

    Join Pat Conroy and a number of his Story River Authors including Maggie Schein, John Lane and Bernie Schein. For tickets, please click here or call (843) 723-9912 $10 members, $15 nonmembers Maggie Schein- Lost Cantos of the Orobourous Caves A collection of fables in the literary tradition of Italo Calvino (if he were a Taoist seeker), Lost […]

  • Thu 11
    June 11, 2015 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

    Speaker Series: Adam Mendelsohn

    The Rag Race How Jews Sewed Their Way to Success in America and the British Empire ·         Adam D. Mendelsohn To RSVP, please email mstokenberry@charlestonlibrarysociety.org or call (843) 723-9912 · “The Rag Race traces the involvement of Jewish immigrants in the shmatte business, and draws connections between that involvement and the economic ascent of Jews in America.” […]

  • Thu 18
    June 18, 2015 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm

    Speaker Series: Peg Eastman

    Speaker Series: Peg Eastman- St. Philip’s Church of Charleston, An Early History of the Oldest Parish in South Carolina To RSVP- please email mstokenberry@charlestonlibrarysociety.org or call (843) 723-9912 St. Philip’s Church was commissioned shortly after the Carolina colony was founded in 1670.  Because the Church of England was the established Church, St. Philip’s tried to […]

  • Fri 19
    June 19, 2015 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pm

    A Night in Monte Carlo!

    Come enjoy an evening of food, drinks, and games. 8:00pm to 11:00pm Black Tie Encouraged Purchase your Tickets Here

  • Mon 22
    June 22, 2015 @ 5:30 pm - 8:30 pm

    Treat Yourself to a Virtuoso Evening with Maestro Matteo Fedeli

    The Charleston Library Society, 164 King Street, will host two concerts by violin virtuoso Maestro Matteo Fedeli, A Stradivari for the People, Saturday, June 20th and Monday, June 22nd to benefit The Gaillard Performance Hall Foundation. In the intimate and beautiful setting of the Charleston Library Society, Fedeli will play the precious violin of Antonio Stradivari 1715 “Ex […]

  • August 2015

  • Thu 20
    August 20, 2015 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

    Music at the Library: John Tecklenburg- History of Fud Livingston

    Joseph Anthony (Fud) Livingston (April 10, 1906- March 25, 1957) was an American jazz clarinetist, saxophonist, arranger, and composer.  He co-wrote the jazz and pop standard “I’m Thru With Love”, and played with several bands, including Glenn Miller.  Join us as John Tecklenburg takes us on a journey through the colorful life of “Uncle Fud”, combining […]

  • Tue 25
    August 25, 2015 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

    Speaker Series: Peter Stambler

    Dr. Stambler was born in Washington. Educated at Yale, Carnegie Tech Drama School, and Syracuse. He taught creative writing, literature, cultural history at the North Carolina School of the Arts, University of Wisconsin – Green Bay, Hong Kong Baptist, and the University of the Arts – Philadelphia where he served as Dean of Liberal Arts […]

  • Thu 27
    August 27, 2015 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

    Speaker Series: Dick Wall

    To RSVP to this event, please call (843) 723-9912 or email mstokenberry@charlestonlibrarysociety.org Carol Wall, living in a lily-white neighborhood in Middle America, is at a crossroads in her life. Her children are grown; she has successfully overcome illness; her beloved parents are getting older. One day she notices a dark-skinned African man tending her neighbor’s […]

  • September 2015

  • Thu 10
    September 10, 2015 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

    Music at the Library: Chamber Music Charleston- Rock and Rondo

    For tickets, please click here or call (843) 723-9912 The 2015 Mozart In The South Festival opens with a special performance at the Charleston Library Society.  Musicians of CMC trade in their formalwear for jeans and leather as they rock out to the music of Michael Jackson and The Beatles with some Mozart thrown in for good […]

  • Tue 15
    September 15, 2015 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm

    Life Long Learning: Steve Gavel

    Etruscan, Roman and Early Byzantine Art $200 members, $250 nonmembers To RSVP- please email mstokenberry@charlestonlibrarysociety.org, call (843) 723-9912 or CLICK HERE.

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