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

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

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

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

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

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

The Library Society is beyond lucky to host the author A.J. Finn as he tours promoting his best-selling debut novel The Woman in the Window. Tickets are $5 for members and $10 for nonmembers. To purchase tickets, call 843-723-9912 or click here. Intricate, atmospheric, and utterly spellbinding, THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOW is one of the most […]

The Charleston Library Society welcomes Stephen Kurkjian, critically-acclaimed author and Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter, as he speaks about his recent art heist thriller, Master Thieves. Tickets are $10 for members and $15 for nonmembers. To purchase tickets, please call 843-723-9912 or click here. The story of the biggest theft in art history– Master Thieves It is a case defined […]

David Rawle makes you think. And he inspires you to listen. From a life well lived, well traveled, well read, David has distilled to complex and the complicated question of “What Matters” into a thought-provoking and delightful talk with observations that are at once personal and universal. You will recognize and relate to what he […]

The Charleston Jewish Community Center Without Walls (JCC WOW) is hosting, “Pauline Sokol Nakios, Pivots” as part of its 2018 season roster of programs in coordination with the new Lexus Charleston Fashion Week off-site community events throughout the city. Designer and well-known former Charlestonian, Pauline Sokol Nakios will discuss the “pivots” in her life: balancing […]

Join us as we host Pulitzer Prize finalist, Larrie D. Ferreiro as he discusses his most recent book, Brothers at Arms: American Independence and the Men of France and Spain Who Saved It. This event is free and open to the public. To RSVP, call 843-723-9912 or email dreutter@charlestonlibrarysociety.org.  Pulitzer Prize Finalist in History – Winner of the Journal of […]

Charleston Library Society presents Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award winner Colson Whitehead at the Charleston Music Hall! The Library Society is excited to host award-winning and best-selling author Colson Whitehead as he celebrates the paperback tour of The Underground Railroad.  Colson Whitehead is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Underground Railroad, which […]

Mostly Baroque- A Dramatic Evening of Music The Baroque period is making its return to the halls of the Library Society. Join us for this special performance featuring Volodymyr Vynytsky, Natalia Khoma and Yuriy Bekker as they present music from the great classical masters of the Baroque period. Dramatic lighting, grandeur musical pieces, and a […]

Barbara L. Bellows’ most recent book, Two Charlestonians at War: The Civil War Odysseys of a Lowcountry Aristocrat and a Black Abolitionist, has been described as “a Faulknerian saga of two South Carolina men” and also recommended by Dr. Walter Edgar as “required reading for anyone interested in the history of the American South.” In her […]

Every month come try your hand at a new maker activity at the Charleston Library Society! Drop in between 10AM and 2PM to learn a new skill. Kits will be available in the Rabbit Hole for families to use at the Library for the following month. This month we focus on felting! Needle felting is […]