Workshop // Introduction to BookBinding

Charleston Library Society 164 King Street, Charleston, SC, United States

Join our resident bookbinder and conservator, James Davis, to learn the art of hand bookbinding and walk away with your very own journal. Starting with paper, board, and thread, students will be instructed on the techniques and practices of constructing a well made blank book from scratch. Each journal will feature hand stitching and decorative marbled […]

Saturday Story Time In The Rabbit Hole – Mother’s Day

Due to the high enthusiasm surrounding Story Time, we will be offering this to members only. To join the Library Society, click here. Please 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 Kenna, who led our CAMPS in the STACKS this […]

Free

Story Time In The Rabbit Hole – Magical Things

Due to the high enthusiasm surrounding Story Time, we will be offering this to members only. To join the Library Society, please click here. 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 Zora, our incredible Childrens’ Library Coordinator. She will be […]

Free

Fellows Exclusive: CLS Wine Club Launch

Charleston Library Society 164 King Street, Charleston, SC, United States

On May 16th from 5:00–7:00PM, we will host our first-ever Wine Club. This fun idea bloomed down in the Fellows Lounge this winter during one of our lively Fellow Happy Hours. Our gracious hosts—each hailing from storied outings and clubs centered around the complexities of wine—have agreed to share wit and wisdom twice a year. […]

Story Time In The Rabbit Hole – Magical Things

Due to the high enthusiasm surrounding Story Time, we will be offering this to members only. To join the Library Society, please click here. 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 Zora, our incredible Childrens’ Library Coordinator. She will be […]

Free

Karen White Channels the Spirit of New Orleans

Charleston Library Society 164 King Street, Charleston, SC, United States

Join Buxton Books and CLS for a special evening with Karen White, an author with an uncanny sense of place. She conveys the spirit of a setting, and its inhabitants, through vivid detail and nuance. In her latest book, The House on Prytania, she takes things one step further, conjuring literal spirits to deepen her characters' […]

Saturday Story Time In The Rabbit Hole – Ribbit Ribbit

Due to the high enthusiasm surrounding Story Time, we will be offering this to members only. To join the Library Society, click here. Please 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 Kenna, who led our CAMPS in the STACKS this […]

Free

Story Time In The Rabbit Hole – Cars and Trucks

Due to the high enthusiasm surrounding Story Time, we will be offering this to members only. To join the Library Society, please click here. 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 Zora, our incredible Childrens’ Library Coordinator. She will be […]

Free

Speaker Series: India in Fashion with Caroline Rennolds Milbank

Charleston Library Society 164 King Street, Charleston, SC, United States

In conjunction with Rizzoli’s recent release, India in Fashion—a stunning survey and visual feast of a book on which she was a collaborator and contributor—the fashion historian Caroline Rennolds Milbank will join us for a special discussion on the aesthetic and cultural history of one of the country’s most recognizable symbols: the sari. As a […]

CLS BOOK CLUB featuring Barbara Kingsolver’s Demon Copperhead

Charleston Library Society 164 King Street, Charleston, SC, United States

Join us on May 24, from 10:30AM–12:00PM, for a discussion of Barbara Kingsolver's newest novel, Demon Copperhead. Fans of this prolific author won't want to miss this exploration of her 2022 stunner, a Dickensian tale set in Southern Appalachia.  The CLS Book Club has become a space for conversations about wide ranging topics. A FREE, in-person event […]

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Story Time In The Rabbit Hole – Cars and Trucks

Due to the high enthusiasm surrounding Story Time, we will be offering this to members only. To join the Library Society, please click here. 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 Zora, our incredible Childrens’ Library Coordinator. She will be […]

Free

Speaker Series: Forbes Books CEO Adam Witty on Entrepreneurship and Building Authority

Charleston Library Society 164 King Street, Charleston, SC, United States

Join us for a conversation on entrepreneurship and building authority with Adam Witty, CEO of Forbes Books and co-author of The Authority Advantage. Witty is a local business entrepreneur who adopted our beloved Charleston as his home nearly 20 years ago and has since been deeply committed to growing and celebrating all that the community […]

Story Time In The Rabbit Hole – The Beach

Due to the high enthusiasm surrounding Story Time, we will be offering this to members only. To join the Library Society, please click here. 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 Zora, our incredible Childrens’ Library Coordinator. She will be […]

Free

Story Time In The Rabbit Hole – The Beach

Due to the high enthusiasm surrounding Story Time, we will be offering this to members only. To join the Library Society, please click here. 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 Zora, our incredible Childrens’ Library Coordinator. She will be […]

Free

Story Time in the Rabbit Hole — Ribbit Ribbit Frog

Charleston Library Society 164 King Street, Charleston, SC, United States

Due to the high enthusiasm surrounding Story Time, we will be offering this to members only. To join the Library Society, please click here. Join us for our beloved Story Time in the Rabbit Hole! During this hour long, kid-friendly program, children and their parents/caregivers will join Kenna, a longtime presence in our Children's Library who […]

Free