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SUMMARY:Speaker Series: Sally Mott Freeman
DESCRIPTION:Join us to hear Sally Mott Freeman discuss her critically acclaimed book\, The Jersey Brothers: A Missing Naval Officer in the Pacific and His Family’s Quest to Bring Him Home. Boasting a rave review from The New York Times\, The Jersey Brothers tells the real- life survival tale of a trio of Navy brothers\nat the epicenter of World War II. To RSVP\, call 843-723-9912 or email dreutter@charlestonlibrarysociety.org \nThis extraordinary adventure of three brothers at the center of the most dramatic turning points of World War II is “liable to break the hearts of Unbroken fans\, and it’s all true” (The New York Times). \nThey are three brothers\, all Navy men\, who end up coincidentally and extraordinarily at the epicenter of three of the war’s most crucial moments. Bill\, a naval intelligence officer\, is tapped by FDR to set up and run his secret map room in the White House basement. Benny is the gunnery and antiaircraft officer on USS Enterprise\, one of the few ships to escape Pearl Harbor and\, by the end of 1942\, the only aircraft carrier left in the Pacific to defend against the Japanese. Barton\, the youngest\, gets a plum commission in the Navy Supply Corps because his mother wants him out of harm’s way. But this protection plan backfires when Barton is sent to Manila and listed as wounded and missing after a Japanese attack. Now it is up to Bill and Benny to find and rescue him… \nBased on a decade of research drawn from archives around the world\, interviews with fellow shipmates and POWs\, and half-forgotten letters stashed away in attics\, The Jersey Brothers is “a captivating tour-de-force” (San Antonio Express-News) that whisks readers from America’s front porches to Roosevelt’s White House to the battlefronts of the Pacific. But at its heart The Jersey Brothers is a family story\, written by one of its own in intimate\, novelistic detail. It is a remarkable tale of agony and triumph; of an ordinary young man who shows extraordinary courage as the enemy does everything short of killing him; and of brotherly love tested under the tortures of war. \n“The Jersey Brothers shines in singularity. A blend of history\, family saga and family questions\, Freeman’s book [is] a winning and moving success\, and adds an authoritative entry to the… vast canon of war literature” (Richmond Times Dispatch). \nSally Mott Freeman was a speechwriter and media and public relations executive for twenty-five years. She is currently Board Chair Emerita of The Writer’s Center\, the premier independent literary center in the mid-Atlantic. The Jersey Brothers is her first book.
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/speaker-series-sally-mott-freeman/
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SUMMARY:Coastal Conservation Book Launch: J. Henry Fair
DESCRIPTION:The Library Society and the Coastal Conservation League partner to celebrate the release of On The Edge: From Combahee To Winyah by J. Henry Fair\, the revered photographer and environmental activist. Fair uses pictures to tell stories about people and things that affect people; On the Edge\nis the first of his “Coastline” series and will surely delight all lovers of the Lowcountry. To RSVP\, call 843-723-9912 or email dreutter@charlestonlibrarysociety.org \nAbout the Book: On The Edge \nThis series is a portrait of the coasts before the major impacts of climate change and ocean rise take effect.Ironically\, just as these realities council a move of infrastructure away from the ocean\, coastal population density and infrastructure investment on the shore are rapidly increasing. \nSouth Carolina is blessed with a stunning wild and beautiful coastline that goes from wilderness wetlands to world-class beaches. \nIt is a gift that is the result of geography\, history\, and inaccessibility\, but the massive rush of people coming here to enjoy those amenities are overwhelming the existing infrastructure\, and any attempts to preserve this gem. \nFurthermore the combination of historic pollution issues\, and the pressure to explore for petroleum resources combine with the reality of climate-change driven impacts to threaten this fragile coast.
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/coastal-conservation-book-launch-j-henry-fair/
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SUMMARY:Music at the Library: The Zephyr Trio
DESCRIPTION:The Zephyr Trio plays a lively set of Celtic music – old and new – to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day in style. Three Charleston favorites: Karin McQuade (fiddle and vocals)\, Abigail Kent (award-winning harpist)\, and Susan Conant (flutes\, whistles\, vocals) collaborate for a new venture that showcases each of their distinctive gifts. Tickets are $25 for members and $35 for nonmembers. To purchase tickets\, please call 843-723-9912 or click here \nMcQuade and Kent formed a Celtic combo during their SOA years but split to explore different paths through college. Meanwhile\, Conant and McQuade fashioned a musical partnership while playing with local band\, Good Foot. As Zephyr\, the three join together to branch out in new directions. McQuade takes the lead with her stunning Gaelic vocals and unique fiddle style.  Harpist\, Abigail Kent\, a star in her own right\, alternates between providing a harmonic base and crafting brilliant solos. Conant helps knit the group together providing organizational structure while adding colorful accents on flute\, recorders\, whistles and back-up vocals. \nMcQuade explores styles ranging from Celtic music and gutsy contra dance tunes to oldie covers and indie originals with a diverse group of Charleston-based ensembles including Tea and Whiskey\, Contra Force\, Good Foot\, Na Fidlieri and Yr Lad.  She maintains a busy teaching studio and gigs throughout the Southeast. \nHarpist\, Abigail Kent\, is the 2017–19 touring “Concert Artist” of the American Harp Society after winning the prestigious Pan-American solo competition. Currently\, she is presenting solo recitals and teaching masterclasses throughout the US and Canada\, while also having been a featured harp soloist for the 2017 World Harp Congress in Hong Kong\, a Laureate Finalist at the 2017 Classics Alive management search in Los Angeles\, and named the February 2018 “New Artist of the Month” for Musical America International Magazine. Ms. Kent studied for a year at the Royal Academy of Music in London\, and then was selected as the Maryjane Mayhew Barton Fellow at The Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia where she graduated with the Landis Award for Excellence in Academics. Currently\, she is a Presidential Scholar studying with Emmanuel Ceysson\, Principal Harpist of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra\, in the Masters of Music program at Mannes School of Music in New York City. \nSusan Conant is a seasoned performer and teacher on flutes\, whistles and recorders. As Interim Music Director for the Unitarian Church in Charleston\, Conant conducts the choir and organizes and directs an energetic and diverse music program.  She has played in and for a variety of local ensembles including Brazilian music band\, Porto Seguro\, Duo Dos\, Charleston Pro Musica\, Good Foot\, Na Fidlieiri and the Charleston Symphony Spiritual Choir. Most recently she played recorder for the Charleston Symphony’s Harry Potter concert. She composes chamber music and has recorded two discs of her own compositions
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/music-at-the-library-the-zephyr-trio/
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SUMMARY:Evening Post Book Launch: John Warley
DESCRIPTION:Join Evening Post Books as the celebrate John Warley and his most recent book\, The Home Guard. To RSVP to this free event\, call 843-723-9912 or email dreutter@charlestonlibrarysociety.org \nBook Description: \nIn 1861\, a 12-year-old boy and his 80-year-old grandmother flee their elegant home along the Beaufort River to shelter in the wilderness of Cane Island\, South Carolina. They struggle to survive as the Civil War lays waste to the existence they’ve known and loved\, a way of life doomed from its unholy inception. Carter’s mother Anna has fled to Charleston\, along with most of his neighbors; his brother Preston is off fighting for the Confederacy; the family’s former slaves have looted his childhood home; and Union troops have commandeered his hometown. Meanwhile\, Carter’s charming\, cocksure cousin Gabe has asked him to spy for the Confederacy. In this classic coming-of-age story\, Carter Barnwell is thrust into an early manhood as he faces the challenges of living off the land\, caring for his ailing grandmother\, wrestling with his budding sexuality\, and wrangling with his awakening conscience. When he meets an abolitionist missionary from the north – who happens to be a beautiful young girl – Carter begins to see his world through new and critical eyes\, even as he maintains fierce loyalty to the people and homeland he loves. \nJohn Warley is an award-winning writer of fiction\, non-fiction and essays. His 2014 novel\, A Southern Girl\, was the first book published under the University of South Carolina Press’s Story River Books imprint\, Pat Conroy\, editor. His more recently published Stand Forever\, Yielding Never: The Citadel in the Twenty-first Century (Evening Post Books)\, documents the history of his alma mater for the half-century since General Mark Clark\, retired as its president in 1965. In addition to his Citadel degree\, Warley earned a J.D. from the University of Virginia Law School. He is the author of “The Citadel at War\,” a narrative history of the college incorporated into the school’s war memorial on the campus. He lives in Beaufort\, South Carolina.
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/evening-post-book-launch-john-warley/
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SUMMARY:Crafternoon: Hand Embroidery 2.0
DESCRIPTION:CRAFTERNOON:\nHAND EMBROIDERY 2.0 \nCrafternoon returns with our Special Collections Librarian\, Anna Smith!\nAnna will lead the class with classic hand embroidery techniques to embellish cocktail napkins with springtime themes. Each participant will receive a set of four cocktail napkins\, an embroidery hoop\, needle and thread. Light refreshments will be served. Space is limited\, so RSVP soon. For questions\, email asmith@charlestonlibrarysociety.org. $45 per person – To purchase tickets\, call 843-723-9912 or click here
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/crafternoon-hand-embroidery-2-0/
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