With the continued success of its relaunch early last year, look forward to Life-long Learning returning seasonally in a daytime format. As the rules for identification of species became more defined and scientific methods more advanced, our natural history has become easier to study, understand, and appreciate. We owe this process of discovery to a […]
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 Susanna, our Children's Services Coordinator. She will be reading […]
All land, whether urban or rural, wild or toxic, holds a deep cultural and ecological history. It is this layered history of a site that must be critically researched and then transformed to endure for future generations. It is because of this mentality that Nelson Byrd Woltz (NBW) is one of the most in-demand and […]
The acclaim for Beth Webb's design work hails from her skill to embody organic elegance in each home she styles. In her latest release with Rizzoli, Embracing Beauty, Webb shares fourteen homes she's meticulously crafted, pulling inspiration from her experience as an art dealer. From her personal home in Brays Island to a storybook residence […]
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 Susanna, our Children's Services Coordinator. She will be reading […]
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, our part time Children's Librarian. She will be […]
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 a member of our team to read in the […]
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 a member of our team to read in the […]
RESCHEDULED FROM MARCH 5TH James Beard Foundation award winner (five times over, no less) Shane Mitchell may dislike grits, but her family has deep roots in the South. Braving the wilds that most of us call home, indoor and out, Mitchell has used her time as a food journalist to cultivate an exploratory and tasty […]
Debuting the Bond Street Speaker Series: Enhancing democracy and community through an appreciation of our cultural institutions. In 1831, Alexis de Tocqueville toured America and visited Charleston in search of the special ingredient that made America’s democracy so powerful. What he discovered was that the glue that created community and civic discourse was its profoundly […]
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, our part time Children's Librarian. She will be […]
Please join us for our New Member Orientation! Every second Monday of the month, we host our newest members of the CLS family for a fun and informative tour of the facility, including key information on utilizing Library resources, an exploration of some of the treasures from the CLS archives, a visit to the Igoe […]
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 a member of our team to read in the […]
Oftentimes the land we interact with daily has more history than we realize – from urban environments and greenspaces to the places we call home. And for some, home is a fairway, stretching greens and bunkers that abound. Tom Coyne gave us a taste last Fall of walking the greens of America's golf courses, and […]
CLS Book Club is FREE, in-person, and open to the public—and also member-researched and led through thoughtfully curated discussion. Whether you’ve finished the book, are thinking about starting it, or couldn’t make it past the halfway point, please join us. RSVP is required via the form below so that we can plan for seating. About […]
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 a member of our team to read in the […]
Interviews with living presidents, noted presidential historians, and treasured personal experience from the Carter administration comprise David Rubenstein's latest publication, The Highest Calling. With an enlightening overview of arguably the single most important position in the world – Rubenstein returns to the Library Society to share the rich combination of history, interviews, and anecdotes, where […]
Join us for the final concert of the CSO’s Chamber Music series at the Library Society, this spring featuring Schubert’s Trout Quintet. Enjoy engaging repertoire that will feature both classical favorites and modern innovations in an intimate setting. ARTISTS Tom Hicks, Piano Micah Gangwer, Violin Jan-Marie Joyce and Sadie Nichols, Violas Benjamin Mekinulov, Cello Christian […]
Please join us for a conversation with Amy Griffin and Ashley Graham as they discuss The Tell, Griffin’s newly released memoir. In The Tell, Amy Griffin shares an intimate exploration of the experiences that have shaped her life. Through themes of resilience, vulnerability, and the power of owning one’s truth, this memoir serves as a […]
Join us for the final concert of the CSO’s Chamber Music series at the Library Society, this spring featuring Schubert’s Trout Quintet. Enjoy engaging repertoire that will feature both classical favorites and modern innovations in an intimate setting. ARTISTS Tom Hicks, Piano Micah Gangwer, Violin Jan-Marie Joyce and Sadie Nichols, Violas Benjamin Mekinulov, Cello Christian […]
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, our part time Children's Librarian. She will be […]
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 a member of our team to read in the […]
Gilded staterooms, acres of landscaped gardens, private apartments, secret corridors, and even an iconic bell system comprise the stately Blenheim Palace, one of the most visited and renowned of all Britain's stately homes. We are privileged to host the twelfth generation of Blenheim's proprietors, Lady Henrietta Spencer-Churchill, interior designer and daughter of the 11th Duke […]
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 a member of our team to read in the […]
We are thrilled to invite you to our latest addition to the social calendar – Member Mingle also known as Cocktail Hour, Happy Hour or 5 o'clock somewhere – a meet and greet opportunity without any programmatic component. Held on the third Wednesday evening of each month and open to all members, we hope you'll […]
Returning to the Main Reading Room, welcome lauded and bestselling author of The Secret Book of Flora Lea, Patti Callahan Henry, for her pub week debut of The Story She Left Behind – the emotional tale of a legendary book, a lost mother, and a daughter's search for them both. In a special debut appearance […]
The Library Society and Drayton Hall are thrilled to welcome A-list designer Timothy Corrigan to share his latest book, At Home in France, just ahead of the opening of The Charleston Show, where he will host as the honorary chair for the weekend. Corrigan joins us for a special in-depth discussion of his most recent […]
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, our part time Children's Librarian. She will be […]
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 a member of our team to read in the […]
Money laundering is the process of making the proceeds of criminal activity appear to have been legally obtained – simply put – make “dirty” money look “clean”. According to the IMF and World Bank, criminals “launder” an estimated 2 to nearly 4 Trillion Dollars each year and use the global financial system to support their […]
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 a member of our team to read in the […]
What an honor it is to welcome back Jenna Bush Hager, this time accompanied by her sister, Barbara Pierce Bush, to Charleston after Jenna's recent visit to support the Book Drop initiative. America's beloved sister-duo and former first daughters join us at Grace Church Cathedral to present their most recent publication, I Loved You First, […]
With conservation at the core of our mission, we look forward to this opportunity to explore a related and unique correlation to film. The history of cinema can be traced back to the late 19th century, and today archival films are to be treasured. The Library Society, in partnership with the Nuovo Cinema Italian Film […]
As a special installment of our beloved Bindery workshops, our Director of Development Jen Comer and Director of Conservation James Davis have collaborated to invite you for an exploration of the early 5th-century history of illuminated manuscripts and the traditional materials that were used to create them. During the session, you will “walk” the Silk […]
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, our part time Children's Librarian. She will be […]
With great success from last year's Life Long Learning Course on the Music of Vietnam Era, Dana Beach and Teddy Gilbreth return for another six-part series exploring the distinctive music of South & North Carolina, from its diverse array of originating influences to the wide-ranging diaspora of its impact. The unique cross-section of community, class, […]
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 Justine, our Children's Programming Coordinator, to read in the […]
Due to the high enthusiasm surrounding Story Time and Tiny Tales, we will be offering this to members only. To join the Library Society, please click here. Join us for our new addition to the Rabbit Hole! During this half- hour, baby-centered program, children ages 0-2 and their parents/caregivers will join Justine, our Children's Programming […]
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 Justine, our Children's Programming Coordinator, to read in the […]
A memoir, its writer, and the American dream. Author and Jewish Studies professor F.K. Clementi joins us to present her memoir, South of My Dreams, the unapologetic journey through the trials and tribulations that garner the American Dream. Simultaneously merciless and humorous, F. K. Clementi's memoir is ultimately an inspiring account of a woman's disillusionment […]
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, our part time Children's Librarian. She will be […]