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  • March 2026

  • Fri 13

    Workshop // Introduction to Book Binding

    March 13 @ 9:30 am - 1:00 pm Workshops
    Charleston Library Society 164 King Street, Charleston, SC, United States

    Join the Charleston Library Society's conservation team 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 paper […]

    Get Tickets $295.00 – $335.00 1 ticket left
  • Fri 13

    Maritime Power Before the Making of America

    March 13 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Lite Lunch
    Charleston Library Society 164 King Street, Charleston, SC, United States

    Join early American historian Benjamin C. Schaffer who reveals a number of lesser-known truths about America's earliest naval forces in his new book, The First Fleets: Colonial Navies of the British Atlantic World, 1630-1775. As both factual resource and engrossing narrative, the book provides insight into the newly established British colonies of pre-Revolutionary America, and […]

    $25.00 – $35.00
  • Sat 14

    Saturday Story Time In The Rabbit Hole – Rainbows

    March 14 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am Story Time in The Rabbit Hole
    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 Shannon, our part-time Children's Librarian. She will be reading in […]

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  • Mon 16

    Life Long Learning: The Originals in Fashion & Design // Six-week Course

    March 16 @ 10:30 am - April 27 @ 12:00 pm Life Long Learning Courses
    Charleston Library Society 164 King Street, Charleston, SC, United States

    The trendsetters of the last 20 years may, in fact, take direction from those before (or even before). Join fashion historian Caroline Rennolds Milbank and former interiors designer Diana Hambleton for an engaging Life Long Learning course to delve into the true originals of each category, and the lasting influence of each on what remains […]

    Get Tickets $185.00 – $235.00 13 tickets left
  • Tue 17

    If These Walls Could Talk // The White House

    March 17 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Spring 2026
    Charleston Library Society 164 King Street, Charleston, SC, United States

    As part of our ongoing reflection on our nation’s 250th Anniversary year, we have a unique opportunity to host Stewart McLaurin, President of the White House Historical Association, for a special talk centered around 225 Years of the White House. Following the critical role played by South Carolina in the revolution, and given the specific local […]

    Get Tickets $10.00 – $15.00 96 tickets left
  • Tue 31

    ‘Malice in Wonderland’ // Hugo Vickers on Cecil Beaton

    March 31 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Summer 2025
    Charleston Library Society 164 King Street, Charleston, SC, United States

    Visiting from the UK, author and renowned speaker Hugo Vickers brings us Malice in Wonderland, an investigation into the whirlwind life of the photographer, diarist, painter, interiors and costume designer that was Sir Cecil Walter Hardy Beaton. Cecil Beaton invited Hugo Vickers to be his authorized biographer only days before his unexpected passing. Undeterred, Vickers […]

    Get Tickets $25.00 – $35.00 181 tickets left
  • April 2026

  • Thu 9

    Republic and Empire // Andrew O’Shaughnessy

    April 9 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Fellows Member’s Events
    Charleston Library Society 164 King Street, Charleston, SC, United States

    Join us in partnership with the South Carolina Historical Society as we approach our country's 250th anniversary — we have explored many different angles of the Revolution – those specific to South Carolina, further narrowed to the Lowcountry, the thirteen colonies as a whole, and much, much more. But what of the Loyalists? Those who […]

    Get Tickets $10.00 – $55.00 216 tickets left
  • Thu 16

    Bond Street REIT Speaker Series // Deepak Srivastava

    April 16 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Bond Street REIT Speaker Series
    Charleston Library Society 164 King Street, Charleston, SC, United States

    Join us for the first of this year's Bond Street Series, focused on the importance of cultural institutions in fostering creative conversation and enhancing opportunities for democratic engagement. Founder of Bond Street REIT, Michael Reynolds, will host a rare conversation with Special Guest Deepak Srivastava, President of Gladstone Institutes in California, and one of the […]

    Get Tickets $10.00 – $15.00 235 tickets left
  • June 2026

  • Mon 8

    CAMP in the STACKS 2026: Myths & Magic in the Stacks

    June 8 @ 9:00 am - June 12 @ 12:00 pm Camp in the Stacks 2026
    Charleston Library Society 164 King Street, Charleston, SC, United States

    Week 1: JUNE 8th - JUNE 12th Join CLS for Camp in the Stacks, Summer 2026! In this, the first week of Camp in the Stacks, we will dive into our favorite stories to make friends with magical creatures, and then invent our own brand-new magical creature friends! Please fill out the waiver form linked […]

    Get Tickets $50.00 – $275.00 20 tickets left
  • Mon 8

    June New Member Orientation

    June 8 @ 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm Summer 2026
    Charleston Library Society 164 King Street, Charleston, SC, United States

    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 […]

    RSVP Now Free 18 spots left
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