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. The remarkable untold story of how the American Revolution'sRead more
Colson Whitehead is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Underground Railroad, which in 2016 won the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction and the National Book Award and was named one of the Ten Best Books of the YearRead more
Join us Thursday, March 22, 12 pm for lunch at Halls Signature Events when Charlotte Caldwell presents her new book The Faces of Local Food: Celebrating the People Who Feed Us. In The Faces of Local Food, we step outRead more
Charleston’s music scene is on the rise. Some have likened it to Austin, Texas twenty years ago, and many feel it’s on the precipice of taking off. For that anticipated growth to become a reality, a strong support structure needsRead more
In 1818, Joseph Jacotot, a French professor, determined to teach his native language at the University of Louvain in the Netherlands. Many of his students spoke only Flemish; Jacotot knew only French. How could he teach these students his nativeRead more
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 Faulkernian saga of two South Carolina men” and also recommended by Dr. Walter EdgarRead more
The British country house in all its opulence and refinement seems worlds away from the fetid horrors of a slave ship. However the trade in enslaved Africans and slave-produced goods fueled the wealth that funded the creation of many 17th-to-19th-centuryRead more
In our opening lunchtime lecture, Dr. Kathleen Brady will describe the state of the opioid epidemic in South Carolina and the nation at large. New, state-of-the-art treatments for opioid dependence are available, and Dr. Brady will discuss efforts to make theseRead more
Dr. David N. Schwartz will discuss his recent biography, The Last Man Who Knew Everything- The Life and Times of Enrico Fermi, Father of the Nuclear Age. This event is free and open to the public. To RSVP, call 843-723-9912 orRead more
Local author Cinelle Barnes will be joined in conversation with Jeanette Guinn, the Host of SC Public Radio(Arts Daily) to discuss her incredible memoir, Monsoon Mansion. To RSVP, please call 843-723-9912 or email dreutter@charlestonlibrarysociety.org Told with a lyrical, almost-dreamlike voice as intoxicatingRead more
