NY Times Bestselling author Jon Meacham will visit The Charleston Library Society to discuss his latest book, The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels with former Time, Inc. Editor in Chief, John Huey. In this timely look at tumultuousRead more
Join us to hear from the Germany-based artist duo Böhler & Orendt who will create an immersive installation in the galleries of the Halsey Institute. Naming it a “makeshift transdimensional stopover camp,” the installation will consist of several tents throughRead more
NY Times Bestselling author Dorothea Benton Frank dishes the latest Lowcountry dirt on her newest novel, By Invitation Only, at the Charleston Library Society, and despite the title, this ticketed event is open to the public! By Invitation Only tells the tale ofRead more
Join the Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art for artist talks with Titus Brooks Heagins, Susan Worsham, Stacy Kranitz, and Thomas Rankin in conjunction with Southbound: Photographs of and about the New South. Southbound: Photographs of and about the New South is anRead more
Regina Marler, editor of Selected Letters of Vanessa Bell, and Sarah Milroy, curator of the recent Vanessa Bell exhibition at Dulwich Picture Gallery London, discuss the modernist painter, a pivotal figure in 20th century British art - as innovative as her sister Virginia WoolfRead more
David Hare was recently described by the Washington Post as "the premier political dramatist writing in English." His stage plays include the Tony Award nominated Plenty, Racing Demon, and Skylight, and his screenplays include Damage, The Hours, The Reader, and Denial. His memoir, The Blue Touch Paper, is a frank account ofRead more
In the era of populism, Christopher Dickey, World News Editor of The Daily Beast, and David Hare, British playwright renowned for his state of the nation dramas, discuss the implications of the Trump regime in the US and Brexit in the UKRead more
Sounds of the South is a symposium focused on the evolving historical and contemporary music of the American South. The symposium features lectures by renowned historians, ethnomusicologists, musicians, and Southbound photographers, with presentations on subjects ranging from praise-house history toRead more
The Charleston Mercury presents author Shay McNeal as she speaks about her recent book, The Road to Trump. A country divided will fall into the abyss it creates. The Road to Trump chronicles the most pressing issues the United States facedRead more
Over recent months and years, as white Southerners’ hold over Southern history and memory is called into question, landscapes in the South are experiencing profound change. Monuments to the region’s charged past continue to be contested and removed from statehouse grounds,Read more
