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Poetry & Jazz: The In-Between With Marcus Amaker

City Gallery 34 Prioleau St, Charleston, SC, United States

// // <meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0; URL=/events/1139039039575801?_fb_noscript=1" />Poetry & jazz: The In-Between w/ Marcus Amaker// Classical soprano Jill Terhaar Lewis with jazz musicians Robert Lewis (saxophone) and Gerald Gregory (piano) explore repertoire that resides in and in between classical and jazzRead more

$16

Speaker Series: Eva Dillon

Charleston Library Society 164 King Street, Charleston, United States

We are delighted to host Eva Dillon to discuss her new, Kirkus starred reviewed memoir, Spies in the Family. Spies in the Family is a true-life thriller and revealing memoir from the daughter of an American intelligence officer.  At the height of ColdRead more

$5

Eva Dillon, Spies in the Family

Charleston Library Society 164 King Street, Charleston, United States

Join acclaimed author Eva Dillon at the Charleston Library Society on June 12 as she shares tales from her new book, Spies in the Family, a riveting true-life thriller and revealing memoir from the daughter of an American intelligence officer.Read more

Free – $5

Charleston Author Series presents Cate Lineberry at High Cotton

High Cotton 199 E Bay St., Charleston, SC, United States

Join us Friday, June 23 at noon for Blue Bicycle Books Charleston Author Series luncheon at High Cotton, as we welcome bestselling author Cate Lineberry for a discussion of her latest book, "Be Free or Die."        Read more

The Colour of Music Festival masterworks I: Hiawatha’s Wedding Feast

Charleston Gaillard Center 95 Calhoun Street, Charleston, SC

Join the Colour of Music Festival for a performance of Hiawantha’s Wedding Feast followed by the Black Classical Renaissance Gala Benefit. Maestro Kazem Adbullah will open the Colour of Music Festival’s Masterworks series, as he conducts Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s magnificent orchestra and choralRead more

$65 – $85

Bloomsbury & Charleston: Tradition and Modernism

Charleston Library Society 164 King Street, Charleston, United States

The city of Charleston in South Carolina and Charleston, a small farmhouse in Sussex, England, share the reputation of being epicenters of modernism in the first half of the 20th century. Charleston in the UK, the rural home of theRead more

$15 – $25

Reimagining Shakespeare: The Bard at Home and Away

Circular Congregational Church 150 Meeting Street, Charleston, SC, United States

Shakespeare is both omnipresent and mysterious. In his new novel, Fools and Mortals (published in the States early next year), Bernard Cornwell, the internationally bestselling author, explores the legends surrounding Shakespeare by recreating the life of the playwright's younger brother Richard.Read more

$50 – $150

Divided We Stand: The Battle Over Women’s Rights

Charleston Library Society 164 King Street, Charleston, United States

Marjorie Spruill's recent book Divided We Stand charts the history and aftermath of "the most important event nobody knows about" (Gloria Steinem): the National Women's Conference which took place in Houston in 1977. Did it pave the way for an irrevocableRead more

$15 – $25

Meditations on Greatness

Charleston Library Society 164 King Street, Charleston, United States

Ben Okri with Jonathan Green Against the backdrop of our troubling times, the poet and novelist Ben Okri offers a timely and timeless meditation on the qualities we need to survive and transcend the age in which we live. HisRead more

$15 – $25

Babyboomer Blues

Charleston Library Society 164 King Street, Charleston, United States

William Nicholson and Miranda Sawyer with Juliet Nicolson For some, life begins in middle age; for others, it is a time for stocktaking or even dread. Journalist and broadcaster Miranda Sawyer's mid-life crisis struck in her forties. It did notRead more

$15 – $25