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The Salons and Ballrooms of 1817 Charleston

Unitarian Church 4 Archdale Street, Charleston, SC, United States

Travel back 200 years to 1817 Charleston and listen to music from the bicentennial year of the Unitarian Church. On Friday, November 3 at 7:30 PM, Chamber Music Charleston with John Samuel Roper, flute; Sandra Nikolajevs, bassoon; Irina Pevsner, piano;Read more

$10 – $15

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

Harvest Festival

Mullet Hall Equestrian Center 861 Riverland Dr, Charleston, United States

Bring the family to celebrate a traditional Southern fall festival! The 16th annual Harvest Festival features down-home delights like a craft market, children's activities, and live foot-stomping bluegrass music from five bands! Plus enjoy beverages and food for sale, includingRead more

Free – $8

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

Reimagining Shakespeare: The Gap of Time

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

Shakespeare was a great re-imaginer, frequently basing his plays on existing stories. Jeanette Winterson's The Gap of Time is a response to his late play The Winter's Tale, which revolves around lost children, jealousy and salvation. The drama has personal significance forRead more

$50 – $150

To Kill a Mockingbird

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The Wizard of Oz

The Jill and John Chalsty Broadway Series the WIZARD OF OZ. There truly is no place like home as the greatest family musical of all time, the wonderful WIZARD OF OZ, twists its way into Charleston! The entire family will be captivatedRead more

$25 – $99

Virginia Woolf & Bloomsbury Painting: When are Words Not Enough?

Charleston Library Society 164 King Street, Charleston, United States

"What can six apples not be?" This was the question Virginia Woolf asked herself as she watched three Bloomsbury painters subject a small picture of apples by Cezanne to intense scrutiny. This is not the only moment when painting disturbedRead more

$15 – $25

Charleston & Sissinghurst: Preserving Artistic and Literary Legacies

Charleston Library Society 164 King Street, Charleston, United States

What is it like to grow up in an historic house and return years later to find tourists from all over the world wandering through the spaces you knew and loved as a child? Charleston and Sissinghurst are two ofRead more

$15 – $25