February is Healthy Relationship Month with My Sister

February is Healthy Relationship Month with My Sister's House

December 30, 2022

February is Healthy Relationship Month! We're partnering with My Sister's House, a local nonprofit, to help teach teens (grades 6-12) about healthy relationships. My Sister's House's mission works to bring comprehensive rehabiliation to those affe...

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Christmas and New Year’s Holiday Library Closures

Christmas and New Year’s Holiday Library Closures

December 19, 2022

All Charleston County Public Library branches and offices will be closed on the following days in observance of the Christmas holiday:

  • Thursday, Dec. 22 - Close at 5 p.m.
  • Friday, Dec. 23
  • Saturday, Dec. 24
  • Sunday, Dec. 25
  • Monday, Dec. 26

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The Ghost of Christmas Past: Joy and Fear during the Era of Slavery

The Ghost of Christmas Past: Joy and Fear during the Era of Slavery

December 16, 2022

During the era of legal slavery in the United States, most people living in bondage enjoyed a brief respite at Christmas. Their holidays often included celebratory meals, music, and dancing, sometimes in company with their White neighbors. This se...

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CCPL makes list of America’s Star Libraries for third year, earns highest five-star rating

CCPL makes list of America’s Star Libraries for third year, earns highest five-star rating

December 16, 2022

For the third consecutive year, Charleston County Public Library (CCPL) has been ranked among the top libraries in the U.S. in Library Journal’s Index of Public Library Service (Index). CCPL received a five-star rating in its peer group, the...

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Dungeons and Dragons in January 2023

Dungeons and Dragons in January 2023

December 15, 2022

 

Main Library will host Dungeons and Dragons One Shot for adults (18+)! Come and explore an exciting universe while making friends and building your storytelling skills. This will be a peer led group and al experience levels are welcome!

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What You Read: CCPL

What You Read: CCPL's Top Books in 2022

December 15, 2022

Whether you were by the beach with your favortie e-reader or tuning in chapter by chapter on your weekday commute, Charleston was reading! CCPL has compiled a list of your favorite ebooks and audio books in 2022. Many of the titles on this list yo...

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Nominate CCPL for the Best of Charleston Awards 2023

Nominate CCPL for the Best of Charleston Awards 2023

December 9, 2022

Do you want to show your love for the Charleston County Public Library? Here's one way you can!

The Charleston City Paper is accepting nominations for the Best of Charleston 2023 Awards and we'd love to have a nomination from you. You can show y...

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CCPL and CCSO open new library at Juvenile Detention Center

CCPL and CCSO open new library at Juvenile Detention Center

December 7, 2022

CHARLESTON, SC – The Charleston County Public Library (CCPL) in partnership with the Charleston County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) opened a library at the Charleston County Juvenile Detention Center on Tuesday, December 6. The detention center is...

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Park Circle: Vestige of the Original North Charleston Concept

Park Circle: Vestige of the Original North Charleston Concept

December 2, 2022

Long before the rise of the present municipality, a group of capitalists coined the name “North Charleston” in 1912 to describe a bold development scheme on the west bank of the Cooper River. The heart of the proposed 6,000-acre city was an upscal...

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The Grand Model: John Culpeper

The Grand Model: John Culpeper's 1672 Plan for Charles Town

November 18, 2022

How did a maritime forest between the rivers Ashley and Cooper become the urban streetscape we call Charleston? The spark of this long transformation occurred in 1672, when South Carolina’s Surveyor General drew a plan for a town on the verdant pe...

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