In late September 1775, elements of the Royal Navy and South Carolina’s provincial army exchanged threats and postured aggressively within Charleston Harbor, but neither side possessed sufficient martial confidence to initiate the use of lethal force...
Charleston County Public Library and Pet Helpers present the Third Annual Pet Fashion Show! Join us on Saturday, Feb. 7 at 10 a.m. at Baxter-Patrick James Island Library as our furry friends from Pet Helpers strut the catwalk for our very own Project...
Dive into family fun and creativity with Piccolo Spoleto at the library. Events are free, but tickets are required for ALL events.
• Special Performances at Main Library •
Important! Tickets are required for these events and are only available at...
TEEN SPRING READING CHALLENGE
Calling all high school students at Dorchester, Keith Summey North Charleston, and Otranto libraries! Join the Pages of Prevention Reading Challenge from February 3 - April 30 for a chance to win amazing prizes! Earn...
From the dawn of the Carolina Colony to the early twentieth century, residents of rural Charleston County enjoyed no police protection beyond their own vigilance. Ancient customs, imported from England and transformed by the institution of slavery...
Dive into family fun and creativity with Piccolo Spoleto event two library branches! Events are free, but registration or tickets are required for ALL event, due to limited space.
Artist Workshop with Karen Jayne
Craft 3D nature art with wire...
Phebe Fletcher was an intriguing woman of eighteenth-century Charleston whose unconventional lifestyle earned both derision and respect from her neighbors. Born to a respectable family of unknown origin, she was “seduced” from the bounds of...
The end of May is almost here and so is Piccolo Spoleto! This year, the Piccolo Spoleto festival is celebrating its 45th season and will kick off on May 26 through June 11th. CCPL is so excited to host six great Piccolo Spoleto shows at Main Library...
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 upscale...
Charleston on the peninsula called Oyster Point became the capital of South Carolina in 1680, but plans for the port town commenced nearly a decade earlier. One of the first steps in its creation was an act of displacement ignored by later...