November is National Native American Heritage Month where we recognize the contributions, achievements and sacrifices of Native American people, the first inhabitants of the United States. It's also a time to celebrate their rich and vibrant culture...
Petit Versailles, a lost residence in suburban Charleston, linked the tragic stories of two women who expired prematurely during the second quarter of the eighteenth century. The house fronting the Cooper River was built for Elizabeth Gadsden but...
Charleston County Public Library (CCPL) has partnered with the Charleston Literary Festival to provide you access to titles being featured in the festival. The 2023 festival is November 3 - 12. This collaboration is part of an ongoing effort to...
The Hurd/St. Andrews Library is hosting a series of programs in celebration of National Novel Writing Month 2023 (NaNoWriMo) for teens and adults. Every November, writers around the world work toward writing 50,000 words of a novel in 30 days...
Charleston County Public Library (CCPL) will open the renovated Village Library, located at 430 Whilden St in Mount Pleasant (map), on Monday, Oct. 30. The public is invited to attend a ribbon-cutting ceremony beginning at 9 a.m. at the branch. “We...
CHARLESTON, S.C. – The Charleston County Public Library (CCPL) will be spending the week of Oct. 15-21 celebrating its Charleston Friends of the Library (CFOL) group as part of the 18th annual celebration of National Friends of Libraries Week.
The...
At the beginning of the eighteenth century, South Carolina’s colonial government raised a fortified trace of earthen walls and moats around the nucleus of urban Charleston. These defensive works constrained the town’s growth for more than twenty...
CHARLESTON, S.C. – A set of new Book Club Kits, featuring a fictional story centered in a domestic violence relationship, is now available for borrowing at the Charleston County Public Library (CCPL). The kits feature the best-selling novel “It Ends...
This October, The Charleston County Public Library is highlighting teen services during TeenTober! Developed by the Young Adult Library Services Association’s (YALSA), this month-long event strives to raise awareness of the importance of year-round...
Maritime traffic between Charleston and various ports in the Spanish-speaking Americas was once an important part of the local economy. Prohibited by British law for most of South Carolina’s colonial century, commerce with Cadiz, Havana, Vera Cruz...