CHARLESTON, SC – Charleston County Public Library (CCPL) will open the renovated Edgar Allan Poe/Sullivan’s Island Library (Poe Library), located at 1921 Ion Ave., on Tuesday, March 25. The public is invited to attend a ribbon cutting ceremony...
Thanks to your nominations, we are finalists in three categories for the Charleston City Paper's 2025 Best of Charleston Awards! They include Best Local Podcast, Best Library and Best Place to Work. We are so appreciative of your support and we'd...
March is Women's History Month, a celebration of women's contributions to history, culture and society. It's been observed annually in March since 1987 in the United States.
The 2025 Women’s History Month theme is “Moving Forward Together! Women...
Join us for composting workshops with Charleston Composts at the Baxter-Patrick James Island Library!
Children’s Session: Thursday, March 13 at 1 PM
We’ll learn all about what compost is and the environmental benefits of it. Through engaging...
Charleston, SC – The Charleston County Public Library (CCPL) proudly announces the release of the 300th episode of the Charleston Time Machine, the award-winning history podcast hosted and produced by CCPL Historian Dr. Nic Butler. Since the...
Join the Charleston County Public Library and the South Carolina Stingrays hockey team for Library Day 2025 as we celebrate Summer Readers! The game is Sunday, February 23 at 3:05 p.m. at the North Charleston Coliseum located at 5001 Coliseum Drive...
Join Dean Calbreath, author of The Sergeant, for a slide-show and lecture on the life of Nicholas Said, from his birth in an ancient African kingdom to his travels through the palaces of the Ottoman Empire and Europe, to his life in the United States...
Join the Charleston County Public Library in celebrating Black History Month throughout the month of February as we recognize the achievements of African Americans and their role in history. Explore our collection and programs including author talks...
Frederick Douglass (1818–1895) was a towering figure in the history of the United States, occupying the vanguard of the nation’s struggle for African-American civil rights during the nineteenth century. Near the end of a career spanning six decades...
Orange trees and their delicious fruit are not native to North America, but they form a curious and poorly-remembered chapter in South Carolina’s early history. During the second quarter of the eighteenth century, British settlers planted thousands...