The Piccolo Spoleto Festival
The Piccolo Spoleto Festival, a two-week celebration of literature, film, music, dance, theatre, and visual arts in lovely Charleston, South Carolina, opens this Memorial Day weekend. The festival, now in its 34th year, runs nearly 700 events at many locations around town. Of particular interest to you, dear readers, would be the literary lectures and book signings held at the Charleston Society Library. Our own Nick Basbanes will be there on Thursday, May 31, to tell stores of the "Gently Mad" and to sign copies of the new edition of A Gentle Madness, just published by Fine Books Press. The festival opens on Friday, May 25 and runs through June 10. You can download a program guide or ticket information here.
"Contrappunto," the official festival poster (seen here), was designed by Linda Elksnin.
