As the ever-brilliant webcomic xkcd recently pointed out, "there's no reason to think that people throughout history didn't have just as many inside jokes and catchphrases as any modern group of high-schoolers." Tonight at the Library Society, we'll see another riff on the same theme. Dr. Nic Butler will present "Concert Night in Colonial Charleston; Or, How to Snare a Mate With Music". Nic wrote the excellent Votaries of Apollo: The St. Cecilia Society and the Patronage of Concert Music in Charleston, South Carolina, 1766-1822 (USC Press, 2007), and probably knows more about Charleston nightlife circa 1770 than anyone else around.
So if you're ready to find out about the colonial equivalent to our modern club scene, you need to get down here. Personally, I'm enjoying the mental image of a illuminated underfloor dancing surface, a la Club Light over on East Bay Street, existing in the 1700's. Fire, metal grating, etc.... it might actually be an improvement over the real Club Light.
7PM tonight, in the Main Reading Room. Free. There will be audio and visuals accompanying the talk, which Nic promises "will be light, fun, and just a little scandalous."
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