

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Meet the Author: Kardea Brown
- **Event Start and End Date**: Fri, 16 Jan, 2026 at 07:30 pm – Fri, 16 Jan, 2026 at 09:30 pm
- **Event Description**: Spend an evening with Kardea Brown, Food Network star and New York Times bestselling author, as she discusses her newest cookbook, Make Do with What You Have.

During this free event, Kardea will be in conversation with food influencer KJ Kearney, sharing stories from her culinary journey and taking a deeper look at how her Gullah Geechee heritage shapes her cooking. Following the talk, Kardea will sign books, and All Good Books will have copies of Make Do with What You Have available for purchase.

An ASL interpreter will be provided for this event.

This author talk will be livestreamed. Watch live on Richland Library's YouTube channel here: https://youtube.com/live/JTpDULSXTZ8

More info: https://www.richlandlibrary.com/event/2026-01-16/meet-author-kardea-brown
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/columbia/meet-the-author-kardea-brown/200029450204044
- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 391

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: http://facebook.com/200029450204044?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=columbia-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Columbia
- **state**: SC
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 1431 Assembly St., Columbia, SC, United States, South Carolina 29201
- **lat**: 34.00395
- **long**: -81.03763
- **full address**: 1431 Assembly St., Columbia, SC, United States, South Carolina 29201

## Event Organizer details

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- **organizer**: Richland Library (https://allevents.in/org/richland-library/26015951)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Fri, 16 Jan, 2026 at 07:30 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 1431 Assembly St., Columbia, SC, United States, South Carolina 29201
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Richland Library
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** art, literary-art
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Meet the Author: Kardea Brown ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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