The second longest running Bellingham poetry group - Poetrynight. All people are invited to join the group any Monday night at 7pm. You don’t have to be a writer to participate as readers of all ages are always invited to sign up to read between 7-7:30. Not all works must be originals. Poetrynight got […]
Every Wednesday is our weekly volunteer meeting, where we discuss the goings on and future of the AltLib!
As part of the Bellingham Film Coalition, Whatcom-Skagit IWW presents... Harlan County, USA, a 1976 Oscar-winning documentary film covering the "Brookside Strike" in Harlan County, southeast Kentucky, in 1973. They say in Harlan County There are no neutrals there You'll either be a union man Or a thug for J.H. Blair. --Which Side Are You […]
Doors at 7:30pm; Music at 8:00pm $6-10 supports the artists and the AltLib Bobby Petite is a no-frills band that creates art for music lovers. With a keen sense of direction, they bring sauce and soul to their frequent live performances. The band is currently working towards recording songs and touring regionally in the Pacific […]
From folk fingerpickin' to airy a capella, this show presents warm, down-to-earth local comrades! Doors at 7:30pm; Music at 8:00pm $6-10 supports the artists and the AltLib Alexander - David Shapiro is a musician from New Haven, CT, who performs and records solo guitar music under the name Alexander. Their sets range from finger-style acoustic […]
The second longest running Bellingham poetry group - Poetrynight. All people are invited to join the group any Monday night at 7pm. You don’t have to be a writer to participate as readers of all ages are always invited to sign up to read between 7-7:30. Not all works must be originals. Poetrynight got its […]
Every Wednesday is our weekly volunteer meeting, where we discuss the goings on and future of the AltLib!
The Alternative Library's Future Jazz series, explores work from modern experimental composers and improvisers in the field of jazz~ Doors at 7:30pm; Music at 8:00pm $10 supports the artists and the AltLib Naomi Moon Siegel returns to Bellingham, touring her latest record, Live at Earshot, recorded at the Earshot Jazz Festival on October 17, 2017 […]
Doors at 7:30pm; Music at 8:00pm $6-10 supports the artists & AltLib
April is National Poetry Month so we're booking a whole slew of poets to keep your Monday nights busy. Tonight we have Kami Westoff and Elizabeth Vignali. As usual signup for the open mic starts around 7 and we'll have our features reading about halfway through. Elizabeth Vignali is an optician and writer in the […]
Every Wednesday is our weekly volunteer meeting, where we discuss the goings on and future of the AltLib!
As part of the Bellingham Film Coalition, Whatcom Peace & Justice Center presents… "Harvest of Empire," based on the book by award-winning journalist and Democracy Now! co-host Juan González. By featuring stories from a wide array of immigrants, rarely seen archival material, and interviews with prominent activists, "Harvest of Empire" takes an unflinching look at […]
Signups start at 7:00pm; performances start at 7:30pm The Artist’s Open Stage is a night of creative expression: a sharing of words, music, movement, and ideas. Please join us every third Thursday by performing or curling up on the couch and enjoying the variety of talent our community has to offer. AltLib is always ALL […]
Deeply idiosyncratic folk music, transcending time and space with visions from every corner fo the world! Doors at 7:30pm; Music at 8:00pm $10 supports the artists and the AltLib PAUL METZGER - A master on a self-built 23 string banjo, Paul Metzger's idiosyncratic & deeply original long form improvisations bring to mind American primitive guitar, […]
Come to the AltLib for a night of experiments in light and sound from multimedia artists both local and international ~ Doors at 7:30pm; Performances at 8:00pm $6-10 supports the artists and the AltLib WWU ELECTROACOUSTIC ENSEMBLE The WWU Electroacoustic Ensemble will present recent fixed media work within a larger improvisational framework involving live tape […]
com·mun·ion kəˈmyo͞onyən noun 1. the sharing or exchanging of intimate thoughts and feelings, especially when the exchange is on a mental or spiritual level.
International Workers of the World unite! Whatcom and Skagit IWW chapters host a monthly communion of comrades
First Matter Press is a writers’ collective in Portland, Oregon intent on embodying community and self-ownership. Because the publishing industry imposes extensive barriers to publication of experimental and self-aware waves of literature, we have made it our mission to dissolve those obstacles while facilitating writer influence over the definition of quality writing. Check them out […]
Feel free to show up without any prior attendance to this open discussion on one of the most foremost scriptures in Hinduism - the Bhagavad Gita!
Every Wednesday is our weekly volunteer meeting, where we discuss the goings on and future of the AltLib!
A festival of biological art that combines life sciences with creativity, featuring the work of local artists and musicians! A festival of biology-inspired art--celebrating the diversity, history, and beauty of life on Earth! Featuring works by local artists and musicians. Visual artists: Benferd Rollins -- Soaring Bird, Sleeping River Sana Witham -- Bee Fractal Ashly […]
Doors at 7:30pm; Music at 8:00pm $8 supports the artists and the AltLib Kristin Allen-Zito is a songwriter well known for being the lead singer of the electro-punk band The Trucks. However she is also a solo artist whose songs are rooted in the folk idiom, strongly influenced by pop and indie-rock. http://www.kristinallenzitomusic.com/ Hooves & […]
Doors at 7:30pm; Music at 8:00pm $6-10 supports the artists and the AltLib Babe Waves - LAST SHOW! https://babewaves.bandcamp.com/ No Guts https://www.facebook.com/NoGutsBand/ Mira Death (PDX) https://www.facebook.com/miradeath/ The Wednesdays https://www.facebook.com/itswednesdaybaby/ RSVP and more info: https://www.facebook.com/events/345547862731256/ AltLib is always ALL AGES NOTAFLOF
BOW DOWN to the SOUND...! Doors at 7:30pm; Music at 8:00pm AltLib is always ALL AGES~ Featured acts include: Neil Welch Video Arena
It's the last poetrynight of National Poetry Month, and we've got another local poet to share with you. As usual, we'll start with open mic, give our feature some time and then close out with whoever didn't get a chance to read. Nate Witham is a monstrous mountain man from Montana; with venison tendons in […]
Feel free to show up without any prior attendance to this open discussion on one of the most foremost scriptures in Hinduism – the Bhagavad Gita!
Every Wednesday is our weekly volunteer meeting, where we discuss the goings on and future of the AltLib!
Doors at 7:30pm; Performance at 8:00pm Tatsuya Nakatani returns to Bellingham to lead a performance of the Nakatani Gong Orchestra (NGO), a nomadic, large ensemble contemporary sound art project, featuring 10 performers bowing and striking large gongs under Nakatani's conduction. In the last decade, the NGO has performed hundreds of concerts involving thousands of participants […]
Doors at 7:30pm; Music at 8:00pm AltLib is always ALL AGES~ The final round of Sounds of the Underground, Western Washington University's battle of the bands. Here, previous rounds' winners will compete before a panel of judges represented by different music industry professionals from around the PNW. The winner will secure a spot on the […]