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 […]
Sacred Medicine For The Modern Mind by Eric Johnson Join us for an introduction to Amazonian plant medicine from a Bellingham-based author, followed by a reading from the book, and ending with a Q&A. Free event.
Every Wednesday is our weekly volunteer meeting, where we discuss the goings on and future of the AltLib!
On his debut release "Y Los Lonely Hipsters", Garrett T. Capps offered the world a hometown anthem in the form of “Born In San Antone” - a South Texas rock ’n soul epic and the most recent song about the Alamo City to reach a wider consciousness this side of Charley Pride or Bob Wills, […]
RAS presents BLKSKNN with local support from The Rhetorician and CHRVNS! BLKSKNN With a surge of local music scenes taking off in new new and unusual places, the world has come to hear some of the most creatively diverse music of our time. BlkSknn is an emerging artist out Seattle, Washington providing a new refreshing […]
Cybersecurity 202 - Interwebs Anonymity: How to censor your face when you use Snapchat. This workshop focuses on the feeling you get when you know some fed is sitting in a desk silently cursing the heavens as they futilely try to decrypt your message to a fellow comrade after hours, succeeding only to find a cat […]
Join Seattle marimbist Erin Jorgensen for JS Bach's famous cello suite played on a beautiful five-octave marimba and pancakes made on the spot. Absolutely all ages and families of all kinds are welcome! Come find out why Seattle Weekly named Pancakes & Bach "he year’s most charming chamber-music concerts" and Seattle Magazine called it "the […]
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!
Doors at 7:30pm; Music at 8:00pm $6-10 supports the artists and the AltLib Based in Bellingham, WA, and Portland, OR, Go Slowpoke is the project of Tom J. Ferrell, Kevin Lee, and Peter William Woiwod. Their influences include The Raveonettes, John Lennon, Lightning Dust, Jens Lekman, and the Dixie Chicks. https://goslowpoke.bandcamp.com/ Sweet Creature Rabbit underground, […]
Have you submitted a poem to the Sue C. Boynton Poetry Contest only to be disappointed by rejection? Well, if so, here’s your chance to show your stuff! Poetrynight and the Boynton Selection Committee are teaming up to bring you the Boynton Bouncers! A showcase of the best (worst?) poems you DIDN'T get accepted to […]
Every Wednesday is our weekly volunteer meeting, where we discuss the goings on and future of the AltLib!
DAWN BOMBS If you took three jazz musicians steeped in Vampire Weekend's off-kilter psych pop along with Local Natives alternative indie rock, you might get close to Bellingham's The Dawn Bombs. Perfect for private candlelit evenings, festival circuits, or ideally dirty house shows, The Dawn Bombs craft left-field experimental doowop with intricate harmonies and complicated […]
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-Skagit IWW host a monthly communion of comrades
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 $6-10 supports the artists and the AltLib Thollem's Electric Confluence is exactly what you'd think Omni-Idiomatic music influenced by cultures from Ethiopia, Japan, China, Persia, Latin America, Ireland, Indonesia, Vietnam, […]
Expect anything to happen at this talent-laden bill encompassing dream pop to no wave and more. NEW ISSUE Formerly known as Hungry Cloud Darkening, New Issue is an Anacortes-based trio whose members also play with Mount Eerie and Ever Ending Kicks. For their most recent EP, they recorded as a Farfisa/Acetone organ trio. "Blending […]
+++Come BOW DOWN to the SOUND+++ NOISE CHURCH is our occasional Sunday special feature of avant-garde performance, improvised music, and experimental electronics. Doors at 7:30pm ++ Music at 8:00pm ++ $6 suggested cover ~AltLib is always ALL AGES~ Featuring: BEETLE BOX Beetle Box is a solo artist splitting time between Little Rock, Arkansas and Grand […]
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!
Ambient and experimental pop at the AltLib Doors at 7:30pm; Music at 8:00pm $6-10 supports the artists and the AltLib World Record Winner - On this tour World Record Winner will perform as a duo, with Emmet Martin controlling cassettes, tape loops, and ambience, while also singing songs on guitar. They will be joined by […]
GORDON KEEPERS A veteran of the Portland, Oregon music scene, singer-songwriter Gordon Keepers returns to Bellingham in a reprise of his April show at the Alt Lib--but this time, he's bringing his full band. MAGNOLIA BASEBALL Magnolia Baseball plays songs about worms, hunks, and ants. "At first Johnny wasn't here and we were like, […]