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While we are in transition and searching for a stable home base, we will continue to produce events with some of our neighborhood partners.

The AltLib Popup Series will present roving events to continue supporting expansive art projects and dig deep for uncommon cultural exchanges. If you’re interested in setting up a show with us, please read our booking page and send us an e-mail.

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Trouble Screening

We will be hosting a monthly showing of the Sub.Media documentary series, "Trouble", which features news and analysis from ongoing social movements and struggles. sub.Media's Trouble is a documentary series offering an in-depth anarchist analysis of current struggles, tactics and movement dynamics. Trouble broadcasts first-hand accounts and perspectives from organizers on the ground, with the […]

Film: “Blue Collar”

As part of the Bellingham Film Coalition, Whatcom-Skagit IWW presents... Three workers, Zeke (Richard Pryor), Jerry (Harvey Keitel), and Smokey (Yaphet Kotto), are working at a car plant and drinking their beers together. One night, when they steal away from their wives to have some fun, they get the idea to rob the local union's […]

Film: Chameleon Street

As part of the Bellingham Film coalition, the Alternative Library presents... William Douglas Street is bored with his life. Working for his father is getting to him, his wife wants more money, and he's had enough. His solution is to re-invent himself. He becomes a chameleon, taking on whatever role suits the situation. From reporter […]

Film: “Making Waves: The Rebirth of the Golden Rule”

Join Veterans For Peace Chapter 111, The Whatcom Peace & Justice Center, and the Bellingham Film Coalition (Alternative Library, Film Is Truth 24 Times A Second, Whatcom-Skagit IWW + WPJC) for a special screening and discussion of the film, "Making Waves: The Rebirth of the Golden Rule." This 25-minute documentary covers the history of the […]

Cléo from 5 to 7

As part of the Bellingham Film Coalition, Film Is Truth presents Agnès Varda’s 1962 film Cléo de 5 á 7, an example of French New Wave cinema that grapples with themes of mortality, the idea of despair, and the struggle to lead a meaningful life. Takes place in Paris in the two hour space following […]

An Evening of Folk Music & Film with Behind the Mountain Yarns

Behind the Mountain Yarns is a film and curation project exploring the state of contemporary folk music and its relationship to place and community. The project was dreamed into being by Dana Anastasia and Kestral Laipply, two artists whose lives revolve around music and who perform together in their duo Twin Whistle. The artists produce […]

Other Music Documentary – Virtual Screening

Independent bookstores and record stores are more vulnerable in today's media landscape than they've ever been, and the onset of the Covid-19 global pandemic, further harshens the conditions. This is why the producers of the new documentary on NYC record store Other Music have decided to release their film online through a network of independent […]

Fleegix Film Screening // Spine Readers

Friday, July 23rd; 7:00pm Come through the backyard this week to catch a screening of Matt Thurber’s feature-length film, Fleegix, projected on 16mm with live narration performed by the director! Bring a dish (or not) and join us for a potluck dinner at 7:00pm, then witness a sunset performance from the Spine Readers, one of […]

$6

Sea Masons – 16mm Film Screening

Flow Shala 203 W. Chestnut Street, Bellingham, WA

Capacity will be limited to 35 attendees. RSVP will be made available soon ~ This performance will be presented at the Flow Shala yoga studio, located on the lower floor of 203 W. Chestnut Street. Facemasks must be worn throughout the evening Somewhere in the Anthropocene, a salmon appears in Manode’s driveway– an invitation to […]

Indie Film Bazaar

A showcase of independent films from local experimental filmmakers! $6-12 supports the filmmakers and the AltLib Doors at 8:00pm Screenings at 8:30pm Featuring works from: Elle Ramey Glasse Sulai Lopez Arnold Gallows Moose Kinsey Iris Christensen Oliver Gibbons There MAY be POPCORN! ALL AGES NOTAFLOF

$6 – $12