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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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Classroom: Tai Chi

Alternative Library 519 E Maple St, Bellingham, WA

Start the day with intention A step-by-step hour of meditational movement

Volunteers’ Meeting

Alternative Library 519 E Maple St, Bellingham, WA

Every Wednesday is our weekly volunteer meeting, where we discuss the goings on and future of the AltLib!

Fragments of A WAKE in progress…

Alternative Library 519 E Maple St, Bellingham, WA

Fragments of A WAKE in Progress - A 24-hour festival of performance and installation art, celebrating the 11th anniversary of the AltLib! AltLib Fundraiser, death/rebirth festival/ritual A wake for print media, a wake for libraries, a wake for originality, a wake for truth, a wake all night long ~ Featuring installation and performance from... Lori […]

Poetrynight

Alternative Library 519 E Maple St, Bellingham, WA

The second longest running Bellingham poetry group- poetrynight. All people are invited to join the group any Monday night at 7 pm.  You don’t have to be a writer to participate as readers of all ages are always invited to sign up to read between 6:30-7:00. Not all works must be originals. Poetrynight got its start […]

Classroom: Tai Chi

Alternative Library 519 E Maple St, Bellingham, WA

Start the day with intention A step-by-step hour of meditational movement

Machine Girl / 99jakes / Jerry Core / NAUTICULT

Doors open at 7:30; Music at 8:00pm $7 to support the artists! Machine Girl https://machinegirl.bandcamp.com/ 99jakes https://soundcloud.com/99jakes JERRY CORE https://jerrycore9000.bandcamp.com/ NAUTICULT http://nauticult.bandcamp.com/ RSVP and more info here: https://www.facebook.com/events/726806404331916/

Volunteers’ Meeting

Alternative Library 519 E Maple St, Bellingham, WA

Every Wednesday is our weekly volunteer meeting, where we discuss the goings on and future of the AltLib!

Classroom: 1631 Canvassing Workshop

Initiative 1631 moves to protect Washington's air and water by introducing a fee to the state's largest air polluters and reallocates the funds to better manage the state's natural resources and workers. Come gather and learn how to canvass door-to-door. The group will meet for 30 minutes to discuss I-1631 before hittin' the streets! For […]

Teach Me Equals / Crow Magnet / Blue Star / Rain Farmer

Alternative Library 519 E Maple St, Bellingham, WA

Doors open at 7:30; Music at 8:00pm $6 donation supports the artists! Join us for a night of eerie to ambient duets and solo performers! Teach Me Equals - While their base is rooted in classical instrumentation, the sounds have been mutated into an industrial form, all cold edges and a steely implacability. NEW MUSIC VIDEO via New […]

Incidental Music: Ross Hammond / Melanie Sehman

Doors at 7:30pm; Music at 8:00pm $6-12 donation supports the artists! Incidental Music is the sound of our environment and the sounds we contribute to it. Ross Hammond says of his book 'Rural Guitar' that it contains music to play on your porch, speaking to the way different environments shape musical choices. Melanie Sehman's percussion […]