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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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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!

Feminist Film Club: The Slits

Film Is Truth's Feminist Film Club presents: HERE TO BE HEARD: THE STORY OF THE SLITS is a film about the world's first all girl punk band who formed in London in 1976, contemporaries of The Clash & The Sex Pistols, they are the pioneering godmothers of the musical movement known as "Punky Reggae." The film tells the story of the band […]

Hannah Mayree / Strong Sun Moon / Dr. See

Alternative Library 519 E Maple St, Bellingham, WA

Join us for a night of music and collaboration through woven connections! Doors at 7:30pm; Music at 8:00pm $8 admission supports the artists and the AltLib Hannah Mayree - Original banjo prog-folk music combined with participatory co-creation of musical harmony. Mayree is a storyteller and creates the musical backdrop weaving in folk music as a […]

Hooves & Beak / Glass Heart String Choir / India Glover

Doors at 7:30pm; Music at 8:00pm $7 supports the artists and the AltLib Hooves & Beak returns to the AltLib with performances from India Glover and Seattle's Glass Heart String Choir! Hooves and Beak is a chamber-pop quartet led by harpist, Whitney Flinn, and joined by bass, violin, and percussion~ https://hoovesandbeak.bandcamp.com/album/white-teeth-ep Glass Heart String Choir […]

Poetrynight

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

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

Sub.Media’s “Trouble”

Alternative Library 519 E Maple St, Bellingham, WA

Mental Health in all its complexities is a topic that impacts just about everyone... and yet is rarely talked about. Ableism, rooted in an assumed mental wellness, is prevalent even among communities that fight against other oppressive social norms such as hetero-patriarchy and institutionalized racism. For those of us experiencing depression, psychosis or any other […]

Volunteers’ Meeting

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

Rebel Movie Night!

The IWW branch of Whatcom-Skagit is hosting a screening of Sorry to Bother You Come gather with your IWW comrades at the AltLib for a radical screening!