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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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Definitely, Maybe / Jackie / Razzleberry

Come out to the AltLib for a night of three groovy energetic bands that will get you dancing and thrashing about!!! Doors at 7:30pm; Music at 8:00pm $6-10 supports the artists and the AltLib Definitely, maybe is a Denver-based tender psych band formed by Carmine Gabbianelli in 2018. The live band features Ben Weirich's swirling […]

Anti-Semitism Movie with Q&A

For June's WPJC film night, we are watching the second volume of "Shoah" by Claude Lanzmann. Afterward, we will have a Q&A about anti-semitism hosted by local Jewish artist and activist Robert Yerachmiel Schneiderman. RSVP and more info: https://www.facebook.com/events/353691225501198/ AltLib is always All Ages

Poetrynight

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 […]

Classroom: Fiction Writing as an Act of Magick

Do you believe a story can change the world? Do you marvel that ink and tree pulp can conjure images in your mind, and stir up chemicals in your body? Ever wonder exactly how the story of your own life is less fictional than a story in a book? Do you want to feel something? […]

Volunteers’ Meetin’

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

Transtock!

Celebrate Trans Lives! Eat food, build community, hear great music! Left at London - Although Left At London mostly is known for her pop writing sensibility, she is mostly known for her deeply personal and introspective lyricism. Despite some of the songs subject matters being very specific to her life as a trans woman with […]

Future Jazz: Anthony Coleman

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 Anthony Coleman (born August 30, 1955) is an avant-garde jazz pianist. During the 1980s and 1990s he worked with John Zorn on Cobra, […]

Classroom: Chemical Weapons Medical Training

Medical support is at the heart of any movement, and chemical weapon countermeasures are vital for medical support. Join some comrades for a practical course on the latest in street medic technology! Taught by Joshua. The General Defense Committee (GDC) is a committee of and supports the revolutionary unionism of the Industrial Workers of the […]

Foxy Apollo / In Aisle Eight / Bobby Petite

Bend those knees & bob those heads to the groovy rhythm & blues tonight! $6-10 sliding scale supports the artists and AltLib Foxy Apollo https://www.facebook.com/foxyapollo/ Funky Blues out of Seattle In Aisle Eight https://www.facebook.com/inaisleeight/ A little bit of everything, but nothing you've ever heard before. Bobby Petite https://www.facebook.com/bobbypetite/ Jazz/rock and psychedelic/soul with a collective background […]

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Poetrynight

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 […]