EVENTS CALENDAR

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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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Bach & Pancakes

Alternative Library 519 E Maple St, Bellingham, WA

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 […]

$6 – $12

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 […]

Volunteers’ Meetin’

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

I Love You Avalanche / Go Slowpoke / Sweet Creature / Porch Cat

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, […]

Poetrynight: Boynton Bouncers

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 […]

Volunteers’ Meetin’

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

Dawn Bombs / Idell Drive

Alternative Library 519 E Maple St, Bellingham, WA

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 […]

$6 – $10

11:11 Writer’s Communion

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.

IWW Meeting

International Workers of the World unite! Whatcom-Skagit IWW host a monthly communion of comrades

Poetrynight feat. Thollem

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 […]