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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The Dawn Bombs / Jackie / Great Snakes

Come vibe out to local bands to help kickstart Better Days, a nonprofit geared toward civilian PTSD awareness/treatment! Doors at 7:30pm Music at 8:00pm $6-12 sliding scale Great Snakes: https://soundcloud.com/thesegreatsnakes https://www.facebook.com/thesegreatsnakes/ Jackie: https://jackie6.bandcamp.com/ The Dawn Bombs: https://www.thedawnbombs.com/ https://thedawnbombs.bandcamp.com/ The AltLib is always all ages!

Samara Jade Trio ~ Improvisation Workshop and Concert

"Philosopholk" songstress Samara Jade is coming to the Bellingham Alternative Library and will be presenting an afternoon workshop on Vocal Play and Exploration, followed by an evening concert with her trio of upright bass and trumpet, featuring local cartoon character, Devin Beu! Workshop at 5pm - $10 Concert at 7:30pm - $6-12 sliding scale ~~~ […]

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 in Stuart’s […]

Volunteers’ Meeting

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

Rebel Movie Night: An Injury to One

Whatcom-Skagit IWW as part of the The Bellingham Film Coalition presents.... AN INJURY TO ONE reconstructs the unsolved murder of union organizer Frank Little in Butte, Montana, and provides a corrective - and absolutely compelling - glimpse of a particularly volatile moment in early 20th century American labor history. Suggested donation is $5 Bellingham Film […]

DVSAS Benefit Show 1

The first of two shows at the AltLib in support of a massive fundraising effort for DVSAS, in collaboration with Make.Shift, featuring 17 bands playing across four shows in two venues! Doors at 7:30pm Music at 8:00pm With performances from: The City Hall The Beautiful Freaks Temple Canyon Foxing Gloves --- AltLib is always All […]

DVSAS Benefit Show 2

The second of two shows at the AltLib in support of a massive fundraising effort for DVSAS, in collaboration with Make.Shift, and featuring 17 bands playing across four shows in two venues! Doors at 7:30pm Music at 8:00pm With performances from: Tres Leches Porch Cat Power Strip Sweet Creature AltLib is always All Ages

Poetrynight ft Davy Jones

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 in Stuart’s […]

Volunteers’ Meeting

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

Cult Film: The Dark Crystal

The Bellingham Film Coalition presents.... Another planet, another time. 1000 years ago the Dark Crystal was damaged by one of the Urskeks and an age of chaos began. Now the time of the great conjunction of the three suns is near. If the crystal is not healed now the control of the evil Skekses will […]