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, […]
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 […]
Every Wednesday is our weekly volunteer meeting, where we discuss the goings on and future of the AltLib!
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 […]
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International Workers of the World unite! Whatcom-Skagit IWW host a monthly communion of comrades
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 […]
Every Wednesday is our weekly volunteer meeting, where we discuss the goings on and future of the AltLib!
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 Thollem's Electric Confluence is exactly what you'd think Omni-Idiomatic music influenced by cultures from Ethiopia, Japan, China, Persia, Latin America, Ireland, Indonesia, Vietnam, […]
Expect anything to happen at this talent-laden bill encompassing dream pop to no wave and more. NEW ISSUE Formerly known as Hungry Cloud Darkening, New Issue is an Anacortes-based trio whose members also play with Mount Eerie and Ever Ending Kicks. For their most recent EP, they recorded as a Farfisa/Acetone organ trio. "Blending […]