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 $10 supports the artists and the AltLib Naomi Moon Siegel returns to Bellingham, touring her latest record, Live at Earshot, recorded at the Earshot Jazz Festival on October 17, 2017 […]
Doors at 7:30pm; Music at 8:00pm $6-10 supports the artists & AltLib
April is National Poetry Month so we're booking a whole slew of poets to keep your Monday nights busy. Tonight we have Kami Westoff and Elizabeth Vignali. As usual signup for the open mic starts around 7 and we'll have our features reading about halfway through. Elizabeth Vignali is an optician and writer in the […]
Every Wednesday is our weekly volunteer meeting, where we discuss the goings on and future of the AltLib!
As part of the Bellingham Film Coalition, Whatcom Peace & Justice Center presents… "Harvest of Empire," based on the book by award-winning journalist and Democracy Now! co-host Juan González. By featuring stories from a wide array of immigrants, rarely seen archival material, and interviews with prominent activists, "Harvest of Empire" takes an unflinching look at […]
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Signups start at 7:00pm; performances start at 7:30pm The Artist’s Open Stage is a night of creative expression: a sharing of words, music, movement, and ideas. Please join us every third Thursday by performing or curling up on the couch and enjoying the variety of talent our community has to offer. AltLib is always ALL […]
Deeply idiosyncratic folk music, transcending time and space with visions from every corner fo the world! Doors at 7:30pm; Music at 8:00pm $10 supports the artists and the AltLib PAUL METZGER - A master on a self-built 23 string banjo, Paul Metzger's idiosyncratic & deeply original long form improvisations bring to mind American primitive guitar, […]
Come to the AltLib for a night of experiments in light and sound from multimedia artists both local and international ~ Doors at 7:30pm; Performances at 8:00pm $6-10 supports the artists and the AltLib WWU ELECTROACOUSTIC ENSEMBLE The WWU Electroacoustic Ensemble will present recent fixed media work within a larger improvisational framework involving live tape […]
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.