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.
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EVENTS CALENDAR
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.
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 […]
Volunteers’ Meetin’
Every Wednesday is our weekly volunteer meeting, where we discuss the goings on and future of the AltLib!
Future Jazz: Thollem’s Electric Confluence
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, […]
New Issue / Wrinkles / The Censors / Bird & Shooter
Alternative Library 519 E Maple St, Bellingham, WAExpect 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 […]
$6 – $10
+++N O I S E+++ ++C H U R C H++
Alternative Library 519 E Maple St, Bellingham, WA+++Come BOW DOWN to the SOUND+++ NOISE CHURCH is our occasional Sunday special feature of avant-garde performance, improvised music, and experimental electronics. Doors at 7:30pm ++ Music at 8:00pm ++ $6 suggested cover ~AltLib is always ALL AGES~ Featuring: BEETLE BOX Beetle Box is a solo artist splitting time between Little Rock, Arkansas and Grand […]
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!
Glass Egg / Ends / World Record Winner
Alternative Library 519 E Maple St, Bellingham, WAAmbient and experimental pop at the AltLib Doors at 7:30pm; Music at 8:00pm $6-10 supports the artists and the AltLib World Record Winner - On this tour World Record Winner will perform as a duo, with Emmet Martin controlling cassettes, tape loops, and ambience, while also singing songs on guitar. They will be joined by […]
$6 – $10