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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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Poetrynight ft Igor Brezhnev

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. Sign-ups for the open mic start around 6:45. First half of the reading starts at a […]

Volunteers’ Meetin’

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

Poetrynight: Anniversary Double Feature!

Guest host: Tiffany Geaudreau! On the fourth wedding anniversary gifts of fruit or flowers are traditionally exchanged between the married couple. Featuring at a poetry open mic is close enough? Four years ago, Ellie and Danny surprised their friends, the bartender, the other patrons with a wedding at the Copper Hog. You are cordially invited […]

KZAX Presents: Karl Blau, Calvin Johnson, and Kristin Allen-Zito

$10-$15 sliding scale Doors at 8pm; Music at 8:30pm KZAX Presents is a concert series brought to you by Bellingham's freeform community radio station KZAX-Lp 94.9 FM, featuring independent artists from the PNW and West Coast hosted in different spaces throughout the City of Subdued Excitement! We're very excited this July to be hosting an […]

Bellingham Sunrise Youth Movement Kickoff Event

Alternative Library - CLASSROOM 519 E. Maple St. , Bellingham, WA

Sunrise Bellingham is having a kick-off meeting on Wednesday, July 17th at 6-8 pm at the Alternative Library. The meeting will be in the side classroom. Sunrise is building a movement of young people to stop climate change and create millions of good jobs! Join up to fight for a Green New Deal at all […]

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Volunteers’ Meetin’

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

Ivan Sandomire / Marlo Mudd / Pat Keen / Magic Forest Fiddlers

Doors at 7:30pm; Show at 8:00pm $6-10 supports the artists and the AltLib Summer songwriter feature with: Pat Keen -- https://patkeen.bandcamp.com/ Marlo Mudd -- marlomudd.bandcamp.com Ivan Sandomire -- https://soundcloud.com/ivansandomire Magic Forest Fiddlers -- https://www.instagram.com/magicforestfiddlers/

Heddwen / Larsen Gardens / Meghan Yates

The Alternative Library presents a night of beautifully crafted alternative folk music from Seattle's Heddwen and Larsen Gardens, joined by Bellingham's Meghan Yates. Heddwen is an original alt-folk duo with singer-songwriters Riley Skinner and Katie Rudman, featuring complex harmonies over simple folk progressions. They are based in Seattle, WA. www.heddwen.com Larsen Gardens is the project […]

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