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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Paul Metzger / Peader MacMahon Trio / John Saint Pelvyn

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, […]

Experiments in Sound and Light: Multimedia Artist Showcase!

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 […]

11:11 Writers’ 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.

Classroom: IWW Meetin’

International Workers of the World unite! Whatcom and Skagit IWW chapters host a monthly communion of comrades

Poetrynite ft First Matter Press

First Matter Press is a writers’ collective in Portland, Oregon intent on embodying community and self-ownership. Because the publishing industry imposes extensive barriers to publication of experimental and self-aware waves of literature, we have made it our mission to dissolve those obstacles while facilitating writer influence over the definition of quality writing. Check them out […]

Bhagavad Gita Book Club

Feel free to show up without any prior attendance to this open discussion on one of the most foremost scriptures in Hinduism - the Bhagavad Gita!

Volunteers’ Meetin’

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

Earth Night!

A festival of biological art that combines life sciences with creativity, featuring the work of local artists and musicians! A festival of biology-inspired art--celebrating the diversity, history, and beauty of life on Earth! Featuring works by local artists and musicians. Visual artists: Benferd Rollins -- Soaring Bird, Sleeping River Sana Witham -- Bee Fractal Ashly […]

Kristin Allen-Zito / Hooves & Beak / Queen Schmooquan / Santamaria + Ichiban

Doors at 7:30pm; Music at 8:00pm $8 supports the artists and the AltLib Kristin Allen-Zito is a songwriter well known for being the lead singer of the electro-punk band The Trucks. However she is also a solo artist whose songs are rooted in the folk idiom, strongly influenced by pop and indie-rock. http://www.kristinallenzitomusic.com/ Hooves & […]