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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190516T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190516T173000
DTSTAMP:20260404T155618
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SUMMARY:Harvesting Water Workshop
DESCRIPTION:We will discuss harvesting rain/greywater & how it can enhance your landscape & help our watershed. \nTaught By Hunterwolflydon.com
URL:https://altlib.org/event/harvesting-water-workshop/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190515T203000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190515T223000
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CREATED:20190513T181347Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190513T181406Z
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SUMMARY:Film: The Mask You Live In
DESCRIPTION:WWU’s new Ally Education Club will be screening “The Mask You Live In\,” a 2015 film addressing how American culture’s narrow definition of masculinity is harming our boys\, men and society at large and explores what we can do about it.  \nSnacks provided!\nRSVP and more: https://www.facebook.com/events/330460394335413/ \nAltLib is always All Ages~\nNOTAFLOF
URL:https://altlib.org/event/film-the-mask-you-live-in/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190515T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190515T200000
DTSTAMP:20260404T155618
CREATED:20190419T000556Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190419T000556Z
UID:22235-1557946800-1557950400@altlib.org
SUMMARY:Volunteers' Meetin'
DESCRIPTION:Every Wednesday is our weekly volunteer meeting\, where we discuss the goings on and future of the AltLib!
URL:https://altlib.org/event/volunteers-meetin-7/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190515T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190515T170000
DTSTAMP:20260404T155618
CREATED:20190419T000956Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190419T000956Z
UID:22240-1557936000-1557939600@altlib.org
SUMMARY:Bhagavad Gita Book Club
DESCRIPTION: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!
URL:https://altlib.org/event/bhagavad-gita-book-club-4/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190513T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190513T210000
DTSTAMP:20260404T155618
CREATED:20190418T235941Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190418T235941Z
UID:22229-1557774000-1557781200@altlib.org
SUMMARY:Poetrynight
DESCRIPTION:The second longest running Bellingham poetry group – Poetrynight.\nAll 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. \nPoetrynight got its start in Stuart’s Coffeehouse in 1995\, when a group of poets gathered around a table to share their current work. It has grown over the years as it moved to different locations. \nPoetrynight is a program under the Whatcom poetry series\, and besides the weekly open mic/feature\, can provide creative writing workshops for schools.
URL:https://altlib.org/event/poetrynight-35/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190512T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190512T183000
DTSTAMP:20260404T155618
CREATED:20190420T170100Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190508T191409Z
UID:22255-1557676800-1557685800@altlib.org
SUMMARY:Let's Talk About Sex
DESCRIPTION:Let’s Talk About It… is an afternoon of open conversation about topics that affect all of us\, featuring different voices from within the community. \nThis month\, Let’s Talk About… Sex. \nIn facilitated group discussions\, we’ll examine:\n-How we learn about sex\n-How we relate sex and intimacy\n-What is our relationship with sex concerning sexual autonomy (the body)? \nFeatured guests:\nBlanca Ortega — prevention education specialist for Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Services (DVSAS). Blanca works closely with middle and high schools throughout Whatcom County facilitating The Empowerment Project\, a three day prevention curriculum which addresses healthy relationships and consent. Blanca also provides advocacy to students that are in need of support after experiencing any type of trauma involving domestic/dating violence and or sexual assault.  \nVoid — member of the Bellingham Sex Positive Center. The BSPC works to create a safe and inclusive environment that provides education\, active community\, and open exploration of consensual gratification. Void has been been active in the kink community through the BSPC for ten months. Currently engaging in RACK\, or risk aware consensual kink\, Void is exploring enhancing and expanding their sense of intimacy\, autonomy\, and general pleasure. \nJosefina Mora — senior at WWU and a retail associate at WinkWink Boutique. This summer she’ll be transitioning to be the assistant educational and outreach manager. Josefina is an active member of community groups focused on immigrant justice and is the daughter of undocumented community leader Maru Mora Villalpando.  \nJohnilee Whiteside\, M.S. — relationship and sexual empowerment coach. Johnilee helps couples and individuals discover their authentic potency and create magical lives filled with sex and magic. \nAltLib is always All Ages~\nRSVP and more info: https://www.facebook.com/events/306986286662513/\nTo review our Respectful Space Policy\, see here: https://altlib.org/safer-space/
URL:https://altlib.org/event/lets-talk-about-it-sex/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190511T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190511T230000
DTSTAMP:20260404T155618
CREATED:20190419T012247Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190419T012247Z
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SUMMARY:Chirgilchin: Tuvan Throat Singers with Yuliyana Krivoshapkina
DESCRIPTION:The Alternative Library is excited to bring the traditional Tuvan throat singing group Chirgilchin\, and Yuliyana Krivoshapkina to Bellingham for a concert of traditional Tuvan folk music! \nDoors at 7:30pm; Music at 8:00pm\nTicket pre-sales will be announced soon ~~~ \nThe word Chirgilchin has two translations: “dance of the air in the heat of the day” and “miracle.” Established in 1996\, Chirgilchin is a group of musicians from Tuva\, a small Russian province north of Western Mongolia. Their music tells stories of their homeland\, its horses and its people. The monotone sustained notes that branch out into overtone singing with slight shifts in pitch give Tuvan music its characteristic buoyant yet meditative drone quality.\nhttps://www.pnmartists.com/chirgilchin \nThroat-singing is an extraordinary vocal form in which one singer produces two or more voices simultaneously\, the low sounds in the throat harmonizing with middle and high flute-like overtones\, to create richly layered melodies that evoke Central Asian steppes and nomadic life. Atmospheric and mesmeric\, this music is almost too difficult to describe in words and must be heard to be believed. The most advanced forms of throat-singing come from Tuva\, and the members of Chirgilchin are among the best and most accomplished throat-singers in all of Tuva. \nThe concert will be opened by a solo performance from Yuliyana Krivoshapkina\, a singer and virtuoso in the art of the khomus\, the national instrument of the Sakha Republic. It functions much like a Jew’s harp\, but differs in several respects. A conventional Jew’s harp is limited in range\, volume\, and pitch. The khomus is loud and strikingly expansive in range. Yuliyana has mastered playing sounds across nearly three octaves. Her music draws on the powers of Nature and the wisdom and traditions of the Yakut people to portray the timeless relationship between Man and the Universe. \n~~~\nAltLib is always ALL AGES \nRSVP and more info: https://www.facebook.com/events/2111744542227248/
URL:https://altlib.org/event/chirgilchin-tuvan-throat-singers-with-yuliyana-krivoshapkina/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190510T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190510T220000
DTSTAMP:20260404T155619
CREATED:20190504T213947Z
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SUMMARY:Free Jazz / Free Food / Free Spirits
DESCRIPTION:Come join us for a night of free jazz and free food in the company of free spirits!\n$6-10 supports the artists and the AltLib \nWith his seventh solo album “Broken Silence\,” Swiss saxophonist Urs Leimgruber allows more space for the expression of the quiet – a sort of contemplative essence. Having long left the path of powerful electric jazz that characterized his time with “OM” during the 1970s\, he has since evolved a delicately sophisticated and often quite abstract style. The nine pieces found on “Broken Silence” have been developed out of silence\, which they – mostly gently – break\, only to subside back into eloquent silence in the end.\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8z6il8S7X8 \nTIME — On tour from Florida\, TIME is an improv dance/noise piece performed inside a wall of fabric with interactive projections called Awakening of the Self. https://timeiam.bandcamp.com/ \nSage Romey is a Junior at Western\, perusing an interdisciplinary degree concentrated in Decolonial Ethnomusicology with a concentration in Africana studies and jazz. Sage was introduced to the joys of music listening to her grandfather’s records and plunking out tunes on the piano next to her mother. Singing since she could talk\, and playing piano since she was seven\, she has always been drawn to music as a form communication. Today Sage plays with numerous groups through the WWU jazz program and in the community\, constantly searching for new sounds and means of expression through music.  \nAltLib is always All Ages~
URL:https://altlib.org/event/freejazzfreefood/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190508T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190508T200000
DTSTAMP:20260404T155619
CREATED:20190419T000525Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190419T000525Z
UID:22234-1557342000-1557345600@altlib.org
SUMMARY:Volunteers' Meetin'
DESCRIPTION:Every Wednesday is our weekly volunteer meeting\, where we discuss the goings on and future of the AltLib!
URL:https://altlib.org/event/volunteers-meetin-6/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190508T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190508T170000
DTSTAMP:20260404T155619
CREATED:20190419T000919Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190419T000919Z
UID:22239-1557331200-1557334800@altlib.org
SUMMARY:Bhagavad Gita Book Club
DESCRIPTION: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!
URL:https://altlib.org/event/bhagavad-gita-book-club-3/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190506T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190506T210000
DTSTAMP:20260404T155619
CREATED:20190418T235858Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190419T000001Z
UID:22228-1557169200-1557176400@altlib.org
SUMMARY:Poetrynight
DESCRIPTION:The second longest running Bellingham poetry group – Poetrynight.\nAll 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. \nPoetrynight got its start in Stuart’s Coffeehouse in 1995\, when a group of poets gathered around a table to share their current work. It has grown over the years as it moved to different locations. \nPoetrynight is a program under the Whatcom poetry series\, and besides the weekly open mic/feature\, can provide creative writing workshops for schools.
URL:https://altlib.org/event/poetrynite-15/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190505T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190505T230000
DTSTAMP:20260404T155619
CREATED:20190419T011644Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190419T011644Z
UID:22249-1557084600-1557097200@altlib.org
SUMMARY:Sounds of the Underground: Battle of the Bands
DESCRIPTION:Doors at 7:30pm; Music at 8:00pm\nAltLib is always ALL AGES~ \nThe final round of Sounds of the Underground\, Western Washington University’s battle of the bands. Here\, previous rounds’ winners will compete before a panel of judges represented by different music industry professionals from around the PNW. The winner will secure a spot on the Lawnstock lineup\, recording time in a local studio\, and more. \nPERFORMERS: \nTBA \nFor disability accommodations\, please contact as.disability@wwu.edu \nRSVP and more info: https://www.facebook.com/events/311326326222652/
URL:https://altlib.org/event/sounds-of-the-underground-battle-of-the-bands/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190503T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190503T230000
DTSTAMP:20260404T155619
CREATED:20190419T003940Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190419T004003Z
UID:22246-1556911800-1556924400@altlib.org
SUMMARY:Nakatani Gong Orchestra
DESCRIPTION:Doors at 7:30pm; Performance at 8:00pm \nTatsuya Nakatani returns to Bellingham to lead a performance of the Nakatani Gong Orchestra (NGO)\, a nomadic\, large ensemble contemporary sound art project\, featuring 10 performers bowing and striking large gongs under Nakatani’s conduction. In the last decade\, the NGO has performed hundreds of concerts involving thousands of participants around the world in the creation of these transformative sound works. \nThis project is not a traditional music program or traditional Japanese music — it is a contemporary sound art project. \nTatsuya Nakatani (1970) is an avant-garde sound artist and master percussionist originally from Osaka\, Japan. Based in the United States since 1994\, he lives in Truth or Consequences\, New Mexico. Since the late 1990s\, Nakatani has released over 80 recordings in the US and Europe and has toured extensively; performing solo\, in collaboration with other artists\, and with his large ensemble project – the Nakatani Gong Orchestra. \nNakatani’s adaption of the Chinese wind gong to respond to his percussive bowing technique in his solo work (c. 1995) led to the inclusion of other players trained in his methods to realize his compositions. The Kobo bows\, mallets\, and surrounding instrumentation equipment have all been developed and are hand crafted by Tatsuya Nakatani. After ten years of planning and preparation\, the NGO began touring in 2011 with four adapted gongs and has grown to 17 gongs today (January 2019). It is the only bowed gong orchestra in the world. \nHeld in the beautiful and naturally resonant space of the Alternative Library\, the Nakatani Gong Orchestra will surely be an incomparable experience! \nAdvance tickets are available via Brown Paper Tickets:\nhttps://ngoataltlib.brownpapertickets.com \nRSVP and more info: https://www.facebook.com/events/370833003645346/
URL:https://altlib.org/event/nakatani-gong-orchestra/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190501T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190501T200000
DTSTAMP:20260404T155619
CREATED:20190419T000429Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190419T000429Z
UID:22232-1556737200-1556740800@altlib.org
SUMMARY:Volunteers' Meetin'
DESCRIPTION:Every Wednesday is our weekly volunteer meeting\, where we discuss the goings on and future of the AltLib!
URL:https://altlib.org/event/volunteers-meetin-5/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190501T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190501T170000
DTSTAMP:20260404T155619
CREATED:20190419T000845Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190419T000845Z
UID:22238-1556726400-1556730000@altlib.org
SUMMARY:Bhagavad Gita Book Club
DESCRIPTION: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!
URL:https://altlib.org/event/bhagavad-gita-book-club-2/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190429T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190429T210000
DTSTAMP:20260404T155619
CREATED:20190316T010417Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190419T011047Z
UID:22165-1556564400-1556571600@altlib.org
SUMMARY:Poetrynite ft Nate Witham
DESCRIPTION:It’s the last poetrynight of National Poetry Month\, and we’ve got another local poet to share with you. \nAs usual\, we’ll start with open mic\, give our feature some time and then close out with whoever didn’t get a chance to read. \nNate Witham is a monstrous mountain man from Montana; with venison tendons in his teeth and the word in his gut. Poetry is the gristle of his meat\, but lately he’s been trying on some longer forms; playing with prose as it were. Nate’s work is grounded very much in physical reality\, but only to serve as a platform for externalized introspection; taking a long look in the mirror and getting lost in his pores. \n  \nThe second longest running Bellingham poetry group – Poetrynight.\nAll 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. \nPoetrynight got its start in Stuart’s Coffeehouse in 1995\, when a group of poets gathered around a table to share their current work. It has grown over the years as it moved to different locations. \nPoetrynight is a program under the Whatcom poetry series\, and besides the weekly open mic/feature\, can provide creative writing workshops for schools.
URL:https://altlib.org/event/poetrynite-14/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190428T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190428T230000
DTSTAMP:20260404T155619
CREATED:20190322T182209Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190407T014656Z
UID:22207-1556479800-1556492400@altlib.org
SUMMARY:NOISE Church
DESCRIPTION:BOW DOWN to the SOUND…! \nDoors at 7:30pm; Music at 8:00pm\nAltLib is always ALL AGES~ \nFeatured acts include:\nNeil Welch\nVideo Arena
URL:https://altlib.org/event/noise-church-13/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190427T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190427T230000
DTSTAMP:20260404T155619
CREATED:20190322T181844Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190322T181844Z
UID:22205-1556393400-1556406000@altlib.org
SUMMARY:Babe Waves / No Guts / Mira Death / The Wednesdays
DESCRIPTION:Doors at 7:30pm; Music at 8:00pm\n$6-10 supports the artists and the AltLib \nBabe Waves – LAST SHOW!\nhttps://babewaves.bandcamp.com/ \nNo Guts\nhttps://www.facebook.com/NoGutsBand/ \nMira Death (PDX)\nhttps://www.facebook.com/miradeath/ \nThe Wednesdays\nhttps://www.facebook.com/itswednesdaybaby/ \nRSVP and more info: https://www.facebook.com/events/345547862731256/ \nAltLib is always ALL AGES\nNOTAFLOF
URL:https://altlib.org/event/babe-waves-no-guts-mira-death-the-wednesdays/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190426T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190426T230000
DTSTAMP:20260404T155619
CREATED:20190322T181350Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190402T182113Z
UID:22204-1556307000-1556319600@altlib.org
SUMMARY:Kristin Allen-Zito / Hooves & Beak / Queen Schmooquan / Santamaria + Ichiban
DESCRIPTION:Doors at 7:30pm; Music at 8:00pm\n$8 supports the artists and the AltLib \nKristin 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.\nhttp://www.kristinallenzitomusic.com/ \nHooves & Beak is a chamber-pop quartet\, led by multi-instrumentalist\, Whitney Flinn\, on harp. She is joined by a band featuring violin\, percussion\, and electric bass. Drawing on influences ranging from Joni Mitchell\, Ella Fitzgerald\, and Fiona Apple to Art Tatum\, Lou Reed\, and The Butthole Surfers\, Whitney’s raw and brutally honest songwriting style is accompanied by heartfelt harp arpeggios woven with the band’s intricate melodic patterns.\nhttps://hoovesandbeak.bandcamp.com/album/white-teeth-ep \nQueen Shmooquan – Jeppa Hall’s unique performances as Queen Shmooquan – the modern day oracle – incorporate movement\, dance\, clowning\, live and recorded music\, video and audience participation to manifest psychedelic\, satirical\, thought provoking and hilarious super-real theatre.\nhttp://www.queenshmooquan.com/ \nDusty Santamaria + Moira Ichiban – Songwriter poet Dusty Santamaria and artist Moira Ichiban fell in love and ran away together on a full moon night to begin a life’s collaboration across all mediums. The duo draw influence from mid-century R&B\, post-punk\, the surrealist movement and ritual magick. These minimalist dream songs are ablaze with shouts\, shudders\, and symbolism.\nhttps://voodooityourself.com/\n \nRSVP and more info!\nAltLib is always ALL AGES\nNOTAFLOF
URL:https://altlib.org/event/kristin-allen-zito-hooves-beak-queen-schmooquan-santamaria-ichiban/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190425T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190425T230000
DTSTAMP:20260404T155619
CREATED:20190321T224724Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190415T043117Z
UID:22197-1556220600-1556233200@altlib.org
SUMMARY:Earth Night!
DESCRIPTION:A festival of biological art that combines life sciences with creativity\, featuring the work of local artists and musicians! \nA festival of biology-inspired art–celebrating the diversity\, history\, and beauty of life on Earth! Featuring works by local artists and musicians. \nVisual artists:\nBenferd Rollins — Soaring Bird\, Sleeping River\nSana Witham — Bee Fractal\nAshly McBride — Japanese Beetles\nAnmorgan Curry — Donkey Jaw and Insect Display\nCasey Scalf — Microscopia\nKristin Nelson — Light Projections\nLilja Strang — Adventures in the New Tree of Life \nWith musical performances by:\n*** Great Snakes ***\n*** Suriel Zin Uru ***\n*** Bill Svovoda *** \nDoors: $6\nNOTAFLOF\nAltLib is always all ages~
URL:https://altlib.org/event/earth-night/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190425T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190425T190000
DTSTAMP:20260404T155619
CREATED:20190322T180933Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190322T180933Z
UID:22203-1556211600-1556218800@altlib.org
SUMMARY:Classroom: Extinction Rebellion
DESCRIPTION:Come meet some comrades
URL:https://altlib.org/event/classroom-extinction-rebellion-7/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190424T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190424T200000
DTSTAMP:20260404T155619
CREATED:20190316T010809Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190316T010809Z
UID:22169-1556132400-1556136000@altlib.org
SUMMARY:Volunteers' Meetin'
DESCRIPTION:Every Wednesday is our weekly volunteer meeting\, where we discuss the goings on and future of the AltLib!
URL:https://altlib.org/event/volunteers-meetin-4/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190424T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190424T170000
DTSTAMP:20260404T155619
CREATED:20190418T235638Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190418T235638Z
UID:22227-1556121600-1556125200@altlib.org
SUMMARY:Bhagavad Gita Book Club
DESCRIPTION: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!
URL:https://altlib.org/event/bhagavad-gita-book-club/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190422T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190422T210000
DTSTAMP:20260404T155619
CREATED:20190316T010202Z
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SUMMARY:Poetrynite ft First Matter Press
DESCRIPTION: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. \nCheck them out at firstmatterpress.org \nOur four poets for the evening: \nLauren is a storyteller across mediums with a soft spot for the unusual. She is a co-founder of the Eastside Poetry Workshop here in Portland. Otherwise\, Magic\, Lauren’s first book\, has been described as “A lovely collection of divinatory symbols masquerading as poems” but in her own words\, this collection serves as both a love letter and a court summons to all that eludes us a spiritual beings having a human experience. \nAndrew Chenevert is the co-founder of the Eastside Poetry Workshop\, where he has subjected the attendees to most if not all of the poems in The Night Sky is a Place Where Things Get Lost. The poems in this book begin with lines taken from comic books at semi-random. Mercifully\, the poems themselves have nothing to do with comics. He lives in Portland\, Oregon [hold for applause] and would love to read poems at your wedding. \nK. M. Lighthouse is a queer poet and priestess creating portals for intuitive knowledge through writing spaces and workshops for self-healing. The poet has two poetry chapbooks available\, You Are an Ambiguous Pronoun and The Observer Effect\, and her other works appear in The Florida Review and Toasted Cheese. \nAsh Good was born in Paradise\, California\, and raised in a small Oregon mill town. She is the author of 2 chapbooks and 2 full length collections. Tonight marks the release of we are not ready for what we are—poems that explore the growing pains of integrating loss\, losing love and self evolution. Ash is a book designer\, the founder of High Priestesses of Poetry and a facilitator for Portland Women Writers where she holds sacred circles in for story tellers to connect with their inner healer and highest self. \nRSVP and more info: https://www.facebook.com/events/2341831186047603/ \nThe second longest running Bellingham poetry group – Poetrynight.\nAll 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. \nPoetrynight got its start in Stuart’s Coffeehouse in 1995\, when a group of poets gathered around a table to share their current work. It has grown over the years as it moved to different locations. \nPoetrynight is a program under the Whatcom poetry series\, and besides the weekly open mic/feature\, can provide creative writing workshops for schools.
URL:https://altlib.org/event/poetrynite-13/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190421T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190421T203000
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SUMMARY:Classroom: IWW Meetin'
DESCRIPTION:International Workers of the World unite! \nWhatcom and Skagit IWW chapters host a monthly communion of comrades
URL:https://altlib.org/event/classroom-iww-meetin-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190421T111000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190421T140000
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SUMMARY:11:11 Writers' Communion
DESCRIPTION:com·mun·ion\nkəˈmyo͞onyən\nnoun\n1. the sharing or exchanging of intimate thoughts and feelings\, especially when the exchange is on a mental or spiritual level.
URL:https://altlib.org/event/1111-writers-communion-10/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190420T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190420T230000
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CREATED:20190321T224309Z
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SUMMARY:Experiments in Sound and Light: Multimedia Artist Showcase!
DESCRIPTION:Come to the AltLib for a night of experiments in light and sound from multimedia artists both local and international ~\nDoors at 7:30pm; Performances at 8:00pm\n$6-10 supports the artists and the AltLib \nWWU ELECTROACOUSTIC ENSEMBLE\nThe WWU Electroacoustic Ensemble will present recent fixed media work within a larger improvisational framework involving live tape loops\, prepared guitars\, synths\, turntable\, and processing. This show will feature WWEAMS artists Sean Dodd\, Gabe Postle\, and Jonathon McCullough. \nLIEW NIYOMKARN\nLiew Niyomkarn is an Antwerpen based artist who works with sound\, found objects and essay. Liew’s work is known for its ecstatic and unpredictable event. Often expresses a sensory of flexibility and impermanence behavior through live performance. She often uses essay\, found-objects\, and sculpture in her performance. Her works range from music composition\, drawing\, storytelling\, and real-time performance.\nwww.liewniyomkarn.com\nwww.liew.bandcamp.com \nINNE EYSERMANS\nAntwerp-based producer\, musician and sound artist Inne Eysermans creates musical performances and spatial compositions\, often in combination with text and/or (moving) image. She has produced music and sound for film\, theatre and radio/podcast. Her works encompass synthesis\, resampling techniques\, field recordings\, found sounds and objects. In 2017 she joined as lecturer in sound/music at The Royal Conservatoire of Antwerp. For her live shows\, Inne works mainly with Max/MSP & Mira. She is interested in amplifying\, transforming and interpreting physical and virtual spaces which embeds instructed and spontaneous actions. Therefore\, she recently started using web coding to provide semi-structured environments for interactive improvisation and performance systems.\nwww.inneeysermans.com\nwww.soundcloud.com/inneeysermans \nSTEVEN SEHMAN\nSteven Sehman crafts experimental electronic music that combines analog synths\, acoustic instruments\, field recordings\, spoken text\, and digital media.\nHis music address dualities\, where ambient\, minimal textures give way to dense\, engulfing soundscapes. And floating landscapes are shadowed by anxiety\, becoming a somewhere path for wanderers.\nwww.stevensehman.com \nRSVP and more info: https://www.facebook.com/events/406038113521779/\n~~~\nAltLib is always ALL AGES\nNOTAFLOF
URL:https://altlib.org/event/liew-niyomkarn-inne-eysermans-elixir-lights/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190419T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190419T230000
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SUMMARY:Paul Metzger / Peader MacMahon Trio / John Saint Pelvyn
DESCRIPTION:Deeply idiosyncratic folk music\, transcending time and space with visions from every corner fo the world!\nDoors at 7:30pm; Music at 8:00pm\n$10 supports the artists and the AltLib \nPAUL 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\, the sarod of Hindustani music\, or the Chinese Erhu. Fundamentally\, his music grows from a deep commitment to exploring every possible sound that can be extracted from his instrument. His ‘home-made’ aesthetic has drawn comparisons to DIY mavericks like Charlie Nothing and his Dingulators or Eugene Chadbourne with his electric rake\, but the depth of Metzger’s explorations led David Keenan to assert in Wire magazine that Metzger’s playing “reveals the true meaning of virtuosity.” A key player in the world of avant-garde & experimental folk\, he creates music evocative of some magical forgotten age but that is simultaneously rooted in the eternal present when fingers touch strings.\nhttps://paulmetzger.net/ \nPEADER MacMAHON / DANNY VOGEL / RICHARD SCHOLTZ\nPeadar MacMahon is an Irish Folk Singer\, storyteller and multi instrumentalist\, originally from Limerick\, Ireland. His strength lies in his unique interpretation of historic songs\, and performances that are equal parts charming\, heartfelt\, engaging and educational. He is joined for this show by Richard Scholtz and Danny Vogel.\nhttps://peadarmacmahon.com/ \nJOHN SAINT PELVYN\nGuitarist\, thereminist\, singer\, and player of some species of dismantled electrified folk\, John Saint Pelvyn is a musical enigma of the best kind. At the root of his playing is something akin to traditional stride\, but rich with quivering whammy bar wobble and shimmering feedback. He often plays the tailfin strings of his archtop like one would play harmonics\, or retunes seamlessly mid-stream to create a shifting temperament across the length of a piece. An affinity for the likes of John Fahey and Loren Mazzacane-Connors can be heard\, but the comparisons quickly fall away as one takes in this ambidextrous musical sensibility. He sings otherworldly vocal duets with his theremin while simultaneously accompanying himself with fingerpicking or modulated feedback tones across otherwise inviting harmonic landscapes based on blues & folk motifs\, overshadowing them with clouds of squelch that loom like an approaching post-noise squall\, but that ultimately swell and punctuate more like the tone clusters of Henry Cowell or the lyrical saxophone of Frank Lowe.\nhttps://johnsaintpelvyn.bandcamp.com/ \nRSVP and more info here: https://www.facebook.com/events/323797485144688/\nAltLib is always ALL AGES~\nNOTAFLOF
URL:https://altlib.org/event/paul-metzger-peader-macmahon-trio-john-saint-pelvyn/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190418T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190418T220000
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SUMMARY:Artists' Open Stage
DESCRIPTION:Signups start at 7:00pm; performances start at 7:30pm \nThe 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. \nAltLib is always ALL AGES~
URL:https://altlib.org/event/artists-open-stage-14/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190418T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190418T190000
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CREATED:20190322T180852Z
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SUMMARY:Classroom: Extinction Rebellion
DESCRIPTION:Come meet some comrades
URL:https://altlib.org/event/classroom-extinction-rebellion-6/
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