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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Poetrynite ft Kami Westoff & Liz Vignali

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 […]

Volunteers’ Meetin’

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

Film: Harvest of Empire

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 […]

Artists’ Open Stage

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 […]

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