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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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Analog Brass / Bobby Petite / Guest

Join us this Halloween for a funky fun time! Dress code: costume casual Doors at 7:30pm; Music at 8:00pm $6-10 sliding scale supports artists and the AltLib AltLib is always ALL AGES~ Analog Brass: Explosive pop-funk that puts the concept of acoustic music on its head and runs it into a new state of being. […]

GrossFest

2 stages: Upstairs Alternative Library & Downstairs Karate Church $10 All profits from this show will go directly to the Mt.Baker Planned Parenthood Clinic. Costumes Encouraged BANDS: Cop Talk Spoon Benders (PDX) The Offectors (PDX) Wild Powwers (SEA) Careen TYL Supermissive Glitchlette Jerry Core DJ Jacksn Croy

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!

Our Cult

Doors at 7:30pm; Program at 8:00pm $6-12 sliding scale supports artists and the AltLib AltLib is always ALL AGES~ Our Cult is an interactive art experience built around the idea that everything is a cult leader, and responsible for cultivating a piece of our existence. You, mountains, trees and universe, we're all the cult leaders […]

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!

Latinx Poetry

Join writers Casandra López and Malcolm Friend at Bellingham Alternative Library for an evening of Latinx poetry. Books will be available for sale after the reading. About the authors: Casandra López is a California Indian (Cahuilla/Tongva/Luiseño) and Chicana writer who has received support from CantoMundo, Bread Loaf, and Tin House. She’s the author of the […]

Meg Yates / ini / Earth Practice

The Alternative Library invites all to gather together in an evening of song to welcome in the fall and winter seasons. Three overlapping acts will not only perform, but also guide the audience through voicing together with the intention of generating a sense of community and warmth. Doors at 7:30PM, music begins at 8PM $6-$10 […]

11:11 Writer’s Communion

Alternative Library 519 E Maple St, Bellingham, WA

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.