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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210728T190000
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SUMMARY:Up Up Up Crane Truck Circus
DESCRIPTION:We’re very excited to be hosting the first Bellingham performance from the UpUpUpInc Crane Truck Circus show! \nThe show was created while in residence at @lookoutartsquarry utilizing an old flatbed truck and manual-crank crane mounted to the bed for levitating pianos\, aerial apparatuses\, and humans! The show has been traveling the northwest with a 7-person cast of aerialists\, musicians\, acrobats\, clowns and illusionists! \nAltLib is always ALL AGES!\nDonations will support the AltLib and the artists ~ NOTAFLOF!
URL:https://altlib.org/event/up-up-up-crane-truck-circus/
CATEGORIES:Concert
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210723T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210723T220000
DTSTAMP:20260403T152440
CREATED:20210722T063249Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210722T063249Z
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SUMMARY:Fleegix Film Screening // Spine Readers
DESCRIPTION:Friday\, July 23rd; 7:00pm\nCome through the backyard this week to catch a screening of Matt Thurber’s feature-length film\, Fleegix\, projected on 16mm with live narration performed by the director! \nBring a dish (or not) and join us for a potluck dinner at 7:00pm\, then witness a sunset performance from the Spine Readers\, one of Bellingham’s most audacious rock bands\, performing a unique set as their first public re-emergence from quarantine!
URL:https://altlib.org/event/fleegix-film-screening-spine-readers/
CATEGORIES:Concert,Film Screening
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210718T111100
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210718T130000
DTSTAMP:20260403T152440
CREATED:20210702T173612Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210702T173612Z
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SUMMARY:Writer's 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/writers-communion-16/
CATEGORIES:Reading
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210716T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210716T210000
DTSTAMP:20260403T152440
CREATED:20210713T173301Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210713T233447Z
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SUMMARY:Lost Sock // John Saint Pelvyn & Cauda Decurvata // Tim Root
DESCRIPTION:Lost Sock is a collaboration of percussionist Melanie Sehman and multi-instrumentalist Cullen Beckhorn. Their work is based in live improvisation that transcends genre\, combining elements recognizable as jazz\, ambient\, electronic\, experimental\, metal\, and other sounds! \nJohn Saint Pelvin is a vocalist and guitarist who plays with uncommon resonances and has previously opened up performances for Paul Metzger. For this performance he will be collaborating in song with Cauda Decurvata \nLocal poet\, filmmaker and artist Tim Root will also be sharing something with us.
URL:https://altlib.org/event/lost-sock-john-saint-pelvin-cauda-decurvata/
CATEGORIES:Concert
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210715T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210715T190000
DTSTAMP:20260403T152440
CREATED:20210630T182711Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210713T172648Z
UID:23430-1626368400-1626375600@altlib.org
SUMMARY:Intro to Self-Publishing
DESCRIPTION:Intro to Self-Publishing is our monthly workshop on the basics of self-publishing\, with a focus on zine-making!\nThis is a two-hour instructional that will cover the basic processes of creating a zine using a laser printer\, long-arm stapler and paper guillotine! It is recommended (but not required) that you come with ready material to include in your zine ~ \n$25/person covers initial print studio orientation/training as well as ongoing access to the equipment covered in this class for the month’s open studio hours!   \nAttendance will be strictly limited\, due to the size of our space. To confirm your attendance for this class\, please e-mail: info@AltLib.org
URL:https://altlib.org/event/intro-to-self-publishing/
CATEGORIES:Classroom
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210708T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210708T193000
DTSTAMP:20260403T152440
CREATED:20210630T210723Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210630T210723Z
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SUMMARY:Letters To Prisoners
DESCRIPTION:We will gather in the backyard for a kind of info session about prisoner solidarity in the US and then break out to write letters to incarcerated people. \nWe have assembled some information and correspondence with specific prisoners\, and we will provide pens\, paper\, and envelopes! \nAs Biden/Harris crack down even harder on anyone fighting for any semblance of justice with their new “anti-terrorism” law\, we’re stepping our game up and learning to better support and include our captured comrades in the ongoing struggle (as more comrades may end up captured)… \nSee our Prisoner Solidarity page for more info~
URL:https://altlib.org/event/letters-to-prisoners-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210704T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210704T190000
DTSTAMP:20260403T152440
CREATED:20210701T171241Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210703T061103Z
UID:23443-1625403600-1625425200@altlib.org
SUMMARY:We’re All We’ve Got\, We’re All We Need
DESCRIPTION:Mutual Aid Pop-Up\nJuly 4th; 1-7pm; Public Library Lawn \nCome bring supplies for unhoused neighbors\, listen to local artists perform\, and find ways to get involved with local mutual aid groups.
URL:https://altlib.org/event/were-all-weve-got-were-all-we-need/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210703T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210703T230000
DTSTAMP:20260403T152440
CREATED:20210701T170211Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210701T170211Z
UID:23439-1625335200-1625353200@altlib.org
SUMMARY:The First Pride Was a Riot
DESCRIPTION:THE FIRST PRIDE WAS A RIOT!\nJuly 3rd; 6:00pm; Meet at the Bellingham City Hall Lawn; All Queers Welcome! *cops stay home* \nJoin us during the anniversary of the 1969 Stonewall Riots for an evening of radical queer joy and solidarity to honor the radical queers\, queens\, amd other assorted troublemakers who came before us!  \nThis will be a radical\, anti-capitalist\, abolitionist\, queer street event on the anniversary of the Stonewall Riots against police oppression! Expect part rave\, part drag show\, and part absurdist street theater! \nDrag show hosted by @mx.combobulated with performances from @rikkisinsation @glamazonbananazon @alecialily @desmondpounder and more! \nDJ sets and performances from @reverenddollars \, DJ Parts Per Million\, DJ Samadhi Flow\, and more! \nWe will be in attendance with our mobile literature table and a fresh swath of radical queer zines available by donation 🖤
URL:https://altlib.org/event/the-first-pride-was-a-riot/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210702T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210702T210000
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SUMMARY:Palm Sunday // Sun Professor // Laith
DESCRIPTION:This week’s backyard concert features the inimitable Sun Professor performing live alongside traveling artists Palm Sunday and Laith\, visiting from Portland! \n$8 supports the artists and the AltLib! \nAltLib is always ALL AGES\nNOTAFLOF
URL:https://altlib.org/event/palm-sunday-sun-professor-laith/
CATEGORIES:Concert
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210627T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210627T160000
DTSTAMP:20260403T152440
CREATED:20210620T175740Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210620T175740Z
UID:23408-1624798800-1624809600@altlib.org
SUMMARY:Inside Joe Listening Party
DESCRIPTION:Swing through the backyard for a listening party and hang with the curators of the newly released Inside Joe Mixtape Vol. 1
URL:https://altlib.org/event/inside-joe-listening-party/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210620T111100
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210620T130000
DTSTAMP:20260403T152440
CREATED:20210620T173119Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210620T173119Z
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SUMMARY:Writer's 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/writers-communion-15/
CATEGORIES:Reading
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210618T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210618T210000
DTSTAMP:20260403T152440
CREATED:20210620T172621Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210620T172621Z
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SUMMARY:Backyard Concert for People's First Initiatives
DESCRIPTION:Our backyard concert series continues with a party to support the People’s First Initiatives 1-4 being added to the next ballot. Petitions will be available to sign if you haven’t and you can learn about how you can volunteer to help in the final push! Performances through the evening from:\n• Old Town Scouts\n• Felix the Hammer\n• Brendan Francis\n• Cincinnati Millistubs
URL:https://altlib.org/event/backyard-concert-for-peoples-first-initiatives/
CATEGORIES:Concert
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210611T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210611T220000
DTSTAMP:20260403T152440
CREATED:20210609T224502Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210609T224502Z
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SUMMARY:Pearls Have Eyes / Ruth & Steven / Tarsier Eyes
DESCRIPTION:This Friday (June 11th) Tarsier Eyes will be headed up from Seattle to perform a set of improvised electronic music in the backyard: https://tarsiereyes.bandcamp.com \nJoining him will be locals Pearls Have Eyes performing ambient music for acoustic guitars: https://pearlsthatwerehiseyes.bandcamp.com/album/on-we \nRuth & Steven will be gracing us a duet of improvised music for Cello and Upright Bass. \n$8 Suggested Donation NOTAFLOF \n 
URL:https://altlib.org/event/pearls-have-eyes-ruth-steven-tarsier-eyes/
CATEGORIES:Concert
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210604T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210604T193000
DTSTAMP:20260403T152440
CREATED:20210603T221914Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210603T221914Z
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SUMMARY:Letters to Prisoners
DESCRIPTION:No backyard concert this week\, but we hope you’ll join us for a prisoner solidarity event! We will gather in the backyard for a kind of info session about political prisoners in the US and then break out to write letters to incarcerated people. \nWe have assembled some information and correspondence with specific prisoners\, and we will provide pens\, paper\, and envelopes! We will also have a limited number of stamps on hand 😉 \nThe following writing is taken from June11.org :::\nAgainst another year of state encroachment\, against the restriction of free movement under the auspices of “safety\,” against the continued brutalization of our friends in prison\, we embrace solidarity on June 11\, 2021: International Day of Solidarity with Marius Mason & All Long-Term Anarchist Prisoners. Through our letters\, demonstrations and solidarity attacks we keep the beacon lit for those who have given years of their lives for their conviction that the State is a horror against which we must wager our lives. \nThe architects of prison society would have prison function as a memory hole\, casting our dear rebels into the void and producing in free souls a stifling amnesia. They want us to forget those who took action against the state and economy and those who continue their rebellion behind bars. Our work of solidarity with imprisoned anarchists is a hammer blow against forgetting: against the prison walls and the narcotizing technological society that shatters all meaning. \nPrison administrations around the world have responded to the COVID-19 pandemic by implementing lockdowns and banning in-person visits\, building upon prior movement to replace face-to-face visits with video chat. Physical mail is also threatened\, with the United States federal prison system initiating a program to scan letters and make them only accessible on expensive tablets provided by a contracted company\, Smart Communications. It’s likely that this trend will continue in prisons around the world. With the pandemic as an alibi\, prison administrations and profiteering companies have accelerated the abolition of direct human connection. \nThis year\, we seek to deepen the connection between different aspects of anti-repression\, to bring the names and the wisdom of our long-term prisoners into current struggles – whether that’s in the streets against the police\, in the forest against pipelines\, or in the night against monuments of power – and strengthen networks and practices to support more comrades going to prison.
URL:https://altlib.org/event/letters-to-prisoners/
CATEGORIES:Reading
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210528T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210528T210000
DTSTAMP:20260403T152440
CREATED:20210603T222956Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210603T222956Z
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SUMMARY:Swan Dadd // Roland Olayvar // Tessa O'Connell
DESCRIPTION:This week on the Alt Lib Radio Hour\, we’re stoked to host Chicago-based experimental singer-songwriter Tessa O’Connell\, whose lilting vocal arrangements explore longing\, leaving\, and “that fuzzy space in-between.” We’re also joined by Bellingham pop artist (and stalwart of the arts scene) Roland Olayvar and Seattle-based musician/ projectionist Swan Dadd\, whose playful\, ironic tunes explore the intersections of punk\, synthetic drums and country twang. You know the drill — come masked and ready to party.
URL:https://altlib.org/event/swan-dadd-roland-olayvar-tessa-oconnell/
CATEGORIES:Concert
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210521T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210521T210000
DTSTAMP:20260403T152440
CREATED:20210520T153823Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210520T153823Z
UID:23259-1621623600-1621630800@altlib.org
SUMMARY:[Hyphen] // Worldwide Levitation
DESCRIPTION:This Friday continues our recent weekly tradition of hosting live backyard performances! This week the flavor is experimental rock music\, with two as-yet unheard acts\, including [hyphen] who describes himself as a one-man lo-fi electro-math-surf-wave project\, combining gameboy and drum machines with live guitar and keyboards to form a multimedia mindmeld. This will also be the debut performance of Worldwide Levitation\, formed during quarantines and performing a kind of bluntforce birdsong. DJ Leroy Sorry will be bringing out a box of records for the purposes of socialliy maligned mood music. Come for the noise and stay for the obtuse temporal shapes that excite your multiple lobes. \nPoster designed by Riley R.
URL:https://altlib.org/event/hyphen-worldwide-levitation/
CATEGORIES:Concert
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210514T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210514T210000
DTSTAMP:20260403T152440
CREATED:20210520T154436Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210520T154436Z
UID:23262-1621018800-1621026000@altlib.org
SUMMARY:Mercury Retrograde Avante-Garde Variety Show
DESCRIPTION:Mercury Retrograde Variety Show featuring:::\n• Spaghetti Feedbag Product Demonstration\n• Appliance Arkestra\n• Gump Worsley B-day Altar\n• Freddy Mercury Retrograde Lip-Synch\n• and many more surprises! \nCome dressed as your favorite celestial body\, and bring a prepared performative offering if you feel inspired to do so ~ there will be room for some spontaneous performances!\n$8.43 exact change requested\, NOTAFLOF! AltLib is always ALL AGES! \nDo to the sheer experimental audacity of this show\, there is no guarantee that we will livestream the performances ~\nPoster designed by Jabez Richard
URL:https://altlib.org/event/mercury-retrograde-avante-garde-variety-show/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210507T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210507T210000
DTSTAMP:20260403T152440
CREATED:20210503T194341Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210503T194341Z
UID:23220-1620414000-1620421200@altlib.org
SUMMARY:AltLib Radio Hour: ini // Little Obsidian // Yin
DESCRIPTION:The AltLib Radio Hour continues this week with a set of performances in the backyard and livestreaming on instagram: @bhamaltlib \nThis week features songs\, mantras\, and incantations from three of Bellingham’s witch squad! \n$8-10 sliding-scale donations support the performers and the AltLib! NOTAFLOF
URL:https://altlib.org/event/altlib-radio-hour-ini-little-obsidian-yin/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210430T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210430T220000
DTSTAMP:20260403T152440
CREATED:20210520T154901Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210520T154901Z
UID:23265-1619809200-1619820000@altlib.org
SUMMARY:AltLib Radio Hour: Emma Et Cetera // Glitchlette // DJ Parts Per Million
DESCRIPTION:Our LAST show in April boasts a *killer* lineup\, including high-energy electronic artist Emma Et Cetera\, brooding synthpop producer Glitchlette\, soulful singer-songwriter glass egg\, and the eclectic\, quirky DJ Parts Per Million. To RSVP\, please email info@altlib.org with your name and the number of tickets you would like to reserve. \nSuggested donation is $10.
URL:https://altlib.org/event/altlib-radio-hour-emma-et-cetera-glitchlette-dj-parts-per-million/
CATEGORIES:Concert,Dance
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210416T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210416T210000
DTSTAMP:20260403T152440
CREATED:20210409T193229Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210409T195849Z
UID:23177-1618599600-1618606800@altlib.org
SUMMARY:AltLib Radio Hour - CHRVNS // Guayaba
DESCRIPTION:E-Mail to RSVP: booking@AltLib.org \n$8 suggested donation for the artists and the AltLib\nALL AGES / NOTAFLOF
URL:https://altlib.org/event/chrvns-guayaba/
CATEGORIES:Concert
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210409T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210409T210000
DTSTAMP:20260403T152440
CREATED:20210409T193034Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210409T195833Z
UID:23174-1617994800-1618002000@altlib.org
SUMMARY:AltLib Radio Hour - Cheer // Limanjaya // Ashtray Runo
DESCRIPTION:THIS WEEK we’re back to live programming\, bringing you ethereal ambient pop\, modular synths\, improv club music and psychedelic\, abstract projections. Rain or shine\, we’ll be partying\, masked and distanced\, on Billy Frank this April 9th at 7 PM. Swipe for booking info and covid safety\, and read about our artists below.  \nLimanjaya is the lo-fi\, experimental/ambient project of Joshua Limanjaya Lim\, played on modular synths. Cheer\, aka the side project of Ian MacPhee\, joins us from Seattle with ambient bedroom pop tunes. Digital artist Ashtray Runo will project synthetic color spaces with a dash of fabrication. \nE-Mail to RSVP: booking@AltLib.org \n$8 suggested donation for the artists and the AltLib\nALL AGES / NOTAFLOF
URL:https://altlib.org/event/cheer-limanjaya-ashtray-runo/
CATEGORIES:Concert
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210402T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210402T220000
DTSTAMP:20260403T152440
CREATED:20210331T075353Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210331T075353Z
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SUMMARY:Alt Lib Radio Hour - Silencio Epi Satellite Show
DESCRIPTION:This week the ALRH hosts its first satellite show\, all the way from Mexico City 😈 We’re excited to feature guest curator @silencio.epi\, an experimental label specializing in drones\, power electronics\, noise and distortion. The artists featured in this week’s lineup include: textural club music from ESE ES ESE\, dystopic and pulsating analog loops from multidisciplinary artist Puzz Amatista\, and spiritual\, earthy soundscapes from Alina Sánchez. Luzefimero will provide visuals. You won’t want to miss this one!!! 8 PM on @bhamaltlib \, bring your friends 🙂
URL:https://altlib.org/event/alt-lib-radio-hour-silencio-epi-satellite-show/
CATEGORIES:Concert
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210326T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210326T200000
DTSTAMP:20260403T152440
CREATED:20210321T203737Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210321T204156Z
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SUMMARY:Body Conference // Arrington de Dionyso // K. Kunkel
DESCRIPTION:Three artists join us this March 26th for a night of ‘sound\, song and elegiac trance’\, centered thematically around loss\, elegy\, release and letting go. Eclectic artist K. Kunkel offers us the vocal channeling of grief and surreal\, unedited prose with sparse musical accompaniment. Body Conference\, the project of writer\, artist and theologian Ashley Chambers\, will present a live sonographic iteration of her new book The Exquisite Buoyancies — described as an elegy for a departed spirit. Lastly\, we are joined by experimental musician Arrington de Dionyso\, who uses the voice and bass clarinet to pulverize your atoms with a 3million gigabyte download from the cosmic serpent. \nThis intense show wraps up the first month of the Alt Lib Radio Hour and marks the second in-person installment of the series. RAIN OR SHINE. To RSVP for space in our backyard\, email: booking@altlib.org \n$8 NOTAFLOF  \nAlt Lib Radio Hour is a new livestream performance initiative broadcast every Friday out of the Alternative Library. ALRH understands live-streaming as not merely a response to COVID-19 but a site of indeterminate possibility: where the internet is available\, so too is an entire world of art and culture. \nWhile intended to transition into (coterminous) live programming as weather permits\, Alt Lib Radio Hour commits to exploring the emancipatory potential of live-streaming technology\, which enables and engenders DIY relationships across borders and encourages collective innovation in an otherwise stratified reality. \nWe’ll be hosting new music and art each week\, accessible to all via Instagram Live. Expect satellite shows in remote cities\, audio-visual installations from artists across the globe\, new and exciting local music — all rendered audio-visually with utmost care. \nThis event will be livestreamed on our Instagram\, so please tune in at https://instagram.com/bhamaltlib
URL:https://altlib.org/event/23125/
CATEGORIES:Concert,Reading
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DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210305T202000
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UID:23000-1614974400-1614975600@altlib.org
SUMMARY:Alt Lib Radio Hour
DESCRIPTION:Alt Lib Radio Hour is a new livestream performance initiative broadcast every Friday out of the Alternative Library. ALRH understands live-streaming as not merely a response to COVID-19 but a site of indeterminate possibility: where the internet is available\, so too is an entire world of art and culture.  \nWhile intended to transition into (coterminous) live programming as weather permits\, Alt Lib Radio Hour commits to exploring the emancipatory potential of live-streaming technology\, which enables and engenders DIY relationships across borders and encourages collective innovation in an otherwise stratified reality.  \nWe’ll be hosting new music and art each week\, accessible to all via Instagram Live. Expect satellite shows in remote cities\, audio-visual installations from artists across the globe\, new and exciting local music — all rendered audio-visually with utmost care. \nThis event will be livestreamed on our Instagram\, so please tune in at https://instagram.com/bhamaltlib
URL:https://altlib.org/event/alt-lib-radio-hour/
CATEGORIES:Concert
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200515T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200524T220000
DTSTAMP:20260403T152440
CREATED:20200516T094202Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200516T094202Z
UID:22840-1589554800-1590357600@altlib.org
SUMMARY:Other Music Documentary - Virtual Screening
DESCRIPTION:Independent bookstores and record stores are more vulnerable in today’s media landscape than they’ve ever been\, and the onset of the Covid-19 global pandemic\, further harshens the conditions. \nThis is why the producers of the new documentary on NYC record store Other Music have decided to release their film online through a network of independent shops and theaters\, who will be supported by rental of this film! \nThe film can be rented and screened at home\, with a portion of proceeds supporting the Alternative Library\, using this link:\nhttps://othermusic.vhx.tv/checkout/alternative-library-presents-other-music/purchase \n— \nOther Music was an influential and uncompromising New York City record store that was vital to the city’s early 2000s indie music scene. But when the store is forced to close its doors due to rent increases\, the homogenization of urban culture\, and the shift from CDs to downloadable and streaming music\, a cultural landmark is lost. Through vibrant storytelling\, the documentary captures the record store’s vital role in the musical and cultural life of the city\, and highlights the artists whose careers it helped launch including Vampire Weekend\, Animal Collective\, Interpol\, Yeah Yeah Yeahs\, William Basinski\, Neutral Milk Hotel\, Sharon Van\nEtten\, Yo La Tengo and TV On The Radio. \nOther Music was more than just a store that sold CDs\, records\, tapes and magazines. It was a place where bands were formed\, record labels were born and careers were launched. And it was THE place where a generation of New Yorkers at the dawn of the Internet age went to discover groundbreaking music by artists who would go on to become household names and underground icons. \nOver the years the store established itself as a destination for music lovers from around the world. Its philosophy of hiring only the most passionate and knowledgable music lovers made Other Music a place where customers could come hang out and talk about music\, art or life in general. It became a hub for creative people of all kinds; a place for musicians\, painters\, filmmakers\, actors\, etc. to meet and find out what was new\, and what was happening in the city. It was a community that supported and promoted creative ventures of all forms. \nWith more and more record stores closing everywhere\, the communities that have built up around shops like Other Music are slowly dissipating and migrating to online forums. Nowadays most people are streaming music online rather than purchasing it digitally to download\, much less going to a store to buy physical media. As the music industry continues to move in that direction and community hubs like Other Music struggle to remain in existence\, the documentary celebrates what spaces like these have meant to people in the past—and how their spirit can live on in an increasingly digital world. \n— \nDirected by Puloma Basu & Rob Hatch-Miller\nUSA\, 2019\, 83 minutes\nThanks for supporting independent arts!
URL:https://altlib.org/event/other-music-documentary-virtual-screening/
CATEGORIES:Film Screening
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200404T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200404T220000
DTSTAMP:20260403T152440
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LAST-MODIFIED:20200311T224227Z
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SUMMARY:Bill Horist (Experimental Guitar) / Lost Sock
DESCRIPTION:Advance tickets are available for $15 via WithFriends: https://withfriends.co/event/4456125/\nDoors at 7:00pm; Music at 7:30pm \nSeattle guitarist\, Bill Horist is an improviser/composer/performer in a wide array of genres including rock\, jazz\, contemporary chamber\, avant garde\, folk\, new music and several subgenres within each. He has appeared on over 80 recordings and has performed well over 1000 concerts throughout North and Central America\, Europe\, and Japan. Over the past two decades\, Bill has collaborated with a long list of notable musicians from around the world including John Zorn\, Bill Frisell\, Wayne Horvitz\, Stuart Dempster\, KK Null\, Matt Chamberlain\, Chris Cutler\, Damo Suzuki(Can)\, Vidushi Sumitra Guha\, Kawabata Makoto (Acid Mothers Temple)\, Julie Slick\, William Hooker\, Secret Chiefs 3\, Eugene Chadbourne\, Tatsuya Yoshida (Ruins)\, Shazaad Ismaily\, Six Organs of Admittance\, Joe Morris\, Climax Golden Twins\, Haco\, Illusion of Safety\, Jamie Saft\, Amy Denio\, Uchihashi Kazuhisa\, Steve Fisk\, Marron\, Reggie Watts\, Anla Courtis (Reynols)\, Eyvind Kang\, Paul Rucker\, Wally Shoup\, and Jessica Lurie as well as members of King Crimson\, Pearl Jam\, Earth\, The Boredoms\, Sunn0))). \nHe has toured and recorded with a number of bands including Master Musicians of Bukkake\, Kinski\, Nobodaddy\, Phineas Gage\, Axolotl\, UnFolkUs\, Zahir\, Tablet\, Nervewheel\, Ghidra\, Rollerball and the Paul Rucker Ensemble in addition to extensive solo activity.\nbillhorist.net \nLost Sock is a duo collaboration between Cullen Beckhorn (AKA Future Man) and Melanie Sehman (MANtrio\, Whatcom Symphony Orchestra\, Hooves & Beak\, Cat Valley) \nRSVP and more info!
URL:https://altlib.org/event/bill-horist-experimental-guitar-lost-sock/
CATEGORIES:Concert
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200330T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200330T210000
DTSTAMP:20260403T152440
CREATED:20200302T213100Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200302T213100Z
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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-65/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200328T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200328T190000
DTSTAMP:20260403T152440
CREATED:20200308T232633Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200308T232633Z
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SUMMARY:Clothing Swap
DESCRIPTION:All day\, all styles\, all bodies\, all ages~ \nBring your used/unwanted/ill-fitting clothes (washed and/or smell-free!) and search a sea of garbled garments to find a fresh fit! \nPlease no single socks~ \nAll clothes remaining at the end will be donated to Wise Buys to help raise funds for Lydia Place!
URL:https://altlib.org/event/clothing-swap-3/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200327T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200327T230000
DTSTAMP:20260403T152440
CREATED:20200306T233037Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200313T202401Z
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SUMMARY:Alternative Thanksgiving: An Experimental Dinner Party
DESCRIPTION:$15 supports the artists and the Alt Lib\nAdvanced tickets are available via WithFriends:\nhttps://withfriends.co/event/4460637/\nDoors at 7:00pm; Performances at 7:30pm \nAn uncanny evening of food oriented art\, film\, and dining set to music and performances from:\n – Guillotine Eyes\n – BF Knowhere\n – Tim & His Winter Campers \nArt and film by Tim Root\nPlush sculpture installation by Suzie Marco\nCulinary creations curated by Marissa Wall\nImmersive sound installations\n…and other surprises. \nFormal dining attire encouraged. \n~~~\nAltLib is always ALL AGES!
URL:https://altlib.org/event/alternative-thanksgiving-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200325T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200325T200000
DTSTAMP:20260403T152440
CREATED:20200302T213534Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200302T213534Z
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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-45/
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