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Updated September 2, 2020

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Ghost Story contest

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Upcoming Events

Date/Time	Event
09/24/2020 - 10/30/2020 All Day	Window Book Sale at South Side! South Side Location, Bethlehem PA
10/19/2020 All Day	Storytime to Go at South Side! South Side Location, Bethlehem PA
10/20/2020 All Day	Storytime to Go at South Side! South Side Location, Bethlehem PA
10/20/2020 10:00 am - 10:30 am	Family Storytime for Youth of all ages at Main, Under the BAPL (rhymes with apple!) Tree Main Library, Bethlehem PA
10/21/2020 All Day	Storytime to Go at South Side! South Side Location, Bethlehem PA
10/21/2020 10:00 am - 10:30 am	Family Storytime for Youth of all ages at Main, Under the BAPL (rhymes with apple!) Tree Main Library, Bethlehem PA
10/21/2020 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm	Virtual Gentle Yoga
10/21/2020 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm	Virtual Homework Help at Main grades K-12
10/22/2020 All Day	Storytime to Go at South Side! South Side Location, Bethlehem PA
10/22/2020 2:00 pm - 2:30 pm	Natural Wanders, stories and experiences in nature for ages 3 and older Main Library, Bethlehem PA
10/23/2020 All Day	Storytime to Go at South Side! South Side Location, Bethlehem PA
10/24/2020 All Day	Storytime to Go at South Side! South Side Location, Bethlehem PA

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Oct 18

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Check out some of the new video games that just came in! Grab them by calling us or placing a hold online! 🎮 ...

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Oct 16

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Librarians Valerie and Matthew discuss this month’s film, Urushadze’s Tangerines (2013). Each month we pick a culturally significant film for library patrons to watch on Kanopy. Then our virtual film club meets on Zoom to discuss the film!

Join us via Zoom and come ready to talk about this month’s film or just enjoy listening to the discussion! Registration is required. Last day to register is October 27th. Email invitations for Zoom will be sent out the day prior to the event.

Register here: https://www.bapl.org/events/bapl-virtual-film-club-october2020/ ...

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Oct 15

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What manga is this panel from? 🧐📖 ...

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Oct 14

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A certain clown prince of crime? Or maybe Galactus? 🤔🤔 ...