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Upcoming Events
Date/Time Event
06/12/2021 - 08/14/2021
All Day 		Summer at My Library: Tails and Tales
06/14/2021
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm 		Qigong with Dr. Kevin Siddons: Now Online!
06/14/2021
6:30 pm - 7:30 pm 		Conversational Spanish Study Group: Now Online!
06/15/2021
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm 		Chess for Beginners Outside at the Coolidge Branch
Coolidge Building, Bethlehem PA
06/15/2021
2:00 pm - 2:30 pm 		Little Learners Preschool Storytime!
06/15/2021
6:30 pm - 7:30 pm 		Pokemon Night - recommended for ages 5+
Main Library – Youth Services Dept., Bethlehem PA
06/16/2021
10:15 am - 11:00 am 		Summer Fun in the Sun at South Side!
South Side Location, Bethlehem PA
06/16/2021
12:00 pm - 1:15 pm 		Virtual Gentle Yoga
06/16/2021
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm 		Teen Pancake Art for grades 6 - 12
Main Library – Youth Services Dept., Bethlehem PA
06/16/2021
6:30 pm - 7:30 pm 		Joy of Doodling: Woodland Creatures
Coolidge Building, Bethlehem PA
06/17/2021
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm 		Reverse Book Club and Trivia Night!
06/18/2021
11:00 am - 12:00 pm 		Every Picture Tells a Story: story and art activity event-grades 3 - 6 at Main
Main Library – Youth Services Dept., Bethlehem PA

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11 West Church Street, Bethlehem, PA 18018
(610) 867-3761

South Side Location

400 Webster Street, Bethlehem, PA 18015
(610) 867-7852

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Join BAPL this summer for some reading fun in the sun! 📚☀️ Our summer reading and learning program for preschool through adult will run June 12 – August 14. Stop by a location near you soon and register for a summer full of events for all ages. We’ll have story sessions, special events with performers, fun programming with STEM, art activities, gaming, theater, Read to Dogs, and much, much, more. See all of the upcoming events on this calendar or on our summer page at https://www.bapl.org/summer2021/ Sign up for our Tails and Tales summer reading and activity challenge and earn small incentives plus chances to win larger prizes in our end-of-summer drawing. Track your progress on your record log and bring it to the library throughout the summer for prizes. Looking for an online option, check out our youth summer reading platform, Wandoo Reader, also found on the summer landing page. Stay sharp, keep your mind busy, stay active, and have fun. We’ll see you this summer at the library!

Join BAPL this summer for some reading fun in the sun! 📚☀️

Our summer reading and learning program for preschool through adult will run June 12 – August 14. Stop by a location near you soon and register for a summer full of events for all ages. We’ll have story sessions, special events with performers, fun programming with STEM, art activities, gaming, theater, Read to Dogs, and much, much, more. See all of the upcoming events on this calendar or on our summer page at https://www.bapl.org/summer2021/

Sign up for our Tails and Tales summer reading and activity challenge and earn small incentives plus chances to win larger prizes in our end-of-summer drawing. Track your progress on your record log and bring it to the library throughout the summer for prizes. Looking for an online option, check out our youth summer reading platform, Wandoo Reader, also found on the summer landing page. Stay sharp, keep your mind busy, stay active, and have fun. We’ll see you this summer at the library! ...

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Jun 10

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It's a gorgeous day out today at the library! 📚🌞

It's a gorgeous day out today at the library! 📚🌞 ...

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Jun 8

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Our bearded dragon, Spike, is back at the library, he's eating his veggies as we speak! (Well, he's just glaring at the veggies instead of eating them...) Stop by anytime we're open to take a look at the coolest dragon around! 🐉

Our bearded dragon, Spike, is back at the library, he's eating his veggies as we speak! (Well, he's just glaring at the veggies instead of eating them...) Stop by anytime we're open to take a look at the coolest dragon around! 🐉 ...

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Ah, June weather, so finicky. 🌧 We get a great view of the Bethlehem weather upstairs in the Youth Services room, though!

Ah, June weather, so finicky. 🌧

We get a great view of the Bethlehem weather upstairs in the Youth Services room, though! ...

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Happy Birthday to the awesome Rick Riordan! 🥰📚 Check out his books, from Percy Jackson to Magnus Chase, at any of our locations! ⚡️

Happy Birthday to the awesome Rick Riordan! 🥰📚

Check out his books, from Percy Jackson to Magnus Chase, at any of our locations! ⚡️ ...

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Jun 3

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One-minute Mindfulness with Matt Wolf - Easton, The Lehigh River Peek through the trees to notice the waters of the Lehigh River as it is about to meet the Delaware. Feel the power of the moving water and the calm it brings as well.

One-minute Mindfulness with Matt Wolf - Easton, The Lehigh River

Peek through the trees to notice the waters of the Lehigh River as it is about to meet the Delaware. Feel the power of the moving water and the calm it brings as well. ...

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