The South Side Branch of BAPL is working closely with the South Side Garden Alliance with support from South Side Vision to bring a tool library to life! Please consider donating any new or like-new gardening tools you may not use. Support urban gardening! Contact ss@bapl.org with any questions or to schedule drop-off of your […]
The Bethlehem Area Public Library is hosting a book-signing by one of its own on October 30. Award-winning author Kate Racculia, an employee at BAPL, will be signing copies of Tuesday Mooney Talks to Ghosts on October 30 at 6:30pm. The event will be held at the Main Library. Books will be available for purchase […]
Photographer Dominic Assia visited the Coolidge Building and took some beautiful pictures of the completed renovations. Check them out, and maybe they will inspire you to go visit Coolidge in person. It’s beautiful, as are these pictures. Thank you Dominic!
We are proud to announce a major upgrade to a one-of-a-kind local resource. Check out BAPL’s World War II database, where you can find over 12,000 entries on local service people from WWII. This collection includes the many accounts in The Bethlehem Globe-Times published during the war. Many articles are light-hearted, highlighting neighbors and friends […]
On Saturday, September 21st, patrons at our Coolidge location celebrated Peace Day with a Family Storytime Event that kicked off with a tree-planting ceremony at the satellite library in Bethlehem Township. The tree was generously donated by the Bethlehem Township Municipal Authority, a financing authority which Director Steve Hunsberger says “is all about community.” For […]
We apologize for the inconvenience, but the homework help program at the Main Library will not be able to begin until next week. The program was intended to start today but is now beginning September 30. Sorry for this change!
This one goes to eleven. The Bethlehem Area Public Library is really embracing a theme for a concert to be held at the Main Library on November 11. Yes, the date is 11/11. The library’s address is 11 W. Church St. The library’s public recording studio is called “Studio 11,” and the event is called […]
Singer/songwriter Matt Bednarsky has lived in Greenwich Village, Nashville, and even Peru, but he currently calls the Lehigh Valley home. He’s released three studio albums and toured the country and the world, including Canada, Europe, and Australia. In 2015, Concerts in Your Home named Bednarsky an Artist of the Year. Most recently, however, Bednarsky has […]
The Bethlehem Area Public Library (BAPL) is hosting a benefit bash this year at the South Side Branch (400 Webster Street) on Saturday, October 26, 2019 from 7 pm to 10 pm. SILVER SCREAM AT THE SOUTH SIDE, inspired by classic Hollywood horror, is an adults-only Halloween party featuring treats and live tunes, cocktails, a […]
Get the hottest ticket in town and join us for Silver Scream at the South Side on October 26. The event is inspired by classic Hollywood horror, featuring a costume party for grown-ups. Treats and tunes! Cocktails! Costume contest! Spooky surprises! All proceeds go to the campaign to add a much-needed elevator to the Branch […]
We are so excited to see Payrow Plaza come alive with color and activity and to watch its transformation into PLAY-row Plaza! Thanks to our friends at the Bethlehem Health Bureau for turning this space outside the library into a fun activity ground for kids! There’s hopscotch and learning activities and all sorts of fun […]
POWER Library now offers two new resources, Auto Repair Source and Small Engine Repair Reference Center (SERRC). Auto Repair Source contains “the most accurate, authoritative and up-to-date service and repair information for thousands of domestic and imported vehicles.” It provides repair instructions and diagrams, parts estimates, and recall information. SERRC allows users to “find detailed repair guides for […]
This summer marks 100 years of the opening of the R.K. Laros Silk Mill. The official date of the founding of the first mill is recorded as July 1, 1919. The first mill was established in the Miller Heights section of what is now Bethlehem Township. Other mills were later built on Broad St. […]
BAPL invites everyone to explore our newest location, BAPL Coolidge–a satellite library embedded in Bethlehem Township–for a grand opening celebration on Saturday, August 24 from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm. Housed in the historic Coolidge Building and open three days a week, BAPL Coolidge offers a curated collection of books, DVDs, audiobooks, and other library […]
Megan Beste, District Director for Congresswoman Susan Wild, pleasantly surprised library staff at the new Coolidge satellite branch on Wednesday, July 24, when she dropped off a box of new books handpicked from the Library of Congress’s Surplus Books Program. The program’s mission is simply to help build library collections. The books and audio-books may be […]