We’re excited to bring back the Lehigh Valley Punk Rock Flea Market for its second year this spring! This year’s event will be held at the Ice House (56 River St, Bethlehem) rather than BAPL. The proceeds still benefit the library and there again will be so much cool stuff! It will be held Saturday, […]
We’re back. A new year, a new Experimento. This one is benefiting the Bethlehem Area Public Library’s new recording studio, Studio 11. Again, we will bring you live group improvisation without a net. This event has many local stars and artists who are well-known beyond the Lehigh Valley. Here is the lineup: Visual artist: Barnaby […]
Bethlehem Area Public Library Book Sale Lots of wonderful donations of (gently) used books have come in to the Bethlehem Area Public Library recently and we have been working hard preparing them for you. Is it the best book sale in existence? Some say yes, and who are we to disagree? Come to the Main Library (11 W. Church Street) and […]
Participants in the YWCA’s Adult Day Center Program continue to enjoy BAPL Outreach’s senior storytime, “The Next Chapter.” The program is simple — an appropriately meaningful story is shared and complimentary activities follow. In January, participants learned the story of the Golden Gate Bridge in Pop’s Bridge and were then introduced to a variety of STEM […]
If you are interested in learning more about your family history or creating a family tree, come to the library! We have a lot of resources for genealogical research available. You can search census records, obituary archives, and more. The full list can be found below. Also, did you know you can book a librarian […]
A musician who goes by the name ‘janijani’ reached out to the library in a bit of a panic. He was trying to complete the “RPM” challenge and was running out of time… What is the RPM challenge, you ask? Well it’s a songwriters’ challenge that pushes participants to record an entire album in one […]
Borrow digital magazines from the library using just your library card and the Flipster app. Flipster is a next-generation digital magazine solution that makes it easy for you to read your favorite magazines on your computer or mobile device. These are full digital versions of top magazines covering business, leisure, fashion, product reviews, current events, […]
Anytime and anywhere — even the doctor’s office is a great place for spreading stories (not germs)! Because primary care physicians have repeated contact with families from an early stage, they play a significant role in promoting literacy. BAPL Outreach recently visited Star Wellness KidsCare on the South Side of Bethlehem to read a few […]
PBS39 reporter Karishma Desai did an excellent piece about BAPL’s new oral history project on the “Black Experience in Bethlehem.” Thanks, Karishma! You can check out the video below and email Rayah Levy here — rlevy@bapl.org — for more information on the project.
“H.D.’s Moravian Roots in Bethlehem” Tuesday, February 26, 2019. 6:30-8:00 pm Given by Craig Atwood, Professor of Moravian Theology, Moravian College Craig Atwood teaches courses in Moravian theology, Moravian history, the history of Christianity, religion in America, and history of Christian thought. In both the academic and church settings, Atwood is helping the broader Christian community […]
If you are lover of books and words and particularly poetry, you may be interested in this upcoming (free) event over at Lehigh University’s Zoellner Arts Center. Award-winning poet Dana Gioia is coming to town and you should definitely check him out. He’s a dynamic reader, an interesting poet, and has written Haunted, a one-act […]
When Jeanne Deets and Gloria Tarby of Trinity Episcopal Church of Bethlehem heard about BAPL’s fundraising efforts with Kindness Is Magic this past holiday season, they reached out with an extraordinary offer. Rather than buying ornaments to help pay down student lunch debt and accrued library fines for students in the Bethlehem Area School District, could Trinity “adopt” an […]
Pardon our dust, excuse the noise, and join us in celebrating the next phase of the Main Library renovations at BAPL! As of today, construction is underway on the Bob Cohen Room! This room is on its way to becoming a concert venue and multi-use space that will host lectures and meetings and plays and […]
Dominic Haberstumpf on the creation of a logo for Studio 11, our new public recording space. He came up with a bunch of different versions, check them out here: We love them all so hard, but decided to go with the one where the “O” is a knob going to 11. It really goes to […]