We love nothing more to recommend books to readers and this year our list of favs is up on LehighValleyNews.com — check it out! Turning the page on a year: Bethlehem Area Public Library staff lists favorite books
All Bethlehem Area Public Library Locations are closed today due to inclement weather. We will be open again on Tuesday, December 27. Happy Holidays and stay safe!
When the Main Library at City Center opened in 1967, it was the bee’s knees. There were towering bookshelves, large oak reading tables, and more reference books than you could shake a stick at. But it’s time to make some changes, freshen up the place, and reflect the needs of a 21st century library. We’ll […]
It‘s time for a New Year‘s celebration for the little ones in your family! Join us at the library for a noon-time ball drop on December 30. There will be fun and dancing with DJs from DJ collective Nite Liters LLC! They know how to make a party and we‘ll be ringing in the new […]
Holiday Season Gifts & Donations Libraries are essential to communities because they provide free education and resources to the public. The Bethlehem Area Public Library has been giving all library users a place to connect with friends, meet new people, expand their learning, and practice their skills and talents. Since 1901, we have planned and […]
This past weekend a new book was born! Lehigh Valley artist/skateboarder/musician Ray Gurz brought us the lovable twosome “Jacob and Ridley” last year in their debut adventure Jacob and Ridley Head to the Park. This year they’re back with book #2 in a rockin’ new adventure, Jacob and Ridley Start a Band. Ray signed books, did some drawings, and […]
On November 8, BASD students had off for Election Day and our friends at the Bethlehem YMCA told us there would be a lot of students there that day. What better day to show up with our new book bike! Library Board President Anne Felker did the honors of pedaling the bicycle down Broad St. […]
We’re so lucky to have so many great performers TONIGHT (11/11) at BAPL! Let’s meet a few. Artist interviews by Madison Hummel, Moravian University. ‘ZEL Who is part of the band? ‘Zel is a solo artist, but he does perform with his sister Melladi who sings backup vocals for his sets. He also enjoys performing […]
We hope to see you all on Friday 11/11/22 for 11FEST! Here is the schedule of performers, subject to change but likely to be pretty much like this. This event is held in the Cohen Room at the Main Library. It is a suggested $11 donation. Can’t make it to 11FEST but still want to […]
Here at BAPL we are holding a celebration in honor of Kurt Vonnegut’s 100th birthday. The great author was born on November 11, 1922. He died in 2007 but the 100 year mark of his birth is a great excuse to hold a party and do a read-aloud of Slaughter-House Five. Would you like to sign […]
Join the Bethlehem Area Public Library in a public read-aloud of Kurt Vonnegut’s masterpiece novel, Slaughterhouse Five: or The Children’s Crusade. The 100th anniversary of KV’s birth (November 11, 1922) is the perfect excuse to celebrate this great American author. We’ll start at 10:30am and go until the book is finished. Participate in a marathon all-day reading of […]
You know the date already: 11/11! The annual 11Fest concert at the Bethlehem Area Public Library is right around the corner. This fundraising event will feature at least eleven live performers who play all different kinds of music. Each one gets a little bit louder until the end when we turn it up to 11 […]
Need a space to hold your next meeting? BAPL has reopened its beautiful Laros Room to the public! The room has the capacity for up to 49 people and all the resources you may need for your event including a projection screen, a podium, a whiteboard, a ceiling-mounted projector with an HDMI input, and plenty […]
Our library theme song now has a sweet tee to go with it! In loud bright pink, you too can advertise your fondness for making a little noise in the library. Proceeds support Studio 11, the free public recording studio at BAPL. The shirt features a drawing by rocker and friend of the BAPL Dan […]
This article comes out of a multi-year effort to index the “vertical clip files”—which are articles and pictures cut from newspapers and other sources over the past 100 years or so, lovingly saved by our wise predecessors at the library—that take up many long drawers in the Bethlehem Room. From time to time as we […]