New Releases | Kanopy
We’re excited to announce a slate of new releases available through Kanopy, the service for streaming free online movies with your library card. Check them out!
June 15, 2018
June 7, 2018
StoryWalks are Back!
A StoryWalk is a fun, educational activity that places the pages from a children’s story along a popular walking route in the community. BAPL is happy to be a partner in this program with the Bethlehem Health Bureau and St. Luke’s University Health Network. This year the StoryWalks will be up from June – September. […]
April 25, 2018
Matthew Landis Author Event at BAPL
This past week, young adult author Matthew Landis visited the Bethlehem Area Public Library to give a talk to Northeast Middle School kids about his new book The Not So Boring Letters of Private Nobody. He also talked about what it’s like being a social studies teacher and an author, and he gave some great […]
April 19, 2018
What’s New at BAPL in Young Adult Fiction, April 2018
Here are just a few new YA books that BAPL has acquired recently for you to pick up and read. Remember, you’re never too old for young adult fiction. You may just find your next favorite book in this stack of YA picks… The Astonishing Color of After by Emily X.R. Pan When Leigh Chen […]
April 18, 2018
Top 10 Books to Read in Spring, Brought to You by the Stacks of BAPL
Spring time has arrived in the Lehigh Valley, despite the cold weather we’re still getting. What better way to think spring than to read some great books that remind you of warmer weather? Here are 10 recommendations that you can pick up from the Bethlehem Area Public Library. Who knows, maybe all this spring reading […]
April 12, 2018
Pennsylvania House Passes National Library Week Resolution-BAPL Celebrates
BETHLEHEM, PA (12 April 2018) – This week a resolution was passed by the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. The resolution set out to recognize a week in April (from the 8th to the 14th) as “National Library Week,” a week sponsored by the National Library Association. This recognition was realized this week in the passing […]
April 6, 2018
BAPL Honors MLK
]The 50th anniversary of the assassination of Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. was commemorated this past week with the help of the Bethlehem NAACP, YWCA Bethlehem, Lehigh University, Bethlehem Area Public Library, and all who came out to remember the irreplaceable work of this great man. On the morning of April 4, many gathered at Packer […]
February 13, 2018
Kanopy is Here: Stream A Free Film Every Month!
BAPL is proud to announce the popular on-demand film streaming service Kanopy is now available for free to library card holders. Films can be streamed from any computer, television, mobile device or platform by downloading the Kanopy app for iOS, Android, AppleTV, Chromecast, or Roku. For now, the library’s subscription is capped at 250 films per month; individual […]
January 17, 2018
BAPL Receives Grant from R. K. Laros Foundation
The Bethlehem Area Public Library is pleased to announce it has received a generous grant of $10,000 from the R.K. Laros Foundation. The funds will support the transformation of the Bob Cohen Room at BAPL, assisting with the purchase of a floor-to-ceiling glass movable wall for the renovated space, and were presented to Library Executive […]
January 17, 2018
Snack Box Storytime @ SS Branch
Parents: The Library is opening at noon on Wednesday, January 17, 2018 due to the inclement weather. Snack Box Storytime is canceled for today!
October 18, 2017
New Titles
The regular new item lists will be back soon in a new and improved form as we complete our upgrade to a new computer system. For now, here is a selected list of recently added items: NEW DVDS Snatched Masculin Feminin Going in style Gifted Ghost in the shell Father Brown. Season four NEW […]
September 21, 2017
Important Announcement: New Computer System at BAPL
No items will be due back from October 9-12. Please return or renew your items on or after the 13th. No overdue fines will be charged for these days. No new library cards will be issued from October 9-11. Library cards must be present to check out on October 9 – 11. There will be […]
September 19, 2017
Beat Happening Frontman and K Recs Founder Calvin Johnson Performing at BAPL!
Indie rock icon Calvin Johnson is bringing his latest band, Selector Dub Narcotic, to the Bethlehem Area Public Library for a performance on Tuesday, October 3, 2017. Also performing will be Lehigh Valley indie rock band VoirVoir and New York City/Washington D.C. psychedelic pop band Secret Cities. The concert will be the second in Tape Swap […]
August 28, 2017
BAPL’s new Literary Landmark!
Hilda Doolittle Plaque Dedication, Bethlehem Area Public Library, September 8, 4pm The Bethlehem Area Public Library is being added to a national list of Literary Landmarks. A new plaque honoring the birthplace of the great 20th century poet Hilda Doolittle (1886 –1961) will be unveiled Friday, September 8th at a 4pm ceremony that will include […]
August 25, 2017
BAPL Podcast! Interview with Geoff Gehman
Welcome to Episode One of BAPL’s new podcast. Author, journalist, and all around great-guy Geoff Gehman is my first guest (and my first Geoff). We talk about baseball great Carl Yastrzemski, who is the subject of Geoff’s upcoming event at BAPL on September 28. We also talk about Geoff’s latest writing project and we even […]