Please remember your masks when you come to the library. As per city order, masks must be worn in all City buildings. This includes all BAPL locations. See more information as to what is currently available in the library and what steps we are taking to keep everyone safe here. […]
After the library’s slate of antiracism conversations from 2020-2021, BAPL’s Janine Carambot Santoro sought to answer the question that many of our community members had: “Now that we know better, what do we do now?” Dr. Melinda González, a fellow colleague from Rutgers University, an anthropologist, and winner of the 2021 Mary Fran Myers Gender […]
What do you call a Bookmobile that doesn’t move? It’s not a riddle, it’s a real question that library staff at BAPL had to ponder after purchasing a “decommissioned” bookmobile and towing it to Fountain Hill. The name they came up with is “Books on the Hill” and after a long and windy road, it’s […]
Book Launch to be held at BAPL on August 21 Professional skateboarder Ray Gurz of Emmaus loves to skate, travel, take chances, and play extremely loud music. He also wrote a children’s book. “What seems impossible can happen if you put your heart into it,” said Gurz. “This is my first book and I expected […]
BAPL is happy to be a drop-off location for Plant-A-Row Lehigh Valley. Plant a Row is a volunteer-run organization that takes donations from local gardeners to food pantries and shelters in the Valley. It can be anything you’d like to plant. Help feed your neighbors with your extra veggies! The drop-off is at the Main […]
Check out BAPL’s 2020 Annual Report, hot off the presses. It was a challenging year of course, but we’re proud of all we accomplished! [pdf-embedder url=”https://www.bapl.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/web-Copy-2020-Annual-Report.pdf”]
Please note that the Bethlehem Area Public Library’s June board meeting will be held online on June 14, 2021 at 6pm. The virtual meeting will be open to the public as attendees. Attendees will be able to listen to the meeting and make comment at the designated time, following typical public comment procedure. To attend […]
Read, learn, attend, win! Summer programs for patrons of all ages are back at the Bethlehem Area Public Library running from Saturday, June 12 to Saturday, August 14, 2021. This year’s theme is “Tails and Tales” and will entail both virtual and in-person events for patrons to attend. “Summer is the most exciting time of […]
BETHLEHEM, PA – The City of Bethlehem’s free bikeshare program, Bike Bethlehem, is back starting today, Wednesday, June 9, after a year of rest and recovery from COVID-19 and the impacts of the pandemic. “The bikes are freshly tuned up and available to borrow at the Bethlehem Area Public Library’s main branch in northside Bethlehem, […]
With the end of Statewide COVID restrictions now in place, we are happy to open up more of BAPL! There are still some limitations in place as we remain cautious. Libraries are a place where many children gather so it is important that we continue to be safe with regards to potential virus transmission. See […]
Each year our friends at the Banana Factory hold an afterschool art enrichment program called “ArtSmart.” Teaching Artists from the area lead BASD middle school students in a variety of art-making activities. One of these Teaching Artists is BAPL Executive Director Josh Berk, who teaches creative writing to these creative kids. Check out all the […]
The Bethlehem Area Public Library is holding an outdoor booksale at the Main Library (11 W. Church St.) on Saturday, May 15. It is scheduled to run from 10-2 or until supplies last. Themed bags of books will be available for $5. We’ll have bags for kids and adults as well as popular themes, but […]
Please note that the Bethlehem Area Public Library’s May board meeting will be held online on May 10, 2021 at 6pm. The virtual meeting will be open to the public as attendees. Attendees will be able to listen to the meeting and make comment at the designated time, following typical public comment procedure. To attend […]
Dear Friends of the Swifts–John and Lynn Noble, Wilbur Mansion Development Team, Lehigh Valley Audubon Society, Sierra Club Lehigh Valley, Bethlehem City Council and Environmental Advisory Council, Lehigh University Environmental Initiative and Southside Initiative, Freemansburg Elementary School, Artefact Inc., Poets, Journalists, and Concerned Citizens: Wonderful news! The swifts are back! And they are using the […]
On Friday, April 30, 2021 at 6:00 p.m., the Lehigh Valley Bookfest will hold a closing presentation with a virtual keynote from five-time Emmy Award winner David Pogue. Pogue served as a correspondent for CBS News Sunday Morning, where he garnered five Emmys for his work. He is also known for being a New York […]