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 […]
BAPL patrons can now make use of Value Line, the leading investment tool, in digital format. Value Line has long been a popular print resource at the library for investors. Now you can access it remotely using your library card at the link above. Value Line offers investors expert analysis on investment opportunities. Whether you’re a beginning […]
In addition to a property developer, several environmental scientists, and an expert in ornithology, the Bethlehem Area Public Library’s upcoming Chimney Swift presentation will have one panelist who notably doesn’t have a PhD. In fact, she hasn’t yet graduated fourth grade. The speaker will be Emma Huertas, a fourth grader from Freemansburg Elementary School. “She’s […]
I grew up with the angelic voice of Fairouz playing in the morning, and the awakening scents of Arabic coffee wafting in the air of my home (more than once a day because Arabs love their coffee and cannot go a day without that tiny cup of bitter caffeine). The Arabic language filled the halls […]