September 22, 2021

Janine Santoro Wins Community Star Award from the IronPigs

By Dominic Trabosci We’ve known it for a long time, but BAPL’s Janine Santoro is now officially a “Star.” She received the Community Star Award on September 16th from the Lehigh Valley IronPigs in recognition of her outstanding contributions to the local community.  The award was created by the Iron Pigs to recognize “any person […]

BAPL News, South Side Branch
June 1, 2021

Check out the Tool Library at BAPL South Side

Working in your garden? Fixing something around the house? Library patrons can now borrow hand tools from the South Side Branch, including shovels, cultivators, socket wrenches, and more. The items are free to borrow with your library card. See below for a full list:   65-piece tool set-Kobalt — includes : 22 bits, 3 extension […]

South Side Branch
September 30, 2020

Visit BAPL’s South Side Kids’ Room Virtually!

It’s a whole new way to enjoy the library! The South Side Kids’ Room is an interactive Bitmoji classroom where families and young patrons can explore the library in a digital environment. Different elements in the room are interactive hyperlinks that take users to playlists of STEM videos, story times, puppet shows and learning activities. Every two […]

South Side Branch
June 23, 2020

A Celebration of Latinx Stories at BAPL: from 1976-Today

IN 1976, BAPL’s South Side Branch became an intellectual haven for Bethlehem’s Latinx residents and a “fiesta para todos” would celebrate the library’s new multi-cultural vision and resources available for the Hispanic community. In 2019, through a Mellon Grant from Lehigh Valley Engaged Humanities Consortium and in partnership with Lehigh University, BAPL’s Janine Santoro began […]

BAPL News, Bethlehem Latinx Oral History Project, South Side Branch
October 2, 2019

Tool Library at BAPL South Side

The South Side Branch of BAPL is working closely with the South Side Garden Alliance with support from South Side Vision to bring a tool library to life! Please consider donating any new or like-new gardening tools you may not use. Support urban gardening! Contact ss@bapl.org with any questions or to schedule drop-off of your […]

South Side Branch