Join us for the TAB Newsletter (Grades 9th-12th) on Tuesday, March 4th from 3:45-4:45 PM in the Youth Services Department at the Main Branch! ...

Join us for a special Robin Hood storytime with DeSales University`s Act 3 Children`s Theatre on Tuesday 2/25 at 10:30am.

Registration is recommended. You can register online at bapl.org/events, over the phone at 610-867-7852, or at the South Side reference desk. ...

Compassion Resilience: Taking Care of Ourselves While Taking Care of Others

BAPL Coolidge
Saturday, March 8, 2025
2:15pm - 3:45pm

Presented by Resilient Lehigh Valley, this workshop will provide support and resources to help caregivers and individuals build and maintain a culture of well-being and compassion. You will learn how to maintain and grow in empathy, strength, and hope in order to prevent compassion fatigue in yourself.

This 1.5-hour interactive training will help you to start to develop self-compassion and compassion resilience in both your professional and personal lives. You can learn more at https://eliminatestigma.org/compassion-resilience-toolkit/

Registration here: https://t.ly/pGcW3

BAPL Coolidge
2740 Fifth Street
Bethlehem, PA 18020
(484) 892-6267 ...

Jigsaw Puzzle Swap

Bethlehem Main Library
Saturday, February 22, 2025
10:30am - 11:00am

Would you like to trade your “like-new” jigsaw puzzle for one that is “new to you”? Come to our puzzle swap! Bring up to five puzzles and find some new challenges to take home.
1. Puzzles and their box must be in good shape with no tears, stains, odors, missing pieces, or damage.
2. Puzzles must include a box and be 250 pieces or more.
3. Please practice the “golden rule” of puzzles; give puzzles in the condition in which you would like to receive them.
4. Due to the nature of the puzzle swap, a one/one exchange is not guaranteed.
Registration is suggested: https://t.ly/_E85f ...

Documentary Film Screening - W.E.B. Du Bois, A Biography in Four Voices

Bethlehem Main Library
Saturday, February 22, 2025
2:30pm - 4:30pm

This brand-new program of public screenings of documentary films will be held at the Main Library in the Laros Room. Each documentary will fulfill a particular theme and promote discussion and engagement of the subject matter.

Our first feature for this program will be W.E.B. Du Bois: A Biography in Four Voices (1996), an analysis of the prominent scholar-activist and early Civil Rights leader as told by four prominent African American writers: Wesley Brown, Thulani Davis, Toni Cade Bambara and Amiri Baraka. The documentary was an official selection at the Toronto and San Francisco International Film Festivals and received great acclaim.

Registration will be open until one hour before the program begins, and capacity is limited to 30 participants.

Register here: https://t.ly/C-3PK

Bethlehem Main Library
11 West Church Street
Bethlehem, PA 18018-5888 ...

There will be no Monday night Open Mic on February 17th

Bethlehem Area Public Libraries will be closed for Presidents Day. The next Open Mic will be held February 24th. See you then!! ...