♫ ♬ Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday Walt Whitmannnnnnnnn, happy birthday to you! ♫ ♬ To celebrate the 200th birthday of the great American poet Walt Whitman, BAPL is partnering with Lehigh University’s English department to host a read-aloud of his great work “Song of Myself” on April 30 from 5:30-8:00pm. Led […]
Here is some good news: we are ready to share the exciting new project known as Studio 11 at BAPL! This is our new public recording space, a free-to-use library service where you can record a podcast, cut a demo of your metal band, record your acoustic album full of songs about your cat, really […]
If you follow the American Library Association on Twitter or religiously read American Libraries magazine, you already know this. (And if you don’t, what are you even doing with your life??) BAPL was featured in these prestigious places! The story is about the good work Rayah Levy is doing collecting stories of ‘the Black experience […]
The Bethlehem Area Public Library (BAPL) is honored to partner with the Moravian College Writers’ Conference 2019 as a community venue, hosting acclaimed young adult author A.S. King for a public reading on the evening of Friday, February 15. King, called “one of the best YA writers working today” by The New York Times, will […]
Check out this excellent article in Lehigh Valley Live by Kurt Bresswein. It’s going to get loud at BAPL indeed! We’re still looking for donations of musical instruments, including things like synthesizers, drum machines and effects pedals. Contact Matt Molchany at shardslv@gmail.com if you might have such instruments you are willing to part with for […]
Check out the new photo exhibit at the Main Library — the photographer is our own Jodi Keim! In addition to working at the library, Jodi is a photographer. Her passion for photography started at a very young age and developed as she documented the lives of her children. She has a particular passion for […]
Have you had a chance to see this season of “Scholastic Scrimmage,” the high school quiz competition on PBS39? You may recognize the host as BAPL Executive Director Josh Berk! More about the show, including air times and past episodes can be found here.
We wrote a letter to the Morning Call in response to their recent article about the lack of internet access faced by many households in the Lehigh Valley. It was a good and important article, but we felt like it should have mentioned public libraries as a place where people can go to get online. See […]
The search for the following position for a part-time delivery driver for the Lehigh Valley Library System is being conducted by the Easton Area Public Library. Please direct all inquiries to them. [Nov 2018] The Lehigh Valley Library System, which includes the Allentown, Bethlehem and Easton Public Libraries seeks a well-organized, energetic candidate for the position of […]
The official launch of BAPL Books’ Home at My Typewriter was held on Saturday at Sahl Communications. Thanks to Kim and her colleagues for being excellent hosts! Family and friends of Bob Cohen came from far and wide to celebrate, buy copies of the book, eat cake, and sing. Bob’s brother Bill even performed a […]
Hmm, maybe that should say “did you hear us on the radio?” The point is, we were on the radio! On November 20’s “Lehigh Valley Arts Salon” with Silagh White on WDIY, BAPL’s Kate Racculia and Matt Wolf discussed BAPL Books, our new publishing line highlighting local writers. They also talked about Hilda Doolittle celebrations going on this […]
BAPL is hosting an exciting holiday fundraiser this year. We are partnering with Kindness is Magic Inc. to pay off student lunch debt and erase library fines. One in six children in Pennsylvania suffers from hunger and many of these same students are prevented from borrowing library books due to outstanding fees. We believe every […]
Join us for the book launch celebrating the release of Home at My Typewriter by Bob Cohen. The book is published by BAPL Books. Money earned from the sale of the book helps fund the construction of the Bob Cohen Room at BAPL! Note that the event is held not at the library but at Sahl Communications, 1 […]
This season, BAPL is again selling some beautiful Snow Over Bethlehem holiday cards. These may be purchased at the front desk at the Main Library or online here. They are $15 in person and $20 online (includes shipping). Made in partnership with the Moravian Historical Society, these limited-edition holiday cards feature the illustrations from the beloved 1945 children’s Snow […]
Thanks to Prof. Elizabeth Dolan, our friends at Lehigh’s English Department and many community partners, the FrankenReads event at BAPL on October 31 was a big success! We read the entire novel aloud over the 10 hours that the library was open! We had tons of fun with costumes, Frankenstein cakes and other snacks, and […]