Another busy week in Birmingham! We love this time of year because there on SO many things to do, it’s hard to choose!
We’re gearing up for Earth Day so there are several celebrations happening including the annual Auntie Litter Parade at Kelly Ingram Park. McWane Science Center and the Birmingham Zoo will also be having special programs.
This week will also be celebrating Birmingham Reads Day – there will be a celebration on Saturday at Brookwood Village, if you have some gently used books to donate, they will get them into the Birmingham School System where books are needed.
Have a great week and Happy Earth Day Everyone!
It’s Not Our Fault if Your Kids are Bored!
Sunday April 15th:
Bart’s Art Cart – Birmingham Museum of Art
April showers bring May flowers! Craft a “glass” flower inspired by BMA artist Dale Chihuly.
Visit Bart’s Art Cart in the main lobby to explore great art and create some art of your own with the help of our Teen Volunteers. Each month highlights a different gallery and features a new art activity. Learn how to look at art with your child. Stop by and make art with Bart!
1:00pm
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Monday April 16th:
Reader’s Studio – Hoover Public Library
Oh Brother, Oh Sister – A super-cool book club for grades 2-5! Bring a book in our featured genre. This month we’re reading books about the joy and annoyance of having siblings. Each meeting will begin with a book discussion and end with creating a book-inspired masterpiece. Call to register.
6:30pm
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Tuesday April 17th:
Farmer Jason – Hoover Public Library
Tap your toes to “Guitar-Pickin’ Chicken,” “Punk Rock Skunk” and some new tunes from his latest album, Nature Jams. Kids of all ages.
6:30pm
Babes in the Zoo– Birmingham Zoo
This fun class introduces children to the experience and wonder of animals in a safe environment.
Children must be 6 months to 2 years old and accompany with an adult. Classes are 30 minutes long.
Members -$6 Non-Members -$12
9am
Storytime – Homewood Public Library
Join us for the fun of it! All ages welcome.
10:30am
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Wednesday April 18th:
Babes in the Zoo– Birmingham Zoo
This fun class introduces children to the experience and wonder of animals in a safe environment.
Children must be 6 months to 2 years old and accompnay with an adult. Classes are 30 minutes long.
Members -$6 Non-Members -$12
9am
Storytime – Barnes and Noble Summit
Join us as we read Jack and the Beanstalk to find out what happens when Jack takes on a giant. We will also make a craft and have something yummy from our Cafe.
11am
Family Story Time with Mr Mac – North Shelby Library
Storyteller Extraordinaire – Come join Mr Mac and his musical storytime complete with puppets! All Ages, no registration required.
10:45am
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Thursday April 19th:
Auntie Litter Earth Day Parade – Kelly Ingram Park
Auntie Litter’s Earth Day Parade and Festival is the country’s largest Earth Day Parade. School children from around Birmingham fill the park for a day of fun and educational activities that include environmental entertainment, picnic lunch and time with 30+ exhibitors and a parade through the streets of Birmingham.
9am – 2pm
Birmingham Reads Day!
Birmingham Reads Day is a reading awareness initiative that places guest readers in classrooms. Our amazing group of volunteers will read to all Kindergarten through 5th grade classrooms at every Birmingham City elementary school in one afternoon!
Time for Tales with Ms Katie – Avondale Library
Join Ms. Katie for a preschool storytime with lots of stories, songs, and fun for everyone! Group registration appreciated.
9:30am
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Friday April 20th:
Homestead Hollow Mudbugs and Music Festival – Homestead Hollow
Live Bluegrass and Hot Crawfish!
Featuring fine arts, unique, hand made crafts, pioneer demonstrations of the old time days- see wood carving, ironwork, blacksmithing, smoke house cooking, gardening, quilting, whiskey making at our original working still, tour our original cabins as they were built by the early settlers. Relax by one of our many streams and listen to live local entertainment all day. Enjoy our great food that makes your mouth scream for more.
$10 per day; 12 and under free. Tickets available at the gate.
Music begins at 6pm
Story Day with NeNe – Whole Foods
Stories, songs, and snacks as Mrs. Renee Schmidt leads the fun.
10am
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Saturday April 21st:
Birmingham Reads – Brookwood Village
Come out for a celebration of reading with music, characters, and more on main street at Colonial Brookwood Village. Bring a book, buy a book. Collecting new and gently used children’s books for Birmingham city school children.
10am – 3pm
Earth Day Celebration – McWance Science Center
Join the party for the planet with cool programs like “Newspaper Masterpieces” where you can use recycled materials to create works of art!
COST: Included in cost of admission to the museum, FREE for members
10AM – 4PM
Plant ID: Who Do Ivy? – Oak Mountain State Park
Have an interest in plants? Come learn how to identify some of Alabama’s plants. Learn which ones you can touch and which ones to stay from.
Meet at 10a.m. at the Treetop Nature Trail (base of stairs) on Terrace Drive.
Free after admission to Oak Mountain State Park.
Party for the Planet – Birmingham Zoo
This event will be filled with activities and wildlife presentations promoting the care and conservation of our planet. Guests will see special shows and animal demonstrations.
Saturday Market – Pepper Place
Re-open again for the season! Pepper Place Saturday Market brings the best local growers, food producers and artisans to you each Saturday morning. Rain or shine!
7am – Noon
Homestead Hollow Mudbugs and Music Festival – Homestead Hollow
Live Bluegrass and Hot Crawfish!
Featuring fine arts, unique, hand made crafts, pioneer demonstrations of the old time days- see wood carving, ironwork, blacksmithing, smoke house cooking, gardening, quilting, whiskey making at our original working still, tour our original cabins as they were built by the early settlers. Relax by one of our many streams and listen to live local entertainment all day. Enjoy our great food that makes your mouth scream for more.
$10 per day; 12 and under free. Tickets available at the gate.
Music begins at 1pm
Tannehill Trade Days
Shoppers and swappers come from far and near to Tannehill Trade Days in search of tools, clothing, jewelry, knives, furniture and other treasures.
Park admission
$3.00 Adults (12 years and older)
$2.00 Seniors (Ages 62 and older)
$1.00 Children (Ages 6-11) ages 5 and under free
8am – 4pm
Bart’s Art Cart – Birmingham Museum of Art
April showers bring May flowers! Craft a “glass” flower inspired by BMA artist Dale Chihuly.
Visit Bart’s Art Cart in the main lobby to explore great art and create some art of your own with the help of our Teen Volunteers. Each month highlights a different gallery and features a new art activity. Learn how to look at art with your child. Stop by and make art with Bart!
11:00am
Cartoons and Cereal – Homewood Library
Fall in love with some of your favorite classic cartoons all over again.
Cereal will be provided for children who attend.
9:30am – 11:30
Family Storytime – Emmet O’Neal Library
Bring the entire family and join Mr. Mac for stories and music each Saturday morning.
10:30 a.m.
Storytime – Barnes and Noble Summit
Join us as we read we read Fancy Nancy and the Mermaid Ballet. See what happens when Fancy Nancy takes dance lessons. There will be a fun activity and a treat from the Cafe.
11am
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Sunday April 22nd:
Earth Day Celebration – McWance Science Center
Join the party for the planet with cool programs like “Newspaper Masterpieces” where you can use recycled materials to create works of art!
COST: Included in cost of admission to the museum, FREE for members
Noon – 4PM
Earthbounds Earthfest – George Ward Park
The band Earthbound will play their free annual concert. There will be events for people of all ages. Bring a picnic and enjoy the music. Any proceeds will be donated to The Friends of George Ward Park a 501(c)3 non-profit.
Free for all ages
2pm – 6pm
Tannehill Trade Days
Shoppers and swappers come from far and near to Tannehill Trade Days in search of tools, clothing, jewelry, knives, furniture and other treasures.
Park admission
$3.00 Adults (12 years and older)
$2.00 Seniors (Ages 62 and older)
$1.00 Children (Ages 6-11) ages 5 and under free
8am – 4pm
Bart’s Art Cart – Birmingham Museum of Art
April showers bring May flowers! Craft a “glass” flower inspired by BMA artist Dale Chihuly.
Visit Bart’s Art Cart in the main lobby to explore great art and create some art of your own with the help of our Teen Volunteers. Each month highlights a different gallery and features a new art activity. Learn how to look at art with your child. Stop by and make art with Bart!
1:00pm
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Local Attractions Open Daily!
McWane Science Center:
IMAX
McWane Science Center’s IMAX® Dome Theater puts you in the center of the action by projecting breathtaking quality images onto the 5-story-tall dome screen and delivering intense surround sound through almost 3 tons of speakers and subwoofers.
Now Showing: Born to Be Wild, & Flying Monsters.
Birmingham Zoo:
Lorikeet Aviary – Our Lorikeet Aviary has more birds than ever! Zoo guests can feed these exotic birds every day. You and your family will see these birds’ behavior as they eat nectar out of your hand.
Weekends 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
PELICAN FEEDING – A great way to see our pelicans in action is to witness them eating their favorite treats near the pelican boardwalk.
RHINO ENCOUNTER – Embark on an African adventure and experience one of the world’s most extraordinary animals, the Southern White Rhino. Watch from only feet away as our zookeepers engage in hands-on interaction with the animals inside their African-themed exhibit. Don’t miss this exciting encounter with one of the largest mammals on the planet!
Weekdays: 3pm – 3:30pm
Weekends: 11:30am – Noon & 3pm – 3:30 pm
GIRAFFE FEEDING – This up close and personal animal encounter is a memory you and your family will have for a lifetime.
Weekday: 11am – Noon
Weekends: 10am – 11am & 2pm – 3pm
Vulcan Park and Museum:
Vulcan is the world’s largest cast iron statue; made of 100,000 pounds of iron and 56 feet tall, he stands at the top of Red Mountain overlooking the city of Birmingham. But, Vulcan is more than a statue. Vulcan Park and Museum features spectacular views of Birmingham, an interactive history museum that examines Vulcan and Birmingham’s story, and a beautiful public park for visitors and locals to enjoy. With an official information center that is operated by the Greater Birmingham Convention and Visitors Bureau, Vulcan Park and Museum serves as the first stop for visitors to the Birmingham area!
Railroad Park:
Railroad Park is a 19 acre green space in downtown Birmingham that celebrates the industrial and artistic heritage of our great city. Situated along 1st Avenue South, between 14th and 18th Streets, the park is a joint effort between the City of Birmingham and the Railroad Park Foundation. Hailed as “Birmingham’s Living Room,” Railroad Park provides a historically rich venue for local recreation, family activities, concerts, and cultural events, while connecting Birmingham’s downtown area with Southside and UAB’s campus.
Southern Museum of Flight:
Earn Your Wings – Bring your little pilot and soar above the clouds in our little pilots room. Kids enjoy building aircrafts, flying kites, and more.
Museum Open Tuesday – Thursday
9:30am – 4:30pm
Do you have or know of an event you would like to have added to our weekly calendar? Please email us at contact@birminghammommy.com, subject line “Events Calendar” – We would love to hear from you!
** All information listed on our calendar is subject to change without notice to us or you… We do our best to keep the information accurate and will always update as soon as we learn that something has changed. It’s always best to double check with the event via their website or a quick call, especially when weather can impact the event.
