It’s so hard to believe the we are closing out another year’s worth of weekly calendars. As things are picking up for you in your preparation for the upcoming holidays, parties, and family gatherings, things are winding down for us here at BirminghamMommy. This will be our last full calendar of 2013. Make sure to follow us on Facebook. We’ll be posting various events there between now and the end of the year.
Thank you so much for coming back here each week and making us a part of your routine! We look forward to seeing you in the New Year!
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Sunday December 15th:
Zoolight Safari – Birmingham Zoo
Celebrate the Holidays at Wells Fargo ZooLight Safari. Plan ahead for this exciting holiday-centric event! Be amazed by more than half a million lights, holiday music and plenty of festive activities as the Zoo comes alive for 18 nights of fun in this transformed winter wonderland!
$8 Non-members
Members free
5pm – 9pm
The Seasoned Performers Present The Magic of Christmas – Homewood Public Library
Join us for as the Seasoned Performers, Alabama’s only professionally run senior theatre troupe, presents a charming collection of yuletide tales, tunes, and reminiscences that the whole family will enjoy. Light refreshments will be served.
3pm
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Monday December 16th:
Holiday Monday Movie – Homewood Library
Join us for hot movie popcorn and a cool holiday movie.
3:30
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Tuesday December 17th:
A Roger Day Christmas – Hoover Public Library
Sing-a-long with Roger Day and stick around after the show for Season’s Eatings and Greetings with Santa. In the Library Theatre. Come early, limited seating.
6:30pm
Family Tours – Birmingham Museum of Art
FREE // Meet in the Main Lobby
Join us for an in-gallery family experience! Children aged 3 – 8 and their adult companions are invited to join Museum educators to explore our collection, discover activities that make looking at art fun and exciting, and create new family memories about art.
No reservations required. Family Tours are also available by appointment for groups of 10 or more children aged 3 – 8. For more information or to schedule a tour, call 205.254.2964.
10:30am
Storytime for All Ages – Homewood Public Library
Story Time
10:30am
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Wednesday December 18th:
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
Storytime – Barnes and Noble Summit
The energetic little mouse from If You Give a Mouse a Cookie is back with a host of holiday antics. Come see what he does with popcorn and string!
11am
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Thursday December 19th
Mommy and Me Storytime – Homewood Public Library
Story Time for our younger patrons (birth to 30 mo.) and their lap partner.
10:30
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Friday December 20th:
Stories on the Mountain – Ruffner Mountain Nature Center
What a perfect way to enjoy a crisp, cold night – bundled up around a warm toasty fire listening to entertaining stories from Storyteller Zechariah Hook. This event is perfect the entire family. After he spins his tales, we will indulge in S ‘Mores and cocoa.
Tickets:
$5/ $7 (non-member)
6:30pm
Zoolight Safari – Birmingham Zoo
Celebrate the Holidays at Wells Fargo ZooLight Safari. Plan ahead for this exciting holiday-centric event! Be amazed by more than half a million lights, holiday music and plenty of festive activities as the Zoo comes alive for 18 nights of fun in this transformed winter wonderland!
$8 Non-members
Members free
5pm – 9pm
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Saturday December 21st:
Zoolight Safari – Birmingham Zoo
Celebrate the Holidays at Wells Fargo ZooLight Safari. Plan ahead for this exciting holiday-centric event! Be amazed by more than half a million lights, holiday music and plenty of festive activities as the Zoo comes alive for 18 nights of fun in this transformed winter wonderland!
$8 Non-members
Members free
5pm – 9pm
Happy Holidays from Railroad Park
Tis the season to have fun! Come join us for Mayor William A. Bell, Sr. presents Happy Holidays from Railroad Park. This year our ceremonial tree lighting event will feature live music from Yung Vokalz & Percision Grooves, free carnival games and Babe Ruff from the Birmingham Barons!
3pm – 5pm
Bart’s Art Cart – Birmingham Museum of Art
This drop-in art program for kids and families features a different theme from our galleries and art activity each month. Stop by to make art with Bart! Ornaments // Hanging decorations are common in many cultures. Make your own for the holidays!
11am – 1pm
Storytime – Barnes and Noble Summit
The energetic little mouse from If You Give a Mouse a Cookie is back with a host of holiday antics. Come see what he does with popcorn and string!
11am
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Sunday December 22nd:
Zoolight Safari – Birmingham Zoo
Celebrate the Holidays at Wells Fargo ZooLight Safari. Plan ahead for this exciting holiday-centric event! Be amazed by more than half a million lights, holiday music and plenty of festive activities as the Zoo comes alive for 18 nights of fun in this transformed winter wonderland!
$8 Non-members
Members free
5pm – 9pm
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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: Flight of the Butterflies, Titans of the Ice Age
Unearthing Alabama’s Ice Age – through December 31st, 2013
McWane Science Center is home to Alabama’s second largest natural history collection. Made up of over 500,000 specimens and objects pertaining to the natural history of the state, this important collection focuses on the preservation, education, and research of Alabama’s rich biodiversity and paleobiodiversity. One of the more significant subsets of the collection is Alabama’s largest collection of Late Pleistocene faunal remains – or Ice Age fossils.
Made up of nearly 10,000 cataloged specimens, the McWSC Pleistocene collection contains a unique diversity of fauna that not only includes those native to North America, but migrants to the state from both South America and the Old World. This collection includes mammals, both extant and extinct, reptiles, amphibians, birds, fishes, and botanical remains collected from both cave and stream localities in the state. Extinct mammals represented in the McWSC collection include mammoths, mastodons, giant beavers, saber-toothed cats, giant armadillos, tapirs, peccaries, and giant ground sloths.
This spring, visitors will have an opportunity to view some of the fossils in the collection with a new exhibit titled — “Unearthing Alabama’s Ice Age.” This exhibit will not only highlight many of the Ice Age animals from the McWane Science Center Collection, but will highlight and dispel many of the common misconceptions surrounding the Ice Age in the state. The goal is for visitors to have a better understanding and appreciation for this time in Alabama. For example, guests might learn that Alabama was on average only five degrees colder than today, glaciers did not reach farther south than southern Illinois or that all the Ice Age animals did not go extinct at the end of the Ice Age. While the largest animals, such as mastodons, giant ground sloths, and saber-tooth cats died out, nearly all the animals that are living in Alabama today were also around in the Ice Age.
The Unearthing Alabama’s Ice Age Alabama display is located in the City Gallery on Level 2 of the museum. It is included in the cost of admission to the museum and free to members.
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.
