We’re Back! We hope you all had a wonderful holiday break and a very happy new year! It’s time to get back into our regular routines and that means our calendar will be filling up again with things going on around town! So get those big kids back in school and hit the town with some of these local activities!
Be sure to check this page often throughout the week as it’s constantly updated! We hope you have a fantastic week!
It’s Not Our Fault if Your Kids are Bored!
Monday January 3rd
Storytime – Ruffner Mountain Nature Center
Is your child a budding naturalist? Bring them to Storytime to encourage their excitement about the outdoors. We will read a story with a nature theme. Following the story, there will be a short activity. Suited for children 3 – 5. All children must be accompanied by an adult during the program.
$3/ $2 (member)
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Tuesday January 4th
10 Cent Cookie Tuesday – Whole Foods
Barring any cookie monster attacks we’ll have our silver dollar-size chocolate chip cookies, baked fresh in the Bakery, for just 10 cents each. Buy a whole bushel and freeze them for later! While supplies last
Lego Mini Build – Riverchase Galleria
Lego Polar Bear – One free per child. Event is open to children ages 6 to 14 only. Begins at 5:00pm until supplies last
Together Time – Emmet O’Neal Library
Action-packed storytime with Ms. NayNay.
All ages. 9:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.
Storytime – Homewood Library
Join us for the fun of it! All ages welcome.
10:30am
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Wednesday January 5th
Wonderful Wednesday Storytime – Barnes and Noble Summit
Please join us as we read Owl Moon. This is a wonderful story by Jane Yolen.
11:oo am
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 – Homewood Library
Join us for the fun of it! All ages welcome.
10:30am
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Thursday January 6th
PJ Storytime – North Shelby Library
“Janubeary Tales”
7pm
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Friday January 7th
BBVA Compass Bowl Street Festival – 5 Points South Historic District
ESPN & BBVA Compass welcome football fans to Birmingham Alabama and invite you to join them for the BBVA Compass Bowl Street Festival & Pep Rally in historic Five Points South. The Street Fest & Pep Rally features live music on the Miller Lite Stage, great food, shopping & a Kids Zone for the whole family.
Pep Rally to feature players, coaches, cheerleaders, mascots & marching bands from each school.
All local restaurants & bars will be open before, during and after the street festival.
2:00pm – 5:00pm Live Music by Groove Daddy
5:00pm – 6:00pm Pep Rally
6:00pm – 8:00pm Live Music by Josh Tompson
For more info, visit www.bbvacompassbowl.com
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Saturday January 8th
Elvis’s Birthday Bash – Chuy’s
Elvis Giveaway’s, Free Twinkies and Cool T-Shirts
All Day!
BBVA Compass Bowl – Legion Field
Kentucky VS Pittsburgh
For more info, visit www.bbvacompassbowl.com
11:00 am
Super Saturday Storytime – Barnes and Noble Summit
Please join us as we read Ten on the Sled! Join ten adventurous friends as they speed down a snowy slope.
11:00am
Barts Art Cart, Spin Your Own Work of Art – Birmingham Museum of Art
Take inspiration from the Museum’s current exhibition, Spiral: Perspectives on an African-American Art Collective, and come spin your own work of art!
11:00am – 1:00pm
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Sunday January 9th
Barts Art Cart, Spin Your Own Work of Art – Birmingham Museum of Art
Take inspiration from the Museum’s current exhibition, Spiral: Perspectives on an African-American Art Collective, and come spin your own work of art!
1pm – 3pm
Scholastic Chess Club at Books-A-Million Brookwood Village
In our upstairs Kids Nook. Beginners are welcome, lessons
available, K-12, other mind sport activities are available such as
checkers and GO. Free to attend!
2PM – 5PM
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Open Daily
McWane Science Center
Itty Bitty Magic City –
The Itty Bitty Magic City will be on display this summer in addition to The Adventures of Mr. Potato Head exhibit. The Itty Bitty City is a little bit smaller than usual, but favorite areas including the grocery store, Tot Spot area, crane, and factory are still in the city. The Itty Bitty Golf Course and a few other items were removed temporarily to make room for the new exhibit “The Adventures of Mr. Potato Head” that is also designed for an early childhood audience and they will return in the Fall.
NatureScope – Explore the great outdoors from inside the museum. McWane Science Center and the Birmingham Audubon Society are partnering to create a new exhibit called NatureScope. Explore the science of the birds and the bugs in this new area! Get up close and personal with some resident creepy crawlies! Learn what role insects play in our ecosystem with the decomposition chamber. Meet large bugs including emperor scorpions, a tarantula, and even a giant African millipede!
Animalopolis at the IMAX – ANIMALOPOLIS will take you on a voyage into the magical world of animals. A bit fanciful, a bit “Seussian” perhaps, a place of good natured humor, beauty and just plain fun for kids and their parents.
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
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!
