Summer Reading Finales are starting at some of the local libraries! Finish up those reading logs!
The Birmingham Barons are at Regions field for a lengthy home stand and the Barnes and Noble Summit will be hosting a LEGO Architecture Event.
ET and The Sound of Music will be playing at the Historic Alabama Theatre, if you’ve never seen this Birmingham Treasure, take the kids down and enjoy a matinee!
It’s Not Our Fault if Your Kids are Bored!
Sunday July 21st
Birmingham Barons – Regions Field
vs Chattanooga Lookouts
3pm
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Monday July 22nd:
Monday Movie – Homewood Public Library
Hot movie popcorn, drinks, & fun for the family.
3pm
Birmingham Barons – Regions Field
vs Chattanooga Lookouts
7:05pm
Storytime – Barnes and Noble Summit
The Day the Crayons Quit Storytime, featuring art activities and fun with NOOK!
11am
Tot Time with Ms Eve – Avondale Library
Storytime for 2-4-year-olds with a caregiver. Includes stories, songs, and craft. 24-hour advance registration required.
10:30am
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Tuesday July 23rd:
Summer Reading Finale – Hoover Public Library
A jam-packed musical concert that encourages kids to SING LOUD, JUMP HIGH and DREAM BIG in the Library Theatre!
10:30, 1:30 and 6:30
The Puppet Guy – Emmet O’ Neal Library
Rock through the ages and rock to the beat in this toe-tapping musical revue featuring puppets, original songs, and of course, dinosaurs.
10:30am
Tuesday Afternoon Movie – Emmet O’ Neal Library
Tom the cat and Jerry the mouse are thrown into a feature film, with the twosome trying to help an orphan girl who is being berated and exploited by a greedy guardian. (Rated G)
3:30pm
Farmer Jason – Homewood Library
This award-winning Children’s music artist will have everyone dancing!
10:30am
Birmingham Barons – Regions Field
vs Mobile BayBears
7:05pm
Family Tours with Art – Birmingham Museum of Art
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
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Wednesday July 24th:
Birmingham Barons – Regions Field
vs Mobile BayBears
7:05pm
Summer Reading Finale – Hoover Public Library
A jam-packed musical concert that encourages kids to SING LOUD, JUMP HIGH and DREAM BIG in the Library Theatre!
10:30 & 1:30
Ronald McDonald – Springville Road LIbrary
Come see one of the world’s most famous clowns perform a super cool magic show!
10am
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
LeapFrog makes practicing reading skills so much fun with Scout, a lovable talking and singing puppy! Children ages 6 months to 3 years are invited to Read with Me Scout, a fun interactive Storytime where Scout will share his favorite camping story.
11am
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Thursday July 25th:
Birmingham Barons – Regions Field
vs Mobile BayBears
7:05pm
Summer Reading Finale – Hoover Public Library
A jam-packed musical concert that encourages kids to SING LOUD, JUMP HIGH and DREAM BIG in the Library Theatre!
10:30, & 1:30
Farm Stands on the Railroad – Railroad Park
Are you looking for a good place to buy fresh produce during the week? If so, stop by Railroad Park. Farm House of Homewood and Grow Alabama will be on-site every Thursday evening!
4pm – 7:30pm
Thursday Morning Movie & Popcorn -Emmet O’ Neal Library
When the evil spirit Pitch launches an assault on Earth, the Immortal Guardians team up to protect the innocence of children all around the world. (Rated PG)
10:30am
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Friday July 26th:
Birmingham Barons – Regions Field
vs Mobile BayBears
7:05pm
LEGO Architecture Event – Barnes and Noble Summit
We’re joining with Lego to host the first-ever event for Lego Architecture Studio. Adults and teenagers will have the opportunity to discuss design inspiration, learn about scale, modules and repetition in architecture, and build from what they learn.
7pm
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Saturday July 27th:
Community and Culture Day – McWane Science Center
Join us in celebrating the diverse cultures and communities from across the Birmingham area. Enjoy performances by local artist, dancers, storytellers, musicians and much more!
Museum hours: 10am-6pm. Event begins at 2pm.
ET – Alabama Theatre
A meek and alienated little boy finds a stranded extraterrestrial. He has to find the courage to defy the authorities to help the alien return to its home planet. 115 min.
The movie will begin at 2 pm, with doors opening one hour before showtime. The Mighty Wurlitzer Organ will perform before each movie. Tickets are $8 and will be available at the door and through Ticketmaster.
Birmingham Barons – Regions Field
vs Mobile BayBears
6:30pm
Keep it Simple Silly – Ruffner Mountain Nature Center
Join us for this monthly mini program. Each month we will explore a different nature theme or focus on a particular animal. Perfect for families. Program is approximately 45 minutes.
1pm
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! Celebrate with Pinwheels! // Get in the summer spirit and make your own pinwheel!
11am
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
Pete the Cat has four buttons — no — four groovy buttons! Come see why Pete is the coolest cat around — he never loses his cool!
11am
Thames and Kosmos Rubber Band Cars – Barnes and Noble Summit
Kids ages 7 and up, buckle your seatbelts! We’re going on a learning journey with Thames and Kosmos, creators of fabulous science kits. Learn fun physics facts while building and playing with rubber-band driven race cars.
12pm
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Sunday July 28th:
The Sound of Music – Alabama Theatre
A woman leaves an Austrian convent to become a governess to the children of a Naval officer widower. 174 min.
The movie will begin at 2 pm, with doors opening one hour before showtime. The Mighty Wurlitzer Organ will perform before each movie. Tickets are $8 and will be available at the door and through Ticketmaster.
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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, Titians 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.
