It’s Not Our Fault if Your Kids are Bored!
Slightly cooler temps means no excuses for not getting outside and enjoying some of our local parks! Lots of storytimes at the libraries and don’t forget!! Our 4th annual Moms Rock Event is happening THIS Thursday Night! Get a sitter or recruit the husband to keep the kiddos and make plans to join us for a Moms Night Out! If you haven’t already cast your vote for one of our Rockin’ Moms, head over there and read their stories!! They’re nothing short of amazing!
Sunday September 14th:
Trucks by the Tracks – Railroad Park
Trucks by the Tracks is back! Make plans to join the Railroad Park Foundation Junior Board on Sunday, September 14th for live music, entertainment, food trucks, and beverages. Admission is free!
Trucks include Off The Hook Food Truck and Catering, Steel City Pops, MELT Birmingham, Shindigs Catering, Slice Birmingham, Dreamcakes, 80 Pops, Birmingham Fashion Truck, Repicci’s Trio Italian Ice and Gelato and more! (Over 20 food trucks and carts)
Great music you love from: Barefoot Moses, The Glass Jars, AmacioFavor and @The All-Star Stranglers
Note: no coolers will be allowed inside Railroad Park for this event. Please help Railroad Park keep our ABC license and help us generate funding for the Park by purchasing beverages from our licensed vendor on-site!
FREE to attend
Food will be available for purchase
11am – 5pm
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Monday September 15th:
Tot Time with Ms Eve – Avondale Public Library
Get ready to dance, march, and sing your way through the alphabet! Join Mrs. Eve as she presents stories, songs, and crafts geared for 2 to 4 year olds with a caregiver. 24-hour advance registration required.
9:30a and 11:30a
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Tuesday September 16th:
All Ages Storytime – Homewood Public Library
10:30am
Mr P’s Just Art – Hoover Public Library
Create your own one of a kind masterpiece with Mr. P. All ages are welcome.
6:30pm
Family Tours, Serve it Up– Birmingham Museum of Art
FREE // Meet in the Main Lobby
Join the Museum educators to explore the galleries in a fun, interactive experience! Discover Bart the Art Bat’s favorite artworks during these FREE, drop-in tours. After your tour, visit Bart’s ArtVenture to make an art project inspired by what you saw. What will you discover?
Serve It Up! What do you use to eat? Explore the Museum for all items. Hester Bateman created fancy silver items for people to use in the 1700s. Her artworks are some of many in the Museum that are used for food. How are other objects in the Museum the same, or different? Explore different cultures with a Museum educator. Come back to Bart’s ArtVenture to create something fancy for your table at home.
10:30
Storytime – Barnes and Noble Summit
Featured titles are Llama, Llama Red Pajama by Anna Dewdney and a reading of Peach’s letter from The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Daywalt and illustrated by Oliver Jeffers. Peach needs our help! Without a wrapper, Peach doesn’t want to come out of the box to color. Show support by creating a new wardrobe to help Peach feel confident. Customers will be invited to create a letter, make a list, draw a picture and place it in the Support the Crayons! Message Box.
11am
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Wednesday September 17th:
Afterschool Special, Be-at Your best – Emmet O’Neal Library
Mark Seymour brings his inspirational music show to remind us to be-at our best.
3:30pm
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
All Ages Storytime – Homewood Public Library
10:30am
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Thursday September 18th:
4th Annual Moms Rock!! – Cantina, Pepperplace
Come Celebrate at the Ultimate Moms Night Out. Presented by Monogram Maternity at St. Vincent’s Health System and Royal Cup Coffee. We’ll have swag, prizes, food, live music and of course some rockin’ cocktails.
Get a sitter and get your girlfriends together for a night honoring you, a Rockin’ Mom!
The event is free to attend and we’ll have swag bags available for the first 100 guests to arrive.
6:30pm – 8:30pm
Saint George Middle Eastern Food Festival – St. George Melkite Greek Catholic Church
This year, Saint George will celebrate its 33rd annual Middle Eastern Food Festival. Food will be served all day, Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 10:30 am to 9:00 pm. Downtown delivery will be available for lunch on Thursday and Friday with a $75 minimum order.
A drive through service will operate until 7:00 pm. Most major credit cards accepted.
Informative church tours will be conducted during festival hours of operation. Nightly entertainment includes Amin and the Sultans Band from New York and folk dancing performed by the church’s own youth.
Various vendors and booths will feature hand crafted olive wood from the Holy Land, Byzantine icons and literature, glass jewelry made from the church’s original stained glass, and St. George’s Middle Eastern food cookbook, “Our Favorite Recipes”.
10:30am
Mommy and Me Storytime – Homewood Public Library
Storytime for the youngest patrons and friends.
9:30am and 10:30am
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Friday September 19th:
Saint George Middle Eastern Food Festival – St. George Melkite Greek Catholic Church
This year, Saint George will celebrate its 33rd annual Middle Eastern Food Festival. Food will be served all day, Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 10:30 am to 9:00 pm. Downtown delivery will be available for lunch on Thursday and Friday with a $75 minimum order.
A drive through service will operate until 7:00 pm. Most major credit cards accepted.
Informative church tours will be conducted during festival hours of operation. Nightly entertainment includes Amin and the Sultans Band from New York and folk dancing performed by the church’s own youth.
Various vendors and booths will feature hand crafted olive wood from the Holy Land, Byzantine icons and literature, glass jewelry made from the church’s original stained glass, and St. George’s Middle Eastern food cookbook, “Our Favorite Recipes”.
10:30am
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Saturday September 20th:
International Red Panda Day – Birmingham Zoo
Participate in red panda fact games to test your knowledge, enter the coloring contest (download and print coloring sheet here) for a chance to win a behind-the-scenes tour, create your own red panda mask and learn how these unique animals survive in the wild by becoming a “red panda ranger.” Be a part of this important cause and help the Zoo raise awareness for red pandas. The red panda is a part of the Species Survival Plan ® Program, a cooperative breeding and conservation program between the Association of Zoos and Aquariums and the Birmingham Zoo. Fun for the entire family, don’t miss out on this day full of activities!
Before the event:
- Coloring sheet available online here
Day of the Event:
- 12pm-3pm: Face painting in front of the Predator Building
- 12pm-3pm: Create Red Panda mask in front of Ocelot exhibit
- 12pm-3pm: Red Panda fact games
- 1pm: Red Panda enrichment with Keeper Chat
- 2pm: Red Panda training with Keeper Chat
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!
Grind your own shell to create a bead – just like some Native American cultures do! They used shells and glass beads as money to buy things they need. What would you buy?
11am – 1pm
Bart’s Books – Birmingham Museum of Art
This month, Bart has selected Cynthia Leitich Smith’s Jingle Dancer.
11am
Saint George Middle Eastern Food Festival – St. George Melkite Greek Catholic Church
This year, Saint George will celebrate its 33rd annual Middle Eastern Food Festival. Food will be served all day, Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 10:30 am to 9:00 pm. Downtown delivery will be available for lunch on Thursday and Friday with a $75 minimum order.
A drive through service will operate until 7:00 pm. Most major credit cards accepted.
Informative church tours will be conducted during festival hours of operation. Nightly entertainment includes Amin and the Sultans Band from New York and folk dancing performed by the church’s own youth.
Various vendors and booths will feature hand crafted olive wood from the Holy Land, Byzantine icons and literature, glass jewelry made from the church’s original stained glass, and St. George’s Middle Eastern food cookbook, “Our Favorite Recipes”.
10:30am
Storytime Barnes and Noble – Summit
Curious George’s Curiosity Day. Let’s celebrate our favorite mischievous monkey with stories, activities and giveaways.
11:00 am.
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.
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Sunday September 21st:
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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: Tornado Alley, Great White Shark, To the Arctic, Island of Lemurs: Madagascar
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.
