The Calendar is packed with lots of family fun this week!
Oktoberfest, The International Street Fair and Fiesta de La Independencia just to name a few.
Check out the Lowe’s Build and Grow Clinic, the special LEGO event at Barnes and Noble or one of the special storytimes or events happening at your local Library.
Have a great week!
It’s Not Our Fault if Your Kids are Bored!
Sunday September 8th
Holy Inappropriateness! We couldn’t find any special events happening in the ‘Ham today. Make sure to check our list below for fun exhibits happening daily at our local attractions.
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Monday September 9th:
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 September 10th:
Good Times Traveling Theater – Irondale Library
Famed storyteller, The Traveling Griot, will spin a web of tales about animals and trickster critters. We will have experienced storytellers, entertainers and more! This event will last throughout the school year.
6:00 pm.
Storytime for All Ages – Homewood Public Library
10:30am
Family Night with the Fable Family – Vestavia Hills Library in the Forest
A light supper will be served from 6:00-6:30, followed by a program of Aesop’s Fables, acted out by volunteers from the audience and the members of The Fable Factory, a traveling theater group. Shuttle service will be available if parking lot is full.
6pm
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Wednesday September 11th:
Storytime – Homewood Public Library
All Ages
10:30am
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
“In an old house in Paris that was covered in vines lived 12 little girls in two straight lines.” Come hear the classic story of a little girl named Madeline.
11am
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Thursday September 12th:
SNAP, Popcorn and Movie – Emmet O’ Neal Library
Is the new visitor to Oz destined to be the long-expected wizard? Thursday, September 12, 3:30pm. 3rd-6th graders. No registration required.
Birmingham Oktoberfest – Das Haus German Club
Back by popular demand, Europa (in the outdoor Beer Garden) and Wolfgang Moritz (in the Dance Hall), will provide live musical entertainment Friday and Saturday 6:00 pm – Midnight.
We will be serving traditional German cuisine prepared by experienced German cooks. Come and sample our wide selection of draft and bottled European beers. Plenty of seating is available in our indoor beer hall and outdoor beer garden.
Alabama at Texas A&M kicks off at 2:30, and the game will be televised live on the big screen.
Be sure to wear your dancing shoes and join the crowd on either of our two dance floors for the Chicken Dance! Enjoy the family friendly atmosphere and German Gemütlichkeit! The FDSK team is looking forward to seeing you there.
AUTHENTIC GERMAN CUISINE
Thursday thru Saturday 11:00 am – 9:00 pm
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Friday September 13th:
Special LEGO Event – Barnes and Noble Summit
If you love Lego, then this is the event for you! Adults, teens, older children, will have the opportunity to try out the new Lego Architecture Studio line of kits. Learn about scale, models, and other aspects of design — with Lego!
7pm
Birmingham Oktoberfest – Das Haus German Club
Back by popular demand, Europa (in the outdoor Beer Garden) and Wolfgang Moritz (in the Dance Hall), will provide live musical entertainment Friday and Saturday 6:00 pm – Midnight.
We will be serving traditional German cuisine prepared by experienced German cooks. Come and sample our wide selection of draft and bottled European beers. Plenty of seating is available in our indoor beer hall and outdoor beer garden.
Alabama at Texas A&M kicks off at 2:30, and the game will be televised live on the big screen.
Be sure to wear your dancing shoes and join the crowd on either of our two dance floors for the Chicken Dance! Enjoy the family friendly atmosphere and German Gemütlichkeit! The FDSK team is looking forward to seeing you there.
AUTHENTIC GERMAN CUISINE
Thursday thru Saturday 11:00 am – 9:00 pm
5 PM Keg Tap-Opening Ceremony
*6 PM-MN Europa (Outside in the Beer Garden)
Wolfgang Moritz (Inside in the Dance Hall)
*$10.00 Cover includes one draft or soda
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Saturday September 14th:
Birmingham Oktoberfest – Das Haus German Club
Back by popular demand, Europa (in the outdoor Beer Garden) and Wolfgang Moritz (in the Dance Hall), will provide live musical entertainment Friday and Saturday 6:00 pm – Midnight.
We will be serving traditional German cuisine prepared by experienced German cooks. Come and sample our wide selection of draft and bottled European beers. Plenty of seating is available in our indoor beer hall and outdoor beer garden.
Alabama at Texas A&M kicks off at 2:30, and the game will be televised live on the big screen.
Be sure to wear your dancing shoes and join the crowd on either of our two dance floors for the Chicken Dance! Enjoy the family friendly atmosphere and German Gemütlichkeit! The FDSK team is looking forward to seeing you there.
3PM Beer Tasting
4PM Dachshund Parade
4PM-7PM Kinderfest
*6 PM-MN Europa (Outside in the Beer Garden)
Wolfgang Moritz (Inside in the Dance Hall)
*$10.00 Cover includes one drink ticket for a draft or soda
Lowe’s Build and Grow Clinic
Classic Fire Truck
10am
M Studio for Kids – Birmingham Museum of Art
Artists have been telling stories and recording history in books for thousands of years. Make your mark on this long history – design and make your own book. What will fill the pages of your book? That’s up to you!
$20 ($15 for Bart’s Kids Club Members)
Grades 3-5 10am
Grades 6-8 Noon
Flutter and Flight Festival – Ruffner Mountain Nature Center
Come experience the wonder of wings! Butterflies, dragonflies, moths and birds abound! In conjunction with Ruffner Mountain Nature Preserve and with Birmingham Audubon Society.
9am – 2pm
Dixie Reptile Show – BJCC
Dixie Reptile Show was started in 1996 by Terry Heuring to fill the void in the mid-south reptile market. Terry’s life long passion for reptiles lead to a first in the herpoculture world. It is a little known act that he was the first to produce an albino Lampropeltis ruthveni and has since gone on to breeding many other successful projects. Come visit the show. You never know what you might see. No venomous or endangered reptiles allowed.
The show will be held in East Meeting Rooms A, B and C.
Adults – $4
Children under 12 – $1
9am – 3pm
Birmingham International Street Fair – Linn Park
It’s back! The 2nd Annual Birmingham International Street Fair celebrates the many cultures present in Birmingham through music, food, art and dance. From 10:00 am – 4:00 pm at 8th Ave N and Linn Park along side the City of Birmingham’s 50 Years Forward festivities!
These events are part of Empowerment Week: Day of Reconciliation
Dr. Bill Cosby and other national arts, culture and entertainment figures will host a day filled with conversations and a screening on the movement and its effects at the BJCC. A diversity fair, complete with career workshops, cooking demonstrations, a Kids’ Zone, art display and vendors and entertainment from various cultures, will also be held at the BJCC.
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! Button Blankets
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
“In an old house in Paris that was covered in vines lived 12 little girls in two straight lines.” Come hear the classic story of a little girl named Madeline.
11am
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Sunday September 15th:
Fiesta de La Independencia – Splash Adventure
Enjoy all of the rides, slides and attractions the park has to offer. Admission is only $50 per car load (up to 6 people). Purchase tickets at the park on the day of the event. This festival is a collaboration between Splash Adventure Waterpark & Hola Latino.
Admission is only $50 per car load (up to 6 people). Purchase tickets at the park on the day of the event.
11:30am – 6pm
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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.
