Summer might be winding down for Birmingham Students but there are still plenty of things to do to keep you busy these last couple of weeks!
Homewood Public Library is hosting “Arts Week” with special programming each day this week. Some events require registration. Make sure to double check before you head out.
$5 Fun Days continue at the Birmingham Zoo for the next 2 weekends. There are a couple of Summer Reading Finales/Back to School Celebrations happening and the Barons kick off the week at home.
Just about 2 weeks left of summer, how will you spend it?
It’s Not Our Fault if Your Kids are Bored!
Sunday August 4th
Birmingham Barons – Regions Field
vs Blue Wahoos
3pm
The Goonies – Alabama Theatre
A group of kids embark on a wild adventure after finding a pirate treasure map.
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.
$5 Fun Days at the Birmingham Zoo
Enjoy $5 Admission and $1 Hotdogs. Face Painting, watch the Red Diamond Sea Lion Splash Show, check out Predator Zone and the Wildlife Shows and enjoy a Get Rhythm!® Drum Circle. Watch African Wild Dogs use their hunting instincts to tear into piñatas and see spider monkeys search for hidden food during the Zoo’s exciting animal enrichment activities. Additional attractions include a chance to get up-close and personal with the animals at the daily Boma and Rhino Encounters or partake in animal-themed bingo games. Don’t miss all the Zoo has to offer during $5 Fun Days!
*Admission only. Daily fees still apply for rides, feedings and other seasonal exhibits.
For more Info on the Fun Days Schedule – visit out post here.
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Monday August 5th:
Arts Week – Homewood Public Library
Outdoor fun and a cool treat for all ages.
10:30am – Noon
Birmingham Barons – Regions Field
vs Blue Wahoos
7:05pm
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 August 6th:
Birmingham Barons – Regions Field
vs Blue Wahoos
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 August 7th:
Wacky Wednesday – Premiere Cinemas Tannehill
Premiere Cinemas presents its annual Wacky Wednesday summer program with FREE (G & PG) movies sponsored by Town and Country Ford. Admission will be free for everyone with families and groups are welcomed. Check out our website (www.pccmovies.com) for more details and a listing of movies and showtimes.
Back to School Bash – Adamsville Library
We will have games, prizes, and light refreshments. Win school supplies and more. Hope to see you there!
2pm
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
Join Pete as he rides on the bus to school with his friends and hears all the different sounds a bus makes as it drives.
11am
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Thursday August 8th:
Arts Week – Homewood Library
The Art of Movement – Get the whole family rocking and rolling with movement and dance.
Family fun for all ages.
6:15pm
Summer Reading Finale – Vestavia Hills Library in the Forest
Drummer Mark Seymour will entertain at 11:00 am and then we will break for a hot dog picnic on our patios! After that, children’s (Emmy award Winner) recording artist Farmer Jason will perform at 1:00 pm. All ages welcome for a fun afternoon!
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Friday August 9th:
Arts Week – Homewood Public Library
Create 3D works of art with a Lego Sculpture Free Build.
Space is limited and registration is required. The program is limited to ages 5-12.
You must register by phone by giving us a call at 205-332-6619.
10:30am
Rolling Back to School Event – Homewood Public Library
Help us roll out summer and welcome the beginning of the school year.
Featuring Carter Yahoo Band and several of your favorite food trucks!
You are invited to bring a blanket or chairs, purchase dinner, and sit back to enjoy some great music with family and friends with one last summer celebration!
6:30pm – 8:30pm
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!
Call or come by the store to sign up! Space is limited
7pm
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Saturday August 10th:
$5 Fun Days at the Birmingham Zoo
Enjoy $5 Admission and $1 Hotdogs. Face Painting, watch the Red Diamond Sea Lion Splash Show, check out Predator Zone and the Wildlife Shows and enjoy a Get Rhythm!® Drum Circle. Watch African Wild Dogs use their hunting instincts to tear into piñatas and see spider monkeys search for hidden food during the Zoo’s exciting animal enrichment activities. Additional attractions include a chance to get up-close and personal with the animals at the daily Boma and Rhino Encounters or partake in animal-themed bingo games. Don’t miss all the Zoo has to offer during $5 Fun Days!
*Admission only. Daily fees still apply for rides, feedings and other seasonal exhibits.
For more Info on the Fun Days Schedule – visit out post here.
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! Bountiful Boxes // Inspired by summer’s natural beauty? Make your own miniature garden with Bart!
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
Join us as Rocket masters the alphabet, sounds out words, and finally learns to read all on his own.
11am
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Sunday August 11th:
The Great Water Balloon Jollification – Crestwood Park
Fun with water balloons to beat the summer heat. We will have some pre-filled balloons ready to go, but make sure to bring some of your own as well.
2pm – 6pm
$5 Fun Days at the Birmingham Zoo
Enjoy $5 Admission and $1 Hotdogs. Face Painting, watch the Red Diamond Sea Lion Splash Show, check out Predator Zone and the Wildlife Shows and enjoy a Get Rhythm!® Drum Circle. Watch African Wild Dogs use their hunting instincts to tear into piñatas and see spider monkeys search for hidden food during the Zoo’s exciting animal enrichment activities. Additional attractions include a chance to get up-close and personal with the animals at the daily Boma and Rhino Encounters or partake in animal-themed bingo games. Don’t miss all the Zoo has to offer during $5 Fun Days!
*Admission only. Daily fees still apply for rides, feedings and other seasonal exhibits.
For more Info on the Fun Days Schedule – visit out post here.
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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.
Summer is winding down and we know you’re looking for a few more things to do to make summer go out with a bang. Back in the Spring we visited the World of Coca Cola in Atlanta and can’t recommend it enough. I knew that my husband and I would enjoy it but we were pleasantly surprised at how much our children, ages 7 and 5 actually enjoyed it too.
Inside the hub is bright and colorful and a great place to take a few pictures. On your way out of the museum you’ll each be handed a bottle of Coke straight off the bottling line and corralled through the gift shop where we can say with absolute certainty that your children will ask for a stuffed Polar Bear.
