Festivals & Events

For the entire month of September, you can donate non-perishable food items to the Hoover Library or any Library in Jefferson County. All donations are go to local food banks. As a thank you, we will waive $1 dollar in fines for every item donated up to $10 per card holder.

Hunger in Alabama is a real issue. Many families simply need help putting food on the table. This campaign gives our patrons and the community an opportunity to support local their local food banks, which helps feed those in need. It\'s a great way to make a difference in the community.

Bring in donations and share this opportunity to give with family and friends. Ask them to bring donations as well. It’s going to a great cause! For more information, call the Hoover Library at 205-444-7800.

“Everest” is the dramatic true story of a team of climbers who found hope, strength and triumph in the wake of tragedy. Their successful ascent of Mount Everest just days after fellow mountaineers and friends died there, is a compelling story about the human spirit and a mountain they love, respect and sometimes fear.

Plaza Gallery / Sep 4 - Sep 30, 2018

The City of Homewood owns two forest preserves on Shades Mountain adjacent to the Homewood High School.  Come and spend a relaxing two hours walking with us in the lower preserve.  Rated moderately easy.  Well-behaved, carefully supervised children age 6 and older welcome.  Meet 2:00 p.m. in the Homewood High School east (nearest Brookwood Village Shopping Center) parking lot, just off Lakeshore Drive in Homewood.

Info: Dan Frederick, seoutings@bellsouth.net or phone 205/631-4680

DIRECTIONS TO MEETING PLACE

Homewood High School East Parking Lot-High School address is 1901 South Lakeshore Drive, Homewood, AL 35216. From I-65 exit at Lakeshore Parkway, Exit #255. Take Lakeshore Boulevard (which becomes Lakeshore Drive) 2.4 miles to the east, towards Green Springs Highway, Samford University and Brookwood Mall. Drive to the 7th traffic light on Lakeshore. This will be the last light before you go under U.S. 31. Turn right at the 7th light onto Old Montgomery Highway. See sign to Homewood Amory. There is apparently no street name sign on the right side of Lakeshore Drive at this intersection.

Drive 1/10 mile to the Amory and Covenant Church and turn right. Go 4/10 miles on South Lakeshore Drive which goes all the way to the Homewood High School East parking lot. Park in the lot and look for our group.

From U.S. Highway 280 or U.S. Highway 31, take Lakeshore Drive west, heading towards Samford University and Green Springs Highway. Go 2/10 miles to first traffic light after you drive underneath the U.S. Highway 31 stone bridge over Lakeshore Drive. See sign on right to Lakeshore Rehabilitation Complex. Turn LEFT at that first light and follow directions above to parking lot.

DESCRIPTION OF SOUTHEASTERN OUTINGS

Do you wish you had friends who share your active lifestyle and enjoyment of outdoor activities?  Then become active with Southeastern Outings (SEO), a nonprofit organization committed and created to serve people who enjoy being active in the outdoors.  The organization plans, organizes and leads outings such as dayhikes, easy kayak and canoe trips, stream and waterfall walks, bicycle rides, lake events and other fun activities to beautiful sites in our natural environment.  From time to time we also sponsor potluck suppers and other socials.  All events and activities of the group are open to the public.  Participating in SEO activities is a splendid, simple way to make congenial new friends who enjoy the outdoors.

NO DOGS OR SMOKING ALLOWED, PLEASE, ON ANY SOUTHEASTERN OUTINGS EVENTS.

The organization currently has over 250 members.  We scheduled eighty events during calendar year 2017 for an average of 7 fun events per month.  We enjoy the outdoors in all seasons throughout the year.  Fifteen  people on average have participated in each outing since January 1, 2018.

SEO does not charge for participation in any of its outings.  You do not have to be a member to participate in one or two SEO activities.  Dues are only $10.  Please contact Dan Frederick, President, 205-631-4680, or seoutings@bellsouth.net for more information and to obtain three free monthly newsletters with membership application and a complete description of all our outdoor events.

Southeastern Outings now has a website.  Just go to seoutings.org to find announcements of all our upcoming outings scheduled plus some brief, general information about Southeastern Outings, a membership application and 1500 lovely photographs from several of our outings.

Thank you.

Fans of campy musicals rejoice! Terrific New Theatre is thrilled to offer you the ALABAMA premiere of The Book of Merman. That’s right. Mormon door-to-door adventures, wrapped up in a celebrated musical parody. ​

Two young Mormon missionaries ring their last doorbell of the day, which happens to be the home of Ethel Merman, who happens to be looking for a new song.  In return, she helps them discover the kinder and gentler values of old Broadway and true romance.

HELLO, DOLLY!, the blockbuster Broadway hit, bursts with humor, romance, high-energy dancing, and some of the greatest songs in musical theatre history. The romantic and comic exploits of Dolly Gallagher-Levi, turn-of-the century matchmaker and “woman who arranges things,” are certain to thrill and entertain audiences again and again. The show’s memorable songs include “Put On Your Sunday Clothes,” “Ribbons Down My Back,” “Before the Parade Passes By,” “Hello, Dolly!,” “Elegance,” and “It Only Takes a Moment.

The Birmingham Public Library (BPL), in partnership with the Birmingham Children’s Theatre (BCT) and Junior League of Birmingham (JLB), would like to invite you to attend From Page to Stage: And in This Corner: Cassius Clay – A Readers’ Theater Workshop for Children.

In anticipation of the upcoming BCT performance of School House Rock Live! BPL will be hosting free workshops at several of its area libraries. Children, aged 7 to 12, will learn how stories come alive through the magic of theater. JLB members will coach the children and introduce them to similar literature located in their local library. Each child will receive two free tickets (one child and one adult ticket) to the BCT And in This Corner: Cassius Clay production on October 6 or 7, 2018.

Ding! Ding! Ding! A young Cassius Clay Jr. takes his first steps into the ring and on the path to becoming boxing legend Muhammad Ali. This historical drama takes our audiences back to Jim Crow Louisville where, despite a culture of segregation and racism, a young man finds inspiration in his community and the power of his own potential.

Vulcan Park and Museum proudly presents the 14^th annual Vulcan AfterTunes fall concert series. The 2018 event is presented by Vulcan Painters Inc. and will take place Sept. 23, Oct. 7 and Oct. 21.

Enjoy cool tunes, craft brews and sweet views with these up-and-coming artists as well as everyone’s favorite cast iron statue, Vulcan. Chill out on Birmingham’s front porch with your lawn chairs and blankets and bring the whole family out to enjoy some of the country’s best rising entertainers.

Gates open at 1:00 p.m.

DUQUETTE JOHNSTON at 3:00 p.m.

LOS COLOGNES at 4:00 p.m.

The series kicks off on Sept.23 featuring Los Colognes, a popular Nashville based indie buzz band with high energy and excellent songwriting. Recently releasing their new album “The Wave”, which breaks through the everyday confines of the pop song lyricism and has an full on take to storytelling within each song. This will mark their third time playing in Birmingham as they get much love when they play the ‘Ham. Birmingham native, Duquette Johnston, opens this first installment of the series with his own brand of roots-focused Americana music. With his new album, Rabbit Runs A Destiny, he shows how expansive and innovative it can be when you embrace home and yet are willing to leave it.

Beer, wine and soft drinks will be available for purchase and onsite food truck vendors will be accessible.

Tickets and seating are first-come, first-served.

No pets or outside alcohol allowed.

Join us for a live musical performance in the Side Room, starting at 5 p.m. Megan Lenius from Minneapolis, Samuel Tucker Young from L.A., and Raquel Lily from Birmingham will perform and live-stream their performances on their respective Twitch Channels.

The Bulldogs host Mercer.

See the scenic Cahaba River in a new light. We will enjoy the nocturnal sounds of this Alabama treasure as we paddle around 2 hours in a deep calm section of the river guided by the moonlight and fireflies. This is a great paddle for couples, families, supper clubs, youth groups, or anyone who wants to get out and be active. Treeline provides the sit on top kayaks, PFDs, paddles, and guides.

Our maximum group size with sit on top kayaks is 6 paddlers. If your group is larger than 6 please call or email, and we can look at an option of adding canoes to the group.

Making Alabama. A Bicentennial Traveling Exhibit is a statewide celebration of 200 years of statehood presented by Alabama Humanities Foundation in partnership with Alabama Department of Archives and History and Alabama Bicentennial Commission.

The exhibit will crisscross the state March 2018 through November 2019, touring all 67 of Alabama’s counties with up to three-week engagements in each host community.

The exhibit features: Eight periods of history that defined Alabama as a state – decisions and turning points that shaped what the state would become and what it will be – all in an impressive display to retrace our state’s footsteps featuring people, places and cultures that are still Making Alabama.

SECAC is an organization devoted to the promotion of art in higher education through facilitating cooperation among teachers and administrators in universities and colleges‚ professional institutions and the community served by their institutions. The 2018 SECAC Juried Exhibition includes 55 works by 43 artists and is juried by Peter Baldaia, Director of Curatorial Affairs, Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, AL.

Works by Assistant Professor of Sculpture Stacey Holloway, MFA, in the UAB Department of Art and Art History, will be highlighted in the SECAC Artist’s Fellowship exhibition at UAB’s AEIVA.

Library Yoga                                                                                  

from 10-11 a.m. in the Large Auditorium

Take time out of your busy schedule for free yoga classes at the library. All levels of fitness welcome. No registration required, but please bring your own mat.

(preschool) Join Ms. Cristina for an interactive and playful storytime to start off the week!

The only Certified farmers market in Western Jefferson County. We are also the only market in the region that showcases socially disadvantaged farmers (poor farmers, farmers of color and women farmers).

Thursdays at Alex Bradford Park and Mondays and UAB Medical West.

The Birmingham Public Library (BPL) and Birmingham SCORE will be offering Steps to Starting a Franchise Business, a monthly how-to seminar on franchising at the Central Library. The seminar will explore how franchising can take the risk out of starting your own business and becoming self-employed. Greg Foss, a career transition coach with The Entrepreneur’s Source® and SCORE mentor, will facilitate the seminar.

Topics to be covered in the seminar include: common myths and truths about franchising, the importance of knowing your personal goals before taking the plunge, non-standard ownership options, how to finance your business, how to research and select the right franchise, and resources that are available to help you with your research.

For further information about the seminars or about resources available at the Birmingham Public Library relating to small business development, please contact Jim Murray in the Central Library’s Business, Science and Technology Department at jmurray@bham.lib.al.us or by phoning 205-226-3691.

Central Library/Linn-Henley Research Library/Arrington Auditorium/4th floor