Birmingham Public Library Blog

  Birmingham, Ala.   - Hey families: Looking for free programs and activities to do while your students are on 2025 Spring Break the week of Monday, March 24, through Friday, March 28?  The Birmingham Public Library is hosting 69 activities and programs for families of all ages next week at library locations across the City of Birmingham.  Spring Break Week events include:  • Spring Break movies at Springville Road Regional, Smithfield and Southside Libraries  • “Who Done It” program at Titusville Branch Library (Tuesday) and a line dance class for seniors on Friday  • Lunch and Learn with Chef Polly a free cooking demo at Central Library on Tuesday, March 25  • Experimental Wednesday, a mini science experiment program at East Ensley Branch Library  • Southside Spice Club and a Women’s History Month Scavenger Hunt at Southside Branch Library  • Three free art exhibits at the Central Library downtown  • Empowering Women Self-...

  The Birmingham Public Library , Springville Road Library Youth Department, Birmingham City Council District 1 (Clinton Woods) and Black Warrior Riverkeeper are collaborating to present a hip-hop program promoting conservation and recycling next week.   Shaheed & DJ Supreme , who performed last Friday, March 14, in BPL Loud at the Library's Punk Show at the Central Library, will perform a free concert, "Conservation Collaboration with Shaheed & DJ Supreme," on Wednesday, March 26, from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. at Springville Road Regional Library, 1224 Springville Road.   Join us at the Springville Road Regional Branch for a special program about conservation and recycling! Learn about how to keep our waterways clean. Hear a story & play a game! Enjoy a lively hip-hop performance! FUN FOR ALL AGES!   Although the concert is free, you can register via Eventbrite for the concert featuring Shaheed & DJ Supreme by clicking here.  Birmingham...

Sol M úsica at Rojo in Birmingham's Highland Park neighborhood The Birmingham Public Library is excited to announce Sol Música  as the musical headliner at its fourth annual A Novel Tasting . On Thursday, April 17, at the Central Library , guests at A Novel Tasting  will be entertained by a unique   mélange of world music, jazz, Americana, and improvisation.  The Birmingham-based   Sol Música   will feature Troy Bland  on guitar, Grammy award-winning musician Dave Crenshaw  on percussion, and the band’s founder Arturo LaCruz  on keyboards and guitar.  This trio of Berklee College of Music graduates will be joined on stage by Nashville-based singer and songwriter Regan Southerland, known for her hypnotizing voice and wide vocal range. Grammy award-winning musician Dave Crenshaw Sol Música’s fresh arrangements and impromptu creations were first launched at UAB’s International Festival in 2017. Band leader and native Peruvian Arturo LaCruz...