Birmingham Public Library Blog

  Brews Returns to Downtown Birmingham Public Library This Friday,  August 14 What: Bards & Brews Open Mic When: Friday, August 14, 2026 Time: 6:30 p.m. (Doors open at 6:00 p.m.) Where: Central Library, 2100 Park Place, Birmingham, AL 35203 🎤 Join us for an evening of poetry, connection, and creativity  this Friday, August 14, for   Bards & Brews, the Birmingham Public Library (BPL)’s popular free monthly spoken word poetry/craft beer event. Doors will open at 6 p.m. for an open mic at the downtown Birmingham Public Library, 2100 Park Place. Come show off your talents on the mic as poetry will begin to flow at 6:30 p.m. Ava Walker will be our featured poet. You must be 18 or older to enter and participate, and 21 or older to drink free beer samples. Bards & Brews is sponsored by the Alabama State Council on the Arts . Hosted by Thed Weller, this free event welcomes all voices, from first-time performers to seasoned spoken word artists. Step up, sp...

River Hinds – A Woman of the 20 th Century | 2026 The Birmingham Public Library is excited to announce an exhibition by the community artists of InToto Creative Arts . The Company We Keep features artwork by participants in InToto’s community-centered, healing arts classes. The show opens on Friday, August 14, in the First Floor Gallery at the Central Library. Using a variety of media, the artists showcased in The Company We Keep explore the ways identities are shaped by relationships, place, and shared experience . Media include acrylic, oil pastel, paper collage, and watercolor . At the heart of the exhibition is a collaborative textile faces collage, a collective portrait celebrating the diversity, individuality, and interconnectedness of the people who make up our community.   Community Artists in collaboration with InToto Creative Arts - Fabric of Our Lives | 2025 Fabric of Our Lives had its start in 2025 at Magic City Art Connection’s Imagination Festiva...

  Brews Returns to Downtown Birmingham Public Library This Friday,  August 7 What: Bards & Brews Open Mic When: Friday, August 7, 2026 Time: 6:30 p.m. (Doors open at 6:00 p.m.) Where: Central Library, 2100 Park Place, Birmingham, AL 35203 🎤 Join us for an evening of poetry, connection, and creativity  this Friday, August 7, for   Bards & Brews, the Birmingham Public Library (BPL)’s popular free monthly spoken word poetry/craft beer event. Doors will open at 6 p.m. for an open mic  at the downtown Birmingham Public Library, 2100 Park Place. Come show off your talents on the mic as poetry will begin to flow at 6:30 p.m. Ava Walker will be our featured poet. You must be 18 or older to enter and participate, and 21 or older to drink free beer samples. Bards & Brews is sponsored by the Alabama State Council on the Arts . Hosted by Thed Weller, this free event welcomes all voices, from first-time performers to seasoned spoken word artists. Step up...

  Loud at the Library Returns Aug. 21 with Free Punk Show at Birmingham Public Library What: BPL Loud at the Library Punk Show When: Friday, August 21, 2026 | 6–8 p.m. Where: Birmingham Public Library, 2100 Park Place, Birmingham, AL 35203 Admission: Free and open to all ages Details: Loud at the Library returns with its fourth punk show, featuring Birmingham bands Nowhere Squares, Tiffany Tears, and SUPERFUND. The concert is free and open to the public.  Loud at the Library is sponsored through a grant from the Alabama State Council on the Arts awarded to the Friends Foundation of the Birmingham Public Library. Birmingham Public Library Presents “Loud at the Library Punk Show on August 21  BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Punk music is returning to the Birmingham Public Library. The Birmingham Public Library (BPL) will host its fourth fifth Loud at the Library Punk Show from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, Aug. 21, at the Birmingham Public Library, 2100 Park Place. The free, ...

  Author/Drummer YOGI DADA will be featured speaker Meet Alabama authors. Discover new books. Celebrate local stories. Join Us for the 2026 Local Authors' Expo Saturday, Aug. 1, 2026 10 a.m.–2 p.m. Birmingham Public Library 2100 Park Place Birmingham, AL 35203 Admission: Free Visitors will have the opportunity to: Meet 36 Alabama authors Purchase signed books Discover new favorite writers Hear featured presentations by YOGI DADA and Hope Fortenberry of Rocky Heights Print & Binding Learn about writing, book production and independent publishing Pt. 2: Meet These Amazing Writers at the 2026 Local Authors' Expo — Eight More Alabama Authors to Discover Saturday BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The countdown is almost over. The 2026 Local Authors' Expo is tomorrow (Saturday, Aug. 1) at the Birmingham Public Library, where readers will have the opportunity to meet 36 Alabama authors, purchase signed books and discover the remarkable stories behi...

Jaynea "Coach Tru" Milhouse, instructor of Chair Yoga at downtown Birmingham Public Library   Inside Downtown Birmingham Public Library's Chair Yoga Class: A First-Peron Experience   I Came to Take Photos of Chair Yoga. I Joined the Class & Left Feeling Relaxed. By Roy L. Williams, Public Relations Specialist, Birmingham Public Library Birmingham, Ala. - I walked into the Chair Yoga by Coach Tru class in the downtown Birmingham Public Library carrying my camera. An hour later, I walked out carrying something I hadn't expected: a sense of calm. My assignment that afternoon was straightforward: photograph the second week of Birmingham Public Library's new Chair Yoga series,  and gather material for another blog story. Then something unexpected happened. About halfway through the class, I put my camera down. Instead of watching from behind the lens, I pulled up a chair and became one of the students. I'm glad I did. What to expect: One-on-one ...