Birmingham Public Library Blog

Would you like to make your physical, mental, and emotional health a priority in 2025?   Then plan on joining us every month at BPL Central for the Self-Care Mastermind:   Community Edition.   The program topic will be different each month, but all will focus on improving your overall well-being by engaging in purposeful and persistent health practices.   Each presentation will consist of lecture, discussion, and audience participation. The instructor for the Self-Care Mastermind:   Community Edition series is Christina (C. J.) Wade .   Ms. Wade is a licensed massage therapist and certified health coach. She has owned and operated her own private practice, You Matter Massage and Wellness, in Mountain Brook since 2018. She has a B.A. in Communication Management from UAB, a Master of Arts in Education from UAB, a diploma in Therapeutic Massage from Virginia College, and a certificate in integrative nutrition from the Institute of Integrative Nutrition in Ne...

Let’s Talk About Medicare: Questions and Answers Returns to BPL Facebook Each Month Beginning January 2nd Are you or someone you know eligible to enroll in Medicare in 2025? If so, then you probably have a lot of questions about how the system works. When do I enroll? How much does it cost? What kind of coverage do I need? Will Medicare cover all of my medical expenses? These are all daunting questions, but don’t worry, answers are available! Checkout the Birmingham Public Library’s Facebook page on first Thursday of each month for Let’s Talk About Medicare: Questions and Answers. Our program presenter is Albert McWilliams, Sr., a local Birmingham licensed insurance advisor. McWilliams has been a licensed Medicare advisor since 2001 and a licensed ACA (Affordable Care Act) advisor since 2013. What: Let’s Talk About Medicare: Questions and Answers Facebook Live program Dates: The first Thursday of each month, January-December 2025       January 2 • February 6 • March 6 •...

  Image Credit: Larry Allen - Large Bottle  If you were a blade of grass or a tiny flower   I will pitch my tent in your shadow.   Only your presence revives my withered heart.   You are the candle that lights the whole world   and I am an empty vessel for your light.   – Rumi, 13 th -century Islamic poet     A new exhibition of works by Alabama potter Larry Allen, Vessels of Possibility , is on view at the Central Library . Inspired by Native American and African designs , Allen delicately carve s decorative details o nto the surface of his wheel-thrown vessel s in a process known as sgraffito . A selection of Allen’s intricately embellished stoneware is on view in the Lobby Gallery through Friday, February 28.      “ I am moved by Native American and African designs. I use them as a springboard for my designs. The aftermath of 9/11 gave me the message that I wanted to put in my work. The tragic event was a unifying mom...