BPL 2024 Holiday Happenings Spotlight: Avondale Regional Library
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Happy Holidays from all of us at the Birmingham Public Library.
Fourteen BPL locations are hosting 80 plus free holiday programs and activities for library patrons of all ages, including over 30 happening this week through Saturday, December 7.
The BPL PR Department is doing spotlights on our libraries hosting holiday programs.
Today's spotlight is on Avondale Regional Library, 509 40th Street South. Among its many activities for all ages is a free concert, "A Caroling We Will Go," featuring the Trinity Singers of the Trinity United Methodist Church, happening at 11:00 a.m. next Tuesday, December 1o
For more information on Avondale programs, call Librarians Carla Perkins or Ellen Griffin Shade at (205) 226-4000.
Avondale Regional Branch Library | 509 40th Street S, Birmingham, AL 35222
Avondale All Ages
Tuesday, December 10, 2024 – 11:00 a.m.
A Caroling We Will Go with the Trinity Singers of the Trinity United Methodist Church
Join us at Avondale Regional Library for holiday singing with the Trinity Singers of the Trinity United Methodist Church.
Avondale Adult Programs
Monday, December 2
Grab & Go for Grown-Ups
Pick up a grab & go kit and craft your own snowflake embroidery bookmark. Kits available while supplies last.
Wednesday, December 4, 2 p.m.
Club Create
Join us Wednesdays at 2 p.m. for Club Create, our weekly arts and crafts workshop for adults. This week we’ll use diamond painting to craft “Ugly Sweater” Christmas tree ornaments.
Monday, December 9
Grab & Go for Grown-Ups
Pick up a grab & go kit and craft your own gingerbread house treat box. Kits available while supplies last.
Wednesday, December 11, 2 p.m.
Club Create
Join us Wednesdays at 2 p.m. for Club Create, our weekly arts and crafts workshop for adults. This week we’ll build and decorate mock gingerbread houses.
Monday, December 16
Grab & Go for Grown-Ups
Pick up a grab & go scratch art kit to craft your own Christmas, Hannukah or Kwanzaa ornament. Kits available while supplies last.
Wednesday, December 18, 2 p.m.
Club Create
Join us Wednesdays at 2 p.m. for Club Create, our weekly arts and crafts workshop for adults. We’ll create a holiday craft with our friends from Birmingham Museum of Arts. Avondale Youth Programs
Tuesday, December 3 | 10:30 – 11:30 a.m.
Pop-in-Play (PIP)
Pop-in-Play (PiP) is an exciting interactive playtime for lap sitters and teetertotters with their caregivers. This fun-filled program includes cool activity centers, circle time, and a whole lot more! Registration appreciated.
Thursday, December 5 | 10:30 – 11:30 a.m.
Time for Tales with Ms. Cas
Join us for a morning of action-packed preschool and early elementary story time fun. Groups are welcome but registration is appreciated.
Saturday, December 7 | 10:30 – 11:30am
Yoga for Young'uns!
Join Ms. Claire for kids YOGA and mindfulness! We will kick off our time together by reading a story and then we will put meaning and movement together with a "read along" yoga practice. Please wear appropriate work-out clothes. Registration is appreciated but not required.
Monday, December 9 | 9am – 6pm
Make it Monday
Get crafty in the Avondale Youth Department with Make it Mondays. You may “take and make” or “stay and create.” What will this month’s craft be? Drop in and find out. Craft kits are available while supplies last.
December 10th, Tu, 6:30 p.m.
Gingerbread House Family Night
Sugar and spice make Christmas so nice. Join us for a night of gingerbread house building and family fun. Limited space: registration required.
December 13th – 20th.
Literary Elves on the Shelves
Oh no! Overnight some of our favorite book characters have leapt from their pages and are up to mischief inside the library. It’s your job to find and identify the literary elves and add them to Santa’s naughty list. Look high, look low, who knows where they might go!
Saturday December 14, 10:30 a.m.
Movie Matinee
Join us for a morning at the movies! All ages welcome. Registration Required.
Saturday, December 14 | 10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Super Saturday Movie Matinee
The movie is cued, and the snack bar is open. It’s time for a family friendly movie matinee! All ages welcome. Registration appreciated.
By Roy L. Williams, PR Director|Birmingham Public Library
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