Birmingham Public Library Blog

Stream "Cream With Your Coffee" on all major platforms. Photo from Monica King Slater.  Remember the news of Monica King Slater's debut single "Cream With Your Coffee" ? She has an exciting update to share!

Graphic design by Cheyenne Trujillo. "May the 4th Be With You" at the Birmingham Public Library (BPL) ! Celebrate "May the 4th" or Star Wars Day today—and all month long at some branch locations—with our special Star Wars programs.  A play on "May the force be with you," this observation celebrates everything Star Wars. Our catalog has a variety of Star Wars material that you can celebrate with, including Star Wars cookbooks .

Birmingham, Ala.-   Titusville Branch Library , #2 6th Avenue SW, is kicking off May with its monthly celebration of senior citizens in the community aged 55 and older by hosting its monthly  Titusville Senior Day on Wednesday, May 4.  A day later, Titusville Library will host its monthly Titusville Community Resource Day and Community Food Giveaway, distributing free food boxes, produce, diapers, and women's personal hygiene products. Registration in advance is required.  With Mother's Day taking place this Sunday, the Titusville Community Resource Day is adding a new component from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. this Thursday, May 5: a Titusville Branch Mother's Day Brunch. Drop by Titusville Library at #2 Sixth Avenue SW or call (205) 322-1140 for more details.  Learn more about how Titusville Library is helping transform out community by reading below:  •  Titusville Branch Senior Resource  Day, 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., Wednesday, May 4  He...

  Join us at Springville Road Regional Branch  Library on Saturday, May 14 from 1:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. and watch the oldest international song contest in the world, the Eurovision Song Contest .  Participants will watch 25 three-minute acts from around Europe and vote on their favorites. At the end, we will find out who will win Eurovision. The contest has been held annually since 1956.  Everyone is welcome to join in on the fun.  Sam Rumore| Springville Road Regional Library

Birmingham, Ala. - Internet access is back up and all Birmingham Public Library and Jefferson County Library Cooperative (JCLC) locations are operating as normal now. We appreciate our patron's patience the past two days. The Internet outage began Thursday morning, April 28, and was not a result of any internal IT issues at our libraries. It was caused by a cut fiber issue - think of this as like a power line being down, but in this case Internet repairs being done. Other businesses in the Birmingham area also experienced Internet outages as result of this fiber cut. BPL locations remained open during the Internet outage as library employees continued to provide good customer service for our patrons. Again, we are so appreciative of our patrons' understanding about this issue that was beyond our control. Now that we are back open, remembe r BPL provides online services - including access to check out books and DVDs - online 24 hours, 7 days a week - even when our physical ...

It's Bards & Brews time! Flyer designed by Lisa Mitchell. Birmingham, Ala.— Bards & Brews is holding their next Open Mic Night at the Central Library on Friday, May 6. Nathifa Dance Company and Outreach , an African drumming and dance company, will open the night with a special performance and then poets will take the stage to share original spoken word poetry. 

China Miéville's first novel in his Bas-Lag series, Perdido Street Station , takes its title from the massive skyrail station that sits at the center of New Crobuzon , a city set in a murky world that defies easy description.  Miéville's world is densely packed with unfamiliar figures and hazy technologies, populated by humanoid and nonhumanoid races that are far from the usual fantasy conventions. 

The climate crisis is causing many people to examine both the larger, systemic environmental issues and their individual contributions. While fighting for change at the highest level should be our main priority, a mindset shift on our own actions must also take place.  Take clothes, for example.