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Free Yoga Classes at the Southside Library

Southside Library is hosting free yoga classes for adults.  The classes will be held on the third Thursday of the month from January -May 2020: January 16, February 20, March 16, April 16, May 21, 2020.

The time will be 11:00 a.m. - Noon.

Please call the library at 205-933-7776 to register. Bring your yoga mat!

March 2019 Trash and Brush Schedule

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February Birmingham Trash and Brush Schedule 2019

Click here to view the City of Birmingham Trash and Brush Schedule for February 2019.

Inclement Weather Closures and Cancellations on January 29, 2019

See all the latest closures and cancellations due to anticipated inclement weather on Tuesday, January 29, 2019.

Join Mayor Woodfin for his Second State of the Community Address

Join Mayor Randall Woodfin in his second State of the Community Address. The event will take place at 6PM, Monday January 14th at Boutwell Auditorium. 

A Thank You from Birmingham District 3!

As 2018 draws to a close, we want to thank the most important people in Birmingham, our residents.  Learn how to get more involved in Birmingham in 2019.

January 2019 Trash and Brush Schedule

Click here to view the Birmingham Trash and Brush Schedule for January 2019

Bards and Brews at the Birmingham Public Library

Bards & Brews, the Birmingham Public Library’s popular spoken word poetry/craft beer event, is doing its annual tribute to William Shakespeare in April in honor of the original bard’s birthday. The free open mic poetry performances will take place this Friday, April 6, 2018, at the Central Library’s Central East Grand Reading Room, 2100 Park Place in downtown Birmingham.

 

Entertainment will be provided by Taco Truck Tuesday Improv troupe at 6:30 p.m. and poetry will begin to flow at 7 p.m.  Longtime Bards & Brews poet Lee Green is a member of the Taco Truck Tuesday Improv troupe. As usual, Brian “Voice Porter” Hawkins will emcee the event. Read more about Voice Porter  in this  Birmingham Times feature at this link:   https://www.birminghamtimes.com/2018/01/the-creativity-of-brian-voice-porter-hawkins-artist-poet-musician-gardener
For more information on Bards & Brews, visit www.bplonline.org/bardsbrews. To make donations to BPL for Bards & Brews or our many other programs, click on this link: https://donatenow.networkforgood.org/supportbhampubliclibrary
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For additional information about the programs and services of the Birmingham Public Library, visit our website at www.bplonline.org and be sure to follow us on Facebook and Twitter @BPL. The mission of Birmingham Public Library is to provide the highest quality library service to our citizens for life-long learning, cultural enrichment, and enjoyment. This system—with 19 locations and serving the community for 130 years—is one of the largest library systems in the southeast.