tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-235995622024-03-28T22:29:31.570-05:00Birmingham Public Library BlogBirmingham's Place for the Latest Library News, Reviews & InformationMelinda Sheltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12658380737591685685noreply@blogger.comBlogger5984125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23599562.post-26516989487175857742024-03-26T13:56:00.003-05:002024-03-26T14:54:23.384-05:00Celebrate Spring Break With Over 40 Free Activities at Birmingham Public Library<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZZfBF_xur6JU4AugsS6Ygr2WukGFLoN07R44RhIV5IQRnTfQrihG_yNdSlqcxJhqJvgC97LXGQvg-OfTuJZTPqoF9PlAruTVZ8g6zs2XGupyXmQ1mimNZDOHWCABqn_XUn6S0ruM6nJRUhhR81CYnQpiIbkCE5ElY4x4w7WOCcNnobMG5D71CDA/s300/Barbie's%20World%20Pratt%20City%20Branch%20March%2025-27%20flyer.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="251" data-original-width="300" height="419" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZZfBF_xur6JU4AugsS6Ygr2WukGFLoN07R44RhIV5IQRnTfQrihG_yNdSlqcxJhqJvgC97LXGQvg-OfTuJZTPqoF9PlAruTVZ8g6zs2XGupyXmQ1mimNZDOHWCABqn_XUn6S0ruM6nJRUhhR81CYnQpiIbkCE5ElY4x4w7WOCcNnobMG5D71CDA/w500-h419/Barbie's%20World%20Pratt%20City%20Branch%20March%2025-27%20flyer.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><br /><p></p><b>Birmingham, Ala. -</b> Looking for fun family activities while students in grades K-12 are on Spring Break this week? <div><br /></div><div>The Birmingham Public Library (BPL) has over 40 free events and programs to take advantage of at libraries across the city. Among other Spring Break programs at BPL happening this week through this Thursday (BPL is closed for Easter weekend on Friday and Saturday, March 29-30): </div><div><br /></div><div> •<b> From today through Thursday, March 28, stop by Pratt City Branch Library for </b> <b>Barbie’s World.</b>” Come learn about Barbie's history and many careers while examining her iconic fashion.</div><div> • <b><i>Chocolate Games: Let the Games Begin!, Today, Tuesday, March 26, 4:00 p.m. </i></b>Let the games begin! Break up into different teams as you compete against one another in different games that all involve chocolate! Learn a few facts about chocolate as the games go on. </div><div><div> • <b>Standing On Business Summit, Today, Tuesday, March 26, 12:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. </b>Stop by Titusville Branch to learn more about the skills you can use to enhance your life! Titusville Branch is also hosting a Mental Health Summit on Wednesday, March 27.</div></div><div> • <b>At 6:00 p.m. today, Tuesday, March 26, Avondale Regional Library hosts “Dynamic Dinosaur Adventures.” Join us for a family night of fun as The Science Lady, Jan Mattingly, </b>helps us unleash our inner paleontologist. </div><div><br /></div><div> Check out the full list of BPL Spring Break activities by location below: </div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPF6MCDHcbh93GTnEw4-PhrV7mHaEAzzzMaeMIz4Sp935NDU5cF3dXWsGBFtzGA4XXu7DEzVAcs5x2KzBdQXtY7Z1NFq0vHqzijEZ5Z-8bn4U_mPEAtiP5WtFtpAQJWR9eotfTeU_aiZ3eEw2MMezz-c4ts9HtLgJH03zp-FS_h_nGCVCoycq2ZQ/s1280/BPL%20Bookmobile%20side%20view%20IMG_0205.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPF6MCDHcbh93GTnEw4-PhrV7mHaEAzzzMaeMIz4Sp935NDU5cF3dXWsGBFtzGA4XXu7DEzVAcs5x2KzBdQXtY7Z1NFq0vHqzijEZ5Z-8bn4U_mPEAtiP5WtFtpAQJWR9eotfTeU_aiZ3eEw2MMezz-c4ts9HtLgJH03zp-FS_h_nGCVCoycq2ZQ/s320/BPL%20Bookmobile%20side%20view%20IMG_0205.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><b><br /></b></div><div><b>BPL Mobile: City Walk Playground, 901 25th St N, Birmingham, AL 35203, Tuesday, March 26, 1:00-2:00 p.m.</b></div><div><br /></div><div><b></b>The Birmingham Public Library’s Bookmobile, BPL Mobile, will be at CityWalk in downtown Birmingham. BPL Mobile provides free access to internet and computers, games, programs, and services, such as printing and checkout of library materials such as books and DVDs. </div><div><br /></div><div><b><a href="https://www.cobpl.org/locations/branch/Avondale/">Avondale Regional Library</a>, 509 40th St. South, Birmingham, AL 35222, Ph. (205) 226-4000</b></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b><i>Story Stroll (all week)</i></b></div><div><b><i>–</i></b> Beginning today, March 25, take a break from your very, very busy day with a storybook stroll through the Avondale Park. After enjoying Eric Carle’s picture book “The Very Busy Spider”, come into the library and check out more of our favorite stories. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDQBkb8ML8HvV1lQjqT5wiONPZZX-wwT6SAv-DOJVwef6Q0HFSUq4W6BbBOavIiLLqXxkuXmNvW0evfAj9qgerysiog5GbC8orQb9BrLwPN4QFf9u2MPxaLryj16rjd-EE0d0szdtDg9EyeuphNHJsxDpwyj9FVV6VlepJGJ-q8rCqVnmlcujfkw/s2484/Dinosaur%20Adventure%20March%2026%20avondale%20library.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2484" data-original-width="1920" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDQBkb8ML8HvV1lQjqT5wiONPZZX-wwT6SAv-DOJVwef6Q0HFSUq4W6BbBOavIiLLqXxkuXmNvW0evfAj9qgerysiog5GbC8orQb9BrLwPN4QFf9u2MPxaLryj16rjd-EE0d0szdtDg9EyeuphNHJsxDpwyj9FVV6VlepJGJ-q8rCqVnmlcujfkw/s320/Dinosaur%20Adventure%20March%2026%20avondale%20library.jpg" width="247" /></a></div><br /><div><b><i> Let’s get busy!
Tuesday, March 26, 6:00 p.m.</i></b></div><div> Dynamic Dinosaur Adventures!
Dynamic Dinosaur Adventures - Tuesday, March 26, 6:00 pm. Join us for a family night of fun as The Science Lady, Jan Mattingly, helps us unleash our inner paleontologist. From Tyrannosaurus Rex to the Dilong we like them all. You'll have an opportunity to touch fossils and meet a few animals that were around during the age of the dinosaur. You are sure to dig it! </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7EcmVEqd0qF0kNESf4pfNtkKOxpYGKf47lbgSk8FITzNwvWMtXKQ9LiuR71N9U8AEZUYH3srAUbVF4dMTXmbtezkPbTcGmmCWlxMbjLvOTltzZTg7cGVwTvuAnPGnbMzD8TH_DCoEq_zH7NSz7DZUva3_Q_8W_B-3BtTNp_J55hP4GFodSxL3zg/s240/Club%20Create%20Avondale%20image.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="240" data-original-width="236" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7EcmVEqd0qF0kNESf4pfNtkKOxpYGKf47lbgSk8FITzNwvWMtXKQ9LiuR71N9U8AEZUYH3srAUbVF4dMTXmbtezkPbTcGmmCWlxMbjLvOTltzZTg7cGVwTvuAnPGnbMzD8TH_DCoEq_zH7NSz7DZUva3_Q_8W_B-3BtTNp_J55hP4GFodSxL3zg/s1600/Club%20Create%20Avondale%20image.jpg" width="236" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><b>Club Create, Wednesday, March 27, 2:00-3:00 p.m</b>. </div><div>Join us every Wednesday for a fun and entertaining arts & crafts workshop for adults! Instruction and supplies are provided, and a different craft project is featured each week. For information, contact Ellen Griffin Shade at 205-226-4000 or email ellen.griffen@cobpl.org. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4pzMnaoeD86K20DemxiJcEv-uds1GwbtFsVikiru6vyzyDfxuNmSWwvAdwcto1OmB4uXJTn4ZQNiUbKmnHUnp_yHVB3cEz1ootRYIV_drqr3jD55BrLxNkatmZKVJIwnxZXK2-wBcUHRDct7c14XABeqMkmLG1Ws7-TN4tQ5MoofEXpbzZ9fx5A/s300/Storytime%20image.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="149" data-original-width="300" height="149" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4pzMnaoeD86K20DemxiJcEv-uds1GwbtFsVikiru6vyzyDfxuNmSWwvAdwcto1OmB4uXJTn4ZQNiUbKmnHUnp_yHVB3cEz1ootRYIV_drqr3jD55BrLxNkatmZKVJIwnxZXK2-wBcUHRDct7c14XABeqMkmLG1Ws7-TN4tQ5MoofEXpbzZ9fx5A/s1600/Storytime%20image.png" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div><b><i>Storytime with Ms. Cas: "Know How," Thursday, March 28, 10:30 a.m.</i></b></div><div>Join us for a morning of action-packed preschool "know how" storytime fun. Groups are welcome but registration is required (205) 226-4003. </div><div><br /></div><div><b><i>Check out 3 Free Art Exhibits at Central Library downtown</i></b></div><div> While out on Spring Break, come as a family and check out these 3 free art exhibits on display at the Central Library downtown:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVUq1JBD5eje1sLT9A9g6hWpI5WfWUXIi_AiU2AoNO_Sr3-5vmlxaudWmEF8cOZBKwT1GUh3uQ304HUG8Cctqn7bGW1dkmQhRMKEnCtHUHQvh3z8LoGWsenvDEg1rlNym3-K7MgUY8hyeV01AjAtgGwdpvYtE9_-_Bh8efOxiyIAds8zju99F2dQ/s1377/Misty%20Bennett%20by%20Candy%20Crush%20sign%20jpeg%2053.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="918" data-original-width="1377" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVUq1JBD5eje1sLT9A9g6hWpI5WfWUXIi_AiU2AoNO_Sr3-5vmlxaudWmEF8cOZBKwT1GUh3uQ304HUG8Cctqn7bGW1dkmQhRMKEnCtHUHQvh3z8LoGWsenvDEg1rlNym3-K7MgUY8hyeV01AjAtgGwdpvYtE9_-_Bh8efOxiyIAds8zju99F2dQ/s320/Misty%20Bennett%20by%20Candy%20Crush%20sign%20jpeg%2053.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><i><a href="https://bplolinenews.blogspot.com/2024/02/misty-bennett-candy-crush-art-exhibit.html">Misty Bennett: Candy Crush</a>,</i><b> First Floor Gallery, Central Library. </b></div><div>This exhibition features vibrant oil paintings of abstract food imagery that express the artist's perspective on both the surplus and scarcity of food in American society. Through the use of color and texture, Bennett explores the notion of food as a metaphor for our psychological and emotional states of being. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHV8D2mKsonP9viifZFnb9pzlOueRxYvHR0DKO6qmRNy2_Or1J6tycBYU4tyVgRqaTSO6my_niXYTMpAYtWP-wWzD-NBGP_YhQQBFomHK5keWvR1KVTya-1j4irGNO80_gpgJBvu-_yTKwYM_cbMBLx5WdiRVnuYO7ch9jBvU96vxLBN0IpeHq_A/s1377/Stacey%20Holloway%20by%20Deer%20Sculpture%204th%20display%20case.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="917" data-original-width="1377" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHV8D2mKsonP9viifZFnb9pzlOueRxYvHR0DKO6qmRNy2_Or1J6tycBYU4tyVgRqaTSO6my_niXYTMpAYtWP-wWzD-NBGP_YhQQBFomHK5keWvR1KVTya-1j4irGNO80_gpgJBvu-_yTKwYM_cbMBLx5WdiRVnuYO7ch9jBvU96vxLBN0IpeHq_A/s320/Stacey%20Holloway%20by%20Deer%20Sculpture%204th%20display%20case.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><i><b><a href="https://bplolinenews.blogspot.com/2024/02/stacey-holloway-othernesses-exhibit.html"> Stacey Holloway: Othernesses,</a> </b></i> <b>First Floor Lobby Gallery, Central Library. </b></div><div>This exhibition features intriguing animal sculptures and other creations by artist Stacey Holloway. Through the exploration of storytelling and ethology, Holloway creates work that communicates a universal societal connectivity.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOlBmD9WeRhWMCrNVhOFsGV833AnFJ3G2BC7Q9cztFMHlwKBMyXpdf4rHXIAOyUVevle3i7GV9xlgyX2zt9zs50Vyb48SngQGlJ-6nZFwUrIprBWazA_RfwXv8R_YZjdThMeuQTGo-BhJp3Q5O0IfdgnfIMt2z5VDzosKYW4Mwug3oRg0rQ_0QKg/s1080/Voices%20Carry%20IG%20Date%20Removed.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOlBmD9WeRhWMCrNVhOFsGV833AnFJ3G2BC7Q9cztFMHlwKBMyXpdf4rHXIAOyUVevle3i7GV9xlgyX2zt9zs50Vyb48SngQGlJ-6nZFwUrIprBWazA_RfwXv8R_YZjdThMeuQTGo-BhJp3Q5O0IfdgnfIMt2z5VDzosKYW4Mwug3oRg0rQ_0QKg/s320/Voices%20Carry%20IG%20Date%20Removed.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://bplolinenews.blogspot.com/2024/03/artists-reception-for-voices-carry-art.html"><i><b>Voices Carry: Art by Alabama Women,</b> </i></a> <b>4th Floor Gallery, Central Library. </b></div><div>In celebration of Women's History Month, the Birmingham Public Library announces a new art exhibition featuring works by 20 artists.</div><div><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHOvQkbF6QVwZWfsP8QTGria5QFPd41GnqKLgxysswrlqoEPAd-6N8IYM6tT1WeTaJBT13XTR_avLHAuW5NnP9-s1SsxnFaO3nhbjHEuNC5RiryiVUxImh_X8eyk5cNvyY1sVqMOjpsgB0QzIbR9XA9FCD_E8_7MIpRssPW5cFnaf6VgpLYnUFmQ/s388/BPL%20Stem%20Programs%20for%20Home-School%20Students%20March-May%202024.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="388" data-original-width="300" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHOvQkbF6QVwZWfsP8QTGria5QFPd41GnqKLgxysswrlqoEPAd-6N8IYM6tT1WeTaJBT13XTR_avLHAuW5NnP9-s1SsxnFaO3nhbjHEuNC5RiryiVUxImh_X8eyk5cNvyY1sVqMOjpsgB0QzIbR9XA9FCD_E8_7MIpRssPW5cFnaf6VgpLYnUFmQ/s320/BPL%20Stem%20Programs%20for%20Home-School%20Students%20March-May%202024.jpg" width="247" /></a></div><br /><i><br /></i></b></div><div><b><i><a href="https://bplolinenews.blogspot.com/2024/03/birmingham-public-library-offering-stem.html">STEM Camp for Homeschooled Students,</a> Thursday, March 28, 2024 </i></b></div><div><br /></div><div>The Birmingham Public Library is offering STEM programming for our homeschool students, courtesy of the Central Library Youth Department. The class being held during Spring Break Week is Thursday, March 28: “Original Snap Circuits.” <a href="https://bplolinenews.blogspot.com/2024/03/birmingham-public-library-offering-stem.html">Click here to see the full schedule and how to register</a>. </div><div><br /></div><div><b><a href="https://www.cobpl.org/locations/branch/FivePointsWest/">Five Points West Regional Library</a>, 4812 Avenue West, ,Ph. 205-226-4015</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpjo72XIL-Qp4NJxPDPmxXK5yKYVWXrsGDQGTLQ0kSGxtkmbEi3EujPF2L_L3PeU232MXtN6kJuXj0lmAhvZNhPkBc3ZKQCI6ArjqnpcccsOXgDVeEYo5v6JOHiVqSOYH-yOBjvX4oEsbvVlygyjPyG_MinLP2et5hecRyiOAKS9ko0_hZvobNYQ/s212/Chair%20yoga%20image.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="212" data-original-width="207" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpjo72XIL-Qp4NJxPDPmxXK5yKYVWXrsGDQGTLQ0kSGxtkmbEi3EujPF2L_L3PeU232MXtN6kJuXj0lmAhvZNhPkBc3ZKQCI6ArjqnpcccsOXgDVeEYo5v6JOHiVqSOYH-yOBjvX4oEsbvVlygyjPyG_MinLP2et5hecRyiOAKS9ko0_hZvobNYQ/s1600/Chair%20yoga%20image.png" width="207" /></a></div><br /></div><div><b><i> Chair Yoga With Ms. Bridgette, Wednesday, March 27, 10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.</i></b> </div><div>Get fit by participating in chair yoga exercises with Ms. Bridgette. For information, contact Monica Cottrell at monica.cottell@cobpl.org or by calling 205-226-4015 </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8zVTcbjrTR-j2H21-9rVTEw-K7BafpPGs1SchZ_RrDW5dtUjLNPZBQ2ngdskx9dTWl9warVTs4NP_X3k4AqZcBDzW-z60XNn_pViWh6BIsGprT5djbuBTkJ7Pt8WZahxeRuqRPNzDBU5s8wO0kfEMk2jfcaM1s6xNw_fvQFxfzIvAsgXq2pwZEw/s300/Google%20image.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="150" data-original-width="300" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8zVTcbjrTR-j2H21-9rVTEw-K7BafpPGs1SchZ_RrDW5dtUjLNPZBQ2ngdskx9dTWl9warVTs4NP_X3k4AqZcBDzW-z60XNn_pViWh6BIsGprT5djbuBTkJ7Pt8WZahxeRuqRPNzDBU5s8wO0kfEMk2jfcaM1s6xNw_fvQFxfzIvAsgXq2pwZEw/s1600/Google%20image.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div><b><i>Google Slides, Thursday, March 28, 9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.</i></b> </div><div>Create word processing documents using Google Docs. For information, contact Karen Jackson at 205-226-4016 or email karen.jackson@cobpl.org </div><div><br /></div><div><b><a href="https://www.cobpl.org/locations/branch/Inglenook/"> Inglenook Branch Library, </a>4100 40th Terrace North, (205) 847-8739</b></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_GERDB_Sqm4Gw-nMPK91_2cvRV7KQ8uIrpJ5lekeVBPejqlHanTTpUssvNlfnyejRFl4z21fZnpNkZDi_8FZHiiBiJ2OoZX5djCuRm1AVIuLsJJpiEGXgAqrkr5KaYyeuDO-Krw0L3aTSCp0QrunMSGhEuXCERaA08xe9oVmpTvZrlymelZoMbA/s300/Storytime%202nd%20image.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="231" data-original-width="300" height="183" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_GERDB_Sqm4Gw-nMPK91_2cvRV7KQ8uIrpJ5lekeVBPejqlHanTTpUssvNlfnyejRFl4z21fZnpNkZDi_8FZHiiBiJ2OoZX5djCuRm1AVIuLsJJpiEGXgAqrkr5KaYyeuDO-Krw0L3aTSCp0QrunMSGhEuXCERaA08xe9oVmpTvZrlymelZoMbA/w237-h183/Storytime%202nd%20image.jpg" width="237" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><b> Storytime, Tuesday, March 26, 4:00-5:00 p.m.</b></div><div>Join us for an afterschool story time with crafts, songs and snacks Tuesdays in March. For information, contact Shannon Austin at 205-849-8739 or email Shannon.austin@cobpl.org. </div><div><br /></div><div><b><a href="https://www.cobpl.org/locations/branch/NorthAvondale/"> North Avondale Branch Library,</a> 501 43rd Street North, (205) 592-2082</b></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><i><b> North Avondale Library Coding Club, Monday, March 25, 3-4 p.m.</b></i></div><div> Join us as we learn to code, build a mobile app, and develop our own Artificial Intelligence project. We will also play fun games on Code.org and Scratch.com. For information, contact Olivia Evans at 205-592-2082 or via email at Olivia.evans@cobpl.org. </div><div><br /></div><div><b><a href="https://www.cobpl.org/locations/branch/NorthBirmingham/">North Birmingham Regional Library</a>, 2501 31st Avenue North, (205) 226-4025</b></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b><i> Trio EOC of UAB is Here, Monday, March 25, 1:00-3:00 p.m. </i></b></div><div><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div><b><i>Trio Educational Opportunity Center (EOC)</i></b> provides adults of all economic, social, and educational backgrounds the skills they need to continue their educational aspirations. This program is federally funded and all services they will be providing while at the North Birmingham Public Library will be free of charge to any participants who meet eligibility requirements. It is our hopes that this program will provides opportunities for upward mobility. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFkOkdREHbTHFTgIFIQonQAL9Tnl5PW8aW9MQgRnepimkI8PcrRGhvD58xzwyokDxIGLbZOfr7lshj3vWO9Xh8sQFsjhea-YPBUk93_7MQjl9NrdoW90UWo-16j1jyw6ttOP4xMlIUemUXzdST8tDocz8xCyRSCSHZ2tetvnvUgs1EF4iJlkOfBg/s2000/N%20Bham%20Library%20barbershop%20%20talk%20March%2025,%202024.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1414" height="425" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFkOkdREHbTHFTgIFIQonQAL9Tnl5PW8aW9MQgRnepimkI8PcrRGhvD58xzwyokDxIGLbZOfr7lshj3vWO9Xh8sQFsjhea-YPBUk93_7MQjl9NrdoW90UWo-16j1jyw6ttOP4xMlIUemUXzdST8tDocz8xCyRSCSHZ2tetvnvUgs1EF4iJlkOfBg/w300-h425/N%20Bham%20Library%20barbershop%20%20talk%20March%2025,%202024.png" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><b>Barbershop Talk, North Birmingham Library, 6:00-8:00 p.m., Monday, March 25</b><div><br /><div><div><a href="https://www.cobpl.org/locations/branch/NorthBirmingham/">Join North Birmingham Regional Library</a>, 2501 31st Avenue North, on Monday, March 25 as it hosts Barbershop Talk, <a href="https://bplolinenews.blogspot.com/2024/02/north-birmingham-library-hosting.html">a follow up to a similar barbershop talk session for men held on February 26 that featured Dr. John Baldwin as speaker. </a><i>This free program from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. on Monday night will provide the atmosphere of a barbershop, a safe space for men both young and old to discuss social issues in our communities. </i></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/jarrod.sims.794">The keynote speaker will be Birmingham native Jarrod Sims</a>, a Huffman High School graduate and former U.S. Navy serviceman and executive at Syms Contractors, a Birmingham construction firm founded by his father, Jimmy Sims, in 1994. </div><div><br /></div></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdNSXbyeHd1HH1wAElgVknf_eTm9r88zUQJLXTgxqb0RZtl4luLyK5U53P0JT0J4uuKT21f9mUj-RO6yVJ6PAWR0b3kgTVQOXDE9bf9cgZfJagYSq8717c3jko2QSWoc_wnwppf54PoHu14GqZoWJnt6Ij1rSy3UIATzJF14ELvl9hrntNzq16zg/s314/Meditations%20image.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="314" data-original-width="300" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdNSXbyeHd1HH1wAElgVknf_eTm9r88zUQJLXTgxqb0RZtl4luLyK5U53P0JT0J4uuKT21f9mUj-RO6yVJ6PAWR0b3kgTVQOXDE9bf9cgZfJagYSq8717c3jko2QSWoc_wnwppf54PoHu14GqZoWJnt6Ij1rSy3UIATzJF14ELvl9hrntNzq16zg/s1600/Meditations%20image.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><b> Clear Mind Meditations, Tuesday, March 26, 12:00 p.m.</b></div><div><b> </b>This is a A weekly guided meditation program where patrons will be allowed to unwind with their peers and enjoy the relaxation that we get from guided meditation. <a href="https://bplolinenews.blogspot.com/2024/03/north-birmingham-regional-library-kicks.html">For details click on this blog </a></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdEY3mFLxH-FGtnVCio71FuhppG3GMQZIDz1BtHXhQEurbEMTeY9HmNeqn1y7BtgjGVzm_uBC_q3R6A_Olpcnj3HsCZYoWLRbn-X_-wHjElMUu7W-VWNREAMIrhuld9tfThKZlC2WiSyk70apnZHPfvNNdUcOGa3St-aziORUd5buPzaIBouPhbw/s300/arts%20image.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="215" data-original-width="300" height="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdEY3mFLxH-FGtnVCio71FuhppG3GMQZIDz1BtHXhQEurbEMTeY9HmNeqn1y7BtgjGVzm_uBC_q3R6A_Olpcnj3HsCZYoWLRbn-X_-wHjElMUu7W-VWNREAMIrhuld9tfThKZlC2WiSyk70apnZHPfvNNdUcOGa3St-aziORUd5buPzaIBouPhbw/s1600/arts%20image.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><b> Bad Art Night, Tuesday, March 26, 1:00-4:00 p.m.</b></div><div> Come and join North Birmingham for a bad art night where patrons will compete to make the worst art project possible. At the end of the event, attendees will vote on the worst art project created. The winner will win a poorly constructed crown that reads, "Bad at art" -Snacks and refreshments will be provided.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicyHxVEVzepETF1X_zrp5u6C-JQPktQqONob7I_7CXSC26DtaI31XW4esCoqQZcJg6fuIDYrvEWgwRvOdUdXTpo-VohmJSIlrLlv5ZJpKyeVtqWujWVgxScRIJ1oKkEIhW9vazz7B8YgLM7izXiROca7oRF9s6vyIVa9QlB_cb0gYiM6bLggyPGQ/s300/Yolanda%20Flowers%20Speaks%20N%20Bham%20Library%20Thusrday%20March%2028.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="231" data-original-width="300" height="231" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicyHxVEVzepETF1X_zrp5u6C-JQPktQqONob7I_7CXSC26DtaI31XW4esCoqQZcJg6fuIDYrvEWgwRvOdUdXTpo-VohmJSIlrLlv5ZJpKyeVtqWujWVgxScRIJ1oKkEIhW9vazz7B8YgLM7izXiROca7oRF9s6vyIVa9QlB_cb0gYiM6bLggyPGQ/s1600/Yolanda%20Flowers%20Speaks%20N%20Bham%20Library%20Thusrday%20March%2028.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div> <b>A Conversation with Yolanda Flowers, Thursday, March 28, 1-3 p.m</b>. </div><div>A conversation with Yolanda Flowers allows for everyone to get to know the 2022 African American female Governor candidate. She will give insight into her life and her political journey all in one! For information contact Lutheria Jackson at 205-226-4028 or email lutherie.jackson@cobpl.org. </div><div><br /></div><div><b><a href="https://www.cobpl.org/locations/branch/Powderly/">Powderly Branch Library, </a>3301 Jefferson Avenue SW, (205) 925-6178</b></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQTnCECoS0EOm6GnFFqGXFklIuMEVs7yvrMrglCroa1h-hZ_dzCz2vZ28jYpscJSFM4nOtO2eR4imllnQ1iHUTnWiHwuwXwex192cQ_ZFuLaBTbD8jbO5BT0SGAynY9PRtTPnk4nqJDoe_ISEetgXF_7hNdzw69LFZSAO3zmW846dkR8D3FZd_IA/s600/Arts%20&%20crafts%20image.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="337" data-original-width="600" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQTnCECoS0EOm6GnFFqGXFklIuMEVs7yvrMrglCroa1h-hZ_dzCz2vZ28jYpscJSFM4nOtO2eR4imllnQ1iHUTnWiHwuwXwex192cQ_ZFuLaBTbD8jbO5BT0SGAynY9PRtTPnk4nqJDoe_ISEetgXF_7hNdzw69LFZSAO3zmW846dkR8D3FZd_IA/s320/Arts%20&%20crafts%20image.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><b><i>Powderly Branch Library
Home Sweet Tote Bag, Tuesday, March 26, 11 a.m. – 12 p.m.</i></b> </div><div>Create your own tote bag with colorful designs from colorful scrap fabrics. For more information, contact Megan Green at 205-925-6178 or via email at megan.green@cobpl.org. </div><div><br /></div><div><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq8Rl_AFAq50qWJoyAmNXOTSytPDK4UDe6ud2wuu2M7ezrYZWEUvuHkAAoQcb27j7eBTqorVT2skOOiO9SobmZHL2YXPKAyis3uX8Qm2UD0OV-ao9DyBtFKktJJzi0npwNQOT2Unkl879vOVhZgfDMPRgZ5r6l-HZbyBehhAz0o0yf1vy6mn8Hcw/s300/Barbie's%20World%20Pratt%20City%20Branch%20March%2025-27%20flyer.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="251" data-original-width="300" height="251" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq8Rl_AFAq50qWJoyAmNXOTSytPDK4UDe6ud2wuu2M7ezrYZWEUvuHkAAoQcb27j7eBTqorVT2skOOiO9SobmZHL2YXPKAyis3uX8Qm2UD0OV-ao9DyBtFKktJJzi0npwNQOT2Unkl879vOVhZgfDMPRgZ5r6l-HZbyBehhAz0o0yf1vy6mn8Hcw/s1600/Barbie's%20World%20Pratt%20City%20Branch%20March%2025-27%20flyer.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><i><br /></i></b></div><div><b><i>Pratt City Branch Library
Barbie's World, Monday through Thursday, March 25-28, 9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.</i></b></div><div>
Come learn about Barbie's history and many careers while examining her iconic fashion. This exhibit explores all things Barbie! For more information, contact Branch Manager Saundra Ross by calling 205-791-4997 or emailing Saundra.ross@cobpl.org. </div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0kqioCVJUn06lJYs8K4IIz-b_zA_2z-S5xhHKSY40Fi6NppoTPPl_9bqMsHnRIqNmbEzZb8b45NPWCrp-8VPlp-nUsBLHEBPWN3LCnDVk6-8CkcJXsPI-nCf1-P5xc9IQw4b5QfPo2OMpXfNqSX67IaVv1HWixKhBy541RmZNHNGoT331FpBD9w/s300/Margaret%20Rudkin%20Pratt%20City%20Library%20March%2028%20image.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="251" data-original-width="300" height="251" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0kqioCVJUn06lJYs8K4IIz-b_zA_2z-S5xhHKSY40Fi6NppoTPPl_9bqMsHnRIqNmbEzZb8b45NPWCrp-8VPlp-nUsBLHEBPWN3LCnDVk6-8CkcJXsPI-nCf1-P5xc9IQw4b5QfPo2OMpXfNqSX67IaVv1HWixKhBy541RmZNHNGoT331FpBD9w/s1600/Margaret%20Rudkin%20Pratt%20City%20Library%20March%2028%20image.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Margaret F. Rudkin: Her Story, Thursday, March 28, 1:30- 2:30 p.m</b>. </div><div>Join us to learn about the remarkable life of an American businesswoman and the Pepperidge Farm Story. </div><div><br /></div><div><b><a href="https://www.cobpl.org/locations/branch/Smithfield/">Smithfield Library, </a>1 8th Avenue West, (205) 324-8428</b> </div><div><br /></div><div><b> Empowering Women Self-Care Kit, Monday, March 25, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.</b> </div><div>Get a Self-Care kit for women in honor of Women's History Month.
For information contact Amber Jackson at 205-324-8428 or via email at amber.jackson@cobpl.org.</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYVPPzGtsv7H_gReLvHtrEVFbnmbsQfP06fMbhXcuppq1F5fIGjLqSQXKv4PJ_XcWm0-RP72joqqX6xuMEdBiBdgw1GvByDnOZuh6MMDixkkfBrXYODtmE5jXNlXPiJnoX_uhXIo3s0ur_YHDAjYsZhT_rFo49aYmkrnovgbQ0IUBRtZpJTcOVWQ/s300/Women's%20History%20Month%20image.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="230" data-original-width="300" height="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYVPPzGtsv7H_gReLvHtrEVFbnmbsQfP06fMbhXcuppq1F5fIGjLqSQXKv4PJ_XcWm0-RP72joqqX6xuMEdBiBdgw1GvByDnOZuh6MMDixkkfBrXYODtmE5jXNlXPiJnoX_uhXIo3s0ur_YHDAjYsZhT_rFo49aYmkrnovgbQ0IUBRtZpJTcOVWQ/s1600/Women's%20History%20Month%20image.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><b><i>I Am Woman Movie Series, Wednesday, March 27, 3:30 p.m.– 5:30 p.m. </i></b></div><div>Join us for our Women's History Month Movie Series </div><div><br /></div><div><b><i>Off the Hook Crochet, 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. </i></b></div><div>Join in the fun. Come crochet with us. For information, contact Sequoria Lewis at (205) 324-8428 or email sequoria.lewis@cobpl.org.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrPMOtVrfEhz-AqqBLSUSVKP7rHmH4A0Tcsu28GiGhnkn5L4HGtGsDLNqreIyGKqFRC5TN0VCvaTs0ANddrvQciM9CzTQTijJRzFRIYsMPEHAMd6W932UzDZAvkQPhCELjTmIM-wL8OdGrltXcD5Sqmer5U_i5zWrv2yCoL_vknbsQKR1B0oSWoQ/s300/Anime-ia%20film%20image.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="193" data-original-width="300" height="193" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrPMOtVrfEhz-AqqBLSUSVKP7rHmH4A0Tcsu28GiGhnkn5L4HGtGsDLNqreIyGKqFRC5TN0VCvaTs0ANddrvQciM9CzTQTijJRzFRIYsMPEHAMd6W932UzDZAvkQPhCELjTmIM-wL8OdGrltXcD5Sqmer5U_i5zWrv2yCoL_vknbsQKR1B0oSWoQ/s1600/Anime-ia%20film%20image.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><b><i>Anime-ia, Thursday, March 28, 3:30-4:30 p.m. </i></b></div><div>Anime for kids of all ages to watch at Smithfield Library </div><div><br /></div><div><b><a href="https://www.cobpl.org/locations/branch/Southside/"> Southside Branch Library</a>, 1814 11th Avenue South, (205) 933-7776</b></div><div><br /></div><div><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUgFI6HaD_v1fZkSIsMG5oMdjususdnr15m7LQ-DhWNBcqhWvzlY_1y0GMa9piDkDfwPdKw0HmRmRCe6RdatEUJO_6d5iO-ZqXyvht7PIVrmdU1RUtRddcD0cUxCPG9jycQnXckIzus2GoKmGB-dxZHaSHs_osK51-iki1c8GrulBkGcYD76iT5g/s300/Easter%20Egg%20basket%20image.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="300" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUgFI6HaD_v1fZkSIsMG5oMdjususdnr15m7LQ-DhWNBcqhWvzlY_1y0GMa9piDkDfwPdKw0HmRmRCe6RdatEUJO_6d5iO-ZqXyvht7PIVrmdU1RUtRddcD0cUxCPG9jycQnXckIzus2GoKmGB-dxZHaSHs_osK51-iki1c8GrulBkGcYD76iT5g/s1600/Easter%20Egg%20basket%20image.jpg" width="300" /></a></div></b></div><div><b><i>Stand Up Egg Grab n Go Kit, Monday – Thursday, March 25-28, 9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.</i></b></div><div>This Grab N' Go kit allows family to come together and create these fun, colorful eggs for Easter. Kids can share these fun eggs with family, put them in their Easter Egg Basket, as well as decorate the home for Easter. </div><div><br /></div><div><b><a href="https://www.cobpl.org/locations/branch/SpringvilleRoad/">Springville Road Regional Library</a>, 1224 Old Springville Road, 205-226-4081</b> </div><div><br /></div><div><b>Big & Tiny Board Games, Monday, March 25, 4:00-6:00 p.m.</b></div><div>Board games can be any size, from teeny tiny to life-sized. Come play a variety of family friendly board games. The game size may vary, but all will be big fun! All ages welcome! For information, contact Vincent Solfronk at 205-226-4085 or email Vincent.solfronk@cobpl.org.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Group Storytime, Tuesday, March 26, 9:30 a.m</b>.</div><div>Our group storytime is open to all groups, however, you must call ahead and register in advance. We will have songs, dancing, and stories geared towards preschool age children. Call (205) 226-4085 to reserve your group’s spot. </div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6iHnUKN2Yf0CD7t1DYfVEhPCg8ZC4QAtvlCP80wGNCEQEUB1Co2oy5p1McrsiI8uq33-v_XssNqHP6vQqjxlrp1J_bIOJ_KLYSBQEbqJmqfGdryBxru2dJFYYbNa0WwGpHyU6kuU-ZeW-dec0i9kRkqbc97oJa2AAOak_7mqSvm4acKJuS2Pa2g/s300/Storytime%202nd%20image.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="231" data-original-width="300" height="231" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6iHnUKN2Yf0CD7t1DYfVEhPCg8ZC4QAtvlCP80wGNCEQEUB1Co2oy5p1McrsiI8uq33-v_XssNqHP6vQqjxlrp1J_bIOJ_KLYSBQEbqJmqfGdryBxru2dJFYYbNa0WwGpHyU6kuU-ZeW-dec0i9kRkqbc97oJa2AAOak_7mqSvm4acKJuS2Pa2g/s1600/Storytime%202nd%20image.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><b>Family Storytime, Wednesday, March 27, 10 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.</b></div><div>Open to children of all ages but geared towards pre-school children. Come hear some great stories, sing and dance, and have great fun! We also have extension activities afterwards so stay and play! For information, contact Vincent Solfronk at 205-226-4085 or email Vincent.solfronk@cobpl.org.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSp3wbM9S5RH4db_gkvoxzMsvC2llcroKVY5l3z4rONyxk8E-aDpj9lXP5pD4vt36pGpF7Yz74gnU0qCOCw0S0o8FmTSgMsgD6I6nEW0KhidpBH1hQf-1nuWbmfqnFOL5mexvZPVNsGraoDeJFirshD1tIuDk3wbukcOMwbZ2oDZmYuDPfdB1EtA/s1280/chocolate%20games%20image.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSp3wbM9S5RH4db_gkvoxzMsvC2llcroKVY5l3z4rONyxk8E-aDpj9lXP5pD4vt36pGpF7Yz74gnU0qCOCw0S0o8FmTSgMsgD6I6nEW0KhidpBH1hQf-1nuWbmfqnFOL5mexvZPVNsGraoDeJFirshD1tIuDk3wbukcOMwbZ2oDZmYuDPfdB1EtA/s320/chocolate%20games%20image.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><b><i>Chocolate Games: Let the Games Begin!, Tuesday, March 26, 4:00 p.m.</i></b></div><div>Let the games begin! Break up into different teams as you compete against one another in different games that all involve chocolate! Learn a few facts about chocolate as the games go on. </div><div><br /></div><div><b>Family Storytime, Wednesday, March 27, 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. </b></div><div>Open to children of all ages, but geared towards pre-school children. Come hear some great stories, sing and dance, and have great fun! ! For information, contact Vincent Solfronk at 205-226-4085 or email Vincent.solfronk@cobpl.org. </div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr0b_-dN-emuE4-hA7pAT8XW6eOuNQittr2X8dtXycwYKRLYgaJU_y-UDcdbAjhc1kdoCJcDRTn4O23DB1PmaSWBGAhQBmb1jkXyTzFVRnY2BvKQOB7_VTao1lgM1ubMhWbfy6o31MfcyDPuUfoTKGoh21dhvFuq6GggISyiievfvxBhCrgS31KA/s600/Arts%20&%20crafts%20image.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="337" data-original-width="600" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr0b_-dN-emuE4-hA7pAT8XW6eOuNQittr2X8dtXycwYKRLYgaJU_y-UDcdbAjhc1kdoCJcDRTn4O23DB1PmaSWBGAhQBmb1jkXyTzFVRnY2BvKQOB7_VTao1lgM1ubMhWbfy6o31MfcyDPuUfoTKGoh21dhvFuq6GggISyiievfvxBhCrgS31KA/s320/Arts%20&%20crafts%20image.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><b> Craft-a-Palooza, Wednesday, March 27, 2:00 p.m.- 4:00 p.m. </b></div><div>Join us for an afternoon of crafting fun! We have lots of crafts that will be set out during this time. Stay and make a variety of crafts! </div><div><br /></div><div><b>Tape Town!, Thursday, March 28, 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.</b></div><div>We've turned out meeting room into a tiny town. Come have fun playing with cars & trucks in our little library village. Kids 5 years and younger will meet at 10 a.m.; Kids 6 years and up will gather at 4 p.m. For information, contact Vincent Solfronk at 205-226-4085 or email Vincent.solfronk@cobpl.org.</div><div><br /></div><div><b><a href="https://www.cobpl.org/locations/branch/Titusville/">Titusville Branch Library</a>, #2 6th Avenue Southwest, (205) 322-1140</b></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Sports Day, Monday, March 25, 1:00-4:00 p.m.</b></div><div>Please come to Titusville Branch to enjoy this outdoors-centered set of events, including the first football skills camp held at Titusville Branch! For information, contact Branch Manager Reba Williams at 205-322-1140 or email at reba.williams@cobpl.org.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Exchange Club Education, Tuesday, March 26, 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.</b></div><div>Join us at Titusville Branch as we collaborate with the Exchange Club of Alabama to educate, motivate and support parents that come in for our Diaper Resource Day. For information, contact Reba Williams at 205-322-1140 or email her at reba.williams@cobpl.org. </div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmmunJ2qSDfQCkLWSjsq7qwMhjhvdgWWvdBKDhnYDSzFxSu66bZPEKhWULcStPNTXLjffOk9YTu-KzCWfhT50xuGLkgxnmzv82G7PT2JPgpy0fZtgq_GUpp6KhJgm8ZpYUDly-HwbVl0nUNEehOjwj4IaQPvUIejCpyeRZ6vDYkNCoH2UbV-MOYA/s428/Titusville%20Women's%20history%20program%20A%20Faye%20Boykin%20March%2026%20(1).png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="428" data-original-width="428" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmmunJ2qSDfQCkLWSjsq7qwMhjhvdgWWvdBKDhnYDSzFxSu66bZPEKhWULcStPNTXLjffOk9YTu-KzCWfhT50xuGLkgxnmzv82G7PT2JPgpy0fZtgq_GUpp6KhJgm8ZpYUDly-HwbVl0nUNEehOjwj4IaQPvUIejCpyeRZ6vDYkNCoH2UbV-MOYA/s320/Titusville%20Women's%20history%20program%20A%20Faye%20Boykin%20March%2026%20(1).png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><b>Follow Your Own North Star: a dramatization of the life of Harriet Tubman, portrayed by A. Faye Boykin, 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m., Tuesday, March 26 </b></div><div><a href="https://bplolinenews.blogspot.com/2024/03/titusville-library-on-march-26-to-host.html">Titusville Library will host a program featuring A. Faye Boykin, a distinguished author renowned for portrayal of Harriet Tubman,</a> a pivotal figure in American history known for her courageous efforts in leading slaves to freedom through the Undergrown Railroad.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Standing On Business Summit, 12:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.</b></div><div>Please stop by Titusville Branch to learn more about the skills you can use to enhance your life! . For information, contact Reba Williams at 205-322-1140 or email her at reba.williams@cobpl.org. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b><i>Scrapbook Butterflies, Tuesday, March 26, 3:30-4:30 p.m.</i></b>
Please stop by Titusville Branch for the opportunity to craft your very own scrapbook butterflies! </div><div><br /></div><div><b><i>Art Day, Thursday, March 28, 12:00 p.m. -4:00 p.m.</i></b>
Please stop by Titusville Branch to participate in one or more of the numerous art-themed activities during this event! </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTTTXoTeba9lM31X4pQzOMwc6wwGrZo85L-wflVhC2PlEuXJxHmpZVHM5T3YWVycURYPiKcCwLfTWFgSkKqtTeiMS4TZ89qEQmziDjyOlVR_VdCh-QLORMHNVCJINnwS_VhvFanKJtkQn83wywKwxJLcx1TNDcpfW3GKm2pbEBM7-BLkJGe3JCFw/s300/Health%20Summitt%20image%20Titusville.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="175" data-original-width="300" height="175" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTTTXoTeba9lM31X4pQzOMwc6wwGrZo85L-wflVhC2PlEuXJxHmpZVHM5T3YWVycURYPiKcCwLfTWFgSkKqtTeiMS4TZ89qEQmziDjyOlVR_VdCh-QLORMHNVCJINnwS_VhvFanKJtkQn83wywKwxJLcx1TNDcpfW3GKm2pbEBM7-BLkJGe3JCFw/s1600/Health%20Summitt%20image%20Titusville.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div><b>Health Summit, Wednesday, March 27, 11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m</b>.
Come to Titusville Branch to learn more about mental health. </div><div><br /></div><div><b><a href="https://www.cobpl.org/locations/branch/WestEnd/">West End Branch Library</a>, 1348 Tuscaloosa Avenue SW, (205) 226-4089</b></div><div><a href="https://bplolinenews.blogspot.com/2024/03/west-end-library-crocheters-donate-73.html"><br /></a></div><div><b><i><a href="https://bplolinenews.blogspot.com/2024/03/west-end-library-crocheters-donate-73.html">West End Crocheters,</a> Wednesday, March 27, 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. </i></b></div><div>Learn to crochet or work on a project of your own. Enjoy a snack and the company of friends.<a href="https://bplolinenews.blogspot.com/2024/03/west-end-library-crocheters-donate-73.html"> Click on here to learn about the West End Crochetres who meet every Wednesday at West End Library</a>. </div><div> For information, contact Lynn Hutchins at 205-226-4089 or email her at lynn.hutchins@cobpl.org.</div><div><br /></div><div><b><i>Jigsaw Puzzle Club, Monday – Thursday, March 25-28, 9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.</i></b></div><div>Help us put together a jigsaw puzzle. We'd love for you to stop by any time to put some pieces in place. For information, contact Lynn Hutchins at 205-226-4089 or email her at lynn.hutchins@cobpl.org.</div><div><br /></div><div><b><a href="https://www.cobpl.org/locations/branch/Woodlawn/">Woodlawn Branch Library</a>, 5709 1st Avenue North, (205) 595-2001</b></div><div><br /></div><div><b><i>Tax Preparation with AARP and SaveFirst, Monday, March 25 and Wednesday, March 27, 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. </i></b></div><div>While off with your kids on Spring Break, get help in filling out your taxes at <a href="https://bplolinenews.blogspot.com/2024/02/Free-Tax-Filing-Assistance-At-BPL-2024-Tax-Season.html">Woodlawn Branch, one of six BPL locations partnering with AARP and SaveFirst to offer free tax prep services this year</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIcGS0my_sZDbQol7Cyz-QP3yUR4dkqjliQKGZYXSJPvmpbcNONVp6w7q2hFOhIQ_JsecQzliP_MOkJVMZ9QLEHUHDrhs3d97xxVygiC8Lw5p_f0gS-lcCC_8KuINdUnhJhYi8i27JpfLqz4vE_cDZ7VDuTm_jA3CcxtMePNZh_WydGwL5fAqv_w/s300/Women's%20History%20Month%20jpeg%20%202024.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="230" data-original-width="300" height="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIcGS0my_sZDbQol7Cyz-QP3yUR4dkqjliQKGZYXSJPvmpbcNONVp6w7q2hFOhIQ_JsecQzliP_MOkJVMZ9QLEHUHDrhs3d97xxVygiC8Lw5p_f0gS-lcCC_8KuINdUnhJhYi8i27JpfLqz4vE_cDZ7VDuTm_jA3CcxtMePNZh_WydGwL5fAqv_w/s1600/Women's%20History%20Month%20jpeg%20%202024.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.cobpl.org/calendar/?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventid%3D172794887">The Women's History Crossword Puzzle </a>, Thursday, March 28, 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.</div><div><br /></div><div>Woodlawn Branch is putting together a puzzle as a fun way to celebrate Women's History Month. The puzzle will be available throughout the month of March. For information, contact Zachary Lukemire at 205-595-2001 or via email at Zachary.lukemire@cobpl.org.</div></div>Roy L. Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07138062410707522763noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23599562.post-61593373432286255702024-03-26T12:49:00.000-05:002024-03-26T12:49:03.114-05:00Q&A Pt. II with Misty Bennett About BPL's Candy Crush Exhibit <p> </p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5IG52owZ1cifuerWsvjhVGibtHr4P5DILFgiZ1q-4BE_5HS_qi7AwwRUqjkNw7YnMY9yIdCH1urse3Exkqi5NrNB5KCzRKKIwByzoIiEFQA1HQ1An28WNXRUXUGRdRsqJCU-DneSiJCrRG9QJlDWkS_HYrgDyqiYJnZ09ajrcjzjz8w_15aKe5w/s1377/Misty%20Bennett%20by%20Candy%20Crush%20sign.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="917" data-original-width="1377" height="305" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5IG52owZ1cifuerWsvjhVGibtHr4P5DILFgiZ1q-4BE_5HS_qi7AwwRUqjkNw7YnMY9yIdCH1urse3Exkqi5NrNB5KCzRKKIwByzoIiEFQA1HQ1An28WNXRUXUGRdRsqJCU-DneSiJCrRG9QJlDWkS_HYrgDyqiYJnZ09ajrcjzjz8w_15aKe5w/w458-h305/Misty%20Bennett%20by%20Candy%20Crush%20sign.jpg" width="458" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Meet Misty Bennett, visionary behind "Candy Crush," an art exhibit on display at the Central Library</i>. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p>Professor Misty Bennett, the Art Department Chair at the <a href="https://www.montevallo.edu/">University of Montevallo</a>, is the visionary behind “Candy Crush,” a fascinating painting exhibition on the first floor of the <a href="https://www.cobpl.org/locations/central/">Central Library</a> in downtown Birmingham. <div><br /></div><div><i>Misty Bennett: Candy Crush </i>is the latest installment of the <a href="https://www.cobpl.org/">Birmingham Public Library</a>’s <a href="https://bplolinenews.blogspot.com/2024/01/alabama-state-council-on-arts-funds.html">Art for Everyone series</a>. The exhibition was made possible by a grant from the <a href="https://arts.alabama.gov/">Alabama State Council on the Arts </a>, awarded to the <a href="http://www.friendsofthebpl.org/">BPL Friends Foundation</a> to benefit the library. </div><div><br /></div><div>In the second part of a Q&A with BPL Public Relations Director Roy Williams, Bennett talked about what inspired four more of her paintings. <i>Candy Crush</i> will be on display at BPL through this Thursday, March 29, 2024. (<a href="https://bplolinenews.blogspot.com/2024/02/q-with-misty-bennett-about-candy-crush.html">The first part of the interview with Misty ran on February 15</a>)</div><div><br /></div><div><i>Artwork in this exhibition is available for purchase, and the artist receives 100% of each sale. For sales information, contact the artist at BennettMJ@montevallo.edu.</i></div><div><br /></div><div><b>BPL: As someone who loves to play the game “Candy Crush,” I love that is the name of your art exhibition. Tell me about how you came up with that. </b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Bennett:</b> “The title of this show, <i>Candy Crush</i>, is a reference to the color palette of my work, which includes mostly bright, saturated colors, like you might find on the candy aisle at the supermarket. They are designed to draw you in and keep you there, much like the viral game we love to play on our phones. I always like to reference a darker side with my work, and that’s where the “crush” part of it comes in.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe9UM_hP5hsxrBdNAZmlFm-VY80_wYsBQU4FFnFdkF8uT70QPE4KL26SoOzMY_hSlwdj328dL8QEsoZ8H4_stvveFBBm9C8H0jYl3FnQFBX5XzlISdxqguy-4zBRj6zoV3oe12s2BwvJTIo5WRe8_ZvEAGx2fNzAzJYKNaaE2UAO1S2kj3iozNhw/s1377/Misty%20Bennett%20As%20Much%20as%20You%20Want%20painting.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="917" data-original-width="1377" height="313" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe9UM_hP5hsxrBdNAZmlFm-VY80_wYsBQU4FFnFdkF8uT70QPE4KL26SoOzMY_hSlwdj328dL8QEsoZ8H4_stvveFBBm9C8H0jYl3FnQFBX5XzlISdxqguy-4zBRj6zoV3oe12s2BwvJTIo5WRe8_ZvEAGx2fNzAzJYKNaaE2UAO1S2kj3iozNhw/w470-h313/Misty%20Bennett%20As%20Much%20as%20You%20Want%20painting.jpg" width="470" /></a></div><br /><div><b>BPL: What inspired the <i>"As Much as You Want"</i> painting?</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Bennett: </b><i>As Much As You Want</i>, 36” x 40”, oil on canvas, 2023 This painting is about the ways in which our society labels certain foods good and others bad, often based on contradictory nutritional advice. These asparagus can be enjoyed “as much as you want.” </div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZwSNEUA2Ph2j-rqcm78Y9G7pQmeHZnlFKHyBHpHsGqGvpyPiBLxSjeocEbXAA85Q7ZLm2y5nM9eeRxQ88vI8cdnWeSWSuDfUrNYvtPuhsblmkbrb8-kONe0S7ODIvH9RIZVhKKEC-AzZdngq8GBcI6PuK8b3OIEJhBhkt0F_Lg4xwhI6mrKI8dA/s1377/Misty%20Bennett%20&%20family%20by%20Pickle,%20Polka%20dot,%20Peel%20painting.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="917" data-original-width="1377" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZwSNEUA2Ph2j-rqcm78Y9G7pQmeHZnlFKHyBHpHsGqGvpyPiBLxSjeocEbXAA85Q7ZLm2y5nM9eeRxQ88vI8cdnWeSWSuDfUrNYvtPuhsblmkbrb8-kONe0S7ODIvH9RIZVhKKEC-AzZdngq8GBcI6PuK8b3OIEJhBhkt0F_Lg4xwhI6mrKI8dA/w473-h314/Misty%20Bennett%20&%20family%20by%20Pickle,%20Polka%20dot,%20Peel%20painting.jpg" width="473" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Misty Bennett and family besides her painting "Pickle, Polka-dot, Peel"</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><div><b>BPL: Describe this beautiful painting <i>"Pickle, Polka-dot, Peel"</i> beside you and your family.</b></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Bennett:</b> Pickle, Polka-dot, Peel, 30” x 30”, oil on canvas, 2022 This picture includes my husband, Joe Bennett, who teaches drawing at the University of Montevallo, my daughter Zara, who is a freshman in high school, my son Kidane, who is in 7th grade, and myself. The painting was inspired by a beautiful magnolia tree on the campus at UM that I often walk past and features one of its seed pods in the center. Magnolia blossoms represent preservation, which led me to think about how we always try to preserve and keep beautiful things, but often it is their ethereal nature that makes them so beautiful.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlpZzjZZhfQSOx1SD98v9KeBznZUPam60P472zJIJlqevEF3yIp6wlF14UnA-XlzBR4egctz_kqj86NqopW3Do1JSPpp6sMuXaTIGIDfkdRjQGC_7dsuh3BWnfO2sBLAdOqBjdtw7pGnk8A7ahVVBXby28pLrFJcaj15shQ29KREphbz78qZX49Q/s1377/Misty%20Bennett%20The%20Good,%20The%20Bad,%20The%20Ugly.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="917" data-original-width="1377" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlpZzjZZhfQSOx1SD98v9KeBznZUPam60P472zJIJlqevEF3yIp6wlF14UnA-XlzBR4egctz_kqj86NqopW3Do1JSPpp6sMuXaTIGIDfkdRjQGC_7dsuh3BWnfO2sBLAdOqBjdtw7pGnk8A7ahVVBXby28pLrFJcaj15shQ29KREphbz78qZX49Q/w391-h260/Misty%20Bennett%20The%20Good,%20The%20Bad,%20The%20Ugly.jpg" width="391" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Misty Bennett by her painting "The Good, The Bad, The Ugly"</i></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><b>BPL: Tell me about this painting with the interesting title <i>"The Good, The Bad, The Ugly"</i></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Bennett:<i> </i></b><i>The Good, The Bad, The Ugly</i>, 30 x 30 inches, oil on canvas, 2021 These forms are reminiscent of waffles, in three different versions, and a strawberry that has been squished between them. It walks a fine line between attractive and repulsive, drawing the viewer in with bright colors and perspective lines, while creating textures that seem in opposition to the forms they describe. </div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVAq3fXutx8VnG5L41nmMolnCCYaswTgh2ZDbGYxsUQ7uGm-vVMAb2ay7BJDsNlzgwDlgZxMcZ4P7ekmB4atahldUbdBPQuoVpPRcBmnqPMNabhodTbPWhb3p_vFN9X1GkVgszMgdjebR05gYBAOGxihgX1t62NRjXa1jlRqm0R4Oo51QnexUTAQ/s1377/Misty%20Bennett%20Economies%20of%20Scale.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="917" data-original-width="1377" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVAq3fXutx8VnG5L41nmMolnCCYaswTgh2ZDbGYxsUQ7uGm-vVMAb2ay7BJDsNlzgwDlgZxMcZ4P7ekmB4atahldUbdBPQuoVpPRcBmnqPMNabhodTbPWhb3p_vFN9X1GkVgszMgdjebR05gYBAOGxihgX1t62NRjXa1jlRqm0R4Oo51QnexUTAQ/w444-h295/Misty%20Bennett%20Economies%20of%20Scale.jpg" width="444" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Misty Bennett by her painting "Economies of Scale" </i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><div><b>BPL: Describe your painting "Economies of Scale"</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Bennett:</b> Economies of Scale, 36” x 40”, oil on canvas, 2023 This painting was inspired by the idea of mass production of food, which has become such a huge part of our diet that we don’t even really think about it anymore. In this painting, a pile of colorful French fries floats in front of two plate forms. Photo #5: Flash of Lightning, 30 x 30 inches, oil on canvas, 2019 This painting was one of the first paintings in this series, and it came from some photos I had taken of a chocolate eclair that was beautifully decorated, and that I dropped on the floor. Once it was ruined in this way, I gave it a new life through this painting, and I think there’s a metaphor in there somewhere. </div><div><br /></div><div> <i><a href="https://bplolinenews.blogspot.com/2024/02/misty-bennett-candy-crush-art-exhibit.html">For more information about the exhibit, click on this blog below written by BPL’s Margaret Splane. </a></i></div>Roy L. Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07138062410707522763noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23599562.post-46881942353246161402024-03-22T18:20:00.003-05:002024-03-25T11:55:25.730-05:00North Birmingham Regional Library to Host 2nd Barbershop Talk on March 25<p> <br /></p><i> </i><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiugD7ii42hGICpvN9KBMnwCF2x6t04XZfRgScVYzlaBSS64BSBoZ5zaK_bURUKV6swWSwsqNT634aSYziZv2cDj_Hu-_6TtOuwueb4mYM5_rrf0vE_6KtvKtBmK_YWAHjeDh417gqMgVc2BnJdhU_Q7iMUiKlmYYEe3nHz3mDIMhnyFAycWbQ_og/s2000/N%20Bham%20Library%20barbershop%20%20talk%20March%2025,%202024.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1414" height="681" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiugD7ii42hGICpvN9KBMnwCF2x6t04XZfRgScVYzlaBSS64BSBoZ5zaK_bURUKV6swWSwsqNT634aSYziZv2cDj_Hu-_6TtOuwueb4mYM5_rrf0vE_6KtvKtBmK_YWAHjeDh417gqMgVc2BnJdhU_Q7iMUiKlmYYEe3nHz3mDIMhnyFAycWbQ_og/w482-h681/N%20Bham%20Library%20barbershop%20%20talk%20March%2025,%202024.png" width="482" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>North Birmingham Library is hosting a barbershop talk led by Jarrod Sims on Monday, March 25 </i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><span style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrSAF0Tspj9DmXUrw4HbMRgE44pMR3I-lZxO-FGv-YpIzGHNkfXP8_KG5Ywa-kdT8dSnC-0-ICGUruYW-5vowWxU5DF0hJL_NlfMthXeqt7UTTBW4T511axoej7txfOBUFkK4MddMptIwFG6aC3rjwdaPdbTZJg2Iu9lEzEjhzz-M5CWXmiKdhXw/s2048/Babershop%20talk%20N%20Bham%20Feb%2024%20pic%203%20Quincy%20Moore.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrSAF0Tspj9DmXUrw4HbMRgE44pMR3I-lZxO-FGv-YpIzGHNkfXP8_KG5Ywa-kdT8dSnC-0-ICGUruYW-5vowWxU5DF0hJL_NlfMthXeqt7UTTBW4T511axoej7txfOBUFkK4MddMptIwFG6aC3rjwdaPdbTZJg2Iu9lEzEjhzz-M5CWXmiKdhXw/s2048/Babershop%20talk%20N%20Bham%20Feb%2024%20pic%203%20Quincy%20Moore.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIMDuRJ4qZ1nfuRRqPk1640Ns-j0rOUUqVXDG8-o6cQoq-pK8wt_mBQcpfVQSOhwC5EBUyBD8OFSto5VtEXNoB4AiJfOdZvSQioILECZS8giWW4gMqkD_tsDKUdip5Bx6U4pP1CKcpcgc4JPICOXWVzzrGNNAU-bXHH5HwCkVHQ21PIO9sQxTEew/w210-h210/Jarrod%20Sims%20-%20Barbershop%20talk%20speaker%20N%20Bham%20Library%20March%2025.jpg" width="210" /></a></div><i><br />Jarrod Sims, speaker at March 25 Barbershop Talk at North Birmingham Regional Library, 2501 31st Avenue North</i> </div></div><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>In the black community, the barbershop is a place of refuge where black men can freely talk amongst themselves about relationships, parenting, politics and other issues that concern them. <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/black-barber-shops-salons-safe-havens-cultural-chats-n1184691">Barbershops play the same role as a safe haven for Black men that beauty salons serve as for women to share discussions about issues they face. </a></p><div><div><a href="https://www.cobpl.org/locations/branch/NorthBirmingham/">Join North Birmingham Regional Library</a>, 2501 31st Avenue North, on Monday, March 25 as it hosts Barbershop Talk, <a href="https://bplolinenews.blogspot.com/2024/02/north-birmingham-library-hosting.html">a follow up to a similar barbershop talk session for men held on February 26 that featured Dr. John Baldwin as speaker. </a><i>This free program from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. on Monday night will provide the atmosphere of a barbershop, a safe space for men both young and old to discuss social issues in our communities. </i></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/jarrod.sims.794">The keynote speaker will be Birmingham native Jarrod Sims</a>, a Huffman High School graduate and former U.S. Navy serviceman and executive at Syms Contractors, a Birmingham construction firm founded by his father, Jimmy Sims, in 1994. </div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blackcontractorsassociationinc.org/black-mans-country-club/?fbclid=IwAR2tnVD2U5KYrhckpld7cDzDlezKuSO9h2a3k-Hz7IOcAEObkmr-PixUOGk">Learn more about Monday's Barbershop Talk taking place at North Birmingham Library by reading this article about the event posted by the Black Contractors Association. </a></div><div><br /></div><div>In addition to being able to participate in this powerful discussion led by Mr. Sims, attendees will receive free haircuts provided by barber Quincy Moore, who operates a podcast called Business in the Kutt in downtown Birmingham. </div><div><br /></div><div>In addition to free haircuts, North Birmingham will provide food and door prizes at the program, said Lutheria Jackson, an adult services librarian at North Birmingham Regional Library. </div><div><br /></div><div><b>About the speaker Jarrod Sims: </b></div><div><br /></div><div>A Birmingham native and 1985 graduate of Huffman High School, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=8088783337805582&id=100000219887417&mibextid=oFDknk">Jarrod Sims </a> spent four years in the U.S. Navy before getting into the construction business. Founded by his father, Jimmy Sims in 1993, Syms Contrctors Inc. is a full-service construction firm dedicated to building lasting relationships. </div><div><br /></div><div> With a focus on integrity, innovation, nd client satisfaction, Syms Contractors aims to forge enduring connections in every endeavor. its mission is to lead with excellence, professionalism, and a steadfast dedication to building not just structures, but strong and enduring relationships.</div><div><br /></div><div>Syms Contractors clients include:</div><div>*Major insurance companies such as Allstate, State Farm and Alfa</div><div>*Renovations, restorations and new construction for cities such as Birmingham, Hoover, Homewood, Bessemer. </div><div>*Construction projects for the Birmingham Housing Authority, Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, Alethia House, Woodland Foundation and more.</div><div><br /></div><div>Jarrod Sims is a member of the <a href="https://blackcontractorsassociationinc.org/">Black Contractors Association</a>. <a href="https://blackcontractorsassociationinc.org/join-us/">Learn more about the group by clicking here. </a></div><div><br /></div><div>For more information, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/symscontractors">follow Syms Contractors on Facebook</a>. </div></div><div><br /></div><div>Below see photos from the February 26 Barbershop Talk held at North Birmingham Regional Library, which featured Dr. John Baldwin as speaker.</div><div> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07138062410707522763noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23599562.post-78589269966095607812024-03-22T17:52:00.003-05:002024-03-27T09:54:15.458-05:00Artists' Reception for "Voices Carry: Art by Alabama Women" Exhibition This Saturday at BPL <p> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBZYCoT6lXgUDAfdNyam4B3t3DRfBRFPw_OMO9woYkwzyE2e9Tn6GNfmpnYohC5Q9tPOEL4F09ay3B6Huo3DSKRbOgUWWlwoDK0jbMPxqnZUKXSXKiNd8iSUzj-3yqlcSl5aayZ4a4JoyoH7oD33pnK6fgbezxsoHEXrem4QEEXFOrz5HGwAmNaA/s581/Voices%20Carry%20-Annie%20Tolliver%20Painting.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="581" data-original-width="576" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBZYCoT6lXgUDAfdNyam4B3t3DRfBRFPw_OMO9woYkwzyE2e9Tn6GNfmpnYohC5Q9tPOEL4F09ay3B6Huo3DSKRbOgUWWlwoDK0jbMPxqnZUKXSXKiNd8iSUzj-3yqlcSl5aayZ4a4JoyoH7oD33pnK6fgbezxsoHEXrem4QEEXFOrz5HGwAmNaA/w426-h430/Voices%20Carry%20-Annie%20Tolliver%20Painting.jpg" width="426" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>"Me and My Friend Playing Cards," Annie Tolliver, 1996 </i><div><br style="text-align: left;" /></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div><b>Birmingham, Ala. -</b> The <a href="https://www.cobpl.org/">Birmingham Public Library</a> (BPL) invites art enthusiasts to an artists' reception for the recently installed <i>Voices Carry: Art by Alabama Women </i>exhibition. The reception will take place in the Fourth Floor Gallery at the <a href="https://www.cobpl.org/locations/central/">Central Library</a> this Saturday, March 23, from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m.</div><div><br /></div><div>In celebration of Women’s History Month, <i>Voices Carry: Art by Alabama Women </i>features work by 20 artists and will be on display through Friday, April 26. It is the latest installment in <a href="https://bplolinenews.blogspot.com/2024/01/alabama-state-council-on-arts-funds.html">BPL’s new visual arts series, <i>Art for Everyone</i></a>. Background information on each participating artist may be found below. </div><div><br /></div><div>The show follows on the heels of the exhibition <i><a href="https://bplolinenews.blogspot.com/2024/01/contemporary-quilts-from-gees-bend-on.html">Assembly: Contemporary Gee’s Bend Quilts</a></i>. Exhibitions showcasing works by<a href="https://bplolinenews.blogspot.com/2024/02/misty-bennett-candy-crush-art-exhibit.html"> Misty Bennett</a> and <a href="https://bplolinenews.blogspot.com/2024/02/stacey-holloway-othernesses-exhibit.html">Stacey Holloway</a> are currently on view on the first floor of the Central Library through Friday, March 29. </div><div><br /></div><div><i>Voices Carry</i> is <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/variouscurators/">curated by Paul Barrett</a> and BPL's Margaret Splane. The exhibition has been made possible, in part, by grants from the <a href="https://arts.alabama.gov/">Alabama State Council on the Arts </a> and the <a href="https://www.arts.gov/">National Endowment for the Arts</a>, awarded to the<a href="https://www.friendsofthebpl.org/"> Friends Foundation of the Birmingham Public Library</a>. </div><div><br /></div><div><u>Artists featured in <i>Voices Carry: Art by Alabama Women</i>:</u></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Sara Garden Armstrong </b>recently published a monograph titled <i>Threads and Layers </i>to accompany a travelling solo exhibition of the same name. She founded the art space <a href="https://groundfloorcontemporary.com/">Ground Floor Contemporary</a> and has work in the collections of major museums around the world. </div><div><br /></div><div><b>Kelly Bryant</b> is the current Alabama Fellow for <a href="https://www.southarts.org/southern-prize-state-fellowships">South Arts' Southern Prize</a> and teaches graphic design at <a href="https://www.auburn.edu/">Auburn University</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Merrilee Challiss </b>serves as Executive Director of <a href="https://www.studiobythetracks.org/">Studio by the Tracks</a> and has exhibited her work nationally. She has participated in Birmingham's art scene dating back to her cofounding of the popular music venue Bottletree. </div><div><br /></div><div><b>Tameca Cole</b>’s work is in the collections of the <a href="https://www.moma.org/">Museum of Modern Art</a> and the <a href="https://www.artsbma.org/">Birmingham Museum of Art</a>. She was the 2021 Alabama Fellow for South Arts' Southern Prize and in 2020 received the <a href="https://www.artmattersfoundation.org/grantees">Art Matters Foundation Grant</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Deidre Darby</b> is a recent BFA graduate from the <a href="https://www.montevallo.edu/">University of Montevallo</a>. </div><div><br /></div><div><b>Brenda Davis </b>is a longtime guest artist at the<a href="https://www.kentuck.org/"> Kentuck Festival</a> with work included in many private and museum collections. </div><div><br /></div><div>The triptych by <b>Patty B. Driscoll </b>on display at BPL is a larger version of the triptych in the collection at the <a href="https://www.artsbma.org/">Birmingham Museum of Art</a>. </div><div><br /></div><div><b>Lauren Frances Evans</b> teaches art and manages the art gallery at <a href="https://www.samford.edu/">Samford University</a>. </div><div><br /></div><div><b>Jenny Fine</b> is the 2023 Fellow for <a href="https://www.southarts.org/southern-prize-state-fellowships">South Arts' Southern Prize</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Erin London</b> is an artist activist whose work can be seen in the travelling exhibition <i>Embodied</i>.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Betty Sue Matthews </b>is a longtime guest artist at the <a href="https://www.kentuck.org/">Kentuck Festival</a>. Her work is included in many private and museum collections. </div><div><br /></div><div><b>Haruyo Miyagawa</b> is the former manager of the visual arts program at BPL and is an accomplished printer and multimedia artist. Haruyo is also the visionary behind <a href="https://www.facebook.com/BardsandBrews">Bards & Brews</a>, BPL's popular spoken word poetry event. </div><div><br /></div><div><b>Amy Pleasant</b> is the first recipient of South Arts' Southern Prize and a <a href="https://www.gf.org">Guggenheim Fellow</a>, a fellowship for individuals interested in the arts. </div><div><br /></div><div><b>Irasema Quezada</b> received a BFA at<a href="https://www.uab.edu/home/"> UAB</a> and is currently working on an MFA at the <a href="https://www.ua.edu/">University of Alabama</a>. </div><div><br /></div><div><b>Debra Riffe </b>was the longtime graphic designer for the City of Birmingham and recently had a solo exhibition the <a href="https://mmfa.org/">Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts </a>. </div><div><br /></div><div><b>Mary Ann Sampson </b>has exhibited her artist books at the <a href="https://www.si.edu/">Smithsonian Institution</a> and numerous other museums. She is featured in multiple publications about book artists. </div><div><br /></div><div><b>Carolyn Sherer </b>has work in the Smithsonian's <a href="https://npg.si.edu/">National Portrait Gallery</a> among numerous other museums. She has a new monograph coming out this year. </div><div><br /></div><div><b>Annie Tolliver </b>was a longtime guest artist at the <a href="https://www.kentuck.org/">Kentuck Festival</a>. Her work is included in many private and museum collections. </div><div><br /></div><div><b>Yvonne Wells</b> received the Governor's Award from the state of Alabama, and her work is featured in numerous museums throughout the United States. She has a monograph coming out this year through the <a href="https://www.uapress.ua.edu/">University of Alabama Press</a>. </div><div><br /></div><div><b>Joi West </b>is the Alabama State Council on the Arts’ inaugural <a href="https://arts.alabama.gov/Programs/Visual_Arts/Gay_Burke_Memorial_Fellowship_Photographic_Arts.pdf">Gay Burke Fellow for Photography</a>. </div><div><br /></div><div><b>By Margaret Splane| Library Assistant III, BPL Community Engagement & Fundraising </b></div>Roy L. Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07138062410707522763noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23599562.post-62823330829555913032024-03-18T15:31:00.002-05:002024-03-18T15:51:51.474-05:00Avondale Library's Memory Cafe to Help Families Cope With Dementia Kicks Off on March 25 <p><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9_zzYDHMB62WO6cJuMHvvf51uvFOkwtTqXLzXQZenYtEf0p0iGxPGFie8M_od16JyxDHad79K7dGgtdjRr7Est9lgcFCGkEniV_5aQzDq8apkgY3uPJyc-mPUlw0tl-COcgCFvxEC4DKeMPB5GPdx011zHZlAe_SOmYB70pMjfUKwnSRoc0urIw/s2000/Avondale%20Memory%20Cafe%20JPG%20Flyer.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1545" height="596" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9_zzYDHMB62WO6cJuMHvvf51uvFOkwtTqXLzXQZenYtEf0p0iGxPGFie8M_od16JyxDHad79K7dGgtdjRr7Est9lgcFCGkEniV_5aQzDq8apkgY3uPJyc-mPUlw0tl-COcgCFvxEC4DKeMPB5GPdx011zHZlAe_SOmYB70pMjfUKwnSRoc0urIw/w460-h596/Avondale%20Memory%20Cafe%20JPG%20Flyer.jpg" width="460" /></a></b></div><b><br /><br /></b><i>Note: Avondale Regional Library is encouraging families dealing with dementia to contact the library if interested in participating in its Avondale Memory Cafe. For more information, contact Leslie Deason via phone at 205-226-4000 or email <a href="mailto:Leslie.deason@cobpl.org">Leslie.deason@cobpl.org</a>.</i> <div><br /><div><b>Birmingham, Ala. - </b>Caregivers and others trying to cope with the impact of <a href="https://www.nia.nih.gov/health/alzheimers-and-dementia/what-dementia-symptoms-types-and-diagnosis#:~:text=Dementia%20is%20the%20loss%20of,and%20their%20personalities%20may%20change.">dementia</a> and other brain disorders, the <a href="https://www.cobpl.org/locations/branch/Avondale/">Avondale Regional Branch Library</a> is here to help.<p></p><p><b>At 2:00 p.m. on Monday, March 25, Avondale Regional Library is kicking off its first <a href="https://bplolinenews.blogspot.com/2023/12/avondale-library-to-begin-memory-cafe.html">Avondale Memory Cafe.</a></b></p><p><a href="https://www.memorycafedirectory.com/what-is-a-memory-cafe/">Memory cafes</a> offer people with dementia and their caregivers the opportunity to enjoy regular social interaction and to participate in interesting activities with others in similar circumstances- in a safe, welcoming environment. </p><div>Social interaction is so important for those with dementia and cognitive issues. Social interaction helps with keeping the brain active, maintaining memory and managing emotions.
At cafes, individuals can connect, socialize, and form social networks. It is especially important for caregivers to form friendships and interact with others who are facing similar challenges. </div><div><br /></div><div>By forming social networks, caregivers can ask for advice, talk about frustrations and just form friendships. </div><div><br /></div><div><i>The Avondale Memory Café event time is March 25 at 2:00 p.m. in the auditorium at the <a href="https://www.cobpl.org/locations/branch/Avondale/">Avondale Regional Library, 509 40th Street South</a>.</i> <i>The café is free to attend and all are welcome. </i></div><div><br /></div><div>The theme for this month is “Getting to Know You.” We plan to operate the program for 1 ½–2 hours. There will be puzzles, games, story time, and music. </div><div><br /></div><div>There are few memory cafes in the Birmingham area.<a href="https://www.cdc.gov/aging/aginginfo/alzheimers.htm#:~:text=Alzheimer's%20disease%20is%20the%20most,thought%2C%20memory%2C%20and%20language."> Alzheimer’s disease</a>, in particular, is an absolutely devastating disease for families and patients. We hope those facing similar cognitive issues will visit our café and enjoy time spent with others and enjoy stimulating activities.</div><div><br /></div><div>We are excited about offering a program that will offer help and hope to those who need a supportive place. </div><div><br /></div><div><b>By Leslie Deason, Outreach Librarian of Adult Services Department | Avondale Regional Branch Library</b></div></div></div>Roy L. Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07138062410707522763noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23599562.post-39445968088884354252024-03-18T15:24:00.000-05:002024-03-18T15:24:04.086-05:00 Birmingham Public Library Offering STEM programming for Homeschooled Students<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRnlzZV3jXUBv8au38bb59HUF7HXjudw5SCGtahyGpjMqLiO_sBN4R8LS9GuK740z3QFUB5AE19QWVdy0XZvQeE_p_-XeRgRIpWXM4yx9wKlcn7TN0f4yFGN9poVpd5SXg_eipKeiOHZ558pmhyphenhyphenviXtTWdJ5xbO-OimXoFNhjMU4WofBn2_0JsiA/s388/BPL%20Stem%20Programs%20for%20Home-School%20Students%20March-May%202024.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="388" data-original-width="300" height="569" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRnlzZV3jXUBv8au38bb59HUF7HXjudw5SCGtahyGpjMqLiO_sBN4R8LS9GuK740z3QFUB5AE19QWVdy0XZvQeE_p_-XeRgRIpWXM4yx9wKlcn7TN0f4yFGN9poVpd5SXg_eipKeiOHZ558pmhyphenhyphenviXtTWdJ5xbO-OimXoFNhjMU4WofBn2_0JsiA/w439-h569/BPL%20Stem%20Programs%20for%20Home-School%20Students%20March-May%202024.jpg" width="439" /></a></div><br /><p></p><a href="https://www.cobpl.org/">The Birmingham Public Library </a>is <a href="https://www.cobpl.org/calendar/?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventid%3D172604166">offering STEM programming for homeschooled students</a>, courtesy of the <a href="https://www.cobpl.org/locations/central/">Central Library</a> Youth Department. <div><br /></div><div>The classes, held in the Create 205 Lab on Central Library Youth Department’s 2nd Floor, began March 14 and conclude on May 23.
The class next class, "Original Snap Circuits," will be held held during Spring Break Week on Thursday, March 28. </div><div><br /></div><div>These programs are for 2nd-7th grade. There is a 15-person limit per program. Programs are from 10:00 a.m. until 12:00 p.m. <i><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeCtXpogR5V3d6mhJTGheS9EKl9Wso1F0NmucGoSAxl6oyGqQ/viewform">Please register by clicking here.</a></i></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Here are BPL's Spring STEM offerings for homeschool students:</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>* (Held last week) Thursday, March 14th: <i>Codey Rocky Driving </i></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>* Thursday, March 28th: <i>Original Snap Circuits </i></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>* Thursday, April 4th: <i>Arcade Snap Circuits </i></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>* Thursday, April 25th: <i>MyHome Snap Circuits </i></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>* Thursday, May 9th: <i>Codey Rocky Driving </i></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>* Thursday, May 23rd: <i>Codey Rocky Obstacle Course </i></b></div><div><br /></div><div><i>For more information, call the Central Library Youth Department at (205) 226-3655 or email CenYouth@cobpl..org. </i></div><div><br /></div><div><b>By Heather McWilliams, Youth Department Head & Outreach Librarian|Central Library </b></div><div><br /></div>Roy L. Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07138062410707522763noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23599562.post-51213738616257113962024-03-18T14:38:00.001-05:002024-03-18T14:38:58.422-05:00"From Birmingham to Belfast" Program to Explore Shared Histories and Cultural Connections<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><p style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizGDltvUDV1KdvL6m6YbX9KZ_5F2rTrASFR4o5Rq15KvSIsryoO6I7lUCs-wH6J9IbhOFCznj-WxYNkBJuJN0coo5O_JBLC_FP46-oc8EshQUECAJ0qug7gNDrc620Ax8w82HvKKAAdYEqM03YYe6VbzPEtkg8OCyYBluBbQwdWeIrBWxNnM4n/s3300/Birmingham%20to%20Belfast%20Program.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Flyer advertising the From Birmingham to Belfast program" border="0" data-original-height="3300" data-original-width="2550" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizGDltvUDV1KdvL6m6YbX9KZ_5F2rTrASFR4o5Rq15KvSIsryoO6I7lUCs-wH6J9IbhOFCznj-WxYNkBJuJN0coo5O_JBLC_FP46-oc8EshQUECAJ0qug7gNDrc620Ax8w82HvKKAAdYEqM03YYe6VbzPEtkg8OCyYBluBbQwdWeIrBWxNnM4n/w494-h640/Birmingham%20to%20Belfast%20Program.jpg" width="494" /></a></span></p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b>Birmingham, Ala.</b>—The Birmingham Public Library's <a href="https://www.cobpl.org/locations/central/archives/" target="_blank">Department of Archives and Manuscripts</a> is proud to present From Birmingham to Belfast, a captivating program that delves into the intertwined histories and cultural connections between Birmingham, Alabama, and Belfast, Northern Ireland. </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The event will take place on Saturday, March 23, 2024, from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. in the Arrington Auditorium on the fourth floor of the Research Library.</span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><a name='more'></a><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">Led by local Samford scholar Chris Metress, the program aims to shed light on the parallels and exchanges between these cities, each with a rich tapestry of historical significance and cultural heritage. Through engaging discussions, presentations, and multimedia elements, attendees will embark on a journey exploring the shared experiences, struggles, and triumphs that have shaped the identities of Birmingham and Belfast.</span><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">Christopher Metress, Ph.D., is a university professor at Samford University. His interests include Southern fiction and history, and his AHA presentations are an extension of his research on the civil rights movement. His 2002 book <i><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=c062f665-079a-53b4-bdc5-69c84782cf76&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">The Lynching of Emmett Till</a> </i>was featured in <i>The Washington Post</i>, <i>The</i> <i>Atlanta Journal-Constitution</i>, and <i>Nation </i>magazine, and on ABC's <i>World News Tonight</i>. He has lectured widely about the case, including at New York University, Brown University, and the University of Connecticut. In 2023, he was invited to the White House for a special screening of the film <i><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=3fbd5eeb-3b3e-5d51-8ef0-e5d78a996012&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Till</a></i>, where he was honored along with other historians for promoting a deeper understanding of the case and its legacy. In 2019, he received the Eugene Current-Garcia Award for Distinction in Literary Scholarship, given by the Association of College English Teachers of Alabama to a scholar who made a significant lifetime contribution to the humanities in the state. </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">Attendees can expect to gain insights into various aspects of shared history, including the civil rights movement, labor struggles, cultural exchanges, and more. The program will also highlight the role of archival materials in preserving and documenting these narratives for future generations.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The From Birmingham to Belfast program is free and open to the public. This lecture is happening in the </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Arrington Auditorium on the fourth floor of the Research Library. You can access the Research Library by crossing the skybridge on the third floor of the main East Building.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">For more information about the program and other events hosted by the Department of Archives and Manuscripts, please visit the <a href="https://www.cobpl.org/" target="_blank">Birmingham Public Library website</a> or contact Catherine Oseas at 205-226-3630 or <a href="mailto:Catherine.Oseas@cobpl.org">Catherine.Oseas@cobpl.org</a>.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;"><b><u>About the Birmingham Public Library</u></b></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">The <a href="https://www.cobpl.org/about/" target="_blank">Birmingham Public Library (BPL)</a> enriches lives and fosters the collective well-being of the community through open access to resources, programs, and services that inform, enlighten, and empower. As a leading cultural and educational institution in Alabama, the BPL is dedicated to promoting literacy, lifelong learning, and civic engagement.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;"><b>By Catherine Oseas | Head Archivist, Archives and Manuscripts Department</b></span></p>Cheyenne Trujillohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01376561401915075832noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23599562.post-31371102197760203852024-03-18T09:33:00.001-05:002024-03-18T10:48:45.377-05:00Loud at the Library Hosts Free Spring Break Punk Show, Friday, March 22<p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM97XGZCVFvYEMjc24MUKrlv3k_5Vf5xHyh3AwLRjKDzKg0nOCzPClXQRPudYMpabeNC82QK6KcmMPLjBh8GGhuejw3FTtHkENqz51gy00uvLShhxo3iajQmrVGb-xhfrKn8k6Aj4M5Bpe-5LOwhWKvBzZ6JnVA_tkN1-6HshMouPEYRz66eKM/s3300/Loud%20at%20the%20Library-LOGOS.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Flyer advertising the Spring Break Punk Show at the Central Library. The front, glass doors of the Central Library is in black and white, set against a thunderstorm. There are palm trees photoshopped in front of the library." border="0" data-original-height="3300" data-original-width="2550" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM97XGZCVFvYEMjc24MUKrlv3k_5Vf5xHyh3AwLRjKDzKg0nOCzPClXQRPudYMpabeNC82QK6KcmMPLjBh8GGhuejw3FTtHkENqz51gy00uvLShhxo3iajQmrVGb-xhfrKn8k6Aj4M5Bpe-5LOwhWKvBzZ6JnVA_tkN1-6HshMouPEYRz66eKM/w494-h640/Loud%20at%20the%20Library-LOGOS.jpg" width="494" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Pack your ear plugs for this Spring Break. Loud at the Library proudly presents the Spring Break Punk Show, happening at the <a href="https://www.cobpl.org/locations/central/" target="_blank">Central Library</a> at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, March 22.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Three local bands—<a href="https://linktr.ee/apprehend.al" target="_blank">Apprehend</a>, <a href="https://domesticatrix.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank">Domesticatrix</a>, and <a href="https://terminalmanbham.bandcamp.com/album/demo-2023" target="_blank">Terminal Man</a>—will perform for our free, all-ages concert. </span></span><a href="https://www.unclegspizza.com/" style="font-family: Calibri;" target="_blank">Uncle G's Pizza</a><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> will sell their "Detroit-ish" pizza, the </span><a href="https://www.cobpl.org/" style="font-family: Calibri;" target="_blank">Birmingham Public Library</a><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> will have the new Tree of Knowledge shirts, and more. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span></span></p><a name='more'></a><p style="text-align: left;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;"><b>What:</b> Loud at the Library Spring Break Punk Show</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;"><b>When:</b> Friday, March 22, 2024 | 6:30–8:30 p.m.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;"><b>Where:</b> <a href="https://www.cobpl.org/locations/central/" target="_blank">Central Library</a> | 2100 Park Place, Birmingham, AL 35203</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;"><b>Details:</b> Loud at the Library is throwing its third punk show, featuring Apprehend, Domesticatrix, and Terminal Man. This show is free, all-ages, and open to the public. Bring ear plugs if you would like a pair. The featured food truck of the night is Uncle G's Pizza, who will sell their pizza in the Central Library parking lot. Birmingham Public Library's Tree of Knowledge shirts will be available that night for a donation of $20.00 or more. This show is sponsored by the Alabama State Council on the Arts.</span></li></ul><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">The Power-Violence/Hardcore Punk quartet Terminal Man is opening the show. who most recently released a highly praised demo in 2023. Domesticatrix follows by bringing their heavy industrial sound to the library halls. Closing out the night is hardcore band Apprehend, continuing their streak of non-traditional show venues (they previously played at a gas station and a recently closed coffee shop). Check out the bands ahead of the show:</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;"><a href="https://terminalmanbham.bandcamp.com/album/demo-2023" target="_blank">Terminal Man</a></span></li><li><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;"><a href="https://domesticatrix.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank">Domesticatrix</a></span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/domesticatrixbham/" target="_blank">Instagram</a></span></li></ul><li><a href="https://linktr.ee/apprehend.al" style="font-family: Calibri;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Apprehend</span></a></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/apprehend.al/" target="_blank">Instagram</a></span></li></ul></ul><p></p><p></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"></ul><p></p><div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">This show is free, all-ages, and open to the public. Ear plugs are not provided at the show. The front glass doors will be locked, so please enter from our parking lot entrance. </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Just look for <a href="https://www.unclegspizza.com/" target="_blank">Uncle G's Pizza</a> in the Central Library parking lot, selling thick, square pan pizzas.</span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">Their menu features creative takes on Detroit style pizza and garlic bread—offering whipped ricotta, parmesan garlic cream sauces, and the classics—all with a cup of red sauce on the side. They also offer small plates, like a meatball appetizer or a salad, and cinnamon rolls for dessert. You can get any pie made gluten free, dairy free, or vegan as long as it does not have the ricotta or mozzarella. </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">Uncle G's Pizza sells whole pies and slices of their Detroit style pizza and 10" round thin crust ones. Whole pies are 9x9" and typically feed two to three people, and slices are a ¼ of a whole pie (and can still satisfy an appetite). </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTkhuDB4bIalbk4AsxPZIuclhxxVMLz4OaxMfBT-BNACNVDez19dgUVZUebxY1P48YL7sAIRpH-W4KIjVfpnRN3WariyO73MT7OJ9d70GWgXRgCe6i3wU8j6Jpxmx26b_mAZRoA_rARqgRxnPHGBpADOCb5jQS8KuTq3pyO7JtJDDv3OEGXaeT/s6146/Weston%20Shirt.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Weston modeling the Tree of Knowledge shirt" border="0" data-original-height="6146" data-original-width="4097" height="552" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTkhuDB4bIalbk4AsxPZIuclhxxVMLz4OaxMfBT-BNACNVDez19dgUVZUebxY1P48YL7sAIRpH-W4KIjVfpnRN3WariyO73MT7OJ9d70GWgXRgCe6i3wU8j6Jpxmx26b_mAZRoA_rARqgRxnPHGBpADOCb5jQS8KuTq3pyO7JtJDDv3OEGXaeT/w367-h552/Weston%20Shirt.JPG" width="367" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">Make sure to bring cash or a card to get some food or to get one of the Birmingham Public Library's new t-shirts. Local print maker and library employee Parker Evans studied the <a href="https://www.cobpl.org/about/murals/LinnHenley.aspx" target="_blank">Ezra Winter murals in the Research Library</a> and chose one of Winter's motifs on the ceiling joists to create the design for the shirt.</span></p></div><table><tbody><tr><td><p style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM1u_o2FZ95AXGDZkxpPoof8KoqwXDQ80Vyhlkbz8jJ1bKqVs-RmbnDyg3IJc_56e2JhL4CsmOkiSjLWlJuISteGvGZLXHliCWKa7NN-T_1pu4ZzuKGslR2yha6TEuM1m2nsl6D31U7Fo3lhGxkyX3AyHtcpNWN1OckNaPmCEA91LCLcI4lB0v/s1474/Shirt%2002.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Tree of Knowledge motif on the ceiling of the Research Library" border="0" data-original-height="1470" data-original-width="1474" height="388" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM1u_o2FZ95AXGDZkxpPoof8KoqwXDQ80Vyhlkbz8jJ1bKqVs-RmbnDyg3IJc_56e2JhL4CsmOkiSjLWlJuISteGvGZLXHliCWKa7NN-T_1pu4ZzuKGslR2yha6TEuM1m2nsl6D31U7Fo3lhGxkyX3AyHtcpNWN1OckNaPmCEA91LCLcI4lB0v/w389-h388/Shirt%2002.jpg" width="389" /></a></p></td><td><p style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRraTSgDzenOxKcG-06QQdcgtcOuEnXZrjGjK8kXh0zT1QM-ArGWL4zD6waDN5RQDMS58xj_tiYpUIl7Lr5wd1XkAvYakxxiwNqQUvDTMMLFR1KyPcIwuvs8rFDivab5fjFfRM2aSMhXJcOaQO4q5ac-32u8RIAPKEeq_CPaIAyZm_-wZ0dH3o/s2030/Shirt%2003.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Tree of Knowledge motif print that parker made" border="0" data-original-height="2029" data-original-width="2030" height="390" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRraTSgDzenOxKcG-06QQdcgtcOuEnXZrjGjK8kXh0zT1QM-ArGWL4zD6waDN5RQDMS58xj_tiYpUIl7Lr5wd1XkAvYakxxiwNqQUvDTMMLFR1KyPcIwuvs8rFDivab5fjFfRM2aSMhXJcOaQO4q5ac-32u8RIAPKEeq_CPaIAyZm_-wZ0dH3o/w390-h390/Shirt%2003.jpg" width="390" /></a></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">Although the motifs are not formally titled, the design Parker chose seems to be "the tree of knowledge, with the bowl of fire symbolizing the spark of creativity and curiosity." Shirts will be available at the show at the Circulation Desk for a charitable donation of $20.00 or more to the library; you can also stop by the <a href="https://www.cobpl.org/locations/central/" target="_blank">Central Circulation Desk</a> during our regular hours of operation to get a shirt in sizes Small to 3XL.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">This is the Birmingham Public Library's third punk show, which <a href="https://bplolinenews.blogspot.com/2023/01/bpl-hosting-1st-ever-punk-rock-band.html" target="_blank">first debuted in January 2023</a> and held its <a href="https://bplolinenews.blogspot.com/2023/10/Loud-At-The-Library-Punk-Return.html" target="_blank">second show on Friday, October 13</a>. Both shows brought out large crowds with 300+ patrons attending.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">Loud at the Library is sponsored by the Alabama State Council on the Arts.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;"><b>By Cheyenne Trujillo and Weston Flippo |Library Assistant Ⅲ and Librarian Ⅰ, Central Library</b></span></p>Cheyenne Trujillohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01376561401915075832noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23599562.post-90520574129553825452024-03-15T10:15:00.001-05:002024-03-28T11:58:05.096-05:00Powderly Library Hosting NCAA March Madness Bracket Contest, Winner Receives a Basketball<p> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkOhb2-0oak-kdnk3YHG3DJyOCVGCeXzayvNmkEaBFZBJYcy_C9ig5NST0vXpfdIWqo7NfTBfJCSZo4Y8tFt8C-zrL1RWA16KbE8-q7AC0XpkApDN_-Ci69s9Evy1U6LI-CU1DjSsvwW-WD1BcCbnb9q0B9JedUTMOHH2iPu_OZQ11f16RxeIbsw/s300/March%20Madness%20image.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="128" data-original-width="300" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkOhb2-0oak-kdnk3YHG3DJyOCVGCeXzayvNmkEaBFZBJYcy_C9ig5NST0vXpfdIWqo7NfTBfJCSZo4Y8tFt8C-zrL1RWA16KbE8-q7AC0XpkApDN_-Ci69s9Evy1U6LI-CU1DjSsvwW-WD1BcCbnb9q0B9JedUTMOHH2iPu_OZQ11f16RxeIbsw/w600-h256/March%20Madness%20image.png" width="600" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Enter Powderly Library's 2024 March Madness Men's Bracket Contest. The winner gets a free basketball. </i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><b>Birmingham, Ala. - </b>Are you ready for <a href="https://www.ncaa.com/march-madness-live/watch">March Madness, the NCAA's annual men's and women's basketball tournament?</a> If you are among the<a href="https://www.ncaa.com/march-madness-live/bracket"> millions who participate in bracket contests </a>every year, <a href="https://www.cobpl.org/locations/branch/Powderly/">Powderly Branch Library</a> has an incentive to make its <a href="https://www.cobpl.org/calendar/?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventid%3D173227123">Powderly Library 2024 NCAA March Madness Men's Bracket Contest </a>even more fun - a chance to win a free basketball. <div><br /></div><div>After the NCAA announces the teams on <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/lifestyle-news/watch-stream-march-madness-selection-sunday-online-1235851444/">2024 March Madness Men's Selection Sunday, March 17</a>, participants will have until the end of the day on Tuesday, March 19 to pick their teams and submit brackets for the chance to win a brand-new basketball, said contest organizer Sarah Grace Moses, a Library Assistant II at Powderly Library. </div><div><br /></div><div>The winner will be announced a few days after the Men's NCAA Basketball Tournament ends on April 11. </div><div><br /></div><div>Patrons can download the NCAA bracket online or <a href="https://www.cobpl.org/locations/branch/Powderly/">pick one up from Powderly Branch Library, 3301 Jefferson Avenue SW.</a> </div><div><br /></div><div>May the best bracket win!</div><div><br /></div><div>Although the Powderly Library NCAA March Madness Bracket Contest is for the men's tourney only, Powderly Library will have brackets on display updating each game's winners for both the men and women's tournaments. </div><div><br /></div><div><i>For more information, email Sarah Grace Moses at sarah.moses@vestavialibrary.org or call Powderly Library at 205-925-6178.</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><b>By Sarah Grace Moses, Library Assistant III| Powderly Branch Library</b></div>Roy L. Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07138062410707522763noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23599562.post-49894079930787562222024-03-14T15:24:00.001-05:002024-03-14T15:24:03.991-05:00Springville Road Library Hosting Workshop "3 Essential Documents You Need Before You Die" on March 20<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB3ng3-EJImZuBYyyRdL8WpZWyrJodA16joiFze8ujRPPihQasuSRHezO02rzBWhyphenhyphencV8ccDoyxrXUiiM3KmtDSK2ctuNyIBt_yeF3ruSqr8VVy9d5p-UW3YajoHH1aFTqe_eFWrfaqCcL_TmGufnTFaZTyG8VJaAuPh-WiOvwM0e3Ouev3i2C0YQ/s2000/Wills%20Power%20of%20Attorney%20(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1545" height="661" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB3ng3-EJImZuBYyyRdL8WpZWyrJodA16joiFze8ujRPPihQasuSRHezO02rzBWhyphenhyphencV8ccDoyxrXUiiM3KmtDSK2ctuNyIBt_yeF3ruSqr8VVy9d5p-UW3YajoHH1aFTqe_eFWrfaqCcL_TmGufnTFaZTyG8VJaAuPh-WiOvwM0e3Ouev3i2C0YQ/w510-h661/Wills%20Power%20of%20Attorney%20(1).jpg" width="510" /></a></div><p></p><div><b>What:</b> <i>The End Game: 3 Essential Documents You Need Before You Die</i></div><div><b>When:</b> Wednesday, March 20, 2024, at 10:00 a.m. </div><div><b>Where: </b>Springville Road Regional Branch, 1224 Springville Rd. Birmingham, AL 35235</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Birmingham, Ala. - </b>Death is a fact of life. Many people do not plan for their death, leaving someone else to deal with their estates. </div><div><br /></div><div>Take the first step by attending<i> The End Game: 3 Essential Documents You Need Before You Die</i>, a free workshop happening at Springville Road Regional Library at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, March 20, 2024.<i>.</i> Birmingham Attorney Samuel Rumore, Jr. will cover wills, living wills, and power of attorneys and answer questions from the audience. </div><div><br /></div><div>Mr. Rumore has practiced law in Birmingham for decades and helped hundreds of people over the years with estate planning. This program is free, and no registration is required to attend. </div><div><br /></div><div>Springville Road Library offers many resources including books on estate planning from both the legal and financial perspective. </div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.cobpl.org/virtual/databases/default.aspx?p=2&q=33#db">Alabama Legal Forms database</a> provides a wide selection of Alabama legal forms including wills, power of attorney, contracts, pre-marital agreements, bankruptcy, divorce, and landlord-tenant. These forms are printable and can be customized using word-processing software. <a href="https://www.cobpl.org/virtual/databases/default.aspx?p=2&q=33#db">Go to the link and click on Alabama legal forms. </a></div><div><br /></div><div> For more information, please contact the Springville Road Regional Branch at 205-226-4083.</div><div><div><br /></div><div><b>By Laura Gentry, Librarian II| Springville Road Regional Library </b></div></div>Roy L. Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07138062410707522763noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23599562.post-63781023386015009682024-03-14T14:45:00.005-05:002024-03-15T08:14:32.144-05:00Film Review: "Dune: Part Two"<p style="text-align: left;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;"><img alt="Movie poster for "Dune: Part Two." This photo comes from "Comicbookmovie.com"" border="0" data-original-height="377" data-original-width="670" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNGmpz4bG4Qkj1NxgahAhhMHecYIYEdfXwzM676K00BndOJ-1xHH3s-IvUXLPvIbqcrByGkgn5A5_IyUrBKRJc5jdhoXscVHuR1IAX77dmNa7vaeselJT8ZGCFXBj1MSFtQG5DwT286qWDjsVwr0vaR3y7tzF9glvMYSW-q-Js8rFedxYuLYjI/w640-h360/Dune%20Part%202%20Movie%20Trailer.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="640" /></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><p><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Power over spice is power over all.</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;"><i><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=2431799d-c05a-57e5-ae64-32a5240d627f&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">The Godfather Part Ⅱ</a></i>, <i><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=The%20empire%20strikes%20back&searchType=everything&pageSize=10" target="_blank">The Empire Strikes Back</a></i>, <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=4c1af790-3404-508b-b544-d7838f2a1d85&entityType=FormatGroup" style="font-style: italic;" target="_blank">Aliens</a>, <i><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=7434f86a-5c89-563a-a41a-9b4834d3e19a&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Terminator 2: Judgment Day</a></i>, and <i><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=e3ddce94-b308-5bb7-ba5b-16d52915de46&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">The Dark Knight</a> </i>are sequels that perfectly matched or even surpassed their predecessors. <i><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15239678/" target="_blank">Dune: Part Two</a></i> can join this elite club. This movie is a great, high-flying way to kick off 2024. You will want to purchase a <a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/product-recommendations/lifestyle/where-to-buy-dune-2-popcorn-bucket-online-1234984305/" target="_blank">sandworm-designed popcorn bucket</a> before this euphoric viewing experience.</span></p><p><span></span></p><a name='more'></a><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">This review contains links with some spoilers for <i>Dune: Part Two </i>in order to discuss the film. </span></p><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">Most of the credit must be given to its director, <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=Denis%20Villeneuve&searchType=everything&pageSize=10" target="_blank">Denis Villeneuve</a>. He takes us on the epic journey without losing or confusing us. <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=frank%20herbert&searchType=everything&pageSize=10" target="_blank">Frank Herbert's</a> <i><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=dune%20series&searchType=everything&pageSize=10" target="_blank">Dune</a> </i>is written in a way that would make any director lose sleep and have headaches over storyboard ideas. As a case in point, <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=david%20lynch&searchType=everything&pageSize=10" target="_blank">David Lynch</a> attempted to film <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=Dune%20David%20Lynch&searchType=everything&pageSize=10" target="_blank">his take</a> on this timeless science-fiction tale back in 1984, and—well—it was not one of the better films released that year. Although this misfire of a movie became a cult film over time, the eccentric filmmaker himself admitted that he does not like talking about his adaptation to this very day.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">On the other hand, Villeneuve made the impossible possible twice in a row. I was nervous going into <i><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=730600e3-6f3b-555e-b14c-a834857fb7aa&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Dune: Part One</a> </i>back in 2021 because I was not sure which direction the filming crew and cast would go, and its director managed to exceed my expectations. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">With </span><i style="font-family: Calibri;">Dune: Part Two</i><span style="font-family: Calibri;">, the French-Canadian auteur hit a home run. In fact, you can still enjoy both of these movies without having read the book.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Now, please do not avoid reading and learning more about </span><i style="font-family: Calibri;">Dune; </i><span style="font-family: Calibri;">taking the time to read them will give you a more rewarding context to Villeneuve's interpretation of this 1965 novel. Some bibliophiles might scold me for not mentioning this friendly reminder. I confess that I haven't read the original source material, but, after a few failed attempts, I will—one day—successfully read the </span><i style="font-family: Calibri;">Dune </i><span style="font-family: Calibri;">series. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">What makes Denis Villeneuve a seminal director is how he can naturally bounce back and forth between being cerebral and being visceral without coming across as gimmicky. He has the discipline of <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?materialTypeIds=g&query=christopher%20nolan&searchType=everything&pageSize=10" target="_blank">Christopher Nolan</a>, the </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">sense of adventure of </span><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?materialTypeIds=g&query=steven%20spielberg&searchType=everything&pageSize=20&pageNum=0" style="font-family: Calibri;" target="_blank">Steven Spielberg</a><span style="font-family: Calibri;">, and the curiosity of German auteur, </span><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?materialTypeIds=g&query=wim%20wenders&searchType=everything&pageSize=10&pageNum=0" style="font-family: Calibri;" target="_blank">Wim Wenders</a><span style="font-family: Calibri;">. That is why I can feel the gravity of the intergalactic conflicts over the highly valued, <span style="background-color: white;"><span>empowering</span> </span>spice </span><a href="https://collider.com/dune-spice-explained/" style="font-family: Calibri;" target="_blank">melange</a><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> and care about the main characters in this cyberpunk feudal system. The director of </span><i style="font-family: Calibri;"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=96cab983-3cad-5344-9bc6-bddc7e700094&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Blade Runner 2049</a> </i><span style="font-family: Calibri;">and </span><i style="font-family: Calibri;"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=50651cde-e455-5f16-9e9e-041ed57c98b7&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Arrival</a> </i><span style="font-family: Calibri;">does not shy away from challenges he deems worthy of bringing to the big screen. He does not perceive artistic risks as detrimental to his career because he understands the absolute necessity for blockbuster stories that might not always fit the typical Hollywood mold.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><p style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="370" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/virMKcebZL8" width="483" youtube-src-id="virMKcebZL8"></iframe></p><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The whole cast boasts notable talent and keeps the momentum set by its gifted filmmaker going. Veteran character actors like <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?materialTypeIds=g&query=Christopher%20Walken&searchType=everything&pageSize=10" target="_blank">Christopher Walken</a> (as <a href="https://gamerant.com/dune-emperor-shaddam-iv/" target="_blank">Emperor Shaddam Ⅳ</a>) and <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?materialTypeIds=g&query=stellan%20skarsgard&searchType=everything&pageSize=10" target="_blank">Stellan Skarsgård</a> (as <a href="https://www.cbr.com/i-dont-care-about-the-lore-stellan-skarsgard-dune/" target="_blank">Baron Vladimir Harkonnen</a>) fit right into this sweeping fantasy about the pursuit of power, but <span style="background-color: white;">their cryptic reputations provide an overcast over all the erupted warfare</span>. The sense of inevitable change only makes them cling onto their power trip even more. S</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">karsgård's role as the Baron cannot help but remind me of the murky cynicism enshrouding <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=marlon%20brando&searchType=everything&pageSize=20&pageNum=0" target="_blank">Marlon Brando's</a> Colonel Walter E. Kurtz in the <span style="background-color: white;">1979 film</span> about the <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=vietnam%20war&searchType=everything&pageSize=20" target="_blank">Vietnam War</a>, <i><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=apocalypse%20now&searchType=everything&pageSize=20" target="_blank">Apocalypse Now</a></i>. The same can be said for the small but mysterious roles of both <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=Florence%20Pugh,%201996-&searchType=everything&pageSize=20" target="_blank">Florence Pugh</a>, who portrays </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Princess Irulan, </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">the Emperor's daughter, and <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=lea%20seydoux&searchType=everything&pageSize=20" target="_blank">Léa Seydoux</a> as the calculating <a href="https://gamerant.com/dune-lady-margot-fenring/" target="_blank">Lady Margot Fenring</a>.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">I especially want to give credit to a few of the other younger stars. They shined bright and will hopefully carry more great films on their backs down the road. Such a committed cast breathes more life into the muted colors seen in the endless deserts, deep canyons, and engulfing fortresses, especially when the heroes' eyes illuminate with a stern, ethereal blueness. By the way, there is also a surprise cameo from a special, prophesied character that I will not spoil for you here. </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">Alongside Villeneuve's guidance, the other man of the hour is <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=timothee%20chalamet&searchType=everything&pageSize=20" target="_blank">Timothée Chalamet</a> as the messiah-like protagonist, <a href="https://collider.com/dune-family-tree/" target="_blank">Paul Atreides</a>. His cool demeanor does not distract us from his commitment to protecting and preserving the whole universe. He was good in Part One, but he is better in Part Two. His emotional range improves and makes us take his mission more seriously. <span style="background-color: white;">It is satisfying to watch him overcome many challenges even though you and he both know there are more to come. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">For instance, you will cheer and clap when he successfully rides the biggest and most intimidating sandworm on the planet or when he patriotically declares right before battle to his <a href="https://collider.com/dune-2-fremen-book-differences/" target="_blank">Fremen</a> allies, "Long live the fighters!" His understanding of that responsibility sharpens his acting. Although this young man realizes and embraces his role as the long-awaited <a href="https://screenrant.com/dune-2-lisan-al-gaib-prophecy-explained/" target="_blank">Lisan al Gaib</a>, he still attributes his obtained wisdom and fortitude to his mother, Lady Jessica, who is portrayed by <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=Rebecca%20Ferguson,%201983-&searchType=everything&pageSize=20" target="_blank">Rebecca Ferguson</a>. Chalamet brings more bravado to his role during scenes like these compared to <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=Kyle%20MacLachlan,%201960-&searchType=everything&pageSize=20" target="_blank">Kyle MacLachlan's</a> well-meaning but hollow portrayal of Paul Atreides in the 1984 version. Over time, Chalamet will probably become the next <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=Leonardo%20DiCaprio&searchType=everything&pageSize=20" target="_blank">Leonardo DiCaprio</a>; perhaps the DiCaprio of Generation Z.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">I cannot leave out <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=zendaya&searchType=everything&pageSize=20" target="_blank">Zendaya</a> as <a href="https://screenrant.com/dune-2-zendaya-chani-big-role-better/" target="_blank">Chani</a>, another fierce warrior who stands by the people she trusts—especially her fellow Fremen. While she had very little screen time in Part One, she brings rhythm and flow to her archetypal purpose and everyone else around her. Good acting should spread to the other cast members. The <i><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=2f50b7d5-9be5-55ca-9741-d35cb46d8299&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Euphoria</a> </i>star's acting brings more depth to her character's relationship with Paul Atreides. Her uncertain future leaves you wanting to learn more about what will unfold in the next chapter. </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;"><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=austin%20butler&searchType=everything&pageSize=20&materialTypeIds=g&pageNum=0" target="_blank">Austin Butler</a> also stands out as the completely bald (including no eyebrows) antagonist, bloodthirsty for dominion, <a href="https://www.menshealth.com/entertainment/a60096030/dune-part-two-austin-butler-feyd-rautha/" target="_blank">Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen</a>. He is the type of villain that you love to hate. His condescension toward his enemies, and even his family and fighting style, stay with you after the film is over. I can tell that Butler went method for the well-choreographed blade duels and his arrogant taunts. However, he does not overdo it with the method acting like he did in <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=Baz%20Luhrmann&searchType=everything&pageSize=20" target="_blank">Baz Luhrmann's</a> messy rock and roll biopic, <i><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=elvis%202022%20film&searchType=everything&pageSize=20" target="_blank">Elvis</a></i>.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">This is the secret ingredient to <i>Dune: Part Two</i>'s overwhelming success: clarity. Nothing feels too muddied, or in this case, <span style="background-color: white;">buried</span> in sand. I can tell that the lack of focus was not a problem because of how careful and decisive the camerawork is. The wide shots of the desert-like planet do not consume the important close-ups of the characters' faces and hands when they're conversing, problem-solving, or fighting. The aerial shots of the sword combats between the noble Fremen tribe and the elite, merciless Sardaukar soldiers are some of my favorite scenes in the whole movie. </span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">Towards the finale before Paul Atreides vs. Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen, additional aerial shots of fighter aircrafts firing upon enemy territory is exhilarating to watch too. The <span style="background-color: white;">careful coordination</span> between all these frames helps us learn more about what the galaxy will be like in the year 10191.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">Although March is typically a slow month for stellar box office performances, <i>Dune: Part Two </i>hit the ground running during its first week in theaters. Please be intentional about seeing the latest sci-fi extravaganza on the silver screen before it starts streaming. You will thank me later. I left this movie much more elated than I anticipated. </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">In the meantime, check out a copy of one of the many <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=45ed98ee-c2a6-11ea-a32c-69766a2e5654&entityType=Agent&showcase=resources&identifier=45ed98ee-c2a6-11ea-a32c-69766a2e5654" target="_blank"><i>Dune </i>novels</a> or the <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=7d36f8f8-2682-4d81-b6f8-f82682fd810a&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank"><i>Dune </i>board game</a> from one of the many members of the <a href="https://www.jclc.org/" target="_blank">Jefferson County Library Cooperative</a>, including all <a href="https://www.cobpl.org/locations/" target="_blank">Birmingham Public Library locations</a>. You will <span style="background-color: white;">feel like you are</span> living off the coveted melange spice once you start reading all of these books.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;"><b>By William Anthony | Librarian Ⅰ, Citizen Services</b></span></p><p style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNGmpz4bG4Qkj1NxgahAhhMHecYIYEdfXwzM676K00BndOJ-1xHH3s-IvUXLPvIbqcrByGkgn5A5_IyUrBKRJc5jdhoXscVHuR1IAX77dmNa7vaeselJT8ZGCFXBj1MSFtQG5DwT286qWDjsVwr0vaR3y7tzF9glvMYSW-q-Js8rFedxYuLYjI/s670/Dune%20Part%202%20Movie%20Trailer.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></a></p>Cheyenne Trujillohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01376561401915075832noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23599562.post-73686887520846994582024-03-14T13:45:00.006-05:002024-03-15T09:10:52.558-05:00West End Library Crocheters Donate 73 Baby Hats to Grandview Medical Center NICU<p style="text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1DgzQERCfLquEo7Rvvx0vt-MQEdcHJbLhaTjGdpGF2VV9-bmSrgS5c-S-iIuYo7KUrugv8cQ4W2JGMRKWfXarMqxyHT7iFd-rVMnLLBBG4YRMHR61usCUoD_TbNEkrQDV0-F2Rg4zDnFb491YehTyOjQ8EYzNt-SfSwc6d5j_1DqlMFwWOdLVew/s1920/West%20End%20Crochet%20hats%20to%20Grandview%20NICU%2003132024%202.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="406" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1DgzQERCfLquEo7Rvvx0vt-MQEdcHJbLhaTjGdpGF2VV9-bmSrgS5c-S-iIuYo7KUrugv8cQ4W2JGMRKWfXarMqxyHT7iFd-rVMnLLBBG4YRMHR61usCUoD_TbNEkrQDV0-F2Rg4zDnFb491YehTyOjQ8EYzNt-SfSwc6d5j_1DqlMFwWOdLVew/w541-h406/West%20End%20Crochet%20hats%20to%20Grandview%20NICU%2003132024%202.jpg" width="541" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="text-align: left;">West End Branch Manager Lynn Hutchins gives </i><i style="text-align: left;">Grandview Medical Center representatives the 73 newborn baby crochet hats given to the hospital's NICU unit. The hats were made by members of the West End Crocheters </i><i style="text-align: left;">Group that meets regularly at West End Library.</i><span style="text-align: left;"> </span></td></tr></tbody></table></p><p style="text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbcR6xe_U5mvbgTynUVAmTXtpFntD0AFqV3qw5RuwBRgZrl6yVOzsv0yGxqG1Q-WaFNTVSbhIC-jhAJonyzAtLbrnXVc2hdRYw1HdGjbRF_34MBWqLVTo6eVBxwPylVbTBG7X3E-TBZbDxBKYHi1NfrYCHCEVbJyIqrD_4H8MZK80rWyaN6-lQ3A/s911/West%20End%20Crochet%20group%20holding%20baby%20hats%201.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="616" data-original-width="911" height="357" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbcR6xe_U5mvbgTynUVAmTXtpFntD0AFqV3qw5RuwBRgZrl6yVOzsv0yGxqG1Q-WaFNTVSbhIC-jhAJonyzAtLbrnXVc2hdRYw1HdGjbRF_34MBWqLVTo6eVBxwPylVbTBG7X3E-TBZbDxBKYHi1NfrYCHCEVbJyIqrD_4H8MZK80rWyaN6-lQ3A/w529-h357/West%20End%20Crochet%20group%20holding%20baby%20hats%201.jpg" width="529" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><i>West End Branch Manager Lynn Hutchins joins West End Crocheters Group members holding some of the 73 newborn baby crochet hats given this week to the NICU unit at Grandview Medical Center.</i> <br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table></p><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDmczin79ZYoTQof4AVMetC8Ndf58MbYPI-cQsUTY-z3KWeCJeuvV3lMZED9boswuQk0gdAqoECfNclAFUlu6ASiTccRKvNY1mOgiQWqBpAPC-rx2llcHIMusGhQUvbDB93f6rUpmN4_8_pImVRTlO56PcwlnvdbaUobzCv5vQWMHhyphenhyphen2T-TnUWfQ/s1920/West%20End%20Crochet%20baby%20hats%2002212024.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1440" height="509" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDmczin79ZYoTQof4AVMetC8Ndf58MbYPI-cQsUTY-z3KWeCJeuvV3lMZED9boswuQk0gdAqoECfNclAFUlu6ASiTccRKvNY1mOgiQWqBpAPC-rx2llcHIMusGhQUvbDB93f6rUpmN4_8_pImVRTlO56PcwlnvdbaUobzCv5vQWMHhyphenhyphen2T-TnUWfQ/w382-h509/West%20End%20Crochet%20baby%20hats%2002212024.jpg" width="382" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>A sampling of the 73 baby hats given to the NICU unit at Grandview Medical Center. <br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table></p><p><b><u>About the West End Crocheters<br /></u></b><b>Details:</b> A group of ladies dedicated to the art of crocheting. Free to anyone desiring to learn or practice the craft. On March 13, on behalf of the group, West End Branch Manager Lynn Hutchins donated 73 baby hats created by West End Crocheters to the NCIU Unit at Grandview Medical Center.. For information, read the blog below. <br /><b>Meets Every Wednesday, 10:00 a.m.–noon—the next session is next Wednesday, March 20.<br /></b><b>Where:</b> West End Branch Library, 1348 Tuscaloosa Avenue SW<br /><b>How to join: </b>Contact West End Branch Manager Lynn Hutchins by<i> calling the library at 205-226-4089 or emailing lynn.hutchins@cobpl.org. </i></p><p><b>Birmingham, Ala. - </b>The West End Crocheters have been busy at <a href="https://www.cobpl.org/locations/branch/WestEnd/">West End Branch Library</a>.</p><p>The group of women, who meet every Wednesday from 10:00 a.m. until noon at <a href="https://www.cobpl.org/locations/branch/WestEnd/">West End Branch</a>, 1348 Tuscaloosa Avenue SW, recently completed a preemie and newborn baby hat project, making 73 crocheted hats during the winter months. Their goal was to finish them all by Valentine’s Day.</p><p>After making sure everyone had time to bring their hats to the library, Branch Manager Lynn Hutchins scheduled a time to deliver them to Grandview Medical Center NICU. This week, on Wednesday, March 13, 2024, Ms. Hutchins carried the box of baby hats to the Birmingham hospital and presented them to Grandview Marketing Director Leisha Harris and the NICU nurses.</p><p>Ms. Harris said, “Thank you for thinking of Grandview. We are pleased to accept these hats.” </p><p><b>By Lynn Hutchins, Branch Manager, <a href="https://www.cobpl.org/locations/branch/WestEnd/">West End Branch Library</a></b></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2avd3MkFMK34gpd0ZPva1Vv3asHH5sx2S4bE4TpqWEGn_zmSx_hzn1lUrMD4PpphWIRvMySpcCmoyXfGJ3aGbinwmyR5_FFlONrQxn3O7Uqm9RHveA5hIErGrf9H1_COWPbK6SPBBO0GiQ0bwJmEmKFDSxCTwac0fDTITvF9zP2a6m5ZTfzk44w/s1920/West%20End%20Crochet%20Group%20Mrs%20Brown%20and%20Mrs%20Black%20making%20baby%20hats.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1502" data-original-width="1920" height="390" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2avd3MkFMK34gpd0ZPva1Vv3asHH5sx2S4bE4TpqWEGn_zmSx_hzn1lUrMD4PpphWIRvMySpcCmoyXfGJ3aGbinwmyR5_FFlONrQxn3O7Uqm9RHveA5hIErGrf9H1_COWPbK6SPBBO0GiQ0bwJmEmKFDSxCTwac0fDTITvF9zP2a6m5ZTfzk44w/w499-h390/West%20End%20Crochet%20Group%20Mrs%20Brown%20and%20Mrs%20Black%20making%20baby%20hats.jpg" width="499" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"> <i>Mrs. Black and Mrs. Brown work on the hats during the West End Crocheters weekly meeting </i></span></td></tr></tbody></table>Roy L. Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07138062410707522763noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23599562.post-69008699643047812172024-03-14T10:08:00.004-05:002024-03-14T10:10:41.554-05:00Q&A With Stacey Holloway About “Othernesses” Exhibit at Central Library<p> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5yOoU8fYIuxLA2KuTyRWuDFjWbfs7q2TlDmotIPabAhMmPvtQ-RsfZn-pGrCL1WGba4KDuRvcCdKIuKrQ3r2ekqZZPclPrp6bTSetnA9QGLWp0AHmjsyjs5_zLOni1hnuFfJ8dEGZ3S1oIUsiI_2SLiIEYcT75uwA4WEGWNycsBuQ9uDJ6a0yZA/s1377/Stacey%20Holloway%20by%20Deer%20Sculpture%204th%20display%20case.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="917" data-original-width="1377" height="435" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5yOoU8fYIuxLA2KuTyRWuDFjWbfs7q2TlDmotIPabAhMmPvtQ-RsfZn-pGrCL1WGba4KDuRvcCdKIuKrQ3r2ekqZZPclPrp6bTSetnA9QGLWp0AHmjsyjs5_zLOni1hnuFfJ8dEGZ3S1oIUsiI_2SLiIEYcT75uwA4WEGWNycsBuQ9uDJ6a0yZA/w651-h435/Stacey%20Holloway%20by%20Deer%20Sculpture%204th%20display%20case.jpg" width="651" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Stacey Holloway, creator of the "Othernesses" display at entrance of the Central Library downtown.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvbjlaJcWN1D_ilpIhiRIxxtYEyEUGdKZ_qLwMavTvr-PK1BUz8sSBWpqM63LCvGRcbQ72mmizVs0-Akp1JLdLfh7SA7uHcAi-khAXz0lEUvjbG2hxAy6F07h2ibxF1F6U2e8fjoVRLkvPn67v1rNt5yygKhP17F3Kx-d_mk4y-w67_GzZxN4itg/s1920/Stacey%20Holloway%20-%20Othernesses%20jpeg%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvbjlaJcWN1D_ilpIhiRIxxtYEyEUGdKZ_qLwMavTvr-PK1BUz8sSBWpqM63LCvGRcbQ72mmizVs0-Akp1JLdLfh7SA7uHcAi-khAXz0lEUvjbG2hxAy6F07h2ibxF1F6U2e8fjoVRLkvPn67v1rNt5yygKhP17F3Kx-d_mk4y-w67_GzZxN4itg/w656-h370/Stacey%20Holloway%20-%20Othernesses%20jpeg%20(1).jpg" width="656" /></a></div><br /><div><div><b>Birmingham, Ala. - </b>If you are intrigued by animal sculptures and other creative art, you have two more weeks to visit the <a href="https://www.cobpl.org/">Birmingham Public Library </a>downtown and view <i>S</i><a href="https://bplolinenews.blogspot.com/2024/02/stacey-holloway-othernesses-exhibit.html"><i>tacey Holloway: Othernesses,</i> an art exhibit on display through March 29</a> on the <a href="https://www.cobpl.org/locations/central/">first floor of the Central Library.</a> </div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><a href="https://bplolinenews.blogspot.com/2024/02/stacey-holloway-othernesses-exhibit.html"><i>Othernesses</i> </a>and <i><a href="https://bplolinenews.blogspot.com/2024/02/misty-bennett-candy-crush-art-exhibit.html">Misty Bennett: Candy Crush</a></i> are the most recent installments of the <a href="https://www.cobpl.org/">BPL</a>’s <a href="https://bplolinenews.blogspot.com/2024/01/alabama-state-council-on-arts-funds.html">Art for Everyone series</a>. Both exhibitions were made possible by a grant from the Alabama State Council on the Arts. The grant was awarded to the<a href="https://www.friendsofthebpl.org/"> Friends Foundation of the Birmingham Public Library</a> to benefit the library. </div><div><br /></div><div> An Associate Professor of Sculpture at<a href="https://www.uab.edu/home/"> University of Alabama at Birmingham</a>, Stacey Holloway received her MFA from the University of Minnesota in 2009, her BFA from Herron School of Art and Design/IUPUI in 2006, and has been living and working in Birmingham since 2013. In addition to teaching, Holloway is an active national mixed media artist, sculptor, and fabricator who works within a variety of media including drawing, printmaking, sculpture, ceramics, and interactivity. </div><div><br /></div><div>Through the exploration of storytelling and ethology, she creates work that communicates a universal societal connectivity. See more of Stacey Holloway’s work at <a href="https://staceyholloway.com/">staceyholloway.com </a>and on Instagram @hollowspace. Artwork in this exhibition is available for purchase, and the artist receives 100% of each sale. For sales information, contact the artist at stacey@staceyholloway.com. </div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i>Stacey Holloway: Othernesses</i> may be viewed during regular business hours at the Central Library through March 29, 2024. The Central Library is open Monday through Saturday from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., with extended hours until 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday.</div><div><br /></div><div>In a Q&A with BPL Public Relations Director Roy Williams, Stacey Holloway talked about what inspired her imaginative sculptures of animals and other unique creations in a display she calls <i>Othernesses. </i></div></div><div><br /></div><div><b> BPL: The name of your exhibition,<i> Othernesses</i>, is interesting. What inspired the name? </b></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Holloway</b>: The title of the exhibition, <i>Othernesses</i>, illustrates that we all have an innate desire to belong and to love, which helps us form intimate relationships and strong emotional connections. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTw-dOJiSByfQGlKssV9cI0H2CI_2MMxHIulvqAiCYRkDe0rRNPNDuGvetXow68chm4RnnZAPE8QLbMV8g0dSUI3LdRt_igXHbHiz_mciEjcPxGA2mpkSEMRryuo19TP2NIQ4W8KMd78Cu6uz5bHfw1aZOn_ZXDsrY2pTq2p89vLD6HzKriUXDfw/s1377/Stacey%20Holloway%20by%20handerchiefs%20display%20case%201.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="917" data-original-width="1377" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTw-dOJiSByfQGlKssV9cI0H2CI_2MMxHIulvqAiCYRkDe0rRNPNDuGvetXow68chm4RnnZAPE8QLbMV8g0dSUI3LdRt_igXHbHiz_mciEjcPxGA2mpkSEMRryuo19TP2NIQ4W8KMd78Cu6uz5bHfw1aZOn_ZXDsrY2pTq2p89vLD6HzKriUXDfw/w544-h362/Stacey%20Holloway%20by%20handerchiefs%20display%20case%201.jpg" width="544" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"> <i>"Hung Out to Dry" - Cast plastic, vintage handkerchiefs, and mixed media, 2021</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><b>BPL:</b> <b>Describe what inspired each piece on display in the glass cases on the first floor of the Central Library. Let's start with <i>Hung Out to Dry,</i> the installation of handkerchiefs you see upon entering the library from the parking lot.</b></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Holloway:<i> </i></b><i>Hung Out to Dry</i> is an installation where I employed various vintage handkerchiefs that I have been collecting for about 10 years. Some are from my family heirlooms and others were abandoned and collected from garage sales and thrift stores. I first saw many of these hanging in my mother’s laundry room after we downsized my grandmother’s belongings and I thought they looked a lot like hanging bats. </div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi06CWl5ibRo8MEsR8UUldH1O_RPkK7v8oxCpwVX8rY1gqn-3dxDhwawcOH-8QXf2Buy0VNGWGM6sbQRnUh1dqZH27NrYROzHnaXNDXCvVAkkR7MtcT3NBxF4WgbOlVf51nXylvPqWSn5xhPuqGQ_BAc7UzIsFAX6SLciEQmOW1tUFI2rKFh9ln9w/s1377/Stacey%20Holloway%20by%20Working%20Hands%20Art%202nd%20display%20case.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="917" data-original-width="1377" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi06CWl5ibRo8MEsR8UUldH1O_RPkK7v8oxCpwVX8rY1gqn-3dxDhwawcOH-8QXf2Buy0VNGWGM6sbQRnUh1dqZH27NrYROzHnaXNDXCvVAkkR7MtcT3NBxF4WgbOlVf51nXylvPqWSn5xhPuqGQ_BAc7UzIsFAX6SLciEQmOW1tUFI2rKFh9ln9w/w538-h358/Stacey%20Holloway%20by%20Working%20Hands%20Art%202nd%20display%20case.jpg" width="538" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><i>"Working Hands Series (A Ton of Bricks, Cup of Tea, Home Sweet Home, Cut Loose) - Cast plastic and mixed media, 2021-2022</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><b>BPL: Describe the second case. </b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Holloway: </b><i>Working hands</i> is a series of work that represents the women in my family and their influence on me as I become who I am today. </div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvX2dz0YRQbrZqDROph065aeHHFgI-Smd1nH-eqseLdPf_cbBwTlHJSBvhd_mDY_kR9zpivm01YvKqmOT4y4q0eI1R27o7HLQDOMKkgD4ptecymmU-USw05MQqTYw8iQQAvpMr7K7WGiLzUjSruuSc4tDwTwSAXtIgjbzUnPiaV3t1fhA0s1ZteA/s1377/Stacey%20Holloway%20by%20mounted%20animal%20heads%20display%20case%203.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="917" data-original-width="1377" height="409" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvX2dz0YRQbrZqDROph065aeHHFgI-Smd1nH-eqseLdPf_cbBwTlHJSBvhd_mDY_kR9zpivm01YvKqmOT4y4q0eI1R27o7HLQDOMKkgD4ptecymmU-USw05MQqTYw8iQQAvpMr7K7WGiLzUjSruuSc4tDwTwSAXtIgjbzUnPiaV3t1fhA0s1ZteA/w615-h409/Stacey%20Holloway%20by%20mounted%20animal%20heads%20display%20case%203.jpg" width="615" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><i>Meerkat, Otter, Fawn, Rabbit - Cast plastic and mixed media, 2023 </i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><b>BPL: Describe the third case, the one with the mounted animal heads. </b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Holloway:</b> <i>On Display </i>is a series of mounted animal heads that speak on the different characters that one encounters as they progress in their lives.</div><div><br /></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEYQYtmzFKVVLMYvPKnZsqRwGSe7vYJiEyZxYWAtz-9f-HG_LnqHEql4KRCw77e1iArRGmVfViWTTwoTAgJLOk1prOaBISveCxEahUgaKvCA_2Ev0w0WrauPgze0enYh-_vfpqeq2FVftACIv9mAJcCQtgw686ttsV2UP-A7jlD2KMnzTxrigsww/s1377/Stacey%20Holloway%20by%20Deer%20Sculpture%204th%20display%20case.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="917" data-original-width="1377" height="414" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEYQYtmzFKVVLMYvPKnZsqRwGSe7vYJiEyZxYWAtz-9f-HG_LnqHEql4KRCw77e1iArRGmVfViWTTwoTAgJLOk1prOaBISveCxEahUgaKvCA_2Ev0w0WrauPgze0enYh-_vfpqeq2FVftACIv9mAJcCQtgw686ttsV2UP-A7jlD2KMnzTxrigsww/w624-h414/Stacey%20Holloway%20by%20Deer%20Sculpture%204th%20display%20case.jpg" width="624" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><i>Digital Mixed Media Drawings (The Newcomer, Sitting Pretty) Digital engraving and suede flocking, </i></span><i style="text-align: left;">2017. Goodbye’s too Good a Word -Cast iron and wood, 2023 <br /><br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><b>BPL: Describe the fourth and final case in the display. </b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Holloway:</b> The digital mixed media drawings illustrate how one might feel when being introduced into a new environment.
<i>Goodbye’s too Good a Word </i>is an installation that portrays a cast iron fawn inspecting a lost extremity after it has been renewed with a decorative prosthetic.</div><div><br /></div><div>The fawn, being made of an industrial material, has lost a piece of himself that is rusted and seen as deteriorating. This piece represents that our past mistakes and lives can aid us in rebuilding who it is that we strive to become.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://bplolinenews.blogspot.com/2024/02/stacey-holloway-othernesses-exhibit.html">For more about Holloway's "Othernesses" exhibit, click on this blog written by BPL's Margaret Splane. </a></div>Roy L. Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07138062410707522763noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23599562.post-46288227538796454542024-03-13T09:27:00.000-05:002024-03-13T09:27:01.006-05:00North Birmingham Regional Library kicks off weekly Clear Mind Meditation Program <p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghNtoXzUyhnTU_aa4pMunOYZOvxuihzWy_AXAkWTRRbrvb4HaOobyJz8OPaL_Jm1KnuaazyT46YJdxC5_DgJ7IlFCVeTqKaMTscgTq_vKZBogPa3bcZzbFvNzSvj6OnP5EkjfoUbE0FtioHHzy1bXTR0gG5rAoDWuHDIyHzEceylOQqW-uiwDCYQ/s1280/Clear%20mind%20medication%20image.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghNtoXzUyhnTU_aa4pMunOYZOvxuihzWy_AXAkWTRRbrvb4HaOobyJz8OPaL_Jm1KnuaazyT46YJdxC5_DgJ7IlFCVeTqKaMTscgTq_vKZBogPa3bcZzbFvNzSvj6OnP5EkjfoUbE0FtioHHzy1bXTR0gG5rAoDWuHDIyHzEceylOQqW-uiwDCYQ/w489-h275/Clear%20mind%20medication%20image.jpg" width="489" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>North Birmingham Library kicked off weekly Clear Mind Meditation Program last\ Thursday </i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFQGdbnMWXRIlqjRsdRGTKxpWIslNTLKzPtQXqWt-ZOZEZOOVBr6CWxJHVU3cAx1Nq_9HJqgV5PCaFzTYUmKWEjRl102D1RR3VzQoJJGX2aXsel7rwvHX_usL7HUXeqYO7GL3SwAn9LaFV-FDQQ9_cbm2XKUOcCBwbk6rKvPgdVn186GbHNUuSoA/s512/N%20Bham%20Bad%20Movie%20Fridays%20March%2022%20flyer.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="512" data-original-width="396" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFQGdbnMWXRIlqjRsdRGTKxpWIslNTLKzPtQXqWt-ZOZEZOOVBr6CWxJHVU3cAx1Nq_9HJqgV5PCaFzTYUmKWEjRl102D1RR3VzQoJJGX2aXsel7rwvHX_usL7HUXeqYO7GL3SwAn9LaFV-FDQQ9_cbm2XKUOcCBwbk6rKvPgdVn186GbHNUuSoA/w366-h472/N%20Bham%20Bad%20Movie%20Fridays%20March%2022%20flyer.png" width="366" /></a></div><br /><p></p>Birmingham, Ala. - North Birmingham Regional Branch Library is excited to introduce its new <i>Clear Mind Meditations</i> program. It kicked off last Thursday! <div><i><br /></i><div>This free weekly meditation program at<a href="https://www.cobpl.org/locations/branch/NorthBirmingham/"> North Birmingham Library, 2501 31st Avenue North,</a> will give patrons a chance to unwind and relax, said Jana Brown, a Library Assistant III at North Birmingham Library. Snacks and drinks will be provided. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>For more detailed information on any of the programs listed below, please call North Birmingham Regional Library at (205) 226-4025 or drop by to see us.</div><div><br /></div><div>Here is a listing of the Clear Mind Meditations programs taking place in March</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Thursday, March 14, 2024, 1:00 p.m. - <i>Paint Along</i></b></div><div>This sips and strokes-style craft program will involve viewing a painting tutorial and paint along. </div><div><b><i> </i></b></div><div><b>Friday, March 22, 2024, 1:00 pm. - <i>Bad Movie Friday</i></b></div><div>Bad Movie Friday involves a movie night where patrons will be allowed to talk through a horrible movie and enjoy both the bad movie AND the socialization aspect.</div><div> </div><div><b>Tuesday, March 26, 2024, 12:00 p.m. - <i>Clear Mind Meditations</i></b></div><div>A guided meditation program designed to help patrons relax. </div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Thursday, March 28, 2024, 1:00 p.m. - <i>Bad Art Night</i></b></div><div>Bad Art Night will be a bad art competition where patrons will compete to make the worst art possible. A prize will be given to the "winner."</div><div><br /></div><div>Stay tuned for details later on more Clear Mind Meditation Programs at North Birmingham Regional Library. </div><div><br /></div><div><b>By Jana Brown|Library Assistant III, <a href="https://www.cobpl.org/locations/branch/NorthBirmingham/">North Birmingham Regional Library </a></b></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>Roy L. Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07138062410707522763noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23599562.post-61207388241471115432024-03-12T15:49:00.001-05:002024-03-12T15:51:46.705-05:00Titusville Library on March 26 to Host A. Faye Boykin's portrayal of Harriet Tubman as part of Women's History Month <p> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvFRCUXwQmjy9SkZq9r9nDI8rb-M88gCOU0FkbV6ZDSkKk80_tvVGc8CGh-3LAkhgYHWnSWGM-dd4gC74nVL3KvyvSbtL-h3z6KiGHpmDydfsGVYJ40xnT0fW-j10Pv8Qfngxvx0s0syQZmbgvYLRt4Cs2xFqsLi7UXx_ufPzyRJ-SSulVttDcPw/s1080/Titusville%20Women's%20history%20program%20A%20Faye%20Boykin%20March%2026.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvFRCUXwQmjy9SkZq9r9nDI8rb-M88gCOU0FkbV6ZDSkKk80_tvVGc8CGh-3LAkhgYHWnSWGM-dd4gC74nVL3KvyvSbtL-h3z6KiGHpmDydfsGVYJ40xnT0fW-j10Pv8Qfngxvx0s0syQZmbgvYLRt4Cs2xFqsLi7UXx_ufPzyRJ-SSulVttDcPw/w428-h428/Titusville%20Women's%20history%20program%20A%20Faye%20Boykin%20March%2026.png" width="428" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Titusville Branch Library is hosting a Women's History Month program March 26 featuring author A. Faye Boykin, known for portraying Harriet Tubman, who freed slaves via the Underground Railroad</i>. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><p>Birmingham, Ala. - The <a href="https://www.cobpl.org/locations/branch/Titusville/">Titusville Branch Library</a> is pleased to announce a forthcoming event as part of its celebration of <a href="https://www.womenshistorymonth.gov/">Women's History Month</a>. On March 26, the library will host a program featuring <a href="https://afayespeaker.com/about-a-faye-boykin">A. Faye Boykin</a>, a distinguished author renowned for portrayal of Harriet Tubman, a pivotal figure in American history known for her courageous efforts in leading slaves to freedom through the Undergrown Railroad. Scheduled to commence at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, March 26, at <a href="https://www.cobpl.org/locations/branch/Titusville/">Titusville Branch, located at #2 6th Avenue Southwest</a>, this event marks the return of A. Faye Boykin to the city.</p><div>Boykin, a celebrated elocutionist, bestselling author, international speaker, soft skills trainer, and NNA certified notary, hails originally from Brewton, Alabama, and currently resides in the metropolitan area of Birmingham. She is embarking on a noteworthy Tabletop Book Lecture Tour celebrating the contributions of African Americans to society. </div><div><br /></div><div>Central to Boykin's tour is the narrative of empowerment, resilience, and community upliftment embodied in her acclaimed work, <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=8b5e0ce0-33fb-5731-8822-be1b38da9238&entityType=FormatGroup">"Help a Sister Out." </a>Through her eloquent prose and insightful storytelling, Boykin illuminates the strength and solidarity within African American communities, inspiring audiences to reflect on the power of unity and support. </div><div><br /></div><div> The tour's inaugural stop at the Titusville Branch Library is significant, as it underscores the historical importance of this location within Birmingham's African-American community. As the city's second branch library constructed for African Americans during the era of segregation, the Titusville Library stands as a testament to the enduring legacy of knowledge and community enrichment. </div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEithWsGZjmWiq0K2pDySEiNuBR2uYg4SkZyBIh_QWkEniMv5iTMg2YRFw02EC6eaCbYyfTZqk_0iTGECqj1MaLwZhIGox6anLLBeaQVLkakKFpzNAgTqhxTrWs5c7BIEYGEeXtUsxyvWe7V56xXShmO52lupfPR1FZ0RbF4Ahc1INNGvsCZ0qCQ8w/s704/A%20Fay%20Boykin%20as%20Harriet%20Tubman%20program%20picture%207.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="704" data-original-width="528" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEithWsGZjmWiq0K2pDySEiNuBR2uYg4SkZyBIh_QWkEniMv5iTMg2YRFw02EC6eaCbYyfTZqk_0iTGECqj1MaLwZhIGox6anLLBeaQVLkakKFpzNAgTqhxTrWs5c7BIEYGEeXtUsxyvWe7V56xXShmO52lupfPR1FZ0RbF4Ahc1INNGvsCZ0qCQ8w/s320/A%20Fay%20Boykin%20as%20Harriet%20Tubman%20program%20picture%207.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBbNryp3-96OY4vqgT8EjXO46biZ2BCIZhm5GjHoGIR_9-PiNxzZ-OjPdNGPtREtSf9jmtzixmUcpnbnpvZU0Auz0c6wO1FXiv-po_an2EYBtdLqRYUoKFNXd2PEYC7ziHBXjLWUX2JZrmCWDxayqKMGuwIzZme8vVT_m3mxN_pTJutwhP-ecTLQ/s724/A%20Fay%20Boykin%20as%20Harriet%20Tubman%20program%20picture%206.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="724" data-original-width="543" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBbNryp3-96OY4vqgT8EjXO46biZ2BCIZhm5GjHoGIR_9-PiNxzZ-OjPdNGPtREtSf9jmtzixmUcpnbnpvZU0Auz0c6wO1FXiv-po_an2EYBtdLqRYUoKFNXd2PEYC7ziHBXjLWUX2JZrmCWDxayqKMGuwIzZme8vVT_m3mxN_pTJutwhP-ecTLQ/s320/A%20Fay%20Boykin%20as%20Harriet%20Tubman%20program%20picture%206.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div><i>At the heart of Boykin's presentation is her captivating portrayal of <a href="https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/harriet-tubman">Harriet Tubman, a figure revered for her indomitable spirit and dedication to freedom</a></i><a href="https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/harriet-tubman">.</a> Through her masterful storytelling and oratory skills, Boykin brings Tubman's legacy to life, inviting audiences to explore the rich tapestry of African American history and culture. </div><div><br /></div><div>In addition to her literary and historical expertise, Boykin's background as a soft skills trainer and NNA-certified notary adds a practical dimension to the tour, offering attendees valuable insights to enhance their personal and professional lives. </div><div><br /></div><div>The Tabletop Book Lecture Tour promises to be an immersive journey through time, highlighting narratives of courage, triumph, and resilience. It serves as a poignant reminder of the enduring impact of African American contributions throughout history. </div><div><br /></div><div>We cordially invite you to join us at the Titusville Branch on March 26, 2024, as we warmly welcome A. Faye Boykin for an enlightening and inspiring experience. Let us come together to celebrate the enduring legacy of African American contributions during Women's History Month.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>By Reba Williams, Branch Manager|Titusville Branch Library</b></div>Roy L. Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07138062410707522763noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23599562.post-80828339394493959172024-03-08T12:33:00.001-06:002024-03-08T17:13:24.015-06:00 Desire to Improve Your Health This Year? Join BPL's 2024 Self-Care Mastermind Class Series <p> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyou7BsOvcwL7AoiH7J9Gl43pwldI8XN-t0bD3jgu5mEBbeee-GhQo5YVveGfQEoIZcr0Wy9BWZC2fkdKcY3K_-lrUmAuDtTIhE2L5wNLwneBEzkmkAiiYm9gOkQDc6O27bCeNA7wGl8JjqUwfUqbHB4bqQ4f4jnmIVYJpYFAC_qoh0sL3A9t5hg/s1400/CJWLMT%20Headshot%20blue%20white%20bkgd%202022%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1400" data-original-width="933" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyou7BsOvcwL7AoiH7J9Gl43pwldI8XN-t0bD3jgu5mEBbeee-GhQo5YVveGfQEoIZcr0Wy9BWZC2fkdKcY3K_-lrUmAuDtTIhE2L5wNLwneBEzkmkAiiYm9gOkQDc6O27bCeNA7wGl8JjqUwfUqbHB4bqQ4f4jnmIVYJpYFAC_qoh0sL3A9t5hg/w314-h472/CJWLMT%20Headshot%20blue%20white%20bkgd%202022%20(1).jpg" width="314" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>C.J. Wade, instructor of BPL's 2024 Self Care Mastermind Class Series</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><b>Desire to Improve Your health This Year? Join BPL's 2024 Self-Care Mastermind Class Series</b><div><br /></div><div><b>What:</b> <i>The Self-Care Mastermind</i>—a group wellness coaching series </div><div><b>Where:</b> Central Library, 1st Floor Grand Commons </div><div><b>Dates</b>: 2nd Monday of each month, September 2023–June 2024 </div><div><b>Time: </b>5:30–6:30 p.m.</div><div><b>Remaining Program Details: </b></div><div><br /></div><div><i>Monday, March 11, 2024 | Food Is Your Friend! </i></div><div><i>Monday, April 8, 2024 | How to Advocate for Your Health </i></div><div><i>Monday, May 13, 2024 | Party of One: How to Date Yourself </i></div><div><i>Monday, June 17, 2024 | Journaling For Life</i></div><div><br /></div><div><b> Birmingham, Ala. </b>- Did you make a New Year's resolution to get your body, mind and soul in shape in 2024? Are you off track? Then you need to take advantage of the Birmingham Public Library's Self-Care Mastermind class series held monthly at the Central Library downtown. </div><div><br /></div><div>The 10-class series from instructor Christina "C.J." Wade began last September and concludes in June. The next session, Monday, March 11 from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., is on the topic "Food Is Your Friend!
Classes are held every second Monday from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. on the first floor of the Central Library in the Grand Commons. </div><div><br /></div><div>The instructor for the Self-Care Mastermind Group Wellness coaching series is Christina (C.J.) Wade, 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. </div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://bplolinenews.blogspot.com/2023/08/Self-Care-Mastermind-Series.html">Click here to learn more about C.J. Wade 's Self-Care Mastermind Class Series.</a></div><div><br /></div><div>In a Q&A with BPL Public Relations Director Roy Williams, Wade talked about her inspiration for the class series, and what she hopes participants learn. </div><div><br /></div><div><b>BPL: CJ, what inspired you to come up with this "Self-Care Mastermind Group Wellness" class series?</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Wade:</b> I love training self-care champions and The Self-Care MasterMind is my signature health coaching program. <a href="https://bplolinenews.blogspot.com/2023/01/12-Months-Become-CEO-Resumes-Jan-30.html">After completing an entrepreneurial cohort program with Neena Speer, Esq at the Central Branch of Birmingham Public Library</a>, I was inspired to create a community version of my program to increase self-care awareness and accessibility to resources. When people realize their value, they treat themselves accordingly then communities can be well. </div><div><br /></div><div><b>BPL: Give a brief synopsis of what will be happening Monday, March 11th during the "Food Is Your Friend!" class. </b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Wade</b>: I'm so excited about this class because food is not something to be feared. Food has the opportunity to help us with brain health, metabolism, detoxing, and more. So, we'll learn how to eat for lifestyle needs instead of stressing about calories. I'll share tips on shopping for healthy meals and snacks on a budget and how to address food cravings. Everyone will leave ready to eat well! </div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>BPL: Hate that I missed your December class on "Water Works; Hydrate for Life" because I learned the hard way the importance of drinking water after developing a large kidney stone in January 2023 that required removal by surgery - simply because I drank too many sodas and not enough water. Talk about what you discussed during that class.</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Wade: </b>Oh no! I’m glad you’re healing from that experience! Yes, dehydration or minimal water intake is the answer to so many “system alerts” in our bodies. I see water as a master key we rarely use to unlock our overall health.</div><div><br /></div><div>In <i>Water Works: Hydrate for Life</i>, we discussed the power of water for our physical bodies as well as watering our lives with nourishing activities. Some people act harshly toward others because they are dry on the inside and it’s difficult to be a giving person when you feel spiritually dehydrated. We also practiced mindfully drinking water as a meditative exercise. Participants left the session feeling grateful and empowered to incorporate new self-care activities in their lifestyle. </div><div><br /></div><div><b>BPL: You have had some interesting classes so far, from the Self-Care Truth or Dare kickoff debunking myths last September to topics like healthy eating & a 60-second self-care challenge. For those who missed those classes, share what you taught. </b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Wade</b>: <i>Self-Care Truth or Dare</i> was an eye-opener to the community that attended that afternoon. It was great to see their faces as I smashed each myth! We have this concept of what self-care is and it seems too expensive or far-fetched to be deemed necessary. We addressed it all in that session and the participants absorbed the truth that self-care is a lifestyle, not a luxury. This included exercises like mindfully eating your food so you’re not always eating in a hurry or eating while watching television. </div><div><br /></div><div><i>Mindful Eating</i> makes you slow down and truly think about the process of caring for yourself instead of letting what's "eating you" end up on your plate. </div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i>The 60-second Self-Care Challeng</i>e was so much fun! Participants spun a wheel of various self-care activities such as drinking an 8 oz bottle of water, line dancing, hugging themselves, and more. Everyone left with smiles that evening and said they appreciate the reminder that self-care is accessible at any time! </div><div><br /></div><div>“<i>Dance Your Heart In</i>, held last month on February 12, is the brainchild of my creative self and my health coaching self. I host this event a couple of times a year. I’ve been a dancer and choreographer for almost 30 years. When I became a licensed massage therapist and health coach, I thought - what better way to merge self-care and dancing? Self-care is also about being free to love yourself inside and out, so in the spirit of National Heart Month and Valentine’s Day week, we grooved and made our hearts happy! </div><div><br /></div><div><b>BPL: Give a brief synopsis of the last classes in the series by month as listed below from April through June:</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Monday, April 8, 2024 | How to Advocate for Your Health</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Monday, May 13, 2024 | Party of One: How to Date Yourself </b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Monday, June 10, 2024 | Journaling For Life </b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Wade: </b> <i>About April 8's How to Advocate for Your Health</i> - It is easy to feel defeated after a medical visit. I know this first-hand. So, I’m sharing everything I learned through my personal journey and more, like asking the right questions, finding the right physician for their needs.</div><div><br /></div><div><i>May 13's Party of One: How to Date Yourself -</i> Social anxiety is real and for some, it can dismantle the social care part of their overall health. In this session, we discuss and practice how to break down the walls of social anxiety by self-caring in public places, such as a restaurant, park, and more! There’s an art to being comfortable in solo situations and participants will learn how to customize their own self-care date! Introverts, this class is especially made for you!</div><div><br /></div><div><i>June 10's Journaling For Life - Lastly, the Journaling For Life</i> session will use tools from previous sessions to incorporate journaling as part of their self-care regimen. If you missed the previous sessions, it’s OK. I’ll have a recap to help. </div><div><br /></div><div><b>BPL: What do you hope participants learn from these classes? </b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Wade: </b>I hope people will recognize that self-care is not a lofty, expensive thing you have to chase. It’s reachable and customizable. My activities may not look like yours and both can be effective. Everyone deserves a healthy version of themselves and it just takes one step at a time to believe it.</div><div><br /></div><div><b> BPL: Any last minute advice for those interested on the importance of getting started on a self-care program series at home for individuals and their families? </b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Wade: </b>Yes! Use your calendar as accountability. Notice how many times YOU are in it. That is your first step as an individual. The next is respecting that practice among your family. They will reap the benefit of you being a healthy you and even accept your example as one to follow. I’m a witness of that.</div>Roy L. Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07138062410707522763noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23599562.post-68475413143071286002024-03-07T15:24:00.001-06:002024-03-12T14:12:08.477-05:00ACE the ACT With The Birmingham Public Library!<p style="text-align: left;"></p><p style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIzVl99_473NUm2d9jXi4qNC93E1Ph5-CKqrBopNM5saVKmkWDTvxtA9hutwTSwns4V-BNvcUsCAQKVX3asucMghkR9U_GhdpTAIvDp8wpJviOM-ncFXLcKivlPGJ5389ShCdbBxe9xu5fuLsIo7sj-tWH92thcHXk20kUB0ftVgWhoIFoQhkZ/s3300/ACT-2024%20flyer.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Flyer for the ACT Prep Workshop at the Springville Road Regional Branch Library on Saturday, March 16, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m." border="0" data-original-height="3300" data-original-width="2550" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIzVl99_473NUm2d9jXi4qNC93E1Ph5-CKqrBopNM5saVKmkWDTvxtA9hutwTSwns4V-BNvcUsCAQKVX3asucMghkR9U_GhdpTAIvDp8wpJviOM-ncFXLcKivlPGJ5389ShCdbBxe9xu5fuLsIo7sj-tWH92thcHXk20kUB0ftVgWhoIFoQhkZ/w494-h640/ACT-2024%20flyer.jpg" width="494" /></a></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">The ACT test is often required for college admissions and scholarships, yet it is a dreaded and anxiety-filled experience for many high school students. The <a href="https://www.cobpl.org/" target="_blank">Birmingham Public Library (BPL)</a> is ready to help with our <a href="https://www.cobpl.org/calendar/?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventid%3D172650220" target="_blank">ACT Prep Workshop</a> taking place on Saturday, March 16, 2024, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the <a href="https://www.cobpl.org/locations/branch/SpringvilleRoad/" target="_blank">Springville Road Regional Branch Library</a>, 1224 Springville Rd. </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span></span></p><a name='more'></a><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">Attendees will learn test-taking strategies and take a full-length practice ACT exam. The cost will be $30.00, including test preparation materials, a calculator, and lunch. Tickets are required and available through <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/act-prep-workshop-tickets-810745972027?aff=oddtdtcreator" target="_blank">Eventbrite</a>. The deadline to register is this Friday, March 15. </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">For more information about the ACT Workshop, contact the Springville Road Library at 205-226-4083.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">Additionally, the Birmingham Public Library offers <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search?query=ACT%20study%20guides&searchType=everything&pageSize=10" target="_blank">ACT study guides</a> for you to check out. You can also access free, online tutorials through the <a href="https://www.learningexpresshub.com/ProductEngine/LELIndex.html#/learningexpresslibrary/libraryhome" target="_blank">LearningExpress Library College Admissions Test Preparation</a> database on your library's public use computers or remotely with your <a href="https://www.cobpl.org/services/LibraryCards/" target="_blank">library card</a>. </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;"><b>By Laura Gentry | Librarian Ⅱ, Springville Road Regional Branch Library</b></span></p>Cheyenne Trujillohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01376561401915075832noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23599562.post-89258348023948836282024-03-07T12:56:00.002-06:002024-03-07T15:10:53.398-06:00Delicacies from the Basement: A Look at the Queen of Muffins<p style="text-align: left;"></p><p style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOd-MJQNhHCbrMwKkHr0LHuqvzxLijYnVMJF8QmVz1gglA5HBM4A-HhYJQl9vPBq8bhdsGxAzmo29-uD-5kr7b1t1YPWWm0aXno1KDp5deqhlej89GPMr90dgqt5zuwKqhmenEWjT5JlTwayZKQGrqMVTrDtdKxpYU6L3Aq1-DyEGcLndKg9iM/s360/Queen%20of%20Muffins.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Photo of the Queen of Muffins that Connor made. There is about a dozen of lightly golden muffins resting on a baking pan." border="0" data-original-height="202" data-original-width="360" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOd-MJQNhHCbrMwKkHr0LHuqvzxLijYnVMJF8QmVz1gglA5HBM4A-HhYJQl9vPBq8bhdsGxAzmo29-uD-5kr7b1t1YPWWm0aXno1KDp5deqhlej89GPMr90dgqt5zuwKqhmenEWjT5JlTwayZKQGrqMVTrDtdKxpYU6L3Aq1-DyEGcLndKg9iM/w640-h360/Queen%20of%20Muffins.png" width="640" /></a></p><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Welcome to the <a href="https://www.cobpl.org/" target="_blank">Birmingham Public Library's</a> Delicacies from the Basement: an Archive's cooking blog series! </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I am starting these posts with a recipe taken from the Rumford Cookbook.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">For those of you who may not know, Rumford is a company that specializes in baking powder and has been in operation since 1856. The recipe that I am using is from 1906. This recipe is for the Queen of Muffins. Only the most royal of baking goods would be able to l</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">aunch this foray into culinary history. </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><a name='more'></a><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">If you wish to view the <a href="https://www.cobpl.org/locations/central/archives/Default.aspx" target="_blank">collections</a> or cookbooks you can call 205-226-3631 or email me at <a href="mailto:connor.marullo@cobpl.org">connor.marullo@cobpl.org</a></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;"></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">Collection: Long Family Papers AR2091.10.3</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">To start, let's break down the recipe to see what worked and what did not. For reference, a scan of the original recipe can be found at the bottom of this post. The instructions require that you cream a stick of butter while slowly adding in the sugar and eggs. With the modern conveniences of an electric mixer, this shouldn't take too long. I used a wooden spoon, so it took a bit longer than I wanted, but the results turned out well. Especially compared to a coworker who used a mixer. The consistency of the muffins for both bakes was roughly the same. </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Once the butter has been creamed and the sugar mixed into the batter, you add the eggs. Sift the baking soda and flour before adding it, alternating with the milk. Again, modern appliances will make the constant mixing easy on the arms. The ingredients combined easily and thoroughly. After adding the milk, baking soda, and flour, you are ready to pour the batter into a muffin pan and bake. Here is where the cookbook throws us a curve ball—it does not include a temperature to set the oven, so I tried 370℉ with no issue. Luckily, the baking time was included with the recipe and after 25 minutes, they should be done. My coworker cooked the muffins at 350</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">℉ for 30 minutes and the muffins turned out about the same.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">When the muffins finish baking, they are ready to eat. I highly recommend eating these muffins warm. They are softer and easier to chew. As the muffins cool, they will become denser. They resemble a biscuit more than a muffin, although they retain a subtle sweetness. My coworker commented that they almost resemble the taste of sweet cornbread and would likely go well with chili. Due to the tougher texture, I recommend adding butter, jam, or honey to add some flavor and moisture to the muffin. </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">Final thoughts on this bake: the recipe was simple and easy to follow. While cooking appliances would make the preparation easier, they are not necessary for this recipe. The muffins do not take long to bake and are hardy. These are not delicate muffins, by any means. It is easy to tell they come from a different time.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">All in all, I would give this recipe 3 archival boxes out of 5!</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><p style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu0FTGfDCLSthmQT9_7m5_GkV4ruTjfzSTO-u5MaKBstzZk_tkdvYzbPJdcTlwPCCVhjkKhipzGjRJPgYmpnK9STtdPCvPgYC9JVwMU5L4Bg7jMbn5Y4WbnqRWw4rfVDnbnHl3FX85QGyLYS7KQTCmmmO1mfBokHuI3-SrmFcsecSJn-6tRxAC/s1430/Queen%20of%20Muffins%20Recipe.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="The recipe for Queen of Muffins from the Ramford Cookbook" border="0" data-original-height="509" data-original-width="1430" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu0FTGfDCLSthmQT9_7m5_GkV4ruTjfzSTO-u5MaKBstzZk_tkdvYzbPJdcTlwPCCVhjkKhipzGjRJPgYmpnK9STtdPCvPgYC9JVwMU5L4Bg7jMbn5Y4WbnqRWw4rfVDnbnHl3FX85QGyLYS7KQTCmmmO1mfBokHuI3-SrmFcsecSJn-6tRxAC/w640-h228/Queen%20of%20Muffins%20Recipe.png" width="640" /></a></p><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">Follow the <a href="https://www.cobpl.org/locations/central/archives/?fbclid=IwAR3afb3W0SnG6J0-qRBqyVrGDppWQLcp8YhlS6VuBxjiQqxVCq1-HfViO-I" target="_blank">Archives & Manuscripts Department</a> on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/BirminghamArchives" target="_blank">Facebook</a> and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/bplarchives/" target="_blank">Instagram</a> for more treasures from the basement and updates on our programs.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;"><b>By Connor Marullo | Assistant Archivist, Archives & Manuscripts Department</b></span></p>Cheyenne Trujillohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01376561401915075832noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23599562.post-58162506262277611142024-03-06T16:15:00.006-06:002024-03-07T08:45:12.891-06:00Friends Foundation of Birmingham Public Library to Host Book Fair at Hi-Wire Brewing March 7, Spring Booksale at Central Library April 4-6<div><p style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb9OzLG1JM9EAO1aNJdsXvsNHWXQ8LCMe3GK9nObb5JGt4gdTNTv42jAHspZ0Q5e4LNue6snxnVV8i7juTzfV9vqHbrbR1RCSp9iNDGEqS5l3ziUBIlcyvEzhV_HWyvc6H1aPWCwtG9XQzRqXMimniI99SGREyOSrltbj0F502z7T419xnWM5v/s4219/Hi-Wire%20Book%20Fair%20Spring%202024.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4219" data-original-width="3375" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb9OzLG1JM9EAO1aNJdsXvsNHWXQ8LCMe3GK9nObb5JGt4gdTNTv42jAHspZ0Q5e4LNue6snxnVV8i7juTzfV9vqHbrbR1RCSp9iNDGEqS5l3ziUBIlcyvEzhV_HWyvc6H1aPWCwtG9XQzRqXMimniI99SGREyOSrltbj0F502z7T419xnWM5v/w512-h640/Hi-Wire%20Book%20Fair%20Spring%202024.jpg" width="512" /></a></p><p style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2ILZ8bm5md2lNHWSBHSgqjiX5UhnaZrYD0Mm8-13S42YA3dZs1I4NV39PZNCmO82-HiXSqaTHlj9Jb9jJUPC8M4jAVmthMvQBh5QIP3-mrZ9pwh95oqWhW6rhPd_OP_To3MUlZyfYtWg94h5bRJi1G4K2xBmEWVWEZJNOQ7mt7sQVhngyRghwAg/s3300/BPL%20Friends%20SPRING%20Booksale%20Central%20April%207,%202024.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3300" data-original-width="2550" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2ILZ8bm5md2lNHWSBHSgqjiX5UhnaZrYD0Mm8-13S42YA3dZs1I4NV39PZNCmO82-HiXSqaTHlj9Jb9jJUPC8M4jAVmthMvQBh5QIP3-mrZ9pwh95oqWhW6rhPd_OP_To3MUlZyfYtWg94h5bRJi1G4K2xBmEWVWEZJNOQ7mt7sQVhngyRghwAg/w494-h640/BPL%20Friends%20SPRING%20Booksale%20Central%20April%207,%202024.jpg" width="494" /></a></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b>Birmingham, Ala. -</b> Want to support the <a href="https://www.cobpl.org/">Birmingham Public Library</a> and find great book deals at the same time? You have two upcoming opportunities to do both at book sales hosted by the<a href="https://www.cobpl.org/"> Friends Foundation of the Birmingham Public Library.</a></p><div><b>This Thursday, March 7, from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m., Hi-Wire Brewing at 2901 4th Avenue South is hosting the Friends Foundation Book Fair. </b>Drop by after work and create your reading list while taking advantage of Hi-Wire Brewing's Benefit Pint Night! $1.00 from each purchase from Taps #5-8 (Double Hi-Pitch, Pink Lemonade Sour, Mountain Water and Leisure Time Lager) will be contributed to the Friends Foundation to help support the programs and services of the Birmingham Public Library. </div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://bplolinenews.blogspot.com/2024/01/hi-wire-brewing-hosting-another-friends.html">Hi-Wire Brewing hosted another Friends Foundation book fair benefiting the BPL earlier this year.</a></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Also, the Friends Bookstore Spring Book Sale will be held at the Central Library in downtown Birmingham, 2100 Park Place, from Thursday through Saturday, April 4–6</b>. See the times on the flyer above. </div><div><br /></div><div>Learn more about the<a href="https://www.friendsofthebpl.org/"> Friends Foundation of the Birmingham Public Library</a> by reading this interview Friends of BPL President Sandi Lee did last fall with Mary Hannah McPhail-Edwards.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNxwVPZjC0S434-rC1vOLGVLbHLhP8vRAF7GYFjZ_OIYWXosCH9iK1O8iSNl7dzFKvk_8_GRcWIo-0VBxhOiv9Tc6kY3_7mpcY-gaL_oYKNlfKbqUu3FtinHn1Zsr-0yFKWnqoVJEIb-_vC_A63A65WejaF61uZX-cU9nMcu7aHlsWWv6ijTt3yQ/s1920/Friends%20of%20BPL%20Bookstore%20front.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1440" height="457" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNxwVPZjC0S434-rC1vOLGVLbHLhP8vRAF7GYFjZ_OIYWXosCH9iK1O8iSNl7dzFKvk_8_GRcWIo-0VBxhOiv9Tc6kY3_7mpcY-gaL_oYKNlfKbqUu3FtinHn1Zsr-0yFKWnqoVJEIb-_vC_A63A65WejaF61uZX-cU9nMcu7aHlsWWv6ijTt3yQ/w343-h457/Friends%20of%20BPL%20Bookstore%20front.jpg" width="343" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>The Friends of BPL Bookstore is located on the first floor of the Central Library downtown.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>“Once a librarian always a librarian,” declares Sandi Lee, president of the Friends Foundation of the Birmingham Public Library. “It’s hard to get that out of your blood.”</div></div><div><br /></div><div>For 25 years, she was a librarian at the Birmingham Public Library, where she often worked closely with the Friends Bookstore, a used bookstore located inside the library. A year after her retirement, the library bug bit her again. She offered her expertise to the Friends Bookstore, which is both a valuable source of books, audio books, CD’s, and DVDs for Birmingham readers, and a fundraiser for the Birmingham Public Library. </div><div><br /></div><div>“You come in and you’ll find something different every time,” says Lee. Fiction used to be the Friends Bookstore’s top sellers, but Lee says it has been outmatched by history and biography. Since Birmingham has long been a center of history, including the civil rights movement, industrial progress, and more recent urban renewal and growth, this is not surprising. </div><div><br /></div><div>As a nonprofit, the Friends Bookstore is passionate about giving residents of Birmingham a place to learn about and serve their city. The Friends Bookstore is staffed entirely by volunteers, many of whom are retired professionals—retired librarians, lawyers, nurses, and IT technicians.</div><div><br /></div><div>“The volunteers we currently have are ‘book people,’ but ‘people people,'" says Lee. “They like to come in and interact with people.” </div><div><br /></div><div>Volunteers and readers are able build a community together based on their common love of reading. For example, one volunteer, a retired nurse, learned that a frequent customer was in medical school. Luckily, the Friends Bookstore was able to help.</div><div><br /></div><div>"Week before last, we had a gentleman at St. Vincent’s whose colleague passed away, and he was given the task of disposing of his medical books. Some of them were still in the shrink wrap.” </div><div><br /></div><div>In addition to helping the customer find medical textbooks at a manageable price, the volunteer was also able to provide mentorship and support. According to Lee, these relationships are one of the many rewards of volunteering at the Friends Bookstore. </div><div><br /></div><div>"People bring their specialty with them when they come in to volunteer, and they’re really able to share that.”</div><div><br /></div><div>In addition to books and other materials discarded by the library, the Friends Bookstore also accepts donations from members of the community. </div><div><br /></div><div>"People can’t throw away books,” says Lee.</div><div><br /></div><div>Even if donated books are not sold in the Friends Bookstore, they will not go to waste. The Friends Bookstore finds them a home elsewhere.
When the main library’s books are lost and stolen, the Friends Bookstore helps them fill in the gaps. </div><div><br /></div><div>“A lot of times, people take it upon themselves to relieve the library of things they don’t like,” Lee observes. With book banning on the rise in the South, the Birmingham Library hopes to stand in favor of free speech and against censorship, a goal that the Friends Bookstore helps accomplish. </div><div><br /></div><div>Besides the library itself, the Friends Bookstore has many other channels it uses to provide books to Birmingham. One of the Friends Bookstore's main objectives is to support library outreach in the community. Lee says, "We get lots and lots of children's books, and we have relationships with individuals and organizations that sponsor the Little Free Libraries in their communities. We are also able to help organizations that offer summer camps for children and want to have books available during those sessions."</div><div><br /></div><div>Older readers also have the Friends Bookstore to thank for their books. “We have had relationships with nursing homes and different residential facilities,” says Lee. </div><div><br /></div><div>In addition, the Friends Bookstore partners with Books to Prisons, a nonprofit that sends free books to incarcerated individuals in Alabama and Texas. </div><div><br /></div><div><u>Friends Bookstore Hours and Location </u></div><div><br /></div><div><i>The Friends Bookstore is on the first floor of the Birmingham Public Library downtown. It is open to patrons on Monday through Friday from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., and the first Saturday of every month from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. </i></div><div><br /></div><div>Prior to COVID, the hours were more expansive, but once more volunteers step up, the Friends Bookstore hopes to be able to increase their hours again. </div><div><br /></div><div>The Friends Bookstore is currently seeking volunteers. Shifts are usually four hours or less, and they are always willing to work with their volunteer’s schedules. </div><div><br /></div><div><i>To donate or volunteer, call 205-226-3676 or email Friendsbookstore@cobpl.org. All donors receive a donation receipt, which can be used to claim tax deductions.</i></div>Roy L. Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07138062410707522763noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23599562.post-85225661435056214362024-03-06T12:12:00.011-06:002024-03-08T15:00:43.721-06:00“Voice Carry: Art by Alabama Women” Coming To The Birmingham Public Library Downtown<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBZYCoT6lXgUDAfdNyam4B3t3DRfBRFPw_OMO9woYkwzyE2e9Tn6GNfmpnYohC5Q9tPOEL4F09ay3B6Huo3DSKRbOgUWWlwoDK0jbMPxqnZUKXSXKiNd8iSUzj-3yqlcSl5aayZ4a4JoyoH7oD33pnK6fgbezxsoHEXrem4QEEXFOrz5HGwAmNaA/s581/Voices%20Carry%20-Annie%20Tolliver%20Painting.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="581" data-original-width="576" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBZYCoT6lXgUDAfdNyam4B3t3DRfBRFPw_OMO9woYkwzyE2e9Tn6GNfmpnYohC5Q9tPOEL4F09ay3B6Huo3DSKRbOgUWWlwoDK0jbMPxqnZUKXSXKiNd8iSUzj-3yqlcSl5aayZ4a4JoyoH7oD33pnK6fgbezxsoHEXrem4QEEXFOrz5HGwAmNaA/w426-h430/Voices%20Carry%20-Annie%20Tolliver%20Painting.jpg" width="426" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>"Me and My Friend Playing Cards," Annie Tolliver, 1996 </i><div><br style="text-align: left;" /></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div><b>Birmingham, Ala. -</b> In celebration of Women’s History Month, a new art exhibition is set to open at the <a href="https://www.cobpl.org/">Birmingham Public Library</a> . <i>Voices Carry: Art by Alabama Women </i>will debut at an artists' reception in the Fourth Floor Gallery at the <a href="https://www.cobpl.org/locations/central/">Central Library'</a>s Fourth Floor Gallery. BPL looks forward to making an announcement about the opening and reception dates as soon as possible.</div><div><br /></div><div>The exhibition features work by 20 artists and will be on display through Friday, April 26. It is the latest installment in <a href="https://bplolinenews.blogspot.com/2024/01/alabama-state-council-on-arts-funds.html">BPL’s new visual arts series, <i>Art for Everyone</i></a>. Please see below for brief background information on each artist participating in <i>Voices Carry: Art by Alabama Women.</i> </div><div><br /></div><div>The show follows on the heels of the exhibition <i><a href="https://bplolinenews.blogspot.com/2024/01/contemporary-quilts-from-gees-bend-on.html">Assembly: Contemporary Gee’s Bend Quilts</a></i>. Exhibitions showcasing works by<a href="https://bplolinenews.blogspot.com/2024/02/misty-bennett-candy-crush-art-exhibit.html"> Misty Bennett</a> and <a href="https://bplolinenews.blogspot.com/2024/02/stacey-holloway-othernesses-exhibit.html">Stacey Holloway</a> are currently on view on the first floor of the Central Library through Friday, March 29. </div><div><br /></div><div><i>Voices Carry</i> is <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/variouscurators/">curated by Paul Barrett</a> and BPL's Margaret Splane.
The exhibition has been made possible, in part, by grants from the <a href="https://arts.alabama.gov/">Alabama State Council on the Arts </a> and the <a href="https://www.arts.gov/">National Endowment for the Arts</a>, awarded to the<a href="https://www.friendsofthebpl.org/"> Friends Foundation of the Birmingham Public Library</a>. </div><div><br /></div><div><u>Artists featured in <i>Voices Carry: Art by Alabama Women</i>:</u></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Sara Garden Armstrong </b>recently published a monograph titled <i>Threads and Layers </i>to accompany a travelling solo exhibition of the same name. She founded the art space <a href="https://groundfloorcontemporary.com/">Ground Floor Contemporary</a> and has work in the collections of major museums around the world. </div><div><br /></div><div><b>Kelly Bryant</b> is the current Alabama Fellow for <a href="https://www.southarts.org/southern-prize-state-fellowships">South Arts' Southern Prize</a> and teaches graphic design at <a href="https://www.auburn.edu/">Auburn University</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Merrilee Challiss </b>serves as Executive Director of <a href="https://www.studiobythetracks.org/">Studio by the Tracks</a> and has exhibited her work nationally. She has participated in Birmingham's art scene dating back to her cofounding of the popular music venue Bottletree. </div><div><br /></div><div><b>Tameca Cole</b>’s work is in the collections of the <a href="https://www.moma.org/">Museum of Modern Art</a> and the <a href="https://www.artsbma.org/">Birmingham Museum of Art</a>. She was the 2021 Alabama Fellow for South Arts' Southern Prize and in 2020 received the <a href="https://www.artmattersfoundation.org/grantees">Art Matters Foundation Grant</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Deidre Darby</b> is a recent BFA graduate from the <a href="https://www.montevallo.edu/">University of Montevallo</a>. </div><div><br /></div><div><b>Brenda Davis </b>is a longtime guest artist at the<a href="https://www.kentuck.org/"> Kentuck Festival</a> with work included in many private and museum collections. </div><div><br /></div><div>The triptych by <b>Patti B. Driscoll </b>on display at BPL is a larger version of the triptych in the collection at the <a href="https://www.artsbma.org/">Birmingham Museum of Art</a>. </div><div><br /></div><div><b>Lauren Frances Evans</b> teaches art and manages the art gallery at <a href="https://www.samford.edu/">Samford University</a>. </div><div><br /></div><div><b>Jenny Fine</b> is the 2023 Fellow for <a href="https://www.southarts.org/southern-prize-state-fellowships">South Arts' Southern Prize</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Erin London</b> is an artist activist whose work can be seen in the travelling exhibition <i>Embodied</i>.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Betty Sue Matthews </b>is a longtime guest artist at the <a href="https://www.kentuck.org/">Kentuck Festival</a>. Her work is included in many private and museum collections. </div><div><br /></div><div><b>Haruyo Miyagawa</b> is the former manager of the visual arts program at BPL and is an accomplished printer and multimedia artist. Haruyo is also the visionary behind <a href="https://www.facebook.com/BardsandBrews">Bards & Brews</a>, BPL's popular spoken word poetry event. </div><div><br /></div><div><b>Amy Pleasant</b> is the first recipient of South Arts' Southern Prize and a <a href="https://www.gf.org">Guggenheim Fellow</a>, a fellowship for individuals interested in the arts. </div><div><br /></div><div><b>Irasema Quezada</b> received a BFA at<a href="https://www.uab.edu/home/"> UAB</a> and is currently working on an MFA at the <a href="https://www.ua.edu/">University of Alabama</a>. </div><div><br /></div><div><b>Debra Riffe </b>was the longtime graphic designer for the City of Birmingham and recently had a solo exhibition the <a href="https://mmfa.org/">Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts </a>. </div><div><br /></div><div><b>Mary Ann Sampson </b>has exhibited her artist books at the <a href="https://www.si.edu/">Smithsonian Institution</a> and numerous other museums. She is featured in multiple publications about book artists. </div><div><br /></div><div><b>Carolyn Sherer </b>has work in the Smithsonian's <a href="https://npg.si.edu/">National Portrait Gallery</a> among numerous other museums. She has a new monograph coming out this year. </div><div><br /></div><div><b>Annie Tolliver </b>was a longtime guest artist at the <a href="https://www.kentuck.org/">Kentuck Festival</a>. Her work is included in many private and museum collections. </div><div><br /></div><div><b>Yvonne Wells</b> received the Governor's Award from the state of Alabama, and her work is featured in numerous museums throughout the United States. She has a monograph coming out this year through the <a href="https://www.uapress.ua.edu/">University of Alabama Press</a>. </div><div><br /></div><div><b>Joi West </b>is the Alabama State Council on the Arts’ inaugural <a href="https://arts.alabama.gov/Programs/Visual_Arts/Gay_Burke_Memorial_Fellowship_Photographic_Arts.pdf">Gay Burke Fellow for Photography</a>. </div><div><br /></div><div><b>By Margaret Splane| Library Assistant III, BPL Community Engagement & Fundraising </b></div>Roy L. Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07138062410707522763noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23599562.post-61454633126610831302024-03-06T10:41:00.018-06:002024-03-18T07:56:23.851-05:00Celebrate Women's History Month 2024 With Your Local BPL Library<p style="text-align: left;"></p><p style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqdJMVLDwc9C02GK5i7M3KlhyJnUaMkm8PTMYK5apsrrUlcp3YxdwuxmSBw0im9GhWIcAgOo7yOefH8JGlhhzgSofz3SmtRZxbK0-A89QmsWhXK_xLxTknt-T6b5iKqLkp9Zdxvv1IplPCIPhbrt8xBuxGz6ee8qN33NY4snLay83erfpsm4SP/s1080/WHM%202024%20Blog%20Lead%20Image%20T2.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Simple graphic featuring a collage of line drawn women with maroon in the palette. It says, "The Birmingham Public Library presents Women's History Month Programs 2024," and " Women who Advocate for Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion."" border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqdJMVLDwc9C02GK5i7M3KlhyJnUaMkm8PTMYK5apsrrUlcp3YxdwuxmSBw0im9GhWIcAgOo7yOefH8JGlhhzgSofz3SmtRZxbK0-A89QmsWhXK_xLxTknt-T6b5iKqLkp9Zdxvv1IplPCIPhbrt8xBuxGz6ee8qN33NY4snLay83erfpsm4SP/w640-h640/WHM%202024%20Blog%20Lead%20Image%20T2.png" width="640" /></a></p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">March is </span><a href="https://www.womenshistorymonth.gov/" style="font-family: Calibri;" target="_blank">Women's History Month</a><span style="font-family: Calibri;">! Celebrate and learn more about women's history and rights with the </span><a href="https://www.cobpl.org/" style="font-family: Calibri;" target="_blank">Birmingham Public Library (BPL)</a><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.</span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">Several <a href="https://www.cobpl.org/locations/" target="_blank">BPL locations</a> are hosting programs in honor of the month as well as creating book displays with books by or featuring women that you can check out from the library.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><a name='more'></a><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">As more programs are created, this blog will be updated with the latest Women's History Month programs. Here are all the programs that the BPL is hosting so far:</span></p><h1 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://www.cobpl.org/locations/branch/Avondale/" target="_blank">Avondale Regional Branch Library</a> | 509 40th Street S, Birmingham, AL 35222</span></h1><h2><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">All-Ages Programs</span></h2><h4><p style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b>Grab N' Go: Women's History Month Magnet Craft<br /></b></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b>All month long | During hours of operation<br /></b></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Create your own Women's History Month magnet! This keepsake craft can be completed in the library or picked up to take home. Available while supplies last. </span></span></p></h4><h1 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://www.cobpl.org/locations/central/" target="_blank">Central Library</a> | 2100 Park Place, Birmingham, AL 35203</span></h1><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;"></span></h2><h2><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">All-Ages Programs</span></h2><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><a href="https://www.cobpl.org/calendar/default.aspx?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventid%3D172422479" target="_blank"><b><i>Misty Bennett: Candy Crush</i></b><br /></a></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b>Open through Friday, March 29<br /></b></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b>Open for viewing during hours of operation<br /></b></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;"><i><a href="https://bplolinenews.blogspot.com/2024/02/misty-bennett-candy-crush-art-exhibit.html" target="_blank">Misty Bennett: Candy Crush</a></i> features vibrant oil paintings of abstract food imagery that expresses the artist's perspective on both the surplus and scarcity of food in the United States of America. Through the use of color and texture, Bennett explores the notion of food as a metaphor for our psychological and emotional states of being. <i>Candy Crush </i>is open for viewing in the First Floor Gallery located in the hallway just past the stairs of the East Building</span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b><a href="https://www.cobpl.org/calendar/default.aspx?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventid%3D172422531" target="_blank"><i>Stacey Holloway: Othernesses</i><br /></a></b></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b>Open through Friday, March 29<br /></b></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b>Open for viewing during hours of operation</b></span></span><b><br /></b></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;"><i><a href="https://bplolinenews.blogspot.com/2024/02/stacey-holloway-othernesses-exhibit.html" target="_blank">Stacey Holloway: Othernesses</a></i> features intriguing animal sculptures and other creations by artist Stacey Holloway. Through the exploration of storytelling and ethology, Holloway creates work that communicates a universal societal connectivity. </span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><i style="font-family: Calibri;">Othernesses </i><span style="font-family: Calibri;">is open for viewing in the Lobby Gallery located on the first floor of the East Building in the display cases by the entrance to the Central Library's parking lot. </span></span></p><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">Mixed-Ages Programs </span></h2><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b><a href="https://www.cobpl.org/calendar/default.aspx?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventid%3D172425867" target="_blank">Women's Work: Discovering the Occupations of Your Female Ancestors</a><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b>Wednesday, March 20 | 11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.<br /></b></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Learn how census records, city directories, and more shed light on where and how women worked. This program is intended for Tweens, Teens, and Adults and is happening in person on the 4th floor of the Research Library in the Computer Lab and virtually via Zoom. You can access the Research Library by crossing the skybridge found on the 3rd floor of the East Building. Register to get the Zoom link by <a href="https://www.cobpl.org/calendar/?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventid%3D172425867" target="_blank">visiting the BPL's calendar page</a>.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">The opening for <a href="https://bplolinenews.blogspot.com/2024/03/voice-carry-art-by-alabama-women.html" style="font-style: italic;" target="_blank">Voices Carry: Art by Alabama Women</a>, an Art for Everyone exhibition, at the Central Library is postponed. We will make another announcement with the opening and reception dates as soon as possible.</span></span></span></p><h1><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://www.cobpl.org/locations/branch/Avondale/" target="_blank">East Ensley Branch Library</a> | 900 14th Street Ensley, Birmingham, AL 35218</span></h1><h2><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">Adult Programs</span></h2><h4><p style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b>Women's Hat Tea: Hattitude<br /></b></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b>Friday, March 15 | 2:00 p.m.<br /></b></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Historically hats have been popular among women, representing wealth, place in society, and religious virtue. Nothing is more southern than women in hats and tea. Come join the fun by strutting your favorite covering and discussing hat history.</span></span></p></h4><h1 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://www.cobpl.org/locations/branch/FivePointsWest/" target="_blank">Five Points West Regional Branch Library</a> | 4812 Avenue W, Birmingham, AL 35208</span></h1><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">Mixed-Ages Programs</span></h2><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b><a href="https://www.cobpl.org/calendar/default.aspx?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventid%3D172211572" target="_blank">Saturday Movie Matinee—<i>Barbie</i></a><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b>Saturday, March 16 | 2:00–4:00 p.m.<br /></b></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Barbie and Ken are having the time of their lives in the colorful and seemingly perfect world of Barbie Land. This program is intended for Teens and Adults. </span></span></p><h1 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://www.cobpl.org/locations/branch/NorthBirmingham/" target="_blank">North Birmingham Regional Branch Library</a> | 2501 31st Avenue N, Birmingham, AL 35207</span></h1><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">All-Ages Programs</span></h2><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;"><b>Yolanda Flowers Speaks<br /></b></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;"><b>Thursday, March 28 | 1:00 p.m.<br /></b></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">Yolanda Flowers will share her life story and journey toward running to become Alabama's first African American governor. She ran in the Democratic Party for Governor of Alabama in 2022.</span></span></p><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">Adult Programs </span></h2><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://www.cobpl.org/calendar/default.aspx?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventid%3D172651684" target="_blank">"Her"story Keepsake Boxes</a><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;"><b>Thursday, March 7 | During hours of operation<br /></b></span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">Celebrate Women's History Month with this special craft! Learn how to make a collage keepsake box using images of iconic women throughout "Her"story. Supplies will be provided. </span></p><h1><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://www.cobpl.org/locations/branch/PrattCity/" target="_blank">Pratt City Branch Library</a> | 509 Dugan Avenue, Birmingham, AL 35214 </span></h1><div><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;"><h2 style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">All-Ages Programs</span></h2><div><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;"><b>Barbie's World <br /></b></span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;"><b>Monday, March 18–Thursday, March 28 | </b><b>Open for viewing during hours of operation</b><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">Come learn Barbie's history, examine her iconic fashions, and many careers. This exhibit explores all things Barbie.</span></span></div><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;"></span></p></span></div><h2><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">Adult Programs</span></h2><p><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;"><b>Alma Thomas: The Artist <br /></b></span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;"><b>Monday, March 18 | 1:30 p.m.<br /></b></span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">Who doesn't love art? Come learn about the artist who developed a powerful form of abstract painting. And take time and enjoy trying your hand at creating your own inspired Alma Thomas art piece.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;"><b>Margaret F. Rudkin: Her Story <br /></b></span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;"><b>Thursday, March 28 | 1:30 p.m.<br /></b></span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">Join us to learn about the remarkable life of an American businesswoman and the Pepperidge Farm Story.</span></span></span></p><h1 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://www.cobpl.org/locations/branch/Smithfield/" target="_blank">Smithfield Branch Library</a> | 1 8th Avenue W, Birmingham, AL 35204 </span></h1><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">All-Ages Program</span></h2><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://www.cobpl.org/calendar/default.aspx?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventid%3D171724197" target="_blank">I AM WOMAN Movie Series</a> <br /></b></span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;"><b>Wednesdays, March 6, 13, 20, and 27 | 3:30–5:00 p.m.<br /></b></span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">Join us for a new movie screening about or featuring women every Wednesday. </span></p><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">Adult Programs</span></h2><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://www.cobpl.org/calendar/default.aspx?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventid%3D171724193" target="_blank">Empowering Women Self-Care Kit</a> <br /></b></span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;"><b>Monday, March 25 | 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.<br /></b></span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">Get a self-care kit for women in honor of Women's History Month.</span></p><h1 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://www.cobpl.org/locations/branch/SpringvilleRoad/" target="_blank">Springville Road Regional Branch Library</a> | 1224 Springville Road, Birmingham, AL 35215</span></h1><h2><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">Adult Programs</span></h2><p><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://www.cobpl.org/calendar/?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventid%3D171713534" target="_blank">Fiction Book Club</a><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;"><b>Tuesday, March 12 | 2:00–3:00 p.m.</b><br /></span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">March's pick is <i><a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=7e1eec94-d8f4-57c8-af15-93bb46519328&entityType=FormatGroup" target="_blank">Lady Tan's Circle of Women</a> </i>by <a href="https://jeffa.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=3a61f780-c2a6-11ea-97d5-a3c3f1d37396&entityType=Agent" target="_blank">Lisa See</a>. Inspired by a true story, this novel follows the life and friendship between physician Tan Yunxian and midwife Meiling in 15th-century China until Yunxian's family sets her up in an arranged marriage and forces her to stop practicing medicine and helping the women around her. Fiction Book Club meets in person and virtually through Zoom. Register to get the Zoom link by <a href="https://www.cobpl.org/calendar/?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventid%3D171713534" target="_blank">visiting the BPL's calendar page</a>.</span></p><h1><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://www.cobpl.org/locations/branch/Titusville/" target="_blank">Titusville Branch Library</a> | 2 6th Avenue SW, Birmingham, AL 35212</span></h1><h2><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">All-Ages Programs</span></h2><p><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://www.cobpl.org/calendar/default.aspx?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventid%3D173018011" target="_blank">Follow Your Own North Star: A Dramatization of the Life of Harriet Tubman</a><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;"><b>Wednesday, March 27 | 11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. </b><br /></span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">Famed elocutionist A. Faye Boykin and artist Dr. Ton McDowell will portray Harriet Tubman in a dramatization of the life of this American hero. Viewers will find themselves traveling back in time as Ms. Boykin reenacts events from Tubman's life, becoming immersed in the journey trod by this icon of equality. Participants will learn aspects of Harriet Tubman's life they were previously unaware of through this exciting work of art.</span></p><h1 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://www.cobpl.org/locations/branch/Woodlawn/" target="_blank">Woodlawn Branch Library</a> | 5709 1st Avenue N, Birmingham, AL 35212</span></h1><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">All-Ages Programs</span></h2><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://www.cobpl.org/calendar/?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventid%3D172794873" target="_blank">Women's History Month Crossword Puzzles</a><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;"><b>All month long | During hours of operation </b><br /></span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">A Women's History Month Crossword Puzzle is a fun and easy way to celebrate this March!</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">You can find more media spotlights on women on <a href="https://www.cobpl.org/virtual/databases/default.aspx?p=3&q=285#db" target="_blank">Kanopy</a>, <a href="https://www.cobpl.org/virtual/databases/default.aspx?p=3&q=290#db" target="_blank">Hoopla</a>, <a href="https://meet.libbyapp.com/?utm_origin=lightning&utm_page_genre=tout&utm_list=meet_libby&utm_content=libby_tout_learnmore_06019018" target="_blank">Libby</a>, and <a href="https://www.cobpl.org/virtual/databases/default.aspx?p=3&q=228#db" target="_blank">Freegal</a>.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">Bards & Brews, which happens monthly on the 1st Friday, hosted a Women's History Month themed open mic for March. You can find clips of our poet's performances from that night on the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/BardsandBrews" target="_blank">Bards & Brews Facebook page</a>. </span></p><h1 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-large;">How Did Women's History Month Start?</span></h1><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">Women's History Month started in 1978 as Women's History Week, a local celebration put on </span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">by the Education Task Force of the Sonoma County Commission on the State of Women</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> in Santa Rosa, California. They chose the week of March 8 to incorporate International Women's Day into the celebration. Local Women's History Week observances spread across the country, and in 1980, a collection of women's groups and historians led by the National Women's History Project (now the </span><a href="https://nationalwomenshistoryalliance.org/" style="font-family: Calibri;" target="_blank">National Women's History Alliance</a><span style="font-family: Calibri;">) successfully lobbied for the week to be recognized nationally. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">President Jimmy Carter issued the first Presidential Proclamation in February 1980, declaring the week of March 8th as National Women's History Week. The National Women's History Alliance continued to lobby for it to be a monthlong observation instead of for a weeklong one and Congress finally passed Public Law 100-9 in 1987, which designated March as Women's History Month. </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span>The </span>National Women's History Allianc</span>e<span style="font-family: Calibri;"> still chooses the annual theme for March. 2024's theme is "</span><a href="https://nationalwomenshistoryalliance.org/2024-whm-theme/" style="font-family: Calibri;" target="_blank">Women Who Advocate for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion</a><span style="font-family: Calibri;">" to recognize women who strive to "eliminate bias and discrimination entirely" so we can have a positive future.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Learn more about women's history on the <a href="https://www.womenshistory.org/" target="_blank">National Women's History Museum website</a>.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">You can find more programs and opportunities for Women's History Month around Birmingham! The <a href="https://www.bcri.org/event/whm-2024/" target="_blank">Birmingham Civil Rights Institute</a> is hosting programs throughout the month; Sidewalk is running a <a href="https://sidewalkfest.com/programs/women-in-film-week/" target="_blank">Women in Film Week</a> from Thursday, March 7, through Sunday, March 10; and the <a href="https://www.workingforamerica.org/women-advanced-manufacturing" target="_blank">Women in Advanced Manufacturing</a> is offering a free 6-month, part-time pre-apprenticeship training program for women of color that starts on Thursday, March 7. These classes will be taught at Lawson State Community College's Bessemer campus.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;"><b>By Cheyenne Trujillo | Library Assistant Ⅲ, Public Relations</b></span></p>Cheyenne Trujillohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01376561401915075832noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23599562.post-49339924387586372132024-03-04T12:02:00.002-06:002024-03-04T14:56:48.913-06:00East Ensley Branch Library Expanding to Monday-Friday Hours Starting Today, Monday, March 4<p> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdpIQOmmCUMGJUZRuXKuM7XjducPYaardAXTm4eZGfC85HOb8ntkUwYZntjjVW7XVAKWQgeQs3Lfk4hzePAf2Euw67N1olod0uC-3Qpbsx4bz_6REiXuWOLcnMhCiuktv2HBaQDuuPXQffxZhorhm0wgv4rXK63T6dQyRstMTN4WVpML2BxWqeKg/s1377/East%20Ensley%20Library%20Staff%20holding%20new%20books.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="917" data-original-width="1377" height="389" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdpIQOmmCUMGJUZRuXKuM7XjducPYaardAXTm4eZGfC85HOb8ntkUwYZntjjVW7XVAKWQgeQs3Lfk4hzePAf2Euw67N1olod0uC-3Qpbsx4bz_6REiXuWOLcnMhCiuktv2HBaQDuuPXQffxZhorhm0wgv4rXK63T6dQyRstMTN4WVpML2BxWqeKg/w583-h389/East%20Ensley%20Library%20Staff%20holding%20new%20books.jpg" width="583" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>L-R: East Ensley Library Branch Manager Kenyata Rodgers and Library Assistant III's Benjamin Bolton, Darian Chaverest and Nakia Bradley. </i> </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><b>Birmingham, Ala. -</b> Good news for <a href="https://www.cobpl.org/">Birmingham Public Library</a> patrons in Ensley:<a href="https://www.cobpl.org/locations/branch/EastEnsley/"> East Ensley Branch Library</a> is expanding to Monday through Friday operating hours starting at 9:00 a.m. today, Monday, March 4, 2024. <div><br /></div><div>East Ensley Branch is located at 900 14th Street Ensley. The library will now be open to the public from Mondays through Fridays from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.</div><div><br /></div><div>"I am excited for East Ensley to open five days a week because it increases our ability to serve and meet the needs of our community," said Kenyata Rodgers, Branch Manager of East Ensley Library. "My desire is that people in the area recognize our library as a consistent space where they can find a welcoming environment Monday through Friday to connect with others and grow together."</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.cobpl.org/locations/branch/EastEnsley/">About East Ensley Branch Library </a></div><div><br /></div><div>East Ensley Library opened its doors in 1965 to serve Moore Elementary School, Councill Elementary School, Western-Olin High School and the neighborhood. In 1995, East Ensley Branch Library was renovated.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.cobpl.org/locations/branch/EastEnsley/">Hours of Operation at East Ensley Library </a></div><div><br /></div><div>Mondays through Fridays 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.</div><div><br /></div><div> Address for East Ensley Branch Library</div><div><br /></div><div> 900 14th St., Ensley
Birmingham, Alabama 35218-1206 </div><div><br /></div><div><b>Phone (205) 787-1928 </b></div><div><br /></div><div>Directions:</div><div><br /></div><div>• Take I-59/20 to 20th Street Ensley exit. </div><div>• At Avenue I, turn right.</div><div> • Go 6 blocks to 14th Street Ensley.</div><div> • East Ensley Library is on the corner.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjryznS1uyIdx17TlUyb-zF6GeQPssFxKehDiZ1rPjettXhCZV_yVB-C_ksQsBevlf6g6JSx199YgxoyW6pwn04qRPOp5Ix9xUQ3NNhNquOZjbalnbZ1lXs74wFLImuH77YfYwPddn0qF27TriUTVJhtTfTG5CxIdnv1BALazrPWMJ60HHPs1dCcQ/s1377/East%20Ensley%20Library%20Staff%20by%20computers.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="917" data-original-width="1377" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjryznS1uyIdx17TlUyb-zF6GeQPssFxKehDiZ1rPjettXhCZV_yVB-C_ksQsBevlf6g6JSx199YgxoyW6pwn04qRPOp5Ix9xUQ3NNhNquOZjbalnbZ1lXs74wFLImuH77YfYwPddn0qF27TriUTVJhtTfTG5CxIdnv1BALazrPWMJ60HHPs1dCcQ/w457-h304/East%20Ensley%20Library%20Staff%20by%20computers.jpg" width="457" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div>Roy L. Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07138062410707522763noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23599562.post-91419983177251422972024-02-29T13:52:00.002-06:002024-02-29T13:56:54.426-06:00Bards & Brews Women's History Month Open Mic Happening at Birmingham District Brewing Company, Friday, March 1<p style="text-align: left;"></p><p style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDDhPLREialV6ZMGgh1yl1HVrZwa27W19tPK1auHk5Vu2xBJEanCzBX55RdNxGyDwmj6bCfjwIAmyX8u4STtEM5yIgB3Sw249BzBCwQ4X5U2F8ThDH4IUiajvmMi2S_qMSngjI4B1_oQixuHjQ_6bOZpOu4Jmp0MxRmnuk7Tk4-Dfhzbl8MRnH/s3300/Bards&Brews-March2024%20Updated%20All%20Ages%20Venue.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Bards & Brews Women's History Month Open Mic happening at Birmingham District Brewing Company on Friday, March 1, at 6:30 p.m. Features poet Joi Miner and is hosted by Thed Weller" border="0" data-original-height="3300" data-original-width="2550" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDDhPLREialV6ZMGgh1yl1HVrZwa27W19tPK1auHk5Vu2xBJEanCzBX55RdNxGyDwmj6bCfjwIAmyX8u4STtEM5yIgB3Sw249BzBCwQ4X5U2F8ThDH4IUiajvmMi2S_qMSngjI4B1_oQixuHjQ_6bOZpOu4Jmp0MxRmnuk7Tk4-Dfhzbl8MRnH/w494-h640/Bards&Brews-March2024%20Updated%20All%20Ages%20Venue.jpg" width="494" /></a></p><p style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">Bards & Brews is hosting a <a href="https://nationalwomenshistoryalliance.org/" target="_blank">Women's History Month</a> themed Open Mic at the Birmingham District Brewing Company this Friday, March 1, featuring "America's Next Great Author," <a href="https://www.joiminer.com/" target="_blank">Joi Miner</a>.</span></p><p style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">Starting at 6:30 p.m., join us for an evening of spoken word poetry reflecting on womanhood and women's history paired with craft beers. <a href="https://www.birminghamdistrictbrewing.com/" target="_blank">Birmingham District Brewing Company</a> is releasing a new beer on Friday night—keep reading to learn more. </span></p><a name='more'></a><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;"><b>What:</b> <a href="https://www.cobpl.org/calendar/?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventid%3D172504227" target="_blank">Bards & Brews Women's History Month Open Mic</a></span></li><li><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;"><b>When:</b> Friday, March 1, 2024 | Starts at 6:30 p.m.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;"><b>Where:</b> <span><a href="https://www.birminghamdistrictbrewing.com/" style="background-color: white;" target="_blank">Birmingham District Brewing Company</a> </span>| <span style="background-color: white;">2201 2nd Ave S, Suite 102, Birmingham, AL 35233</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;"><b>Details: </b>Birmingham metro area's most talented poets will share original spoken word poetry honoring women at the Bards & Brews Women's History Month Open Mic held at the Birmingham District Brewing Company. Hosted by Thed Weller, this March open mic features poet Joi Miner, a local author recently awarded the title of "America's Next Great Author." Attendees are welcome to perform with their choice of spoken word art or take a seat in the audience to support our artists. This program is free and open to the public, but bring payment if you would like to get a drink from our host brewery. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Bards & Brews is sponsored by the Alabama State Council on the Arts.</span></span></li></ul><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">Bards & Brews is on the road for March!</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">It is our first time out of the library for 2024 and our first time at Birmingham District Brewing Company. This open mic is specially dedicated to women for <a href="https://nationalwomenshistoryalliance.org/" target="_blank">Women's History Month in March</a>. The theme for the 2024 Women's History Month is "<a href="https://nationalwomenshistoryalliance.org/2024-whm-theme/" target="_blank">Women Who Advocate for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion</a>." Bards & Brews is free, open to the public, and everyone is welcome to perform with their preferred form of spoken word art; please try to adhere to the night's theme. </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Our resident host local poet Thed Weller will introduce our featured guest and set the tone as good beer and spoken word poetry flows through the night.</span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri;"> </span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">March's featured poet is local author <a href="https://www.joiminer.com/" target="_blank">Joi Miner</a>!</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUQnruiFXlii-zX571ZNEjg8cRdLOyjQp7VJLMe4QVZ7RusZlZ4byo_ge6hopwnEAFtnN8bimslxZnaAam8glbxr0BVXOsvoiqxrox0Q2Rto7ETDmvUyqdVJe7oOdnmsZQQsLpEjOVRFSmGbQhHWkVJArU5I_34WXWU1hj58dVSTYukLPWY5fq/s595/Joi%20Dada%20Catalog.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Headshot of Joi Miner" border="0" data-original-height="396" data-original-width="595" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUQnruiFXlii-zX571ZNEjg8cRdLOyjQp7VJLMe4QVZ7RusZlZ4byo_ge6hopwnEAFtnN8bimslxZnaAam8glbxr0BVXOsvoiqxrox0Q2Rto7ETDmvUyqdVJe7oOdnmsZQQsLpEjOVRFSmGbQhHWkVJArU5I_34WXWU1hj58dVSTYukLPWY5fq/w400-h266/Joi%20Dada%20Catalog.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri;">Joi Miner is local "Author-Preneu" and mother of two who has supported her family through a variety of independent enterprises, including editing, writing, spoken word performances, and advocating and facilitating workshops on domestic violence, sexual assault, and LGBTQ+ rights. She was recently awarded the title of "<a href="https://americasnextgreatauthor.com/" target="_blank">America's Next Great Author</a>" from the reality TV show of the same name created by <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author Kwame Alexander. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri;">Miner writes in the African American Urban Fiction, Urban Paranormal, and Lesbian Fiction/Paranormal genres. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri;">She was one of the keynote speakers at last year's </span><a href="https://bplolinenews.blogspot.com/2023/10/central-library-hosting-2023-local.html" style="font-family: Calibri;" target="_blank">Local Authors Expo</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri;">.</span></span></p><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">To keep up with her latest projects, visit <a href="https://www.joiminer.com/" target="_blank">her website</a> and follow her on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/joiminer" target="_blank">Instagram</a> and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/joiminer2" target="_blank">Facebook</a>.</span></p><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.birminghamdistrictbrewing.com/" target="_blank">Birmingham District Brewing Company</a> is hosting Bards & Brews at their downtown microbrewery located in The Battery, an event space. Their brewery's name hails all the way back from the early 1850s when Alabama's first state geologist Michael Tuomy, an immigrant from Cork, Ireland, documented the mineral resources of the area. His report mapped the rich minerals found in the area between Springville and Vance that make iron and steel, later dubbing this area as the "Birmingham District."</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">The founders of Birmingham District Brewing Company come from right here in Birmingham and as far as Texas with an eclectic mix of backgrounds including geology. Combining over 20 years of brewing expertise, they strive to craft better and bolder beers. Oceanic Flight 815, their newest beer release, debuts as a part of their Bartenders Series. This tropical Light Lager has notes of pineapple, grapefruit, lime, and allspice (4.4% ABV).</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">Their brewery offers small snacks for hungry guests, but you can bring over a full meal from one of their Battery neighbors: <a href="https://www.gusfriedchicken.com/locations/birmingham-alabama" target="_blank">Gus's World Famous Fried Chicken</a> or <a href="https://wasabijuan.com/" target="_blank">Wasabi Juan's</a>. Gus's offers southern sides, like fried okra and greens, homemade pies, and "...serve up some of the world's best fried chicken." Wasabi Juan's fuses your favorite American Latin dishes with fresh sushi ingredients to make the "South's Sushi Burritos." You have your choice of both raw and cooked sushi burritos (including vegetarian options), inventive tacos, soups, and a sweet fruit filled roll for dessert.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">Free parking is available in The Battery's parking lot. You can find more parking in the streets around the block, and it is free after 5:00 p.m. Monday–Friday and on the weekends in Birmingham. </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">Keep up with the Birmingham District Brewing Company by subscribing to their newsletter on <a href="https://www.birminghamdistrictbrewing.com/" target="_blank">their website</a> and follow them on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/districtbrews" target="_blank">Instagram</a>, <span><span style="background-color: white;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/districtbrews" target="_blank">Facebook</a>, and <a href="https://untappd.com/BhamDistrictBrewing/" target="_blank">Untappd</a> </span></span>to see their latest beer release and other events.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY8MAmiuWuFUsxS4IV2D-vKBNkmkqecKT5yQdOFxmdCgoDhxymICO3CZCozcLslnwjw3Eaxy4CBKmznn3x2nJDW4Psoe7ktzFUQVPRQFfkxXHCeryRIrjwOjIAS60fd70PezNTqswLDv-MW01PDGdBnoiKELWAC1JJa29IHtSnDaDXKwEJi8rR/s1080/01.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Photo showing and advertising the BPL's new t-shirts" border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY8MAmiuWuFUsxS4IV2D-vKBNkmkqecKT5yQdOFxmdCgoDhxymICO3CZCozcLslnwjw3Eaxy4CBKmznn3x2nJDW4Psoe7ktzFUQVPRQFfkxXHCeryRIrjwOjIAS60fd70PezNTqswLDv-MW01PDGdBnoiKELWAC1JJa29IHtSnDaDXKwEJi8rR/w400-h400/01.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">The Birmingham Public Library's </span><span style="background-color: white;">newly r</span><span style="background-color: white;">eleased t-shirts will also be available at Bards & Brews for a charitable cash donation of $20.00 or more to the library. Local artist Yalldove Prints designed these shirts, drawing inspiration from the library's Ezra Winter murals. The design on the shirt features a motif from the ceiling joist and can be interpreted as a tree of knowledge with the bowl of fire symbolizing the spark of creativity and curiosity. These shirts are available at the Central Library at the Circulation Desk during their hours of operation. Please bring a cash donation to Bards & Brews if you would like to get a shirt at the event; the Circulation Desk can accept cash or card donations. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">Follow <a href="https://www.facebook.com/BardsandBrews" target="_blank">Bards & Brews on Facebook</a> and <a href="http://www.bplonline.org/" target="_blank">the BPL</a> on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/BirminghamPublicLibrary" target="_blank">Facebook</a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/bplpics/" target="_blank">Instagram</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/bpl" target="_blank">Twitter</a>, and <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/403402/admin/" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a> for more Bards & Brews updates. </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">By Cheyenne Trujillo | Library Assistant Ⅲ, Public Relations </span></b></p>Cheyenne Trujillohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01376561401915075832noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23599562.post-44931461472272742212024-02-28T14:44:00.002-06:002024-02-28T14:58:48.025-06:00Birmingham Public Library Adds "FinancialFit" to Database Collection<p style="text-align: left;"></p><p style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1NIgnmgR-gdnJ3DlvJKdxBTxP64K7npKqjkB2m-86Pchjata_bBzDJcVkW70lfBpEmW5sRowhpm6xDqfrO1s1OWkS8hCKTAe9qmygAAi3HaTPTsDF6hc21ykIANyL9QYQonafAOfHJaXAzzSaK5e2qczcQA1ShDy_yE1RuBmeijiK5PNuWzxN/s1200/FinancialFit-Social-Image-Mobile-Phone-Credit-Card-1200.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="A young woman in a bright yellow hoodie and blue jeans sits on the ground with her back resting against a grey couch. In her right hand, is a red smartphone and she is holding a credit card in her left hand. This image advertises FinancialFit and beneath the logo, it says, "Available through Your Library."" border="0" data-original-height="675" data-original-width="1200" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1NIgnmgR-gdnJ3DlvJKdxBTxP64K7npKqjkB2m-86Pchjata_bBzDJcVkW70lfBpEmW5sRowhpm6xDqfrO1s1OWkS8hCKTAe9qmygAAi3HaTPTsDF6hc21ykIANyL9QYQonafAOfHJaXAzzSaK5e2qczcQA1ShDy_yE1RuBmeijiK5PNuWzxN/w640-h360/FinancialFit-Social-Image-Mobile-Phone-Credit-Card-1200.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">The <a href="https://www.cobpl.org/" target="_blank">Birmingham Public Library (BPL)</a> is proud to announce the inclusion of <i><a href="https://www.cobpl.org/virtual/databases/default.aspx?p=3&q=366#db" target="_blank">FinancialFit</a></i> to our database collection.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">This is a free e-learning resource that breaks down personal finances, like creating a budget or managing debt, in a quick and approachable way.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span></span></p><a name='more'></a><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">The mission of <i>FinancialFit</i> is to provide easy-to-understand, interactive financial literacy to everyone. <i>FinancialFit</i> was created by educational and financial experts with over eighty years of combined experience helping people with diverse financial goals navigate complex topics. They have tackled personal finance to guide you on your way to financial understanding and freedom.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">The Birmingham Public Library provides free access to <i>FinancialFit</i>, an e-learning resource containing short, easy-to-understand lessons, videos, and interactive tools to help you navigate all areas of personal finance. <i>FinancialFit</i> allows the user to learn the basics of monthly budgeting, managing expenses, planning for emergencies and big purchases, setting up bank accounts, and much more.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">Most lessons can be completed in under five minutes each!</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">Topics include: </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">Managing Debt</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">Getting a Car</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">Starting Work Life</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">Getting Married </span></li><li><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">Building Credit</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">Buying a Home</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">Managing Car Payments</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">Understanding Taxes</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">Paying for Higher Education</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">Planning for Big Purchases/Holiday</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">Creating a Savings Plan</span></li></ul><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">Achieve your financial resolutions with <i>FinancialFit</i>. Log in now!</span><p></p><div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">Visit the Birmingham Public Library to connect to <i>FinancialFit</i>:</span></p><p></p><ul><li><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">Go to the BPL website: <a href="http://www.cobpl.org">www.cobpl.org</a></span></li><li><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">Select "<a href="https://www.cobpl.org/virtual/databases/" target="_blank">Databases</a>" from the black ribbon at the top of the page</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">Search for and select "<i><a href="https://www.cobpl.org/virtual/databases/default.aspx?p=3&q=366#db" target="_blank">FinancialFit</a></i>"</span></li></ul><p></p><p><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">Patrons can create personal accounts in order to save their work in progress, store score reports, and revisit any practice tests, tutorials, or eBooks. Registration only requires a valid email address and a password.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">You may need a <a href="https://www.cobpl.org/services/LibraryCards/" target="_blank">BPL library card</a> to access this resource outside of a <a href="https://www.cobpl.org/locations/" target="_blank">BPL library</a>.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;"><b>By Caleb West | Director of Collection Management, Central Library</b></span></p></div>Cheyenne Trujillohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01376561401915075832noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23599562.post-45261412697335177452024-02-27T09:50:00.002-06:002024-02-27T11:08:48.194-06:00Birmingham Public Library Adds "Miss Humblebee's Academy" to Database Collection<p style="text-align: left;"></p><p style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMIAZHu0ksR3fwz0xr44QktrYF15ZZucwtjac0gqyxf1IfC0w0gVUeOzlZhadFqU6dlXw2xdWxYA-q4dOtfafqBCLQdr9skn8rTPGQdlslRPCZcLaxKaiyU16EtmjNS4CA1t8dFTSVYLYTMevo4zZajOTakV0jPRPUpQp-z_n1Ykkw037ydEqa/s1065/MHA_Banner_1065x605_2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="A child and a parent are sitting together while the child uses the laptop. They are both smiling. It is an advertisement for Miss Humblebee's Academy" border="0" data-original-height="605" data-original-width="1065" height="364" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMIAZHu0ksR3fwz0xr44QktrYF15ZZucwtjac0gqyxf1IfC0w0gVUeOzlZhadFqU6dlXw2xdWxYA-q4dOtfafqBCLQdr9skn8rTPGQdlslRPCZcLaxKaiyU16EtmjNS4CA1t8dFTSVYLYTMevo4zZajOTakV0jPRPUpQp-z_n1Ykkw037ydEqa/w640-h364/MHA_Banner_1065x605_2.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">The <a href="https://www.cobpl.org/" target="_blank">Birmingham Public Library (BPL)</a> is proud to announce the inclusion of <i><a href="https://www.cobpl.org/virtual/databases/default.aspx?p=3&q=363#db" target="_blank">Miss Humblebee's Academy</a></i> to our database collection.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">This digital resource offers free online preschool curriculum to prepare children for a successful start in their academics. </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span></span></p><a name='more'></a><p></p><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;"><i>Miss Humblebee's Academy</i> Can Help Children Be Ready for Kindergarten</span></h2><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;"><i>Miss Humblebee's Academy</i>, an interactive, online preschool curriculum, is free through the library. It fosters early literacy skills in children ages 3 to 6—setting them up for success in kindergarten and beyond.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">This award-winning program prepares young learners for school with hundreds of guided lessons using videos, music, eBooks, and more. Kids will explore art, music, fitness, language, reading, math, science, social studies, and social and emotional learning. To ensure screen time is limited, 40 percent of the material is off-line and printable resources and STEAM (science, technology, engineering, the arts, and mathematics) activities are included. </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">Parents and caregivers can track their child's learning outcomes through weekly progress reports that are emailed and available online 24/7.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">Best of all, <i>Miss Humblebee's Academy </i>offers a safe learning environment—free of pop-ups, ads, and links to other websites. </span></p><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">Why Wait?</span></h2><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">Tap into the natural excitement and curiosity of children with this fun and interactive learning solution. </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">Visit the Birmingham Public Library to connect to <i>Miss Humblebee's Academy</i>:</span></p><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">Go to the BPL website: <a href="http://www.cobpl.org">www.cobpl.org</a></span></li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">Select "<a href="https://www.cobpl.org/virtual/databases/" target="_blank">Databases</a>" from the black ribbon at the top of the page</span></li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">Search for and select "<i><a href="https://www.cobpl.org/virtual/databases/default.aspx?p=3&q=363#db" target="_blank">Miss Humblebee's Academy</a></i>"</span></li></ul><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">Patrons can create a guest account to get familiar with <i>Miss Humblebee's Academy</i> and/or take lessons or create an actual account for a more personalized experience. You must have a <a href="https://www.cobpl.org/services/LibraryCards/" target="_blank">BPL library card</a> to access this resource outside of a <a href="https://www.cobpl.org/locations/" target="_blank">BPL library</a>.</span><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;"><b>By Caleb West | Director of Collection Management, Central Library </b></span></p><p></p>Cheyenne Trujillohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01376561401915075832noreply@blogger.com0