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Oh, My Aching Back! 24 Aug 2013 | 01:00 am
Many of us have had back aches, either because we overestimated what we could lift or we just moved the wrong way and then the pain started. This past week, at lunch time, I was stopped at a red light...
Read and Romp Birmingham at Railroad Park 24 Aug 2013 | 12:53 am
There’s a great event on September 7th from 9-12 at the Railroad Park called Read and Romp-Birmingham. It’s an exciting, innovative, and FREE family literacy event for children 3-5 years old and their...
Marian McPartland, Grand Dame of Jazz Piano, Passes Away at Age 95 23 Aug 2013 | 01:22 am
Marian Turner was born in Windsor, England, on March 20, 1918. She played piano by ear from an early age, but at her mother’s demand unwillingly studied violin for five years until she was 14. About t...
Book Review: The Yellow Birds 22 Aug 2013 | 08:26 pm
The Yellow Birds: A Novel Kevin Powers What it Was Like Like the narrator of his first novel, Kevin Powers fought in Iraq as a very young man. In an interview with the newspaper The Guardian he exp...
Woodlawn Neighborhood Fun Day 22 Aug 2013 | 07:50 pm
The Woodlawn Neighborhood Association will be hosting their annual neighborhood Fun Day on Saturday, August 24, 12:00-4:00 p.m., at Willow Wood Park Recreation Center (5312 Georgia Road, Birmingham, A...
Birmingham Public Library Looks at George Wallace and the Birmingham Freedom Struggle 21 Aug 2013 | 08:01 pm
The Birmingham Public Library Archives will host a panel discussion by three eminent historians examining Governor George Wallace’s role in Birmingham’s civil rights struggle and Wallace’s continuing ...
E-Books Workshop Offered in September RLCC Class Schedule 21 Aug 2013 | 03:11 am
Registration for the Regional Library Computer Center (RLCC) September 2013 computer classes is now open to the public with an E-Books workshop added to the list. An E-Book is basically a digital ver...
Money Talks! Stories about Cold, Hard Cash, August 19 18 Aug 2013 | 07:00 pm
Dolores Hydock If you are looking for a more entertaining approach to learning about personal finance, please join us at the Avondale Library on Monday, August 19, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Famed storyteller Do...
What I Read This Summer 18 Aug 2013 | 03:30 am
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE Even though I work at BPL, I don’t read nearly as much as my coworkers which they hold over my head as a source of shame. Despite my aversion to...
Children's Book Review: Liar & Spy 17 Aug 2013 | 01:05 am
Liar & Spy Rebecca Stead This is the story of George (the “s” is silent). Like many middle grade protagonists he is a seventh grader trying to navigate through the dark, murky waters of middle schoo...
