SEPTEMBER & OCTOBER 2021 Calendar of Events

Metro South Middle School Cross Country Championships

11am-2pm, Veterans Park, Hoover. www.hooveral.org.

22 Friday

Homecoming Parade

Noon-1pm. Celebrate UAB Homecoming as campus departments, student organizations, and community members display their Blazer pride around campus., calendar.uab.edu.

23 Saturday

Pepper Place Market

7am-noon. Rain or shine! https://pepperplacemarket.com.

UAB Blazers Football vs. Rice University Owls Football

Protective Stadium. $20-$80. calendar.uab.edu.

28 Thursday

Hoover Hayride & Family Night

5-8pm, Veterans Park. www.hooveral. org.

NEEDTOBREATHE: Into the Mystery Tour

7pm, Oak Mountain Amphitheatre. $25-$79.50.

29 Friday

Magic City Music Fest

7:30pm, BJCC Concert Hall. $55-$75. 30 Saturday

Pepper Place Market

7am-noon. Rain or shine! https://pepperplacemarket.com.

Alabama Wildlife Center’s Owl-O-Ween

11am-2pm, Alabama Wildlife Center. Free educational program for children! Free after paid admission to Oak Mountain State Park. See Facebook page.

Alton Brown

7:30pm, BJCC Concert Hall. $28-$123.

31 Sunday - Halloween

1925 Silent Film Classic The Phantom of the Opera

2pm, The Alabama Theatre. The 1925 classic silent film will be played on the big screen featuring Tom Helms playing his original score on Big Bertha, the Alabama Theatre’s Mighty Wurlitzer organ. This event raises funds for Alabama Chapter of the American Theatre Organ Society (ATOS). 205-252-2262, www.alabamatheatre.com. $14.

Due to the pandemic, many attractions may not be open or may have abbreviated times. Be sure to check ahead.

nAldridge Botanical Gardens 3530 Lorna Road, Hoover. 205682-8019, www.aldridgegardens. com

nAlabama Jazz Hall of Fame 1631 Fourth Ave. N., Birmingham. 205-254-2731, www. jazzhall.com

nAlabama School of Fine

Arts

1800 Rev. Abraham Woods, Jr. Blvd., www.asfa.k12.al.us

nAlabama Sports Hall of

Fame

2150 Richard Arrington Blvd. N., Birmingham. 323-6665, www.ashof.org

nAlabama Wildlife Center 100 Terrace Dr., Pelham. 205663-7930. www.awrc.org

nAmerican Village Highway 119, Montevallo. 205-665-3535, www.americanvillage.org

Photo by Christy Pierce Photography

nBarber Motorsports Park 6040 Barber Motorsports Pkwy., Leeds. 205-298-9040, www.barbermotorsports.com

nBirmingham Botanical

Gardens

www.bbgardens.org/documents/ treasuremapforweb.pdf 2612 Lane Park Rd., Birmingham. 205-414-3900, www. bbgardens.org

nBirmingham Children’s

Theatre

1001 19th St. N., Birmingham, AL, 35203, 205-458-8181, www.bct123.org

nBirmingham Civil Rights

Institute

16th St. N., Birmingham. 205328-9696, www.bcri.org nBirmingham Museum of Art Bart’s Art Cart! Free drop-in art program for kids and families features a different theme from galleries and art activity each month. Saturdays from 11am1pm. Bart’s Books. A storytelling program for children ages 4-7. 2000 Rev. Abraham Woods Jr. Blvd., Birmingham. 205-2542565, www.artsbma.org

nBirmingham Public

Libraries

Find a library near you for fun events and enrichment! www.bplonline.org

nBirmingham Zoo 2630 Cahaba Rd., Birmingham. 205-879-0409, www.birminghamzoo.com nHeart of Dixie Railroad

Museum

1919 Ninth St., Calera. 205-6683435, www.hodrrm.org

nJefferson County Library

Cooperative

Find a library close to you for all kinds of fun events and enrichment. www.jclc.org

nMcWane Science Center/

IMAX Theater

200 19th St. N., Birmingham. 205-714-8300, www.mcwane. org.

nMoss Rock Preserve Preserve Pkwy., Hoover. 205739-7141, www.hooveral.org.

nOak Mountain State Park 200 Terrace Dr., Pelham. 205620-2520, www.alapark.com. nRuffner Mountain Nature

Center

1214 81st St. S., Birmingham. 205-833-8264, www.ruffnermountain.org.

nShelby County Public Libraries Find a library near you for all kinds of fun events and enrichment. www.shelbycounty-al.org

nSouthern Museum of Flight 4343 73rd St. N., Birmingham. 205-833-8226, www.southernmuseumofflight.org

nTannehill Ironworks Histori-

cal State Park

12632 Confederate Pkwy., McCalla. 205-477-5711, www. tannehill.org

nVulcan Park 1701 Valley View Dr., Birmingham. 205-933-1409, www.vulcanpark.org

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Vulcan, Birmingham’s colossal icon, is the world’s largest cast iron statue and one of the most memorable works of civic art in the United States. Designed by Italian sculptor Giuseppi Moretti in 1904, Vulcan has overlooked Birmingham from atop Red Mountain since the 1930’s.

After the statue’s massive restoration at the turn of the century, Vulcan Park Foundation reopened Vulcan Park and the new museum in 2004.

Since then, Vulcan Park and Museum has welcomed thousands of visitors from Alabama, the country, and across the world. Guests enjoy the lush grounds of the park, the iconic statue and its observation tower, and the only museum referencing Birmingham’s history making it an ideal initial stop for anyone visiting the area for the first time.

Vulcan Park and Museum is home to fun family events such as Vulcan’s Birthday Bash, Thunder on the Mountain, Vulcan AfterTunes, and many educational programs designed to carry out the mission of Vulcan Park Foundation: To preserve and promote Vulcan as the symbol for the Birmingham region, to advance knowledge and understanding of Birmingham’s history and culture, and to encourage exploration of the region.

Come meet the “Original Iron Man” and have fun learning about how he has stood for Birmingham for more than 113 years.

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