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Friday August 1, 2008
MTV's Anniversary
Start: 1:13 pm

MTV debuted today 27 years ago. In honor, dance around in some neon-colored bike shorts to “Video Killed the Radio Star.”

Itty Bitty Magic City
Start: 2:35 pm
Start: 08/01/2008 - 14:35
End: 08/31/2008 - 14:35
All month, see this exhibit featuring print-sized versions of Birmingham’s landmarks at the McWane Science Center. Call 714.8300 for hours and information.
Maria Mitchell's birthday
Start: 10:00 pm
End: 10:59 pm
Maria Mitchell, the first professional female astronomer in the United States, was born on this day in 1818. Mitchell was raised in a Quaker community, which was one of the few groups that felt women should have equal educational opportunities as men. She had the notable discovery that sunspots are “whirling vertical cavities” and not, as thought at the time, clouds. 
Saturday August 2, 2008
Itty Bitty Magic City
(all day)
Start: 08/01/2008 - 14:35
End: 08/31/2008 - 14:35
All month, see this exhibit featuring print-sized versions of Birmingham’s landmarks at the McWane Science Center. Call 714.8300 for hours and information.
Folk Fest
Start: 1:15 pm

Come on out, folks for this year’s Birmingham Folk Festival at Avondale Park from 10:00 a.m. – 9:00 p.m. All day long and into the night, hear live bluegrass and folk music. Admission is $15 benefiting Mitchell's Place, a comprehensive Autism Treatment center. Check out details at http://www.birminghamfolkfest.com

Alabama Theater
Start: 1:15 pm
Raise your hand if the movie Gremlins used to give you nightmares. It’s playing at the Alabama Theatre tonight at 7 pm if you want to see if the microwave scene still creeps you out. Visit alabamatheatre.com for more information.
Myrna Loy's birthday
Start: 10:00 pm
End: 10:59 pm
Life is not a having and a getting, but a being and a becoming.” Myrna Loy would have been 103 today. She used her fame in the 1930s-40s to champion the rights of black actors and to give them dignity onscreen, rather than the stereotypes they often played at the time.
Sunday August 3, 2008
Itty Bitty Magic City
(all day)
Start: 08/01/2008 - 14:35
End: 08/31/2008 - 14:35
All month, see this exhibit featuring print-sized versions of Birmingham’s landmarks at the McWane Science Center. Call 714.8300 for hours and information.
Take Me Out
Start: 1:27 pm
Free Baron’s tickets for Vulcan members. Simply present your membership card for entrance to the game and root, root, root for the home team!
Martha Stewart's birthday
Start: 10:00 pm
End: 10:59 pm
Martha Stewart’s birthday is today. Bake a cake entirely out of the flour you hand-milled from your personal wheat crop and decorate it with homemade buttercream frosting and fruit from your organic orchard to celebrate.

Monday August 4, 2008
Itty Bitty Magic City
(all day)
Start: 08/01/2008 - 14:35
End: 08/31/2008 - 14:35
All month, see this exhibit featuring print-sized versions of Birmingham’s landmarks at the McWane Science Center. Call 714.8300 for hours and information.
Cheers for Beers
Start: 1:18 pm

With school back in session this month, add some beer education to your class schedule with Beer 101 at J.Clyde’s from 7:00-8:00 p.m. Scottish Beer Pro, Stuart Carter, pours out knowledge over four beers and appetizers. Cost is $25. Reservations accepted but not required. Call 939.1312.

Meg Whitman's birthday
Start: 10:00 pm
End: 10:59 pm
Today is the 52nd birthday of Meg Whitman, former President and CEO of eBay. Since resigning from eBay in March 2008, she is considering a run for Governor of California in 2010.

Tuesday August 5, 2008
Itty Bitty Magic City
(all day)
Start: 08/01/2008 - 14:35
End: 08/31/2008 - 14:35
All month, see this exhibit featuring print-sized versions of Birmingham’s landmarks at the McWane Science Center. Call 714.8300 for hours and information.
Miriam Rothschild's birthday
Start: 10:00 pm
End: 10:59 pm
Dame Miriam Rothschild, a leading entomologist and zoologist, was born on this day in 1908. Scientifically, she was a foremost expert on fleas and was the first person to figure out the biology of how fleas jump. Socially, she campaigned for the legalization of homosexuality in the U.K. in the 1960s and was a vegetarian—she refused to wear any form of leather or fur.

Wednesday August 6, 2008
Itty Bitty Magic City
(all day)
Start: 08/01/2008 - 14:35
End: 08/31/2008 - 14:35
All month, see this exhibit featuring print-sized versions of Birmingham’s landmarks at the McWane Science Center. Call 714.8300 for hours and information.
16th Annual Celebration Luncheon
Start: 9:14 am

Girls Incorporated of Central Alabama will hold its 16th annual Celebration Luncheon on Wednesday, August 6, 2008, at the Cahaba Grand Conference Center on U.S. 280 at 11:45 a.m. Call Megann Cain at 205.599.5683 with questions.

Ice Creamin
Start: 1:29 pm

Scream for the good stuff during a tour at the Blue Bell Ice Cream Factory in Sylacauga. Call 256.249.6100 to make a reservation. Admission is free.

Lucille Ball’s birthday
Start: 10:00 pm
End: 10:59 pm
Lucille Ball’s birthday is today…she clashed with CBS execs after they tried not to let her have a pregnancy storyline in her show. They finally caved, but still wouldn’t allow her to say “pregnant.” Throughout the episode, they had to refer to her as “expecting” instead.

Grandma Moses’ birthday
Start: 10:00 pm
End: 10:59 pm
Grandma Moses was born 148 years ago today. She started painting in her 70s after arthritis made it difficult for her to continue her art of embroidery. She went on to become one of America’s most popular folk artists and lived to the age of 101.
Thursday August 7, 2008
Itty Bitty Magic City
(all day)
Start: 08/01/2008 - 14:35
End: 08/31/2008 - 14:35
All month, see this exhibit featuring print-sized versions of Birmingham’s landmarks at the McWane Science Center. Call 714.8300 for hours and information.
Art and Design
Start: 1:15 pm

Homewood Art and Design Thursdays mean your favorite downtown Homewood merchants stay open until 9 pm as well as offering special deals, snacks and entertainment. Check out the website for participating stores: http://homewoodartanddesign.com/.

Holiday Treasures Birthday Bash
Start: 2:49 pm
From 5-9pm, featuring new arrivals from Department 56, Fontanini, Joy to the World, Radko and Mid-West. Receive 20 % discounts and a free gift just for showing up! 2914 Linden Avenue in Homewood.
Friday August 8, 2008
Itty Bitty Magic City
(all day)
Start: 08/01/2008 - 14:35
End: 08/31/2008 - 14:35
All month, see this exhibit featuring print-sized versions of Birmingham’s landmarks at the McWane Science Center. Call 714.8300 for hours and information.
Saturday August 9, 2008
Itty Bitty Magic City
(all day)
Start: 08/01/2008 - 14:35
End: 08/31/2008 - 14:35
All month, see this exhibit featuring print-sized versions of Birmingham’s landmarks at the McWane Science Center. Call 714.8300 for hours and information.
Miss Hoover
Start: 8:49 am
Second Annual Miss Hoover Pageant at Spain Park High School.  7:00 p.m. Tickets $10.00; available at the door.  Preliminary event to Miss Alabama!
Herb Preserve
Start: 1:30 pm

Head to Jemison for a class on cooking with and preserving herbs at Petals From the Past. petalsfromthepast.com.

Bowl Me Over
Start: 1:30 pm

On the 9th, 10th, and 16th of August
Well, bowl me over. Be a part of Jim 'N Nick’s Junior Achievement Bowling Classic and help raise funds to support JA programs in local schools. Learn more at jabowlingclassic.org.

Janie Porter Barrett’s birthday
Start: 10:00 pm
End: 10:59 pm
Janie Porter Barrett was born on this day in 1865. She founded the Virginia Industrial School for Colored Girls, a rehabilitation center for troubled girls which was centered on self-reliance and self-discipline. It became a model for other similar schools and was extremely successful—the majority of students found jobs and had families after leaving the facility. It became integrated in 1965 and still exists today under the name of the Barrett Learning Center.

Sunday August 10, 2008
Itty Bitty Magic City
(all day)
Start: 08/01/2008 - 14:35
End: 08/31/2008 - 14:35
All month, see this exhibit featuring print-sized versions of Birmingham’s landmarks at the McWane Science Center. Call 714.8300 for hours and information.
Mary Gove Nichols’s birthday
Start: 10:00 pm
End: 10:59 pm
Mary Gove Nichols was born 198 years ago, today. She traveled the country speaking about women’s health and anatomy, but was scorned by many of her time for her belief in “free love” instead of marriage, which Nichols considered to be the “annihilation of women.” She believed that health, freedom and sexual liberation were all linked was an outspoken advocate for all three.

Monday August 11, 2008
Itty Bitty Magic City
(all day)
Start: 08/01/2008 - 14:35
End: 08/31/2008 - 14:35
All month, see this exhibit featuring print-sized versions of Birmingham’s landmarks at the McWane Science Center. Call 714.8300 for hours and information.
Tuesday August 12, 2008
Itty Bitty Magic City
(all day)
Start: 08/01/2008 - 14:35
End: 08/31/2008 - 14:35
All month, see this exhibit featuring print-sized versions of Birmingham’s landmarks at the McWane Science Center. Call 714.8300 for hours and information.
Gladys Bentley’s birthday
Start: 10:00 pm
End: 10:59 pm
Today would have been the 91st birthday of Gladys Bentley, a Harlem Renaissance blues singer. Openly lesbian during her early career (she dressed in tuxedos and top hats with a drag queen chorus line singing back-up and flirted with female patrons), during the McCarthy era, she put on dresses, married a man and claimed that taking female hormones had “cured” her, in order to avoid being put on trial.  

Wednesday August 13, 2008
Itty Bitty Magic City
(all day)
Start: 08/01/2008 - 14:35
End: 08/31/2008 - 14:35
All month, see this exhibit featuring print-sized versions of Birmingham’s landmarks at the McWane Science Center. Call 714.8300 for hours and information.
Party for Change
Start: 8:49 am
Left-hander’s Day
Start: 10:00 pm
End: 10:59 pm
Left-hander’s Day is today. Approximately 7-10% of the population is left-handed, and left-handed females are rarer than males. Joan of Arc, Queen Victoria, Eudora Welty, Greta Garbo and Ruth Bader Ginsberg are some of these unique, southpawed females.
Thursday August 14, 2008
Itty Bitty Magic City
(all day)
Start: 08/01/2008 - 14:35
End: 08/31/2008 - 14:35
All month, see this exhibit featuring print-sized versions of Birmingham’s landmarks at the McWane Science Center. Call 714.8300 for hours and information.
Boogie Night
Start: 1:31 pm

Put on your boogie shoes and make it out for Latin Dance Nite at Workplay. Free dance lessons start at 9:00 pm. Call 879.4773 for more information.

Tejas Verdes
Start: 2:59 pm
Start: 08/14/2008 - 14:59
End: 08/16/2008 - 14:59
Running from August 14th to the 16th at 7:30 pm in the UAB Spencers Honor House. Doors open at 7:00 for this women’s theatre project. Donations will be taken for Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture (website www.torturecare.org.uk).  Tejas Verdes is a series of monologues that tell stories related to “The Disappeared” of Chile and the aftermath of the military coup on September 11th, 1979.
Letitia Elizabeth Landon's birthday
Start: 10:00 pm
End: 10:59 pm
Letitia Elizabeth Landon (often known as L.E.L.), a poet, was born on this day in 1802. While her poetry has not withstood the test of time, she was respected by her contemporaries for paving the way for other female writers. Christina G. Rossetti and Elizabeth Barrett Browning were just a few of her literary admirers who wrote tributes to her.

Friday August 15, 2008
Itty Bitty Magic City
(all day)
Start: 08/01/2008 - 14:35
End: 08/31/2008 - 14:35
All month, see this exhibit featuring print-sized versions of Birmingham’s landmarks at the McWane Science Center. Call 714.8300 for hours and information.
Tejas Verdes
(all day)
Start: 08/14/2008 - 14:59
End: 08/16/2008 - 14:59
Running from August 14th to the 16th at 7:30 pm in the UAB Spencers Honor House. Doors open at 7:00 for this women’s theatre project. Donations will be taken for Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture (website www.torturecare.org.uk).  Tejas Verdes is a series of monologues that tell stories related to “The Disappeared” of Chile and the aftermath of the military coup on September 11th, 1979.
Art Rock Out
Start: 2:37 pm
Art Rocks at the Birmingham Art Museum from 5-10. Call 328.7628 for more information.
Julia Child's birthday
Start: 10:00 pm
End: 10:59 pm
Julia Child, former assistant in the OSS’s Secret Intelligence division and celebrity chef and author, would have been 96 today.  Her legendary persona and accessible recipes made her a pop culture icon.
Saturday August 16, 2008
Itty Bitty Magic City
(all day)
Start: 08/01/2008 - 14:35
End: 08/31/2008 - 14:35
All month, see this exhibit featuring print-sized versions of Birmingham’s landmarks at the McWane Science Center. Call 714.8300 for hours and information.
Tejas Verdes
End: 2:59 pm
Start: 08/14/2008 - 14:59
End: 08/16/2008 - 14:59
Running from August 14th to the 16th at 7:30 pm in the UAB Spencers Honor House. Doors open at 7:00 for this women’s theatre project. Donations will be taken for Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture (website www.torturecare.org.uk).  Tejas Verdes is a series of monologues that tell stories related to “The Disappeared” of Chile and the aftermath of the military coup on September 11th, 1979.
Bollywood Night
Start: 1:32 pm

Good Golly, Miss Bolly. Come out to the Alys Stephens Center for the ASC Goes Bollywood event, featuring belly dancers, music, Bollywood movies, Indian food and a cash bar. Fun starts at 6:00 p.m. in the Haskell Courtyard at 1200 10th Avenue South. Admission is free for club members. Tickets are $10. Call 975.2787.

Train Ride
Start: 1:33 pm

Chug along for a Train Ride through Shelby County’s Forests at the Heart of Dixie Railroad Museum. See hodrrm.org for ticket information.

Main Street Birmingham
Start: 1:52 pm
Tannehill Trade Days
Start: 2:38 pm
Start: 08/16/2008 - 14:38
End: 08/17/2008 - 14:38
Giant Outdoor Flea Market from 8 until 5 at Tannehill Ironworks Historical State Park. Call 477.5711 for more details.
Madonna's birthday
Start: 10:00 pm
End: 10:59 pm
Madonna turns 50 today. From “Like a Virgin” to “4 Minutes,” she manages to push the envelope on the issue of sexuality and proves to be an enormous influence to society (Kabbalah, anyone?) while putting out an endless stream of shake-your-booty tunes.

Sunday August 17, 2008
Itty Bitty Magic City
(all day)
Start: 08/01/2008 - 14:35
End: 08/31/2008 - 14:35
All month, see this exhibit featuring print-sized versions of Birmingham’s landmarks at the McWane Science Center. Call 714.8300 for hours and information.
Tannehill Trade Days
End: 2:38 pm
Start: 08/16/2008 - 14:38
End: 08/17/2008 - 14:38
Giant Outdoor Flea Market from 8 until 5 at Tannehill Ironworks Historical State Park. Call 477.5711 for more details.
On Stage at the Carver
Start: 1:20 pm

Hop On Stage at the Carver from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. and hear local poets and orators, share their spoken word creations Free! See http://www.jazzhall.com/events.htm for more information.

On Stage at the Carver
Start: 2:39 pm
Open microphone spoken word performances starting at 7:00 pm. 254.2731
Mae West's birthday
Start: 10:00 pm
End: 10:59 pm
“You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.” Mae West, stage and screen actress, who pushed the social limits on female sexuality, was born on this day in 1893.
Monday August 18, 2008
Itty Bitty Magic City
(all day)
Start: 08/01/2008 - 14:35
End: 08/31/2008 - 14:35
All month, see this exhibit featuring print-sized versions of Birmingham’s landmarks at the McWane Science Center. Call 714.8300 for hours and information.
Tuesday August 19, 2008
Itty Bitty Magic City
(all day)
Start: 08/01/2008 - 14:35
End: 08/31/2008 - 14:35
All month, see this exhibit featuring print-sized versions of Birmingham’s landmarks at the McWane Science Center. Call 714.8300 for hours and information.
Wear Your Green Skirt to WorkPlay
Start: 5:30 pm
End: 9:30 pm

Become a part of skirt!s community Tuesday, August 19th starting at 5:30 as we celebrate the “Green Goddesses” of our August issue.

$5 feature drink for Skirt Wearers – Greentini

WorkPlay
500 23rd St South
205.879.4773
www.workplay.com

Coco Chanel's birthday
Start: 10:00 pm
End: 10:59 pm
Coco Chanel, the revolutionary designer who liberated women from centuries of corsets with simple, menswear inspired fashions, was born 125 years ago today. “The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.”
Wednesday August 20, 2008
Itty Bitty Magic City
(all day)
Start: 08/01/2008 - 14:35
End: 08/31/2008 - 14:35
All month, see this exhibit featuring print-sized versions of Birmingham’s landmarks at the McWane Science Center. Call 714.8300 for hours and information.
Thursday August 21, 2008
Itty Bitty Magic City
(all day)
Start: 08/01/2008 - 14:35
End: 08/31/2008 - 14:35
All month, see this exhibit featuring print-sized versions of Birmingham’s landmarks at the McWane Science Center. Call 714.8300 for hours and information.
Mercedes Marathon Kickoff
Start: 7:41 am
The Bell Center Partners in Training Program for the Mercedes Marathon will host its kickoff party at Whole Foods on Thursday, August 21st at 6:30pm.
Blind Wine Tasting
Start: 12:13 pm

Blind Wine Tasting starting at 6 p.m. at Flower Stems. For more information, contact Meredith Smith, mesmith@ucpbham.com.

Friday August 22, 2008
Itty Bitty Magic City
(all day)
Start: 08/01/2008 - 14:35
End: 08/31/2008 - 14:35
All month, see this exhibit featuring print-sized versions of Birmingham’s landmarks at the McWane Science Center. Call 714.8300 for hours and information.
Blue Ribbon Affair
Start: 10:30 am

Tickets are on sale now for The Child Advocacy Center’s fundraiser, A Blue Ribbon Affair, which will be from 7-11 p.m., Aug. 22, hosted by The Wynfrey Hotel at the Riverchase Galleria. Tickets are $30 per person.  There will also be a Silent and Live auction, along with a cash bar and music by Prisoners of Love. To reserve tickets or sponsorships, please call the Child Advocacy Center at 205-481-4155.

Stokin the Fire
Start: 1:34 pm
Start: 08/22/2008 - 13:34
End: 08/23/2008 - 13:34
Saturday August 23, 2008
Itty Bitty Magic City
(all day)
Start: 08/01/2008 - 14:35
End: 08/31/2008 - 14:35
All month, see this exhibit featuring print-sized versions of Birmingham’s landmarks at the McWane Science Center. Call 714.8300 for hours and information.
Stokin the Fire
End: 1:34 pm
Start: 08/22/2008 - 13:34
End: 08/23/2008 - 13:34
Red Hot for the Cause Casino Night
Start: 7:58 am
Heart!
Start: 8:00 am
Heart Association’s Start Heart Walk at Regions Park.
Sunday August 24, 2008
Itty Bitty Magic City
(all day)
Start: 08/01/2008 - 14:35
End: 08/31/2008 - 14:35
All month, see this exhibit featuring print-sized versions of Birmingham’s landmarks at the McWane Science Center. Call 714.8300 for hours and information.
Jazz Jam Fest
Start: 2:34 pm
4:00 pm at the Carver/Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame. Tickets are 5 dollars.
Monday August 25, 2008
Itty Bitty Magic City
(all day)
Start: 08/01/2008 - 14:35
End: 08/31/2008 - 14:35
All month, see this exhibit featuring print-sized versions of Birmingham’s landmarks at the McWane Science Center. Call 714.8300 for hours and information.
Tasty
Start: 11:47 am

Taste of the Nation at the McWane Science Center from 6 until 9. Mingle with the nation's hottest chefs and mixologists — all of whom are coming together to donate their time, talent and passion to end childhood hunger across America. Click here for tickets.

Burning Man Project
Start: 1:59 pm
Start: 08/25/2008 - 13:59
End: 09/01/2008 - 13:59
Head to Oak Mountain State Park from August 29th – September 1st for an underground arts movement campout. Bring your art, music, dance, food, water, tent, pets, and kids. Just three dollars. Camping Reservations: burningmanbirmingham@hotmail.com. More information at burningman.com.
Tuesday August 26, 2008
Itty Bitty Magic City
(all day)
Start: 08/01/2008 - 14:35
End: 08/31/2008 - 14:35
All month, see this exhibit featuring print-sized versions of Birmingham’s landmarks at the McWane Science Center. Call 714.8300 for hours and information.
Burning Man Project
(all day)
Start: 08/25/2008 - 13:59
End: 09/01/2008 - 13:59
Head to Oak Mountain State Park from August 29th – September 1st for an underground arts movement campout. Bring your art, music, dance, food, water, tent, pets, and kids. Just three dollars. Camping Reservations: burningmanbirmingham@hotmail.com. More information at burningman.com.
Home Sweet Home
Start: 1:35 pm

Cool in the shade with a tour of the 1840s Arlington Antebellum Home and Gardens. Call 780.5656. Admission $5, with group rates also available. If not today, think about it tomorrow.

Sisterhood of the Vote
Start: 1:35 pm

88 years ago today our sister suffragettes earned the Woman’s Voting Right!

Women’s Equality Day
Start: 10:00 pm
End: 10:59 pm
Today is Women’s Equality Day or Susan B. Anthony Day—it’s the 88th anniversary of the passing of the 19th amendment to the Constitution, allowing women the right to vote.

Geraldine Ferraro's birthday
Start: 10:00 pm
End: 10:59 pm
Today is also the 73rd birthday of Geraldine Ferraro, the first and only (so far) female Vice Presidential candidate for a major political party. In 1984 Walter Mondale selected her as his running mate in the campaign against Ronald Reagan. She went on to serve as a U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Commission of Human Rights under President Clinton’s administration, and also worked on Hillary Clinton’s campaign.

Wednesday August 27, 2008
Itty Bitty Magic City
(all day)
Start: 08/01/2008 - 14:35
End: 08/31/2008 - 14:35
All month, see this exhibit featuring print-sized versions of Birmingham’s landmarks at the McWane Science Center. Call 714.8300 for hours and information.
Burning Man Project
(all day)
Start: 08/25/2008 - 13:59
End: 09/01/2008 - 13:59
Head to Oak Mountain State Park from August 29th – September 1st for an underground arts movement campout. Bring your art, music, dance, food, water, tent, pets, and kids. Just three dollars. Camping Reservations: burningmanbirmingham@hotmail.com. More information at burningman.com.
Thursday August 28, 2008
Itty Bitty Magic City
(all day)
Start: 08/01/2008 - 14:35
End: 08/31/2008 - 14:35
All month, see this exhibit featuring print-sized versions of Birmingham’s landmarks at the McWane Science Center. Call 714.8300 for hours and information.
Burning Man Project
(all day)
Start: 08/25/2008 - 13:59
End: 09/01/2008 - 13:59
Head to Oak Mountain State Park from August 29th – September 1st for an underground arts movement campout. Bring your art, music, dance, food, water, tent, pets, and kids. Just three dollars. Camping Reservations: burningmanbirmingham@hotmail.com. More information at burningman.com.
Friday August 29, 2008
Itty Bitty Magic City
(all day)
Start: 08/01/2008 - 14:35
End: 08/31/2008 - 14:35
All month, see this exhibit featuring print-sized versions of Birmingham’s landmarks at the McWane Science Center. Call 714.8300 for hours and information.
Burning Man Project
(all day)
Start: 08/25/2008 - 13:59
End: 09/01/2008 - 13:59
Head to Oak Mountain State Park from August 29th – September 1st for an underground arts movement campout. Bring your art, music, dance, food, water, tent, pets, and kids. Just three dollars. Camping Reservations: burningmanbirmingham@hotmail.com. More information at burningman.com.
Saturday August 30, 2008
Itty Bitty Magic City
(all day)
Start: 08/01/2008 - 14:35
End: 08/31/2008 - 14:35
All month, see this exhibit featuring print-sized versions of Birmingham’s landmarks at the McWane Science Center. Call 714.8300 for hours and information.
Burning Man Project
(all day)
Start: 08/25/2008 - 13:59
End: 09/01/2008 - 13:59
Head to Oak Mountain State Park from August 29th – September 1st for an underground arts movement campout. Bring your art, music, dance, food, water, tent, pets, and kids. Just three dollars. Camping Reservations: burningmanbirmingham@hotmail.com. More information at burningman.com.
It's Tragic
Start: 1:36 pm

Skate over to Irondale’s Zamora Shriners Temple and get down and derby as our own Tragic City Roller Derby Team takes on the Atlanta Roller Girls in an all out brawl. See tragiccityrollers.com for additional information.

Sunday August 31, 2008
Itty Bitty Magic City
End: 2:35 pm
Start: 08/01/2008 - 14:35
End: 08/31/2008 - 14:35
All month, see this exhibit featuring print-sized versions of Birmingham’s landmarks at the McWane Science Center. Call 714.8300 for hours and information.
Burning Man Project
(all day)
Start: 08/25/2008 - 13:59
End: 09/01/2008 - 13:59
Head to Oak Mountain State Park from August 29th – September 1st for an underground arts movement campout. Bring your art, music, dance, food, water, tent, pets, and kids. Just three dollars. Camping Reservations: burningmanbirmingham@hotmail.com. More information at burningman.com.
Take a hike
Start: 1:36 pm

Today is National Trail Mix day. Pack a snack and head take a hike to Ruffner Mountain Park!

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