Summer+Survival

=Summer Survival= = For Birmingham Over the Mountain Area. // Please call/click to confirm all dates and times. // =  Spain Park/Veteran’s Park – playground, big open field, pond and walking paths Greystone  Park  – good for toddlers (behind Hoover fire station 7) Heardmont  Park  – playground, bike paths, creek, and ball fields (on Hwy 119) Mt.  Laurel  Playground – small, quiet, has some shade Inverness Playground (behind Hoover fire station 8 on Inverness Pkwy near Valleydale Rd) Overton  Park  (on Overton Rd. in Mtn Brook, next to fire station) <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Wald <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> Park <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> (Vestavia, off Hwy 31) <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Leeds <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> Playground – WAY out Hwy 119, but really great <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Great Local Playgrounds **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">

Kids Eat Free (with adult meal – call to confirm, schedules and deals vary)
<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">O’Charley’s, MacAlister’s every night <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Sunday: Schlotzky’s Hoover <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Monday: Moe’s at Lee Branch <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Tuesday: Pizza Hut buffet, Chick-fil-A hwy 280, Roly Poly Patton Creek, Jason’s Deli Inverness, Moe’s in Vestavia <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Wednesday: Schlotzky’s Hoover, Applebee’s <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Thursday: Captain D’s <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">

Rave Motion Pictures Free Movies – Patton Creek and Lee Branch //only// (10 a.m.)
<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">June 8/9 Alvin and the Chipmunks II <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">June 15/16 Ice Age III <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">June 22/23 Astroboy <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">June 29/30 Planet 51 <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">July 6/7 Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">July 13/14 Monsters vs. Aliens <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">July 20/21 Hotel for Dogs <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">July 27/28 Shorts <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">June 2, 10:30 a.m. Dairy Cow <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">June 10, 6:30 p.m. Flow Circus <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">June 14, 6 p.m. Magician Skip Cain <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">June 17, 11 a.m. BBFuzz Concert <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">June 24, 3 p.m. Atlantic Coast Theatre: The Reluctant Dragon <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">July 1, 3 p.m. Magician Archie Wade <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">July 8, 3 p.m. Mark Seymour – Drum show <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">July 15, 3 p.m. Summer Luau <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">July 22, 3 p.m. Starshine Faces Show <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">July 26, 6 p.m. Juggling Show <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">July 29, 6 p.m. Summer finale with Safari Greg <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Shark and Ray Touch Tank, Itty Bitty Magic City, Naturescope, Adventures of Mr. Potato Head, IMAX: Molecules to the Max, Bugs, Animalopolis <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Shows are at 10:30, 1:30 and 6:30 on Tues, and 10:30 and 1:30 on Wednesday <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">June 1/2 Grey Seal Puppets <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">June 8/9 Farmer Jason <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">June15/16 Safari Greg <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">June 22/23 Atlantic Coast Theatre – Waterpalooza <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">June 29/30 Books! The Magic is Real <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">July 6/7 Activated Storytellers <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">July 13/14 Roger Day (fabulous concert – don’t miss it!) <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">July 20/21 Madcap Puppets <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">[|www.northshelbylibrary.org] <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">June 5, 10-1 Summer Reading Kickoff Party – Heardmont Park <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">June 7, 2 p.m. Movie: Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">June 9, 2 p.m. Flow Circus (magic, juggling) <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">June 14, 2 p.m. Movie: Monsters vs Aliens <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">June 15, 10:30 a.m. Blazer’s Animals <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">June 21, 2 p.m. Movie: Finding Nemo <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">June 22, 10:30 a.m. Mark Seymour – percussion instrument extravaganza <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">June 24, 6 p.m. Ice Cream Social <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">July 6, 10:30 a.m. McWane Center: Three Ring Science <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">July 12, 2 p.m. Movie: The Princess and the Frog <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">July 13, 10:30 a.m. Russell Davis: The Magic of Reading <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">July 19, 2 p.m. Movie: Up <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">July 20, 10:30 a.m. Starshine Faces <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">July 26, 2 p.m. Movie: Alvin and Chipmunks Squeakquel <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">July 27, 10:30 a.m. McWane: Starlab Constellations <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">July 31, 6 p.m. Summer Reading End Party <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">All children’s movies begin at 2 p.m. (See website for schedule of grown-up movies.) <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">June 26 Snow White <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">July 10 Sleeping Beauty <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">July 17 Lion King <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">July 31 Bednobs and Broomsticks <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">August 7 Lady and the Tramp <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">August 14 Peter Pan <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">August 21 Chitty Chitty Bang Bang <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Vestavia Hills ****<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> Library **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">– registration required for some events. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">[|www.vestavialibrary.org]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">McWane ****<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> Center **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">[|www.mcwane.org]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Hoover Library **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">[|www.hooverlibrary.org]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">North Shelby ****<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> Library (on Hwy 119) **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">registration required for some events (439-5504)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Alabama Theatre Children’s Matinees **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">[|www.alabamatheatre.com]

Birmingham Zoo [|www.birminghamzoo.com]
<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Sea Lion Splash Show, Lorikeet Aviary, Rhino Encounter, Camel Rides, Foam Zone, Butterfly Encounter, Giraffe Feeding <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Big Reptile Day June 12 <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">June 3, 11 a.m. Trussville Public Library <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">July 13/14 Hoover Library (see above for show times) <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">July 27, 6:30 p.m. Homewood Public Library <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">June 24 Shrek <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">July 29 Charlotte’s Web <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">August 26 Goonies <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">June 4 Avatar <span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">June 11 A l vin and the chipmunks the <span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">S <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">quea <span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">k- <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">uel <span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">June 18 Where the Wild Things Are <span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">June 25 ET <span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">July 2 Fantastic Mr. Fox <span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">July 9 Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs <span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">July 16 The Goonies <span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">July 23 Monster vs. Aliens <span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">July 30 Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs <span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">August 6 Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince <span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Barnes and Noble Summit Story Times – Tuesday at 11 a.m., Saturday at 2 p.m. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Barnes and Noble Patton Creek Story Times – Wednesday and Saturday at 10:30 <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">BooksaMillion BrookHighland Story Time – Saturday at 11 <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Roger Day Concerts **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">[|www.rogerday.com]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Chelsea Park – Movies Under the Stars **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> outdoor movie 8 p.m.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Homewood ****<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> Park ****<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> – Friday Night Flicks **
 * //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Please call to confirm bookstore story times – schedules may vary. //**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">YMCA Parents Night Out childcare – **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">once a month (check local branch for schedule) the Y provides childcare ($20 for one child, $10 for each additional child) 5:30-9:30, includes supper. Reservations required.

Don’t Forget
<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Vacation <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> Bible School <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> – call local churches to find dates and times <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Birmingham Barons <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">[|www.barons.com] <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Aldridge <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> Gardens <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">[|www.aldridgegardens.com] <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Botanical Gardens <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">[|www.bbgardens.org] <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Birmingham Museum of Art <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">[|www.artsbma.org] <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Alabama Adventure <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">[|www.visionland.com] <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Oak <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> Mountain State Park <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">[|www.alapark.com] <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">IJump <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">[|www.ijumpinc.com] <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Treetop Family Adventure <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">[|www.treetopfamilyadventure.com] <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Bud’s Best Cookies – factory tour train ride (budsbestcookies.com) <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Pump It Up – Open play schedule varies <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">[|www.pumpitupparty.com] <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">JumpZone <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">[|www.jumpzoneparty.com] <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Vestavia and 280 Bowling <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">[|www.vestaviabowl.com] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">[|www.bowlbrunswick.com] <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Vulcan <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> Park <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">[|www.visitvulcan.com] <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Alabama U Pick farms <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">[|www.agi.alabama.gov/alabama_u-pick] <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Bass Proshops <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">[|www.basspro.com] <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Heart of Dixie Railroad Museum <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">[|www.hodrrm.org] <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Skates 280 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">[|www.skates-280.com] <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Lego Stores Club <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">[] <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Painted By U <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">[|www.paintedbyu.com] <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Do It yourself Crafts <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">[|www.doityourselfcrafts.com] <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Shark Tooth Creek Outdoor Adventures <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">[|www.sharktoothcreek.com] <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Desoto Caverns <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">[|www.desotocavernspark.com] <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Huntsville Space and Rocket Museum (free admission with McWane membership) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">[|www.spacecamp.com/museum]