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Held on the first Friday of each month, Bards & Brews is emceed by poetry slam events director Brian "Voice Porter" Hawkins. Southern Fried Slam rules are observed. A vendor with a liquor license provides free beer for sampling. Slam participants must be 18 years or older. IDs are checked. Live music at 6:00 p.m. Call time is 6:30 p.m. Check out the Bards & Brews page on Facebook for more information.

Want to see more? Full Video in 3 parts at:

http://www.blip.tv/file/4706435

http://www.blip.tv/file/4706422

http://bplonline.blip.tv/file/4706517/

Authors include: Ace Atkins, C.J. Box, Joe R. Lansdale, Anthony Neil Smith, Scott Phillips, Tom PIccirilli, James Reasoner, Don Winslow, and others.

Since its inception in 1886, the Birmingham Public Library (BPL) has built or accessioned nineteen branches in nearly every corner of the city and offered services to hundreds of thousands of people every year. In the previous year, we offered 2,138
programs to the public with a total attendance of 57,258. Incredibly, the library accommodated over 1.9 million people in its 19 locations.

Despite the 48% cut to BPL's materials' budget, the library still hosted a world-class summer reading program and reopened the Powderly and East Lake locations to new renovations. Library patrons checked out over half a million items throughout the year and spent over 20 million minutes using library computers.

It was a busy year and a great year and in the first BPL Campaign, patrons graciously donated approximately $26,000 to help purchase library materials.

BPL continues to honor its mission statement, which is to provide the highest quality library service to our citizens for life long learning, cultural enrichment and enjoyment.

Created by Hunter Murphy & Richard Manoske