{"id":137,"date":"2007-12-14T08:33:39","date_gmt":"2007-12-14T14:33:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bhamterminal.com\/timetable\/2007\/12\/14\/got-plans-this-weekend-1214-1216\/"},"modified":"2007-12-14T08:33:39","modified_gmt":"2007-12-14T14:33:39","slug":"got-plans-this-weekend-1214-1216","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bhamterminal.com\/timetable\/2007\/12\/14\/got-plans-this-weekend-1214-1216\/","title":{"rendered":"Got plans this weekend? 12.14 &#8211; 12.16"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.birminghamzoo.com\/images\/zoolights%20image.gif\" alt=\"Zoolight Safari signage\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" height=\"72\" hspace=\"6\" width=\"200\" \/>Baby it&#8217;s cold(er) outside. Just in time for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.birminghamzoo.com\/events-zoolight.asp\" title=\"Zoolight Safari - Birmingham Zoo\">Zoolight Safari<\/a> at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.birminghamzoo.com\/\" title=\"The Birmingham Zoo - official website\">the Birmingham Zoo<\/a>. I like Christmas, I like the holiday season and I really, REALLY like me some lights, which means I&#8217;m so going to the zoo like a dozen times starting tonight. And I can because it&#8217;s open 15 nights &#8211; <strong>December 14-23 and 26-30 from 5-9 p.m.<\/strong> Besides the half a million lights, there&#8217;s a light show with music, crafts for the kids at the Barn in the Children&#8217;s Zoo, Santa and snow. Snow? Yes, the zoo claims to be &#8220;the only place in Birmingham where it snows every night.&#8221; That I&#8217;ve got to see. And since I&#8217;m going to want to see it again and again, it&#8217;s a good thing I&#8217;m a member. Members get in free, so now is a great time to join and support your local zoo. Regular admission is $7 and everyone pays to ride the train.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s some fine print: The zoo will be closing at 4 p.m. on Zoolight Safari days. Animal exhibits will be closed during the event.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsbma.org\/images\/home\/alabamafolkart.jpg\" alt=\"Alabama Folk Art logo\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" height=\"46\" hspace=\"6\" width=\"200\" \/>If you would rather stay warm inside, head to the Young &amp; Vann Building in downtown Birmingham (<a href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?q=1731+1st+Ave+N,+Birmingham,+AL+35203,+USA&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;z=16&amp;iwloc=addr&amp;om=1\" title=\"1731 1st Avenue North (directions) - Google Maps\">1731 1st Ave. North<\/a>). That is where the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsbma.org\/\" title=\"Birmingham Museum of Art - official website\">Birmingham Museum of Art<\/a> is hosting its <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsbma.org\/folkart\" title=\"Alabama Folk Art exhibit - Birmingham Museum of Art\">Alabama Folk Art exhibit<\/a> through December 30. Of course I&#8217;ve been meaning to go since the exhibit opened in February. Now that it&#8217;s almost over, I&#8217;ve got to go! I don&#8217;t want to miss it! From the BMA Web site:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Jerry Brown, Thornton Dial, Lonnie Holley, Charlie Lucas, Nora Ezell, Mose Tolliver, Bill Traylor and the Quilters of Gee&#8217;s Bend are just a few of the renowned artists represented in this exhibition celebrating the rich history of folk art from Alabama.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>More fine print: The exhibit is open Tuesdays-Saturdays, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. <strong>Cost:<\/strong> Free<\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\"><strong>Editor&#8217;s note:<\/strong> Museum director Gail Andrews mentioned during yesterday&#8217;s ONB Breakfast Briefing that there&#8217;s a chance that the exhibit might go longer (into 2008) depending on the museum securing additional sponsorships. We&#8217;ll let you know, but don&#8217;t not go before 12.30 because of that! <em>ACN<\/em><\/font><br \/>\nJust a few more days until Christmas. If you must brave the holiday traffic around the Galleria this weekend, Godspeed.<\/p>\n<p>If you have better plans, please share&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<a href=\"http:\/\/bhamterminal.com\/timetable\/2007\/12\/14\/got-plans-this-weekend-1214-1216\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"125\" height=\"125\" src=\"http:\/\/bhamterminal.com\/timetable\/wp-content\/plugins\/thumbnail-for-excerpts\/tfe_no_thumb.png\" class=\"alignleft wp-post-image tfe\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><p>Baby it&#8217;s cold(er) outside. Just in time for the Zoolight Safari at the Birmingham Zoo. I like Christmas, I like the holiday season and I really, REALLY like me some lights, which means I&#8217;m so going to the zoo like &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/bhamterminal.com\/timetable\/2007\/12\/14\/got-plans-this-weekend-1214-1216\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2,7,12,51],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2","category-7","category-art","category-weekend-plans"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4PdO-2d","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/bhamterminal.com\/timetable\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/bhamterminal.com\/timetable\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/bhamterminal.com\/timetable\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bhamterminal.com\/timetable\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bhamterminal.com\/timetable\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=137"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/bhamterminal.com\/timetable\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/bhamterminal.com\/timetable\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bhamterminal.com\/timetable\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bhamterminal.com\/timetable\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}