JMRL is hosting its 2nd Annual How-To Festival on May 5 from 10am-2pm at the Central Library. Learn a variety of subjects in 30 minute or less. This schedule is being finalized. The details below will reflect changes to the schedule as they are made.
10am
- How To Foster Animals with Charlottesville Albemarle SPCA (McIntire Room)
- How To Make Chocolate with Chocolatesville (McIntire Room)
- How To Become a Foster Parent with Community Attention Foster Families (Madison Room)
- How To Bullet Journal with library staff (Jefferson Room)
- How To Compost with Panorama Paydirt (Outside)
10:30am
- How To Design Videos On Your Phone with Creative Might (Madison Room)
- How To Sharpen Knives (McIntire Room)
- How To Use Virtual Reality with Albemarle County Public Schools staff (McIntire Room)
- How To Improve Energy Efficiency with LEAP (Jefferson Room)
- How To Use Resources for the Public at UVA with the UVA Library staff (Main Floor)
11am
- How To Become a Literacy Tutor with Literacy Volunteers (Jefferson Room)
- How To Do Cosplay Makeup (McIntire Room)
- How To Be Prepared for an Emergency with Albemarle County Office of Emergency Management (McIntire Room)
- How To Do Arabic Calligraphy with the Islamic Society of Central Virginia (Madison Room)
- How To Tie a Knot with L.L. Bean Outdoor Discovery Schools (Main Floor)
- How To Begin Woodworking with Judy Cahill (Outside)
11:30am
- How To Do Citizen-based Photojournalism with Jason Lappa (McIntire Room)
- How To Perform a Tea Ceremony with The Radiant Leaf (Jefferson Room)
- How To 3D Design with library staff (Madison Room)
12pm
- How To Make Sun Tea with The Radiant Leaf (Jefferson Room)
- How To Improve Health Literacy with UVA’s Patient and Family Library (Madison Room)
- How to Chop Vegetables like a Chef with the Charlottesville Cooking School (McIntire Room)
- How To Download eBooks with library staff (Main Floor)
12:30pm
- How To Sew with Cville TimeBank (McIntire Room)
- How To Play North Indian Classical Music with SPICMACAY (McIntire Room)
- How To Audition for a Play with Miller Susen (Madison Room)
- How To Draw In 3D with library staff (Main Floor)
- How To Repair a Bike with Community Bikes (Outside)
1pm
- How To Be a Birder with Jim Nix (Jefferson Room)
- How To Cross Stitch with library staff (Main Floor)
- How To make a silhouette portrait with library staff (Madison Room)
1:30pm
- How To Make Gelato with Splendora’s Gelato (Madison Room)
- How To Podcast with library staff (Main Floor)
From 10am-2pm we will also feature:
- How To participate in summer reading
- How To get the most out of the library (learn about tech & other non-book items to check out)
- How To use the bookmobile
- How To put out a fire with the Charlottesville Fire Department (with a truck!)
- How To join and support the Friends of the Library AND a mini book sale
- How To 3D print
- and FREE COMIC BOOK DAY!
Hope to see you there!