JMRL is hosting its 3rd Annual How-To Festival on Saturday, May 4 from 10am-2pm at the Central Library. Learn a variety of skills in just 30 minutes!

The schedule is still being finalized. The details below will reflect changes to the schedule as they are made.

10am

• How to Conduct an Oral History Interview with Passel (McIntire Room)
• Instrument Petting Zoo with WorldScape Productions (McIntire Room)
• How to Dot Journal with Camille (Madison Room)
• How to Use Virtual Reality with Albemarle County Public Schools staff (Jefferson Room)
• Ambulance Tours and CPR Training with the Charlottesville-Albemarle Rescue Squad (Outside)
• How to Put Out a Fire with the City of Charlottesville Fire Department (Outside)
• How to Repair a Bike with Will Lee (Outside)

10:30am

• How to Build an Emergency Kit with Albemarle County Emergency Management (McIntire Room)
• How to Rescue Animals with the SPCA (Madison Room)
• How to Use Virtual Reality with Albemarle County Public Schools staff (Jefferson Room)
• Instrument Petting Zoo (McIntire Room)
• Ambulance Tours and CPR Training with the Charlottesville-Albemarle Rescue Squad (Outside)
• How to Put Out a Fire with the City of Charlottesville Fire Department (Outside)
• How to Repair a Bike (Outside)

11am

• How to Use Food as Medicine with Jessy George (McIntire Room)
• Toolbox Workshop with UVa FM Occupational Training (Outside)
• How to Go on Day Hikes with Brian Hockin (Jefferson Room)
• Interview Techniques with Goodwill Industries of the Valley (McIntire Room)
• Beginning Woodworking (for kids and adults) with Judy Cahill (Outside)
• Ambulance Tours and CPR Training with the Charlottesville-Albemarle Rescue Squad (Outside)
• How to Put Out a Fire with the City of Charlottesville Fire Department (Outside)
• Instrument Petting Zoo (McIntire Room)

11:30am

• Books on Bikes (McIntire Room)
• Knife Skills with The Happy Cook (McIntire Room)
• How to Own a Pet Goat with Kim Schmidt (Madison Room)
• How to do Basic Mending with Cville TimeBank (Jefferson Room)
• Instrument Petting Zoo (McIntire Room)
• Interview Techniques (McIntire Room)
• Ambulance Tours and CPR Training with the Charlottesville-Albemarle Rescue Squad (Outside)
• How to Put Out a Fire with the City of Charlottesville Fire Department (Outside)
• Beginning Woodworking (for kids and adults) with Judy Cahill (Outside)
• Toolbox Workshop with UVa FM Occupational Training (Outside)

12pm

• Documentary Filmmaking with Lifeview Marketing (McIntire Room)
• Gentle Chair Yoga with SimplyYoga (McIntire Room)
• How to Build Robots with BACON (McIntire Room)
• How to Apply Cosplay Makeup with Marien Villaman-Chodl (Jefferson Room)

12:30pm

• How to Use Spices for Home Remedies with Kumud Vandereveer (McIntire Room)
• Fun with Fungi with Sharondale Mushroom Farm (Jefferson Room)
• How to Move and Walk in T’ai Chi with Charlottesville T’ai Chi Center (Outside)
• Gentle Chair Yoga with SimplyYoga (McIntire Room)

1pm

• How to Compost at Home with Black Bear Composting (McIntire Room)
• How to Lose 5,000 lbs and Reduce Your Carbon Footprint with Charlottesville Climate Collaborative (McIntire Room)
• How to Use Binoculars to Identify Birds with Jenny Gaden (McIntire Room)
• How to Do Light Painting Photography with Billy Hunt Photography (Madison Room)
• Basic Massage and Energy Work with A Touch of Awareness (Jefferson Room)

1:30pm

• Pour Over Coffee with Grit Coffee (McIntire Room)
• How to Tie Knots with LL Bean (McIntire Room)
• How to Lose 5,000 lbs and Reduce Your Carbon Footprint with Charlottesville Climate Collaborative (McIntire Room)
• How to Tune a Guitar with Ryan Dennis (McIntire Room)

From 10am-2pm we will also feature:

• Free Comic Books (Main Level)
• Meet Your Library (Main Level)
• See the 3D printer in action (Elevator Lobby, 3rd Floor)
• How to join and support the Friends of the Library AND a mini book sale (Outside)
• Tour the Bookmobile (Outside)