The How-To Festival is BACK for its 4th annual library takeover event this Saturday, May 14th, from 10-1. Join us at Central Library in downtown Charlottesville (201 E Market St, Charlottesville, VA 22902) for a fun, free, fast-paced learning event. You do not need to sign up or register to attend; stop by for one presentation, or hang out for all three hours! There will be a variety of demos, workshops, and presentations happening every half hour. If you have any questions about the event, please email reference@jmrl.org.
SCHEDULE
KEY: HOW-TO PRESENTATION / Presenting Group: Location
ALL DAY:
3D PRINT, MEET YOUR LIBRARY, DOWNLOADABLES, BOOKFACE/ JMRL: 3rd Floor elevator lobby
FIRE TRUCK TOURS/ Charlottesville Fire Department: Outside
FRIENDS OF JMRL MINI BOOK SALE: Outside
10:00
CELLO, VIOLIN + DRUM/ Cville Symphony: Jefferson
MEND CLOTHES/ Cville Timebank: Swanson
SUPPORT SURVIVORS + SELF CARE/ SARA: Swanson
YARN FROM PLASTIC BAGS/ Nealand Farm: Swanson
BORROW TOOLS FOR FREE/ Cville Tool Library: Outside
USE NATIVE PLANTS/ RMN: Outside
10:30
CELLO, VIOLIN + DRUM/ Cville Symphony: Jefferson
COSPLAY MAKEUP/ JMRL: Swanson
CANNABIS 101/ Albemarle Cannabis Co: Swanson
QIGONG/ Mindful Tai Ji: Outside
IDENTIFY GARDEN PESTS/ RMN: Outside
AFRICAN DRUMMING/ Cville Drum Choir: Outside
11:00
CELLO, VIOLIN + DRUM/ Cville Symphony: Jefferson
PRINT ON SMALL PRESSES/ VA Humanities: Swanson
HAPPY HOUSEPLANTS/ JMRL: Swanson
FOSTER POSITIVE IDENTITY/ CAFF: Swanson
COOK W/ WATER/ Culinary Concepts AB: Swanson
TUNE A GUITAR + MUSIC THEORY/ R. Dennis: Swanson
CHAIR YOGA/ SimplyYOGA: Main Floor Fiction Stacks
COMPOST/ Black Bear Composting: Outside
LITERACY TUTOR/ Literacy Volunteers: Outside
BOOKMOBILE TOURS: Outside
11:30
CELLO, VIOLIN + DRUM/ Cville Symphony: Jefferson
PRINT ON SMALL PRESSES/ VA Humanities: Swanson
REDUCE CARBON FTPRINT/ C3: Swanson
PERSONAL BOUNDARIES/ SHE: Swanson
HOME DNA TESTS/ Watershed DNA: Swanson
SELF-DEFENSE/ Cville Sheriff’s Office: Outside
WOODWORKING/ Judy Cahill: Outside
BOOKMOBILE TOURS: Outside
12:00
PRINT ON SMALL PRESSES/ VA Humanities: Swanson
SPANISH RESOURCES FOR ABUSE/ SHE: Swanson
ESSENTIAL OILS/ Flourish Essential Oils: Swanson
MAKE A FAMILY MEDIA PLAN/ ACPS: Swanson
WOODWORKING/ Judy Cahill: Outside
ELECTRIC BIKES HOW + WHY: Outside
BOOKMOBILE TOURS: Outside
12:30
FIND COMMON GROUND/ One Small Step: Swanson
SELF MASSAGE FOR HANDS, ARMS + FEET/ Exhortation Therapeutic Touch: Swanson
FLAMENCO DANCE/ Maria Flamenco: Swanson
VIRTUAL REALITY/ ACPS: Swanson
WOODWORKING/ Judy Cahill: Outside
ELECTRIC BIKES HOW + WHY: Outside
BOOKMOBILE TOURS: Outside
Many Thanks to the 2022 Presenters!
Albemarle Cannabis Company
Albemarle County Public Schools (ACPS)
Black Bear Composting
Judy Cahill
Joshua Carp
Center for the Book, Virginia Humanities
Charlottesville Fire Department
Charlottesville Sheriff’s Office
Charlottesville Symphony
Community Attention Foster Families (CAFF)
Community Climate Collaborative (C3)
Culinary Concepts AB
Cville Drum Choir
Cville Timebank/Repair Cafe
Cville Tool Library
Ryan Dennis
Exhortation Therapeutic Touch
Flourish Essential Oils
Friends of JMRL
JMRL Bookmobile
Literacy Volunteers
Maria Flamenco
Mindful Tai Ji
Nealand Farm
One Small Step @ UVA
Rivanna Master Naturalists (RMN)
Sexual Assault Resource Agency (SARA)
Shelter for Help in Emergency (SHE)
Simply YOGA
Watershed DNA