When is the How-to Festival at the Louisville Public Library?

Ana Rocío Álvarez Bríñez, Louisville Courier Journal

May 10, 2023 at 9:19 AM·3 min read

The Louisville Main Library celebrated the 50-year anniversary of its north building addition on Tuesday morning with a time capsule opening. 9/24/19

Get ready to learn as much as you can in one day.

The Louisville Free Public Library's How-to Festival is back for a 10th year with more than 50 classes for people to learn new things in just one day. The classes will run between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. May 13 at the Main Library, 301 York St.

"Plans for the Library’s 10th annual How-To Festival are coming together and this year is shaping up to be one of our best yet," the event's website says.

The event will also have three gardening tents with classes led by the Louisville Urban Agriculture Coalition.

Here are the classes:

How to create a sidewalk chalk masterpiece
How to create art using solar pyrography: Demo
How to build a water pipeline
How to do simple car maintenance
How to play the Bagpipes
How to save seeds & seed swap
How to make worms poop for you
How to identify beneficial insects from pests
How to ID trees and plants around the Library
How to raise backyard chickens
How to install a rain barrel
How to grow a native plant garden
How to grow mushrooms
How to grow the happiest most delicious tomatoes
How to raise urban goats
How to raise backyard fiber
How to attract birds and butterflies to your yard
How to sustainably raise rabbits
How to change your lawn into a “Yarden” for food or flowers
How to customize your Crocs with shoe charms
How to write with quill pen & ink
How to make homemade tortillas
How to paint like Bob Ross
How to move better for long-term health
How to drum
How to yo-yo like a pro
How to hand embroider a bookmark
How to play the banjo
How to use ChatGPT in your daily life
How to be a scientist (even if you think you aren’t)
How to sing shape-note music
How to do printmaking
How to communicate using sign language
How to let the Earth breathe
How to avoid fraud and stay safe on the internet
How to make new friends
How to do origami
How to hunt ghosts
How to do simple home repair
How to right size your living space
How to pickle fresh vegetables safely
How to ribbon dance
How to Flamenco dance
How to practice self defense
How to beat box
How to support the library
How to make a button
How to register to vote
How to harvest, prep & cook fresh produce
How to homebrew: from grains to glass
How to replace dairy eggs & wheat in a recipe
How to make basic sauces
How to make homemade nut butter
How to practice family style yoga
How to do Tai chi
How to be a magician
How to tie important knots
How to decorate with buttercream piping
How to create an edible cake topper
How to screen print a t-shirt
How to get published
How to conquer the fear of public speaking
How to Network: Blazers? Business cards? Elevator pitches? Oh my!
How to dress for success
How to create viral a Tik Tok
How to create a social media plan
How to hypnotize yourself and others
How to practice bike safety

Reach Ana Rocío Álvarez Bríñez at abrinez@gannett.com; follow her on Twitter at @SoyAnaAlvarez.

This article originally appeared on Louisville Courier Journal: Here is what's in the schedule for this year's How-to Festival

AFP
Hostage families urge Israel to complete Gaza truce deal ahead of swap
An Israeli campaign group urged the government on Friday to stick with the Gaza truce ahead of a fifth hostage-prisoner swap, after explosive comments by US President Donald Trump raised questions over the future of the deal.The fifth swap is scheduled for Saturday, but as of now, neither side has disclosed how many hostages Hamas will release or how many prisoners Israel will free in return.
AFP
UN warns worst may be yet to come if east DRC violence spreads
The United Nations warned Friday that the worst may be yet to come if the violence engulfing the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo spreads throughout the wider region."The risk of violence escalating throughout the sub-region has never been higher."
CBS News
Search on for plane with 10 on board that went missing off Alaska
Crews in Alaska are searching for a plane that went missing with 10 people on board while over Norton Sound off Nome.
NBC News
Trump signs an executive order sanctioning the International Criminal Court
President Trump signed an executive order sanctioning the International Criminal Court, accusing the body of improperly targeting the United States and Israel.
Reuters
UN nuclear chief says number of attacks on Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant has increased, TASS reports
Rafael Grossi, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), said on Friday that the number of attacks on the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine had increased, Russia's TASS state news agency reported. Grossi was speaking after holding talks in Moscow with Alexei Likhachev, head of Russian nuclear corporation Rosatom. Russian forces took control of the plant soon after the start of the war with Ukraine in 2022 and Moscow has said the Zaporizhzhia region, which it does not fully control, is now part of Russia, an assertion which Kyiv rejects.
AFP
Germany logs record US surplus amid Trump tariff fears
Germany logged a record trade surplus with the United States last year, data showed Friday, news that could stoke tensions with US President Donald Trump as he threatens the EU with tariffs.Germany has the largest trade surplus with the United States of any European Union member state, according to the bloc's most recent data, with the EU's overall surplus angering Trump.
CNN
How a ‘cow fart’ vaccine could help tackle climate change
Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas, and cows are a major source of it. A group of scientists is developing a proof of concept for a vaccine that would curb methane emissions in cattle.
Reuters
Futures steady ahead of monthly payrolls test; Amazon slips
Meanwhile, Amazon.com dipped 3% in premarket trading due to weakness in the retailer's cloud computing unit, Amazon Web Services, and lower-than-expected forecasts for first-quarter revenue and profit. Markets saw a dismal start to the week when U.S. President Donald Trump announced sweeping trade tariffs over the weekend, but suspended the levies on goods from Mexico and Canada on Monday for a month.
AFP
'Irresponsible' or 'antiwar': US fighters in Ukraine grapple with Trump
Tracey, an American fighting in Ukraine, got angry at social media posts from his friends back home calling for Washington to cut its support to Kyiv. Tracey, on the other hand, does not think the US will cut support to Ukraine and plans to return to the front as soon as he heals from wounds he suffered in a drone attack.
USA TODAY
'Thank goodness for them': Black History Month honors labor leaders amid Trump rollbacks
Black labor leaders fought for workers of color, trailblazing work that continues as the Trump administration strips away key protections.
Time
What to Know About Trump’s Issue With South Africa
Trump and his allies have targeted South Africa, promoting the false narrative that white people are being mistreated by the nation’s post-apartheid government.
Associated Press
AP PHOTOS: A tour through northeastern Syria in a moment of uncertainty
The sudden collapse of the Syrian government and President Bashar Assad’s flight to Russia in December marked a dramatic turning point for the country. For many, it was a moment of joy after 54 years of Assad family rule and nearly 14 years of a civil war that claimed an estimated half a million lives and displaced half of Syria’s prewar population.
CNN
White House pressures ICE to pick up pace of migrant arrests, sources say
In the first weeks of the new Trump administration, the White House has boasted about the arrests of thousands of undocumented immigrants. But behind the scenes, senior officials have expressed frustration with Immigration and Customs Enforcement in tense calls for not meeting its marks, according to multiple sources familiar with the discussions.
CNN
Why privacy laws are the tip of the legal spear against Musk and Trump
What access Elon Musk has to closely-guarded government data – including sensitive information it has collected about and from the American public – is a key battlefront in the ongoing and quickly-moving legal war over how President Donald Trump has sought to drastically transform the federal bureaucracy.
AFP
Trump sanctions ICC for 'illegitimate' Israel, US probes
US President Donald Trump slapped sanctions on the International Criminal Court for probes targeting America and its ally Israel, but the ICC on Friday vowed to continue providing "justice and hope" around the world."The Court stands firmly by its personnel and pledges to continue providing justice and hope to millions of innocent victims of atrocities across the world," it said in a statement.
AFP
Emigration and war hit once-booming Belarus tech sector
A project manager in Belarus's once-flourishing tech industry, Andrei Dorin admits his sector is in "crisis".Tech has been one of the few relatively liberalised sectors in ex-Soviet Belarus's state-dominated economy.
AFP
Hong Kong to file complaint with WTO over US tariffs
Hong Kong will file a complaint with the World Trade Organization in response to heightened US tariffs on its goods, a government spokesperson said Friday, days after Beijing announced a similar move.A spokesperson for the financial hub said Friday the Hong Kong government "will formally launch procedures in accordance with the WTO Dispute Settlement Mechanism against the US' unreasonable measures to defend our legitimate rights".
Associated Press
Turkey ends Afghan diplomats' mission, paving way for Taliban to appoint their own team
Turkey has terminated the mission of Afghan diplomats who were appointed by Afghanistan’s former, pro-Western government, the outgoing diplomatic team said, in a move that paves the way for the Taliban to appoint their own envoys. The departing team said on X that it had handed over the embassy in Ankara to the Turkish Foreign Ministry on Thursday. The unusually strongly-worded statement said that the decision by Turkey's government to end the mission was the result of pressure by the Taliban on the diplomats and Turkish officials.
AFP
Trump's Gaza plan derails Saudi-Israel ties: analysts
US President Donald Trump's plan to take over Gaza will imperil attempts to forge landmark ties between Saudi Arabia and Israel and fuel anti-American sentiment in the oil-rich kingdom, analysts said.- 'Making normalisation harder' - Trump's declarations "will further destabilise the region and fuel anti-American sentiment, particularly in Saudi Arabia", said Anna Jacobs, of the International Crisis Group think tank.
Associated Press
One of the victims of Sweden's deadliest mass shooting called his fiancee to say he loved her
Despite his gunshot wounds, sustained Tuesday in Sweden's deadliest mass shooting, Salim Karim Iskef managed to video-call his fiancee to tell her he loved her one last time. The 28-year-old asked Kareen Alia to look after his mother and herself before the call ended.

Latest Stories