Library’s How To Festival Provides Opportunities to Learn Something New
By Susan Schrock, Office of Communication
Posted on February 10, 2016, February 10, 2016

Library’s How To Festival Provides Opportunities to Learn Something New

Meet new people and learn a new skill at the Arlington Library's How to Festival on Saturday, Feb. 13, 2016 at The Literacy House, located at 101 E North St, Arlington, TX 76011.

From 2 to 5 p.m. local organizations and librarians will lead short, 45-minute interactive classes on lifestyle, crafting, education, and more.

Session topics include:

Lifestyle

How to Eat Right: The Skinny on Fat

How to make the perfect cup of coffee

Arts+Crafts

How to Paper-mache

How to Cross-stitch

How to Make a Birdcage

Educational

How to Find the Passion for Small Business, Presented by Collette Portis, Destined Designs

How to Make Early Literacy Tools from Household Objects

How to Code

How to Make the Most of MOReLibrary.org and Other Online Resources

How to Make the Most of Ancestry.com and other Online Genealogy Resources

Gardening

How to Make a Container Garden, Presented by Calloway's Nursery

How to Compost, Presented by Tarrant Master Gardeners

Acquiring new skills stimulates areas in the brain that encourage positive thinking and well-being, which can lead to making people happier as individuals and oftentimes more marketable as job-seekers. Research also suggests that this creative outlet enhances self-esteem and confidence, so mark your calendars and stop by the Literacy House at 101 E. North Street for as few or as many How To sessions as you like.

Exact times for sessions can be viewed on the library's calendar.

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