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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