Insider staff
We all pride ourselves on knowing how to do stuff.
Whether it’s framing a wall, baking a cake or changing the brakes on a ‘57 Chevy, we all have that one thing (or many) we could adequately teach someone else how to do.
But there sure are a lot of things we don’t know how to do. Only if there was a place where we could go and learn some new skills?
Well, actually there is. It just so happens that the Concord Public Library is hosting a How-To Festival this Saturday and you’re all invited.
“It’s a way to celebrate what Concord has and what Concord people have to offer,” said Robbin Bailey, the library liaison for the festival.
It runs from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and you’ll gain knowledge in things like how to grow herbs, the safest way to greet a dog and how to relieve stress. Boy, could we use that.
Here’s how it works. There are 30 different topics being presented by local experts and six, 25-minute time slots. There will be five places in the library – the auditorium, Blanchard Room, Children’s Room, Periodical Room and lounge – set up to accommodate the lessons.
“A family can come together and then all split up and do different things,” Bailey said.
So while you won’t be able to hear all 30 topics, you can see as many as six during the three-hour festival. You might just have to hustle because there’s only five minutes between time slots and it is a Saturday, so the library very well could be busy. You can also just check out one or two, it all depends on what kind of experience you’re looking for.
“You can do as many as you want,” Bailey said. “There’s really something for everybody.”
But one thing is for sure, you will certainly know how to do more cool stuff than when you walked in the building.
Other things to be presented will be how to finger knit, how to be a citizen scientist, brew beer and how to raise chickens.
The best part about it is that all this great information is free. Community members are giving up a part of their Saturday morning to take part.
“Concord has a lot of really talented people,” Bailey said.
And depending on what workshop you take part in, you might even get to bring something home.
Visit concordpubliclibrary.net for more.
