If you don’t think you can learn an important skill or crucial piece of knowledge in 10 minutes, you probably haven’t checked out the Guelph Public Library’s How-To Expert Festival. The fourth annual edition is coming up on Saturday in the main branch.
There are 14 10-minute sessions starting at 11 a.m. and going until 2 p.m. – including how to fix household items, how to breathe for better health, how to boost your brain power, how to stop HIV stigma, how to perform some basic self defense, and how to solve a Rubik’s Cube. Skills we all could use.
This year, Transition Guelph’s Guelph Tool Library will take part, offering 10-minute do-it-yourself tips on fixing your household items. While the tool library is at the main branch of the library, the Transition Guelph Repair Café will be at St. George’s Anglican Church, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Steve Kraft, the library’s chief executive officer, said the library has partnered with a number of businesses and organizations in the city to put the event on. The event also helps highlight the great many how-to resources the library has on hand.
“It’s really well organized,” he said. “We have it streamlined now. There’s someone who greets you at the door. They give you a map of where all the different how-to units are within the library. You can go around and do as many as you like, or pick and choose.”
In its previous three years, the festival has drawn large numbers of attendees.
“The parking lot is always filled, so we make arrangements to park on the street and in other neighbourhood parking lots,” Kraft added. “We try to make it as easy for people as possible to attend.”
