how-to 50 things. 5 hours. 1 day. 100% free. Louisville Free Public Library How-To Festival Schedule of Events* 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday May 12, 2012 w Main Library, 301 York St.

10 a.m. How to write well with long-time columnist and author Bob Hill. Auditorium How to find great hikes in this area. Lucy Koesters, author of “Take a Hike, Louisville.” Job Shop classroom How to create a great brand for yourself at work. Kirsten Hawley, Vice President and Director of Organizational & Leadership Development at Brown- 10:45 a.m. How to sell someone on you… a project… or a business Forman Human Resources. Board Room idea … in 30 seconds or less. The Elevator Speech by The Job Shop at Main. Board Room How to get started with tai chi. Dr. M.O. “Baba” Serikali and students. Centennial Room 11 a.m. How to feed your family from your vegetable garden this summer with How to kick off summer in style with tips from Jo Ross -- a fashion fixture 84WHAS’s Cindi Sullivan. Auditorium in Louisville and a regular at New York’s Fashion Week. Center Stage How to invigorate your body, mind, and spirit with yoga. This class for How to get started with online dating. Tech Connects Team. CLC beginners will include deep stretches and soothing breathing. Holly Holland. Ever done the lindy hop? Learn how to swing dance. Dan Jones. Dance Studio Centennial Room

How to pack a small suitcase for a big trip -- and other travel advice. Julie How to make a travelling “literacy bag.” LFPL staff. Children’s librarians. Scoskie, JCPS director of community support. East Room How to get started salsa dancing. Christy Byers. Dance Studio How to make sure your soil will deliver what your plants need. Wayne Long, Jefferson County Cooperative Extension, agriculture agent. Garden Tent outside Horse racing continued. How to read the Daily Racing Form. How to bet. Turf writer Bill Doolittle. East Room How to get your legal papers in order -- from wills to powers of attorney to health surrogates and more. Misty Vantrease, Louisville Bar Association.JCPS classroom How to garden in containers and up walls. Sarah Stolz, Jefferson County Cooperative Extension, horticulture agent Garden Tent outside The art of small talk: How to get the conversation rolling with practically anyone. IUS psychology professor and shyness expert Bernie Carducci. Job Shop classroom How to give a great architectural tour of Louisville. Architect and author Steve Wiser. JCPS classroom How to make great omelets. Chef Jim Whaley. Kitchen How to fall in love with bird-watching. Bob Johnson, Beckham Bird Club. How to do yo-yo tricks. Alex Ayers. Teen Underground Job Shop classroom

How to juggle. Bellarmine Juggling Club with Michael Sikora and James Bran- How to make 3 delicious healthy breakfasts on the go. Nancy Kuppersmith, nan. York Street lobby nutritionist at the U of L School of Medicine. Kitchen

How to improve your free throws with Robbie Valentine, member of U of L’s How to build a fire without matches. Jefferson Memorial Forest. Nature Center 1986 national championship men’s team. Basketball goal outside outside

How to create Chinese calligraphy using a brush. Angela Cao and Crane How to juggle. Bellarmine Juggling Club. West Room House volunteers. York Street lobby How to transform your vehicle into an art car. Lewis Meyer, Cricket Bidwell How to get to know the latest e-readers and tech gadgets. LFPL Tech Con- and Monica Mahoney. Art cars will be on display, from a “bat car” to 21c’s mir- nects team. (until 12 p.m.) York Street Lobby rored sports car. Library Lane Outside

10:30 a.m. How to use chopsticks. How to fold paper to create amazing origami figures. How to find the right volunteer role for you with WAVE3 TV’s Dawne Gee. Angela Cao and Crane House. (until 1 p.m.) York Street lobby Auditorium How to improve your basketball game – tips from the U of L Women’s Courier-Journal sports columnist Rick Bozich gives basketball shooting Basketball team. Basketball goal outside advice. Basketball goal outside 11:15 a.m. How to follow the top horses this spring with Bill Doolittle, author of the New York How to plan and run good meetings -- and make the most of ones you attend. Times best-selling “The Derby: Run for the Roses,” and “The How to Be a Bet- Emily Ruddock, manager of foundations and government relations at Actors ter Bettor Book”; a regular contributor to Louisville Magazine and LEO. Center Stage Theatre of Louisville. Board Room

How to tie one on: a perfect bow tie with lawyer Fred Joseph. East Room How your dog thinks -- a scientific approach to dog training. Allison Jami- son Woosley, Kentucky Humane Society. Center Stage How to tie one on: stylish scarf tricks with Cari Tindall East Room 11:30 a.m. How to turn kitchen and yard waste into garden-rich compost. Rosetta How to win at Scrabble -- from 2-letter words to scoring 50-point bonuses. Competi- Fackler, master gardener. Garden Tent outside tive players Glenn Brownstein and Kathi Cann. (until 2 p.m.) Game alcove, 2nd floor How to pick great wines on a budget. Anne Joseph, long-time wine buyer How to change your Facebook privacy settings. Tech Connects Team. CLC and consultant. Meeting Room 1 How to take up fly fishing. Fred Joseph. Nature Center outside How to recognize local trees using a fun card game. Jefferson Memorial Forest. Nature Center outside * Scheduled events and times are subject to change. How to recognize local trees using a card game. Jefferson Memorial Forest. How to network -- and five mistakes to avoid. Maggie Payette Harlow, Nature Center outside owner of Sign-A-Rama Downtown and past president of Louisville’s National Association of Women Business Owners. Board Room How to make beer. Paul Young, My Old Kentucky Homebrew. Taproom How to dance hip hop. Safiyyah Dance. Centennial Room Tai chi again, outside this time, weather permitting. York Street outside How to plan your travel online. Tech Connects Team. CLC 11:45 a.m. How to tell a great story. Erin Keane and Gabe Bullard, journalists at How to make honey in your backyard. Bee keeping by Cabrina Bosco and 89.3 WFPL and emcees of the Louisville Moth StorySLAM. Center Stage Sarah Childress. Garden Tent outside

How to find great recreational bike rides in the region. Author and cyclist How to listen to your dreams. Kim Greene. JCPS classroom Joe Ward. Job Shop classroom How to buy a bike. Tom Armstrong, Louisville Bicycle Club. Job Shop classroom Fish beyond frying: Chef Dan Thomas offers delicious and easy alternatives. How to go back to college as an adult. Lilly Massa-McKinley from 55,000 Chef of kitchens from Café Metro to Equus/Jack’s Lounge, he currently over- Degrees and Cheri Green, an employee at SHPS working on her bachelor’s sees catering for Jefferson County Public Schools. Kitchen degree. Meeting Room 1

12 p.m. How to use a compass. Jefferson Memorial Forest team. Nature Center outside Bike maintenance 101 - How to keep your bike running in prime condition. A team workshop. Bring your bike. (until 1:30 p.m.) York Street outside 1:15 p.m. How to be a girl -- Teresa Wallace and the Rev. How to get started kayaking. Kimberley Hillerich, Skipping Fish Boat School Dawn Cooley of First Unitarian Church. Derby City Roller Girls. Center Stage and a team of local paddlers offer inspiration. Auditorium 1:30 p.m. How to use kickstarter.com and other online resources to raise money to How to knit -- from beginners to adventurers. Deborah Levine, fiber artist start a business. Maggie Huber, photographer and editor of the new maga- and long-time knitter. Leave with a project started and 2 original patterns. zine “This…is Louisville.” Board Room (until 3 p.m.) East Room

How to jump rope – the Jump it UP Crosby Middle School team. Centennial Room How to make chicken salad two different ways, courtesy of Chef David Scales from Lilly’s. Kitchen How to borrow eBooks from the library. Tech Connects Team. CLC 1:45 p.m. How to give a great tour of real Kentucky culture. Amy Potts, How to get started flamenco dancing. Diana Dinicola. Dance Studio Preservation Kentucky. Job Shop classroom How to teach your dog tricks -- 5 in 5 days. Allison Jamison Woosley, Kentucky Humane Society. East Room 1:50 p.m. How to save hundreds of dollars every year – making the most of paper, e-mail and website coupons. Lisa Sizemore, manager of How to raise chickens in a city backyard. Cabrina Bosco, Sarah Childress branch libraries and bargain hunter extraordinaire and Melissa Poore, Dollars and Wayne Long. Garden Tent outside and Sense columnist for The Courier-Journal. Centennial Room How to file for an inexpensive uncontested divorce and other family-law 2 p.m. issues. Legal Aid Society. JCPS classroom How to take great photos. Get new perspective and advice from award- winning photographer Bill Luster. Auditorium How to solve problems peacefully. Janene Shakir, Peace Education Program. Meeting Room 1 How to publish your own book. Peggy DeKay, author of “Self-Publishing for Virgins.” Board Room How to build a fire without matches. Jefferson Memorial Forest. Nature Center outside How to jump rope -- the Jump it UP team from Crosby Middle School. Center Stage

How to make a monster bookmark. LFPL staff. Teen Underground How to create a Wordle. Tech Connects Team. CLC

How to amaze and entertain with three simple magic tricks. Magician Bill Try Zumba, the Latin-inspired dance fitness craze. Becky Griffin, YMCA. Kustes. West Room Dance Studio

12:15 p.m. How to embrace native plants in your landscape. Portia Brown. Garden How to master commuting by bike - from planning a safe route to arriving Tent outside at work looking professional. Kirk Kandle, car-free for almost three years. Job Shop classroom How to have your voice heard by elected officials. Gil Reyes and Judy Look from the district office of U.S. Congressman John Yarmuth. JCPS classroom 12:30 p.m. How to have a spring tea party storytime. LFPL staff. Teen Underground gallery How to make a summer berry pudding and no-knead bread. Chef Bill Lynch, Bristol Bar & Grille Hurstbourne. Kitchen 2:15 p.m. How to recognize local trees with a fun card game. Jefferson Memorial Forest. How to Skype. Tech Connects Team. CLC Nature Center outside How to make party-perfect cupcakes. Jamie’s 14k Cupcakes. Meeting Room 1 How to make beer. Paul Young, My Old Kentucky Homebrew. Taproom 2:20 p.m. How to research the history of your house - when it was built, How to juggle. Bellarmine Juggling Club with Michael Sikora and James previous owners and changes over the years. Cynthia Johnson, historic Brannan. York Street lobby preservation specialist, Louisville Metro Planning and Design Services. Job Shop classroom 12:45 p.m. How to take your family camping -- a beginner’s guide. Beverly Bartlett, Jim Turner, their two sons and a tent make it easy. Center Stage 2:30 p.m. How to make money selling stuff online. LFPL Tech Connects. Centennial Room 12:50 p.m. How to make a home for a shelter pet. How to make a home for a shelter pet. Margaret Brosko and Amanda Crook, Metro Animal Services. East Room All day How I made this: Artists describe how they created work on display. 1 p.m. Bernheim Gallery How to be prepared for any emergency. Spalding University president and explorer Tori Murden McClure. Auditorium How to create prize-winning BBQ. Every hour on the hour, you can hear a talk about some aspect of this craft. Jeremy Noon and the Derby City Smokers. Simple sewing by hand -- hemming, patching, buttons, and more. Jimena Outside York Street entrance Bertschi and Caitlin Kannapell. (until 3 p.m.) West Room