2026 How-To Festival
SAT | Jun 6 | 10 AM-1 PM
Auditorium, Lobby, and Library Lawn
The How-To Festival is the Lawrence Public Library's annual celebration of our community's knowledge, skills, and talents. This year we will have presenters offering demonstrations or sharing information in the library's auditorium and atrium and outside on the library lawn to allow our attendees to take in Lawrence’s diverse know-how at their own pace.
- How to Clean Your Teeth with Erin Barlett
- How to Use KU Libraries with Amanda Schlumpberger from KU Libraries
- How to Make a Healthy, Heat-Friendly Meal with Just Food
- How to Needle Felt a Snail with Anna Archibald of Thanks, I Made It! Studio
- How to Safely Observe the Sun with Astronomy Associates of Lawrence
- How to Become a Foster Parents with DCCCA
- How to Step Up for Kansas Kids with Douglas County CASA
- How to Fold Origami with Esther Kong
- How to Attract Butterflies to Your Garden with Mijeong Baek from Monarch Watch
- How to Create a Firefly Festival in Your Neighborhood with Rachel Allai from Sparks on the Creek, SPBLLC
- How to Make a Mushroom Spore Print with the Kaw Valley Mycological Society
- How to Create a Dungeons & Dragons Character with Tanner Willbanks
- How to Bird with Lawrence Bird Alliance
- How to Throw a Frisbee with Lawrence Ultimate Frisbee Association
- How to Navigate the World Wide Radio Airwaves with the Douglas County Amateur Radio Club
- How to Synthesize Sounds with the KC Synthesizer Collective
- How to Make a Book Snake with Caitlin Klepper and Centi Clogston from the Kenneth Spencer Research Library
- How to Travel Latin America on a Bicycle with Jeff Miller from Lawrence Community Cycles
- How to Become Multimodal with Hazlett Henderson and Devon Middleton
- How to Cook with the Sun with Bill Price from Greenman Farm & Kansas Permaculture Institute
- How to Restore Native Landscapes to Your Yard or Property with the Restoring Our Landscapes community group
- How To Interview a Source for a News Article with the Lawrence Times
- How to Understand Soccer and the World Cup with Andrew Bentley from the Lawrence Adult Soccer League
- How to Build a Resume with Stephanie Schmitz
- How to Preserve Your History with Rebekah Ramos from the Kenneth Spencer Research Library
- How to Help Turtles Cross the Road with Wendy Holman from the KU Field Station
- How to Make a Grass Buddy with Maison Flory and Airana Chappel from K-State Extension Douglas County
- How to Turn (Swing) Poi with Rhonda Beardshear
- How to Make the Most of Lawrence Public Library with LPL Staff
