Bet you didn’t know you could learn podcast production at a library.
Later this week, Sam, Beth and I are picking up some pumpkins (where to get yours ➡️ in your inbox Wednesday) and heading to the library. What? Yep – we’re going to learn Pumpkin Drilling. 🎃
This is just one of tons of Maker classes held at Richland Library – usually free and led by library staffers, artists or volunteers – in the library branches’ super cool maker spaces, labs + studios.
Both Pumpkin Drilling classes (Oct. 17 + 21) are full, but no stress – COLAtoday + Richland Library are partnering to create DIY skillshare videos that are quick + fun to watch; the first one on how to carve a pumpkin with a drill at home. 🎥 Maybe you’ll learn something new. Or you can just watch and laugh as we attempt to learn to play the ukulele.
Here are 5 other skills you can pick up at Richland Library for free in the next few months:
Record your own music or podcast.
⚙️ Recording 101: Discover the Artist Within | Nov. 11, 10 a.m.-12 p.m. | Richland Library North Main | for adults | Learn basic skills to start using the North Main Recording Studio | Call 803-754-7734
⚙️ Songwriter’s Workshop | Oct. 31, 6-8 p.m. Richland Library Main, Studio 221 | for adults | Artist-in-Residence + singer/songwriter Wendell Culbreath (a.k.a. THE Dubber) will give songwriting tips + lyric writing techniques in a weekly workshop (starting today) | Register
Conserve old photos.
⚙️ Saving Family Photos | Oct. 23, 6-8 p.m. | Richland Library Main, Post-Production Lab | for adults | Learn how to scan images, store images + use Photoshop to help preserve old, deteriorating family photos | Register
Learn to keep a plant alive.
⚙️ Garden Like a Master: Color in the Winter Garden | Nov. 7, 10:30-11:30 a.m. | Richland Library Ballentine | for adults | Learn how to garden plants + wildlife in the Winter with Richland County Master Gardeners | Call 803-781-5026
⚙️ Herbs in Containers | Dec. 9, 3-4 p.m. | Richland Library Eastover | for teens + adults | Learn how to plant + grow herbs in your kitchen or your garden | Register
Release your inner basic betch.
⚙️ Pumpkin Spice DIY | Nov. 16 | 3-4 p.m. | Richland Library Main, Makerspace | for adults | Make three DIY Pumpkin Spice products: Carpet Deodorizer, Lip Balm + Lip Scrub | Register
⚙️ Homemade Beauty | Nov. 16, 6-7 p.m. | Richland Library Eastover | for teens + adults | Make natural foundation, blush + lip balm from ingredients like cocoa powder, cinnamon + cornstarch | Register
Try your hand at playing the ukulele.
⚙️ Ukulele Jam | Nov. 7, 6:30-8 p.m. | Richland Library Main, Meeting Space 214 | for adults | Jam with ukulele players, from newbies to seasoned strummers (BYOuke if you can) | Call 803-799-9084
I’ve been a huge fan of our library system here in Cola ever since I wandered into the Main branch in 2011 and discovered rows on rows of free rentals of books, music (throwback to when I rented 7 Wilco CDs on one visit, and fast forward to now with my 10 free weekly downloads currently filling iTunes with Younger Now), movies + TV shows (a.k.a. how I fell in love with Downton Abbey w/o cable).
But it was just last year that I learned about these Maker Spaces and the mad skills you can learn (for free) in the classes or open labs there. Shoutout to the volunteers, artists + library staffers that keep these things running.
Seriously, if you’re a Rich Co resident and don’t utilize RL, you’re literally losing money. Plus, it’s a fact that they’re one of the best libraries in the country. They won an award and everything.
See you at Harry Potter week (ISO a child to stand in as my “babysittee”),
