Pam Brashear performs with the Nu Chapter Tai Chi Chuan & Qi Gong Health Institute.

Festival goers practice their Tai Chi while attending one of the many programs at the Louisville Free Public Library’s How-To Fest.

Sifu Renee Lovelace of the Nu Chapter Tai Chi Chuan & Qi Gong Health Institute was one of the many presenters at the How-To Festival. “Basically we teach for health but we do have a martial arts side if somebody’s interested in that as well. Right now I work with people that have memory issues, breast cancer, MS, Alzheimer’s, balance issues, drug replacements, there’s just a multitude of different things that can help you as far as your health goes. I also work with people that have issues with stress, anxiety, and different other things, they would just have to tell me what their needs are. Our youngest students are 4 years old, and my teacher has students that are 100 and in their 90’s. I teach one lady that’s 96 years young. So we run the spectrum, depending on what your needs are, on teaching from one age group all the way across to the other. “

Alan White (right) of St. Matthews Martial Arts demonstrates how to defend against attackers.

Festival goers practice self defense techniques with each other.

David Shields of the Louisville Astronomical Society demonstrates another way of looking at the sun besides through a teliscope, while also demonstrating how powerful the magnification is by lighting his cigarette. “This is the projection method…You can look through the filtered telescopes, but those are 3,000 dollar telescopes. I built this for about 200 bucks.”

(From left to right) Jordan Gabbard, Isabelle Boehnert-Kureger and Ursula Boehnert teach German words and phrases at the How-To Fest.

Members of the Nu Chapter Tai Chi Chuan & Qi Gong Health Institute perform for festival attendees.

Scott Lookabill (right) shows festival goers how they can look directly at the sun through a telescope with the help of a special safety filter.