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Intensive woodworking boot camp at Nova Labs teaches wood fundamentals, milling, joinery, band‑saw curve cutting, and completes a wooden tool tote project.
Crafters Cove open office hours at Nova Labs, offering painting, sewing, knitting and other crafts for members to work on projects or start new ones.
Writers gather in the City of Fairfax Library meeting rooms to work on manuscripts, share feedback, and discuss drafting, editing, and publishing, laptops and snacks welcome, ages 18+.
One-on-one tech assistance with volunteers at City of Fairfax Regional Library, troubleshooting email, documents, internet, photos, apps, and devices, ages 18 and up.
Fast‑paced evening boot camp at Nova Labs teaches wood understanding, milling, joinery, band‑saw curves, and glue‑ups while building a wooden tool tote.
Open Office Hours at Nova Labs let participants use a lathe with freecycled wood, receive guidance from instructor Steven Ok, and practice projects.
Intro sewing class at Nova Labs covers bobbin winding, threading, straight and zigzag stitches, seam vs hem, and troubleshooting, with thread and fabric supplied, 12+ (with adult).
Craft and experiment with a naturalist, exploring new pumpkin uses and getting messy at Burke Lake Park, for ages 4–18.
Intergenerational Halloween Crafternoon (City of Fairfax Regional Library, Meeting Rooms 101A & 101B) — Making cute witches from recycled book pages. Ages 18 and up.
MIG Welding 101 class at Nova Labs teaches welding basics and offers a MIG welder sign‑off.
Makers Circle & Art Lab at Nova Labs: members bring projects, work with others, exchange ideas, share tools across crafts like knitting, metalwork, digital art.
New member orientation at Nova Labs covers shop safety, policies, tool sign‑off process, onboarding steps, key contacts, volunteering info, and provides a member door key.
