This short-form, how-to series aims to teach you valuable skills in your spare time. Each 10-minute visual episode provides a quick overview of a topic and gives insight on how to complete a specific task at hand.
Learn in a Weekend
Things we could do this weekend: laundry, gardening, dusting ... OR learn a powerful, useful, and helpful skill to make our lives better or more fun.
Overview
01: Learn a Card Trick in a Weekend
Being able to astonish your friends and family with card tricks is easier than you think. Join award-winning “mathemagician” Art Benjamin to master a surprisingly easy, yet wow-worthy, card trick that involves simple counting and spelling.
4 min
02: Learn to Build a Campfire in a Weekend
Building an outdoor fire to provide light, heat, and a cooking source is not as easy as putting a match to a pile of wood. Elizabeth Andre shows you step by step the best way to lay, maintain, and properly terminate a campfire.
9 min
03: Learn to Play a Van Halen Riff in a Weekend
Playing the guitar is a fun and relaxing way to enjoy yourself, but nothing beats being able to master a song by one of the masters. Spend some time with Colin McAllister and discover you can emulate Eddie Van Halen’s two-handed tapping technique.
6 min
04: Learn to Grill BBQ Chicken in a Weekend
Chicken is probably the most common food item you'll find in people's homes because it's accessible, affordable, and relatively easy to cook. Taught by expert chef Bill Briwa of The Culinary Institute of America before his passing, learn how to break down a chicken; get insights into flavoring methods, including dry rubs and sauces; and get tips on how to perfectly bar-b-que chicken, all in one quick and easy session.
11 min
05: Learn to Saber a Champagne Bottle in a Weekend
Is there anything more impressive than sabering off the top to a champagne bottle? However, there are certain things you need to know in order to do it right, and there are many ways it can be done wrong. This fast and fun lesson shows you how to open champagne with a flair and how to avoid the pitfalls of this dramatic action.
5 min
