Summer is here, and Repair Cafe is still meeting throughout the season!

Here’s a few things we want to share with you:

Next Repair Café: 10:30am-12:30pm Saturday, June 6th

Great Falls Library

Our next event will be at Great Falls Library.

IMPORTANT: This event will not have knife sharpening, unless we manage to get a volunteer for this date. Do you know someone who could help us? Please send them our way!

Here’s the library address:

9830 Georgetown Pike
Great Falls, VA, 22066-2634

This library does not have a public transit connection.

By car: This library has a parking lot at the side of the building, with a drop-off lane.

Here’s a link with more information about the library: https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/library/branches/great-falls

Want to help? We’re still looking for a few more volunteers, including Repairers, Knife Sharpeners, and Childcare volunteers: https://volunteernow.volunteerfairfax.org/custom/1427/opp_details/191304

Mini-Workshop: What comes after Windows 10?

We’ll be holding another rendition of our mini-workshop on alternatives to Windows 11/the end of support to Windows 10, complete with some example computers for a show-and-tell.

Here’s the library’s page on the event: https://librarycalendar.fairfaxcounty.gov/event/16802299

This workshop will be a quick overview of fact and fiction around Windows 10 and Windows 11, and what you can do about it. We aim to demystify this software and help you take back ownership of your computer & digital life.

If you’re interested in running a mini-workshop with us, send me an email at anicski@proton.me - mini-workshops can be on any topic related to repair, crafting, and other adjacent areas. We’d love to hear your ideas!

Next up: July, August Cafés

Saturday, July 11th, 2026, 10:30am-12:30pm @ Ellen Coolidge Burke Library

4701 Seminary Road
Alexandria, VA 22304

Volunteer signup: https://volunteernow.volunteerfairfax.org/custom/1427/opp_details/191331

Saturday, August 15th, 2026, 12:15pm-2:15pm @ Oakton Library

10304 Lynnhaven Place
Oakton, VA, 22124-1785

Volunteer signup: https://volunteernow.volunteerfairfax.org/custom/1427/opp_details/191420

*Please note: The August Cafe will be at a different time to accommodate Library programming.

Repair in our community: Community Mending Circle @ Mary Riley Styles Library

One of our community members has started a Community Mending Circle, which meets every third Tuesday at the library in the City of Falls Church. Find their website here: https://www.communitymendingcircle.org/

This is a free event during the day - part co-working, part skill-sharing, and part socializing. If you have a project you’ve been wanting to work on, consider bringing your supplies and visiting the Mending Circle!

That’s all for now - thank you for your continued support, and have a great summer!

Ari Nicholas

Fairfax County Repair Cafe