diff --git a/doc/howto/howto_website.rst b/doc/howto/howto_website.rst
index aa15236fed7..67b13482583 100644
--- a/doc/howto/howto_website.rst
+++ b/doc/howto/howto_website.rst
@@ -473,11 +473,92 @@ fix this, we have to create an explicit list view for lectures:
 
 .. todo:: link to list view documentation
 
-.. todo:: have lectures extend events -> reuse in OpenERP?
+Reusing and customizing existing work
+-------------------------------------
+
+OpenERP and its standard modules provide a number of models which may already
+solve your problem or part of your problem. Part of being a good OpenERP
+developer is having an idea of existing models and how they can be retrofit
+to your purposes.
+
+For our courses, instead of developing teaching assistants and lectures from
+scratch we could reuse existing OpenERP *users* (for teaching assistants) and
+*events* (for lectures)\ [#bonus]_, as well as the built-in website support
+for events.
+
+Install ``website_event`` (which will also install ``events``) by restarting
+the server as:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+    $ ./openerp-server --addons-path=../web/addons,../addons,../my-modules \
+                       -d academy -i website_event --db-filter=academy
+
+We'll also add it as a dependency to our module:
+
+.. patch::
+
+Reload `your openerp`_, click on the new :menuselection:`Events` item which
+was added to the menu. This will be our new lectures page, but there are a few
+adaptations to perform
+
+Fixing the menu
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+The menu title is currently a generic *Events*, we only want lectures so we
+will rename it to *Lectures*. Website menu items are defined through the
+``website.menu`` model, *Events* is defined by ``website_event`` and has the
+external id ``website_event.menu_events``, renaming it is as simple as
+overwriting the ``name`` field for that record:
+
+.. patch::
+
+Restart the server with
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+    $ ./openerp-server --addons-path=../web/addons,../addons,../my-modules \
+                       -d academy -i academy --db-filter=academy
+
+and the menu item has been renamed to Lectures.
+
+Removing the sidebar
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+The filters sidebar is not necessary for our lectures. It can be removed in
+the UI via :menuselection:`Customize --> Filters` (and new filters can be
+added to the current filtering by date). Template customization is done by
+adding and removing extension views, so much like the renaming of the menu,
+we simply need to find the right record (here the Filters template view
+extending the basic event page) and set its value correctly:
+
+.. todo:: documentation for view inheritance/in-place extension
+
+.. patch::
+
+Note that the option is still available in :menuselection:`Customize`, we
+have merely flipped the default around.
+
+Simplifying templates
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+There are still two things to fix in the lectures list. First, remove the
+*Our Events* link in the top-left corner, simply replace the breadcrumb
+element by nothing:
+
+.. patch::
+
+Second, remove the "organized by" and type rows in the event's description,
+keep only the datetime and location:
+
+.. patch::
 
 .. [#taprofile] the teaching assistants profile view ends up broken for now,
                 but don't worry we'll get around to it
 
+.. [#bonus] as a bonus, we get access rights and TA access to the
+            administrative backend "for free"
+
 .. _bootstrap: http://getbootstrap.com
 
 .. _converter pattern:
diff --git a/doc/howto/howto_website/disable-events-filters b/doc/howto/howto_website/disable-events-filters
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..353b00bfe28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/howto/howto_website/disable-events-filters
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# HG changeset patch
+# Parent a86395d8fd5fba9d902c6796a991ffd6e414d1c5
+diff -r a86395d8fd5f -r 01f5cbb40de0 data/records.xml
+--- a/data/records.xml	Tue Apr 15 16:19:30 2014 +0200
++++ b/data/records.xml	Tue Apr 15 16:19:47 2014 +0200
+@@ -3,5 +3,9 @@
+         <record id="website_event.menu_events" model="website.menu">
+             <field name="name">Lectures</field>
+         </record>
++
++        <record id="website_event.event_left_column" model="ir.ui.view">
++            <field name="inherit_id" eval="False"/>
++        </record>
+     </data>
+ </openerp>
diff --git a/doc/howto/howto_website/events-dependency b/doc/howto/howto_website/events-dependency
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a04dbb068e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/howto/howto_website/events-dependency
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# HG changeset patch
+# Parent 6a562e55935fe44a57220b0dcd9c389aa0b39e7e
+diff -r 6a562e55935f -r a5a363ca0a78 __openerp__.py
+--- a/__openerp__.py	Mon Apr 14 17:04:36 2014 +0200
++++ b/__openerp__.py	Tue Apr 15 16:03:34 2014 +0200
+@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
+     'version': '0.1',
+ 
+     # any module necessary for this one to work correctly
+-    'depends': ['website'],
++    'depends': ['website', 'website_event'],
+     'data': [
+         'security/ir.model.access.csv',
+         'views/templates.xml',
diff --git a/doc/howto/howto_website/events-menu-rename b/doc/howto/howto_website/events-menu-rename
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e1f096f31a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/howto/howto_website/events-menu-rename
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# HG changeset patch
+# Parent a5a363ca0a784718f504d476d18e8ad4b0f4ec24
+
+diff --git a/__openerp__.py b/__openerp__.py
+--- a/__openerp__.py
++++ b/__openerp__.py
+@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
+     'data': [
+         'security/ir.model.access.csv',
+         'views/templates.xml',
++        'data/records.xml',
+         'data/views.xml',
+     ],
+     'demo': [
+diff --git a/data/records.xml b/data/records.xml
+new file mode 100644
+--- /dev/null
++++ b/data/records.xml
+@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
++<openerp>
++    <data noupdate="1">
++        <record id="website_event.menu_events" model="website.menu">
++            <field name="name">Lectures</field>
++        </record>
++    </data>
++</openerp>
diff --git a/doc/howto/howto_website/events-remove-breadcrumbs b/doc/howto/howto_website/events-remove-breadcrumbs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5b61a67d4df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/howto/howto_website/events-remove-breadcrumbs
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# HG changeset patch
+# Parent 01f5cbb40de08d2a195c6a2ac3310efdbd3e1cbd
+diff -r 01f5cbb40de0 -r eb4fbe025c90 views/templates.xml
+--- a/views/templates.xml	Tue Apr 15 16:19:47 2014 +0200
++++ b/views/templates.xml	Tue Apr 15 17:11:13 2014 +0200
+@@ -66,5 +66,8 @@
+     </t>
+ </template>
+ 
++<template id="remove_events_breadcrumb" inherit_id="website_event.index">
++    <xpath expr="//ol[hasclass('breadcrumb')]" position="replace"/>
++</template>
+     </data>
+ </openerp>
diff --git a/doc/howto/howto_website/series b/doc/howto/howto_website/series
index 30efad5d7b5..18f3e6aba0e 100644
--- a/doc/howto/howto_website/series
+++ b/doc/howto/howto_website/series
@@ -16,3 +16,8 @@ data-to-demo
 lectures-action-and-menus
 field-label
 lecture-view-list
+events-dependency
+events-menu-rename
+disable-events-filters
+events-remove-breadcrumbs
+simplify-lectures-list
diff --git a/doc/howto/howto_website/simplify-lectures-list b/doc/howto/howto_website/simplify-lectures-list
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..27b65133daa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/howto/howto_website/simplify-lectures-list
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# HG changeset patch
+# Parent eb4fbe025c90df79b12a3fb18bf884c6c169e652
+diff -r eb4fbe025c90 -r 30b20b46dbb2 views/templates.xml
+--- a/views/templates.xml	Tue Apr 15 17:11:13 2014 +0200
++++ b/views/templates.xml	Tue Apr 15 17:21:18 2014 +0200
+@@ -66,8 +66,11 @@
+     </t>
+ </template>
+ 
+-<template id="remove_events_breadcrumb" inherit_id="website_event.index">
++<template id="simplify_events_list" inherit_id="website_event.index">
+     <xpath expr="//ol[hasclass('breadcrumb')]" position="replace"/>
++    <xpath expr="//ul[hasclass('media-list')]/li/div/div[1]" position="replace"/>
++    <xpath expr="//ul[hasclass('media-list')]/li/div/div[hasclass('text-muted')]" position="replace"/>
+ </template>
++
+     </data>
+ </openerp>