58 programs. Adult education & continuing education classes for adults across the county.
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Starts Thu, Sep 17, 3:00 PM · Free
WFMZ journalist, anchor and reporter José Martinez visits the Exeter Community Library to talk about his book. He will read a short excerpt and discuss identity, belonging and the immortal…
Run by Exeter Community Library · Reading
Thu, Sep 17 to Thu, Oct 1 · Free
Trixie is a therapy dog who comes to Mifflin Community Library so people can read aloud to her. Readers settle in with a book and read to a calm, patient listener, which can be an easy way to build…
Run by Mifflin Community Library · Shillington
Starts Sat, Sep 19, 5:00 PM · Free
Silent Book Club is a quiet reading hour for adults at the Northeast Branch of the Reading Public Library. The library provides the space; everyone else brings a book and settles in to read. There is…
Run by Reading Public Library - Northeast Branch · Reading
Starts Sun, Sep 20, 1:00 PM · Daniel Boone Homestead Associate Members $45 and Non-Members $50
This beginner-level workshop at the Daniel Boone Homestead looks at how candles were made in early America. Led by Greg and Peggy Geesaman of Heritage Art and Craft Studio, participants work with…
Run by Daniel Boone Homestead · Birdsboro
Mon, Sep 21 to Tue, Sep 22 · Free
Ali's Book Club is a reading group from the Wernersville Public Library. The group meets twice a month to talk about a new book each month, with titles drawn from the Berks County Libraries…
Run by Wernersville Public Library · Sinking Spring
Mon, Sep 21 to Mon, Oct 19 · Free
Thrive n Peak: Bridges, Growth, and Community is a discussion series from Reading Public Library for young men ages 13 and up. Sessions are led with a guest called Thane, who guides the group through…
Run by Reading Public Library · Reading
Starts Mon, Sep 21, 5:30 PM · Free
Readers who enjoy The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings meet at Wyomissing Public Library to talk through Tolkien's work together. Adam Richter, a lifetime Tolkien fan, leads the discussion. The group…
Run by Wyomissing Public Library · Wyomissing
Starts Tue, Sep 22, 12:00 PM · Free
Attorneys from Curran Estate and Elder Law explain what life care planning means and what it involves. They cover who should do it and who it is for, and they help you think through your own…
Run by Wyomissing Public Library · Wyomissing
Starts Tue, Sep 22, 5:30 PM · Free
Hawk Mountain returns to Exeter Community Library for an evening with live birds of prey. Visitors meet three live raptors up close and learn about the adaptations that help each bird hunt and…
Run by Exeter Community Library · Reading
Starts Tue, Sep 22, 6:00 PM · Free
The Don't Read This Book Club meets at Brandywine Community Library in Topton for an open discussion of one title at a time. The pick for this meeting is More Happy Than Not by Adam Silvera. Read the…
Run by Brandywine Community Library · Topton
Starts Tue, Sep 22, 6:00 PM · Free
Medicare 101 is an informational session for people who are turning 65 and want help making sense of Medicare. A representative from Gerhart, Hartman, & Ritner leads the session and walks through the…
Run by Hamburg Public Library · Hamburg
Starts Wed, Sep 23, 5:30 PM · Free
The (Censored) Book Club is a reading group for adults that meets at Wyomissing Public Library. Members read a selected title on their own and then come together at the library to talk it over as a…
Run by Wyomissing Public Library · Wyomissing
Starts Wed, Sep 23, 7:00 PM · Free
Eager Readers Book Club is a reading group for adults at Schuylkill Valley Community Library. Members read the same book on their own, then come together to talk about it. The current selection is…
Run by Schuylkill Valley Community Library · Leesport
Starts Thu, Sep 24, 6:00 PM · Free
Bestsellers & Baked Goods is a series at Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library for adults who enjoy talking about books. Each gathering looks at the newest bestsellers, with coffee or tea and a baked…
Run by Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library · Bethel
Starts Thu, Sep 24, 6:00 PM · Free
Exeter Community Library hosts a silent book club that meets at Ridgewood Winery in Birdsboro. As the name says, it is a quiet reading group, so the time together is spent with books rather than a…
Run by Exeter Community Library · Birdsboro
Starts Thu, Sep 24, 6:30 PM · Free
Readers who enjoy science fiction and fantasy meet each month at the Fleetwood Area Public Library to talk about a shared book. The group gathers in Room 111 on the fourth Thursday of the month in…
Run by Fleetwood Area Public Library · Fleetwood
Fri, Sep 25 to Fri, Dec 18 · Free
Book Buddies and Beyond is a relaxed, open-genre book club for parents and caregivers at the Boone Area Library in Birdsboro. There is no single assigned title. You read what you like, whether that…
Run by Boone Area Library · Birdsboro
Starts Fri, Sep 25, 10:00 AM · Free
This is a book discussion group that meets at the Kutztown Community Library. Members gather on the fourth Friday of the month at 10 AM and talk through the book together for about an hour and a…
Run by Kutztown Community Library · Kutztown
Starts Sat, Sep 26, 12:00 PM · Free
Curiosity with Coffee is a non-fiction book club for adults at the Reading Public Library's Northeast Branch. This meeting is a Bring Your Own Book session, so there is no single assigned title.…
Run by Reading Public Library - Northeast Branch · Reading
Starts Sat, Sep 26, 2:00 PM · Free
The Adult Book Club brings readers together at the Robesonia Community Library to talk about one shared title. Miss Izzy leads the discussion. The group's pick is Six Days in Bombay by Alka Joshi.…
Run by Robesonia Community Library · Robesonia
Starts Mon, Sep 28, 10:00 AM · Free
Coffee and Crime is a book club for mystery readers at the Hamburg Public Library. Each month the group reads a different mystery, then meets to talk it over. Coffee is part of the morning, along…
Run by Hamburg Public Library · Hamburg
Starts Mon, Sep 28, 11:00 AM · Free
Highway Safety Network brings a general traffic safety program to Boyertown Community Library. Tara DeStefano leads the session and covers traffic safety topics, including ebikes and scooters. The…
Run by Boyertown Community Library · Boyertown
Starts Mon, Sep 28, 3:00 PM · Free
The Mifflin Community Library hosts a book club that meets to talk about the group's current read. Members come ready to share what they thought of the book and hear what others took from it.…
Run by Mifflin Community Library · Shillington
Starts Mon, Sep 28, 5:00 PM · Free
The Family Financial Toolkit is a class about money basics, held at the Exeter Community Library. Teens and their families learn practical ways to save, build a budget and understand how credit…
Run by Exeter Community Library · Reading
Starts Wed, Sep 30, 10:30 AM · Free
The Reading Public Library brings its Mobile Tech Van to the Boone Area Library in Birdsboro. Stop by with your device and your questions, and get one-on-one help from library staff. Help covers…
Run by Boone Area Library · Birdsboro
Starts Wed, Sep 30, 6:00 PM · Free
Katelyn and Katie host an evening of sourdough swapping at the Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library. Bakers trade starters and recipes, talk shop with other sourdough bakers, and enjoy the baked goods…
Run by Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library · Bethel
Starts Thu, Oct 1, 9:30 AM · Free
The Exeter Community Library holds a silent book club at Starbucks Exeter, at 4541 Perkiomen Ave in Reading. As the name says, this is quiet reading time in company: people bring their own book and…
Run by Exeter Community Library · Reading
Thu, Oct 1 to Sat, Nov 14 · Free
Medicare consultant Danielle Williams leads this seminar on retirement and Medicare at the Boone Area Library. It is a chance to hear from someone who works with Medicare and to bring your own…
Run by Boone Area Library · Birdsboro
Starts Sat, Oct 3, 1:00 PM · Have fun with Ciera’s Sweets and learn to decorate cupcakes from a professional! The class costs $10 per person, cash payable to the instructor on the day of...
Learn to decorate cupcakes with a professional baker from Ciera's Sweets. This hands-on class for adults meets at Boyertown Community Library on North Reading Avenue, and you work directly with the…
Run by Boyertown Community Library · Boyertown
Starts Mon, Oct 5, 10:15 AM · Free
The Monday Morning Book Club is a reading group for adults that meets at Boyertown Community Library. Members read the same book and then come together to talk it over. One of the club's picks is How…
Run by Boyertown Community Library · Boyertown
Starts Tue, Oct 6, 6:00 PM · Free
This is a drop-in book club at the Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library in Bethel. Come talk about anything you have been reading or listening to, whether that is a print book, an audiobook, an ebook or…
Run by Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library · Bethel
Starts Tue, Oct 6, 6:00 PM · Free
Brandywine Community Library hosts an online workshop on Social Security and retirement income planning. The session runs in the evening over Zoom, so you can take part from home. It is presented by…
Run by Brandywine Community Library · Topton
Starts Thu, Oct 8, 5:00 PM · Free
The Mystery Book Club at Wyomissing Public Library brings together readers who like mysteries. Members read the chosen title on their own, then meet to talk it over as a group. One of the club's…
Run by Wyomissing Public Library · Wyomissing
Starts Thu, Oct 8, 6:30 PM · Free
Fleetwood Reads is the book club at Fleetwood Area Public Library. The group meets on the second Thursday of each month in Room 111, starting at 6:30 in the evening, to talk about the current title…
Run by Fleetwood Area Public Library · Fleetwood
Starts Thu, Oct 8, 6:30 PM · Free
Adults who like to read can gather at Ridgewood Winery on Daffodil Hill Farm for a Silent Book Club hosted by Boyertown Community Library. There is no assigned title and no discussion to prepare for.…
Run by Boyertown Community Library · Bechtelsville
Sat, Oct 10 to Sat, Dec 12 · Free
The Adult Book Club at the Bernville Area Community Library meets monthly so readers can talk about what they have been reading. Most months the group picks a genre rather than a single title, and…
Run by Bernville Area Community Library · Bernville
Sun, Oct 11 to Sun, Oct 18 · In-County: $80 Out-of-County: $80
Strategies for Personal Success, also known as Leadership II, is a 16 hour course from the Berks County Fire Training Center for people who lead fire service organizations. Running a career…
Run by Berks County Fire Training Center · Reading
Starts Sun, Oct 11, 2:30 PM · Free
Readers of any age can practice out loud with a trained therapy dog at the Bernville Area Community Library. Boone and Tater Tot are part of the Berks Tales for Tails program, and they make good…
Run by Bernville Area Community Library · Bernville
Starts Mon, Oct 12, 5:30 PM · Free
The Classics Book Club brings adult readers together at the Wyomissing Public Library to talk about well known works of literature. The group meets in the library's Multi-Purpose Room, and discussion…
Run by Wyomissing Public Library · Wyomissing
Starts Mon, Oct 12, 6:00 PM · Free
Readers meet each month at the Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library in Bethel to talk about a book together. A title is chosen for each month's discussion, and the conversation stays friendly and…
Run by Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library · Bethel
Tue, Oct 13 to Thu, Oct 15 · Free
Children and other readers can practice reading out loud to Cosmo, a certified therapy dog, who visits the Kutztown Community Library with his owner, Martha Johnson. Cosmo listens while you read, so…
Run by Kutztown Community Library · Kutztown
Starts Tue, Oct 20, 10:00 AM · Free
This Arboretum Education talk at the Reading Public Museum looks at sustainable agriculture in the developing world. Andrew Gerlicz, a professor with the University of Vermont Institute of…
Run by Reading Public Museum · Reading
Starts Tue, Oct 20, 5:00 PM · Free
The Literary Lounge Book Club is an evening discussion group for adults at Boyertown Community Library. Readers come together at the library to talk over one book at a time. The current title is…
Run by Boyertown Community Library · Boyertown
Starts Tue, Oct 20, 5:45 PM · Free
The Evening Readers Book Club is a monthly reading group that meets at Exeter Community Library on Prestwick Drive in Reading. Members gather in the early evening on the third Tuesday of each month…
Run by Exeter Community Library · Reading
Starts Thu, Oct 22, 2:00 PM · Free
This beginner computer class at the Reading Public Library's Southeast Branch covers basic internet skills. A guide leads the group through the steps, using Northstar Digital Literacy practice…
Run by Reading Public Library - Southeast Branch · Reading
Starts Mon, Oct 26, 10:30 AM · Free
This computer class at the Reading Public Library's Northeast Branch covers basic internet skills. An instructor guides the group step by step, so you can work at a comfortable pace and ask questions…
Run by Reading Public Library - Northeast Branch · Reading
Starts Tue, Oct 27, 10:45 AM · Free
Early Intervention professionals join library storytimes and play dates at Exeter Community Library. Children play at learning stations while parents and caregivers talk with the visiting…
Run by Exeter Community Library · Reading
Starts Wed, Oct 28, 3:30 PM · Free
This beginner computer class at the Reading Public Library's Northwest Branch covers basic internet skills. An instructor guides the group step by step, so you can follow along at your own pace and…
Run by Reading Public Library - Northwest Branch · Reading
Starts Wed, Oct 28, 4:00 PM · " Receive 2 chocolate samples with a paper strip containing PTC to help identify super-tasters! $5
Chocolate sommelier Estelle Tracy leads this tasting session at the Exeter Community Library, where the topic is taste itself and why one person's "yum" can be another person's "yuck." You taste and…
Run by Exeter Community Library · Reading
Starts Sun, Nov 1, 1:00 PM · Free · Register by Oct 26
This presentation looks at how people lit their homes, workplaces and public rooms in early America. Light mattered for household chores, skilled trades, writing and reading, and even the work of the…
Run by Spring Twp Parks & Recreation · Sinking Spring