287 programs. Classes and workshops for adults, evenings and weekends included.
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Starts Tue, Sep 22, 10:00 AM · Free
Toddler Storytime is a half hour of stories for young children at Exeter Community Library. It meets on Tuesday mornings from 10:00 to 10:30, so it fits easily into the start of the day. Children…
Run by Exeter Community Library · Reading
Starts Tue, Sep 22, 11:00 AM · Free
Each Tuesday during Snack-tember, Sinking Spring Public Library sets out a new and interesting snack for visitors to sample. Just stop by the circulation desk and ask to try that week's snack.…
Run by Sinking Spring Public Library · Sinking Spring
Tue, Sep 22 to Tue, Oct 6 · Free
Gentle Yin Yoga is a midday yoga series at Boyertown Community Library, led by Jen Wood. Yin style work means slow, held poses at an easy pace, so the class is a good fit for people who are new to…
Run by Boyertown Community Library · Boyertown
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, 1:00 PM · Free
The Mahjong Club is a drop-in game group at the West Lawn-Wyomissing Hills Library. Players gather to play American-style mahjong, and all levels are welcome, so you can come to learn the tiles or to…
Run by West Lawn-Wyomissing Hills Library · West Lawn
Starts Tue, Sep 22, 1:00 PM · Free
Stitch and Chat is a drop-in group for people who like to work on needlecraft together at Brandywine Community Library. Members share skills with each other, and there are people in the group who can…
Run by Brandywine Community Library · Topton
Starts Tue, Sep 22, 4:00 PM · Free
Anime Club brings adult fans together at the Boyertown Community Library to watch anime and talk about it. Bring your enthusiasm for the shows you already love, and expect to hear about titles other…
Run by Boyertown Community Library · Boyertown
Starts Tue, Sep 22, 4:00 PM · Free
Bridge for All is an afternoon of bridge at the Wyomissing Public Library. Players gather to sit down at the table and play this popular card game together. Newcomers to bridge are welcome, and so…
Run by Wyomissing Public Library · Wyomissing
Starts Tue, Sep 22, 5:00 PM · Free
Crochetology is a crochet program at the Reading Public Library's Northwest Branch. Participants learn new stitches, practice reading a pattern, and create fiber art. Materials are provided, so there…
Run by Reading Public Library - Northwest Branch · Reading
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 Tue, Sep 22, 7:00 PM · $42 per person
Painting with a Twist runs this guided painting session on Tuesday evenings from 7 PM to 9 PM. Everyone works on the same fall moonlight scene on a 16x20 canvas, following the steps out loud with a…
Run by Painting with a Twist · Reading
Starts Wed, Sep 23, 10:00 AM · Free
Children's Storytime meets on Wednesday mornings at the Exeter Community Library on Prestwick Drive in Reading. Each session runs from 10:00 am to 10:45 am. The program is recommended for children…
Run by Exeter Community Library · Reading
Starts Wed, Sep 23, 12:00 PM · Cost is $20 for both classes
This felting series at Wyomissing Public Library runs across two sessions, and each person makes a pair of miniature wool succulent plants to take home. The first session covers wet felting, where…
Run by Wyomissing Public Library · Wyomissing
Starts Wed, Sep 23, 1:30 PM · Free
Annette Pearson, known as Nette P, leads this card making class at the Wernersville Public Library. Bring an idea for a card you want to make, and she will help you work through it so you leave with…
Run by Wernersville Public Library · Wernersville
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 Wed, Sep 23, 7:00 PM · $42 to $52 per person
A guided painting workshop where you follow step by step to make your own version of the Pagoda at sunset. No experience needed. Paint, sip, and take your artwork home at the end of the evening.…
Run by Painting with a Twist · Reading
Starts Thu, Sep 24, 10:00 AM · Free
Color with Sheldon is a relaxed coloring session at the Brandywine Community Library in Topton. Drop in, find the table set out with coloring supplies, pick a page and color for as long as you like.…
Run by Brandywine Community Library · Topton
Starts Thu, Sep 24, 10:00 AM
Educators from the Reading Public Museum lead a morning of special tours and hands-on projects built around illustrators Norman Rockwell and Andrew Wyeth and the way they told stories in paint.…
Run by Reading Public Museum · Reading
Starts Thu, Sep 24, 1:00 PM · Free
Bring your basic technology questions to the Brandywine Community Library and get one-on-one help. Library staff can walk you through smart phones, tablets, email and similar everyday tools, at…
Run by Brandywine Community Library · Topton
Starts Thu, Sep 24, 6:00 PM · Free
Educators from the Indian Run Environmental Education Center bring their traveling owl program to Mifflin Community Library, and they bring feathered coworkers with them. Visitors meet three species…
Run by Mifflin Community Library · Shillington
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 · Member: $68.00 / Non-Member: $80.00
In this single evening workshop at GoggleWorks, you make a cloisonné enamel pendant. You shape fine wire into small cells on a metal surface, then fill those cells with enamel to build up color and…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Thu, Sep 24, 6:00 PM · Free
The Robesonia Community Library hosts a Mario Kart session in the Borough Meeting Room. Players race together on the screen, and everyone is welcome to join in, whether they play often or are picking…
Run by Robesonia Community Library · Robesonia
Starts Thu, Sep 24, 6:00 PM · Free
Novels at Night is a book discussion group hosted by Spring Township Library. Readers meet to talk about the group's current title, share what they thought of it, and hear what other people took from…
Run by Spring Township Library · Wyomissing
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, 6:00 PM · Free
Sit and Stitch is a monthly gathering for people who like to work on handwork in good company. It meets at the Hamburg Public Library on the fourth Thursday of each month, in the evening. Bring your…
Run by Hamburg Public Library · Hamburg
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
Starts Thu, Sep 24, 7:00 PM · $42 per person
A Spooky Night is a guided painting workshop from Painting with a Twist. An instructor walks the room through a Halloween themed design step by step on a 16x20 canvas, so you can follow along whether…
Run by Painting with a Twist · Reading
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 Fri, Sep 25, 1:00 PM · Free
The Reading Public Museum hosts this senior-friendly screening in The Neag Planetarium, where you watch a documentary and learn more about the stories behind the Museum's exhibits. Guests of all ages…
Run by Reading Public Museum · Reading
Starts Fri, Sep 25, 3:00 PM · Free
The Womelsdorf Community Library hosts a classic film screening on the fourth Friday of each month. Everyone watches together in the library, and popcorn is served. The group meets in the afternoon…
Run by Womelsdorf Community Library · Womelsdorf
Starts Fri, Sep 25, 6:00 PM · Free · Register by Sep 23
Historian Kathy Grim leads this evening workshop on the Lenape People, the earliest residents of the Berks County area. She covers local Native American history, culture and daily life, so you get a…
Run by Spring Twp Parks & Recreation · Sinking Spring
Starts Fri, Sep 25, 6:00 PM · $86.00
This one session workshop at GoggleWorks is a Maker Date for two. Working with templates and handbuilding methods, you shape slabs of clay and add texture to the surface to build your own ceramic…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Fri, Sep 25, 6:00 PM · $96.00
This is a one evening fused glass workshop at GoggleWorks in Reading, set up as a date night for adults. An instructor walks you through choosing a mold and picking your colors, then you arrange…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Fri, Sep 25, 6:00 PM · $105.00
This one evening glassblowing workshop at GoggleWorks is built for two. You and your plus one work in the hot glass studio with professional glassblowers and make a tumbler or a stemless wine glass.…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Fri, Sep 25, 6:00 PM · $96.00
This is a one evening Maker Date in the Metalsmithing Studio at GoggleWorks in Reading, built for two people who want to make something together. You and your plus one design and build a personalized…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Fri, Sep 25, 6:00 PM · $71.00
This one evening watercolor workshop at GoggleWorks in Reading is set up as a date night. You and your partner paint a handmade card set together while sharing a charcuterie spread from Thorn Alley…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Sat, Sep 26, 9:00 AM · Member: $89.25 / Non-Member: $105.00
Start with a simple square blank of hardwood and learn the fundamentals of woodturning. Instructor Luke Voytas covers the safe use of the lathe, turning gouges and other lathe tools, and you leave…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Sat, Sep 26, 10:00 AM · $45-$55 per person
Paint a jeweled turtle step by step with instructor Laela at Painting with a Twist in Exeter Township. You pick your own colors, so every turtle leaves the studio looking different. Choose a 16 by 20…
Run by Painting with a Twist · Reading
Starts Sat, Sep 26, 10:00 AM · Free
Pokemon Club brings card fans together at the West Lawn-Wyomissing Hills Library. Members trade cards and play Trading Card Game battles with other players in the group. The club meets on Saturday…
Run by West Lawn-Wyomissing Hills Library · West Lawn
Starts Sat, Sep 26, 11:00 AM · Free
Schuylkill Valley Community Library hosts a session on spotting artificial intelligence and scams, led by tech expert Khoi Luong. It is built for adults and older adults who want to feel more sure of…
Run by Schuylkill Valley Community Library · Leesport
Starts Sat, Sep 26, 11:00 AM · Free
Hopewell Furnace was an iron-making operation, but it was also a place where families lived and worked. On Living History Day, staff and volunteers in historical clothing spread out across the…
Run by Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site · Elverson
Starts Sat, Sep 26, 11:00 AM · Free
Nature Stroll & Roll is a short guided walk on smooth paths at Berks Nature in Reading. Participants stroll or roll along at a gentler pace than a standard hike, with a guide leading the way. The…
Run by Brandywine Community Library · Reading
Sat, Sep 26 to Sat, Oct 24 · $25 payable to the instructor at the start of class, includes all supplies
Kristina Smith leads this painting class step by step, so you work along with her from a blank surface to a finished painting. It is built for adults who want a guided session rather than open studio…
Run by Boyertown Community Library · Boyertown
Starts Sat, Sep 26, 11:30 AM · Free
Luna is a therapy dog who visits the Mifflin Community Library, and the idea is simple: come and read to her. Bring a book you would like to read aloud, or pick one out at the library when you…
Run by Mifflin Community Library · Shillington
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