155 programs. Classes and workshops for adults, evenings and weekends included.
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Starts Thu, Nov 12, 6:00 PM · Free
Join Sinking Spring Public Library for a look at the food and harvest traditions of Native peoples of the Eastern Woodlands. The program covers autumn harvest practices and the significance of the…
Run by Sinking Spring Public Library · Sinking Spring
Starts Thu, Nov 12, 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, Nov 12, 7:00 PM
This is a guided painting workshop with a winter theme. An instructor walks the group through a rustic snowman design step by step, so no experience is needed. When you book, you choose whether to…
Run by Painting with a Twist · Reading
Starts Thu, Nov 12, 7:00 PM · $45-$55 per person
Paint a porch goose dressed up as a holiday penguin, step by step, with instructor Brandalyn guiding the whole group. You choose your surface when you book: a 16 by 20 canvas or a 16 by 20 wood plank…
Run by Painting with a Twist · Reading
Starts Fri, Nov 13, 7:00 PM · $45 per person
Join Painting with a Twist in Exeter Township for a trivia night paired with a guided painting session. You paint the Frost and Starlight design on a 16x20 canvas while playing along with trivia, led…
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Starts Fri, Nov 13, 7:00 PM · Free
Brandywine Community Library hosts an after hours author visit at the Sinking Spring Public Library. Jeannine A. Cook comes to talk about her book, Shut Up and Read: A Memoir from Harriett's…
Run by Brandywine Community Library · Sinking Spring
Starts Sat, Nov 14, 5:30 PM
Walk the historic area on a guided evening tour that moves through a series of scenes bringing the past to life. Interpreters are stationed around the site and are ready to answer questions and talk…
Run by Conrad Weiser Homestead · Womelsdorf
Starts Sun, Nov 15, 6:00 PM · $47 per person
Bauble Diva is a guided painting event at Painting with a Twist in Exeter Township. You work on a 16 by 20 inch canvas and personalize the artwork, with a studio artist leading each step. The class…
Run by Painting with a Twist · Reading
Mon, Nov 16 to Tue, Nov 17 · Free
Ali's Book Club is a reading group hosted by 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
Starts Mon, Nov 16, 5:00 PM · Free
Indian Run Environmental Education Center brings live owls to the Exeter Community Library for an early evening program about these birds. Visitors get to meet the owls up close and learn about the…
Run by Exeter Community Library · Reading
Starts Mon, Nov 16, 5:30 PM · Free
The Boyertown Community Library hosts a step by step cooking class for adults. Together the group learns to make a pumpkin roll, plus an additional treat or two. All supplies are provided, so you can…
Run by Boyertown Community Library · Boyertown
Mon, Nov 16 to Mon, Nov 23 · Member: $123.25 / Non-Member: $145.00
In this woodworking class at GoggleWorks, you make a small river charcuterie board by joining natural edge wood slabs with an epoxy resin pour. The finished piece looks like a river runs through the…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Tue, Nov 17, 5:00 PM · Free
The Literary Lounge Book Club brings adult readers together at Boyertown Community Library for an evening discussion of a shared title. The book for this meeting is Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall…
Run by Boyertown Community Library · Boyertown
Starts Tue, Nov 17, 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 Tue, Nov 17, 6:00 PM · Member: $68.00 / Non-Member: $80.00
This single session ceramics workshop at GoggleWorks Center for the Arts walks you through shaping and molding clay into a small jewelry dish. You work by hand and leave with a custom piece made for…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
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Starts Tue, Nov 17, 6:00 PM · Free
Hamburg Public Library hosts a board game night for families and friends. Players pick something from the library's game collection or bring a favorite game from home to share with others at the…
Run by Hamburg Public Library · Hamburg
Starts Tue, Nov 17, 6:00 PM · Free
The Overbooked Book Club meets at the Brandywine Community Library in Topton to talk about a shared book. The group is geared to adults who like to read and compare notes with other readers. The…
Run by Brandywine Community Library · Topton
Starts Tue, Nov 17, 7:00 PM · $42-$52 per person
Paint a glowing holiday scene step by step with instructor Kale at Painting with a Twist in Exeter Township. You choose your surface when you book: a 16 by 20 canvas or a 16 by 20 wood plank board.…
Run by Painting with a Twist · Reading
Starts Wed, Nov 18, 5:30 PM · Member: $51.00 / Non-Member: $60.00
In this single evening workshop at GoggleWorks, you weave a cabin boy basket: a basket built on a wooden base with handles attached to the sides. It is a practical shape that can hold mail…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Wed, Nov 18, 6:00 PM · Free
Novel Brews is a book club from the Hamburg Public Library that meets in the evening at Hazel's Cafe in Hamburg. The setting is relaxed: members talk about what they have been reading over their…
Run by Hamburg Public Library · Hamburg
Starts Wed, Nov 18, 7:00 PM · Free
Cinema Club is a film discussion group for adults hosted by Reading Public Library. Each meeting centers on one movie, and the group talks through the story, the performances and the way the film was…
Run by Reading Public Library · Reading
Starts Wed, Nov 18, 7:00 PM · $45-$65 per person
Paint a holiday gnome step by step with guidance from a studio artist. The session runs on a Wednesday evening, and you choose your surface when you book: a canvas, a wood plank board or a taller…
Run by Painting with a Twist · Reading
Starts Wed, Nov 18, 7:00 PM · $42 per person
Paint Shimmer Lake on a 16x20 canvas with a studio artist guiding each step. The evening sessions run from 7 to 9 PM, and no painting experience is needed. You take your finished canvas home at the…
Run by Painting with a Twist · Reading
Starts Thu, Nov 19, 6:00 PM · Member: $72.25 / Non-Member: $85.00
This single evening workshop at GoggleWorks introduces the basics of turning wood bowls. You work at a wood lathe, learn how to handle turning tools properly, and practice safe, efficient technique…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Thu, Nov 19, 6:00 PM · Member: $68.00 / Non-Member: $80.00
This single evening workshop at GoggleWorks covers the making of sterling silver bangles that can be worn on their own or stacked together. You measure, form, solder, texture and finish several…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
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Starts Thu, Nov 19, 6:00 PM · Free
Novels at Night is a book club from Spring Township Library. This is the virtual session, which meets on Thursday evenings over Zoom, so you can join the discussion from home. Readers talk about the…
Run by Spring Township Library · Wyomissing
Starts Thu, Nov 19, 7:00 PM · $42 to $62 per person depending on surface
Paint "A Green One" and make it your own in this guided evening class at Painting with a Twist in Exeter Township. An artist leads the group step by step, and you personalize the design as you go.…
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Starts Fri, Nov 20, 6:00 PM · Free
The Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library stays open after hours for a movie night with Miss Daphne. The feature is The Sheep Detectives, shown on the big screen, so bring your friends, settle in and…
Run by Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library · Bethel
Starts Fri, Nov 20, 6:00 PM · $96.00
This is a single evening ceramics workshop at GoggleWorks in Reading, built as a Maker Date for two. You glaze two pre-made bud vases, watch a wheel throwing demonstration, and then see your pieces…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Fri, Nov 20, 6:00 PM · $71.00
Make a wearable cyanotype at GoggleWorks. In this one session Maker Date, you and your plus one print on a T-shirt using sunlight, objects and photo negatives. Instructor Alex Crawford covers the…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Fri, Nov 20, 6:00 PM · $100.00
This is a one evening flameworking workshop at GoggleWorks Center for the Arts, set up as a date night. You and your date work with torches and hand tools to melt and shape glass, and you see how…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Fri, Nov 20, 6:00 PM · $96.00
This evening workshop in the fusing studio at GoggleWorks pairs glass making with food and drink. An instructor walks you through choosing a mold and picking your colors, and you leave having made…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Fri, Nov 20, 6:00 PM · $105.00
This one session Maker Date brings you and a guest into the hot glass studio at GoggleWorks. Working with the guidance of professional glassblowers, each of you shapes your own piece, either a…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Fri, Nov 20, 6:00 PM · $71.00
This is a paired painting workshop at GoggleWorks. You and your date use acrylics to paint sets of wooden cut-out ornaments, then seal them with a quick drying varnish. Each person leaves with a pair…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Fri, Nov 20, 6:00 PM · $110.00
Bring a partner to the Woodworking Studio at GoggleWorks and make a pair of candlesticks together. Each candlestick can differ in shape, height and size. Both get painted with the same color milk…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
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Starts Fri, Nov 20, 6:00 PM · $96.00
Bring a partner to this evening metalsmithing workshop at GoggleWorks and make a set of sterling silver stacking rings to take home. Instructor Lukas Kohler walks you through the basics step by step…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Fri, Nov 20, 7:00 PM · $42 per person
Paint a winter blizzard scene that glows under blacklight at Painting with a Twist in Exeter Township. Brandalyn leads the step by step class on a 16x20 canvas, so you can follow along and take your…
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Starts Sat, Nov 21, 5:00 PM · Member: $72.25 / Non-Member: $85.00
In this single evening workshop at GoggleWorks, you build a modern color ladder suncatcher while learning the basics of traditional leaded stained glass. The instructor introduces the lead came…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Sat, Nov 21, 7:00 PM · $42-$52 per person
A Soft Winter is a guided painting event for adults at Painting with a Twist in Exeter Township. Brandalyn leads the class step by step, so no experience is needed. You choose whether to paint the…
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Starts Sun, Nov 22, 6:00 PM · $45 to $55 per person
Paint a moonlit cardinal scene step by step with a Painting with a Twist artist leading the way. You can choose a 16 by 20 canvas or a 16 by 20 wood plank board, and you take your finished piece home…
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Starts Sun, Nov 22, 6:00 PM · $50 to $60 per person
Spend an evening painting a lantern scene with a trivia twist at Painting with a Twist in Exeter Township. Brandalyn leads the session and guides you step by step, with trivia rounds mixed into the…
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Starts Sun, Nov 22, 6:00 PM
Paint a rustic winter snowman step by step with a studio artist leading the way. The evening session runs on a Wednesday evening, and you choose your surface when you book: a 10x30 canvas or a 10x30…
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Starts Mon, Nov 23, 5:30 PM · Member: $80.75 / Non-Member: $95.00
This one evening workshop at GoggleWorks Center for the Arts introduces the basics of bead making on the torch. You shape glass beads and then use them to decorate a bottle opener you take home. The…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Mon, Nov 23, 5:30 PM · Free
Exeter Community Library hosts Family Game Night, an evening of board games, card games, puzzles and more. Families, friends and neighbors play together in the library, and you are welcome to bring a…
Run by Exeter Community Library · Reading
Mon, Nov 23 to Tue, Nov 24 · Member: $123.25 / Non-Member: $145.00
In this class at GoggleWorks Center for the Arts, you design and build your own fused glass lantern. You cut glass, learn safety practices in the studio, and work through the glass fusing process.…
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Starts Mon, Nov 23, 5:30 PM · Free
Novels at Night is an evening program from Spring Township Library. This listing covers the in person meetings, which the library holds on the last Monday of the month in the early evening at its…
Run by Spring Township Library · Wyomissing
Starts Mon, Nov 23, 6:00 PM · Free
The Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library hosts a program that follows what a Union soldier went through during a medical event in the Civil War, whether it came from disease or from combat. The…
Run by Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library · Bethel
Starts Mon, Nov 23, 7:00 PM · $42 per person
Painting with a Twist in Exeter Township pairs a guided painting session with trivia on Monday evenings. You work on a 16 by 20 inch canvas with acrylic paint, following along step by step with the…
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Starts Tue, Nov 24, 5:00 PM · Member: $89.25 / Non-Member: $105.00
Turn your own pepper mill in a single evening session at GoggleWorks. You learn how to turn the body of a mill on the lathe and how to install the grinding mechanism so the finished piece works, and…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Tue, Nov 24, 6:00 PM · Free
The Don't Read This Book Club at Brandywine Community Library takes on The 57 Bus by Dashka Slater. Read the book ahead of time, then come to the library to talk it over with the group. The title is…
Run by Brandywine Community Library · Topton
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