159 programs. Classes and workshops for adults, evenings and weekends included.
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Sat, Oct 24 to Sun, Oct 25 · Member: $72.25 / Non-Member: $85.00
Learn the basics of mosaic work and make a pumpkin you can hang at home. Over two evening sessions you cut glass, arrange colored tiles into your design, and grout the finished piece. The class is…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Sun, Oct 25, 1:00 PM · $40.00 per person · Register by Oct 19
This workshop introduces theorem painting, a technique where stencils carry the design and you learn how to work the paint. Participants use multiple stencils to apply oil paints to a fabric surface…
Run by Spring Twp Parks & Recreation · Sinking Spring
Starts Sun, Oct 25, 1:00 PM · Free · Register by Oct 22
Spring Township Parks and Recreation invites adults to slow down and spend time outdoors with Mind and Body Instructor Robert Sarnoski. The group takes a slow, mindful walk and focuses the senses on…
Run by Spring Twp Parks & Recreation · Sinking Spring
Starts Sat, Oct 31, 11:00 AM · Free
Reading Public Library hosts an afternoon of movies and snacks at the Main Library. Families and visitors of all ages settle in to watch a film together, and the group makes themed snacks to enjoy…
Run by Reading Public Library · Reading
Starts Sun, Nov 1, 9:00 AM · Member: $157.25 / Non-Member: $185.00
This one day woodturning workshop at GoggleWorks Center for the Arts focuses on making hollow form vases. You work at the lathe and practice the techniques used to shape and hollow these pieces, with…
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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
Starts Sun, Nov 1, 2:00 PM
The Conrad Weiser Homestead hosts a fall lecture on the German Regiment. A speaker presents the history of the unit, and you come to listen and learn. The talk is geared to adults, and families are…
Run by Conrad Weiser Homestead · Womelsdorf
Sun, Nov 1 to Sun, Nov 15 · Member: $81.60 / Non-Member: $96.00
This drawing class at GoggleWorks is open to all skill levels. Students explore what charcoal, pencil, and Sharpie can each do and build drawing skill and confidence through scribbling, drawing, and…
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Starts Sat, Nov 7, 12:00 AM · Member: $68.00 / Non-Member: $80.00
This single session workshop at GoggleWorks Center for the Arts introduces the plasma cutter and the ways it can be used. You learn how to work with the tool safely, then put that practice to use by…
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Sat, Nov 7 to Sat, Nov 21 · Member: $173.40 / Non-Member: $204.00
In this sewing class at GoggleWorks Center for the Arts, students build a crossbody bag from start to finish. You work through the steps of putting in a zipper, sewing a lining, and attaching an…
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Sat, Nov 7 to Mon, Nov 9 · Member: $505.75 / Non-Member: $595.00
Over three full days in the Woodworking Studio at GoggleWorks, you build a wooden side table from start to finish. The work centers on the classic mortise and tenon joint, and the instructor covers…
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Sat, Nov 7 to Sat, Nov 28 · Member: $163.20 / Non-Member: $192.00
Make a short film over four weeks at GoggleWorks. The group moves through the process step by step, from catching an idea to shaping it into a story and filming it. Sessions cover lighting, sound…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Sat, Nov 7, 1:00 PM · Free · Register by Oct 30
This history program invites you to sit in on a conversation with John Adams, the second President of the United States. He is presented as an imperfect, burdened, but ever-striving man, and the talk…
Run by Spring Twp Parks & Recreation · Sinking Spring
Starts Sat, Nov 7, 1:00 PM · Member: $83.30 / Non-Member: $98.00
This single session workshop at GoggleWorks introduces you to working with hot glass. You gather molten glass from the furnace, add color, and shape it into a pumpkin with guidance from studio…
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Starts Sat, Nov 7, 1:00 PM · Free
Certified dog trainer Lauren Huha leads this class on reading your dog like a book. The session runs about an hour and is a chance to learn from a trainer and ask your own questions about what your…
Run by Exeter Community Library · Reading
Starts Sat, Nov 7, 3:00 PM · Member: $68.00 / Non-Member: $80.00
In this single-session workshop at GoggleWorks, you make a sterling silver ring from start to finish. You twist and braid silver wire, then shape, solder, and finish the piece. Along the way you…
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Starts Sat, Nov 7, 5:00 PM · Member: $51.00 / Non-Member: $60.00
Paint Your Pet is a single evening workshop at GoggleWorks Center for the Arts where you paint a small portrait of your pet on canvas. The instructor guides the group step by step, so the session…
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Sat, Nov 7 to Sun, Nov 8 · Member: $123.25 / Non-Member: $145.00
In this two session class at GoggleWorks, you make a fused glass cookie tray while learning the basics of working with warm glass. You cut and arrange glass, then the pieces are fused and shaped into…
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Starts Sat, Nov 7, 7:00 PM · $45 per person
Paint a 16x20 canvas with step by step guidance while trivia rounds run through the evening. The class is led by instructor Brandalyn, and it runs on Saturday evenings. Paint, sip, relax and have fun…
Run by Painting with a Twist · Reading
Sun, Nov 8 to Sun, Nov 29 · Member: $193.80 / Non-Member: $228.00
Precious metal clay handles like clay but fires into fine silver. In this class at GoggleWorks, you work with the material from start to finish: shaping it, adding texture, and firing it to make…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Sun, Nov 8, 1:00 PM · $45.00 per person · Register by Nov 1
This workshop from Spring Twp Parks & Recreation looks at how Early American households made light. You dip your own double wick candle from 100% beeswax using the traditional dripping method…
Run by Spring Twp Parks & Recreation · Sinking Spring
Starts Sun, Nov 8, 1:00 PM · Free · Register by Nov 5
Penn State Master Gardeners lead this workshop on woodland terrariums, the small glass gardens you can keep going all year. They talk through how terrariums work and the quiet beauty of them, then…
Run by Spring Twp Parks & Recreation · Sinking Spring
Starts Sun, Nov 8, 2:00 PM
The Daniel Boone Homestead presents a fall lecture on Berks County and the American Revolution. Dr. Karen Guenther of Mansfield University is the speaker. The talk is one in the Homestead's fall…
Run by Daniel Boone Homestead · Birdsboro
Nov 9 to Dec 11 · Member: $72.25 / $80.75 / Non-Member: $85.00 / $95.00
GoggleWorks Center for the Arts runs single session ornament workshops in its warm glass studios. In each session you work in either the fusing studio or the flameworking studio to make a glass…
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Fri, Nov 13 to Sat, Nov 14 · Member: $119.00 / Non-Member: $140.00
This weekend workshop at GoggleWorks introduces sand casting, a metalworking method used to turn molten metal into small objects. Over two evenings you make molds with casting sand, pour metal, and…
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Starts Sat, Nov 14, 12:00 AM · Member: $51.00 / Non-Member: $60.00
This single session workshop at GoggleWorks introduces acrylic paint pens. You will look at how brush tips differ from bullet nibs and try out the stylistic choices the pens allow. By the end of the…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Sat, Nov 14, 1:00 PM · Member: $72.25 / Non-Member: $85.00
This single session workshop at GoggleWorks introduces working with borosilicate glass at the torch. Over three hours you apply color to a clear glass rod to shape an implosion pendant, then take…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Sat, Nov 14, 2:00 PM · Member: $102.00 / Non-Member: $120.00
Carve a Santa is a one session woodcarving workshop at GoggleWorks Center for the Arts in Reading. You carve a traditional Santa ornament with guided instruction that covers carving technique, adding…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
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, 10:00 AM · Member: $89.25 / Non-Member: $105.00
In this one day workshop at GoggleWorks Center for the Arts, you weave two holiday gift baskets from flat reed. Dyed reed accents and decorative tie-ons add color and a festive finish. The baskets…
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Starts Sun, Nov 15, 1:00 PM · Daniel Boone Homestead Associate Members $45 and Non-Members $50
The Daniel Boone Homestead Associates host this hands-on wreath workshop led by Heritage Art and Craft Studio. Participants build a Williamsburg-inspired wreath on a 14-inch grapevine base, working…
Run by Daniel Boone Homestead · Birdsboro
Starts Sun, Nov 15, 2:00 PM · Free · Register by Nov 9
Local historian and author Paul Miller leads a slide presentation on the history of Spring Township and the boroughs that were formed from it over time. The images are vintage historical photographs…
Run by Spring Twp Parks & Recreation · Sinking Spring
Starts Sun, Nov 15, 6:00 PM · $49 per person
Welcome to the North Pole is a guided painting workshop at Painting with a Twist in Exeter Township. An artist leads the group step by step through a holiday scene on a 16x20 canvas, so no experience…
Run by Painting with a Twist · Reading
Starts Sat, Nov 21, 2:00 PM · Member: $83.30 / Non-Member: $98.00
In this single session at GoggleWorks, you make a glass ornament or bell in the hot glass studio. You learn how to gather hot glass from the furnace, add color, and shape the piece into a holiday…
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Starts Sat, Nov 21, 4:00 PM · Member: $72.25 / Non-Member: $85.00
This one session workshop at GoggleWorks introduces woodturning by way of a small project: a turned wooden apple. You work on a lathe with guidance from instructor Luke Voytas, learning how the tools…
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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…
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Starts Sun, Nov 29, 1:00 PM · $45-$55 per person
Paint a rustic Christmas design and make it your own at this Painting with a Twist studio session in Exeter Township. You pick your surface, either a 10x30 canvas or a 10x30 wood plank board, then…
Run by Painting with a Twist · Reading
Sun, Nov 29 to Sun, Dec 13 · Member: $81.60 / Non-Member: $96.00
In this class at GoggleWorks, you paint three small works that reflect your own feelings. The approach leans on bold color and intuition rather than careful planning, so you work by experimenting and…
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Starts Sat, Dec 5, 4:00 PM · $42-$52 per person
Paint a farmhouse lamb step by step with guidance from a Painting with a Twist artist. You can work on a 16x20 canvas or a 16x20 wood plank board, and you take your finished piece home at the end.…
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Starts Sun, Dec 6, 12:00 AM · Member: $85.00 / Non-Member: $100.00
This one session workshop at GoggleWorks introduces jewelry design with silver precious metal clay. You work with molding tools and basic forming techniques to shape your own piece, then staff fire…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Sun, Dec 6, 1:00 PM · Register by Nov 29
In this workshop you build a rustic woodland half-wreath on a 12 inch grapevine base. You work with a mix of evergreen greenery, eucalyptus leaves, pinecones and a ribbon, and you pick your ribbon…
Run by Spring Twp Parks & Recreation · Sinking Spring
Starts Sun, Dec 6, 5:00 PM · $45-$60 per person
Painting with a Twist runs this guided painting workshop where you create a warm rustic snowman scene step by step with an artist leading the way. Surface choices include a canvas, a wood plank…
Run by Painting with a Twist · Reading
Starts Sat, Dec 12, 12:00 AM · Member: $68.00 / Non-Member: $80.00
In this single session workshop at GoggleWorks Center for the Arts, you learn how to cut, shape, and polish a stone into a finished, custom cut tree gem. You can work with stone available in the…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Sat, Dec 12, 11:00 AM · Member: $83.30 / Non-Member: $98.00
In this single session at the GoggleWorks hot glass studio, you make your own glass ornament or bell. You learn how to gather hot glass from the furnace, add color, and shape it into a holiday form.…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Sat, Dec 12, 11:30 AM · Member: $68.00 / Non-Member: $80.00
This one session workshop at GoggleWorks introduces MIG welding, a process that uses an electric arc between a wire electrode and metal to melt and join the pieces. Students learn the basic…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Sat, Dec 12, 2:00 PM · Member: $83.30 / Non-Member: $98.00
This single session workshop at the GoggleWorks hot glass studio has you make your own glass ornament or bell for the holidays. You work with hot glass straight from the furnace, learn how to gather…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Sat, Dec 12, 2:30 PM · Member: $68.00 / Non-Member: $80.00
This one session workshop at GoggleWorks Center for the Arts introduces the basics of MIG welding, where an electric arc melts a wire electrode and metal so the pieces join. It runs on a Saturday…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Sat, Dec 12, 3:00 PM · Member: $72.25 / Non-Member: $85.00
In this single session at GoggleWorks, you use a lathe to turn a small wooden holiday tree. It is a keepsake you can set out as holiday decor or give as a gift. The workshop is open to all skill…
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Starts Sat, Dec 19, 5:30 PM · Member: $72.25 / Non-Member: $85.00
This single evening workshop at GoggleWorks introduces borosilicate glass and the torch. You apply color to a clear glass rod and shape it into a pendant with an imploded design inside. You take the…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Sat, Jan 9, 10:30 AM · Free
This beginner class at the Reading Public Library introduces sourdough bread making from the ground up. Participants work with dough in class and learn the basic steps and handling that make…
Run by Reading Public Library · Reading