290 programs. Classes and workshops for adults, evenings and weekends included.
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Starts Tue, Jul 20, 10:00 AM · $30.00
Learn the basic macrame stitches and use them to knot your own air plant hanger at Clay on Main in Oley. You choose from a variety of cord colors, and air plants are provided, so you leave with a…
Run by Clay on Main · Oley
In progress since Oct 20, next Tue, Nov 3, through Nov 10 · Single class: $45 for Museum Members, $55 for Non-Members
The Reading Public Museum presents a four-part art history course on American illustration, taught jointly by Scott Schweigert, Curator of Art and Civilizations, and Geoff Fleming, Executive Director…
Run by Reading Public Museum · Reading
In progress since Oct 20, next Tue, Nov 3, through Nov 17 · Member: $242.25 / Non-Member: $285.00
This class introduces the basic skills of metalsmithing and silver jewelry making. You cut, shape and join metal using hammers, flame and other studio tools, and you leave with a custom sterling…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
In progress since Oct 20, next Tue, Nov 3, through Nov 17 · Member: $216.75 / Non-Member: $255.00
This intermediate class at GoggleWorks builds on sewing skills you already have. You work on making simple patterns, designing your own garments, and taking an idea through to a finished piece. Along…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
In progress since Nov 4, through Nov 3 · Member $10.00, Non-Member $20.00, Member $100.00, Non-Member $120.00
The Reading YMCA runs pickleball at its Sinking Spring branch for players at every stage, from first-timers to those sharpening their shots. Options include open play sessions, learn-to-play events…
Run by Reading YMCA · Reading
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In progress since Oct 22, next Thu, Nov 5, through Nov 19 · Member: $242.25 / Non-Member: $285.00
This beginner class introduces flameworking, the craft of shaping glass at a torch. Working with glass rods and a torch, students learn to heat, melt and form their own glass beads, with attention to…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
In progress since Oct 29, next Thu, Nov 5, through Nov 12 · Member: $130.05 / Non-Member: $153.00
In this sewing class at GoggleWorks Center for the Arts, students make a Japanese cross-back apron, a slip-on style that works well for cooking, crafting or giving as a gift. The project is set up to…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
In progress since Oct 30, next Fri, Nov 6, through Nov 13 · Member: $122.40 / Non-Member: $144.00
Learn the language of color through a series of exercises, paintings and drawings using acrylic paint and colored pencils. You will look at why some color combinations feel restful while others feel…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
In progress since Nov 1, next Sun, Nov 8, through 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…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
In progress since Oct 26, next Mon, Nov 9, through Nov 23 · Member: $235.88 / Non-Member: $277.50
This intermediate ceramics class at GoggleWorks builds on skills you already have at the potter's wheel. You work on throwing taller forms, marbling clay, and using slips to decorate surfaces, while…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
In progress since Nov 2, next Mon, Nov 9, through Dec 7 · $135 ($125 members)
Have Fun Drawing is an adult class at the Yocum Institute for Arts Education in West Lawn. It meets on Monday evenings, and all styles and all levels of skill are welcome. Beginners get instruction…
Run by Yocum Institute for Arts Education · West Lawn
In progress since Oct 23, through Nov 21 · $20.00
This drop-in printmaking workshop at GoggleWorks Center for the Arts meets on Friday mornings, with each date standing on its own as a single session. Artist Suzanne Fellows leads the group through a…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
In progress since Oct 5, next Mon, Dec 7, through May 3 · Free
Books and Boots is a monthly book club at Nolde Forest Environmental Education Center. The group reads both fiction and nonfiction, and the titles always have an environmental theme, from plants and…
Run by Nolde Forest - Sawmill · McConnell Classroom
In progress since Nov 2, through Dec 7 · Member $100.00, Non-Member $150.00 · Register by Nov 2
The YMCA teaches swimming and water safety together, so swimmers build skills and confidence in the water. Learn to Swim Levels 1 through 4 move from water acclimation, where swimmers bob, float and…
Run by Reading YMCA · Reading
In progress since Jan 1, through Dec 31 · $100.00
Open Studio gives woodworkers time to use the GoggleWorks Woodworking Studio on their own. You bring your own project ideas and work independently, with a studio monitor on hand for oversight and…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
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In progress since Jan 1, through Dec 31 · $85.00
This is independent work time in the darkroom and photography studio at GoggleWorks in Reading. Sessions run Thursdays from 5:30 PM to 8:30 PM, and access is sold by the month. Bring your own…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
In progress since Jan 1, through Dec 31 · $85.00
Ceramics Open Studio gives experienced potters time to work on their own projects in the ceramics studio at GoggleWorks in Reading. Access runs on Fridays and is sold by the month, so you can keep…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
In progress since Jan 1, through Dec 31 · $85.00
Fine Metals Open Studio gives metalsmiths independent access to the Metalsmithing Studio at GoggleWorks. You work on your own projects at your own pace, using the studio space and equipment. A studio…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
In progress since Jan 1, through Dec 31 · $120.00
Flameworking Open Studio at GoggleWorks gives experienced glass artists independent time in the Flameworking Studio to work on their own projects. Access runs by the month, and sessions are available…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
In progress since Jan 1, through Dec 31 · $100.00
Open Studio at GoggleWorks gives fused glass makers time to work on their own projects in the warm glass studio. You set the agenda and work independently, with a studio monitor present for oversight…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
In progress since Jan 1, through Dec 31 · $85.00
This is independent studio time in the Printmaking Studio at GoggleWorks in Reading. You come in and work on your own projects during open studio hours, with a studio monitor on hand for oversight…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
In progress since Jan 1, through Dec 31 · $70.00
Welding Open Studio at GoggleWorks is independent work time for welders who already know their way around the equipment. You bring your own project ideas and work at your own pace, with a studio…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
In progress since Jan 1, through Dec 31 · Member $35.00, Non-Member $35.00
Swimmers at the Reading YMCA take on a 100 mile goal over the course of the year. You swim during open lap swim times at your own pace, whether that is steady freestyle or a relaxed doggy paddle.…
Run by Reading YMCA · Reading
In progress since Aug 23, through May 23 · $60.00 per month
Ka Mana Movement is the Polynesian Excel Team at Culture Shock Performing Arts Center. Dancers train together in Polynesian dance in a two hour session, and the team is open to all ages and genders.…
Run by Culture Shock Performing Arts Center · Shoemakersville
In progress since Aug 31, through May 24 · $60.00 per month
Ballet 3 is a weekly ballet class at Culture Shock Performing Arts Center. Dancers work on ballet technique in a studio class that runs just under an hour, meeting on Monday afternoons through the…
Run by Culture Shock Performing Arts Center · Shoemakersville
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In progress since Sep 1, through May 25 · $60.00 per month
Hip Hop 3 is a leveled hip hop dance class at Culture Shock Performing Arts Center. It meets Tuesday evenings for a 55 minute class, and it runs across the studio's school year dance season. The…
Run by Culture Shock Performing Arts Center · Shoemakersville
In progress since Sep 1, through May 25 · $60.00 per month
Contemporary 2/3 is a contemporary dance class at Culture Shock Performing Arts Center, offered at the combined second and third levels. It runs through the school year as part of the center's weekly…
Run by Culture Shock Performing Arts Center · Shoemakersville
In progress since Sep 1, through May 25 · $60.00 per month
Acro 3 is an acrobatic dance class at Culture Shock Performing Arts Center. Acro combines dance with tumbling and balance work, and this class sits in the upper part of the studio's acro sequence…
Run by Culture Shock Performing Arts Center · Shoemakersville
In progress since Sep 1, through May 25 · $60.00 per month
Culture Shock Performing Arts Center offers a ballet and lyrical class made for adult dancers. It meets on Tuesday evenings during the studio's school year season, and it runs as a weekly class…
Run by Culture Shock Performing Arts Center · Shoemakersville
In progress since Sep 2, through May 26 · $60.00 per month
Culture Shock Performing Arts Center offers Irish step dance at levels 2 and 3. Dancers work on Irish step technique and choreography together in one weekly class that covers both levels. The class…
Run by Culture Shock Performing Arts Center · Shoemakersville
In progress since Sep 2, through May 26 · $60.00 per month
Acro 3 Plus is an acrobatic dance class at Culture Shock Performing Arts Center. Dancers work on acro skills in a studio setting, building on the training covered in the center's earlier acro…
Run by Culture Shock Performing Arts Center · Shoemakersville
In progress since Sep 3, through May 27 · $60.00 per month
Polynesian 3 is a Polynesian dance class at Culture Shock Performing Arts Center. It is the third level in the studio's Polynesian program, which also includes Polynesian 1, Polynesian 2 and a senior…
Run by Culture Shock Performing Arts Center · Shoemakersville
In progress since Sep 1, through Aug 11 · Member $0.00, Non-Member $0.00 · Register by Jul 31
The Sinking Spring Y offers adult tennis for players of all levels, whether you are picking up a racquet for the first time or sharpening skills you already have. The program is led by Ryan Knarr…
Run by Reading YMCA · Reading
Fridays 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM · $260.00
Basic Wheel Throwing is an adult ceramics class at Clay on Main focused on the potter's wheel. Students get instruction in throwing forms such as cups, bowls, plates and vases, and can keep building…
Run by Clay on Main · Oley
Sundays · $220.00
In this beginner glass class at Clay on Main, students make a stained glass sun-catcher from start to finish. The class covers the basics of working with glass, including safe and effective use of…
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Thursdays 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM · $260.00
This adult ceramics class at Clay on Main focuses on sculpture and basic handbuilding. You start with core concepts and building techniques and move toward more advanced skills as you go. Along the…
Run by Clay on Main · Oley
Tuesday, Wednesday 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM · $260.00
Clay at Night is an evening studio class for adults at Clay on Main in Oley. Sessions run Tuesday and Wednesday evenings from 5:30 to 7:30 PM, with Pirjo L'seperance leading the Tuesday group and…
Run by Clay on Main · Oley
$50.00
This class at Clay on Main in Oley is a good fit for beginner and intermediate artists who want to improve their drawing from observation. You will learn techniques like stippling, cross-hatching and…
Run by Clay on Main · Oley
Saturdays 10 AM to 12 PM · $260.00
Foundations in Clay is an introductory ceramics class for adults at Clay on Main in Oley. It covers design, hand building with slab, coil, and pinching methods, surface decoration, and glazing, so…
Run by Clay on Main · Oley
Saturdays · $50.00
This one-day workshop with Clay on Main covers the basics of fused glass. You cut and arrange glass pieces, then leave with a finished project: either a suncatcher or a small dish. The class is led…
Run by Clay on Main · Oley
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