108 programs. Classes and workshops for adults, evenings and weekends included.
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Nov 2 to 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
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…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Sun, Nov 1, 12:30 PM · $32 per person
Paint "A Little Mean and Green" on a 16x20 canvas with step by step guidance from the studio artist, Rayven. The class runs on Sunday afternoons, and you take your finished canvas home with you.…
Run by Painting with a Twist · Reading
Starts Sun, Nov 1, 1:00 PM · Free
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…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
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Starts Sun, Nov 1, 6:00 PM · $45-$55 per person
Painting with a Twist in Exeter Township leads this guided blacklight painting event. An artist walks you step by step through the Jack's Christmas design, which glows under blacklight. You can paint…
Run by Painting with a Twist · Reading
Nov 2 to 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
Starts Mon, Nov 2, 10:00 AM · Free
This is a structured class in the appreciation and application of fine arts, offered at the Fleetwood Area Public Library. Students work through a set course rather than a one-time project, and the…
Run by Fleetwood Area Public Library · Fleetwood
Starts Mon, Nov 2, 10:00 AM · $115 ($105 members)
Have Fun Drawing is a morning drawing class at the Yocum Institute for Arts Education for adults age 50 and up. All styles and all levels of skill are welcome. Beginners get instruction in the…
Run by Yocum Institute for Arts Education · West Lawn
Starts Mon, Nov 2, 10:00 AM · Free
Players gather at the West Lawn-Wyomissing Hills Library for a morning of pinochle, the classic card game played in pairs and rounds of bidding and tricks. The club meets on Monday mornings as an…
Run by West Lawn-Wyomissing Hills Library · West Lawn
Starts Mon, Nov 2, 10:15 AM · Free
Adult readers meet at Boyertown Community Library on Monday mornings to talk about a shared book. Each gathering centers on one title that the group reads ahead of time, so you can come ready to…
Run by Boyertown Community Library · Boyertown
Starts Mon, Nov 2, 1:00 PM · Free
Bring your knowledge of the board, or your curiosity about it, to open chess at the West Lawn-Wyomissing Hills Library. Players meet on Monday afternoons from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. to sit down and…
Run by West Lawn-Wyomissing Hills Library · West Lawn
Starts Mon, Nov 2, 1:00 PM · Free
Deborah Romig and her mother lead a lively look at quilting, from its history and creative process to the stories and memories stitched into quilts passed down through families. They share personal…
Run by Boyertown Community Library · Boyertown
Starts Mon, Nov 2, 1:30 PM · Free
Boyertown Community Library hosts a game of American Mahjong for adults. Players gather at the library to sit down together and play, and the group meets on a repeating schedule through the season.…
Run by Boyertown Community Library · Boyertown
Starts Mon, Nov 2, 4:00 PM · Free
Community Game Night is a drop-in games session at the Womelsdorf Community Library. Bring your family and friends, then pick from a variety of games set out for children and adults. Stay for an hour…
Run by Womelsdorf Community Library · Womelsdorf
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Starts Mon, Nov 2, 6:00 PM · Free
This is a special edition of Ali's Book Club at the Wernersville Public Library. The group reads Shut Up and Read, a memoir by Jeannine A. Cook, and meets for an in-depth discussion of the book and…
Run by Wernersville Public Library · Wernersville
Starts Mon, Nov 2, 6:00 PM · Free
Miss Betsy leads a cozy evening storytime at the Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library, with milk and cookies to go along with the stories. It is a calm way to wind down the day together at the library…
Run by Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library · Bethel
Starts Mon, Nov 2, 6:30 PM · $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
Starts Tue, Nov 3, 11:00 AM · Free
Miss Betsy leads Preschool Storytime at the Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library. Each session brings stories, songs and a craft, with time for little ones to listen, sing along and make something to…
Run by Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library · Bethel
Tue, Nov 3 to Tue, Dec 1 · Free
Miss Betsy leads Preschool Storytime at the Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library each week. Children listen to stories, sing songs, and make a craft together. The program meets twice a week, on Tuesdays…
Run by Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library · Bethel
Starts Tue, Nov 3, 12:00 PM · Free
Gentle Yin Yoga is a lunchtime yoga class held at the Boyertown Community Library and led by Jen Wood. It runs as a series, so you can come back as the sessions continue. The class is a good fit for…
Run by Boyertown Community Library · Boyertown
Starts Tue, Nov 3, 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, Nov 3, 1:00 PM · Free
The Pinochle Card Club meets at Mifflin Community Library for afternoon card play in the Community Room. Players gather to play pinochle, the trick-taking card game, in a session that runs about two…
Run by Mifflin Community Library · Shillington
Starts Tue, Nov 3, 4:00 PM · Free
Anime Club is a chance to watch anime with other fans and talk about it afterward. The group meets at Boyertown Community Library and gathers to share favorite series and films. The club is for…
Run by Boyertown Community Library · Boyertown
Starts Tue, Nov 3, 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
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Tue, Nov 3 to Tue, Dec 1 · Member: $204.00 / Non-Member: $240.00
This class takes the technical maze out of digital photography and keeps it creative. You learn not only how to use your camera, but why certain techniques work, so you can build your own creative…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Tue, Nov 3, 6:15 PM · Free
Learn "la bella lingua" at the Fleetwood Area Public Library. These Italian classes meet on Tuesday evenings, except on the third Tuesday of the month, and run as an ongoing series at the library on…
Run by Fleetwood Area Public Library · Fleetwood
Starts Tue, Nov 3, 7:00 PM · $42 per person
Paint a rustic snowman scene on a 16x20 canvas with step by step guidance from a studio artist. Kale leads this session at Painting with a Twist in Exeter Township. Paint, canvas and supplies are set…
Run by Painting with a Twist · Reading
Starts Wed, Nov 4, 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, Nov 4, 1:00 PM · Free
The Knitting Club meets at Mifflin Community Library in Shillington, where knitters get together to work on their projects and share the afternoon. It is a drop in style community group for adults…
Run by Mifflin Community Library · Shillington
Starts Wed, Nov 4, 2:00 PM · Free
Spring Township Library hosts a weekly Scrabble group for adults. Bring a friend or come on your own and play against other fans of the word game. The group meets on Wednesday afternoons at the…
Run by Spring Township Library · Wyomissing
Starts Wed, Nov 4, 5:00 PM · Free
This is a drop-in craft circle at the Sinking Spring Public Library. Crafters gather on Wednesday evenings to work on knitting, crocheting, mending and other fiber arts while they relax and chat with…
Run by Sinking Spring Public Library · Sinking Spring
Wed, Nov 4 to Fri, Nov 6 · Member: $114.75 / Non-Member: $135.00
This two-part evening workshop at GoggleWorks pairs hot glass with candle making. On the first night you work in the hot shop to shape your own glass vessel and learn how glassblowing works. On the…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Wed, Nov 4 to Wed, Nov 18 · Member: $122.40 / Non-Member: $144.00
This workshop at GoggleWorks looks at how to make portraits of people, including strangers. Instructor Isa Brito, a street-portrait photographer based in New York, covers ways to get the picture you…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Wed, Nov 4, 6:00 PM · Free
The Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library hosts a group discussion of "Shut Up and Read" by local author Jeannine A. Cook. The book tells the true story of how she left an abusive past behind and built a…
Run by Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library · Bethel
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Wed, Nov 4 to Wed, Nov 11 · Member: $89.25 / Non-Member: $105.00
This workshop at GoggleWorks walks you through making a throw pillow cover from start to finish. On the first evening you work in the Printmaking Studio, where you pick from a set of designs and…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Thu, Nov 5, 10:00 AM
Spend a morning at The Museum with Reading Public Museum educators for special tours and hands-on projects that the whole family can take part in. This session carries the theme Inventors and…
Run by Reading Public Museum · Reading
Starts Thu, Nov 5, 10:00 AM · Free
Word lovers meet at Boyertown Community Library to play Scrabble together. Bring your vocabulary and settle in for a game or two with other players who enjoy the board. The group is for adults and…
Run by Boyertown Community Library · Boyertown
Starts Thu, Nov 5, 11:15 AM · Free
Read with Rocky is a reading program at Wernersville Public Library. Put your paws on a good book and share it with Rocky. The program takes place in the children's section of the library. It is…
Run by Wernersville Public Library · Wernersville
Starts Thu, Nov 5, 12:00 PM · Free
Block Party is a lunchtime play session for preschoolers at Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library in Bethel. It follows right after Preschool Storytime, so families can stay on for more time together.…
Run by Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library · Bethel
Starts Thu, Nov 5, 12:30 PM · Free
Wyomissing Public Library hosts a gentle chair yoga series open to all levels. Sessions are led by Sandy Riley. You breathe, meditate, lengthen your muscles, and ease and strengthen your joints, all…
Run by Wyomissing Public Library · Wyomissing
Starts Thu, Nov 5, 1:00 PM · Free
Players gather at the Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library in Bethel to play American Mahjong, a tile game that mixes strategy, conversation and a bit of friendly competition. Beginners who are still…
Run by Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library · Bethel
Starts Thu, Nov 5, 1:00 PM · Free
The Mahjong Club meets at the Wernersville Public Library on Thursday afternoons, from 1 to 3 pm. Players of all levels are welcome, whether you have played for years, are just starting out, or…
Run by Wernersville Public Library · Wernersville
Starts Thu, Nov 5, 1:30 PM · Free
This workshop takes a close look at sleep: why we sleep, why sometimes we do not, and the biological processes that depend on it. The session covers what the body is doing during sleep and why it…
Run by Exeter Community Library · Reading
Starts Thu, Nov 5, 2:00 PM · Free
The Piecing It Together Puzzle Club meets Thursday afternoons at Schuylkill Valley Community Library in Leesport. Members work together on a community jigsaw puzzle that stays out for the group to…
Run by Schuylkill Valley Community Library · Leesport
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Starts Thu, Nov 5, 3:00 PM · Free
Boone Area Library hosts a first response life saving skills lab in the library's Community Room. Educators from Tower Direct teach the session. The lab covers CPR, Stop the Bleed, and Narcan…
Run by Boone Area Library · Birdsboro
Starts Thu, Nov 5, 4:00 PM · Free
Knit, Crochet and Craft is a friendly club at the Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library where people come to relax, chat and work on handwork together. Bring a project of your own, or join the group and…
Run by Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library · Bethel
Thu, Nov 5 to Mon, May 24 · $0.00 per month
Jazz 3 is a jazz dance class offered by Culture Shock Performing Arts Center as part of its school year program. The class meets on Thursdays in the late afternoon and runs through the studio season.…
Run by Culture Shock Performing Arts Center · Shoemakersville
Starts Thu, Nov 5, 6:00 PM · Member: $68.00 / Non-Member: $80.00
This single evening workshop at GoggleWorks walks you through making your own ceramic chip and dip set. You shape the piece using basic handbuilding methods, so no wheel work and no prior clay…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Thu, Nov 5, 6:00 PM · Free
Crafter Hour is a monthly evening of crafting at the Hamburg Public Library. Each month brings a different project, so there is always something new to make and learn. The group meets on Thursday…
Run by Hamburg Public Library · Hamburg
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