91 programs. Continuing education, literacy and lifelong-learning classes.
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Starts Fri, Sep 25, 9:00 AM · Free
Little Movers is a drop-in style program at the Schuylkill Valley Community Library in Leesport, built around rhymes, silly songs and plenty of movement. It is designed to help young children get the…
Run by Schuylkill Valley Community Library · Leesport
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 Sat, Sep 26, 10:00 AM · Free
Exeter Community Library invites kids to a morning program about graphic novels. Young readers come to learn about their favorite graphic novel authors and the books they write and draw. Free graphic…
Run by Exeter Community Library · Reading
Starts Sat, Sep 26, 10:30 AM · Free
Story Time with Ms. Sandy is a read-aloud program for children at the Brandywine Community Library in Topton. Ms. Sandy shares books and leads some fun along the way. The program runs as a series on…
Run by Brandywine Community Library · Topton
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
Starts Sat, Sep 26, 2:00 PM · Free
The Adult Book Club brings readers together at the Robesonia Community Library to talk about one shared title. Miss Izzy leads the discussion. The group's pick is Six Days in Bombay by Alka Joshi.…
Run by Robesonia Community Library · Robesonia
Starts Mon, Sep 28, 10:00 AM · Free
Coffee and Crime is a book club for mystery readers at the Hamburg Public Library. Each month the group reads a different mystery, then meets to talk it over. Coffee is part of the morning, along…
Run by Hamburg Public Library · Hamburg
Starts Mon, Sep 28, 11:00 AM · Free
Highway Safety Network brings a general traffic safety program to Boyertown Community Library. Tara DeStefano leads the session and covers traffic safety topics, including ebikes and scooters. The…
Run by Boyertown Community Library · Boyertown
Starts Mon, Sep 28, 3:00 PM · Free
The Mifflin Community Library hosts a book club that meets to talk about the group's current read. Members come ready to share what they thought of the book and hear what others took from it.…
Run by Mifflin Community Library · Shillington
Starts Mon, Sep 28, 5:00 PM · Free
The Family Financial Toolkit is a class about money basics, held at the Exeter Community Library. Teens and their families learn practical ways to save, build a budget and understand how credit…
Run by Exeter Community Library · Reading
Starts Tue, Sep 29, 3:30 PM · Free
Food for Tots is a hands on "cooking" class at the Northeast Branch of the Reading Public Library, made for babies and toddlers up to age 5. Little ones get to handle food, stir and assemble a simple…
Run by Reading Public Library - Northeast Branch · Reading
Starts Wed, Sep 30, 10:30 AM · Free
The Reading Public Library brings its Mobile Tech Van to the Boone Area Library in Birdsboro. Stop by with your device and your questions, and get one-on-one help from library staff. Help covers…
Run by Boone Area Library · Birdsboro
Starts Wed, Sep 30, 6:00 PM · Free
Katelyn and Katie host an evening of sourdough swapping at the Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library. Bakers trade starters and recipes, talk shop with other sourdough bakers, and enjoy the baked goods…
Run by Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library · Bethel
Starts Thu, Oct 1, 9:30 AM · Free
The Exeter Community Library holds a silent book club at Starbucks Exeter, at 4541 Perkiomen Ave in Reading. As the name says, this is quiet reading time in company: people bring their own book and…
Run by Exeter Community Library · Reading
Thu, Oct 1 to Sat, Nov 14 · Free
Medicare consultant Danielle Williams leads this seminar on retirement and Medicare at the Boone Area Library. It is a chance to hear from someone who works with Medicare and to bring your own…
Run by Boone Area Library · Birdsboro
Fri, Oct 2 to Fri, Oct 23 · Free
Pre School Play is a fall series for young children and their grown-ups at the Reading Public Library. Each week brings play, art, and sensory-friendly activities in the children's area of the Main…
Run by Reading Public Library · Reading
Starts Sat, Oct 3, 1:00 PM · Have fun with Ciera’s Sweets and learn to decorate cupcakes from a professional! The class costs $10 per person, cash payable to the instructor on the day of...
Learn to decorate cupcakes with a professional baker from Ciera's Sweets. This hands-on class for adults meets at Boyertown Community Library on North Reading Avenue, and you work directly with the…
Run by Boyertown Community Library · Boyertown
Starts Mon, Oct 5, 10:15 AM · Free
Boone Area Library hosts a story time for children built around the fall season. The group gathers in the library's community room for stories, a craft, and fall themed activities. This is a drop-in…
Run by Boone Area Library · Birdsboro
Starts Mon, Oct 5, 10:15 AM · Free
The Monday Morning Book Club is a reading group for adults that meets at Boyertown Community Library. Members read the same book and then come together to talk it over. One of the club's picks is How…
Run by Boyertown Community Library · Boyertown
Starts Tue, Oct 6, 12:00 PM · Free
JR. Book Club is a reading group for kids at the Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library in Bethel. Members read the month's book on their own first, then meet for a friendly discussion along with…
Run by Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library · Bethel
Tue, Oct 6 to Tue, Oct 13 · Free
Children and teens can read out loud to a visiting therapy dog at the Wyomissing Public Library. Pick a spot in the library, choose a book, and settle in next to a furry friend. Petting the dog…
Run by Wyomissing Public Library · Wyomissing
Starts Tue, Oct 6, 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
Starts Tue, Oct 6, 6:00 PM · Free
Brandywine Community Library hosts an online workshop on Social Security and retirement income planning. The session runs in the evening over Zoom, so you can take part from home. It is presented by…
Run by Brandywine Community Library · Topton
Starts Wed, Oct 7, 10:15 AM · Free
Boone Area Library hosts a story time with a special guest. Miss Amber leads the session, and park rangers from French Creek State Park join in. It is planned as a fun, interactive story time for…
Run by Boone Area Library · Birdsboro
Starts Thu, Oct 8, 5:00 PM · Free
The Mystery Book Club at Wyomissing Public Library brings together readers who like mysteries. Members read the chosen title on their own, then meet to talk it over as a group. One of the club's…
Run by Wyomissing Public Library · Wyomissing
Starts Thu, Oct 8, 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, Oct 8, 6:30 PM · Free
Adults who like to read can gather at Ridgewood Winery on Daffodil Hill Farm for a Silent Book Club hosted by Boyertown Community Library. There is no assigned title and no discussion to prepare for.…
Run by Boyertown Community Library · Bechtelsville
Starts Sat, Oct 10, 9:30 AM · Free
Fairy Tale Friends is a story hour for young children at Schuylkill Valley Community Library in Leesport. Each session brings together nursery rhymes, puppets, songs and more, with a librarian…
Run by Schuylkill Valley Community Library · Leesport
Sat, Oct 10 to Sat, Dec 12 · Free
The Adult Book Club at the Bernville Area Community Library meets monthly so readers can talk about what they have been reading. Most months the group picks a genre rather than a single title, and…
Run by Bernville Area Community Library · Bernville
Sun, Oct 11 to Sun, Oct 18 · In-County: $80 Out-of-County: $80
Strategies for Personal Success, also known as Leadership II, is a 16 hour course from the Berks County Fire Training Center for people who lead fire service organizations. Running a career…
Run by Berks County Fire Training Center · Reading
Starts Sun, Oct 11, 2:30 PM · Free
Readers of any age can practice out loud with a trained therapy dog at the Bernville Area Community Library. Boone and Tater Tot are part of the Berks Tales for Tails program, and they make good…
Run by Bernville Area Community Library · Bernville
Starts Mon, Oct 12, 10:15 AM · Free
Boone Area Library takes story time on the road to Keystone Villa at Douglassville. Miss Amber reads with the group, and residents of Keystone Villa join in, so children get a story hour and a visit…
Run by Boone Area Library · Douglassville
Starts Mon, Oct 12, 5:30 PM · Free
The Classics Book Club brings adult readers together at the Wyomissing Public Library to talk about well known works of literature. The group meets in the library's Multi-Purpose Room, and discussion…
Run by Wyomissing Public Library · Wyomissing
Starts Mon, Oct 12, 6:00 PM · Free
Readers meet each month at the Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library in Bethel to talk about a book together. A title is chosen for each month's discussion, and the conversation stays friendly and…
Run by Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library · Bethel
Tue, Oct 13 to Thu, Oct 15 · Free
Children and other readers can practice reading out loud to Cosmo, a certified therapy dog, who visits the Kutztown Community Library with his owner, Martha Johnson. Cosmo listens while you read, so…
Run by Kutztown Community Library · Kutztown
Starts Tue, Oct 13, 4:30 PM · Free
Jennifer Ott, author of Cnute the Talking Skull, comes to the Wernersville Public Library for a special event for young readers. Cnute the Talking Skull is the first book in a four part middle grade…
Run by Wernersville Public Library · Wernersville
In progress since Sep 10, next Thu, Sep 17, through Oct 3 · In-County: $400 Out-of-County: $470
This 48-hour entry level course gives new firefighters a foundation in the core principles of the fire service. It covers the history, mission, organizational structure and culture of the profession…
Run by Berks County Fire Training Center · Reading
In progress since Sep 2, next Wed, Sep 23, through Sep 30
The Diabetes Prevention Program is a group class led by Kate Sweinhart at the Berks Encore Mifflin Wellness & Activity Center, 30 Liberty Street in Shillington. The group meets on Wednesday…
Run by Berks Encore · Shillington
In progress since Sep 12, next Sat, Oct 10, through Oct 10 · Free
Build It is a drop-in style building session for children in the children's area of the Main Library in Reading. Kids explore a variety of building materials and use them to design and construct…
Run by Reading Public Library · Reading
In progress since Sep 9, next Wed, Oct 21, through Oct 21 · Free
Teens ages 13 to 17 can join this book club in the Teen Loft at the Main Library in Reading. Librarians choose a theme, and you pick any book you like that fits it. Themes have included banned books…
Run by Reading Public Library · Reading