63 programs. Continuing education, literacy and lifelong-learning classes.
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Starts Tue, Nov 10, 9:30 AM · Free · Register by Nov 3
This one hour workshop from Spring Township Parks & Recreation looks at what dementia is and how to support people living with it. Participants go over five key messages about dementia and talk about…
Run by Spring Twp Parks & Recreation · Sinking Spring
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
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, 10:30 AM · Free
Infant Lapsit & Storytime is a 30-minute nursery rhyme program at the Bernville Area Community Library. Each session mixes books, baby bouncing, puppets, songs, scarves and instruments, so little…
Run by Bernville Area Community Library · Bernville
Starts Mon, Nov 2, 10:30 AM · Free
Spring Township Library hosts Read & Play Storytime, a morning program for young children and the grown-ups who bring them. Each session mixes stories, songs, and simple activities, with time left…
Run by Spring Township Library · Wyomissing
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Starts Mon, Nov 2, 12:00 PM · Free
In the Classroom is a series of classroom style lessons at Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library. Each session covers a different subject or theme, so students meet an array of topics across the run of…
Run by Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library · Bethel
Starts Mon, Nov 2, 1:00 PM · Free
Miss Betsy leads a class built around children's literature at the Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library. Each meeting takes a close look at a children's book, followed by an activity, a craft or a…
Run by Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library · Bethel
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 Tue, Nov 3, 10:00 AM · Free
Preschool Storytime is a weekly gathering for young children at Mifflin Community Library. It meets on Tuesday mornings and runs as an ongoing series, so families can come back week after week. The…
Run by Mifflin Community Library · Shillington
Starts Tue, Nov 3, 10:30 AM
Alvernia University's Seniors College offers this session on artificial intelligence and the human mind. Professor Emeritus Spencer S. Stober, Ed.D., leads a look at AI as more than a tool…
Run by Alvernia University · Reading
Starts Tue, Nov 3, 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
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
Starts Wed, Nov 4, 9:15 AM · Free
Families with young children are invited to explore the library before it opens to the public. During this morning session, little ones can take part in hands-on, sensory-rich activities in a cozy…
Run by Wyomissing Public Library · Wyomissing
Starts Wed, Nov 4, 10:30 AM · Free
Preschool Storytime at the Wyomissing Public Library brings young children together for books, songs, rhymes and movement activities. Along the way, children build social, language and literacy…
Run by Wyomissing Public Library · Wyomissing
Nov 4 to Nov 25
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
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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
Starts Thu, Nov 5, 10:30 AM · Free
Builders, Blocks and Books is a drop-in play program at Wyomissing Public Library for children ages 3 and up. Children spend the session with floor and table play activities, building and exploring…
Run by Wyomissing Public Library · Wyomissing
Starts Thu, Nov 5, 11:00 AM · Free
Read and Play Storytime brings young children together at the West Lawn-Wyomissing Hills Library for stories, songs, and simple activities. After the reading and singing, there is time to play and…
Run by West Lawn-Wyomissing Hills Library · West Lawn
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, 6:00 PM · Free
Bedtime Storytime is an evening story session for children at Mifflin Community Library. Kids are welcome to come in their pajamas and bring a plush toy along for the stories. The program runs as a…
Run by Mifflin Community Library · Shillington
Thu, Nov 5 to Thu, Nov 19 · Free
Trixie is a therapy dog who visits the Mifflin Community Library in Shillington to listen to readers. The idea is simple: pick out a book, settle in with Trixie, and read aloud to her. The visits run…
Run by Mifflin Community Library · Shillington
Fri, Nov 6 to Fri, Nov 13 · Free
Preschool Playtime brings young children together for a story or two, followed by time to play and try simple activities. It is a relaxed morning at the Fleetwood Area Public Library, with listening…
Run by Fleetwood Area Public Library · Fleetwood
Starts Fri, Nov 6, 10:30 AM · Free
Mother Goose on the Loose, also called MGOL, brings nursery rhymes, music and movement together for the youngest library visitors and their grown-ups. The songs and rhymes support social, language…
Run by Wyomissing Public Library · Wyomissing
Starts Fri, Nov 6, 11:00 AM · Free
Spend a cozy hour at the Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library talking about the newest bestsellers. Learn what has just arrived on the shelves, sip coffee or tea, and enjoy a baked good or two while you…
Run by Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library · Bethel
Starts Fri, Nov 6, 6:00 PM · Free
Spend an evening of poetry, music, and spoken word at the Boyertown Community Library. The featured poet is Heather Nicole, a Boyertown graduate and author of Heart Cavities. Local poet Manny…
Run by Boyertown Community Library · Boyertown
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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 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
Starts Sun, Nov 8, 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 Tue, Nov 10, 9:30 AM · Free · Register by Nov 3
This one hour workshop from Spring Township Parks & Recreation looks at what dementia is and how to support people living with it. Participants go over five key messages about dementia and talk about…
Run by Spring Twp Parks & Recreation · Sinking Spring
Starts Tue, Nov 10, 10:30 AM
Sister Dorothy Fabritze, MSC, and Sister Bernard Overkamp, MSC, of the Missionary Sisters of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, tell the story of the twists and turns that took them from Papua New…
Run by Alvernia University · Reading
Tue, Nov 10 to Thu, Nov 12 · Free
Bring a book to the Kutztown Community Library and read aloud to Cosmo, a certified therapy dog, alongside his owner Martha Johnson. Readers settle in with a patient listener who is happy to hear any…
Run by Kutztown Community Library · Kutztown
Starts Wed, Nov 11, 1:00 PM
The book club meets Wednesday afternoons at 1 PM at the Berks Encore Douglassville Wellness & Activity Center on Weavertown Road. Members get together to talk over a book as a group. It is one of the…
Run by Berks Encore · Douglassville
Starts Wed, Nov 11, 5:00 PM · Free
The Boyertown Community Library invites children to a picture book party held for National Picture Book Month. Kids listen to stories, enjoy snacks, and make crafts, all built around books. Local…
Run by Boyertown Community Library · Boyertown
Starts Thu, Nov 12, 11:00 AM · Free
Firefighter Storytime is a read-aloud program for children at the West Lawn-Wyomissing Hills Library. One of Spring Township's own firefighters reads the story, so kids get to meet a local first…
Run by West Lawn-Wyomissing Hills Library · West Lawn
Starts Thu, Nov 12, 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
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Starts Thu, Nov 12, 6:00 PM · Free
Brendan and his team share tips for cutting down on clutter at home. They also offer referrals to local resources for donating clothing and furniture, so items you no longer need can go somewhere…
Run by Wernersville Public Library · Wernersville
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 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, 9:30 AM · Free
Medicare consultant Danielle Williams leads this seminar on retirement and Medicare at the Boone Area Library in Birdsboro. It is a morning session for adults and seniors who want to learn more about…
Run by Boone Area Library · Birdsboro
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
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, 10:30 AM · Free
Community Playtime with BCIU is a drop in play session for children at Spring Township Library in Wyomissing. Children play while Miss Jess and a visiting representative from the BCIU are on hand.…
Run by Spring Township Library · Wyomissing
Starts Mon, Nov 16, 6:00 PM · Free
Miss Kellee leads a book study on Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl at the Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library. The group looks at this account of survival, hope and the search for purpose, and…
Run by Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library · Bethel
Starts Tue, Nov 17, 10:30 AM · Free
Community Playdates with SAM bring young children and their grown-ups together at the Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library in Bethel. Children play at fun, educational stations alongside other kids…
Run by Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library · Bethel
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
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Starts Tue, Nov 17, 5:00 PM · Free
Pizza and Pages is a book club just for teens at the Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library. Teens gather at the library, talk about a fun book together, and share pizza with friends. All teens are…
Run by Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library · Bethel
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 · 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 Wed, Nov 18, 10:30 AM · Free
This is a special storytime at the Wernersville Public Library for children and the adults who bring them. Along with the usual storytime, staff from Service Access Management speak with parents…
Run by Wernersville Public Library · Wernersville
Starts Wed, Nov 18, 12:00 PM · Free
This is a storytime made for older kids. The group reads books together, builds literacy skills, plays a game, and finishes with a special craft. It is geared toward homeschool families with children…
Run by Boyertown Community Library · Boyertown
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