Classes, activities & programs evenings in Berks County

Starts Tue, Nov 10, 5:00 PM · Free

Lego Club at Boone Area Library brings builders together to make things out of LEGO bricks. Kids build, create and use their imagination, working at their own pace during the hour. Each session…

Run by Boone Area Library · Birdsboro

• Kids

Starts Tue, Nov 10, 6:00 PM · Member: $51.00 / Non-Member: $60.00

In this one evening workshop you carve your own relief block, then print with it. Blind embossing uses pressure alone to press a raised, ink free image into paper. You can also add ink if you want…

Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading

• Teens
• Adults

Starts Tue, Nov 10, 7:00 PM · $45-$65 per person

Paint a holiday design called On the Nice List at Painting with a Twist in Exeter Township. An artist walks you through the painting step by step, so you can join in whether or not you have painted…

Run by Painting with a Twist · Reading

• Adults

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

• Kids

Starts Wed, Nov 11, 6:00 PM · Free

Rabbi Brian Michelson of Temple Oheb Shalom leads this talk at the Wyomissing Public Library. He covers the history of the state of Israel and its role in the Middle East. The program is part of a…

Run by Wyomissing Public Library · Wyomissing

• Seniors
• Adults

Starts Wed, Nov 11, 7:00 PM · $60 ($50 members)

In Jewelry Makers, young artists shape their own beads from polymer clay and turn them into earrings, necklaces, pendants and other pieces of jewelry. The finished work makes a good holiday gift.…

Run by Yocum Institute for Arts Education · West Lawn

• Kids
• Teens

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

• Seniors
• Adults

Thu, Nov 12 to Thu, Dec 17 · Member: $204.00 / Non-Member: $240.00

Bring photos of animals you love and learn to turn them into painted portraits. The class works in water media, including gouache and watercolor, along with mixed media such as pencils, chalks and…

Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading

• Teens
• Adults

Starts Thu, Nov 12, 6:00 PM · Free

Join Sinking Spring Public Library for a look at the food and harvest traditions of Native peoples of the Eastern Woodlands. The program covers autumn harvest practices and the significance of the…

Run by Sinking Spring Public Library · Sinking Spring

• Adults

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

• Adults
• Seniors

Starts Thu, Nov 12, 7:00 PM

This is a guided painting workshop with a winter theme. An instructor walks the group through a rustic snowman design step by step, so no experience is needed. When you book, you choose whether to…

Run by Painting with a Twist · Reading

• Adults

Starts Thu, Nov 12, 7:00 PM · $45-$55 per person

Paint a porch goose dressed up as a holiday penguin, step by step, with instructor Brandalyn guiding the whole group. You choose your surface when you book: a 16 by 20 canvas or a 16 by 20 wood plank…

Run by Painting with a Twist · Reading

• Adults

Starts Fri, Nov 13, 6:00 PM · $60 ($50 members)

Students paint the holiday season in this four week class with instructor Shawna Hansberry. Each artist picks the paint they want to work with, choosing from acrylic, tempera cakes, or watercolor.…

Run by Yocum Institute for Arts Education · West Lawn

• Kids
• Teens

Starts Fri, Nov 13, 7:00 PM · $45 per person

Join Painting with a Twist in Exeter Township for a trivia night paired with a guided painting session. You paint the Frost and Starlight design on a 16x20 canvas while playing along with trivia, led…

Run by Painting with a Twist · Reading

• Adults

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

• Teens
• Adults

Starts Fri, Nov 13, 8:00 PM · $60 ($50 members)

Anime and manga are two popular forms of Japanese art that share a similar look. Anime usually appears in TV shows and movies, while manga is found in comic books and graphic novels. Both use a…

Run by Yocum Institute for Arts Education · West Lawn

• Kids
• Teens

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

• Adults
• Families

Starts Sun, Nov 15, 6:00 PM · $47 per person

Bauble Diva is a guided painting event at Painting with a Twist in Exeter Township. You work on a 16 by 20 inch canvas and personalize the artwork, with a studio artist leading each step. The class…

Run by Painting with a Twist · Reading

• Adults

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

• Seniors
• Adults

Starts Mon, Nov 16, 5:00 PM · Free

Indian Run Environmental Education Center brings live owls to the Exeter Community Library for an early evening program about these birds. Visitors get to meet the owls up close and learn about the…

Run by Exeter Community Library · Reading

• Kids
• Teens
• Adults
• Seniors

Starts Mon, Nov 16, 5:30 PM · Free

The Boyertown Community Library hosts a step by step cooking class for adults. Together the group learns to make a pumpkin roll, plus an additional treat or two. All supplies are provided, so you can…

Run by Boyertown Community Library · Boyertown

• Kids
• Teens
• Adults
• Seniors

Mon, Nov 16 to Mon, Nov 23 · Member: $123.25 / Non-Member: $145.00

In this woodworking class at GoggleWorks, you make a small river charcuterie board by joining natural edge wood slabs with an epoxy resin pour. The finished piece looks like a river runs through the…

Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading

• Adults

Mon, Nov 16 to Mon, Nov 30 · Free

Kids Art Exploration invites young artists to find the artist in all of us. Each session is a chance to experiment with a variety of art forms, try new ideas, and build confidence through…

Run by Exeter Community Library · Reading

• Kids

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

• Adults

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

• Teens

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

• Adults
• Seniors

Starts Tue, Nov 17, 6:00 PM · Member: $68.00 / Non-Member: $80.00

This single session ceramics workshop at GoggleWorks Center for the Arts walks you through shaping and molding clay into a small jewelry dish. You work by hand and leave with a custom piece made for…

Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading

• Adults

Starts Tue, Nov 17, 6:00 PM · Free

Hamburg Public Library hosts a board game night for families and friends. Players pick something from the library's game collection or bring a favorite game from home to share with others at the…

Run by Hamburg Public Library · Hamburg

• Kids
• Teens
• Adults
• Seniors
• Families

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

• Adults

Starts Tue, Nov 17, 7:00 PM · $42-$52 per person

Paint a glowing holiday scene step by step with instructor Kale at Painting with a Twist in Exeter Township. You choose your surface when you book: a 16 by 20 canvas or a 16 by 20 wood plank board.…

Run by Painting with a Twist · Reading

• Adults

Starts Tue, Nov 17, 7:00 PM

This Alvernia University Seniors College presentation looks at stormwater and what communities can do about it. Kushal Adhikari, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Engineering, leads the hour and shares…

Run by Alvernia University · Wyomissing

• Seniors

Starts Wed, Nov 18, 5:30 PM · Member: $51.00 / Non-Member: $60.00

In this single evening workshop at GoggleWorks, you weave a cabin boy basket: a basket built on a wooden base with handles attached to the sides. It is a practical shape that can hold mail…

Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading

• Teens
• Adults

Starts Wed, Nov 18, 6:00 PM · Free

Novel Brews is a book club from the Hamburg Public Library that meets in the evening at Hazel's Cafe in Hamburg. The setting is relaxed: members talk about what they have been reading over their…

Run by Hamburg Public Library · Hamburg

• Seniors
• Adults

Starts Wed, Nov 18, 7:00 PM · Free

Cinema Club is a film discussion group for adults hosted by Reading Public Library. Each meeting centers on one movie, and the group talks through the story, the performances and the way the film was…

Run by Reading Public Library · Reading

• Adults

Starts Wed, Nov 18, 7:00 PM · $45-$65 per person

Paint a holiday gnome step by step with guidance from a studio artist. The session runs on a Wednesday evening, and you choose your surface when you book: a canvas, a wood plank board or a taller…

Run by Painting with a Twist · Reading

• Adults

Starts Wed, Nov 18, 7:00 PM · $42 per person

Paint Shimmer Lake on a 16x20 canvas with a studio artist guiding each step. The evening sessions run from 7 to 9 PM, and no painting experience is needed. You take your finished canvas home at the…

Run by Painting with a Twist · Reading

• Adults

Starts Thu, Nov 19, 6:00 PM · Member: $72.25 / Non-Member: $85.00

This single evening workshop at GoggleWorks introduces the basics of turning wood bowls. You work at a wood lathe, learn how to handle turning tools properly, and practice safe, efficient technique…

Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading

• Teens
• Adults

Starts Thu, Nov 19, 6:00 PM · Member: $68.00 / Non-Member: $80.00

This single evening workshop at GoggleWorks covers the making of sterling silver bangles that can be worn on their own or stacked together. You measure, form, solder, texture and finish several…

Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading

• Adults

Starts Thu, Nov 19, 6:00 PM · Free

Novels at Night is a book club from Spring Township Library. This is the virtual session, which meets on Thursday evenings over Zoom, so you can join the discussion from home. Readers talk about the…

Run by Spring Township Library · Wyomissing

• Adults
• Seniors

Starts Thu, Nov 19, 7:00 PM · $42 to $62 per person depending on surface

Paint "A Green One" and make it your own in this guided evening class at Painting with a Twist in Exeter Township. An artist leads the group step by step, and you personalize the design as you go.…

Run by Painting with a Twist · Reading

• Adults

Starts Fri, Nov 20, 6:00 PM · Free

The Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library stays open after hours for a movie night with Miss Daphne. The feature is The Sheep Detectives, shown on the big screen, so bring your friends, settle in and…

Run by Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library · Bethel

• Kids
• Teens
• Adults
• Seniors

Starts Fri, Nov 20, 6:00 PM · $96.00

This is a single evening ceramics workshop at GoggleWorks in Reading, built as a Maker Date for two. You glaze two pre-made bud vases, watch a wheel throwing demonstration, and then see your pieces…

Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading

• Adults

Starts Fri, Nov 20, 6:00 PM · $71.00

Make a wearable cyanotype at GoggleWorks. In this one session Maker Date, you and your plus one print on a T-shirt using sunlight, objects and photo negatives. Instructor Alex Crawford covers the…

Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading

• Adults

Starts Fri, Nov 20, 6:00 PM · $100.00

This is a one evening flameworking workshop at GoggleWorks Center for the Arts, set up as a date night. You and your date work with torches and hand tools to melt and shape glass, and you see how…

Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading

• Adults

Starts Fri, Nov 20, 6:00 PM · $96.00

This evening workshop in the fusing studio at GoggleWorks pairs glass making with food and drink. An instructor walks you through choosing a mold and picking your colors, and you leave having made…

Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading

• Adults

Starts Fri, Nov 20, 6:00 PM · $105.00

This one session Maker Date brings you and a guest into the hot glass studio at GoggleWorks. Working with the guidance of professional glassblowers, each of you shapes your own piece, either a…

Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading

• Adults

Starts Fri, Nov 20, 6:00 PM · $71.00

This is a paired painting workshop at GoggleWorks. You and your date use acrylics to paint sets of wooden cut-out ornaments, then seal them with a quick drying varnish. Each person leaves with a pair…

Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading

• Adults

Starts Fri, Nov 20, 6:00 PM · $110.00

Bring a partner to the Woodworking Studio at GoggleWorks and make a pair of candlesticks together. Each candlestick can differ in shape, height and size. Both get painted with the same color milk…

Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading

• Teens
• Adults

Starts Fri, Nov 20, 6:00 PM · $96.00

Bring a partner to this evening metalsmithing workshop at GoggleWorks and make a set of sterling silver stacking rings to take home. Instructor Lukas Kohler walks you through the basics step by step…

Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading

• Adults

Starts Fri, Nov 20, 6:30 PM · Free · Register by Nov 18

Night Walk Adventure is an evening outing at Shiloh Hills Park led by Naturalist Kathy Grim. The group heads out after dark to look for eyeshine and bioluminescence, and to learn how our eyes adjust…

Run by Spring Twp Parks & Recreation · Sinking Spring

• Families