299 programs. What starts or meets evenings, across the county.
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Starts Thu, Oct 8, 6:30 PM · Free · Register by Oct 6
Learn about "zombie ants" with a Lancaster County Parks naturalist. The program looks at the parasites behind strange zombie-like behavior in a range of plants and animals, making it spooky season…
Run by Spring Twp Parks & Recreation · Sinking Spring
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 Thu, Oct 8, 7:00 PM · $45 per person
Paint a set of neon lilies on a 16x20 canvas under blacklight, so the colors glow as you work. An instructor walks the group through the painting step by step, and no experience is needed. This…
Run by Painting with a Twist · Reading
Starts Thu, Oct 8, 7:00 PM · $75 ($65 members)
Kids work with clay in this Halloween-themed ceramics class, making playful projects that are not too spooky. Students hand-build things like jack-o'-lanterns, friendly monsters, witch hats and other…
Run by Yocum Institute for Arts Education · West Lawn
Fri, Oct 9 to Fri, Oct 16 · Member: $114.75 / Non-Member: $135.00
This class at GoggleWorks introduces the basics of making a short animated film. Working in the digital media lab, students move through the steps a cartoon takes, from first concept to animating…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Fri, Oct 9, 5:30 PM · Member: $72.25 / Non-Member: $85.00
This is a single evening workshop in the warm glass studio at GoggleWorks in Reading, led by instructor Janice Peters. Students learn the basics of glass fusing, including scoring and cutting glass…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Fri, Oct 9, 5:30 PM · Free
Spend an evening making vintage-inspired Halloween cards and spooky zines at the Sinking Spring Public Library. Local artist Kayla Ackelson leads the session and walks you through each piece, using a…
Run by Sinking Spring Public Library · Sinking Spring
Starts Fri, Oct 9, 6:00 PM · Member: $68.00 / Non-Member: $80.00
This one session workshop at GoggleWorks covers lapidary work from start to finish. You shape, grind and polish stone using lapidary equipment, then set or assemble your stones into a pair of…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Fri, Oct 9, 6:00 PM · Member: $68.00 / Non-Member: $80.00
This single evening workshop puts you at the pottery wheel. You start with a ball of clay, learn the basics of throwing, and shape your own piece. When the work is done, you pick a glaze from the…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Fri, Oct 9, 7:00 PM · $42 per person
Paint the Autumn Brook design on a 16x20 canvas with step by step guidance from the studio artist, Kale. No experience is needed. Paint, supplies and the canvas are set up for you, so you just show…
Run by Painting with a Twist · Reading
Starts Sat, Oct 10, 7:00 PM · $42 per person
Paint a Halloween style Bootanical Garden design on a 16x20 canvas in this guided studio painting session with Painting with a Twist in Exeter Township. You can choose the set version of the artwork…
Run by Painting with a Twist · Reading
Starts Sun, Oct 11, 6:00 PM · $45-$55 per person
Painting with a Twist walks you through the Victorian Gothic design step by step, so you leave with your own finished piece. You choose whether to paint on a 16x20 canvas or a 16x20 wood plank board.…
Run by Painting with a Twist · Reading
Starts Mon, Oct 12, 5:30 PM · Member: $72.25 / Non-Member: $85.00
Make a fused glass lollipop vase to use at home in this single evening workshop at GoggleWorks Center for the Arts. You work through the glass fusing process from start to finish, including how to…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
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
Starts Mon, Oct 12, 6:00 PM · Member: $59.50 / Non-Member: $70.00
This single session workshop covers the basics of drawing the human figure from a live model. Instructor Lee Shannon leads a series of guided drawing exercises and introduces methods for capturing a…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Mon, Oct 12, 7:00 PM · $75 ($65 members)
In this seasonal ceramics class, kids hand build cozy clay projects that celebrate autumn. Students make items such as leaves, leaf wreaths, mushrooms, pumpkins and other fall decorations, using…
Run by Yocum Institute for Arts Education · West Lawn
Tue, Oct 13 to Tue, Nov 10 · Member: $331.50 / Non-Member: $390.00
This class at GoggleWorks is for people who have blown glass before and want to keep building on that experience. You set your own goals and work on a self-directed project, either on your own or…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Tue, Oct 13, 6:00 PM · Free
Read with Rocky is a reading series at Wernersville Public Library. The library puts it simply: put your paws on a good book with Rocky. Sessions take place in the children's section of the library.…
Run by Wernersville Public Library · Wernersville
Starts Tue, Oct 13, 7:00 PM · $42 per person
Paint a starry phonebooth scene on a 16x20 canvas while trivia rounds run alongside the painting. Brandalyn leads the class, guiding each step, so no experience is needed. This is an evening event on…
Run by Painting with a Twist · Reading
Starts Wed, Oct 14, 5:00 PM · Free
Celebrate the season at the Boyertown Community Library with an hour of pumpkin decorating. Come with family or friends, pick up your pumpkin, and make it your own. Paint one with your little ones…
Run by Boyertown Community Library · Boyertown
Wed, Oct 14 to Wed, Nov 11 · Member: $204.00 / Non-Member: $240.00
This beginner class at GoggleWorks covers the basics of painting with transparent watercolor and opaque gouache. Students practice core application techniques and work on mixing and using color, with…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Wed, Oct 14, 6:00 PM · Member: $85.00 / Non-Member: $100.00
Work at the furnace and shape your own beverage glass in this one evening glassblowing workshop. A GoggleWorks instructor guides you through the basics, so no experience is needed. The class meets in…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Wed, Oct 14, 6:00 PM · $27
Local artist Bernadette Bresnahan leads this painting class at the Sinking Spring Public Library. You follow along step by step and paint a fall scarecrow on canvas, then take your finished work home…
Run by Sinking Spring Public Library · Sinking Spring
Starts Wed, Oct 14, 7:00 PM · $45 per person
Paint the Boo-tanical Love design on a 16x20 canvas with step by step guidance from the studio artist, Kale. The class runs Wednesday evenings from 7 PM to 9:30 PM. Optional add-ons include a glitter…
Run by Painting with a Twist · Reading
Starts Thu, Oct 15, 6:00 PM · Member: $72.25 / Non-Member: $85.00
This single evening workshop at GoggleWorks introduces the basics of turning bowls on a wood lathe. You start with raw wood and work toward a finished bowl, learning how to hold and use turning tools…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Thu, Oct 15, 6:00 PM · Member: $68.00 / Non-Member: $80.00
Spend an evening learning plique-a-jour enameling, a technique often compared to miniature stained glass. You will make translucent enamel panels held within a metal framework, so light shines…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Thu, Oct 15 to Thu, Nov 12 · Member: $331.50 / Non-Member: $390.00
This five session class introduces glassblowing through demonstrations and hands-on work at the bench. Students practice basic techniques while the group talks about historical and contemporary glass…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Thu, Oct 15, 7:00 PM · $42 per person
Spend a Thursday evening painting a 16x20 canvas with a Halloween twist, with trivia mixed into the class. Kale leads the session and walks painters through the artwork step by step, whether you come…
Run by Painting with a Twist · Reading
Starts Fri, Oct 16, 6:00 PM · Free
Families paint pumpkins together at the Wernersville Public Library. Come as a group, decide on a design as a team, and bring it to life on your pumpkin. Pumpkins and all supplies are provided, so…
Run by Wernersville Public Library · Wernersville
Starts Fri, Oct 16, 6:00 PM · $20
Learn how to make needle felted pumpkins in this fall craft workshop at Sinking Spring Public Library. Needle felting uses special needles to work soft wool into 2D or 3D shapes, and the session is…
Run by Sinking Spring Public Library · Sinking Spring
Fri, Oct 16 to Sat, Oct 17 · Member: $119.00 / Non-Member: $140.00
This weekend workshop at GoggleWorks introduces sand casting, a long standing way of shaping metal. Participants pack molds using casting sand, then pour molten metal to make jewelry or small…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Fri, Oct 16, 6:30 PM · Free · Register by Oct 14
Spring Township Parks & Recreation invites families to look up at the autumn night sky with members of the Berks County Amateur Astronomical Society. The group brings telescopes for a close look at…
Run by Spring Twp Parks & Recreation · Sinking Spring
Starts Fri, Oct 16, 7:00 PM · $42 per person
Paint the Adventure Begins design on a 16x20 canvas with step by step guidance from instructor Brandalyn. This is a Friday evening session, and you take your finished painting home with you. Painters…
Run by Painting with a Twist · Reading
Starts Sat, Oct 17, 7:00 PM · $42 per person
Paint the Lovers Moon on a 16x20 canvas with step by step guidance from instructor Brandalyn. You can paint it as a set, with two canvases that pair up side by side, or paint it solo as a single…
Run by Painting with a Twist · Reading
Starts Sun, Oct 18, 6:00 PM · $42 per person
Santorini's Blue Doors is a guided painting workshop from Painting with a Twist. An artist walks the room through the scene step by step, so you can follow along whether or not you have painted…
Run by Painting with a Twist · Reading
Mon, Oct 19 to Mon, Oct 26 · Member: $114.75 / Non-Member: $135.00
This class looks at what goes into making comics, from newspaper strips like Peanuts and Garfield to action stories from Marvel and DC. Students work through conception, character design, and laying…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Mon, Oct 19, 5:30 PM · Free
Penn State Master Gardener Laurie Sterner leads this session on planting bulbs in the fall. She covers the different types of bulbs, tips for buying them, and how to plant them or store them until…
Run by Boyertown Community Library · Boyertown
Starts Mon, Oct 19, 5:30 PM · Free · Register by Oct 16
Naturalist Lisa Gauker of Berks County Parks and Recreation leads this mix of mushroom science and art at the Shiloh Hills Park Environmental Center. Lisa talks about mushrooms, then takes the group…
Run by Spring Twp Parks & Recreation · Sinking Spring
Starts Tue, Oct 20, 5:00 PM · Free
The Literary Lounge Book Club is an evening discussion group for adults at Boyertown Community Library. Readers come together at the library to talk over one book at a time. The current title is…
Run by Boyertown Community Library · Boyertown
Starts Tue, Oct 20, 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, Oct 20, 6:00 PM · Member: $68.00 / Non-Member: $80.00
Make your own ceramic beer stein in one evening workshop at GoggleWorks. You will use templates and handbuilding methods to roll and shape slabs of clay, then add texture to the surfaces so the…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Tue, Oct 20, 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
Tue, Oct 20 to Tue, 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
Tue, Oct 20 to Tue, 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
Starts Tue, Oct 20, 6:00 PM · Member: $72.25 / Non-Member: $85.00
Spend one evening in the Woodworking Studio at GoggleWorks making cutouts for Halloween or Dia de los Muertos. You draw a design on wood, then use the scroll saw to follow your lines and cut out…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Tue, Oct 20, 7:00 PM · $45-$55 per person
Painting with a Twist hosts this guided painting event at their Exeter Township studio on Perkiomen Ave in Reading. Brandalyn leads painters through the Simply Meant to Be design, which goes on one…
Run by Painting with a Twist · Reading
Starts Tue, Oct 20, 7:00 PM · $45-$55 per person
Painting with a Twist guides you step by step through the Simply Meant to Be artwork on a tall surface. You pick one of two options when you book: a 10x30 canvas or a 10x30 wood plank board. An…
Run by Painting with a Twist · Reading
Starts Wed, Oct 21, 6:00 PM · Free · Register by Oct 14
Officers from the Spring Township Police Department walk through the phone and internet scams that turn up most often, and how to spot the warning signs before money or personal information changes…
Run by Spring Twp Parks & Recreation · Sinking Spring