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Read to a Therapy Dog

Read to a Therapy Dog

Starts Sat, Sep 19, 11:00 AM · Free

Children get to practice reading out loud to a therapy dog, a listener who is happy to sit and pay attention. Readers can bring a book and read as much or as little as they like, or simply spend the…

Run by Brandywine Community Library · Topton

  • Kids
The MJs Songs and Stories

The MJs Songs and Stories

Starts Sat, Sep 19, 11:00 AM · Free

Mark and Joanie, known as The MJs, are retired teachers who share their love of music and books. They lead a mix of songs and stories that is meant to be fun for children and adults alike. The…

Run by Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library · Bethel

  • Kids
  • Teens
  • Adults
  • Seniors
Classic Games Drop-In at Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library

Classic Games Drop-In at Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library

Starts Sat, Sep 19, 12:00 PM · Free

Classic Games is a drop-in game time at the Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library. Come learn a game that is new to you, such as chess, or settle in with an old favorite. The library has several games to…

Run by Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library · Bethel

  • Kids
  • Teens
  • Adults
  • Seniors
Lego Creations Building Program at Northeast Branch

Lego Creations Building Program at Northeast Branch

Sat, Sep 19 to Mon, Sep 21 · Free

The Northeast Branch of the Reading Public Library opens up its large Lego collection for open building sessions. Kids and teens come in, sit down with the bricks and build the craziest, coolest…

Run by Reading Public Library - Northeast Branch · Reading

  • Kids
  • Teens
Adult Line Dance Class

Adult Line Dance Class

Starts Sat, Sep 19, 1:00 PM · Free

Learn how to line dance at the Fleetwood Area Public Library. This is a class for adults, and no experience is needed. The group meets in Room 111 at the library on West Arch Street in Fleetwood. The…

Run by Fleetwood Area Public Library · Fleetwood

  • Adults
  • Seniors
Family Board Game Afternoon

Family Board Game Afternoon

Starts Sat, Sep 19, 1:30 PM · Free

Families are welcome to drop in at the Robesonia Community Library for an afternoon of board games and card games. The library sets out a range of games suited to different ages, so younger players…

Run by Robesonia Community Library · Robesonia

  • Kids
  • Teens
  • Adults
  • Families
Girl Scouts Love Hiking

Girl Scouts Love Hiking

Starts Sat, Sep 19, 2:00 PM · Free

Girl Scouts and their families join French Creek State Park staff for a guided hike around Hopewell Lake. The loop runs about 2.5 miles over mostly flat terrain with some hills along the way. The…

Run by French Creek State Park · Park Office

  • Families
Silent Book Club

Silent Book Club

Starts Sat, Sep 19, 5:00 PM · Free

Silent Book Club is a quiet reading hour for adults at the Northeast Branch of the Reading Public Library. The library provides the space; everyone else brings a book and settles in to read. There is…

Run by Reading Public Library - Northeast Branch · Reading

  • Adults
Autumn Equinox Forest Therapy Walk

Autumn Equinox Forest Therapy Walk

Starts Sun, Sep 20, 10:00 AM · Free

A guided forest therapy walk at Nolde Forest, held to mark the arrival of fall. The group meets in the Mansion Garden and moves slowly through the forest together, with time for mindfulness and quiet…

Run by Nolde Forest - Sawmill · Mansion Garden

  • Adults
Adult Art Class

Adult Art Class

Starts Mon, Sep 21, 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

  • Adults
  • Seniors
Photography Walk for Adults at Northeast Branch

Photography Walk for Adults at Northeast Branch

Starts Mon, Sep 21, 10:00 AM · Free

This is a guided photography walk for adults who own a camera and want a reason to use it. A professional photographer leads the group and covers some basics of taking photos, so it suits people who…

Run by Reading Public Library - Northeast Branch · Reading

  • Adults
Pinochle Club at West Lawn-Wyomissing Hills Library

Pinochle Club at West Lawn-Wyomissing Hills Library

Starts Mon, Sep 21, 10:00 AM · Free

Pinochle Club is a drop-in card group for adults at the West Lawn-Wyomissing Hills Library. Players meet Monday mornings at 10:00 for a couple of hours of pinochle around the table. All levels are…

Run by West Lawn-Wyomissing Hills Library · West Lawn

  • Adults
Car Safety Story Time With Highway Safety Network

Car Safety Story Time With Highway Safety Network

Starts Mon, Sep 21, 10:15 AM · Free

Boone Area Library hosts a story time about car safety, presented with the Highway Safety Network. Families gather in the library's Community Room for stories and talk about staying safe in the car.…

Run by Boone Area Library · Birdsboro

  • Kids
Ali's Book Club

Ali's Book Club

Mon, Sep 21 to Tue, Sep 22 · Free

Ali's Book Club is a reading group from 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
Discovery Time STEM Stations at the Library

Discovery Time STEM Stations at the Library

Starts Mon, Sep 21, 10:30 AM · Free

Discovery Time is a drop-in morning of science, technology, engineering and math stations for young children at Schuylkill Valley Community Library. Children move between the stations and explore the…

Run by Schuylkill Valley Community Library · Leesport

  • Kids
Infant Lapsit & Storytime

Infant Lapsit & Storytime

Starts Mon, Sep 21, 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

  • Kids
Krafty Kiddos Craft Program for Ages 2 to 5

Krafty Kiddos Craft Program for Ages 2 to 5

Mon, Sep 21 to Mon, Oct 19 · Free

Krafty Kiddos is a craft program at Boyertown Community Library for young children ages 2 to 5. Each month brings a different craft for little ones to make, so children can try something new every…

Run by Boyertown Community Library · Boyertown

  • Kids
Read & Play Storytime

Read & Play Storytime

Starts Mon, Sep 21, 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

  • Kids
Preschooler Story Time

Preschooler Story Time

Starts Mon, Sep 21, 11:15 AM · Free

Preschooler Story Time brings young children together for a half hour of stories, crafts, songs and fun at the Bernville Area Community Library. It is meant for children ages 3 to 5. The group meets…

Run by Bernville Area Community Library · Bernville

  • Kids
Social Play Playgroup at Boone Area Library

Social Play Playgroup at Boone Area Library

Mon, Sep 21 to Mon, Oct 5 · Free

Social Play is a drop-in playgroup for young children at the Boone Area Library. It follows story time, so families can stay on after the books are done. Children take part in playtime activities and…

Run by Boone Area Library · Birdsboro

  • Kids
In the Classroom: Lesson Series for Grades 2 to 6

In the Classroom: Lesson Series for Grades 2 to 6

Starts Mon, Sep 21, 12:00 PM · Free

In the Classroom is a series of classroom style sessions at the Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library. Each meeting brings a lesson on a different subject or theme, so students get a mix of topics across…

Run by Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library · Bethel

  • Kids
For The Love Of Books Children's Literature Class

For The Love Of Books Children's Literature Class

Starts Mon, Sep 21, 1:00 PM · Free

For The Love Of Books is a children's literature class at the Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library in Bethel, led by Miss Betsy. Each session digs into a children's book, followed by an activity, a…

Run by Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library · Bethel

  • Kids
Open Chess Play at West Lawn-Wyomissing Hills Library

Open Chess Play at West Lawn-Wyomissing Hills Library

Starts Mon, Sep 21, 1:00 PM · Free

Open Chess is a drop-in chess gathering at the West Lawn-Wyomissing Hills Library. Players meet on Monday afternoons to set up a board and play a few games, and the session runs as an ongoing series…

Run by West Lawn-Wyomissing Hills Library · West Lawn

  • Teens
  • Adults
  • Seniors
Mahjong Game Group at Boyertown Community Library

Mahjong Game Group at Boyertown Community Library

Starts Mon, Sep 21, 1:30 PM · Free

The Boyertown Community Library hosts a group game of American Mahjong for adults. Players gather around the table for an afternoon of tile play, and beginners are welcome to come learn the game…

Run by Boyertown Community Library · Boyertown

  • Adults
Barbie Club at Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library

Barbie Club at Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library

Starts Mon, Sep 21, 2:00 PM · Free

Barbie Club is a drop-in play session at the Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library, where people come together to play with dolls, share ideas and make things up as they go. It is a chance to meet…

Run by Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library · Bethel

  • Kids
  • Teens
  • Adults
  • Seniors
CareerLink at the Library

CareerLink at the Library

Starts Mon, Sep 21, 2:00 PM · Free

Staff from PA CareerLink come to Bernville Area Community Library to help area residents with the work of finding a job. You can get help with a job search, work on your resume, and build your…

Run by Bernville Area Community Library · Bernville

  • Teens
  • Seniors
  • Adults
Teen Book Club

Teen Book Club

Starts Mon, Sep 21, 3:15 PM · Free

Teen Book Club meets at Kutztown Community Library for readers age 10 and up. Members read through a book week by week, then come together to talk about it and complete an activity or craft tied to…

Run by Kutztown Community Library · Kutztown

  • Teens
Hispanic Heritage Month: Game Night Loteria

Hispanic Heritage Month: Game Night Loteria

Starts Mon, Sep 21, 3:30 PM · Free

The Northwest Branch of the Reading Public Library hosts a game night built around Loteria, the picture card game played a bit like bingo. A caller draws cards, players mark their boards, and winners…

Run by Reading Public Library - Northwest Branch · Reading

  • Adults
  • Kids
  • Teens
Build It Hang-Out: STEM Engineering Challenges for Kids

Build It Hang-Out: STEM Engineering Challenges for Kids

Starts Mon, Sep 21, 4:00 PM · Free

Build It Hang-out is a monthly STEM program at Spring Township Library in Wyomissing. Kids come in and take on engineering challenges and hands-on activities, with something different each time. The…

Run by Spring Township Library · Wyomissing

  • Kids
  • Teens
Fiber Friends Fiber Arts Program for Kids

Fiber Friends Fiber Arts Program for Kids

Mon, Sep 21 to Mon, Nov 2 · Free

Fiber Friends is a hands-on fiber arts program for children at the Reading Public Library's Main Library. Each session invites kids to explore the world of fiber arts through fun activities and make…

Run by Reading Public Library · Reading

  • Kids
STEM Night with Science Explorers: Bubble Blast Bonanza

STEM Night with Science Explorers: Bubble Blast Bonanza

Starts Mon, Sep 21, 4:00 PM · Free

Science Explorers brings a hands-on STEM night to the Southeast Branch of the Reading Public Library. The theme is "Bubble Blast Bonanza," a look at the science behind the soapy spheres we all know…

Run by Reading Public Library - Southeast Branch · Reading

  • Kids
  • Teens
Teen Craft Time

Teen Craft Time

Starts Mon, Sep 21, 4:00 PM · Free

Teens and tweens are invited to a craft session at Robesonia Community Library. Each person who comes gets to decorate one of the library's bookends, and the finished bookend is then put on display…

Run by Robesonia Community Library · Robesonia

  • Teens
Thrive n Peak: Bridges, Growth, and Community

Thrive n Peak: Bridges, Growth, and Community

Mon, Sep 21 to Mon, Oct 19 · Free

Thrive n Peak: Bridges, Growth, and Community is a discussion series from Reading Public Library for young men ages 13 and up. Sessions are led with a guest called Thane, who guides the group through…

Run by Reading Public Library · Reading

  • Adults
  • Teens
Novels at Night In Person at Spring Township Library

Novels at Night In Person at Spring Township Library

Starts Mon, Sep 21, 5:30 PM · Free

Novels at Night is a reading group that meets at Spring Township Library in Wyomissing. This is the in-person gathering, held on the last Monday of each month in the evening. The group also meets on…

Run by Spring Township Library · Wyomissing

  • Kids
  • Teens
  • Adults
  • Seniors
TnT Takeover: Tween and Teen Library Program

TnT Takeover: Tween and Teen Library Program

Mon, Sep 21 to Mon, Sep 28 · Free

TnT Takeover is a program for tweens and teens at Brandywine Community Library in Topton, where the young people take over the library for a while and make it their own space. One gathering features…

Run by Brandywine Community Library · Topton

  • Teens
Tolkien Book Club

Tolkien Book Club

Starts Mon, Sep 21, 5:30 PM · Free

Readers who enjoy The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings meet at Wyomissing Public Library to talk through Tolkien's work together. Adam Richter, a lifetime Tolkien fan, leads the discussion. The group…

Run by Wyomissing Public Library · Wyomissing

  • Adults
  • Seniors
Rocking Retirement Class at Exeter Community Library

Rocking Retirement Class at Exeter Community Library

Starts Mon, Sep 21, 6:00 PM · Free

Rocking Retirement is a one hour evening session at Exeter Community Library. It looks at simple strategies for creating a joyful and meaningful retirement. The session is aimed at adults and…

Run by Exeter Community Library · Reading

  • Adults
  • Seniors
Sweet Dreams Storytime

Sweet Dreams Storytime

Starts Mon, Sep 21, 6:00 PM · Free

Sweet Dreams Storytime is a short evening story session at the Exeter Community Library. It runs on Monday evenings from 6:00 pm to 6:30 pm and lasts about half an hour, which makes it an easy stop…

Run by Exeter Community Library · Reading

  • Kids
  • Adults
Grown-up Crafts: Paper Crafting

Grown-up Crafts: Paper Crafting

Starts Mon, Sep 21, 6:15 PM · Free

This is a drop-in style crafting time for adults at Mifflin Community Library in Shillington. If you keep a junk journal or work on collage or art journaling, bring your current project along and…

Run by Mifflin Community Library · Shillington

  • Seniors
  • Adults
Preschool Storytime

Preschool Storytime

Starts Tue, Sep 22, 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

  • Kids
Toddler Storytime

Toddler Storytime

Starts Tue, Sep 22, 10:00 AM · Free

Toddler Storytime is a half hour of stories for young children at Exeter Community Library. It meets on Tuesday mornings from 10:00 to 10:30, so it fits easily into the start of the day. Children…

Run by Exeter Community Library · Reading

  • Kids
  • Adults
Community Playdates with SAM

Community Playdates with SAM

Starts Tue, Sep 22, 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

  • Kids
Story Time at Brandywine Community Library

Story Time at Brandywine Community Library

Starts Tue, Sep 22, 10:30 AM · Free

Brandywine Community Library hosts a morning story time for children from birth through kindergarten age. Miss Amber reads to the group and adapts the session to the children who show up that day.…

Run by Brandywine Community Library · Topton

  • Kids
Storytime with Miss Tara

Storytime with Miss Tara

Starts Tue, Sep 22, 10:30 AM · Free

Storytime with Miss Tara brings young children together at the Kutztown Community Library for stories, songs and fun. Miss Tara leads each session, so children get a mix of listening, singing and…

Run by Kutztown Community Library · Kutztown

  • Kids
Snack-tember Tasting Tuesday

Snack-tember Tasting Tuesday

Starts Tue, Sep 22, 11:00 AM · Free

Each Tuesday during Snack-tember, Sinking Spring Public Library sets out a new and interesting snack for visitors to sample. Just stop by the circulation desk and ask to try that week's snack.…

Run by Sinking Spring Public Library · Sinking Spring

  • Kids
  • Teens
  • Adults
Gentle Yin Yoga

Gentle Yin Yoga

Tue, Sep 22 to Tue, Oct 6 · Free

Gentle Yin Yoga is a midday yoga series at Boyertown Community Library, led by Jen Wood. Yin style work means slow, held poses at an easy pace, so the class is a good fit for people who are new to…

Run by Boyertown Community Library · Boyertown

  • Adults
  • Seniors
Life Care Planning Talk at Wyomissing Public Library

Life Care Planning Talk at Wyomissing Public Library

Starts Tue, Sep 22, 12:00 PM · Free

Attorneys from Curran Estate and Elder Law explain what life care planning means and what it involves. They cover who should do it and who it is for, and they help you think through your own…

Run by Wyomissing Public Library · Wyomissing

  • Adults
  • Seniors