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Knit and Crochet Meetup at Bernville Area Community Library

Knit and Crochet Meetup at Bernville Area Community Library

Starts Mon, Sep 28, 5:30 PM · Free

This is a casual gathering for knitters and crocheters at the Bernville Area Community Library. It meets on Monday evenings every other week, and you can come to learn some basic stitches or simply…

Run by Bernville Area Community Library · Bernville

  • Adults
  • Seniors
Intro To Backpacking 101

Intro To Backpacking 101

Starts Mon, Sep 28, 6:00 PM · Free

Miss Kellee leads this evening session at the Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library for people who are new to backpacking. She covers what gear works best, how to handle food and eating on the trail, and…

Run by Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library · Bethel

  • Kids
  • Teens
  • Adults
  • Seniors
Caboose Story Time

Caboose Story Time

Starts Tue, Sep 29, 10:30 AM · Free

Brandywine Community Library takes story time on the road for a field trip to the historical 92926 caboose in Longswamp Park. Longswamp Township is celebrating the caboose and invited the library to…

Run by Brandywine Community Library · Mertztown

  • Kids
Food for Tots

Food for Tots

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

  • Kids
Hispanic Heritage Month: Art Pod DIY Maracas

Hispanic Heritage Month: Art Pod DIY Maracas

Starts Tue, Sep 29, 3:30 PM · Free

The Northwest Branch of Reading Public Library marks Hispanic Heritage Month with an Art Pod craft session. Children and teens make their own maracas, a shaker instrument with deep roots in Latin…

Run by Reading Public Library - Northwest Branch · Reading

  • Kids
  • Teens
Magic of STEM: Hands-On Science for Kids

Magic of STEM: Hands-On Science for Kids

Starts Tue, Sep 29, 5:30 PM · Free

Magic of STEM invites young questioners to explore how our world works. Long before people understood the science behind it, they described the workings of nature as magic. In this series at the…

Run by Exeter Community Library · Reading

  • Kids
Artist Trading Card Swap

Artist Trading Card Swap

Starts Tue, Sep 29, 6:00 PM · Free

Artist trading cards are small artworks made at the size of a trading card, and people swap them with each other. At this session at the Robesonia Community Library, participants make cards carrying…

Run by Robesonia Community Library · Robesonia

  • Kids
  • Teens
  • Adults
  • Seniors
Tower Direct Ambulance Story Time at Main Bird Park

Tower Direct Ambulance Story Time at Main Bird Park

Starts Wed, Sep 30, 10:15 AM · Free

Boone Area Library brings story time outdoors to Main Bird Park in Birdsboro, with first responders from Tower Direct Ambulance joining in. It is a hands-on morning built around stories, a look at an…

Run by Boone Area Library · Birdsboro

  • Kids
Mobile Tech Van Device Help at Boone Area Library

Mobile Tech Van Device Help at Boone Area Library

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

  • Adults
  • Seniors
Storytime: "Maple & Willow Apart"

Storytime: "Maple & Willow Apart"

Starts Wed, Sep 30, 10:30 AM · Free

This storytime at Wernersville Public Library centers on "Maple & Willow Apart" by Lori Nichols. The story follows Maple, a little girl who has to find someone new to play with after her sister…

Run by Wernersville Public Library · Wernersville

  • Kids
Jumping Beans STEM Program for Kids and Teens

Jumping Beans STEM Program for Kids and Teens

Starts Wed, Sep 30, 3:30 PM · Free

The Northwest Branch of the Reading Public Library hosts a hands-on STEM program where kids and teens make Jumping Beans. Participants put the project together at the library and see how it works.…

Run by Reading Public Library - Northwest Branch · Reading

  • Kids
  • Teens
Hispanic Heritage Craft Night

Hispanic Heritage Craft Night

Starts Wed, Sep 30, 4:00 PM · Free

Make a craft inspired by the techniques of artists and crafters of Hispanic and Latino heritage. Projects are self-directed, so you work at your own pace rather than following a staff-led lesson.…

Run by Reading Public Library - Northeast Branch · Reading

  • Adults
  • Kids
  • Teens
Seeds and More: Seed Saving Class

Seeds and More: Seed Saving Class

Starts Wed, Sep 30, 6:00 PM · Free

Penn State Master Gardeners Karyn Spengler and Sandy Weiss lead this session on saving seeds from your own garden harvest. They cover how to collect seeds, how to store them, how long the seeds stay…

Run by Wyomissing Public Library · Wyomissing

  • Adults
  • Seniors
Sourdough Swap at Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library

Sourdough Swap at Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library

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

  • Kids
  • Teens
  • Adults
  • Seniors
Silent Book Club at Starbucks

Silent Book Club at Starbucks

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

  • Adults
  • Seniors
Tunes for Tots Music Class at Boyertown Community Library

Tunes for Tots Music Class at Boyertown Community Library

Starts Thu, Oct 1, 10:30 AM · Free

Tunes for Tots is a music class for the youngest learners, made for babies, toddlers and children up to age three with a grown-up along. The session is led with special guest Evan Cole from The…

Run by Boyertown Community Library · Boyertown

  • Kids
Retirement and Medicare Seminar at Boone Area Library

Retirement and Medicare Seminar at Boone Area Library

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

  • Adults
  • Seniors
Crafter Hour Craft Night at Hamburg Public Library

Crafter Hour Craft Night at Hamburg Public Library

Starts Thu, Oct 1, 6:00 PM · Free

Crafter Hour is an evening craft program at the Hamburg Public Library. Each month the group tries a new project, so there is always something different to make and learn. It is a relaxed night out…

Run by Hamburg Public Library · Hamburg

  • Seniors
  • Adults
Chair Yoga Class at Kutztown Community Library

Chair Yoga Class at Kutztown Community Library

Fri, Oct 2 to Fri, Nov 6 · Free

This gentle chair yoga series is built for beginners. Every pose is done seated or with the support of a chair, so the class works for a wide range of abilities. The focus is on flexibility, balance…

Run by Kutztown Community Library · Kutztown

  • Adults
  • Seniors
Pre School Play

Pre School Play

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

  • Kids
Helping Hands Bingo at Boone Area Library

Helping Hands Bingo at Boone Area Library

Starts Fri, Oct 2, 10:15 AM · Free

Helping Hands Bingo is a picture bingo game led by Miss Amber in the Community Room at Boone Area Library. Instead of numbers, players match pictures on their cards, so children who are not yet…

Run by Boone Area Library · Birdsboro

  • Kids
Beginning Mahjong Class

Beginning Mahjong Class

Starts Fri, Oct 2, 1:00 PM · Free

This class covers the basics of American Mahjong. Beginners learn how the tiles work and how a hand is played, so no experience is needed to join. The class meets at the Kutztown Community Library on…

Run by Kutztown Community Library · Kutztown

  • Seniors
  • Adults
Coffee with a Colonial

Coffee with a Colonial

Starts Sat, Oct 3, 10:00 AM · Free · Register by Sep 25

Coffee with a Colonial is a relaxed morning of conversation about early America. Guests sit down with a favorite hot drink while Mr. Leamer talks through life in the 18th century and brings out…

Run by Spring Twp Parks & Recreation · Sinking Spring

  • Adults
Master Gardener Presentation

Master Gardener Presentation

Starts Sat, Oct 3, 10:00 AM · Free

Sinking Spring Public Library hosts a Penn State Master Gardener presentation on the first Saturday of each month at 10:00 in the morning. A Master Gardener leads each talk, and the topic changes…

Run by Sinking Spring Public Library · Sinking Spring

  • Adults
The Craft Lab: Craft Program for Kids

The Craft Lab: Craft Program for Kids

Starts Sat, Oct 3, 10:00 AM · Free

The Craft Lab is a hands-on craft program at Boone Area Library for kids ages 6 to 11. Each session, children work with different craft supplies, materials and techniques to make their own works of…

Run by Boone Area Library · Birdsboro

  • Kids
Trim Healthy Mama Healthy Eating Class

Trim Healthy Mama Healthy Eating Class

Starts Sat, Oct 3, 10:00 AM · Free

This class at Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library looks at healthy eating using the book Trim Healthy Wisdom as a guide. Each meeting covers tips, recipes and advice for making nutritious choices while…

Run by Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library · Bethel

  • Kids
  • Teens
  • Adults
  • Seniors
Community Conversation on Homelessness in Berks County

Community Conversation on Homelessness in Berks County

Starts Sat, Oct 3, 1:00 PM · Free

Rev. Steve Ohnsman leads a community conversation about homelessness in Berks County. The group looks at how serious the issue is here, why people become unhoused, and what a community can do in…

Run by Wyomissing Public Library · Wyomissing

  • Kids
  • Teens
  • Adults
  • Seniors
Ways of Wildlife

Ways of Wildlife

Starts Sat, Oct 3, 1:00 PM · Free · Register by Oct 1

Ways of Wildlife is an outdoor program with Naturalist Hemlock Hannah at Cacoosing Meadows Park Pavilion. Families look at how local animals live, from why White-Tailed Deer flick their tails to why…

Run by Spring Twp Parks & Recreation · Sinking Spring

  • Families
Legends by Lantern Light

Legends by Lantern Light

Starts Sat, Oct 3, 5:30 PM · Free

Rangers lead a short evening walk at Hopewell Furnace, where the historic ironmaking village sets the scene for spooky stories and chilling tales told by lantern light. The stories echo the kinds of…

Run by Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site · Elverson

  • Kids
Books and Boots: Environmental Book Club

Books and Boots: Environmental Book Club

Mon, Oct 5 to Mon, May 3 · Free

Books and Boots is a monthly book club at Nolde Forest Environmental Education Center. The group reads both fiction and nonfiction, and the titles always have an environmental theme, from plants and…

Run by Nolde Forest - Sawmill · McConnell Classroom

  • Adults
  • Seniors
Fall Story Time at Boone Area Library

Fall Story Time at Boone Area Library

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

  • Kids
Monday Morning Book Club

Monday Morning Book Club

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

  • Adults
  • Seniors
Craft Club at Boyertown Community Library

Craft Club at Boyertown Community Library

Starts Tue, Oct 6, 11:00 AM · Free

Craft Club is a morning crafting get-together for adults at the Boyertown Community Library. Bring the project you are already working on, or make the featured craft with the group. The featured…

Run by Boyertown Community Library · Boyertown

  • Adults
  • Seniors
JR. Book Club

JR. Book Club

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

  • Kids
STEM and Craft Club at Bethel-Tulpehocken Library

STEM and Craft Club at Bethel-Tulpehocken Library

Starts Tue, Oct 6, 1:00 PM · Free

The Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library hosts a STEM Club and a Craft Club once a month on Tuesday afternoons. STEM Club starts first, and the craft activity follows in the second hour. Children can…

Run by Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library · Bethel

  • Kids
Hero Quest and Game Club

Hero Quest and Game Club

Starts Tue, Oct 6, 4:30 PM · Free

The Boone Area Library hosts a game club for teens in its Community Room. The main event is Hero Quest, a dungeon crawler board game led by Game Master Patrick Randall. Each meeting picks up with the…

Run by Boone Area Library · Birdsboro

  • Teens
Tail Waggin' Tutors: Read to a Therapy Dog

Tail Waggin' Tutors: Read to a Therapy Dog

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

  • Teens
  • Kids
Teen Club at Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library

Teen Club at Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library

Starts Tue, Oct 6, 5:00 PM · Free

Teen Club brings together young people ages 12 to 18 at the Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library in Bethel. It runs as a series of evening meetings, and each gathering has its own focus. One session…

Run by Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library · Bethel

  • Teens
BYO, Bring Your Own Book Club

BYO, Bring Your Own Book Club

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

  • Adults
  • Seniors
Story Time Special Guest French Creek State Park

Story Time Special Guest French Creek State Park

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

  • Kids
Storytime: "Fletcher and the Falling Leaves"

Storytime: "Fletcher and the Falling Leaves"

Starts Wed, Oct 7, 10:30 AM · Free

Wernersville Public Library hosts a Wednesday morning storytime for children. Together we listen to "Fletcher and the Falling Leaves" by Julia Rawlinson, with pictures by Tiphanie Beeke. After the…

Run by Wernersville Public Library · Wernersville

  • Kids
LEGO Club at Kutztown Community Library

LEGO Club at Kutztown Community Library

Starts Wed, Oct 7, 4:00 PM · Free

LEGO Club meets at the Kutztown Community Library on the first Wednesday of each month. Each session brings a new building challenge, so kids can try out ideas with LEGO bricks and see what they come…

Run by Kutztown Community Library · Kutztown

  • Kids
Mystery Book Club

Mystery Book Club

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

  • Seniors
  • Adults
Fleetwood Reads Book Club

Fleetwood Reads Book Club

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

  • Adults
  • Seniors
Night of the Living Ants Zombie Ant Nature Program

Night of the Living Ants Zombie Ant Nature Program

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

  • Families
Silent Book Club at Ridgewood Winery

Silent Book Club at Ridgewood Winery

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

  • Adults
Kids Night Out

Kids Night Out

Starts Fri, Oct 9 · Member $0.00, Non-Member $20.00 · Register by Oct 2

Kids Night Out gives children ages 5 to 12 an evening of fun at the Y while parents get the night to themselves. Kids spend the time with games, crafts, snacks, movies and inflatables. The program is…

Run by Reading YMCA · Reading

  • Kids