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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
Vintage Halloween Cards and Spooky Zine Workshop

Vintage Halloween Cards and Spooky Zine Workshop

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

  • Adults
  • Teens
  • Seniors
Stammtisch Conversation Group at Sinking Spring Library

Stammtisch Conversation Group at Sinking Spring Library

Starts Sat, Oct 10, 9:00 AM · Free

Stammtisch is a drop-in conversation club that meets at the Sinking Spring Public Library on the second Saturday of each month, from 9 to 10 in the morning. People gather over coffee for relaxed…

Run by Sinking Spring Public Library · Sinking Spring

  • Seniors
  • Adults
Lego Club at West Lawn-Wyomissing Hills Library

Lego Club at West Lawn-Wyomissing Hills Library

Starts Sat, Oct 10, 10:00 AM · Free

Lego Club is a drop-in building session for young Lego fans at the West Lawn-Wyomissing Hills Library. Kids bring their ideas and build alongside others who enjoy the same thing, with bricks to work…

Run by West Lawn-Wyomissing Hills Library · West Lawn

  • Kids
Read to a Therapy Dog

Read to a Therapy Dog

Starts Sat, Oct 10, 10:00 AM · Free

Trixie, a friendly Old English Sheepdog, comes to the Sinking Spring Public Library to listen to stories and meet new people. Children and readers of any age can sit down with her and read aloud for…

Run by Sinking Spring Public Library · Sinking Spring

  • Kids
  • Teens
  • Adults
  • Seniors
Adult Book Club @ Bernville Library

Adult Book Club @ Bernville Library

Sat, Oct 10 to Sat, Dec 12 · Free

The Adult Book Club at the Bernville Area Community Library meets monthly so readers can talk about what they have been reading. Most months the group picks a genre rather than a single title, and…

Run by Bernville Area Community Library · Bernville

  • Adults
Pokemon Club

Pokemon Club

Starts Sat, Oct 10, 10:30 AM · Free

Pokemon Club brings fans together at the Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library. The group meets once a month on Saturday mornings to make crafts, take part in activities, trade cards, and learn how to…

Run by Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library · Bethel

  • Kids
  • Teens
  • Adults
  • Seniors
Read to a Therapy Dog with Berks Tales for Tails

Read to a Therapy Dog with Berks Tales for Tails

Starts Sun, Oct 11, 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

  • Adults
  • Seniors
  • Kids
  • Teens
Story Time Field Trip to Keystone Villa

Story Time Field Trip to Keystone Villa

Starts Mon, Oct 12, 10:15 AM · Free

Boone Area Library takes story time on the road to Keystone Villa at Douglassville. Miss Amber reads with the group, and residents of Keystone Villa join in, so children get a story hour and a visit…

Run by Boone Area Library · Douglassville

  • Kids
The Classics Book Club

The Classics Book Club

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

  • Adults
  • Seniors
Book Club at Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library

Book Club at Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library

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

  • Adults
  • Seniors
Paws on Pages: Cosmo, Read to a Therapy Dog

Paws on Pages: Cosmo, Read to a Therapy Dog

Tue, Oct 13 to Thu, Oct 15 · Free

Children and other readers can practice reading out loud to Cosmo, a certified therapy dog, who visits the Kutztown Community Library with his owner, Martha Johnson. Cosmo listens while you read, so…

Run by Kutztown Community Library · Kutztown

  • Seniors
  • Adults
  • Teens
  • Kids
Author Visit: Jennifer Ott

Author Visit: Jennifer Ott

Starts Tue, Oct 13, 4:30 PM · Free

Jennifer Ott, author of Cnute the Talking Skull, comes to the Wernersville Public Library for a special event for young readers. Cnute the Talking Skull is the first book in a four part middle grade…

Run by Wernersville Public Library · Wernersville

  • Kids
  • Teens
Lego Club

Lego Club

Starts Tue, Oct 13, 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
Read with Rocky at Wernersville Public Library

Read with Rocky at Wernersville Public Library

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

  • Kids
  • Teens
  • Adults
  • Seniors
Monster Story Time and Craft for Kids

Monster Story Time and Craft for Kids

Starts Wed, Oct 14, 10:15 AM · Free

Boone Area Library hosts a story time built around monsters. Children listen to monster books that are meant to be fun rather than frightening, then make a monster craft to take home. This one is for…

Run by Boone Area Library · Birdsboro

  • Kids
Storytime: "Dozens of Doughnuts"

Storytime: "Dozens of Doughnuts"

Starts Wed, Oct 14, 10:30 AM · Free

Storytime at Wernersville Public Library is a read-aloud program for children. It meets Wednesday mornings at 10:30. Families can drop in and listen together. This session features "Dozens of…

Run by Wernersville Public Library · Wernersville

  • Kids
Homeschool Enrichment Classes

Homeschool Enrichment Classes

Wed, Oct 14 to Wed, Oct 28 · Free

The West Lawn-Wyomissing Hills Library holds enrichment classes for homeschool students. The classes meet on Wednesday mornings at the library. Sessions are designed for children and teens ages 5 to…

Run by West Lawn-Wyomissing Hills Library · West Lawn

  • Kids
  • Teens
  • Adults
  • Seniors
  • Homeschool
Mindful Movements Chair Yoga Class for Older Adults

Mindful Movements Chair Yoga Class for Older Adults

Starts Wed, Oct 14, 11:30 AM · Free

Mindful Movements is a gentle wellness program at the Boone Area Library, designed especially for older adults. The hour focuses on chair yoga, so you stretch and work on your breathing while seated…

Run by Boone Area Library · Birdsboro

  • Adults
  • Seniors
Pumpkin Party: Pumpkin Decorating at Boyertown Community Library

Pumpkin Party: Pumpkin Decorating at Boyertown Community Library

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

  • Kids
  • Teens
  • Adults
  • Seniors
Cyber Security Presentation with Member's First

Cyber Security Presentation with Member's First

Starts Fri, Oct 16, 10:00 AM · Free

Kutztown Community Library hosts a virtual presentation on cyber security led by Member's First Credit Union. The session runs in the morning and covers the topic as presented by the credit union.…

Run by Kutztown Community Library · Kutztown

  • Kids
  • Teens
  • Adults
  • Seniors
Family Pumpkin Painting

Family Pumpkin Painting

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

  • Kids
  • Teens
  • Adults
  • Seniors
  • Families