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Pokemon Club

Pokemon Club

Starts Thu, Sep 17, 4:30 PM · Free

Pokemon Club brings card players together at the Reading Public Library's Northwest Branch on Schuylkill Ave in Reading. Players trade cards with each other and battle. If you have never played…

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Monstessori Storytime at Exeter Community Library

Monstessori Storytime at Exeter Community Library

Starts Fri, Sep 18, 10:30 AM · Free

Montessori Storytime is a read-aloud program for children at the Exeter Community Library. Miss Dee leads the sessions in the children's section of the library, and all ages are welcome to come and…

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Art Class With Allison

Art Class With Allison

Starts Sat, Sep 19 · Member $40.00, Non-Member $45.00

Art Class With Allison brings hands-on art sessions to the Tri Valley YMCA in Fleetwood. Kids ages 8 to 12 work with a variety of art styles and mediums, with each session built around a different…

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Fall 5v5 League

Fall 5v5 League

Sep 19 to Nov 7 · $200/player (includes team t-shirt/uniform and PIAA referee fees)

The Fall 5v5 League is youth basketball for boys and girls ages 9 to 11, offered by Superdome Sports School of Hoops at Body Zone Sports and Wellness Complex. Games are played on Saturdays. The…

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Nature Walk with Indian Run Environmental Education Center

Nature Walk with Indian Run Environmental Education Center

Starts Sat, Sep 19, 10:00 AM · Free

Staff from the Indian Run Environmental Education Center lead a guided nature walk along the StoryWalk at Exeter Community Library. Walkers look closely at local plants, wildlife and habitats, with…

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Movies and Munchies Featuring Rio

Movies and Munchies Featuring Rio

Starts Sat, Sep 19, 11:00 AM · Free

The Reading Public Library hosts Movies and Munchies, a children's program built around a movie and matching snacks. This session features the film Rio. Kids make themed snacks and then settle in to…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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Sports for Tots

Sports for Tots

Sep 22 to Oct 27 · Member $55.00, Non-Member $70.00

Sports for Tots is an introduction to organized sports for children ages 3 to 5. The program runs as a sampler: the first half covers soccer basics, and the second half moves on to basketball.…

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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…

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Hispanic Heritage Month: Art Pod Sacred Hearts

Hispanic Heritage Month: Art Pod Sacred Hearts

Starts Tue, Sep 22, 3:30 PM · Free

The Northwest Branch of the Reading Public Library marks Hispanic Heritage Month with an Art Pod craft session. In this one, kids and teens make sacred hearts, a craft drawn from Hispanic cultural…

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Crochetology Crochet Class at Northwest Branch

Crochetology Crochet Class at Northwest Branch

Starts Tue, Sep 22, 5:00 PM · Free

Crochetology is a crochet program at the Reading Public Library's Northwest Branch. Participants learn new stitches, practice reading a pattern, and create fiber art. Materials are provided, so there…

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Hawk Mountain Birds of Prey Live Raptor Program

Hawk Mountain Birds of Prey Live Raptor Program

Starts Tue, Sep 22, 5:30 PM · Free

Hawk Mountain returns to Exeter Community Library for an evening with live birds of prey. Visitors meet three live raptors up close and learn about the adaptations that help each bird hunt and…

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Children's Storytime

Children's Storytime

Starts Wed, Sep 23, 10:00 AM · Free

Children's Storytime meets on Wednesday mornings at the Exeter Community Library on Prestwick Drive in Reading. Each session runs from 10:00 am to 10:45 am. The program is recommended for children…

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STEM Marble Run at the Northwest Branch

STEM Marble Run at the Northwest Branch

Starts Wed, Sep 23, 3:30 PM · Free

The Northwest Branch of the Reading Public Library hosts a STEM session built around a marble run. Children and teens work with a kit provided by the library, putting together tracks, ramps and turns…

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Art Blast featuring Latino Artists

Art Blast featuring Latino Artists

Starts Thu, Sep 24, 3:30 PM · Free

Art Blast featuring Latino Artists is a hands-on art session for children at the Reading Public Library, held in the children's area of the Main Library at 100 S 5th St in Reading. The program marks…

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Mini-Makers Leaf Stamping Printmaking Class

Mini-Makers Leaf Stamping Printmaking Class

Starts Sat, Sep 26, 12:00 AM · Member: $39.10 / Non-Member: $46.00

Bring your child into the printmaking studio at GoggleWorks and make prints from nature. Together you will stamp leaves to create prints you can keep at home or give to a friend. The class is open to…

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Mini-Makers Wheel Throwing Pottery Workshop

Mini-Makers Wheel Throwing Pottery Workshop

Starts Sat, Sep 26, 10:00 AM · Member: $44.20 / Non-Member: $52.00

Kids play with clay and learn to use the pottery wheel in this single Saturday morning workshop at GoggleWorks. Working as a team, the child and their adult shape clay together and create forms on…

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Nature Stroll & Roll: Accessible Guided Walk

Nature Stroll & Roll: Accessible Guided Walk

Starts Sat, Sep 26, 11:00 AM · Free

Nature Stroll & Roll is a short guided walk on smooth paths at Berks Nature in Reading. Participants stroll or roll along at a gentler pace than a standard hike, with a guide leading the way. The…

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Mini-Makers Pumpkin Lantern Clay Workshop

Mini-Makers Pumpkin Lantern Clay Workshop

Starts Sun, Sep 27, 2:00 PM · Member: $44.20 / Non-Member: $52.00

Young makers play with clay and learn a variety of techniques to build their own spooky pumpkin lantern. Instructor Zoungy Kligge leads the workshop, and all skill levels are welcome. It meets on a…

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Family Movie Night

Family Movie Night

Starts Mon, Sep 28, 4:00 PM · Free

Family Movie Night is a drop-in movie program at the Southeast Branch of the Reading Public Library, at 1426 Perkiomen Ave in Reading. A film is shown on the big screen in the branch, and families…

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Family Financial Toolkit

Family Financial Toolkit

Starts Mon, Sep 28, 5:00 PM · Free

The Family Financial Toolkit is a class about money basics, held at the Exeter Community Library. Teens and their families learn practical ways to save, build a budget and understand how credit…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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.…

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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.…

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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…

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Mini-Makers Ceramic Fairy Houses Family Workshop

Mini-Makers Ceramic Fairy Houses Family Workshop

Starts Sat, Oct 3, 10:00 AM · Member: $44.20 / Non-Member: $52.00

Come play with clay at GoggleWorks. In this family workshop, adults and children work side by side to build a fairy house from clay, learning a variety of hand-building techniques along the way. It…

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Homeschooling: Intro to MIG Welding Workshop

Homeschooling: Intro to MIG Welding Workshop

Starts Tue, Oct 6, 3:00 PM · Member: $59.50 / Non-Member: $70.00

This workshop introduces homeschooled students to the fundamentals of welding. Students learn how electricity melts wire and metal to join them permanently, and they get to know the proper tools…

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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…

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Mini-Makers Witches Hat Luminary Clay Workshop

Mini-Makers Witches Hat Luminary Clay Workshop

Starts Sat, Oct 10, 10:00 AM · Member: $44.20 / Non-Member: $52.00

Children and a grown-up work side by side to build a whimsical witch's hat luminary out of clay. Karen Adam teaches basic handbuilding techniques, then you add decorative cutouts and textures so the…

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Pumpkin Palooza: Make Your Own Hot Glass Pumpkin

Pumpkin Palooza: Make Your Own Hot Glass Pumpkin

Starts Sun, Oct 11 · $55.00

Make your own glass pumpkin in the Hot Glass Studio at GoggleWorks during Pumpkin Palooza, the center's fall event in Reading. You work at the furnace with help from the hot glass artists, shaping…

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Homeschooling Charcoal Drawing Workshop for Youth

Homeschooling Charcoal Drawing Workshop for Youth

Starts Mon, Oct 12, 1:00 PM · Member: $51.00 / Non-Member: $60.00

This single session workshop introduces charcoal to homeschooled students. Students learn the fundamentals of drawing with charcoal, work on a variety of types of paper, and experiment with this…

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Creative Kids: Clay Weaving Ceramics Workshop

Creative Kids: Clay Weaving Ceramics Workshop

Starts Mon, Oct 12, 2:30 PM · Member: $68.00 / Non-Member: $80.00

In this one session workshop at GoggleWorks, kids learn to work with clay, weave clay designs, and decorate a surface. Instructor Paola Mateo leads the class, which is open to all skill levels and is…

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Creative Kids Handbuilding Clay Class

Creative Kids Handbuilding Clay Class

In progress since Sep 10, next Thu, Sep 17, through Oct 15 · Member: $183.60 / Non-Member: $216.00

Young artists work with clay in the handbuilding studio at GoggleWorks and learn how handbuilt pottery comes together. The class covers basic techniques: pinching, building with coils, and soft slab…

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Lego Free Build

Lego Free Build

In progress since Sep 12, next Sat, Sep 19, through Sep 19 · Free

Lego Free Build is a drop in building session for children at the Reading Public Library's Southeast Branch. Kids dig into the branch's bins of Legos and build whatever they like, with no set project…

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Cub Corner Story Time

Cub Corner Story Time

In progress since Sep 14, next Mon, Sep 21, through Sep 21 · Free

Cub Corner Story Time is a recurring story hour at the Reading Public Library's Southeast Branch on Perkiomen Avenue. A staff member reads a story aloud, and the group sings songs together before…

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Storytime with Stories and Craft at Northwest Branch

Storytime with Stories and Craft at Northwest Branch

In progress since Sep 14, next Mon, Sep 21, through Sep 21 · Free

Storytime at the Reading Public Library's Northwest Branch pairs shared reading with a simple craft. Children and their grown-ups read along with us, and then everyone makes something afterward.…

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Chess Club at Reading Public Library

Chess Club at Reading Public Library

In progress since Sep 14, next Mon, Sep 21, through Sep 21 · Free

Chess Club meets in the children's area at the Main Library on South 5th Street in Reading. Players can learn the basics of the game or take on the group's instructor from the Million Youth Chess…

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Junk Journal Club

Junk Journal Club

In progress since Sep 14, next Mon, Sep 28, through Sep 28 · Free

Junk Journal Club is a drop-in craft club at the Reading Public Library's Northwest Branch. People come together to journal, scrapbook, collage and decorate pages, all in one sitting. It is a relaxed…

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Free YMCA Family IMAX Movie Night

Free YMCA Family IMAX Movie Night

In progress since Sep 4, through Oct 1 · Free

The YMCA of Reading & Berks County hosts family movie nights at the Reading Movies 11 and IMAX theater. Families watch a family friendly feature on the big screen and spend the evening together with…

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