39 programs. Adult education & continuing education classes for seniors across the county.
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Starts Thu, Sep 17, 11:00 AM
This educational workshop meets Thursday mornings and is part of the activities and classes offered through Casa de la Amistad, the senior center run by Centro Hispano Daniel Torres in Reading.…
Run by Centro Hispano Daniel Torres · Reading
Starts Thu, Sep 17, 3:00 PM · Free
WFMZ journalist, anchor and reporter José Martinez visits the Exeter Community Library to talk about his book. He will read a short excerpt and discuss identity, belonging and the immortal…
Run by Exeter Community Library · Reading
Thu, Sep 17 to Thu, Oct 1 · Free
Trixie is a therapy dog who comes to Mifflin Community Library so people can read aloud to her. Readers settle in with a book and read to a calm, patient listener, which can be an easy way to build…
Run by Mifflin Community Library · Shillington
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
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
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
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…
Run by Exeter Community Library · Reading
Starts Tue, Sep 22, 6:00 PM · Free
Medicare 101 is an informational session for people who are turning 65 and want help making sense of Medicare. A representative from Gerhart, Hartman, & Ritner leads the session and walks through the…
Run by Hamburg Public Library · Hamburg
Starts Wed, Sep 23, 5:30 PM · Free
The (Censored) Book Club is a reading group for adults that meets at Wyomissing Public Library. Members read a selected title on their own and then come together at the library to talk it over as a…
Run by Wyomissing Public Library · Wyomissing
Starts Wed, Sep 23, 7:00 PM · Free
Eager Readers Book Club is a reading group for adults at Schuylkill Valley Community Library. Members read the same book on their own, then come together to talk about it. The current selection is…
Run by Schuylkill Valley Community Library · Leesport
Starts Thu, Sep 24, 11:00 AM
This is a question and answer session with the League of Women Voters, held at the Berks Encore Reading Wellness & Activity Center on 40 North 9th Street in Reading. Guests take questions from the…
Run by Berks Encore · Reading
Starts Thu, Sep 24, 6:00 PM · Free
Bestsellers & Baked Goods is a series at Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library for adults who enjoy talking about books. Each gathering looks at the newest bestsellers, with coffee or tea and a baked…
Run by Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library · Bethel
Starts Thu, Sep 24, 6:00 PM · Free
Exeter Community Library hosts a silent book club that meets at Ridgewood Winery in Birdsboro. As the name says, it is a quiet reading group, so the time together is spent with books rather than a…
Run by Exeter Community Library · Birdsboro
Starts Thu, Sep 24, 6:30 PM · Free
Readers who enjoy science fiction and fantasy meet each month at the Fleetwood Area Public Library to talk about a shared book. The group gathers in Room 111 on the fourth Thursday of the month in…
Run by Fleetwood Area Public Library · Fleetwood
Starts Fri, Sep 25, 10:00 AM · Free
This is a book discussion group that meets at the Kutztown Community Library. Members gather on the fourth Friday of the month at 10 AM and talk through the book together for about an hour and a…
Run by Kutztown Community Library · Kutztown
Starts Mon, Sep 28, 10:00 AM · Free
Coffee and Crime is a book club for mystery readers at the Hamburg Public Library. Each month the group reads a different mystery, then meets to talk it over. Coffee is part of the morning, along…
Run by Hamburg Public Library · Hamburg
Starts Mon, Sep 28, 3:00 PM · Free
The Mifflin Community Library hosts a book club that meets to talk about the group's current read. Members come ready to share what they thought of the book and hear what others took from it.…
Run by Mifflin Community Library · Shillington
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…
Run by Exeter Community Library · Reading
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 Wed, Oct 21, 12:00 PM · Free
The Highway Safety Network presents this program for older drivers who want to stay safe and confident behind the wheel. The session covers helpful tips, updated safety information, and strategies…
Run by Boone Area Library · Birdsboro
Starts Tue, Oct 27, 10:30 AM
Alvernia University President Glynis Fitzgerald, Ph.D., leads this Seniors College session on the future of Catholic higher education, seen through the lens of Alvernia's Franciscan mission. She…
Run by Alvernia University · Reading
Starts Tue, Oct 27, 1:00 PM
This Alvernia University Seniors College workshop looks at why productive conversation across differences has become so hard, and what can be done about it. After a short overview of how we got here…
Run by Alvernia University · Reading
Starts Wed, Oct 28, 4:00 PM · " Receive 2 chocolate samples with a paper strip containing PTC to help identify super-tasters! $5
Chocolate sommelier Estelle Tracy leads this tasting session at the Exeter Community Library, where the topic is taste itself and why one person's "yum" can be another person's "yuck." You taste and…
Run by Exeter Community Library · Reading
Starts Tue, Nov 3, 10:30 AM
Alvernia University's Seniors College offers this session on artificial intelligence and the human mind. Professor Emeritus Spencer S. Stober, Ed.D., leads a look at AI as more than a tool…
Run by Alvernia University · Reading
Starts Sat, Nov 7, 1:00 PM · Free
Certified dog trainer Lauren Huha leads this class on reading your dog like a book. The session runs about an hour and is a chance to learn from a trainer and ask your own questions about what your…
Run by Exeter Community Library · Reading
Starts Tue, Nov 10, 10:30 AM
Sister Dorothy Fabritze, MSC, and Sister Bernard Overkamp, MSC, of the Missionary Sisters of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, tell the story of the twists and turns that took them from Papua New…
Run by Alvernia University · Reading
In progress since Sep 2, next Wed, Sep 23, through Sep 30
The Diabetes Prevention Program is a group class led by Kate Sweinhart at the Berks Encore Mifflin Wellness & Activity Center, 30 Liberty Street in Shillington. The group meets on Wednesday…
Run by Berks Encore · Shillington