607 programs. What starts or meets this month, across the county.
Run classes or programs?
Starts Sat, Sep 26, 9:00 AM · Member: $89.25 / Non-Member: $105.00
Start with a simple square blank of hardwood and learn the fundamentals of woodturning. Instructor Luke Voytas covers the safe use of the lathe, turning gouges and other lathe tools, and you leave…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Sat, Sep 26, 10:00 AM · Free · Register by Sep 19
A presenter in period clothing leads this workshop on farming and gardening in early America, from the Colonial 1700s through the 1800s. You will hear what rural families grew and harvested for…
Run by Spring Twp Parks & Recreation · Sinking Spring
Starts Sat, Sep 26, 10:00 AM · $45-$55 per person
Paint a jeweled turtle step by step with instructor Laela at Painting with a Twist in Exeter Township. You pick your own colors, so every turtle leaves the studio looking different. Choose a 16 by 20…
Run by Painting with a Twist · Reading
Starts Sat, Sep 26, 10:00 AM · Free
Exeter Community Library invites kids to a morning program about graphic novels. Young readers come to learn about their favorite graphic novel authors and the books they write and draw. Free graphic…
Run by Exeter Community Library · Reading
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…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Sat, Sep 26, 10:00 AM · Free
Pokemon Club brings card fans together at the West Lawn-Wyomissing Hills Library. Members trade cards and play Trading Card Game battles with other players in the group. The club meets on Saturday…
Run by West Lawn-Wyomissing Hills Library · West Lawn
Starts Sat, Sep 26, 10:30 AM · Free
Story Time with Ms. Sandy is a read-aloud program for children at the Brandywine Community Library in Topton. Ms. Sandy shares books and leads some fun along the way. The program runs as a series on…
Run by Brandywine Community Library · Topton
Starts Sat, Sep 26, 11:00 AM · Free
Schuylkill Valley Community Library hosts a session on spotting artificial intelligence and scams, led by tech expert Khoi Luong. It is built for adults and older adults who want to feel more sure of…
Run by Schuylkill Valley Community Library · Leesport
Starts Sat, Sep 26, 11:00 AM · Free
Hopewell Furnace was an iron-making operation, but it was also a place where families lived and worked. On Living History Day, staff and volunteers in historical clothing spread out across the…
Run by Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site · Elverson
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…
Run by Brandywine Community Library · Reading
Sat, Sep 26 to Sat, Oct 24 · $25 payable to the instructor at the start of class, includes all supplies
Kristina Smith leads this painting class step by step, so you work along with her from a blank surface to a finished painting. It is built for adults who want a guided session rather than open studio…
Run by Boyertown Community Library · Boyertown
Starts Sat, Sep 26, 11:00 AM · Free
Slime Saturday is a hands-on science session for children at the Reading Public Library. Kids measure out the ingredients, mix them together, and work out what it takes to make the perfect batch of…
Run by Reading Public Library · Reading
Starts Sat, Sep 26, 11:30 AM · Free
Luna is a therapy dog who visits the Mifflin Community Library, and the idea is simple: come and read to her. Bring a book you would like to read aloud, or pick one out at the library when you…
Run by Mifflin Community Library · Shillington
Starts Sat, Sep 26, 12:00 PM · Free
Curiosity with Coffee is a non-fiction book club for adults at the Reading Public Library's Northeast Branch. This meeting is a Bring Your Own Book session, so there is no single assigned title.…
Run by Reading Public Library - Northeast Branch · Reading
Starts Sat, Sep 26, 1:00 PM · Member: $89.25 / Non-Member: $105.00
In this one session workshop at GoggleWorks Center for the Arts, you carve a wooden spoon or other cooking utensil using traditional hand tools. You learn how to orient your piece of wood for…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Sat, Sep 26, 1:00 PM · Free
Teens gather at Brandywine Community Library to play Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition. Game Master Morgan teaches players how the game works, so no experience is needed. Teamwork, though, is a must.…
Run by Brandywine Community Library · Topton
Starts Sat, Sep 26, 1:00 PM · Member: $83.30 / Non-Member: $98.00
This single session workshop at GoggleWorks puts you in front of the furnace to make a glass pumpkin. You gather hot glass, add color, and shape the piece with guidance from the studio artists. The…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Sat, Sep 26, 1:00 PM · Free
Teens can head to the Southeast Branch of the Reading Public Library to play video games and compete against their friends on the library's Switch consoles. The program is for ages 13 to 17, and the…
Run by Reading Public Library - Southeast Branch · Reading
Starts Sat, Sep 26, 1:30 PM · $35 per person
Paint a glowing Halloween scene on a 16x20 canvas in a blacklight studio at Painting with a Twist in Exeter Township. You pick one of the featured Neon Halloween designs and follow along step by step…
Run by Painting with a Twist · Reading
Starts Sat, Sep 26, 2:00 PM · Free
The Adult Book Club brings readers together at the Robesonia Community Library to talk about one shared title. Miss Izzy leads the discussion. The group's pick is Six Days in Bombay by Alka Joshi.…
Run by Robesonia Community Library · Robesonia
Starts Sat, Sep 26, 4:00 PM · $45-$55 per person
This is a guided painting workshop at Painting with a Twist in Exeter Township. An instructor walks the group through the featured artwork step by step, so no experience is needed. Guests choose…
Run by Painting with a Twist · Reading
Starts Sat, Sep 26, 6:30 PM · Free
Mom's Night Out is a relaxed evening for moms at the Boone Area Library, co-hosted by Melanie Hughes. You work on a simple craft while chatting and unwinding with other moms. It is a time to take a…
Run by Boone Area Library · Birdsboro
Starts Sat, Sep 26, 7:00 PM · $47 per person
Paint a Halloween scene that glows under blacklight in this Saturday evening class with Painting with a Twist. Brandalyn leads painters step by step on a 16 by 20 inch canvas, so no experience is…
Run by Painting with a Twist · Reading
Starts Sun, Sep 27, 12:00 AM · Member: $85.00 / Non-Member: $100.00
This one session workshop at GoggleWorks introduces jewelry design with silver precious metal clay. You work with molding tools and basic forming techniques to shape your own piece. When the design…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Sun, Sep 27, 10:00 AM · Member: $63.75 / Non-Member: $75.00
Make a handmade book for your ideas, memories and creativity. In this one day workshop, you turn "junk" into an eclectic journal and try different ways of applying materials to the page. You take…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Sun, Sep 27, 11:00 AM · $35 per person
Paint a glowing mountain scene with blacklight stars on a 16 by 20 inch canvas, guided step by step by artist Kale. Sunday sessions run late morning into the early afternoon. The painting is…
Run by Painting with a Twist · Reading
Starts Sun, Sep 27, 1:00 PM · Free · Register by Sep 24
Penn State Master Gardeners lead this workshop on getting yards and garden beds ready for a Pennsylvania winter. The talk covers ways to stretch the growing season, how to clean up organic matter…
Run by Spring Twp Parks & Recreation · Sinking Spring
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…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Sun, Sep 27, 2:30 PM · Free
The Last Sunday Book Club is an adult book club at the Bernville Area Community Library. Everyone in the group reads the same title, then meets to talk it over together. It runs alongside the…
Run by Bernville Area Community Library · Bernville
Starts Sun, Sep 27, 3:00 PM · $55 per person
Paint the Endless TBR design on a 16x20 canvas with step by step guidance from the studio artist, Brandalyn. You can personalize your painting, so it works well for a book club or any group that…
Run by Painting with a Twist · Reading
Starts Sun, Sep 27, 5:30 PM · Member: $72.25 / Non-Member: $85.00
In this single evening workshop at GoggleWorks, you learn the basics of fusing glass and make a draped pendant light for your own home. You practice cutting, shaping and designing glass, then set up…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Sun, Sep 27, 6:00 PM · $42 per person
Paint a Mountain Flowers design on a 16x20 canvas in a guided studio session on Sunday evenings. An instructor walks the group through the painting step by step, so no experience is needed. Laela…
Run by Painting with a Twist · Reading
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
Mon, Sep 28 to Mon, Oct 5 · Member: $63.75 / Non-Member: $75.00
This class at GoggleWorks introduces two ways of working with wool. You try wet felting and needle felting, and you use both to finish two small projects: a decorative felted acorn and a pumpkin. It…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Mon, Sep 28, 10:15 AM · Free
Boone Area Library hosts a story time built around bears and berries. Children listen to themed stories and join in songs that follow the theme, then take part in a craft or activity that ties it all…
Run by Boone Area Library · Birdsboro
Starts Mon, Sep 28, 11:00 AM · Free
Highway Safety Network brings a general traffic safety program to Boyertown Community Library. Tara DeStefano leads the session and covers traffic safety topics, including ebikes and scooters. The…
Run by Boyertown Community Library · Boyertown
Starts Mon, Sep 28, 1:00 PM · Free
The Jewish Community Center hosts a movie afternoon at the Jewish Cultural Center in Wyomissing. Each month brings a different film, sometimes recent, sometimes older, often on a Jewish theme.…
Run by Jewish Community Center · Wyomissing
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, 3:45 PM · Free
Voices is a program for LGBT youth looking for a safe space. It is co-hosted by the Robesonia Community Library and the LGBT Center of Greater Reading. The group meets at the library on South Brooke…
Run by Robesonia Community Library · Robesonia
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…
Run by Reading Public Library - Southeast Branch · Reading
Starts Mon, Sep 28, 4:30 PM · Free
Little Songbirds is an interactive music class for young children at the Wyomissing Public Library. Kids sing and dance along with the leader, Amanda Cardinal, in a short session made for small…
Run by Wyomissing Public Library · Wyomissing
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 Mon, Sep 28, 5:30 PM · Free
Boyertown Community Library hosts a cooking class where you put together a charcuterie board built for holiday gatherings. You work hands on with the arrangement, so you leave knowing how to lay out…
Run by Boyertown Community Library · Boyertown
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
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
Starts Mon, Sep 28, 6:00 PM · Member: $63.75 / Non-Member: $75.00
This single evening workshop at GoggleWorks covers traditional herbal medicine making. Participants choose and prepare herbs, mix them into tea blends, and make tinctures. The session also covers how…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Mon, Sep 28, 7:00 PM · $40-$50 per person
Paint Pour is a guided pour painting workshop with Painting with a Twist. You tilt, pour and swirl paint across canvas to make one of a kind abstract art, with an instructor leading the session.…
Run by Painting with a Twist · Reading
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
Starts Tue, Sep 29, 10:30 AM
This Seniors College session at Alvernia University brings together a panel of university faculty to talk about the pressures facing American democracy. The discussion covers constitutional…
Run by Alvernia University · Reading
Starts Tue, Sep 29, 12:30 PM
Berks Encore hosts a bingo game led by Christine from MedMinder at its Wernersville Wellness and Activity Center. Players gather around the tables, mark their cards as the numbers are called, and…
Run by Berks Encore · Wernersville