Classes, activities & programs this month in Berks County

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Moonlit Cardinals Paint and Sip Class

Moonlit Cardinals Paint and Sip Class

Starts Sun, Nov 22, 6:00 PM · $45 to $55 per person

Paint a moonlit cardinal scene step by step with a Painting with a Twist artist leading the way. You can choose a 16 by 20 canvas or a 16 by 20 wood plank board, and you take your finished piece home…

Run by Painting with a Twist · Reading

  • Adults
Romance Under the Lanterns Trivia Night Painting

Romance Under the Lanterns Trivia Night Painting

Starts Sun, Nov 22, 6:00 PM · $50 to $60 per person

Spend an evening painting a lantern scene with a trivia twist at Painting with a Twist in Exeter Township. Brandalyn leads the session and guides you step by step, with trivia rounds mixed into the…

Run by Painting with a Twist · Reading

  • Adults
Rustic Winter Snowman

Rustic Winter Snowman

Starts Sun, Nov 22, 6:00 PM

Paint a rustic winter snowman step by step with a studio artist leading the way. The evening session runs on a Wednesday evening, and you choose your surface when you book: a 10x30 canvas or a 10x30…

Run by Painting with a Twist · Reading

  • Adults
Coffee and Crime Mystery Book Club

Coffee and Crime Mystery Book Club

Starts Mon, Nov 23, 10:00 AM · Free

Coffee and Crime is a monthly book club for mystery readers at the Hamburg Public Library. Each month the group reads a different mystery title, then meets to talk it over and share what everyone…

Run by Hamburg Public Library · Hamburg

  • Adults
  • Seniors
Pie Story Time at Boone Area Library

Pie Story Time at Boone Area Library

Starts Mon, Nov 23, 10:15 AM · Free

Miss Amber leads a story time all about pie at the Boone Area Library in Birdsboro. Children listen to stories on a tasty theme and share the morning with other young readers and their grown-ups. The…

Run by Boone Area Library · Birdsboro

  • Kids
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Pottery plate craft with Karen Colpetzer-Adam

Pottery plate craft with Karen Colpetzer-Adam

Starts Mon, Nov 23, 10:30 AM

Karen Colpetzer-Adam leads this pottery plate craft at the Berks Encore Fleetwood Wellness and Activity Center. Participants work on a pottery plate project during the session, which meets on a…

Run by Berks Encore · Fleetwood

  • Seniors
Barbie Club at Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library

Barbie Club at Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library

Starts Mon, Nov 23, 2:00 PM · Free

Barbie Club is a drop-in play and craft time at the Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library in Bethel. Doll fans gather to play, make things and explore ideas together, and friendships grow along the way.…

Run by Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library · Bethel

  • Kids
  • Teens
  • Adults
  • Seniors
Book Club Discussion Group

Book Club Discussion Group

Starts Mon, Nov 23, 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

  • Seniors
  • Adults
Beaded Bottle Opener

Beaded Bottle Opener

Starts Mon, Nov 23, 5:30 PM · Member: $80.75 / Non-Member: $95.00

This one evening workshop at GoggleWorks Center for the Arts introduces the basics of bead making on the torch. You shape glass beads and then use them to decorate a bottle opener you take home. The…

Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading

  • Teens
  • Adults
Family Game Night at Exeter Community Library

Family Game Night at Exeter Community Library

Starts Mon, Nov 23, 5:30 PM · Free

Exeter Community Library hosts Family Game Night, an evening of board games, card games, puzzles and more. Families, friends and neighbors play together in the library, and you are welcome to bring a…

Run by Exeter Community Library · Reading

  • Kids
  • Teens
  • Adults
  • Seniors
  • Families
Fused Glass Lantern

Fused Glass Lantern

Mon, Nov 23 to Tue, Nov 24 · Member: $123.25 / Non-Member: $145.00

In this class at GoggleWorks Center for the Arts, you design and build your own fused glass lantern. You cut glass, learn safety practices in the studio, and work through the glass fusing process.…

Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading

  • Teens
  • Adults
Novels at Night In Person at Spring Township Library

Novels at Night In Person at Spring Township Library

Starts Mon, Nov 23, 5:30 PM · Free

Novels at Night is an evening program from Spring Township Library. This listing covers the in person meetings, which the library holds on the last Monday of the month in the early evening at its…

Run by Spring Township Library · Wyomissing

  • Kids
  • Teens
  • Adults
  • Seniors
Civil War Medical Program: Union Troops

Civil War Medical Program: Union Troops

Starts Mon, Nov 23, 6:00 PM · Free

The Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library hosts a program that follows what a Union soldier went through during a medical event in the Civil War, whether it came from disease or from combat. The…

Run by Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library · Bethel

  • Kids
  • Teens
  • Adults
  • Seniors
A Little Mean and Green Trivia Painting Class

A Little Mean and Green Trivia Painting Class

Starts Mon, Nov 23, 7:00 PM · $42 per person

Painting with a Twist in Exeter Township pairs a guided painting session with trivia on Monday evenings. You work on a 16 by 20 inch canvas with acrylic paint, following along step by step with the…

Run by Painting with a Twist · Reading

  • Adults
Community Playdates with SAM

Community Playdates with SAM

Starts Tue, Nov 24, 10:45 AM · Free

Early Intervention professionals join library storytimes and play dates at Exeter Community Library. Children play at learning stations while parents and caregivers talk with the visiting…

Run by Exeter Community Library · Reading

  • Kids
  • Adults
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25 Ways to Stay Healthy With AmeriHealth

25 Ways to Stay Healthy With AmeriHealth

Starts Tue, Nov 24, 12:30 PM

AmeriHealth leads this wellness session at the Berks Encore Reading Wellness and Activity Center. The talk walks through everyday ways older adults can look after their health, and there is room to…

Run by Berks Encore · Reading

  • Seniors
Movie Matinee at the Strausstown Center

Movie Matinee at the Strausstown Center

Starts Tue, Nov 24, 12:30 PM

Berks Encore hosts a movie matinee at its Strausstown Wellness & Activity Center, 44 East Avenue in Strausstown. Showings start at 12:30 in the early afternoon, so you can settle in after the midday…

Run by Berks Encore · Strausstown

  • Seniors
Prize Bingo Hosted by The Residence at Village Greens

Prize Bingo Hosted by The Residence at Village Greens

Starts Tue, Nov 24, 12:30 PM

The Residence at Village Greens hosts a prize bingo game at the Berks Encore Mifflin Wellness and Activity Center in Shillington. Players mark their cards, call out the wins and take home prizes. It…

Run by Berks Encore · Shillington

  • Seniors
Pepper Mill Woodturning Workshop at GoggleWorks

Pepper Mill Woodturning Workshop at GoggleWorks

Starts Tue, Nov 24, 5:00 PM · Member: $89.25 / Non-Member: $105.00

Turn your own pepper mill in a single evening session at GoggleWorks. You learn how to turn the body of a mill on the lathe and how to install the grinding mechanism so the finished piece works, and…

Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading

  • Teens
  • Adults
Don't Read This Book Club: The 57 Bus

Don't Read This Book Club: The 57 Bus

Starts Tue, Nov 24, 6:00 PM · Free

The Don't Read This Book Club at Brandywine Community Library takes on The 57 Bus by Dashka Slater. Read the book ahead of time, then come to the library to talk it over with the group. The title is…

Run by Brandywine Community Library · Topton

  • Teens
  • Adults
Intro to Glassblowing: Session C

Intro to Glassblowing: Session C

Tue, Nov 24 to Tue, Dec 22 · Member: $331.50 / Non-Member: $390.00

This introductory glassblowing class at GoggleWorks Center for the Arts runs on Tuesdays from 6 PM to 9 PM for five sessions, meeting in the Glassblowing Studio in Building 5 at 201 Washington St in…

Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading

  • Adults
Paint Your Pet Canvas Painting Class

Paint Your Pet Canvas Painting Class

Starts Tue, Nov 24, 6:30 PM · $60 per person

Paint a portrait of your own pet on canvas with step by step guidance from a Painting with a Twist artist. After you book, email a high resolution color photo of your pet to the studio. Staff will…

Run by Painting with a Twist · Reading

  • Adults
Let's Create with PA Health and Wellness at Mifflin

Let's Create with PA Health and Wellness at Mifflin

Starts Wed, Nov 25, 10:00 AM

Let's Create is a making session hosted by PA Health and Wellness at the Berks Encore Mifflin Wellness and Activity Center in Shillington. It runs on a Wednesday morning at 10 a.m. and is part of the…

Run by Berks Encore · Shillington

  • Seniors
Bear Says Thanks Storytime and Craft

Bear Says Thanks Storytime and Craft

Starts Wed, Nov 25, 10:30 AM · Free

Wernersville Public Library hosts a Wednesday morning storytime for children. The featured book is "Bear Says Thanks" by Karma Wilson, a picture book about giving thanks, read aloud by library staff.…

Run by Wernersville Public Library · Wernersville

  • Kids
Christmas Twinkle Painting Class

Christmas Twinkle Painting Class

Starts Wed, Nov 25, 12:00 PM · $42 to $52 per person

Paint the Christmas Twinkle design with instructor Brandalyn at Painting with a Twist in Exeter Township. You choose your surface when you book, either a 16x20 canvas or a 16x20 wood plank board, and…

Run by Painting with a Twist · Reading

  • Adults
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Candy Bingo With David the Candy Man

Candy Bingo With David the Candy Man

Starts Wed, Nov 25, 12:30 PM

Candy Bingo is a regular game session at the Berks Encore Strausstown Wellness and Activity Center. David, known as The Candy Man, calls the numbers and keeps the game moving, so all you need to do…

Run by Berks Encore · Strausstown

  • Seniors
Builder's Club Hands-On Building Challenge

Builder's Club Hands-On Building Challenge

Starts Wed, Nov 25, 2:00 PM · Free

Builder's Club is a hands-on building challenge at the Hamburg Public Library. Each month brings a different activity, so kids and teens can come back for a new challenge each time. The library…

Run by Hamburg Public Library · Hamburg

  • Kids
  • Teens
Run, Run, Rudolph: Association-Wide Holiday Fitness Challenge

Run, Run, Rudolph: Association-Wide Holiday Fitness Challenge

Nov 27 to Jan 8 · Member $15.00, Non-Member - · Register by Dec 4

Run, Run, Rudolph is a fitness challenge that runs across all YMCA of Reading & Berks County branches, connecting members through the holiday season. You earn points for showing up and moving…

Run by Reading YMCA · Reading

  • All ages
Opt Outside Hike

Opt Outside Hike

Starts Fri, Nov 27, 10:00 AM · Free · Register by Nov 24

A guided morning walk on the trails at Nolde Forest Environmental Education Center, offered as an alternative to the Black Friday shopping crowds. Families put down their phones, get some fresh air…

Run by Spring Twp Parks & Recreation · Sinking Spring

  • Families
Pokemon Club

Pokemon Club

Starts Sat, Nov 28, 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

  • Kids
  • Teens
  • Adults
  • Seniors
Holiday Llamas Painting Class: Pick One and Personalize

Holiday Llamas Painting Class: Pick One and Personalize

Starts Sat, Nov 28, 10:30 AM · $35 per person

Paint a holiday llama on a 16x20 canvas with Painting with a Twist in Exeter Township. You pick one of the llama designs and personalize it as you go, with step by step guidance from the studio…

Run by Painting with a Twist · Reading

  • Adults
Holiday Twinkle Guided Acrylic Painting Class

Holiday Twinkle Guided Acrylic Painting Class

Starts Sat, Nov 28, 4:00 PM · $42-$52 per person

Holiday Twinkle is a guided painting session at Painting with a Twist, led by artist Rayven. You follow along step by step and paint the Holiday Twinkle design, choosing either a 16x20 canvas or a…

Run by Painting with a Twist · Reading

  • Adults
Drink Up Adults Only Paint and Sip Class

Drink Up Adults Only Paint and Sip Class

Starts Sat, Nov 28, 7:00 PM · $45 to $55 per person

Paint, sip and relax at this evening painting class with instructor Rayven. You follow along step by step to create the Drink Up artwork, with a choice of a 16 by 20 canvas or a 16 by 20 wood plank…

Run by Painting with a Twist · Reading

  • Adults
Rustic Christmas Painting: Pick One and Personalize

Rustic Christmas Painting: Pick One and Personalize

Starts Sun, Nov 29, 12:00 PM · $45-$55 per person

Paint a rustic Christmas design at Painting with a Twist in Exeter Township. You pick one of two surfaces, a 10x30 canvas or a 10x30 wood plank board, and personalize your piece as you work. A studio…

Run by Painting with a Twist · Reading

  • Adults
Last Sunday Book Club at Bernville Area Community Library

Last Sunday Book Club at Bernville Area Community Library

Starts Sun, Nov 29, 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 on a Sunday afternoon…

Run by Bernville Area Community Library · Bernville

  • Adults
  • Seniors
  • Teens
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Painting with Emotion

Painting with Emotion

Sun, Nov 29 to Sun, Dec 13 · Member: $81.60 / Non-Member: $96.00

In this class at GoggleWorks, you paint three small works that reflect your own feelings. The approach leans on bold color and intuition rather than careful planning, so you work by experimenting and…

Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading

  • Teens
  • Adults
Evergreen Dreams and Baubles Painting Class

Evergreen Dreams and Baubles Painting Class

Starts Sun, Nov 29, 6:00 PM · $42-$52 per person

Paint a winter evergreen scene with holiday baubles in a guided class at Painting with a Twist in Exeter Township. Brandalyn leads the session step by step, and you choose whether to paint on a 16 by…

Run by Painting with a Twist · Reading

  • Adults
JCC Movie Monday: Jewish Film Afternoons

JCC Movie Monday: Jewish Film Afternoons

Starts Mon, Nov 30, 1:00 PM · Free

Each month the Jewish Community Center hosts a Jewish themed movie at the Jewish Cultural Center in Wyomissing. Screenings run on Monday afternoons from 1 PM to 3 PM. Popcorn is served, so grab a…

Run by Jewish Community Center · Wyomissing

  • Adults
Embroidered Felted Ornaments

Embroidered Felted Ornaments

Starts Tue, Dec 1, 10:00 AM · Member: $51.00 / Non-Member: $60.00

In this one session workshop at GoggleWorks Center for the Arts, you make a pair of felted ornaments to keep or give as gifts. You mix and match fabrics, felt and sequins, and use simple embroidery…

Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading

  • Teens
  • Adults
Jewelry Making: Silver and Stone: Session B

Jewelry Making: Silver and Stone: Session B

Tue, Dec 1 to Tue, Dec 8 · Member: $119.00 / Non-Member: $140.00

This adults class at GoggleWorks Center for the Arts walks you through one piece of jewelry from raw material to finished work. In the first meeting you work with lapidary tools, cutting, shaping and…

Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading

  • Adults
Intermediate Painting: Urban Sketching in Thorn Alley Kitchen

Intermediate Painting: Urban Sketching in Thorn Alley Kitchen

Wed, Dec 2 to Wed, Dec 16 · Member: $122.40 / Non-Member: $144.00

This intermediate class turns the Thorn Alley Kitchen at GoggleWorks into a sketching studio. Working on the first floor of the building, students draw and paint the scene around them as it moves…

Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading

  • Teens
  • Adults
Christmas Means More Set or Solo Painting Trivia

Christmas Means More Set or Solo Painting Trivia

Starts Wed, Dec 2, 7:00 PM · $42 per person

Paint a Christmas scene on a 16x20 canvas while playing along with fun trivia. A studio artist leads the painting step by step, so no experience is needed. You can paint the full set with a partner…

Run by Painting with a Twist · Reading

  • Adults
Glassblown Ornament or Bell: Session B

Glassblown Ornament or Bell: Session B

Starts Thu, Dec 3, 6:00 PM · Member: $83.30 / Non-Member: $98.00

This single evening workshop in the GoggleWorks hot glass studio has you make your own glass ornament or bell. You learn how to gather hot glass from the furnace, add color, and shape the piece into…

Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading

  • Adults
A Bright Christmas Painting Class With Surface Options

A Bright Christmas Painting Class With Surface Options

Starts Thu, Dec 3, 7:00 PM · $42-$55 per person

Paint a bright Christmas scene step by step with an artist leading the way at Painting with a Twist in Exeter Township. You choose your surface when you book: a 16x20 canvas, a wood tray, or a 16x20…

Run by Painting with a Twist · Reading

  • Adults
Art History Short Course: The Art of American Illustration

Art History Short Course: The Art of American Illustration

In progress since Oct 20, next Tue, Nov 3, through Nov 10 · Single class: $45 for Museum Members, $55 for Non-Members

The Reading Public Museum presents a four-part art history course on American illustration, taught jointly by Scott Schweigert, Curator of Art and Civilizations, and Geoff Fleming, Executive Director…

Run by Reading Public Museum · Reading

  • Adults
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Intro to Silversmithing

Intro to Silversmithing

In progress since Oct 20, next Tue, Nov 3, through Nov 17 · Member: $242.25 / Non-Member: $285.00

This class introduces the basic skills of metalsmithing and silver jewelry making. You cut, shape and join metal using hammers, flame and other studio tools, and you leave with a custom sterling…

Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading

  • Adults
Next Steps: Garment Construction

Next Steps: Garment Construction

In progress since Oct 20, next Tue, Nov 3, through Nov 17 · Member: $216.75 / Non-Member: $255.00

This intermediate class at GoggleWorks builds on sewing skills you already have. You work on making simple patterns, designing your own garments, and taking an idea through to a finished piece. Along…

Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading

  • Teens
  • Adults
Pickleball at Sinking Spring YMCA

Pickleball at Sinking Spring YMCA

In progress since Nov 4, through Nov 3 · Member $10.00, Non-Member $20.00, Member $100.00, Non-Member $120.00

The Reading YMCA runs pickleball at its Sinking Spring branch for players at every stage, from first-timers to those sharpening their shots. Options include open play sessions, learn-to-play events…

Run by Reading YMCA · Reading

  • Kids
  • Teens
  • Adults
Flameworked Beads 101

Flameworked Beads 101

In progress since Oct 22, next Thu, Nov 5, through Nov 19 · Member: $242.25 / Non-Member: $285.00

This beginner class introduces flameworking, the craft of shaping glass at a torch. Working with glass rods and a torch, students learn to heat, melt and form their own glass beads, with attention to…

Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading

  • Teens
  • Adults
Intermediate Sewing: Japanese Cross Back Apron

Intermediate Sewing: Japanese Cross Back Apron

In progress since Oct 29, next Thu, Nov 5, through Nov 12 · Member: $130.05 / Non-Member: $153.00

In this sewing class at GoggleWorks Center for the Arts, students make a Japanese cross-back apron, a slip-on style that works well for cooking, crafting or giving as a gift. The project is set up to…

Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading

  • Teens
  • Adults
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