601 programs. What starts or meets this month, across the county.
Run classes or programs?
Starts Fri, Oct 16, 7:00 PM · $42 per person
Paint the Adventure Begins design on a 16x20 canvas with step by step guidance from instructor Brandalyn. This is a Friday evening session, and you take your finished painting home with you. Painters…
Run by Painting with a Twist · Reading
Starts Sat, Oct 17, 12:00 AM · Member: $51.00 / Non-Member: $60.00
This single-session workshop at GoggleWorks looks at illustrating with colored pencils and paint pens on toned background papers. You will try blending techniques and see how each medium behaves on a…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Sat, Oct 17 · $175 ($165 members)
This beginner-friendly workshop looks at drawing and painting portraits from observation. You work through the full process: observing your subject, measuring, composing, blocking in, and rendering.…
Run by Yocum Institute for Arts Education · West Lawn
Starts Sat, Oct 17 · $40 ($30 members)
A Halloween and autumn craft session for kids and teens who like anything spooky. Makers work on clay charms shaped like cats, witches and monsters, ghost banners made from fabric, spooky friendship…
Run by Yocum Institute for Arts Education · West Lawn
Sat, Oct 17 to Sat, Nov 21 · $20.00
This drop-in printmaking workshop at GoggleWorks Center for the Arts meets on Friday mornings, with each date standing on its own as a single session. Artist Suzanne Fellows leads the group through a…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Sat, Oct 17 to Sat, Nov 21 · Member: $283.05 / Non-Member: $333.00
This beginner ceramics class at GoggleWorks covers the basics of working on a potter's wheel. Students learn to throw cylinders, cups, bowls and other forms, then shape and trim their pieces. Basic…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Sat, Oct 17, 10:00 AM · Free
Boyertown Community Library hosts a STEM workshop led by Miss Julia. This session centers on structures, and children create, learn and discover how things are built and held together. The workshop…
Run by Boyertown Community Library · Boyertown
Starts Sat, Oct 17, 10:00 AM · Free · Register by Oct 15
Walk the trail at Blue Marsh Lake with Naturalist Porcupine Pat and take in the fall foliage. This is a quiet stroll with time to look closely at trees, learn how to identify them, and find out why…
Run by Spring Twp Parks & Recreation · Sinking Spring
Starts Sat, Oct 17, 1:00 PM · Member: $80.75 / Non-Member: $95.00
This single session workshop is an introduction to borosilicate glass and the torch. Working at the flame, you melt and sculpt a glass acorn by hand and take it home. Nikki Vitchner teaches, and the…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Sat, Oct 17, 7:00 PM · $42 per person
Paint the Lovers Moon on a 16x20 canvas with step by step guidance from instructor Brandalyn. You can paint it as a set, with two canvases that pair up side by side, or paint it solo as a single…
Run by Painting with a Twist · Reading
Starts Sun, Oct 18, 11:00 AM · $15
A guest guide leads a two mile hike at Nolde Forest Environmental Education Center, with several stops off the trail for yoga stretches and guided relaxation and meditation. It is a walking program…
Run by Nolde Forest - Sawmill · Reading
Starts Sun, Oct 18, 12:00 PM
Living History Sunday brings the 18th century to life on the Weiser House grounds at the Conrad Weiser Homestead in Womelsdorf. Visitors can watch open-hearth cooking in the Springhouse kitchen and…
Run by Conrad Weiser Homestead · Womelsdorf
Starts Sun, Oct 18, 1:00 PM · Free · Register by Oct 15
Penn State Master Gardeners lead this Halloween themed gardening program for kids, part of the Family Nature Series from Spring Township Parks and Recreation. The hour mixes holiday fun with plant…
Run by Spring Twp Parks & Recreation · Sinking Spring
Starts Sun, Oct 18, 2:00 PM
The Conrad Weiser Homestead invites visitors to take a guided walk through Memorial Park in Womelsdorf. David Sonnen, President of the Friends of Conrad Weiser Homestead, leads the group and talks…
Run by Conrad Weiser Homestead · Womelsdorf
Starts Sun, Oct 18, 2:00 PM · Member: $44.20 / Non-Member: $52.00
This family clay workshop at GoggleWorks pairs each child with an adult. Together you shape a pinch pot and then turn it into a creature of your own design. Instructor Zoungy Kligge leads the…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Sun, Oct 18, 2:00 PM · Member: $39.10 / Non-Member: $46.00
Children and a grown-up work side by side to sew colorful mismatched throw pillows. Pairs share the experience of learning to use a sewing machine, and there is one machine for each parent and child.…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Sun, Oct 18, 6:00 PM · $42 per person
Santorini's Blue Doors is a guided painting workshop from Painting with a Twist. An artist walks the room through the scene step by step, so you can follow along whether or not you have painted…
Run by Painting with a Twist · Reading
Starts Thu, Sep 17, 6:00 PM · Free
Art Attack is a craft program for kids at Robesonia Community Library. In this session, children make their own dot-themed artwork for International Dot Day, which takes its inspiration from Peter…
Run by Robesonia Community Library · Robesonia
Starts Thu, Sep 17, 6:00 PM · Free
Bedtime Storytime is an evening story session for children at Mifflin Community Library in Shillington. Families gather to listen to stories together at the end of the day, and it runs as a series…
Run by Mifflin Community Library · Shillington
Starts Thu, Sep 17, 6:30 PM · Free
Stitch & Craft is a series at the Fleetwood Area Public Library for people who do needlework, mending or other kinds of crafts. Bring whatever you are working on and make progress on it while…
Run by Fleetwood Area Public Library · Fleetwood
Starts Thu, Sep 17, 6:30 PM · Suitable for all levels; $15 class fee
Stretch & Flow is a weekly yoga practice led by Maddie Hertzog at the Wyomissing Public Library. The hour of movement is built around balance, strength and a calm mind, with stretching and flowing…
Run by Wyomissing Public Library · Wyomissing
Starts Thu, Sep 17, 6:00 PM · Member: $72.25 / Non-Member: $85.00
This single evening workshop covers the basics of bowl turning. You work at a wood lathe and shape a raw piece of wood into a finished bowl. The instructor, Mike Kuterbach, goes over safe and…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
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, 11:00 AM
Grocery Pokeno is a weekly game session at the Berks Encore Strausstown Wellness and Activity Center, hosted by Rita and Barry. Players gather around the table on Thursday mornings to play together.…
Run by Berks Encore · Strausstown
In progress since Sep 1, next Fri, Sep 18, through Sep 30
Players meet for dominoes every weekday morning at 8 AM. It is a drop-in style group activity for adults age 60 and up, run as part of the senior center program at Centro Hispano Daniel Torres. The…
Run by Centro Hispano Daniel Torres · Reading
In progress since Sep 4, next Fri, Sep 18, through Sep 25
Berks Encore holds a weekly pickleball game at Strausstown Lion's Park. Players meet on Friday mornings at 9. The game is part of the activity schedule offered through the Berks Encore Strausstown…
Run by Berks Encore · Strausstown
In progress since Sep 4, next Fri, Sep 18, through Sep 25 · $1
Dollar Bingo is a regular game session at the Berks Encore Fleetwood Wellness & Activity Center on Kutztown Road. Players gather to mark cards and play bingo together, and it is one of several games…
Run by Berks Encore · Fleetwood
In progress since Sep 11, next Fri, Sep 18, through Sep 18
Line Dancing with Jean and Linda is a group dance class at the Berks Encore Douglassville Wellness & Activity Center on Weavertown Road. Jean and Linda lead the steps, and dancers follow along…
Run by Berks Encore · Douglassville
In progress since Sep 4, next Fri, Sep 18, through Sep 25
Mexican Train Dominoes is a weekly game group at the Berks Encore Douglassville Wellness & Activity Center. Players set up the train of tiles, take turns, and chat while they play. It is a relaxed…
Run by Berks Encore · Douglassville
In progress since Sep 1, next Fri, Sep 18, through Sep 28
This exercise group is part of Mama Angie's Casa de la Amistad Senior Center, a program of Centro Hispano Daniel Torres for adults 60 and older. The group meets Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday…
Run by Centro Hispano Daniel Torres · Reading
In progress since Sep 4, next Fri, Sep 18, through Sep 25
Seated Zumba Gold Toning is a chair based dance fitness class for older adults, led by Jen DeBlase at the Berks Encore Reading Wellness & Activity Center. Participants move to music from a seated…
Run by Berks Encore · Reading
In progress since Sep 4, next Fri, Sep 18, through Sep 25 · $5
Berks Encore offers a tai chi class at its Wernersville Wellness & Activity Center, located on Sportsman Road in Wernersville. The group meets on Friday at midday, in Building 5. The class is part of…
Run by Berks Encore · Wernersville
In progress since Sep 4, next Fri, Sep 18, through Sep 25 · $1
Country Line Dance is a weekly dance session at the Berks Encore Fleetwood Wellness & Activity Center on Kutztown Road in Fleetwood. Dancers move together in lines to country music, so no partner is…
Run by Berks Encore · Fleetwood
In progress since Sep 4, next Fri, Sep 18, through Sep 25
Texas Hold 'em is a weekly card game group at the Berks Encore Fleetwood Wellness & Activity Center. Players gather to deal hands of the popular poker variant, and the focus is on friendly play and…
Run by Berks Encore · Fleetwood
In progress since Sep 4, next Fri, Sep 18, through Sep 25 · $5 fee
Seated tap dancing is a class at the Berks Encore Mifflin Wellness & Activity Center in Shillington, led by Michele Schartel. Participants tap out steps and rhythms from a chair, so the work stays…
Run by Berks Encore · Shillington
In progress since Sep 4, next Fri, Sep 18, through Sep 25
This is the advanced country line dance session at Berks Encore's Fleetwood Wellness & Activity Center. Dancers work through line dance routines as a group, following the steps together to country…
Run by Berks Encore · Fleetwood
In progress since Sep 10, next Sat, Sep 19, through Oct 3 · In-County: $400 Out-of-County: $470
This 48-hour entry level course gives new firefighters a foundation in the core principles of the fire service. It covers the history, mission, organizational structure and culture of the profession…
Run by Berks County Fire Training Center · Reading
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…
Run by Reading Public Library - Southeast Branch · Reading
In progress since Sep 7, next Mon, Sep 21, through Sep 28
Board games meet on Monday mornings at the Berks Encore Wellness and Activity Center in Wernersville. Players gather at 9 a.m. and spend the morning playing together, and the group is one of the…
Run by Berks Encore · Wernersville
In progress since Sep 14, next Mon, Sep 21, through Oct 19 · Member: $283.05 / Non-Member: $333.00
This introduction to the potter's wheel covers the basics of throwing cylinders, cups, bowls and other forms. Instructor Heidi Sensenig guides students through throwing, shaping and trimming, along…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
In progress since Sep 7, next Mon, Sep 21, through Sep 28
Bridge meets on Monday mornings at the Berks Encore Wernersville Wellness & Activity Center on Sportsman Road. Players come together at the center to play the card game around a table. This is one of…
Run by Berks Encore · Wernersville
In progress since Sep 2, next Mon, Sep 21, through Sep 28
Cell Phone Basics is a group class at Mama Angie's Casa de la Amistad Senior Center, run by Centro Hispano Daniel Torres, Inc. Members work on using a mobile phone with more confidence, in a relaxed…
Run by Centro Hispano Daniel Torres · Reading
In progress since Sep 7, next Mon, Sep 21, through Sep 28 · Free
Ener-Chi is a gentle movement class at the Berks Encore Fleetwood Wellness & Activity Center. Each session blends chair yoga, tai chi and meditation, so you can move at a pace that suits you and…
Run by Berks Encore · Fleetwood
In progress since Sep 7, next Mon, Sep 21, through Sep 28 · Free
Sit and Get Fit is an exercise class at the Berks Encore Strausstown Wellness and Activity Center, at 44 East Avenue in Strausstown. Linda leads the group, and it meets on Monday mornings. The class…
Run by Berks Encore · Strausstown
In progress since Sep 14, next Mon, Sep 21, through Sep 28
Chair Yoga with Patti is a seated yoga class at the Berks Encore Douglassville Wellness & Activity Center. It meets Monday mornings at 10:30, and it is one of the wellness classes on the center's…
Run by Berks Encore · Douglassville
In progress since Sep 14, next Mon, Sep 21, through Sep 28 · $3
Grocery Bingo is a weekly bingo game at the Berks Encore Mifflin Wellness & Activity Center, 30 Liberty Street in Shillington. Players meet on Monday mornings at 10:30 to play together. The game is…
Run by Berks Encore · Shillington
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…
Run by Reading Public Library - Southeast Branch · Reading
In progress since Sep 7, next Mon, Sep 21, through Sep 28 · $4/person
Bingo & Lunch is a weekly get-together at the Berks Encore Strausstown Wellness & Activity Center on East Avenue in Strausstown. The group meets Monday mornings at 11 AM to play bingo and share a…
Run by Berks Encore · Strausstown
In progress since Sep 7, next Mon, Sep 21, through Sep 21
Let's Get Started with Kathy Roberts is a Monday group at the Berks Encore Reading Wellness & Activity Center. It is one of the regular activities the center offers for older adults in the Reading…
Run by Berks Encore · Reading
In progress since Sep 14, next Mon, Sep 21, through Sep 28
Pound II is a drumstick fitness class for older adults at the Berks Encore Douglassville Wellness & Activity Center. Kathy leads the group, and it meets on Monday mornings at 11:15. This is one of…
Run by Berks Encore · Douglassville