236 programs. What starts or meets this week, across the county.
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Starts Mon, Nov 9, 5:00 PM · Member: $68.00 / Non-Member: $80.00
Teens make a ceramic mug by hand in this single evening workshop at GoggleWorks in Reading. Using a template and slabs of clay, students shape a mug for their favorite drink and press textures into…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Mon, Nov 9, 5:00 PM · $60 ($50 members)
Holiday Just Draw is a drawing class for children at Yocum Institute for Arts Education. Students work with instructor Shawna Hansberry to draw favorite holiday characters, and the group decides…
Run by Yocum Institute for Arts Education · West Lawn
Starts Mon, Nov 9, 5:30 PM · Free
Brandywine Community Library in Topton hosts Craft Hour for Adults, an hour set aside for making something by hand with other adults. At this session, you make a book leaf wreath to take home with…
Run by Brandywine Community Library · Topton
Starts Mon, Nov 9, 5:30 PM · Member: $72.25 / Non-Member: $85.00
In this single evening workshop at GoggleWorks, you make a glass ornament or small tray in honor of a pet. An instructor walks the group through glass cutting, shop safety, and how the fusing process…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Mon, Nov 9, 5:30 PM · Free
Bring your yarn and needles or hooks to the Bernville Area Community Library for a casual stitching session. The group meets every other Monday evening, from 5:30 to 6:30. You can learn some basic…
Run by Bernville Area Community Library · Bernville
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Starts Mon, Nov 9, 6:00 PM · Member: $68.00 / Non-Member: $80.00
Spend an evening at the potter's wheel at GoggleWorks in Reading. You start with a ball of clay and learn the basics of throwing, shaping it into a finished piece of pottery with guidance from…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Mon, Nov 9, 6:00 PM · $60 per person
Paint a portrait of your own pet on canvas during a Monday evening session with Painting with a Twist. After booking, you email a color, high resolution photo of your pet to the studio, and the staff…
Run by Painting with a Twist · Reading
Starts Mon, Nov 9, 6:00 PM · Free
The Potluck Cooking Club meets at Schuylkill Valley Community Library in Leesport. Each member picks a recipe, prepares it at home, and brings it along to share with the group. The theme for this…
Run by Schuylkill Valley Community Library · Leesport
Starts Mon, Nov 2, 6:00 PM · Free
This is a special edition of Ali's Book Club at the Wernersville Public Library. The group reads Shut Up and Read, a memoir by Jeannine A. Cook, and meets for an in-depth discussion of the book and…
Run by Wernersville Public Library · Wernersville
Starts Mon, Nov 2, 4:00 PM · Free
Community Game Night is a drop-in games session at the Womelsdorf Community Library. Bring your family and friends, then pick from a variety of games set out for children and adults. Stay for an hour…
Run by Womelsdorf Community Library · Womelsdorf
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
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
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
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
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
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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
In progress since Oct 30, next Fri, Nov 6, through Nov 13 · Member: $122.40 / Non-Member: $144.00
Learn the language of color through a series of exercises, paintings and drawings using acrylic paint and colored pencils. You will look at why some color combinations feel restful while others feel…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
In progress since Nov 1, next Sun, Nov 8, through Nov 15 · Member: $81.60 / Non-Member: $96.00
This drawing class at GoggleWorks is open to all skill levels. Students explore what charcoal, pencil, and Sharpie can each do and build drawing skill and confidence through scribbling, drawing, and…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
In progress since Nov 2, next Mon, Nov 9, through Nov 30
Board Games is a drop-in group at the Berks Encore Wernersville Wellness and Activity Center. Players gather on Monday mornings to sit down together over games and spend time with other older adults…
Run by Berks Encore · Wernersville
In progress since Oct 26, next Mon, Nov 9, through Nov 23 · Member: $235.88 / Non-Member: $277.50
This intermediate ceramics class at GoggleWorks builds on skills you already have at the potter's wheel. You work on throwing taller forms, marbling clay, and using slips to decorate surfaces, while…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
In progress since Nov 2, next Mon, Nov 9, through Nov 30
Bridge is a weekly card group at the Berks Encore Wernersville Wellness and Activity Center. Players meet on Monday mornings to sit down together over a few hands of bridge. The group is part of the…
Run by Berks Encore · Wernersville
In progress since Nov 2, next Mon, Nov 9, through Nov 30 · Free
Ener-Chi blends chair yoga, tai chi and meditation in one gentle class at the Berks Encore Fleetwood Wellness and Activity Center. Much of the work can be done seated or with support, so you move at…
Run by Berks Encore · Fleetwood
In progress since Nov 2, next Mon, Nov 9, through Nov 30
Patti leads this chair yoga class on Monday mornings at the Berks Encore Douglassville Wellness and Activity Center. As the name says, the practice is built around a chair, and it is part of the…
Run by Berks Encore · Douglassville
In progress since Nov 2, next Mon, Nov 9, through Nov 30 · $2 fee
Dynamic Stretch is a movement class led by Amy Schade at the Berks Encore Mifflin Wellness and Activity Center on Liberty Street in Shillington. It meets on Monday mornings and is one of the wellness…
Run by Berks Encore · Shillington
In progress since Nov 2, next Mon, Nov 9, through Nov 30 · $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
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In progress since Nov 2, next Mon, Nov 9, through Nov 30
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 Nov 2, next Mon, Nov 9, through Nov 30
Pound II is a drumstick fitness class led by Kathy at the Berks Encore Douglassville Wellness and Activity Center. It meets Monday mornings at 11:15. The class is part of the center's regular…
Run by Berks Encore · Douglassville
In progress since Nov 2, next Mon, Nov 9, through Nov 30
Hausenpfeffer is a weekly card game group that meets at the Berks Encore Wernersville Wellness and Activity Center. Players gather on Monday afternoons at noon to sit down together for a few hands…
Run by Berks Encore · Wernersville
In progress since Nov 2, next Mon, Nov 9, through Nov 30
Pinochle is a card playing group that meets at the Berks Encore Fleetwood Wellness & Activity Center. Players gather on Monday afternoons at noon to deal hands and spend time with other card players…
Run by Berks Encore · Fleetwood
In progress since Nov 2, next Mon, Nov 9, through Nov 30
Noodleball is a group activity for older adults at the Berks Encore Reading Wellness and Activity Center. This is the lower level group, held on Monday afternoons at 12:30. The class meets at the…
Run by Berks Encore · Reading
In progress since Nov 2, next Mon, Nov 9, through Nov 30 · Free
Pilates Mat Sculpt is a mat based exercise class offered by Berks Encore at its Strausstown Wellness and Activity Center. The group meets on Monday afternoons at the center at 44 East Avenue in…
Run by Berks Encore · Strausstown
In progress since Nov 2, next Mon, Nov 9, through Dec 7 · $135 ($125 members)
Have Fun Drawing is an adult class at the Yocum Institute for Arts Education in West Lawn. It meets on Monday evenings, and all styles and all levels of skill are welcome. Beginners get instruction…
Run by Yocum Institute for Arts Education · West Lawn
In progress since Nov 2, next Mon, Nov 16, through Nov 16 · Free
Discovery Time is a series of hands on STEM stations for young children at Schuylkill Valley Community Library. Children move between the stations and explore at their own pace, with a grown up…
Run by Schuylkill Valley Community Library · Leesport
In progress since Oct 23, through 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
In progress since Oct 1, through Nov 29 · Free
At Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site, you can try your hand as a Hopewell molder. In this hands-on program, you work through the process of making a sand mold and learn how the molder's craft…
Run by Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site · Elverson
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In progress since Nov 1, through Nov 30 · Member $0.00, Non-Member $0.00
The Reading YMCA runs a competitive swim team for swimmers at every level, with coaching focused on proper stroke technique and endurance. Swimmers train with the team, build camaraderie and work…
Run by Reading YMCA · Reading
In progress since Oct 16, through Dec 4 · $10.00
Create With Me is a drop-in style art class at GoggleWorks for young children and the grown-ups who bring them. Together you explore painting styles, play with clay, and make art side by side. Each…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
In progress since Oct 5, next Mon, Dec 7, through May 3 · Free
Books and Boots is a monthly book club at Nolde Forest Environmental Education Center. The group reads both fiction and nonfiction, and the titles always have an environmental theme, from plants and…
Run by Nolde Forest - Sawmill · McConnell Classroom
In progress since Nov 2, through Dec 7 · Member $100.00, Non-Member $150.00 · Register by Nov 2
The YMCA teaches swimming and water safety together, so swimmers build skills and confidence in the water. Learn to Swim Levels 1 through 4 move from water acclimation, where swimmers bob, float and…
Run by Reading YMCA · Reading
In progress since Jan 1, through Dec 31 · $100.00
Open Studio gives woodworkers time to use the GoggleWorks Woodworking Studio on their own. You bring your own project ideas and work independently, with a studio monitor on hand for oversight and…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
In progress since Jan 1, through Dec 31 · $85.00
This is independent work time in the darkroom and photography studio at GoggleWorks in Reading. Sessions run Thursdays from 5:30 PM to 8:30 PM, and access is sold by the month. Bring your own…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
In progress since Jan 1, through Dec 31 · $85.00
Ceramics Open Studio gives experienced potters time to work on their own projects in the ceramics studio at GoggleWorks in Reading. Access runs on Fridays and is sold by the month, so you can keep…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
In progress since Jan 1, through Dec 31 · $85.00
Fine Metals Open Studio gives metalsmiths independent access to the Metalsmithing Studio at GoggleWorks. You work on your own projects at your own pace, using the studio space and equipment. A studio…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
In progress since Jan 1, through Dec 31 · $120.00
Flameworking Open Studio at GoggleWorks gives experienced glass artists independent time in the Flameworking Studio to work on their own projects. Access runs by the month, and sessions are available…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
In progress since Jan 1, through Dec 31 · $100.00
Open Studio at GoggleWorks gives fused glass makers time to work on their own projects in the warm glass studio. You set the agenda and work independently, with a studio monitor present for oversight…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
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In progress since Jan 1, through Dec 31 · $85.00
This is independent studio time in the Printmaking Studio at GoggleWorks in Reading. You come in and work on your own projects during open studio hours, with a studio monitor on hand for oversight…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
In progress since Jan 1, through Dec 31 · $70.00
Welding Open Studio at GoggleWorks is independent work time for welders who already know their way around the equipment. You bring your own project ideas and work at your own pace, with a studio…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
In progress since Jan 1, through Dec 31 · Member $35.00, Non-Member $35.00
Swimmers at the Reading YMCA take on a 100 mile goal over the course of the year. You swim during open lap swim times at your own pace, whether that is steady freestyle or a relaxed doggy paddle.…
Run by Reading YMCA · Reading
In progress since Aug 23, through May 23 · $60.00 per month
Ka Mana Movement is the Polynesian Excel Team at Culture Shock Performing Arts Center. Dancers train together in Polynesian dance in a two hour session, and the team is open to all ages and genders.…
Run by Culture Shock Performing Arts Center · Shoemakersville
In progress since Aug 31, through May 24 · $60.00 per month
Ballet 3 is a weekly ballet class at Culture Shock Performing Arts Center. Dancers work on ballet technique in a studio class that runs just under an hour, meeting on Monday afternoons through the…
Run by Culture Shock Performing Arts Center · Shoemakersville
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