Classes, activities & programs this week in Berks County

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Group Swim Lessons at Reading YMCA

Group Swim Lessons at Reading YMCA

Nov 2 to 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

  • Kids
  • Adults
IMAX Family Movie Night With the Reading YMCA

IMAX Family Movie Night With the Reading YMCA

Starts Fri, Nov 6 · Member $0.00, Non-Member $0.00 · Register by Nov 4

The YMCA of Reading and Berks County hosts family movie nights at the IMAX. Families come out on Friday evenings for a family friendly film, time together, and a chance to connect with other YMCA…

Run by Reading YMCA · Reading

  • Families
  • Kids

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DIY Open Studio: Pick Any Painting or Project

DIY Open Studio: Pick Any Painting or Project

Starts Fri, Oct 30, 4:00 PM · $37-$52 per person

Bring your own project to Painting with a Twist in Exeter Township and paint it during open studio time. Pick any two hour Painting with a Twist design, including one from the Twist at Home gallery…

Run by Painting with a Twist · Reading

  • Adults
Halloween Still Life Painting Maker Date

Halloween Still Life Painting Maker Date

Starts Fri, Oct 30, 6:00 PM · $77.00

This Maker Date is a one evening painting workshop with a Halloween twist. You set up and paint a spooky seasonal still life while working on composition, lighting and color mixing. Instructor Amy…

Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading

  • Adults
October Ceramics Maker Date: Raku

October Ceramics Maker Date: Raku

Starts Fri, Oct 30, 6:00 PM · $96.00

This one evening raku workshop at GoggleWorks is built around clay and fire. You glaze a pair of pre-made bud vases, watch a wheel throwing demonstration, and then see your pieces fired in a raku…

Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading

  • Adults
October Enamel Trinket Dish Maker Date

October Enamel Trinket Dish Maker Date

Starts Fri, Oct 30, 6:00 PM · $96.00

This evening workshop at GoggleWorks pairs metalwork with a shared meal. You shape and finish a copper trinket dish, learning how to prepare the surface, apply enamel, and fire the piece in a kiln.…

Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading

  • Adults
October Flameworking Maker Date

October Flameworking Maker Date

Starts Fri, Oct 30, 6:00 PM · $100.00

Spend a Friday evening at the torch with a partner. In this one session workshop at GoggleWorks, you and your date learn to use torches and hand tools to melt and shape glass, and you see how heat…

Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading

  • Adults
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October Fused Glass Maker Date

October Fused Glass Maker Date

Starts Fri, Oct 30, 6:00 PM · $96.00

This one evening fused glass workshop at GoggleWorks is set up as a date night. An instructor walks you through choosing a mold and picking your colors, then you build a glass plate, platter, or bowl…

Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading

  • Adults
October Glassblowing Maker Date

October Glassblowing Maker Date

Starts Fri, Oct 30, 6:00 PM · $105.00

This one evening workshop at GoggleWorks pairs you and a guest for a first look at the hot glass studio. With guidance from professional glassblowers, each person makes a tumbler or a stemless wine…

Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading

  • Adults
October Whiskey Smoker Maker Date

October Whiskey Smoker Maker Date

Starts Fri, Oct 30, 6:00 PM · $110.00

Spend a Friday evening in the GoggleWorks Woodworking Studio making a whiskey smoker. You turn the smoker on the lathe to fit a cocktail glass you bring from home, then use the hardware that goes…

Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading

  • Adults
Fall in the City Painting Class

Fall in the City Painting Class

Starts Fri, Oct 30, 7:00 PM · $42 to $52 per person

Fall in the City is a guided painting event from Painting with a Twist in Exeter Township. Over a Friday evening session, an artist walks painters through the autumn city scene step by step, so no…

Run by Painting with a Twist · Reading

  • Adults
Chess for All at Wyomissing Public Library

Chess for All at Wyomissing Public Library

Starts Sat, Oct 31, 10:00 AM · Free

Chess for All is a drop-in chess series at the Wyomissing Public Library. Players gather in the Main Reading Room to set up boards and play. Anyone who already knows the game is welcome, and so is…

Run by Wyomissing Public Library · Wyomissing

  • Seniors
  • Adults
Dungeons and Dragons Tabletop Role Playing Game

Dungeons and Dragons Tabletop Role Playing Game

Starts Sat, Oct 31, 10:00 AM · Free

Mifflin Community Library hosts a Dungeons & Dragons group for teens. The game is a structured but open ended role playing game, played indoors with everyone seated around a tabletop. One player…

Run by Mifflin Community Library · Shillington

  • Teens
An Autumn Mountain

An Autumn Mountain

Starts Sat, Oct 31, 11:00 AM

An Autumn Mountain is a guided painting workshop from Painting with a Twist. Painters work on a 16x20 canvas with acrylic paint and follow along step by step with a studio instructor, so no…

Run by Painting with a Twist · Reading

  • Adults
Dungeons & Dragons Club

Dungeons & Dragons Club

Starts Sat, Oct 31, 11:00 AM · Free

The Dungeons & Dragons Club brings tabletop role-playing players together at Wyomissing Public Library. Beginners and experts are both welcome, so you can come to learn how the game works or to keep…

Run by Wyomissing Public Library · Wyomissing

  • Adults
  • Teens
Full Moon Painting Class with Set or Solo Option

Full Moon Painting Class with Set or Solo Option

Starts Sat, Oct 31, 11:00 AM · $42 per person

Paint a full moon scene on a 16 by 20 inch canvas with an artist leading the group step by step. The painting comes as a set or solo option, and Kale is the instructor. Sessions run Saturday late…

Run by Painting with a Twist · Reading

  • Adults
Movie Matinee & Munchies

Movie Matinee & Munchies

Starts Sat, Oct 31, 11:00 AM · Free

Reading Public Library hosts an afternoon of movies and snacks at the Main Library. Families and visitors of all ages settle in to watch a film together, and the group makes themed snacks to enjoy…

Run by Reading Public Library · Reading

  • Adults
  • Kids
  • Teens
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Classic Games Drop In at Bethel-Tulpehocken Library

Classic Games Drop In at Bethel-Tulpehocken Library

Starts Sat, Oct 31, 12:00 PM · Free

Classic Games is a drop in game time at the Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library. Come learn a game that is new to you, such as chess, or settle in with an old favorite. The library has multiple games…

Run by Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library · Bethel

  • Kids
  • Teens
  • Adults
  • Seniors
Adult Line Dance Class

Adult Line Dance Class

Starts Sat, Oct 31, 1:00 PM · Free

Learn how to line dance at the Fleetwood Area Public Library. This is a class for adults, and no experience is needed. The group meets in Room 111 at the library on West Arch Street in Fleetwood. The…

Run by Fleetwood Area Public Library · Fleetwood

  • Adults
  • Seniors
Paint Pour Painting Workshop

Paint Pour Painting Workshop

Starts Sat, Oct 31, 2:00 PM · $40 to $50 per person

Pour paint across a canvas or board and watch the colors blend into one-of-a-kind abstract art. You choose your surface: two 12x12 canvases, one 16x20 canvas, or one 10x30 wood plank board. Extra…

Run by Painting with a Twist · Reading

  • Adults
Hollow Wooden Forms

Hollow Wooden Forms

Starts Sun, Nov 1, 9:00 AM · Member: $157.25 / Non-Member: $185.00

This one day woodturning workshop at GoggleWorks Center for the Arts focuses on making hollow form vases. You work at the lathe and practice the techniques used to shape and hollow these pieces, with…

Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading

  • Adults
A Little Mean and Green Painting Class

A Little Mean and Green Painting Class

Starts Sun, Nov 1, 12:30 PM · $32 per person

Paint "A Little Mean and Green" on a 16x20 canvas with step by step guidance from the studio artist, Rayven. The class runs on Sunday afternoons, and you take your finished canvas home with you.…

Run by Painting with a Twist · Reading

  • Adults
Mini-Makers Pinch Pot Turkey Clay Workshop

Mini-Makers Pinch Pot Turkey Clay Workshop

Starts Sun, Nov 1, 1:00 PM · Member: $44.20 / Non-Member: $52.00

Children and a grown-up work side by side to build a pinch pot turkey from clay. Karen Adam leads the group through basic pinch pot and handbuilding techniques, then everyone adds colorful feathers…

Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading

  • Kids
Fall Lecture on the German Regiment

Fall Lecture on the German Regiment

Starts Sun, Nov 1, 2:00 PM

The Conrad Weiser Homestead hosts a fall lecture on the German Regiment. A speaker presents the history of the unit, and you come to listen and learn. The talk is geared to adults, and families are…

Run by Conrad Weiser Homestead · Womelsdorf

  • Adults
  • Families
Drawing Exploration

Drawing Exploration

Sun, Nov 1 to Sun, 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

  • Adults
Jack's Christmas Blacklight Painting Class

Jack's Christmas Blacklight Painting Class

Starts Sun, Nov 1, 6:00 PM · $45-$55 per person

Painting with a Twist in Exeter Township leads this guided blacklight painting event. An artist walks you step by step through the Jack's Christmas design, which glows under blacklight. You can paint…

Run by Painting with a Twist · Reading

  • Adults
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Group Swim Lessons at Reading YMCA

Group Swim Lessons at Reading YMCA

Nov 2 to 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

  • Kids
  • Adults
Adult Art Class

Adult Art Class

Starts Mon, Nov 2, 10:00 AM · Free

This is a structured class in the appreciation and application of fine arts, offered at the Fleetwood Area Public Library. Students work through a set course rather than a one-time project, and the…

Run by Fleetwood Area Public Library · Fleetwood

  • Adults
  • Seniors
Have Fun Drawing Class at Yocum Institute

Have Fun Drawing Class at Yocum Institute

Starts Mon, Nov 2, 10:00 AM · $115 ($105 members)

Have Fun Drawing is a morning drawing class at the Yocum Institute for Arts Education for adults age 50 and up. All styles and all levels of skill are welcome. Beginners get instruction in the…

Run by Yocum Institute for Arts Education · West Lawn

  • Adults
Pinochle Club at West Lawn-Wyomissing Hills Library

Pinochle Club at West Lawn-Wyomissing Hills Library

Starts Mon, Nov 2, 10:00 AM · Free

Players gather at the West Lawn-Wyomissing Hills Library for a morning of pinochle, the classic card game played in pairs and rounds of bidding and tricks. The club meets on Monday mornings as an…

Run by West Lawn-Wyomissing Hills Library · West Lawn

  • Adults
Monday Morning Book Club at Boyertown Community Library

Monday Morning Book Club at Boyertown Community Library

Starts Mon, Nov 2, 10:15 AM · Free

Adult readers meet at Boyertown Community Library on Monday mornings to talk about a shared book. Each gathering centers on one title that the group reads ahead of time, so you can come ready to…

Run by Boyertown Community Library · Boyertown

  • Adults
  • Seniors
Discovery Time STEM Stations for Young Children

Discovery Time STEM Stations for Young Children

Mon, Nov 2 to Mon, 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

  • Kids
Infant Lapsit & Storytime

Infant Lapsit & Storytime

Starts Mon, Nov 2, 10:30 AM · Free

Infant Lapsit & Storytime is a 30-minute nursery rhyme program at the Bernville Area Community Library. Each session mixes books, baby bouncing, puppets, songs, scarves and instruments, so little…

Run by Bernville Area Community Library · Bernville

  • Kids
Read & Play Storytime

Read & Play Storytime

Starts Mon, Nov 2, 10:30 AM · Free

Spring Township Library hosts Read & Play Storytime, a morning program for young children and the grown-ups who bring them. Each session mixes stories, songs, and simple activities, with time left…

Run by Spring Township Library · Wyomissing

  • Kids
Preschooler Story Time

Preschooler Story Time

Starts Mon, Nov 2, 11:15 AM · Free

Preschooler Story Time brings young children together for a half hour of stories, crafts, songs and fun at the Bernville Area Community Library. It is meant for children ages 3 to 5. The group meets…

Run by Bernville Area Community Library · Bernville

  • Kids
In the Classroom: A Classroom Style Lesson Series

In the Classroom: A Classroom Style Lesson Series

Starts Mon, Nov 2, 12:00 PM · Free

In the Classroom is a series of classroom style lessons at Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library. Each session covers a different subject or theme, so students meet an array of topics across the run of…

Run by Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library · Bethel

  • Kids
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For the Love of Books Children's Literature Class

For the Love of Books Children's Literature Class

Starts Mon, Nov 2, 1:00 PM · Free

Miss Betsy leads a class built around children's literature at the Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library. Each meeting takes a close look at a children's book, followed by an activity, a craft or a…

Run by Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library · Bethel

  • Kids
Open Chess at West Lawn-Wyomissing Hills Library

Open Chess at West Lawn-Wyomissing Hills Library

Starts Mon, Nov 2, 1:00 PM · Free

Bring your knowledge of the board, or your curiosity about it, to open chess at the West Lawn-Wyomissing Hills Library. Players meet on Monday afternoons from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. to sit down and…

Run by West Lawn-Wyomissing Hills Library · West Lawn

  • Teens
  • Adults
  • Seniors
Quilts: Stories Stitched Through Generations Talk

Quilts: Stories Stitched Through Generations Talk

Starts Mon, Nov 2, 1:00 PM · Free

Deborah Romig and her mother lead a lively look at quilting, from its history and creative process to the stories and memories stitched into quilts passed down through families. They share personal…

Run by Boyertown Community Library · Boyertown

  • Adults
  • Seniors
American Mahjong for Adults at Boyertown Library

American Mahjong for Adults at Boyertown Library

Starts Mon, Nov 2, 1:30 PM · Free

Boyertown Community Library hosts a game of American Mahjong for adults. Players gather at the library to sit down together and play, and the group meets on a repeating schedule through the season.…

Run by Boyertown Community Library · Boyertown

  • Adults
Community Game Night at Womelsdorf Community Library

Community Game Night at Womelsdorf Community Library

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

  • Kids
  • Teens
  • Adults
  • Seniors
Fiber Friends Hands-On Fiber Arts Class

Fiber Friends Hands-On Fiber Arts Class

Starts Mon, Nov 2, 4:00 PM · Free

Fiber Friends invites children to explore the world of fiber arts through fun, hands-on activities. Each session gives young crafters a chance to work with their hands and take home something they…

Run by Reading Public Library · Reading

  • Kids
Ali's Book Club Reads Shut Up and Read

Ali's Book Club Reads Shut Up and Read

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

  • Adults
  • Seniors
Bedtime Storytime With Miss Betsy

Bedtime Storytime With Miss Betsy

Starts Mon, Nov 2, 6:00 PM · Free

Miss Betsy leads a cozy evening storytime at the Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library, with milk and cookies to go along with the stories. It is a calm way to wind down the day together at the library…

Run by Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library · Bethel

  • Kids
  • Teens
  • Adults
  • Seniors
Have Fun Drawing Class for Adults

Have Fun Drawing Class for Adults

Starts Mon, Nov 2, 6:30 PM · $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

  • Adults
Nature Explorers Outdoor Story Time for Toddlers

Nature Explorers Outdoor Story Time for Toddlers

Starts Tue, Nov 3, 9:30 AM · Free

Nature Explorers brings toddlers and preschoolers outside for a story and a nature related activity with the Sinking Spring Public Library. Groups meet on Tuesday mornings in the pavilion at Sinking…

Run by Sinking Spring Public Library · Sinking Spring

  • Kids
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Preschool Storytime

Preschool Storytime

Starts Tue, Nov 3, 10:00 AM · Free

Preschool Storytime is a weekly gathering for young children at Mifflin Community Library. It meets on Tuesday mornings and runs as an ongoing series, so families can come back week after week. The…

Run by Mifflin Community Library · Shillington

  • Kids
Homeschool First Aid Class With Health for Humanity

Homeschool First Aid Class With Health for Humanity

Starts Tue, Nov 3, 10:15 AM · Free

Health for Humanity leads this first aid workshop at Boyertown Community Library, built around CPR. Young learners hear the key points about what CPR is and why it matters, then take part in…

Run by Boyertown Community Library · Boyertown

  • Kids
  • Homeschool
Library Field Trip at Blue Marsh

Library Field Trip at Blue Marsh

Starts Tue, Nov 3, 10:30 AM · Free

The Reading Public Library teams up with a nature resource specialist for a guided walk on the Squirrel Run Trail at Blue Marsh Lake. Walkers look at the changing colors of fall and talk about the…

Run by Reading Public Library · Reading

  • Kids
  • Teens
Our Brain on AI: The Future of Humanity with AI

Our Brain on AI: The Future of Humanity with AI

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

  • Seniors
Preschool Storytime With Miss Betsy

Preschool Storytime With Miss Betsy

Starts Tue, Nov 3, 11:00 AM · Free

Miss Betsy leads Preschool Storytime at the Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library. Each session brings stories, songs and a craft, with time for little ones to listen, sing along and make something to…

Run by Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library · Bethel

  • Kids
  • Teens
  • Adults
  • Seniors
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