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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
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 · 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
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Starts Tue, Nov 10, 9:00 AM · There is a $5 fee per class
Qigong is an ancient Asian practice that combines breathing, mindfulness and gentle movement. The Wyomissing Public Library hosts a weekly practice on Tuesday mornings in its community room, led by…
Run by Wyomissing Public Library · Wyomissing
Starts Tue, Nov 10, 9:30 AM · Free · Register by Nov 3
This one hour workshop from Spring Township Parks & Recreation looks at what dementia is and how to support people living with it. Participants go over five key messages about dementia and talk about…
Run by Spring Twp Parks & Recreation · Sinking Spring
Tue, Nov 10 to Thu, Nov 12 · Free
Bring a book to the Kutztown Community Library and read aloud to Cosmo, a certified therapy dog, alongside his owner Martha Johnson. Readers settle in with a patient listener who is happy to hear any…
Run by Kutztown Community Library · Kutztown
Starts Tue, Nov 10, 12:00 PM · Free
Miss Betsy leads this homeschool class for middle and high school students at the Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library. Sessions cover subjects such as science, history and writing, with other topics…
Run by Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library · Bethel
Starts Tue, Nov 10, 1:00 PM · Free
This art class at the Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library mixes learning with making. Each session covers a lesson on art history, famous artists, or a style of art, and then students create their own…
Run by Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library · Bethel
Starts Tue, Nov 10, 4:00 PM · Free
Wyomissing Public Library hosts afternoons of bridge for players of every level. Whether you are picking up the card game for the first time or have played for a while, you are welcome to join the…
Run by Wyomissing Public Library · Wyomissing
Starts Tue, Nov 10, 6:00 PM · Member: $51.00 / Non-Member: $60.00
In this one evening workshop you carve your own relief block, then print with it. Blind embossing uses pressure alone to press a raised, ink free image into paper. You can also add ink if you want…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Wed, Nov 11, 10:00 AM · Free
Fleetwood Area Public Library hosts a storytime where preschoolers meet a police officer from their own community. Chief Dale visits to read along and talk with the children about what a police…
Run by Fleetwood Area Public Library · Fleetwood
Starts Wed, Nov 11, 12:00 PM · $20 for the two classes, payable online or at the front desk
Artist Sara Miller leads this cross stitch workshop for adults at Wyomissing Public Library. The class takes a traditional needlework technique in an unconventional direction: instead of fabric, you…
Run by Wyomissing Public Library · Wyomissing
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Starts Wed, Nov 11, 4:00 PM · Free
Midweek Makers is an arts and crafts program at Kutztown Community Library for elementary-aged children. Kids come in and make something during the hour, with the library providing the activity. The…
Run by Kutztown Community Library · Kutztown
Starts Wed, Nov 11, 5:00 PM · Free
The Boyertown Community Library invites children to a picture book party held for National Picture Book Month. Kids listen to stories, enjoy snacks, and make crafts, all built around books. Local…
Run by Boyertown Community Library · Boyertown
Starts Wed, Nov 11, 6:00 PM · Free
Wyomissing Public Library hosts 21st Century Judaism, a series led by Rabbi Brian Michelson of Temple Oheb Shalom. Each session is a talk at the library on Reading Boulevard, with sessions held in…
Run by Wyomissing Public Library · Wyomissing
Starts Wed, Nov 11, 7:00 PM · $60 ($50 members)
In Jewelry Makers, young artists shape their own beads from polymer clay and turn them into earrings, necklaces, pendants and other pieces of jewelry. The finished work makes a good holiday gift.…
Run by Yocum Institute for Arts Education · West Lawn
Starts Thu, Nov 12, 10:00 AM · Free
Color with Sheldon is a relaxed coloring session at the Brandywine Community Library in Topton. Find the table with the coloring supplies set out, pick a page, and take some quiet time to color. It…
Run by Brandywine Community Library · Topton
Starts Thu, Nov 12, 10:30 AM · Free
Mini Makers is an arts and crafts program at Kutztown Community Library built for the youngest artists. It is a younger version of the library's school-age program, Midweek Makers, and it is planned…
Run by Kutztown Community Library · Kutztown
Starts Thu, Nov 12, 11:00 AM · Free
Firefighter Storytime is a read-aloud program for children at the West Lawn-Wyomissing Hills Library. One of Spring Township's own firefighters reads the story, so kids get to meet a local first…
Run by West Lawn-Wyomissing Hills Library · West Lawn
Starts Thu, Nov 12, 12:00 PM · Free
In this homeschool cooking class at Boyertown Community Library, kids learn how to make a no bake pumpkin pie along with pie dough cookies. The class is hands on, so each child works on their own pie…
Run by Boyertown Community Library · Boyertown
Starts Thu, Nov 12, 2:00 PM · Free
Stop by Kutztown Community Library to learn how to make your own collages using magazines and other materials. Someone walks you through the basics, and you put together a piece that is yours to take…
Run by Kutztown Community Library · Kutztown
Starts Thu, Nov 12, 5:00 PM · Free
The Mystery Book Club at Wyomissing Public Library brings together readers who like mysteries. Members read the chosen title on their own, then meet to talk it over as a group. One of the club's…
Run by Wyomissing Public Library · Wyomissing
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Starts Thu, Nov 12, 6:00 PM · Free
Join Sinking Spring Public Library for a look at the food and harvest traditions of Native peoples of the Eastern Woodlands. The program covers autumn harvest practices and the significance of the…
Run by Sinking Spring Public Library · Sinking Spring
Starts Thu, Nov 12, 6:30 PM · Free
Fleetwood Reads is the book club at Fleetwood Area Public Library. The group meets on the second Thursday of each month in Room 111, starting at 6:30 in the evening, to talk about the current title…
Run by Fleetwood Area Public Library · Fleetwood
Starts Thu, Nov 12, 6:30 PM · Free
Bring whatever you are reading and settle in with other readers at Ridgewood Winery on Daffodil Hill Farm in Bechtelsville. This Silent Book Club from Boyertown Community Library is an in person…
Run by Boyertown Community Library · Bechtelsville
Starts Fri, Nov 13, 9:30 AM · Free
The Parents and Pals Club is a morning get-together in the community room at Boone Area Library. Grown-ups share refreshments and conversation while the children take part in hands-on activities.…
Run by Boone Area Library · Birdsboro
Starts Fri, Nov 13, 6:00 PM · $60 ($50 members)
Students paint the holiday season in this four week class with instructor Shawna Hansberry. Each artist picks the paint they want to work with, choosing from acrylic, tempera cakes, or watercolor.…
Run by Yocum Institute for Arts Education · West Lawn
Starts Fri, Nov 13, 7:00 PM · Free
Brandywine Community Library hosts an after hours author visit at the Sinking Spring Public Library. Jeannine A. Cook comes to talk about her book, Shut Up and Read: A Memoir from Harriett's…
Run by Brandywine Community Library · Sinking Spring
Starts Fri, Nov 13, 8:00 PM · $60 ($50 members)
Anime and manga are two popular forms of Japanese art that share a similar look. Anime usually appears in TV shows and movies, while manga is found in comic books and graphic novels. Both use a…
Run by Yocum Institute for Arts Education · West Lawn
Starts Sat, Nov 14, 12:00 AM · Member: $51.00 / Non-Member: $60.00
This single session workshop at GoggleWorks introduces acrylic paint pens. You will look at how brush tips differ from bullet nibs and try out the stylistic choices the pens allow. By the end of the…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Sat, Nov 14 · $30 ($20 members)
Little Artists is a hands on art workshop from the Yocum Institute for Arts Education. Young children make pumpkins, gourds and turkeys full of pattern and personality, using collage, layering…
Run by Yocum Institute for Arts Education · West Lawn
Starts Sat, Nov 14 · $35 ($25 members)
In this seasonal art class at the Yocum Institute for Arts Education, students build their own cornucopia centerpiece out of upcycled materials. Working with everyday throwaways, young artists turn…
Run by Yocum Institute for Arts Education · West Lawn
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Starts Sat, Nov 14, 9:30 AM · Free
Medicare consultant Danielle Williams leads this seminar on retirement and Medicare at the Boone Area Library in Birdsboro. It is a morning session for adults and seniors who want to learn more about…
Run by Boone Area Library · Birdsboro
Starts Sat, Nov 14, 10:00 AM · Free
Lego Club brings young builders together at the West Lawn-Wyomissing Hills Library. Kids build with Lego bricks alongside other fans and get to see what everyone else comes up with. The club is open…
Run by West Lawn-Wyomissing Hills Library · West Lawn
Starts Sat, Nov 14, 10:00 AM · Free
Trixie, a friendly Old English Sheepdog, comes to the Sinking Spring Public Library to listen to stories and meet new people. Children and readers of any age can sit down with her and read aloud for…
Run by Sinking Spring Public Library · Sinking Spring
Sat, Nov 14 to Sat, Dec 12 · Free
Second Saturday Sewing brings sewers together at the Exeter Community Library for a morning of stitching and conversation. The group meets in the library's program room on Saturday mornings. Sessions…
Run by Exeter Community Library · Reading
Starts Sat, Nov 14, 1:00 PM · Member: $72.25 / Non-Member: $85.00
This single session workshop at GoggleWorks introduces working with borosilicate glass at the torch. Over three hours you apply color to a clear glass rod to shape an implosion pendant, then take…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Sun, Nov 15, 10:00 AM · Member: $89.25 / Non-Member: $105.00
In this one day workshop at GoggleWorks Center for the Arts, you weave two holiday gift baskets from flat reed. Dyed reed accents and decorative tie-ons add color and a festive finish. The baskets…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Sun, Nov 15, 10:00 AM · Member: $44.20 / Non-Member: $52.00
Kids and a grown-up work side by side to make a working fused glass nightlight for a child's room. A GoggleWorks art instructor walks the pair through safety tips, cutting glass, and how the fusing…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Sun, Nov 15, 11:00 AM · $45.00
This workshop at Clay on Main in Oley walks you through making a three dimensional needle felted ornament. Needle felting uses a barbed needle to pack loose wool into a firm shape, so you build your…
Run by Clay on Main · Oley
Starts Sun, Nov 15, 1:00 PM · Daniel Boone Homestead Associate Members $45 and Non-Members $50
The Daniel Boone Homestead Associates host this hands-on wreath workshop led by Heritage Art and Craft Studio. Participants build a Williamsburg-inspired wreath on a 14-inch grapevine base, working…
Run by Daniel Boone Homestead · Birdsboro
Starts Sun, Nov 15, 2:00 PM · Free · Register by Nov 9
Local historian and author Paul Miller leads a slide presentation on the history of Spring Township and the boroughs that were formed from it over time. The images are vintage historical photographs…
Run by Spring Twp Parks & Recreation · Sinking Spring
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Starts Mon, Nov 16, 10:15 AM · Free
Boone Area Library hosts a turkey themed story time for young children. Kids listen to turkey stories and then make a disguise a turkey craft to take home. The program is geared for children from…
Run by Boone Area Library · Birdsboro
Mon, Nov 16 to Tue, Nov 17 · Free
Ali's Book Club is a reading group hosted by the Wernersville Public Library. The group meets twice a month to talk about a new book each month, with titles drawn from the Berks County Libraries…
Run by Wernersville Public Library · Sinking Spring
Starts Mon, Nov 16, 10:30 AM · Free
Community Playtime with BCIU is a drop in play session for children at Spring Township Library in Wyomissing. Children play while Miss Jess and a visiting representative from the BCIU are on hand.…
Run by Spring Township Library · Wyomissing
Starts Mon, Nov 16, 4:00 PM · Free
Build It Hang-out is a drop-in STEM program at Spring Township Library in Wyomissing. Kids work on engineering challenges and hands-on activities, with something different each time the group meets.…
Run by Spring Township Library · Wyomissing
Starts Mon, Nov 16, 4:00 PM · Free
Bring a book and read aloud to Gracie, a certified therapy dog, at the Kutztown Community Library. Gracie comes with her owner, Mrs. Blatt, and settles in to listen while readers take a turn with a…
Run by Kutztown Community Library · Kutztown
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