Classes, activities & programs under $50 in Berks County

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Retirement and Medicare Seminar at Boone Area Library

Retirement and Medicare Seminar at Boone Area Library

Thu, Oct 1 to Sat, Nov 14 · Free

Medicare consultant Danielle Williams leads this seminar on retirement and Medicare at the Boone Area Library. It is a chance to hear from someone who works with Medicare and to bring your own…

Run by Boone Area Library · Birdsboro

  • Adults
  • Seniors
Crafter Hour Craft Night at Hamburg Public Library

Crafter Hour Craft Night at Hamburg Public Library

Starts Thu, Oct 1, 6:00 PM · Free

Crafter Hour is an evening craft program at the Hamburg Public Library. Each month the group tries a new project, so there is always something different to make and learn. It is a relaxed night out…

Run by Hamburg Public Library · Hamburg

  • Seniors
  • Adults
Painting Party Choose Your Team

Painting Party Choose Your Team

Starts Thu, Oct 1, 6:00 PM · $30 donation includes all materials

Pick a football team and paint it on a 12 by 16 inch canvas. The team is outlined in detail for you, customized with the logo and helmet, and you can paint it however you like. Beginners are welcome…

Run by Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library · Bethel

  • Teens
  • Adults
  • Seniors
Chair Yoga Class at Kutztown Community Library

Chair Yoga Class at Kutztown Community Library

Fri, Oct 2 to Fri, Nov 6 · Free

This gentle chair yoga series is built for beginners. Every pose is done seated or with the support of a chair, so the class works for a wide range of abilities. The focus is on flexibility, balance…

Run by Kutztown Community Library · Kutztown

  • Adults
  • Seniors
Pre School Play

Pre School Play

Fri, Oct 2 to Fri, Oct 23 · Free

Pre School Play is a fall series for young children and their grown-ups at the Reading Public Library. Each week brings play, art, and sensory-friendly activities in the children's area of the Main…

Run by Reading Public Library · Reading

  • Kids
Helping Hands Bingo at Boone Area Library

Helping Hands Bingo at Boone Area Library

Starts Fri, Oct 2, 10:15 AM · Free

Helping Hands Bingo is a picture bingo game led by Miss Amber in the Community Room at Boone Area Library. Instead of numbers, players match pictures on their cards, so children who are not yet…

Run by Boone Area Library · Birdsboro

  • Kids
Beginning Mahjong Class

Beginning Mahjong Class

Starts Fri, Oct 2, 1:00 PM · Free

This class covers the basics of American Mahjong. Beginners learn how the tiles work and how a hand is played, so no experience is needed to join. The class meets at the Kutztown Community Library on…

Run by Kutztown Community Library · Kutztown

  • Seniors
  • Adults
Leaf Critters Nature Art Workshop for Kids

Leaf Critters Nature Art Workshop for Kids

Starts Sat, Oct 3 · $30 ($20 members)

In this workshop at the Yocum Institute for Arts Education, fallen leaves become woodland animals. Students use colorful autumn leaves and other natural materials to make squirrels, hedgehogs…

Run by Yocum Institute for Arts Education · West Lawn

  • Kids
Coffee with a Colonial

Coffee with a Colonial

Starts Sat, Oct 3, 10:00 AM · Free · Register by Sep 25

Coffee with a Colonial is a relaxed morning of conversation about early America. Guests sit down with a favorite hot drink while Mr. Leamer talks through life in the 18th century and brings out…

Run by Spring Twp Parks & Recreation · Sinking Spring

  • Adults
Master Gardener Presentation

Master Gardener Presentation

Starts Sat, Oct 3, 10:00 AM · Free

Sinking Spring Public Library hosts a Penn State Master Gardener presentation on the first Saturday of each month at 10:00 in the morning. A Master Gardener leads each talk, and the topic changes…

Run by Sinking Spring Public Library · Sinking Spring

  • Adults
Mini-Makers Ceramic Fairy Houses Family Workshop

Mini-Makers Ceramic Fairy Houses Family Workshop

Starts Sat, Oct 3, 10:00 AM · Member: $44.20 / Non-Member: $52.00

Come play with clay at GoggleWorks. In this family workshop, adults and children work side by side to build a fairy house from clay, learning a variety of hand-building techniques along the way. It…

Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading

  • Kids
The Craft Lab: Craft Program for Kids

The Craft Lab: Craft Program for Kids

Starts Sat, Oct 3, 10:00 AM · Free

The Craft Lab is a hands-on craft program at Boone Area Library for kids ages 6 to 11. Each session, children work with different craft supplies, materials and techniques to make their own works of…

Run by Boone Area Library · Birdsboro

  • Kids
Trim Healthy Mama Healthy Eating Class

Trim Healthy Mama Healthy Eating Class

Starts Sat, Oct 3, 10:00 AM · Free

This class at Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library looks at healthy eating using the book Trim Healthy Wisdom as a guide. Each meeting covers tips, recipes and advice for making nutritious choices while…

Run by Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library · Bethel

  • Kids
  • Teens
  • Adults
  • Seniors
Community Conversation on Homelessness in Berks County

Community Conversation on Homelessness in Berks County

Starts Sat, Oct 3, 1:00 PM · Free

Rev. Steve Ohnsman leads a community conversation about homelessness in Berks County. The group looks at how serious the issue is here, why people become unhoused, and what a community can do in…

Run by Wyomissing Public Library · Wyomissing

  • Kids
  • Teens
  • Adults
  • Seniors
Cupcake Decorating with Ciera's Sweets

Cupcake Decorating with Ciera's Sweets

Starts Sat, Oct 3, 1:00 PM · Have fun with Ciera’s Sweets and learn to decorate cupcakes from a professional! The class costs $10 per person, cash payable to the instructor on the day of...

Learn to decorate cupcakes with a professional baker from Ciera's Sweets. This hands-on class for adults meets at Boyertown Community Library on North Reading Avenue, and you work directly with the…

Run by Boyertown Community Library · Boyertown

  • Adults
Ways of Wildlife

Ways of Wildlife

Starts Sat, Oct 3, 1:00 PM · Free · Register by Oct 1

Ways of Wildlife is an outdoor program with Naturalist Hemlock Hannah at Cacoosing Meadows Park Pavilion. Families look at how local animals live, from why White-Tailed Deer flick their tails to why…

Run by Spring Twp Parks & Recreation · Sinking Spring

  • Families
Legends by Lantern Light

Legends by Lantern Light

Starts Sat, Oct 3, 5:30 PM · Free

Rangers lead a short evening walk at Hopewell Furnace, where the historic ironmaking village sets the scene for spooky stories and chilling tales told by lantern light. The stories echo the kinds of…

Run by Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site · Elverson

  • Kids
Books and Boots: Environmental Book Club

Books and Boots: Environmental Book Club

Mon, Oct 5 to Mon, 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

  • Adults
  • Seniors
Fall Story Time at Boone Area Library

Fall Story Time at Boone Area Library

Starts Mon, Oct 5, 10:15 AM · Free

Boone Area Library hosts a story time for children built around the fall season. The group gathers in the library's community room for stories, a craft, and fall themed activities. This is a drop-in…

Run by Boone Area Library · Birdsboro

  • Kids
Monday Morning Book Club

Monday Morning Book Club

Starts Mon, Oct 5, 10:15 AM · Free

The Monday Morning Book Club is a reading group for adults that meets at Boyertown Community Library. Members read the same book and then come together to talk it over. One of the club's picks is How…

Run by Boyertown Community Library · Boyertown

  • Adults
  • Seniors
Craft Club at Boyertown Community Library

Craft Club at Boyertown Community Library

Starts Tue, Oct 6, 11:00 AM · Free

Craft Club is a morning crafting get-together for adults at the Boyertown Community Library. Bring the project you are already working on, or make the featured craft with the group. The featured…

Run by Boyertown Community Library · Boyertown

  • Adults
  • Seniors
JR. Book Club

JR. Book Club

Starts Tue, Oct 6, 12:00 PM · Free

JR. Book Club is a reading group for kids at the Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library in Bethel. Members read the month's book on their own first, then meet for a friendly discussion along with…

Run by Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library · Bethel

  • Kids
STEM and Craft Club at Bethel-Tulpehocken Library

STEM and Craft Club at Bethel-Tulpehocken Library

Starts Tue, Oct 6, 1:00 PM · Free

The Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library hosts a STEM Club and a Craft Club once a month on Tuesday afternoons. STEM Club starts first, and the craft activity follows in the second hour. Children can…

Run by Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library · Bethel

  • Kids
Hero Quest and Game Club

Hero Quest and Game Club

Starts Tue, Oct 6, 4:30 PM · Free

The Boone Area Library hosts a game club for teens in its Community Room. The main event is Hero Quest, a dungeon crawler board game led by Game Master Patrick Randall. Each meeting picks up with the…

Run by Boone Area Library · Birdsboro

  • Teens
Tail Waggin' Tutors: Read to a Therapy Dog

Tail Waggin' Tutors: Read to a Therapy Dog

Tue, Oct 6 to Tue, Oct 13 · Free

Children and teens can read out loud to a visiting therapy dog at the Wyomissing Public Library. Pick a spot in the library, choose a book, and settle in next to a furry friend. Petting the dog…

Run by Wyomissing Public Library · Wyomissing

  • Teens
  • Kids
Teen Club at Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library

Teen Club at Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library

Starts Tue, Oct 6, 5:00 PM · Free

Teen Club brings together young people ages 12 to 18 at the Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library in Bethel. It runs as a series of evening meetings, and each gathering has its own focus. One session…

Run by Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library · Bethel

  • Teens
BYO, Bring Your Own Book Club

BYO, Bring Your Own Book Club

Starts Tue, Oct 6, 6:00 PM · Free

This is a drop-in book club at the Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library in Bethel. Come talk about anything you have been reading or listening to, whether that is a print book, an audiobook, an ebook or…

Run by Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library · Bethel

  • Adults
  • Seniors
Story Time Special Guest French Creek State Park

Story Time Special Guest French Creek State Park

Starts Wed, Oct 7, 10:15 AM · Free

Boone Area Library hosts a story time with a special guest. Miss Amber leads the session, and park rangers from French Creek State Park join in. It is planned as a fun, interactive story time for…

Run by Boone Area Library · Birdsboro

  • Kids
Storytime: "Fletcher and the Falling Leaves"

Storytime: "Fletcher and the Falling Leaves"

Starts Wed, Oct 7, 10:30 AM · Free

Wernersville Public Library hosts a Wednesday morning storytime for children. Together we listen to "Fletcher and the Falling Leaves" by Julia Rawlinson, with pictures by Tiphanie Beeke. After the…

Run by Wernersville Public Library · Wernersville

  • Kids
LEGO Club at Kutztown Community Library

LEGO Club at Kutztown Community Library

Starts Wed, Oct 7, 4:00 PM · Free

LEGO Club meets at the Kutztown Community Library on the first Wednesday of each month. Each session brings a new building challenge, so kids can try out ideas with LEGO bricks and see what they come…

Run by Kutztown Community Library · Kutztown

  • Kids
Mystery Book Club

Mystery Book Club

Starts Thu, Oct 8, 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

  • Seniors
  • Adults
Spooky Sip and Paint

Spooky Sip and Paint

Starts Thu, Oct 8, 5:00 PM · Tickets are $20 per person

This paint night at Boone Area Library comes with a twist. Instead of canvases, everyone paints fancy paving stones with a Halloween theme, so you head home with a decorated stone for your porch…

Run by Boone Area Library · Birdsboro

  • Adults
  • Seniors
Fleetwood Reads Book Club

Fleetwood Reads Book Club

Starts Thu, Oct 8, 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

  • Adults
  • Seniors
Night of the Living Ants Zombie Ant Nature Program

Night of the Living Ants Zombie Ant Nature Program

Starts Thu, Oct 8, 6:30 PM · Free · Register by Oct 6

Learn about "zombie ants" with a Lancaster County Parks naturalist. The program looks at the parasites behind strange zombie-like behavior in a range of plants and animals, making it spooky season…

Run by Spring Twp Parks & Recreation · Sinking Spring

  • Families
Silent Book Club at Ridgewood Winery

Silent Book Club at Ridgewood Winery

Starts Thu, Oct 8, 6:30 PM · Free

Adults who like to read can gather at Ridgewood Winery on Daffodil Hill Farm for a Silent Book Club hosted by Boyertown Community Library. There is no assigned title and no discussion to prepare for.…

Run by Boyertown Community Library · Bechtelsville

  • Adults
Kids Night Out

Kids Night Out

Starts Fri, Oct 9 · Member $0.00, Non-Member $20.00 · Register by Oct 2

Kids Night Out gives children ages 5 to 12 an evening of fun at the Y while parents get the night to themselves. Kids spend the time with games, crafts, snacks, movies and inflatables. The program is…

Run by Reading YMCA · Reading

  • Kids
Vintage Halloween Cards and Spooky Zine Workshop

Vintage Halloween Cards and Spooky Zine Workshop

Starts Fri, Oct 9, 5:30 PM · Free

Spend an evening making vintage-inspired Halloween cards and spooky zines at the Sinking Spring Public Library. Local artist Kayla Ackelson leads the session and walks you through each piece, using a…

Run by Sinking Spring Public Library · Sinking Spring

  • Adults
  • Teens
  • Seniors
Stammtisch Conversation Group at Sinking Spring Library

Stammtisch Conversation Group at Sinking Spring Library

Starts Sat, Oct 10, 9:00 AM · Free

Stammtisch is a drop-in conversation club that meets at the Sinking Spring Public Library on the second Saturday of each month, from 9 to 10 in the morning. People gather over coffee for relaxed…

Run by Sinking Spring Public Library · Sinking Spring

  • Seniors
  • Adults
Lego Club at West Lawn-Wyomissing Hills Library

Lego Club at West Lawn-Wyomissing Hills Library

Starts Sat, Oct 10, 10:00 AM · Free

Lego Club is a drop-in building session for young Lego fans at the West Lawn-Wyomissing Hills Library. Kids bring their ideas and build alongside others who enjoy the same thing, with bricks to work…

Run by West Lawn-Wyomissing Hills Library · West Lawn

  • Kids
Mini-Makers Witches Hat Luminary Clay Workshop

Mini-Makers Witches Hat Luminary Clay Workshop

Starts Sat, Oct 10, 10:00 AM · Member: $44.20 / Non-Member: $52.00

Children and a grown-up work side by side to build a whimsical witch's hat luminary out of clay. Karen Adam teaches basic handbuilding techniques, then you add decorative cutouts and textures so the…

Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading

  • Kids
Read to a Therapy Dog

Read to a Therapy Dog

Starts Sat, Oct 10, 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

  • Kids
  • Teens
  • Adults
  • Seniors
Adult Book Club @ Bernville Library

Adult Book Club @ Bernville Library

Sat, Oct 10 to Sat, Dec 12 · Free

The Adult Book Club at the Bernville Area Community Library meets monthly so readers can talk about what they have been reading. Most months the group picks a genre rather than a single title, and…

Run by Bernville Area Community Library · Bernville

  • Adults
Pokemon Club

Pokemon Club

Starts Sat, Oct 10, 10:30 AM · Free

Pokemon Club brings fans together at the Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library. The group meets once a month on Saturday mornings to make crafts, take part in activities, trade cards, and learn how to…

Run by Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library · Bethel

  • Kids
  • Teens
  • Adults
  • Seniors
Pumpkin Palooza: Make Your Own Fall Wreath

Pumpkin Palooza: Make Your Own Fall Wreath

Starts Sun, Oct 11 · $20.00

Make a fall wreath at GoggleWorks during Pumpkin Palooza. You work with wreath forms, fabrics and other seasonal materials set out by GoggleWorks artists, and you can bring pieces from home if you…

Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading

  • Teens
  • Adults
  • All ages
Pumpkin Palooza: Make Your Own Flameworked Pumpkin

Pumpkin Palooza: Make Your Own Flameworked Pumpkin

Starts Sun, Oct 11 · $45.00

Make your own glass pumpkin in the Flameworking Studio at GoggleWorks during Pumpkin Palooza. Working with a torch alongside GoggleWorks flameworking artists, you heat glass, shape it, add color, and…

Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading

  • Teens
  • Adults
Read to a Therapy Dog with Berks Tales for Tails

Read to a Therapy Dog with Berks Tales for Tails

Starts Sun, Oct 11, 2:30 PM · Free

Readers of any age can practice out loud with a trained therapy dog at the Bernville Area Community Library. Boone and Tater Tot are part of the Berks Tales for Tails program, and they make good…

Run by Bernville Area Community Library · Bernville

  • Adults
  • Seniors
  • Kids
  • Teens
Story Time Field Trip to Keystone Villa

Story Time Field Trip to Keystone Villa

Starts Mon, Oct 12, 10:15 AM · Free

Boone Area Library takes story time on the road to Keystone Villa at Douglassville. Miss Amber reads with the group, and residents of Keystone Villa join in, so children get a story hour and a visit…

Run by Boone Area Library · Douglassville

  • Kids
The Classics Book Club

The Classics Book Club

Starts Mon, Oct 12, 5:30 PM · Free

The Classics Book Club brings adult readers together at the Wyomissing Public Library to talk about well known works of literature. The group meets in the library's Multi-Purpose Room, and discussion…

Run by Wyomissing Public Library · Wyomissing

  • Adults
  • Seniors