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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
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 Sat, Nov 14 · $30 ($20 members)
Young artists make pumpkins, gourds and turkeys full of pattern and personality. Along the way they try collage, layering and touchable textures, which is an easy first step into mixed media art.…
Run by Yocum Institute for Arts Education · West Lawn
Starts Sat, Nov 14 · $35 ($25 members)
Kids ages 7 to 10 build their own cornucopia centerpiece out of upcycled materials. Working with everyday items that would otherwise be thrown away, students turn them into a symbol of abundance and…
Run by Yocum Institute for Arts Education · West Lawn
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
Starts Tue, Nov 17, 10:00 AM · Free
This talk is part of the Arboretum Education series at The Reading Public Museum, a set of learning opportunities led by Master Gardeners, avid horticulturists and other industry specialists. This…
Run by Reading Public Museum · Reading
Starts Tue, Nov 17, 4:30 PM · Free
This workshop at the Reading Public Library covers the basics of Medicare. The session walks through what you need to know before the Annual Enrollment Period, so you can make informed choices about…
Run by Reading Public Library · Reading
Starts Fri, Nov 20, 6:30 PM · Free · Register by Nov 18
Night Walk Adventure is an evening outing at Shiloh Hills Park led by Naturalist Kathy Grim. The group heads out after dark to look for eyeshine and bioluminescence, and to learn how our eyes adjust…
Run by Spring Twp Parks & Recreation · Sinking Spring
Nov 27 to Jan 8 · Member $15.00, Non-Member - · Register by Dec 4
Run, Run, Rudolph is a fitness challenge that runs across all YMCA of Reading & Berks County branches, connecting members through the holiday season. You earn points for showing up and moving…
Run by Reading YMCA · Reading
Starts Fri, Nov 27, 10:00 AM · Free · Register by Nov 24
A guided morning walk on the trails at Nolde Forest Environmental Education Center, offered as an alternative to the Black Friday shopping crowds. Families put down their phones, get some fresh air…
Run by Spring Twp Parks & Recreation · Sinking Spring
Starts Sat, Dec 5 · $30 ($20 members)
Kids make personalized ornaments and keepsakes for the people they love in this gift making workshop at the Yocum Institute for Arts Education. Students work with a variety of materials and their own…
Run by Yocum Institute for Arts Education · West Lawn
Starts Sat, Dec 5 · $25 ($15 members)
Little Artists is a gift making workshop for children ages 3 to 5 at the Yocum Institute for Arts Education. Young students make personalized ornaments and keepsakes for the people they love, using a…
Run by Yocum Institute for Arts Education · West Lawn
Starts Sat, Dec 5, 11:00 AM · Free
Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site hosts Hopewell for the Holidays, a special event at the historic iron plantation. The park lists it as a craft and cultural demonstration, living history, and…
Run by Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site · Elverson
Starts Sun, Dec 6, 2:00 PM · Member: $44.20 / Non-Member: $52.00
In this family workshop at GoggleWorks, children and an adult work side by side to make a set of jingle bells out of clay. Instructor Karen Adam covers basic pinch pot and handbuilding techniques…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Fri, Dec 11, 6:30 PM · Free · Register by Dec 9
Owls are busy at night as the year winds down. They call for mates, hunt for nesting spots, and get ready to lay their eggs. On this evening program, Naturalist Kathy Grim leads the group in…
Run by Spring Twp Parks & Recreation · Sinking Spring
Starts Sat, Dec 12, 10:00 AM · $5
Kids build and decorate holiday houses out of graham crackers, icing and candy at this workshop from Muhlenberg Township Parks and Recreation. Some will make a simple cottage, others will pile on the…
Run by Muhlenberg Township · Reading
Starts Tue, Dec 15, 10:00 AM · Free
Dave Kline leads this Arboretum Education talk at The Reading Public Museum, looking at the roots, legends, lore and traditions behind the Christmas and Yule season. The Arboretum Education series…
Run by Reading Public Museum · Reading
Starts Fri, Dec 18, 6:00 PM · Free · Register by Dec 16
Spend an evening looking up at the sky during the holiday season. Members of the Berks County Amateur Astronomical Society set up telescopes so you can view the moon, planets, stars and nearby…
Run by Spring Twp Parks & Recreation · Sinking Spring
Starts Tue, Jan 5, 10:30 AM · Free
Accessible Art Lab is a drop in art session for adults at the Reading Public Library's Main Library. Participants work at their own pace on arts, crafts, and puzzles set out for self guided use, so…
Run by Reading Public Library · Reading
Starts Sat, Jan 9, 10:30 AM · Free
This beginner class at the Reading Public Library introduces sourdough bread making from the ground up. Participants work with dough in class and learn the basic steps and handling that make…
Run by Reading Public Library · Reading
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 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 · $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 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 · 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 · $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 14, next Mon, Sep 21, through Sep 21 · Free
Storytime at the Reading Public Library's Northwest Branch pairs shared reading with a simple craft. Children and their grown-ups read along with us, and then everyone makes something afterward.…
Run by Reading Public Library - Northwest Branch · Reading
In progress since Sep 14, next Mon, Sep 21, through Sep 21 · Free
Chess Club meets in the children's area at the Main Library on South 5th Street in Reading. Players can learn the basics of the game or take on the group's instructor from the Million Youth Chess…
Run by Reading Public Library · Reading
In progress since Sep 1, next Tue, Sep 22, through Sep 29 · $1
Dollar Bingo is a weekly bingo game at the Berks Encore Fleetwood Wellness & Activity Center on Kutztown Road. Players meet on Tuesday mornings to play together in the center's activity room. It is…
Run by Berks Encore · Fleetwood
In progress since Sep 2, next Wed, Sep 23, through Sep 30 · $2 fee
Pound is a group fitness class led by Kathy Graul at the Berks Encore Mifflin Wellness & Activity Center, 30 Liberty Street in Shillington. It runs on Wednesday mornings as part of the center's…
Run by Berks Encore · Shillington
In progress since Sep 2, next Wed, Sep 23, through Sep 30 · Free
Chair Zumba takes the dance-based movement of Zumba and brings it to a seated format. Participants follow along from a chair, so the routine stays within reach for people who would rather not be on…
Run by Berks Encore · Strausstown
In progress since Sep 3, next Thu, Sep 24, through Sep 24 · Free
Berks Encore holds this chair yoga class on Thursday mornings at its Strausstown Wellness & Activity Center on East Avenue. It is one of the wellness classes on the center's monthly schedule, which…
Run by Berks Encore · Strausstown
In progress since Sep 3, next Thu, Sep 24, through Sep 24 · Free
Chair Yoga meets Thursday mornings at 10 at the Berks Encore Fleetwood Wellness and Activity Center, 14432 Kutztown Rd. in Fleetwood. The class is built around a chair, so you can work on movement…
Run by Berks Encore · Fleetwood
In progress since Sep 3, next Thu, Sep 24, through Sep 24 · $2 fee
Chair YoChi blends gentle yoga with flowing Tai Chi. Elizabeth Bentz leads the class, moving through slow, steady sequences that work on breathing, balance and easy range of motion. The class is for…
Run by Berks Encore · Shillington
In progress since Sep 3, next Thu, Sep 24, through Sep 24 · $2 fee
Grocery Bingo is a weekly bingo game for seniors at the Berks Encore Reading Wellness & Activity Center on North 9th Street. Players take a card, follow the called numbers and play for grocery items…
Run by Berks Encore · Reading
In progress since Sep 3, next Thu, Sep 24, through Sep 24 · $5, free
Berks Encore runs a chair yoga class at its Wernersville Wellness & Activity Center on Sportsman Road. The group meets on Thursday afternoons, and the class sits on the center's monthly schedule…
Run by Berks Encore · Wernersville
In progress since Sep 3, next Thu, Sep 24, through Sep 24 · Free
Tai Chi 1 is a weekly fitness class at the Berks Encore Fleetwood Wellness & Activity Center on Kutztown Road in Fleetwood. The group meets on Thursday afternoons for tai chi, the slow, low impact…
Run by Berks Encore · Fleetwood
In progress since Sep 17, next Thu, Sep 24, through Sep 24 · Free
The Kids for Kids Drama Club meets at Robesonia Community Library for young people who want to try theater. The club is run by kids, for kids, so members take the lead in what the group does…
Run by Robesonia Community Library · Robesonia
In progress since Sep 14, next Mon, Sep 28, through Sep 28 · Free
Junk Journal Club is a drop-in craft club at the Reading Public Library's Northwest Branch. People come together to journal, scrapbook, collage and decorate pages, all in one sitting. It is a relaxed…
Run by Reading Public Library - Northwest Branch · Reading
In progress since Sep 14, next Mon, Sep 28, through Sep 28 · Free
Food with Friends is a cooking series for teens at the Reading Public Library. Teens work on kitchen skills and good kitchen practices, and the program also brings in local chefs to meet the group.…
Run by Reading Public Library · Reading
In progress since Sep 9, next Wed, Sep 30, through Sep 30 · $1 fee
Pokeno is a group card game played with boards and chips, and Berks Encore runs a regular game at its Reading Wellness & Activity Center. Players gather in the lower-level game room on Wednesday…
Run by Berks Encore · Reading
In progress since May 1, through Sep 30 · Free
At this hands-on program from Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site, visitors step into the role of a furnace molder. You work through the process of making a sand mold and learn how molding fit…
Run by Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site · Elverson
In progress since Sep 1, through Sep 30 · Member $0.00, Non-Member $0.00
The Reading YMCA competitive swim team works on proper stroke technique and endurance for swimmers at every competitive level. Swimmers train with their group, build the four competitive strokes…
Run by Reading YMCA · Reading