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Starts Thu, Sep 17, 4:00 PM · Free
Fiber Studio is a drop-in style craft series for teens in the Teen Loft at the Main Library in Reading. Participants try a variety of handicrafts, including knitting, card making and cross stitch…
Run by Reading Public Library · Reading
Starts Thu, Sep 17, 4:30 PM · Free
Pokemon Club brings card players together at the Reading Public Library's Northwest Branch on Schuylkill Ave in Reading. Players trade cards with each other and battle. If you have never played…
Run by Reading Public Library - Northwest Branch · Reading
Starts Fri, Sep 18, 10:30 AM · Free
Montessori Storytime is a read-aloud program for children at the Exeter Community Library. Miss Dee leads the sessions in the children's section of the library, and all ages are welcome to come and…
Run by Exeter Community Library · Reading
Starts Sat, Sep 19 · Member $40.00, Non-Member $45.00
Art Class With Allison brings hands-on art sessions to the Tri Valley YMCA in Fleetwood. Kids ages 8 to 12 work with a variety of art styles and mediums, with each session built around a different…
Run by Reading YMCA · Reading
Starts Sat, Sep 19, 10:00 AM · Free
Staff from the Indian Run Environmental Education Center lead a guided nature walk along the StoryWalk at Exeter Community Library. Walkers look closely at local plants, wildlife and habitats, with…
Run by Exeter Community Library · Reading
Starts Sat, Sep 19, 11:00 AM · Free
The Reading Public Library hosts Movies and Munchies, a children's program built around a movie and matching snacks. This session features the film Rio. Kids make themed snacks and then settle in to…
Run by Reading Public Library · Reading
Sat, Sep 19 to Mon, Sep 21 · Free
The Northeast Branch of the Reading Public Library opens up its large Lego collection for open building sessions. Kids and teens come in, sit down with the bricks and build the craziest, coolest…
Run by Reading Public Library - Northeast Branch · Reading
Starts Sat, Sep 19, 5:00 PM · Free
Silent Book Club is a quiet reading hour for adults at the Northeast Branch of the Reading Public Library. The library provides the space; everyone else brings a book and settles in to read. There is…
Run by Reading Public Library - Northeast Branch · Reading
Starts Sun, Sep 20, 10:00 AM · Free
A guided forest therapy walk at Nolde Forest, held to mark the arrival of fall. The group meets in the Mansion Garden and moves slowly through the forest together, with time for mindfulness and quiet…
Run by Nolde Forest - Sawmill · Mansion Garden
Starts Mon, Sep 21, 10:00 AM · Free
This is a guided photography walk for adults who own a camera and want a reason to use it. A professional photographer leads the group and covers some basics of taking photos, so it suits people who…
Run by Reading Public Library - Northeast Branch · Reading
Starts Mon, Sep 21, 3:30 PM · Free
The Northwest Branch of the Reading Public Library hosts a game night built around Loteria, the picture card game played a bit like bingo. A caller draws cards, players mark their boards, and winners…
Run by Reading Public Library - Northwest Branch · Reading
Mon, Sep 21 to Mon, Nov 2 · Free
Fiber Friends is a hands-on fiber arts program for children at the Reading Public Library's Main Library. Each session invites kids to explore the world of fiber arts through fun activities and make…
Run by Reading Public Library · Reading
Starts Mon, Sep 21, 4:00 PM · Free
Science Explorers brings a hands-on STEM night to the Southeast Branch of the Reading Public Library. The theme is "Bubble Blast Bonanza," a look at the science behind the soapy spheres we all know…
Run by Reading Public Library - Southeast Branch · Reading
Mon, Sep 21 to Mon, Oct 19 · Free
Thrive n Peak: Bridges, Growth, and Community is a discussion series from Reading Public Library for young men ages 13 and up. Sessions are led with a guest called Thane, who guides the group through…
Run by Reading Public Library · Reading
Starts Mon, Sep 21, 6:00 PM · Free
Rocking Retirement is a one hour evening session at Exeter Community Library. It looks at simple strategies for creating a joyful and meaningful retirement. The session is aimed at adults and…
Run by Exeter Community Library · Reading
Starts Mon, Sep 21, 6:00 PM · Free
Sweet Dreams Storytime is a short evening story session at the Exeter Community Library. It runs on Monday evenings from 6:00 pm to 6:30 pm and lasts about half an hour, which makes it an easy stop…
Run by Exeter Community Library · Reading
Starts Tue, Sep 22, 10:00 AM · Free
Toddler Storytime is a half hour of stories for young children at Exeter Community Library. It meets on Tuesday mornings from 10:00 to 10:30, so it fits easily into the start of the day. Children…
Run by Exeter Community Library · Reading
Starts Tue, Sep 22, 3:30 PM · Free
The Northwest Branch of the Reading Public Library marks Hispanic Heritage Month with an Art Pod craft session. In this one, kids and teens make sacred hearts, a craft drawn from Hispanic cultural…
Run by Reading Public Library - Northwest Branch · Reading
Tue, Sep 22 to Tue, Oct 27 · Free
Teens make their own wooden book in this introductory woodworking series. Each page of the book uses a different technique, so participants design, cut, and shape as they go. Safety comes first, and…
Run by Reading Public Library · Reading
Starts Tue, Sep 22, 5:00 PM · Free
Crochetology is a crochet program at the Reading Public Library's Northwest Branch. Participants learn new stitches, practice reading a pattern, and create fiber art. Materials are provided, so there…
Run by Reading Public Library - Northwest Branch · Reading
Starts Tue, Sep 22, 5:30 PM · Free
Hawk Mountain returns to Exeter Community Library for an evening with live birds of prey. Visitors meet three live raptors up close and learn about the adaptations that help each bird hunt and…
Run by Exeter Community Library · Reading
Starts Wed, Sep 23, 10:00 AM · Free
Children's Storytime meets on Wednesday mornings at the Exeter Community Library on Prestwick Drive in Reading. Each session runs from 10:00 am to 10:45 am. The program is recommended for children…
Run by Exeter Community Library · Reading
Starts Wed, Sep 23, 12:00 PM · Free
Mid-Day Muffins is a snack and social time hosted by the Reading Public Library before story time. Baked goods are set out along with coffee and tea, so adults can enjoy a warm drink while the…
Run by Reading Public Library · Reading
Starts Wed, Sep 23, 3:30 PM · Free
The Northwest Branch of the Reading Public Library hosts a STEM session built around a marble run. Children and teens work with a kit provided by the library, putting together tracks, ramps and turns…
Run by Reading Public Library - Northwest Branch · Reading
Wed, Sep 23 to Tue, Oct 27 · Free
Highway Safety Network Games is a teen program at the Reading Public Library's Main Library, held in the Teen Loft at 100 S 5th St in Reading. It brings road safety into an activity format that teens…
Run by Reading Public Library · Reading
Starts Thu, Sep 24, 3:30 PM · Free
Art Blast featuring Latino Artists is a hands-on art session for children at the Reading Public Library, held in the children's area of the Main Library at 100 S 5th St in Reading. The program marks…
Run by Reading Public Library · Reading
Starts Fri, Sep 25, 1:00 PM · Free
The Reading Public Museum hosts this senior-friendly screening in The Neag Planetarium, where you watch a documentary and learn more about the stories behind the Museum's exhibits. Guests of all ages…
Run by Reading Public Museum · Reading
Starts Sat, Sep 26, 12:00 AM · Member: $39.10 / Non-Member: $46.00
Bring your child into the printmaking studio at GoggleWorks and make prints from nature. Together you will stamp leaves to create prints you can keep at home or give to a friend. The class is open to…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Sat, Sep 26, 10:00 AM · Free
Exeter Community Library invites kids to a morning program about graphic novels. Young readers come to learn about their favorite graphic novel authors and the books they write and draw. Free graphic…
Run by Exeter Community Library · Reading
Starts Sat, Sep 26, 10:00 AM · Member: $44.20 / Non-Member: $52.00
Kids play with clay and learn to use the pottery wheel in this single Saturday morning workshop at GoggleWorks. Working as a team, the child and their adult shape clay together and create forms on…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Sat, Sep 26, 11:00 AM · Free
Nature Stroll & Roll is a short guided walk on smooth paths at Berks Nature in Reading. Participants stroll or roll along at a gentler pace than a standard hike, with a guide leading the way. The…
Run by Brandywine Community Library · Reading
Starts Sat, Sep 26, 11:00 AM · Free
Slime Saturday is a hands-on science session for children at the Reading Public Library. Kids measure out the ingredients, mix them together, and work out what it takes to make the perfect batch of…
Run by Reading Public Library · Reading
Starts Sat, Sep 26, 12:00 PM · Free
Curiosity with Coffee is a non-fiction book club for adults at the Reading Public Library's Northeast Branch. This meeting is a Bring Your Own Book session, so there is no single assigned title.…
Run by Reading Public Library - Northeast Branch · Reading
Starts Sat, Sep 26, 1:00 PM · Free
Teens can head to the Southeast Branch of the Reading Public Library to play video games and compete against their friends on the library's Switch consoles. The program is for ages 13 to 17, and the…
Run by Reading Public Library - Southeast Branch · Reading
Starts Sun, Sep 27, 2:00 PM · Member: $44.20 / Non-Member: $52.00
Young makers play with clay and learn a variety of techniques to build their own spooky pumpkin lantern. Instructor Zoungy Kligge leads the workshop, and all skill levels are welcome. It meets on a…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Mon, Sep 28, 4:00 PM · Free
Family Movie Night is a drop-in movie program at the Southeast Branch of the Reading Public Library, at 1426 Perkiomen Ave in Reading. A film is shown on the big screen in the branch, and families…
Run by Reading Public Library - Southeast Branch · Reading
Starts Mon, Sep 28, 5:00 PM · Free
The Family Financial Toolkit is a class about money basics, held at the Exeter Community Library. Teens and their families learn practical ways to save, build a budget and understand how credit…
Run by Exeter Community Library · Reading
Starts Tue, Sep 29, 3:30 PM · Free
Food for Tots is a hands on "cooking" class at the Northeast Branch of the Reading Public Library, made for babies and toddlers up to age 5. Little ones get to handle food, stir and assemble a simple…
Run by Reading Public Library - Northeast Branch · Reading
Starts Tue, Sep 29, 3:30 PM · Free
The Northwest Branch of Reading Public Library marks Hispanic Heritage Month with an Art Pod craft session. Children and teens make their own maracas, a shaker instrument with deep roots in Latin…
Run by Reading Public Library - Northwest Branch · Reading
Starts Tue, Sep 29, 5:30 PM · Free
Magic of STEM invites young questioners to explore how our world works. Long before people understood the science behind it, they described the workings of nature as magic. In this series at the…
Run by Exeter Community Library · Reading
Starts Wed, Sep 30, 3:30 PM · Free
The Northwest Branch of the Reading Public Library hosts a hands-on STEM program where kids and teens make Jumping Beans. Participants put the project together at the library and see how it works.…
Run by Reading Public Library - Northwest Branch · Reading
Starts Wed, Sep 30, 4:00 PM · Free
Make a craft inspired by the techniques of artists and crafters of Hispanic and Latino heritage. Projects are self-directed, so you work at your own pace rather than following a staff-led lesson.…
Run by Reading Public Library - Northeast Branch · Reading
Starts Thu, Oct 1, 9:30 AM · Free
The Exeter Community Library holds a silent book club at Starbucks Exeter, at 4541 Perkiomen Ave in Reading. As the name says, this is quiet reading time in company: people bring their own book and…
Run by Exeter Community Library · Reading
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
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
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
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
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
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
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