225 programs. What starts or meets weekends, across the county.
Run classes or programs?
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
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 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
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
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
Starts Sat, Oct 10, 1:00 PM · $45 per person
This is a guided painting workshop where you complete your own version of a pumpkin patch scene on a 16x20 canvas. An instructor walks the group through the painting step by step, so no experience is…
Run by Painting with a Twist · Reading
Starts Sat, Oct 10, 1:00 PM · Member: $72.25 / Non-Member: $85.00
In this one session workshop at GoggleWorks, you make a classic diamond-bevel suncatcher while picking up the basics of stained glass. The instructor, Katrina High, introduces the traditional copper…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Sat, Oct 10, 3:00 PM · $55 per person
Paint an autumn apothecary design on a 16x20 canvas and personalize it to make it your own. Rayven leads the class step by step, so no experience is needed. It runs on Saturday afternoons. The class…
Run by Painting with a Twist · Reading
Starts Sat, Oct 10, 7:00 PM · $42 per person
Paint a Halloween style Bootanical Garden design on a 16x20 canvas in this guided studio painting session with Painting with a Twist in Exeter Township. You can choose the set version of the artwork…
Run by Painting with a Twist · 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
Starts Sun, Oct 11 · $55.00
Make your own glass pumpkin in the Hot Glass Studio at GoggleWorks during Pumpkin Palooza, the center's fall event in Reading. You work at the furnace with help from the hot glass artists, shaping…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Sun, Oct 11 to Sun, Oct 18 · In-County: $80 Out-of-County: $80
Strategies for Personal Success, also known as Leadership II, is a 16 hour course from the Berks County Fire Training Center for people who lead fire service organizations. Running a career…
Run by Berks County Fire Training Center · Reading
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
Starts Sun, Oct 11, 6:00 PM · $45-$55 per person
Painting with a Twist walks you through the Victorian Gothic design step by step, so you leave with your own finished piece. You choose whether to paint on a 16x20 canvas or a 16x20 wood plank board.…
Run by Painting with a Twist · Reading
Fri, Oct 16 to Sat, Oct 17 · Member: $119.00 / Non-Member: $140.00
This weekend workshop at GoggleWorks introduces sand casting, a long standing way of shaping metal. Participants pack molds using casting sand, then pour molten metal to make jewelry or small…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Sat, Oct 17, 12:00 AM · Member: $51.00 / Non-Member: $60.00
This single-session workshop at GoggleWorks looks at illustrating with colored pencils and paint pens on toned background papers. You will try blending techniques and see how each medium behaves on a…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Sat, Oct 17 · $175 ($165 members)
This beginner-friendly workshop looks at drawing and painting portraits from observation. You work through the full process: observing your subject, measuring, composing, blocking in, and rendering.…
Run by Yocum Institute for Arts Education · West Lawn
Starts Sat, Oct 17 · $40 ($30 members)
A Halloween and autumn craft session for kids and teens who like anything spooky. Makers work on clay charms shaped like cats, witches and monsters, ghost banners made from fabric, spooky friendship…
Run by Yocum Institute for Arts Education · West Lawn
Sat, Oct 17 to Sat, Nov 21 · $20.00
This drop-in printmaking workshop at GoggleWorks Center for the Arts meets on Friday mornings, with each date standing on its own as a single session. Artist Suzanne Fellows leads the group through a…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Sat, Oct 17 to Sat, Nov 21 · Member: $283.05 / Non-Member: $333.00
This beginner ceramics class at GoggleWorks covers the basics of working on a potter's wheel. Students learn to throw cylinders, cups, bowls and other forms, then shape and trim their pieces. Basic…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Sat, Oct 17, 10:00 AM · Free
Boyertown Community Library hosts a STEM workshop led by Miss Julia. This session centers on structures, and children create, learn and discover how things are built and held together. The workshop…
Run by Boyertown Community Library · Boyertown
Starts Sat, Oct 17, 10:00 AM · Free · Register by Oct 15
Walk the trail at Blue Marsh Lake with Naturalist Porcupine Pat and take in the fall foliage. This is a quiet stroll with time to look closely at trees, learn how to identify them, and find out why…
Run by Spring Twp Parks & Recreation · Sinking Spring
Starts Sat, Oct 17, 1:00 PM · Member: $80.75 / Non-Member: $95.00
This single session workshop is an introduction to borosilicate glass and the torch. Working at the flame, you melt and sculpt a glass acorn by hand and take it home. Nikki Vitchner teaches, and the…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Sat, Oct 17, 7:00 PM · $42 per person
Paint the Lovers Moon on a 16x20 canvas with step by step guidance from instructor Brandalyn. You can paint it as a set, with two canvases that pair up side by side, or paint it solo as a single…
Run by Painting with a Twist · Reading
Starts Sun, Oct 18, 11:00 AM · $15
A guest guide leads a two mile hike at Nolde Forest Environmental Education Center, with several stops off the trail for yoga stretches and guided relaxation and meditation. It is a walking program…
Run by Nolde Forest - Sawmill · Reading
Starts Sun, Oct 18, 12:00 PM
Living History Sunday brings the 18th century to life on the Weiser House grounds at the Conrad Weiser Homestead in Womelsdorf. Visitors can watch open-hearth cooking in the Springhouse kitchen and…
Run by Conrad Weiser Homestead · Womelsdorf
Starts Sun, Oct 18, 1:00 PM · Free · Register by Oct 15
Penn State Master Gardeners lead this Halloween themed gardening program for kids, part of the Family Nature Series from Spring Township Parks and Recreation. The hour mixes holiday fun with plant…
Run by Spring Twp Parks & Recreation · Sinking Spring
Starts Sun, Oct 18, 2:00 PM
The Conrad Weiser Homestead invites visitors to take a guided walk through Memorial Park in Womelsdorf. David Sonnen, President of the Friends of Conrad Weiser Homestead, leads the group and talks…
Run by Conrad Weiser Homestead · Womelsdorf
Starts Sun, Oct 18, 2:00 PM · Member: $44.20 / Non-Member: $52.00
This family clay workshop at GoggleWorks pairs each child with an adult. Together you shape a pinch pot and then turn it into a creature of your own design. Instructor Zoungy Kligge leads the…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Sun, Oct 18, 2:00 PM · Member: $39.10 / Non-Member: $46.00
Children and a grown-up work side by side to sew colorful mismatched throw pillows. Pairs share the experience of learning to use a sewing machine, and there is one machine for each parent and child.…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Sun, Oct 18, 6:00 PM · $42 per person
Santorini's Blue Doors is a guided painting workshop from Painting with a Twist. An artist walks the room through the scene step by step, so you can follow along whether or not you have painted…
Run by Painting with a Twist · Reading
Starts Sat, Oct 24 · $40 ($30 members)
Kids build a miniature Halloween world of their own design. Using a mix of materials, students put together tiny seasonal scenes such as a pumpkin patch, a group of trick or treaters, or even a…
Run by Yocum Institute for Arts Education · West Lawn
Sat, Oct 24 to Sun, Oct 25 · Member: $361.25 / Non-Member: $425.00
Learn the art of pyrography while making ornaments in this winter workshop. You will use woodburning tools to add detailed designs to pre-cut wooden shapes, and you will take your finished ornaments…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Sat, Oct 24, 11:30 AM · Member: $68.00 / Non-Member: $80.00
This single session workshop at GoggleWorks Center for the Arts introduces MIG welding. An electric arc forms between a wire electrode and the metal, melting them so they join. Students learn the…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Sat, Oct 24, 12:00 PM · Free
Adults are invited to paint a mini pumpkin at the Reading Public Library. The painting takes place in the adult reading area, and pumpkins are offered while supplies last. The program is open to ages…
Run by Reading Public Library · Reading
Starts Sat, Oct 24, 2:00 PM · Member: $83.30 / Non-Member: $98.00
This single session workshop at GoggleWorks introduces you to working with hot glass. You gather molten glass from the furnace, add color, and shape it into a pumpkin, with studio artists guiding…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Sat, Oct 24, 2:30 PM · Member: $68.00 / Non-Member: $80.00
This one session workshop at GoggleWorks introduces MIG welding. You learn how an electric arc forms between a wire electrode and metal and melts them together, then put that process to work. By the…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Sat, Oct 24 to Sun, Oct 25 · Member: $72.25 / Non-Member: $85.00
Learn the basics of mosaic work and make a pumpkin you can hang at home. Over two evening sessions you cut glass, arrange colored tiles into your design, and grout the finished piece. The class is…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Sun, Oct 25, 1:00 PM · $40.00 per person · Register by Oct 19
This workshop introduces theorem painting, a technique where stencils carry the design and you learn how to work the paint. Participants use multiple stencils to apply oil paints to a fabric surface…
Run by Spring Twp Parks & Recreation · Sinking Spring
Starts Sun, Oct 25, 1:00 PM · Free · Register by Oct 22
Spring Township Parks and Recreation invites adults to slow down and spend time outdoors with Mind and Body Instructor Robert Sarnoski. The group takes a slow, mindful walk and focuses the senses on…
Run by Spring Twp Parks & Recreation · Sinking Spring
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
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
Starts Sun, Nov 1, 1:00 PM · Free · Register by Oct 26
This presentation looks at how people lit their homes, workplaces and public rooms in early America. Light mattered for household chores, skilled trades, writing and reading, and even the work of the…
Run by Spring Twp Parks & Recreation · Sinking Spring
Starts Sun, Nov 1, 1:00 PM · Member: $44.20 / Non-Member: $52.00
Children and their grown-ups work side by side to build a pinch pot turkey out of clay. In this family workshop with instructor Karen Adam, you learn basic pinch pot and handbuilding techniques, then…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Sun, Nov 1, 1:00 PM · Free · Register by Oct 29
This Halloween themed nature walk brings families out to Shiloh Hills Park with Naturalist Kathy Grim. Children and grown ups learn about local wildlife, meet wildlife puppets, and make colorful art…
Run by Spring Twp Parks & Recreation · Sinking Spring
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
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
Starts Sat, Nov 7 · $30 ($20 members)
This visual art class at the Yocum Institute for Arts Education invites young artists to explore the season of thankfulness. Taking inspiration from the book The Giving Tree, students talk about…
Run by Yocum Institute for Arts Education · West Lawn
Starts Sat, Nov 7, 12:00 AM · Member: $68.00 / Non-Member: $80.00
This single session workshop at GoggleWorks Center for the Arts introduces the plasma cutter and the ways it can be used. You learn how to work with the tool safely, then put that practice to use by…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading