Classes, activities & programs weekends in Berks County

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Sewing a Crossbody Bag

Sewing a Crossbody Bag

Sat, Nov 7 to Sat, Nov 21 · Member: $173.40 / Non-Member: $204.00

In this sewing class at GoggleWorks Center for the Arts, students build a crossbody bag from start to finish. You work through the steps of putting in a zipper, sewing a lining, and attaching an…

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  • Teens
  • Adults
Fine Table Making

Fine Table Making

Sat, Nov 7 to Mon, Nov 9 · Member: $505.75 / Non-Member: $595.00

Over three full days in the Woodworking Studio at GoggleWorks, you build a wooden side table from start to finish. The work centers on the classic mortise and tenon joint, and the instructor covers…

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  • Adults
Intro to Filmmaking

Intro to Filmmaking

Sat, Nov 7 to Sat, Nov 28 · Member: $163.20 / Non-Member: $192.00

Make a short film over four weeks at GoggleWorks. The group moves through the process step by step, from catching an idea to shaping it into a story and filming it. Sessions cover lighting, sound…

Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading

  • Adults
Stone Toolmaking Workshop for Families in Sinking Spring

Stone Toolmaking Workshop for Families in Sinking Spring

Starts Sat, Nov 7, 10:00 AM · Free · Register by Nov 4

Stone tools are among the earliest tools people made. Stones such as flint, quartz and obsidian were used to build, garden, clean animal hides, make arrowheads and much more. An educator from…

Run by Spring Twp Parks & Recreation · Sinking Spring

  • Families
Glassblown Pumpkin: Session E

Glassblown Pumpkin: Session E

Starts Sat, Nov 7, 1:00 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 guidance from studio…

Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading

  • Adults
How to Read Your Dog Like a Book

How to Read Your Dog Like a Book

Starts Sat, Nov 7, 1:00 PM · Free

Certified dog trainer Lauren Huha leads this class on reading your dog like a book. The session runs about an hour and is a chance to learn from a trainer and ask your own questions about what your…

Run by Exeter Community Library · Reading

  • Teens
  • Adults
  • Seniors
Jewelry Making: Sterling Silver Braided Ring

Jewelry Making: Sterling Silver Braided Ring

Starts Sat, Nov 7, 3:00 PM · Member: $68.00 / Non-Member: $80.00

In this single-session workshop at GoggleWorks, you make a sterling silver ring from start to finish. You twist and braid silver wire, then shape, solder, and finish the piece. Along the way you…

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  • Teens
  • Adults
Paint Your Pet

Paint Your Pet

Starts Sat, Nov 7, 5:00 PM · Member: $51.00 / Non-Member: $60.00

Paint Your Pet is a single evening workshop at GoggleWorks Center for the Arts where you paint a small portrait of your pet on canvas. The instructor guides the group step by step, so the session…

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  • Adults
Fused Glass Cookie Tray

Fused Glass Cookie Tray

Sat, Nov 7 to Sun, Nov 8 · Member: $123.25 / Non-Member: $145.00

In this two session class at GoggleWorks, you make a fused glass cookie tray while learning the basics of working with warm glass. You cut and arrange glass, then the pieces are fused and shaped into…

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  • Teens
  • Adults
Fountain Fun With Friends Trivia Paint Night

Fountain Fun With Friends Trivia Paint Night

Starts Sat, Nov 7, 7:00 PM · $45 per person

Paint a 16x20 canvas with step by step guidance while trivia rounds run through the evening. The class is led by instructor Brandalyn, and it runs on Saturday evenings. Paint, sip, relax and have fun…

Run by Painting with a Twist · Reading

  • Adults
Intro to Precious Metal Clay

Intro to Precious Metal Clay

Sun, Nov 8 to Sun, Nov 29 · Member: $193.80 / Non-Member: $228.00

Precious metal clay handles like clay but fires into fine silver. In this class at GoggleWorks, you work with the material from start to finish: shaping it, adding texture, and firing it to make…

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  • Adults
Creative Kids Simple Apron Creations Sewing Workshop

Creative Kids Simple Apron Creations Sewing Workshop

Starts Sun, Nov 8, 1:00 PM · Member: $63.75 / Non-Member: $75.00

Children learn the basics of sewing in this hands-on workshop at GoggleWorks. Students practice using a sewing machine, read simple patterns, and make a small apron to take home while building…

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  • Kids
Early American Candle Making and Living History Program

Early American Candle Making and Living History Program

Starts Sun, Nov 8, 1:00 PM · $45.00 per person · Register by Nov 1

This workshop from Spring Twp Parks & Recreation looks at how Early American households made light. You dip your own double wick candle from 100% beeswax using the traditional dripping method…

Run by Spring Twp Parks & Recreation · Sinking Spring

  • Adults
Terrariums: Trendy Mini-Gardens Workshop

Terrariums: Trendy Mini-Gardens Workshop

Starts Sun, Nov 8, 1:00 PM · Free · Register by Nov 5

Penn State Master Gardeners lead this workshop on woodland terrariums, the small glass gardens you can keep going all year. They talk through how terrariums work and the quiet beauty of them, then…

Run by Spring Twp Parks & Recreation · Sinking Spring

  • Adults
Warm Glass Ornament 1-Day Workshops

Warm Glass Ornament 1-Day Workshops

Nov 9 to Dec 11 · Member: $72.25 / $80.75 / Non-Member: $85.00 / $95.00

GoggleWorks Center for the Arts runs single session ornament workshops in its warm glass studios. In each session you work in either the fusing studio or the flameworking studio to make a glass…

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  • Teens
  • Adults
Weekend Sand Casting: Session B

Weekend Sand Casting: Session B

Fri, Nov 13 to Sat, Nov 14 · Member: $119.00 / Non-Member: $140.00

This weekend workshop at GoggleWorks introduces sand casting, a metalworking method used to turn molten metal into small objects. Over two evenings you make molds with casting sand, pour metal, and…

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  • Teens
  • Adults
Acrylic Paint Pen Workshop

Acrylic Paint Pen Workshop

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…

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  • Adults
Little Artists: Pumpkins, Gourds & Turkeys

Little Artists: Pumpkins, Gourds & Turkeys

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

  • Kids
Recycled Cornucopia Creations

Recycled Cornucopia Creations

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

  • Kids
Implosion Pendant: Session B

Implosion Pendant: Session B

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…

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  • Teens
  • Adults
Carve a Santa

Carve a Santa

Starts Sat, Nov 14, 2:00 PM · Member: $102.00 / Non-Member: $120.00

Carve a Santa is a one session woodcarving workshop at GoggleWorks Center for the Arts in Reading. You carve a traditional Santa ornament with guided instruction that covers carving technique, adding…

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  • Adults
Candlelight Tours at Conrad Weiser Homestead

Candlelight Tours at Conrad Weiser Homestead

Starts Sat, Nov 14, 5:30 PM

Walk the historic area on a guided evening tour that moves through a series of scenes bringing the past to life. Interpreters are stationed around the site and are ready to answer questions and talk…

Run by Conrad Weiser Homestead · Womelsdorf

  • Adults
  • Families
Basket Weaving: Holiday Gift Baskets

Basket Weaving: Holiday Gift Baskets

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…

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  • Teens
  • Adults
Mini-Makers Fused Glass Nightlight Workshop

Mini-Makers Fused Glass Nightlight Workshop

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…

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  • Kids
3D Felted Ornament with Ray Lapinski

3D Felted Ornament with Ray Lapinski

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

  • All ages
Holiday Wreath Class

Holiday Wreath Class

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

  • Adults
  • Families
History of Spring Township

History of Spring Township

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

  • Adults
Welcome to the North Pole

Welcome to the North Pole

Starts Sun, Nov 15, 6:00 PM · $49 per person

Welcome to the North Pole is a guided painting workshop at Painting with a Twist in Exeter Township. An artist leads the group step by step through a holiday scene on a 16x20 canvas, so no experience…

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  • Adults
Mini-Makers Glassblown Flower or Paperweight Workshop

Mini-Makers Glassblown Flower or Paperweight Workshop

Starts Sat, Nov 21, 11:00 AM · Member: $63.75 / Non-Member: $75.00

Young makers try glassblowing in a short workshop built for beginners. Working in the hot shop with a GoggleWorks instructor, each participant learns how hot glass is blown and shaped, then makes a…

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  • Kids
Glassblown Ornament or Bell: Session A

Glassblown Ornament or Bell: Session A

Starts Sat, Nov 21, 2:00 PM · Member: $83.30 / Non-Member: $98.00

In this single session at GoggleWorks, you make a glass ornament or bell in the hot glass studio. You learn how to gather hot glass from the furnace, add color, and shape the piece into a holiday…

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  • Adults
Turned Wooden Apple

Turned Wooden Apple

Starts Sat, Nov 21, 4:00 PM · Member: $72.25 / Non-Member: $85.00

This one session workshop at GoggleWorks introduces woodturning by way of a small project: a turned wooden apple. You work on a lathe with guidance from instructor Luke Voytas, learning how the tools…

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  • Adults
Modern Leaded Suncatcher: Session B

Modern Leaded Suncatcher: Session B

Starts Sat, Nov 21, 5:00 PM · Member: $72.25 / Non-Member: $85.00

In this single evening workshop at GoggleWorks, you build a modern color ladder suncatcher while learning the basics of traditional leaded stained glass. The instructor introduces the lead came…

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  • Teens
  • Adults
Rustic Christmas Painting: Pick One and Personalize

Rustic Christmas Painting: Pick One and Personalize

Starts Sun, Nov 29, 1:00 PM · $45-$55 per person

Paint a rustic Christmas design and make it your own at this Painting with a Twist studio session in Exeter Township. You pick your surface, either a 10x30 canvas or a 10x30 wood plank board, then…

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  • Adults
Painting with Emotion

Painting with Emotion

Sun, Nov 29 to Sun, Dec 13 · Member: $81.60 / Non-Member: $96.00

In this class at GoggleWorks, you paint three small works that reflect your own feelings. The approach leans on bold color and intuition rather than careful planning, so you work by experimenting and…

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  • Teens
  • Adults
Holiday Gift Giving & Ornaments

Holiday Gift Giving & Ornaments

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

  • Kids
Little Artists: Holiday Gift Giving & Ornaments

Little Artists: Holiday Gift Giving & Ornaments

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

  • Kids
Hopewell for the Holidays

Hopewell for the Holidays

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

  • All ages
Farmhouse Lamb Paint-and-Sip Painting Session

Farmhouse Lamb Paint-and-Sip Painting Session

Starts Sat, Dec 5, 4:00 PM · $42-$52 per person

Paint a farmhouse lamb step by step with guidance from a Painting with a Twist artist. You can work on a 16x20 canvas or a 16x20 wood plank board, and you take your finished piece home at the end.…

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  • Adults
Jewelry Making: Precious Metal Clay: Session B

Jewelry Making: Precious Metal Clay: Session B

Starts Sun, Dec 6, 12:00 AM · Member: $85.00 / Non-Member: $100.00

This one session workshop at GoggleWorks introduces jewelry design with silver precious metal clay. You work with molding tools and basic forming techniques to shape your own piece, then staff fire…

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  • Teens
  • Adults
Rustic Woodland Wreath

Rustic Woodland Wreath

Starts Sun, Dec 6, 1:00 PM · Register by Nov 29

In this workshop you build a rustic woodland half-wreath on a 12 inch grapevine base. You work with a mix of evergreen greenery, eucalyptus leaves, pinecones and a ribbon, and you pick your ribbon…

Run by Spring Twp Parks & Recreation · Sinking Spring

  • Adults
Mini-Makers Pinch Pot Jingle Bells Clay Workshop

Mini-Makers Pinch Pot Jingle Bells Clay Workshop

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…

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  • Kids
Warm Rustic Snowman

Warm Rustic Snowman

Starts Sun, Dec 6, 5:00 PM · $45-$60 per person

Painting with a Twist runs this guided painting workshop where you create a warm rustic snowman scene step by step with an artist leading the way. Surface choices include a canvas, a wood plank…

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  • Adults
Lapidary Tree Stone

Lapidary Tree Stone

Starts Sat, Dec 12, 12:00 AM · Member: $68.00 / Non-Member: $80.00

In this single session workshop at GoggleWorks Center for the Arts, you learn how to cut, shape, and polish a stone into a finished, custom cut tree gem. You can work with stone available in the…

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  • Adults
Graham Cracker Holiday Houses

Graham Cracker Holiday Houses

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

  • Kids
Glassblown Ornament or Bell: Session C

Glassblown Ornament or Bell: Session C

Starts Sat, Dec 12, 11:00 AM · Member: $83.30 / Non-Member: $98.00

In this single session at the GoggleWorks hot glass studio, you make your own glass ornament or bell. You learn how to gather hot glass from the furnace, add color, and shape it into a holiday form.…

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  • Adults
Welding Basics: Session E

Welding Basics: Session E

Starts Sat, Dec 12, 11:30 AM · Member: $68.00 / Non-Member: $80.00

This one session workshop at GoggleWorks introduces MIG welding, a process that uses an electric arc between a wire electrode and metal to melt and join the pieces. Students learn the basic…

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  • Teens
  • Adults
Glassblown Ornament or Bell: Session D

Glassblown Ornament or Bell: Session D

Starts Sat, Dec 12, 2:00 PM · Member: $83.30 / Non-Member: $98.00

This single session workshop at the GoggleWorks hot glass studio has you make your own glass ornament or bell for the holidays. You work with hot glass straight from the furnace, learn how to gather…

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  • Adults
Welding Basics: Session F

Welding Basics: Session F

Starts Sat, Dec 12, 2:30 PM · Member: $68.00 / Non-Member: $80.00

This one session workshop at GoggleWorks Center for the Arts introduces the basics of MIG welding, where an electric arc melts a wire electrode and metal so the pieces join. It runs on a Saturday…

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  • Teens
  • Adults