870 programs. Things to sign up for across Berks County, with dates, prices and where to register.
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Starts Tue, Dec 8, 5:30 PM · Member: $72.25 / Non-Member: $85.00
In this one evening workshop at GoggleWorks in Reading, you make your own fused glass bubble tray. You cut glass, pick a design, and assemble your piece, then leave it with the studio to be fused in…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Tue, Dec 8, 6:00 PM · Member: $68.00 / Non-Member: $80.00
Design and make your own custom ceramic rib tools for shaping clay on the pottery wheel. You work in the woodshop to carve your designs from durable materials, so the tools suit your own throwing…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Wed, Dec 9, 6:00 PM · Member: $68.00 / Non-Member: $80.00
Design and make your own ceramic ornaments in a single evening workshop at GoggleWorks. You will use handbuilding techniques and decorative tools to shape pieces that work well as holiday decor or as…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Wed, Dec 9, 6:00 PM · Member: $85.00 / Non-Member: $100.00
Learn about glassblowing in this two part workshop and make an original beverage glass of your own. The making session meets on a Wednesday evening in the Glassblowing Studio, Building 5, on the…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Wed, Dec 9, 6:00 PM · Member: $72.25 / Non-Member: $85.00
This single evening workshop at GoggleWorks introduces woodturning on the lathe, with each participant shaping a working pen. Instructor Mike Keiser covers the basic tools, the turning techniques…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Wed, Dec 9, 7:00 PM · $45-$55 per person
Paint a rustic winter snowman step by step with a studio artist leading the way. The evening session runs on a Wednesday evening, and you choose your surface when you book: a 10x30 canvas or a 10x30…
Run by Painting with a Twist · Reading
Starts Thu, Dec 10, 10:00 AM · Individual sessions: members $20 (1 adult and 1 child), non-members $30; additional adults or children extra
Museum educators lead a morning of special tours and hands-on projects built around holidays celebrated around the world and the festivals of light and life that mark them. Families take part…
Run by Reading Public Museum · Reading
Starts Fri, Dec 11, 5:00 PM · Member: $51.00 / Non-Member: $60.00
In this single evening workshop at GoggleWorks, kids work with beads to build color patterns and make a personalized piece of jewelry, such as a necklace or a bracelet. Everyone takes their finished…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Fri, Dec 11, 6:00 PM · Member: $51.00 / Non-Member: $60.00
Make photographs without a camera. In this hands-on workshop at GoggleWorks, you work with photographic paper, natural light and found objects to create soft, experimental images. Instructor Juliana…
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, 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…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
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 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.…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
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…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
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…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
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…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Sat, Dec 12, 3:00 PM · Member: $72.25 / Non-Member: $85.00
In this single session at GoggleWorks, you use a lathe to turn a small wooden holiday tree. It is a keepsake you can set out as holiday decor or give as a gift. The workshop is open to all skill…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · 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 Tue, Dec 15, 5:30 PM · Member: $80.75 / Non-Member: $95.00
This single evening workshop is an introduction to working with borosilicate glass at the torch. You melt and sculpt your own glass snowman by hand and take it with you. Phil Hackman teaches. The…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · 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 Sat, Dec 19, 5:30 PM · Member: $72.25 / Non-Member: $85.00
This single evening workshop at GoggleWorks introduces borosilicate glass and the torch. You apply color to a clear glass rod and shape it into a pendant with an imploded design inside. You take the…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
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
Starts Thu, Aug 26 · $70 per month (not eligible for family discounts)
Little Kuma is an introduction to karate for children ages 3 to 5. "Kuma" means bear in Japanese, and the goal of the program is to build karate skills and life skills in a safe, fun and controlled…
Run by Yocum Institute for Arts Education · West Lawn
Starts Thu, Aug 26 · $105/Month (eligible for family discounts)
This is a beginner martial arts class at the Yocum Institute for Arts Education for children ages 6 through 12. It is open to students at the white and yellow belt levels, so it suits kids who are…
Run by Yocum Institute for Arts Education · West Lawn
Starts Thu, Aug 26 · $105/month (eligible for family discounts)
This East Coast Karate class at the Yocum Institute for Arts Education is for current students ages 6 through 12 who have reached orange, blue, green or green stripe belt. Students keep building the…
Run by Yocum Institute for Arts Education · West Lawn
In progress since Sep 3, next Thu, Sep 17, 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 17, through Sep 24
Healthy Steps in Motion is a wellness class led by Kate at the Berks Encore Douglassville Wellness & Activity Center on Weavertown Road. It runs on Thursday mornings as part of the center's regular…
Run by Berks Encore · Douglassville
In progress since Sep 3, next Thu, Sep 17, through Sep 24
Healthy Steps in Motion is a group exercise class led by Kathy Roberts at the Berks Encore Wernersville Wellness and Activity Center on Sportsman Road. The class meets on Thursday mornings. The Berks…
Run by Berks Encore · Wernersville
In progress since Sep 3, next Thu, Sep 17, through Sep 24
Duplicate Bridge is a card group that meets on Thursday mornings at the Berks Encore Wernersville Wellness and Activity Center, 350 Sportsman Rd. Building 5, in Wernersville. Play starts at 9:30 a.m.…
Run by Berks Encore · Wernersville
In progress since Sep 10, next Thu, Sep 17, through Sep 24
This group meets Thursday mornings as part of the health and wellness programming at Mama Angie's Casa de la Amistad Senior Center, run by Centro Hispano Daniel Torres. It is for older adults who…
Run by Centro Hispano Daniel Torres · Reading
In progress since Sep 3, next Thu, Sep 17, 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 17, through Sep 24
Let's Get Started is a weekly activity led by Kathy Roberts at the Berks Encore Wernersville Wellness & Activity Center. The group meets on Thursday mornings at the center on Sportsman Road in…
Run by Berks Encore · Wernersville
In progress since Sep 3, next Thu, Sep 17, through Sep 24
Mexican Train Dominoes is a drop-in game group at the Berks Encore Douglassville Wellness & Activity Center. Players build the branching "train" lines of tiles across the table, talk, and take the…
Run by Berks Encore · Douglassville
In progress since Sep 3, next Thu, Sep 17, through Sep 24
Pound is a drumstick fitness class held at the Berks Encore Douglassville Wellness and Activity Center. Kathy leads the group, and it meets on Thursday mornings at 10:30. The class is part of the…
Run by Berks Encore · Douglassville
In progress since Sep 3, next Thu, Sep 17, through Sep 24
Sit and Get Fit is a fitness class for older adults at the Berks Encore Mifflin Wellness & Activity Center in Shillington. It is one of the wellness classes on the center's monthly activity schedule…
Run by Berks Encore · Shillington
In progress since Sep 3, next Thu, Sep 17, 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 17, through Sep 24
Berks Encore is holding a special demo class of Chair Yoga with Darcy McLean at the Mifflin Wellness and Activity Center on Liberty Street in Shillington. The class meets on a Thursday, late in the…
Run by Berks Encore · Shillington
In progress since Sep 3, next Thu, Sep 17, through Sep 24
Crochet with May is a crochet group at the Berks Encore Mifflin Wellness and Activity Center in Shillington. May leads the session, and the group meets on Thursday afternoons at the center on Liberty…
Run by Berks Encore · Shillington
In progress since Sep 3, next Thu, Sep 17, 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 17, 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 17, 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 10, next Thu, Sep 17, through Oct 15 · Member: $183.60 / Non-Member: $216.00
Young artists work with clay in the handbuilding studio at GoggleWorks and learn how handbuilt pottery comes together. The class covers basic techniques: pinching, building with coils, and soft slab…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
In progress since Sep 10, next Thu, Sep 17, through Oct 3 · In-County: $400 Out-of-County: $470
This 48-hour entry level course gives new firefighters a foundation in the core principles of the fire service. It covers the history, mission, organizational structure and culture of the profession…
Run by Berks County Fire Training Center · Reading
In progress since Sep 1, next Fri, Sep 18, through Sep 30
Players meet for dominoes every weekday morning at 8 AM. It is a drop-in style group activity for adults age 60 and up, run as part of the senior center program at Centro Hispano Daniel Torres. The…
Run by Centro Hispano Daniel Torres · Reading
In progress since Sep 4, next Fri, Sep 18, through Sep 25
Berks Encore holds a weekly pickleball game at Strausstown Lion's Park. Players meet on Friday mornings at 9. The game is part of the activity schedule offered through the Berks Encore Strausstown…
Run by Berks Encore · Strausstown
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 11, next Fri, Sep 18, through Sep 18
Line Dancing with Jean and Linda is a group dance class at the Berks Encore Douglassville Wellness & Activity Center on Weavertown Road. Jean and Linda lead the steps, and dancers follow along…
Run by Berks Encore · Douglassville
In progress since Sep 4, next Fri, Sep 18, through Sep 25
Mexican Train Dominoes is a weekly game group at the Berks Encore Douglassville Wellness & Activity Center. Players set up the train of tiles, take turns, and chat while they play. It is a relaxed…
Run by Berks Encore · Douglassville
In progress since Sep 1, next Fri, Sep 18, through Sep 28
This exercise group is part of Mama Angie's Casa de la Amistad Senior Center, a program of Centro Hispano Daniel Torres for adults 60 and older. The group meets Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday…
Run by Centro Hispano Daniel Torres · Reading