444 programs. Things to sign up for across Berks County, with dates, prices and where to register.
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Starts Sat, Nov 7, 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, Nov 7, 11:00 AM · Free
Luna is a therapy dog who visits the Mifflin Community Library, and the idea is simple: come and read to her. Bring a book you would like to read aloud, or pick one out at the library when you…
Run by Mifflin Community Library · Shillington
Starts Sat, Nov 7, 12:00 PM · Free
Boone Area Library invites adults to an outdoor skills lab at French Creek State Park, where you can try two throwing and shooting sports in one afternoon: archery and atlatl, a spear throwing tool.…
Run by Boone Area Library · Elverson
Starts Sat, Nov 7, 1:00 PM · Free
This history program invites you to sit in on a conversation with John Adams, the second President of the United States. He is presented as an imperfect, burdened, but ever-striving man, and the talk…
Run by Spring Twp Parks & Recreation · Sinking Spring
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
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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
Starts Sat, Nov 7, 1:00 PM · $42 per person
Paint a Mountain Christmas scene on a 16x20 canvas in this two hour guided class at Painting with a Twist in Exeter Township. An artist leads the group step by step, so you do not need any painting…
Run by Painting with a Twist · Reading
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…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Sat, Nov 7, 4:00 PM · $42-$52 per person
Paint a cottage snowman scene step by step with instructor Brandalyn at Painting with a Twist in Exeter Township. The class runs on Saturday afternoons, and you choose whether to paint on a 16 by 20…
Run by Painting with a Twist · Reading
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…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
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…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Sat, Nov 7, 7:00 PM · $42 to $52 per person, depending on canvas or wood plank board
Blacklight Blizzard is a guided painting event at Painting with a Twist, led by instructor Brandalyn. You paint a winter scene that glows under blacklight, step by step, with help along the way.…
Run by Painting with a Twist · Reading
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
Sun, Nov 8 to Sun, Dec 6 · Member: $242.25 / Non-Member: $285.00
This intermediate warm glass class builds on what you already know about fusing. You work with thicker pieces and explore the line between control and movement in the kiln. Projects include pot…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
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…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
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Starts Sun, Nov 8, 12:00 PM · $42 to $52 per person
Paint a dreamy winter night scene step by step with instructor Laela at Painting with a Twist in Exeter Township. You choose your surface when you book: a 16 by 20 canvas or a 16 by 20 wood plank…
Run by Painting with a Twist · Reading
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…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
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
Starts Sun, Nov 8, 2:00 PM
The Daniel Boone Homestead presents a fall lecture on Berks County and the American Revolution. Dr. Karen Guenther of Mansfield University is the speaker. The talk is one in the Homestead's fall…
Run by Daniel Boone Homestead · Birdsboro
Starts Sun, Nov 8, 2:00 PM · $42-$52 per person
This Grinchmas workshop is a freestyle, mostly self-led painting session. Unlike a traditional step by step class, you work at your own pace on a holiday design, with an instructor on hand to help…
Run by Painting with a Twist · Reading
Starts Sun, Nov 8, 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, Nov 8, 3:00 PM · $45 to $55 per person
Paint a holiday fox step by step with instructor Brandalyn at Painting with a Twist in Exeter Township. You choose your surface when you book: a 16 by 20 canvas or a 16 by 20 wood plank board. The…
Run by Painting with a Twist · Reading
Starts Sun, Nov 8, 6:00 PM · $47 to $57 per person
Painting with a Twist in Exeter Township hosts this guided painting event on Sunday evenings, from 6:00 to 8:30 pm. An artist walks you through the Dungeon Donut and Dino design step by step, and you…
Run by Painting with a Twist · Reading
Starts Sun, Nov 8, 6:00 PM · $42-$52 per person
Paint a holiday book club design you can personalize, guided step by step by a studio artist. You choose your surface when you book: a 16 by 20 canvas or a 16 by 20 wood plank board. Add-ons are…
Run by Painting with a Twist · Reading
Starts Mon, Nov 9, 10:00 AM · Free
Reading Rangers brings books and the outdoors together. Ms. Andrea from the Mifflin Community Library and Ms. Sarah lead the group through nature based topics while everyone spends time outside. It…
Run by Nolde Forest - Sawmill · Reading
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Starts Mon, Nov 9, 10:00 AM · Free
Reading Rangers is an outdoor program from Mifflin Community Library that mixes a story with time spent outside. Miss Andrea from the library and Miss Sarah from Nolde Forest lead the group, and each…
Run by Mifflin Community Library · Reading
Starts Mon, Nov 9, 5:00 PM · Member: $68.00 / Non-Member: $80.00
Teens make a ceramic mug by hand in this single evening workshop at GoggleWorks in Reading. Using a template and slabs of clay, students shape a mug for their favorite drink and press textures into…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Mon, Nov 9, 5:00 PM · $60 ($50 members)
Holiday Just Draw is a drawing class for children at Yocum Institute for Arts Education. Students work with instructor Shawna Hansberry to draw favorite holiday characters, and the group decides…
Run by Yocum Institute for Arts Education · West Lawn
Starts Mon, Nov 9, 5:30 PM · Free
Brandywine Community Library in Topton hosts Craft Hour for Adults, an hour set aside for making something by hand with other adults. At this session, you make a book leaf wreath to take home with…
Run by Brandywine Community Library · Topton
Starts Mon, Nov 9, 5:30 PM · Member: $72.25 / Non-Member: $85.00
In this single evening workshop at GoggleWorks, you make a glass ornament or small tray in honor of a pet. An instructor walks the group through glass cutting, shop safety, and how the fusing process…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Mon, Nov 9, 5:30 PM · Free
Bring your yarn and needles or hooks to the Bernville Area Community Library for a casual stitching session. The group meets every other Monday evening, from 5:30 to 6:30. You can learn some basic…
Run by Bernville Area Community Library · Bernville
Starts Mon, Nov 9, 6:00 PM · Member: $68.00 / Non-Member: $80.00
Spend an evening at the potter's wheel at GoggleWorks in Reading. You start with a ball of clay and learn the basics of throwing, shaping it into a finished piece of pottery with guidance from…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Mon, Nov 9, 6:00 PM · $60 per person
Paint a portrait of your own pet on canvas during a Monday evening session with Painting with a Twist. After booking, you email a color, high resolution photo of your pet to the studio, and the staff…
Run by Painting with a Twist · Reading
Starts Mon, Nov 9, 6:00 PM · Free
The Potluck Cooking Club meets at Schuylkill Valley Community Library in Leesport. Each member picks a recipe, prepares it at home, and brings it along to share with the group. The theme for this…
Run by Schuylkill Valley Community Library · Leesport
Starts Tue, Nov 10, 9:00 AM · There is a $5 fee per class
Qigong is an ancient Asian practice that combines breathing, mindfulness and gentle movement. The Wyomissing Public Library hosts a weekly practice on Tuesday mornings in its community room, led by…
Run by Wyomissing Public Library · Wyomissing
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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 Tue, Nov 10, 10:30 AM
Sister Dorothy Fabritze, MSC, and Sister Bernard Overkamp, MSC, of the Missionary Sisters of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, tell the story of the twists and turns that took them from Papua New…
Run by Alvernia University · Reading
Tue, Nov 10 to Thu, Nov 12 · Free
Bring a book to the Kutztown Community Library and read aloud to Cosmo, a certified therapy dog, alongside his owner Martha Johnson. Readers settle in with a patient listener who is happy to hear any…
Run by Kutztown Community Library · Kutztown
Starts Tue, Nov 10, 12:00 PM · Free
Miss Betsy leads this homeschool class for middle and high school students at the Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library. Sessions cover subjects such as science, history and writing, with other topics…
Run by Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library · Bethel
Starts Tue, Nov 10, 1:00 PM · Free
This art class at the Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library mixes learning with making. Each session covers a lesson on art history, famous artists, or a style of art, and then students create their own…
Run by Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library · Bethel
Starts Tue, Nov 10, 4:00 PM · Free
Wyomissing Public Library hosts afternoons of bridge for players of every level. Whether you are picking up the card game for the first time or have played for a while, you are welcome to join the…
Run by Wyomissing Public Library · Wyomissing
Starts Tue, Nov 10, 6:00 PM · Member: $51.00 / Non-Member: $60.00
In this one evening workshop you carve your own relief block, then print with it. Blind embossing uses pressure alone to press a raised, ink free image into paper. You can also add ink if you want…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Tue, Nov 10, 7:00 PM · $45-$65 per person
Paint a holiday design called On the Nice List at Painting with a Twist in Exeter Township. An artist walks you through the painting step by step, so you can join in whether or not you have painted…
Run by Painting with a Twist · Reading
Starts Tue, Nov 10, 7:00 PM · $40 to $50 per person
Pour paint across a canvas or board and watch the colors blend into one-of-a-kind abstract art. You choose your surface: two 12x12 canvases, one 16x20 canvas, or one 10x30 wood plank board. Extra…
Run by Painting with a Twist · Reading
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Starts Wed, Nov 11, 10:00 AM · Free
Fleetwood Area Public Library hosts a storytime where preschoolers meet a police officer from their own community. Chief Dale visits to read along and talk with the children about what a police…
Run by Fleetwood Area Public Library · Fleetwood
Starts Wed, Nov 11, 12:00 PM · $20 for the two classes, payable online or at the front desk
Artist Sara Miller leads this cross stitch workshop for adults at Wyomissing Public Library. The class takes a traditional needlework technique in an unconventional direction: instead of fabric, you…
Run by Wyomissing Public Library · Wyomissing
Starts Wed, Nov 11, 4:00 PM · Free
Midweek Makers is an arts and crafts program at Kutztown Community Library for elementary-aged children. Kids come in and make something during the hour, with the library providing the activity. The…
Run by Kutztown Community Library · Kutztown
Starts Wed, Nov 11, 5:00 PM · Free
The Boyertown Community Library invites children to a picture book party held for National Picture Book Month. Kids listen to stories, enjoy snacks, and make crafts, all built around books. Local…
Run by Boyertown Community Library · Boyertown
Starts Wed, Nov 11, 6:00 PM · Free
Rabbi Brian Michelson of Temple Oheb Shalom leads this talk at the Wyomissing Public Library. He covers the history of the state of Israel and its role in the Middle East. The program is part of a…
Run by Wyomissing Public Library · Wyomissing
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