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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 Wed, Sep 30, 7:00 PM · $45 per person
Sing along to King of Pop hits while you paint a 16x20 canvas with step by step guidance from studio artist Brandalyn. No experience is needed. Paint, sip and relax with friends on a Wednesday…
Run by Painting with a Twist · Reading
Starts Wed, Sep 30, 7:00 PM · $45-$55 per person
Paint a moonlit cardinal scene step by step with a Painting with a Twist artist guiding the way. You choose your surface when you book, either a 16x20 canvas or a 16x20 wood plank board, and you take…
Run by Painting with a Twist · Reading
Starts Wed, Sep 30, 7:00 PM · $50 per person
In this evening workshop with Painting with a Twist, you paint a candle jar, pour your own custom scented candle, and paint a book box to match a favorite book cover. Bring a picture of the cover you…
Run by Painting with a Twist · 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
Starts Thu, Oct 1, 7:00 PM · $42 per person
Me and My Boo is a guided painting workshop from Painting with a Twist. An instructor walks the room through the featured design step by step on a 16x20 canvas, so you can follow along without any…
Run by Painting with a Twist · Reading
Fri, Oct 2 to Fri, Oct 9 · Member: $89.25 / Non-Member: $105.00
In this two-session class at GoggleWorks Center for the Arts, you weave a blanket basket: a large storage basket sized for blankets, afghans and throws. You learn basket weaving methods and build a…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · 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 Fri, Oct 2, 7:00 PM · $45 per person
Paint a Ruby Shoes design on a 16x20 canvas while playing classic movie trivia between brush strokes. Brandalyn leads the session step by step, so no painting experience is needed. The evening runs…
Run by Painting with a Twist · Reading
Starts Fri, Oct 2, 7:00 PM · $45 per person
Paint the Twilight Moon design on a 16x20 canvas with step by step guidance from an instructor. This is a relaxed evening class: paint, sip, and enjoy the company. The artist for this session is…
Run by Painting with a Twist · Reading
Starts Sat, Oct 3, 12:00 AM · Member: $63.75 / Non-Member: $75.00
This one day workshop at GoggleWorks introduces Japanese stab binding, a centuries old way of stitching books by hand. You assemble, fold, and sew your own handmade books using traditional decorative…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Sat, Oct 3 to Sat, Oct 31 · Member: $216.75 / Non-Member: $255.00
This class covers the basics of freestyle embroidery, with designs drawn from the plants growing in GoggleWorks' Gardens at Lauer's Park. You learn the basic stitches and work toward loose, flowing…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · 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
Starts Sat, Oct 3, 1:00 PM · $42-$52 per person
Bee My Sunflower + is a guided painting workshop from Painting with a Twist. An instructor walks the room through the sunflower and bee artwork step by step, so you can follow along even if you have…
Run by Painting with a Twist · Reading
Starts Sat, Oct 3, 1:00 PM · Member: $80.75 / Non-Member: $95.00
This one afternoon workshop at GoggleWorks introduces the basics of flameworking. Working with borosilicate glass at the torch, you shape a small decorative pumpkin, learning to sculpt, mash and add…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Sat, Oct 3, 1:00 PM · Member: $83.30 / Non-Member: $98.00
In this single session workshop at GoggleWorks, you work with hot glass to make your own pumpkin. You gather glass from the furnace, add color, and shape the form with guidance from the studio…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Sat, Oct 3, 1:00 PM · Member: $72.25 / Non-Member: $85.00
In this single session workshop at GoggleWorks Center for the Arts, you make a fused glass candy dish with a Halloween theme. You learn the basics of cutting glass and fusing it, then design your own…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Sat, Oct 3 to Sat, Oct 17 · Member: $173.40 / Non-Member: $204.00
This sewing class at GoggleWorks Center for the Arts walks you through making a pumpkin-shaped pillow. You work on basic machine sewing and hand sewing as you go, starting with cutting fabric, then…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Sat, Oct 3, 4:00 PM · $42-$52 per person
Paint a sunset wildflower scene step by step with instructor Brandalyn leading the way. You can work on a 16x20 canvas or a 16x20 wood plank board. The session runs on Saturday afternoons and is…
Run by Painting with a Twist · Reading
Starts Sat, Oct 3, 7:00 PM · $42 per person
This is a guided painting workshop at Painting with a Twist in Exeter Township. Painters work on a 16x20 canvas of the Fairy Moonlight design, following step by step along with the studio artist. No…
Run by Painting with a Twist · Reading
Starts Sun, Oct 4, 12:00 PM · $40 per person
Paint a Flower Cow on a 16x20 canvas with step by step guidance from the studio artist, Brandalyn. The session runs on Sunday afternoons, and the painting is recommended for ages 6 and up. These…
Run by Painting with a Twist · Reading
Starts Sun, Oct 4, 12:00 PM · $40 per person
Paint a bright orange rainforest orchid on a 16x20 canvas, step by step, with guidance from a studio artist at Painting with a Twist in Exeter Township. This is an all ages session held Sunday…
Run by Painting with a Twist · Reading
Starts Sun, Oct 4, 3:00 PM · $60 per person
Paint a portrait of your own pet on canvas with guidance from a Painting with a Twist artist. Brandalyn leads this session, demonstrating painting techniques and helping painters one on one. Choose a…
Run by Painting with a Twist · Reading
Starts Sun, Oct 4, 6:00 PM · $42 per person
An Autumn Mountain is a guided painting workshop from Painting with a Twist. Painters work on a 16x20 canvas with acrylic paint and follow along step by step with a studio instructor, so no…
Run by Painting with a Twist · 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
Mon, Oct 5 to Mon, Oct 26 · Member: $123.25 / Non-Member: $145.00
This two part workshop at GoggleWorks pairs clay and wood. On the first night you work in ceramics, shaping clay by hand into pinch pots that can hold dips and crudites. On the second night you move…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Tue, Oct 6, 10:30 AM
This Alvernia University Seniors College class takes a close look at important documents from American history, with attention to the Gettysburg Address. The group reads the text carefully and asks a…
Run by Alvernia University · Reading
Starts Tue, Oct 6, 3:00 PM · Member: $59.50 / Non-Member: $70.00
This workshop introduces homeschooled students to the fundamentals of welding. Students learn how electricity melts wire and metal to join them permanently, and they get to know the proper tools…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Tue, Oct 6 to Tue, Nov 3 · Member: $242.25 / Non-Member: $285.00
This class builds on skills you already have at the torch. You go further into coloring and sculpting techniques, and you learn to work with hollow tubing and blowing. Joe Estis teaches the class…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Tue, Oct 6 to Tue, Nov 3 · Member: $242.25 / Non-Member: $285.00
This glass fusing class builds on what you already know. You work with thicker pieces and explore the line between control and movement in the kiln. Projects include pot melts, color bars, and on…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Tue, Oct 6, 7:00 PM · $42 per person
Painting with a Twist in Exeter Township hosts this guided painting class on Tuesday evenings. A studio artist walks the room through the sunflower sunset design step by step, and everyone works on a…
Run by Painting with a Twist · Reading
Starts Tue, Oct 6, 7:00 PM · $45 per person
Spend a Tuesday evening at Painting with a Twist in Exeter Township for a trivia twist on paint night. You work on a 16 by 20 canvas with step by step guidance from artist Brandalyn, with trivia…
Run by Painting with a Twist · Reading
Starts Wed, Oct 7, 10:00 AM · Member: $51.00 / Non-Member: $60.00
In this single session workshop at GoggleWorks Center for the Arts, you shape wool into a small pumpkin or gourd using needle felting. You poke the fibers with a felting needle until they hold their…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Wed, Oct 7 to Fri, Oct 9 · Member: $114.75 / Non-Member: $135.00
This two part workshop at GoggleWorks pairs hot glass with candle making. On the first evening you work in the hot shop to make your own glass vessel and learn about glassblowing. On the second…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Wed, Oct 7, 6:00 PM · Member: $68.00 / Non-Member: $80.00
In this single evening workshop you build a clay luminary for the fall season using handbuilding and coil techniques. Once the form is shaped, you add decorative embellishments and textures so the…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Wed, Oct 7 to Wed, Nov 4 · Member: $216.75 / Non-Member: $255.00
Learn the fundamentals of crochet in a class built for complete newcomers. Instructor Alex Crawford covers how to hold the hook and yarn, how to make basic stitches, and how to work granny squares.…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Wed, Oct 7, 6:30 PM · $47 per person
Paint a Goat Scream design on a 16x20 canvas while playing trivia with the room. Kale leads the session at the Painting with a Twist studio on Perkiomen Avenue in Reading, and all painting supplies…
Run by Painting with a Twist · Reading
Starts Thu, Oct 8, 10:00 AM
Homeschool families spend a morning at the Reading Public Museum looking at how manufacturing shaped Pennsylvania. Museum educators lead special tours and hands-on projects that the whole family can…
Run by Reading Public Museum · Reading
Starts Thu, Oct 8, 6:30 PM · $50-$60 per person
Paint a full moon design with a twist of trivia at this evening class with Painting with a Twist. Brandalyn leads the session, and you choose your surface when you book: a 16 by 20 canvas or a 16 by…
Run by Painting with a Twist · Reading
Starts Thu, Oct 8, 7:00 PM · $45 per person
Paint a set of neon lilies on a 16x20 canvas under blacklight, so the colors glow as you work. An instructor walks the group through the painting step by step, and no experience is needed. This…
Run by Painting with a Twist · Reading
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 Fri, Oct 9, 4:00 PM · $10
Teen Steam Camp is an after school program at Nolde Forest Environmental Education Center for students ages 12 to 16 who want to dig into the natural world and take on projects that help the…
Run by Nolde Forest - Sawmill · Reading
Fri, Oct 9 to Fri, Oct 16 · Member: $114.75 / Non-Member: $135.00
This class at GoggleWorks introduces the basics of making a short animated film. Working in the digital media lab, students move through the steps a cartoon takes, from first concept to animating…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Fri, Oct 9, 5:30 PM · Member: $72.25 / Non-Member: $85.00
This is a single evening workshop in the warm glass studio at GoggleWorks in Reading, led by instructor Janice Peters. Students learn the basics of glass fusing, including scoring and cutting glass…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Fri, Oct 9, 6:00 PM · Member: $68.00 / Non-Member: $80.00
This one session workshop at GoggleWorks covers lapidary work from start to finish. You shape, grind and polish stone using lapidary equipment, then set or assemble your stones into a pair of…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Fri, Oct 9, 6:00 PM · Member: $68.00 / Non-Member: $80.00
This single evening workshop puts you at the pottery wheel. You start with a ball of clay, learn the basics of throwing, and shape your own piece. When the work is done, you pick a glaze from the…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Fri, Oct 9, 7:00 PM · $42 per person
Paint the Autumn Brook design on a 16x20 canvas with step by step guidance from the studio artist, Kale. No experience is needed. Paint, supplies and the canvas are set up for you, so you just show…
Run by Painting with a Twist · 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 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