Classes, activities & programs in Berks County

508 programs. Things to sign up for across Berks County, with dates, prices and where to register.

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Explore the Year of the Horse Craft

Explore the Year of the Horse Craft

Starts Mon, Nov 9, 12:30 PM

Berks Encore hosts this craft session at the Reading Wellness and Activity Center on North 9th Street. The theme is the Year of the Horse, and participants make a craft to take home. The program…

Run by Berks Encore · Reading

  • Seniors
Ceramic Mug for Teens

Ceramic Mug for Teens

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

  • Kids
Holiday Just Draw: Holiday Character Drawing Class

Holiday Just Draw: Holiday Character Drawing Class

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

  • Kids
Craft Hour for Adults: Book Leaf Wreath

Craft Hour for Adults: Book Leaf Wreath

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

  • Adults
Fused Pet Ornament or Tray

Fused Pet Ornament or Tray

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

  • Teens
  • Adults
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Knit and Crochet Meetup at Bernville Area Community Library

Knit and Crochet Meetup at Bernville Area Community Library

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

  • Adults
  • Seniors
One-Day on the Wheel Workshop: Session C

One-Day on the Wheel Workshop: Session C

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

  • Teens
  • Adults
Paint Your Pet Canvas Painting Class

Paint Your Pet Canvas Painting Class

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

  • Adults
Potluck Cooking Club: Fall Favorites

Potluck Cooking Club: Fall Favorites

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

  • Adults
  • Seniors
Qigong at the Library

Qigong at the Library

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

  • Seniors
  • Adults
Dementia Basics Everyone Should Know

Dementia Basics Everyone Should Know

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

  • Adults
Mature Driver, Pedestrian, E-Bike and E-Scooter Safety

Mature Driver, Pedestrian, E-Bike and E-Scooter Safety

Starts Tue, Nov 10, 10:30 AM

Tara from Highway Safety Network leads a safety session at the Berks Encore Wernersville Wellness and Activity Center. She covers safety for mature drivers and for people getting around on foot, plus…

Run by Berks Encore · Wernersville

  • Seniors
Pursued by God, All the Way to the Circus

Pursued by God, All the Way to the Circus

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

  • Seniors
Craft and Create with Genesis Healthcare

Craft and Create with Genesis Healthcare

Starts Tue, Nov 10, 11:15 AM

Craft and Create is a hands-on craft session at the Berks Encore Strausstown Wellness and Activity Center, offered together with Genesis Healthcare. It is part of the center's regular lineup of…

Run by Berks Encore · Strausstown

  • Seniors
Paws on Pages: Reading to Cosmo the Therapy Dog

Paws on Pages: Reading to Cosmo the Therapy Dog

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

  • Seniors
  • Adults
  • Teens
  • Kids
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Middle and High School Homeschool Class

Middle and High School Homeschool Class

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

  • Teens
Bingo with Niki and Yaz at Mifflin Center

Bingo with Niki and Yaz at Mifflin Center

Starts Tue, Nov 10, 12:30 PM

Bingo with Niki and Yaz is a weekly game at the Berks Encore Mifflin Wellness and Activity Center in Shillington. Niki and Yaz call the numbers while players mark their cards and play along with the…

Run by Berks Encore · Shillington

  • Seniors
Bingo with Sincerisi at Berks Encore Reading

Bingo with Sincerisi at Berks Encore Reading

Starts Tue, Nov 10, 12:30 PM

Bingo with Sincerisi is a regular game session at the Berks Encore Reading Wellness and Activity Center on North 9th Street in Reading. Players gather around the tables, mark their cards as the…

Run by Berks Encore · Reading

  • Seniors
Middle & High School Art Lab

Middle & High School Art Lab

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

  • Teens
Bridge for All Card Game Afternoons

Bridge for All Card Game Afternoons

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

  • Seniors
  • Adults
Lego Club

Lego Club

Starts Tue, Nov 10, 5:00 PM · Free

Lego Club at Boone Area Library brings builders together to make things out of LEGO bricks. Kids build, create and use their imagination, working at their own pace during the hour. Each session…

Run by Boone Area Library · Birdsboro

  • Kids
Blind Embossing Workshop: Session B

Blind Embossing Workshop: Session B

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

  • Teens
  • Adults
On the Nice List Holiday Painting Class

On the Nice List Holiday Painting Class

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

  • Adults
Paint Pour Canvas Art Workshop

Paint Pour Canvas Art Workshop

Starts Tue, Nov 10, 7:00 PM · $40 to $50 per person

Pour paint across canvas and watch the colors move into one of a kind abstract art. You choose your surface: two 12x12 canvases, one 16x20 canvas, or one 10x30 canvas. Additional surfaces are…

Run by Painting with a Twist · Reading

  • Adults
Preschool Storytime with Officer Dale

Preschool Storytime with Officer Dale

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

  • Kids
  • Teens
  • Adults
  • Seniors
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Bingo with David

Bingo with David

Starts Wed, Nov 11, 11:00 AM

Bingo with David is a morning game session at the Berks Encore Douglassville Wellness & Activity Center on Weavertown Road. A host calls the numbers while players mark their cards, so it is an easy…

Run by Berks Encore · Douglassville

  • Seniors
Art for Adults: Cross Stitch on Paper

Art for Adults: Cross Stitch on Paper

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

  • Adults
  • Seniors
Gift Card Bingo with Eleanor Home Health

Gift Card Bingo with Eleanor Home Health

Starts Wed, Nov 11, 12:30 PM

Play bingo with other older adults at the Berks Encore Reading Wellness and Activity Center, at 40 North 9th Street in Reading. Eleanor Home Health hosts the game, and players have a chance to win…

Run by Berks Encore · Reading

  • Seniors
Book Club at Berks Encore Douglassville

Book Club at Berks Encore Douglassville

Starts Wed, Nov 11, 1:00 PM

Berks Encore hosts a book club at its Douglassville Wellness & Activity Center. The group meets on Wednesday afternoons at 1 PM to talk about what members are reading. It is one of the regular…

Run by Berks Encore · Douglassville

  • Seniors
Midweek Makers Arts and Crafts Program

Midweek Makers Arts and Crafts Program

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

  • Kids
Kids Picture Book Celebration at Boyertown Library

Kids Picture Book Celebration at Boyertown Library

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

  • Kids
21st Century Judaism With Rabbi Brian Michelson

21st Century Judaism With Rabbi Brian Michelson

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

  • Seniors
  • Adults
Jewelry Makers: Polymer Clay Jewelry Class

Jewelry Makers: Polymer Clay Jewelry Class

Starts Wed, Nov 11, 7:00 PM · $60 ($50 members)

In Jewelry Makers, young artists shape their own beads from polymer clay and turn them into earrings, necklaces, pendants and other pieces of jewelry. The finished work makes a good holiday gift.…

Run by Yocum Institute for Arts Education · West Lawn

  • Kids
  • Teens
Color with Sheldon at Brandywine Community Library

Color with Sheldon at Brandywine Community Library

Starts Thu, Nov 12, 10:00 AM · Free

Color with Sheldon is a relaxed coloring session at the Brandywine Community Library in Topton. Find the table with the coloring supplies set out, pick a page, and take some quiet time to color. It…

Run by Brandywine Community Library · Topton

  • Kids
  • Teens
  • Adults
  • Seniors
Mini Makers Art Program for Toddlers and Preschoolers

Mini Makers Art Program for Toddlers and Preschoolers

Starts Thu, Nov 12, 10:30 AM · Free

Mini Makers is an arts and crafts program at Kutztown Community Library built for the youngest artists. It is a younger version of the library's school-age program, Midweek Makers, and it is planned…

Run by Kutztown Community Library · Kutztown

  • Kids
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Family Feud Game Show with TGB Entertainment

Family Feud Game Show with TGB Entertainment

Starts Thu, Nov 12, 11:00 AM

TGB Entertainment brings a Family Feud style game to the Berks Encore Douglassville Wellness and Activity Center. Players answer survey style questions as a group, and anyone who would rather watch…

Run by Berks Encore · Douglassville

  • Seniors
Firefighter Storytime

Firefighter Storytime

Starts Thu, Nov 12, 11:00 AM · Free

Firefighter Storytime is a read-aloud program for children at the West Lawn-Wyomissing Hills Library. One of Spring Township's own firefighters reads the story, so kids get to meet a local first…

Run by West Lawn-Wyomissing Hills Library · West Lawn

  • Kids
Homeschool Cooking Class: No Bake Pumpkin Pie

Homeschool Cooking Class: No Bake Pumpkin Pie

Starts Thu, Nov 12, 12:00 PM · Free

In this homeschool cooking class at Boyertown Community Library, kids learn how to make a no bake pumpkin pie along with pie dough cookies. The class is hands on, so each child works on their own pie…

Run by Boyertown Community Library · Boyertown

  • Kids
  • Homeschool
Collage Class at Kutztown Community Library

Collage Class at Kutztown Community Library

Starts Thu, Nov 12, 2:00 PM · Free

Stop by Kutztown Community Library to learn how to make your own collages using magazines and other materials. Someone walks you through the basics, and you put together a piece that is yours to take…

Run by Kutztown Community Library · Kutztown

  • Kids
  • Teens
  • Adults
  • Seniors
Mystery Book Club

Mystery Book Club

Starts Thu, Nov 12, 5:00 PM · Free

The Mystery Book Club at Wyomissing Public Library brings together readers who like mysteries. Members read the chosen title on their own, then meet to talk it over as a group. One of the club's…

Run by Wyomissing Public Library · Wyomissing

  • Seniors
  • Adults
Art Attack: Make a Paper Wampum Belt

Art Attack: Make a Paper Wampum Belt

Starts Thu, Nov 12, 6:00 PM · Free

Art Attack is a craft program at the Robesonia Community Library. Participants learn about wampum belts made by the Lenape and other Native American tribes, then make a paper wampum belt of their own…

Run by Robesonia Community Library · Robesonia

  • Kids
  • Teens
  • Adults
Clear the Clutter Decluttering Info Session

Clear the Clutter Decluttering Info Session

Starts Thu, Nov 12, 6:00 PM · Free

Brendan and his team share tips for cutting down on clutter at home. They also offer referrals to local resources for donating clothing and furniture, so items you no longer need can go somewhere…

Run by Wernersville Public Library · Wernersville

  • Adults
  • Seniors
Intermediate Painting: Animal Portraits

Intermediate Painting: Animal Portraits

Thu, Nov 12 to Thu, Dec 17 · Member: $204.00 / Non-Member: $240.00

Bring photos of animals you love and learn to turn them into painted portraits. The class works in water media, including gouache and watercolor, along with mixed media such as pencils, chalks and…

Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading

  • Teens
  • Adults
Native Food and Harvest Traditions at Sinking Spring Library

Native Food and Harvest Traditions at Sinking Spring Library

Starts Thu, Nov 12, 6:00 PM · Free

Join Sinking Spring Public Library for a look at the food and harvest traditions of Native peoples of the Eastern Woodlands. The program covers autumn harvest practices and the significance of the…

Run by Sinking Spring Public Library · Sinking Spring

  • Adults
Fleetwood Reads Book Club

Fleetwood Reads Book Club

Starts Thu, Nov 12, 6:30 PM · Free

Fleetwood Reads is the book club at Fleetwood Area Public Library. The group meets on the second Thursday of each month in Room 111, starting at 6:30 in the evening, to talk about the current title…

Run by Fleetwood Area Public Library · Fleetwood

  • Adults
  • Seniors
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Merry & Bright Rustic Snowman

Merry & Bright Rustic Snowman

Starts Thu, Nov 12, 7:00 PM

This is a guided painting workshop with a winter theme. An instructor walks the group through a rustic snowman design step by step, so no experience is needed. When you book, you choose whether to…

Run by Painting with a Twist · Reading

  • Adults
Porch Goose Holiday Penguin Painting Class

Porch Goose Holiday Penguin Painting Class

Starts Thu, Nov 12, 7:00 PM · $45-$55 per person

Paint a porch goose dressed up as a holiday penguin, step by step, with instructor Brandalyn guiding the whole group. 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

  • Adults
Parents and Pals Club at Boone Area Library

Parents and Pals Club at Boone Area Library

Starts Fri, Nov 13, 9:30 AM · Free

The Parents and Pals Club is a morning get-together in the community room at Boone Area Library. Grown-ups share refreshments and conversation while the children take part in hands-on activities.…

Run by Boone Area Library · Birdsboro

  • Adults
Balanced Bingo at Berks Encore Mifflin Center

Balanced Bingo at Berks Encore Mifflin Center

Starts Fri, Nov 13, 10:00 AM

Balanced Bingo is a Friday morning activity at the Berks Encore Mifflin Wellness and Activity Center, 30 Liberty Street in Shillington. It is part of the center's monthly lineup of wellness classes…

Run by Berks Encore · Shillington

  • Seniors
Bingo with Laurel Pointe Senior Living

Bingo with Laurel Pointe Senior Living

Starts Fri, Nov 13, 11:00 AM

Berks Encore hosts a bingo game at its Douglassville Wellness and Activity Center, with Laurel Pointe Senior Living leading the play. It is one of the regular social activities on the center's…

Run by Berks Encore · Douglassville

  • Seniors
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