Classes, activities & programs in Berks County

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

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Advanced Ceramics: Building Big Clay Forms

Advanced Ceramics: Building Big Clay Forms

Wed, Sep 30 to Wed, Oct 21 · Member: $188.70 / Non-Member: $222.00

This advanced ceramics class at GoggleWorks is for makers who are ready to work at a larger scale. You choose your approach, either handbuilding or going big on the wheel, and learn techniques for…

Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading

  • Adults
Jumping Beans STEM Program for Kids and Teens

Jumping Beans STEM Program for Kids and Teens

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

  • Kids
  • Teens
Hispanic Heritage Craft Night

Hispanic Heritage Craft Night

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

  • Adults
  • Kids
  • Teens
Seeds and More: Seed Saving Class

Seeds and More: Seed Saving Class

Starts Wed, Sep 30, 6:00 PM · Free

Penn State Master Gardeners Karyn Spengler and Sandy Weiss lead this session on saving seeds from your own garden harvest. They cover how to collect seeds, how to store them, how long the seeds stay…

Run by Wyomissing Public Library · Wyomissing

  • Adults
  • Seniors
Sourdough Swap at Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library

Sourdough Swap at Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library

Starts Wed, Sep 30, 6:00 PM · Free

Katelyn and Katie host an evening of sourdough swapping at the Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library. Bakers trade starters and recipes, talk shop with other sourdough bakers, and enjoy the baked goods…

Run by Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library · Bethel

  • Kids
  • Teens
  • Adults
  • Seniors
King of Pop Singalong Painting Party

King of Pop Singalong Painting Party

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

  • Adults
Moonlit Cardinals Paint-and-Sip Painting Session

Moonlit Cardinals Paint-and-Sip Painting Session

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

  • Adults
Paint a Candle and Book Box Workshop

Paint a Candle and Book Box Workshop

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

  • Adults
Silent Book Club at Starbucks

Silent Book Club at Starbucks

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

  • Adults
  • Seniors
Tunes for Tots Music Class at Boyertown Community Library

Tunes for Tots Music Class at Boyertown Community Library

Starts Thu, Oct 1, 10:30 AM · Free

Tunes for Tots is a music class for the youngest learners, made for babies, toddlers and children up to age three with a grown-up along. The session is led with special guest Evan Cole from The…

Run by Boyertown Community Library · Boyertown

  • Kids
Retirement and Medicare Seminar at Boone Area Library

Retirement and Medicare Seminar at Boone Area Library

Thu, Oct 1 to Sat, Nov 14 · Free

Medicare consultant Danielle Williams leads this seminar on retirement and Medicare at the Boone Area Library. It is a chance to hear from someone who works with Medicare and to bring your own…

Run by Boone Area Library · Birdsboro

  • Adults
  • Seniors
Art Explorers Art Class for Ages 8 to 13

Art Explorers Art Class for Ages 8 to 13

Starts Thu, Oct 1, 5:30 PM · $120 ($110 members)

Art Explorers looks at the lives and work of famous artists, both from the past and working today. Students learn about those artists and then make their own pieces inspired by what they have seen.…

Run by Yocum Institute for Arts Education · West Lawn

  • Kids
  • Teens
Crafter Hour Craft Night at Hamburg Public Library

Crafter Hour Craft Night at Hamburg Public Library

Starts Thu, Oct 1, 6:00 PM · Free

Crafter Hour is an evening craft program at the Hamburg Public Library. Each month the group tries a new project, so there is always something different to make and learn. It is a relaxed night out…

Run by Hamburg Public Library · Hamburg

  • Seniors
  • Adults
Painting Party Choose Your Team

Painting Party Choose Your Team

Starts Thu, Oct 1, 6:00 PM · $30 donation includes all materials

Pick a football team and paint it on a 12 by 16 inch canvas. The team is outlined in detail for you, customized with the logo and helmet, and you can paint it however you like. Beginners are welcome…

Run by Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library · Bethel

  • Teens
  • Adults
  • Seniors
JCC Evening Mahjong

JCC Evening Mahjong

Starts Thu, Oct 1, 7:00 PM

Evening Mahjong is a monthly game night for adults at the Jewish Community Center. Players gather on the first Thursday evening of the month, from 7 to 9 PM, for a couple of hours of mahjong and…

Run by Jewish Community Center · Wyomissing

  • Adults
Me and My Boo

Me and My Boo

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

  • Adults
Basket Weaving: Blanket Basket

Basket Weaving: Blanket Basket

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

  • Teens
  • Adults
Chair Yoga Class at Kutztown Community Library

Chair Yoga Class at Kutztown Community Library

Fri, Oct 2 to Fri, Nov 6 · Free

This gentle chair yoga series is built for beginners. Every pose is done seated or with the support of a chair, so the class works for a wide range of abilities. The focus is on flexibility, balance…

Run by Kutztown Community Library · Kutztown

  • Adults
  • Seniors
Pre School Play

Pre School Play

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

  • Kids
Helping Hands Bingo at Boone Area Library

Helping Hands Bingo at Boone Area Library

Starts Fri, Oct 2, 10:15 AM · Free

Helping Hands Bingo is a picture bingo game led by Miss Amber in the Community Room at Boone Area Library. Instead of numbers, players match pictures on their cards, so children who are not yet…

Run by Boone Area Library · Birdsboro

  • Kids
JCC Juliet Friday Lunch Group

JCC Juliet Friday Lunch Group

Starts Fri, Oct 2, 12:00 PM

The Juliet Lunch Group is a weekly get together for adults hosted by the Jewish Community Center. The group meets Friday afternoons from 12 PM to 2 PM to share lunch and spend time with others. Along…

Run by Jewish Community Center · Wyomissing

  • Adults
Beginning Mahjong Class

Beginning Mahjong Class

Starts Fri, Oct 2, 1:00 PM · Free

This class covers the basics of American Mahjong. Beginners learn how the tiles work and how a hand is played, so no experience is needed to join. The class meets at the Kutztown Community Library on…

Run by Kutztown Community Library · Kutztown

  • Seniors
  • Adults
Ruby Shoes Painting and Classic Movie Trivia

Ruby Shoes Painting and Classic Movie Trivia

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

  • Adults
Twilight Moon Paint-and-Sip Session for Adults

Twilight Moon Paint-and-Sip Session for Adults

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

  • Adults
Grown-Up Fingerpainting: One Day Art Workshop

Grown-Up Fingerpainting: One Day Art Workshop

Starts Sat, Oct 3 · $60 ($50 members)

Put the brushes aside and paint with your hands in this one day workshop at the Yocum Institute for Arts Education. You will turn a childhood art basic into a colorful finished piece, working…

Run by Yocum Institute for Arts Education · West Lawn

  • Adults
Introduction to Japanese Stab Binding: Session B

Introduction to Japanese Stab Binding: Session B

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

  • Teens
  • Adults
Leaf Critters Nature Art Workshop for Kids

Leaf Critters Nature Art Workshop for Kids

Starts Sat, Oct 3 · $30 ($20 members)

In this workshop at the Yocum Institute for Arts Education, fallen leaves become woodland animals. Students use colorful autumn leaves and other natural materials to make squirrels, hedgehogs…

Run by Yocum Institute for Arts Education · West Lawn

  • Kids
Coffee with a Colonial

Coffee with a Colonial

Starts Sat, Oct 3, 10:00 AM · Free · Register by Sep 25

Coffee with a Colonial is a relaxed morning of conversation about early America. Guests sit down with a favorite hot drink while Mr. Leamer talks through life in the 18th century and brings out…

Run by Spring Twp Parks & Recreation · Sinking Spring

  • Adults
Embroidery in the Garden

Embroidery in the Garden

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

  • Teens
  • Adults
Master Gardener Presentation

Master Gardener Presentation

Starts Sat, Oct 3, 10:00 AM · Free

Sinking Spring Public Library hosts a Penn State Master Gardener presentation on the first Saturday of each month at 10:00 in the morning. A Master Gardener leads each talk, and the topic changes…

Run by Sinking Spring Public Library · Sinking Spring

  • Adults
Mini-Makers Ceramic Fairy Houses Family Workshop

Mini-Makers Ceramic Fairy Houses Family Workshop

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

  • Kids
The Craft Lab: Craft Program for Kids

The Craft Lab: Craft Program for Kids

Starts Sat, Oct 3, 10:00 AM · Free

The Craft Lab is a hands-on craft program at Boone Area Library for kids ages 6 to 11. Each session, children work with different craft supplies, materials and techniques to make their own works of…

Run by Boone Area Library · Birdsboro

  • Kids
Trim Healthy Mama Healthy Eating Class

Trim Healthy Mama Healthy Eating Class

Starts Sat, Oct 3, 10:00 AM · Free

This class at Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library looks at healthy eating using the book Trim Healthy Wisdom as a guide. Each meeting covers tips, recipes and advice for making nutritious choices while…

Run by Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library · Bethel

  • Kids
  • Teens
  • Adults
  • Seniors
Bee My Sunflower +

Bee My Sunflower +

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

  • Adults
Community Conversation on Homelessness in Berks County

Community Conversation on Homelessness in Berks County

Starts Sat, Oct 3, 1:00 PM · Free

Rev. Steve Ohnsman leads a community conversation about homelessness in Berks County. The group looks at how serious the issue is here, why people become unhoused, and what a community can do in…

Run by Wyomissing Public Library · Wyomissing

  • Kids
  • Teens
  • Adults
  • Seniors
Cupcake Decorating with Ciera's Sweets

Cupcake Decorating with Ciera's Sweets

Starts Sat, Oct 3, 1:00 PM · Have fun with Ciera’s Sweets and learn to decorate cupcakes from a professional! The class costs $10 per person, cash payable to the instructor on the day of...

Learn to decorate cupcakes with a professional baker from Ciera's Sweets. This hands-on class for adults meets at Boyertown Community Library on North Reading Avenue, and you work directly with the…

Run by Boyertown Community Library · Boyertown

  • Adults
Flameworked Pumpkins: Session B

Flameworked Pumpkins: Session B

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

  • Teens
  • Adults
Glassblown Pumpkin: Session C

Glassblown Pumpkin: Session C

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

  • Adults
Halloween Fused Glass Candy Dish

Halloween Fused Glass Candy Dish

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

  • Teens
  • Adults
Ways of Wildlife

Ways of Wildlife

Starts Sat, Oct 3, 1:00 PM · Free · Register by Oct 1

Ways of Wildlife is an outdoor program with Naturalist Hemlock Hannah at Cacoosing Meadows Park Pavilion. Families look at how local animals live, from why White-Tailed Deer flick their tails to why…

Run by Spring Twp Parks & Recreation · Sinking Spring

  • Families
Sewing a Pumpkin Pillow

Sewing a Pumpkin Pillow

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

  • Teens
  • Adults
Sunset Wildflowers Paint-and-Sip Painting Class

Sunset Wildflowers Paint-and-Sip Painting Class

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

  • Adults
Legends by Lantern Light

Legends by Lantern Light

Starts Sat, Oct 3, 5:30 PM · Free

Rangers lead a short evening walk at Hopewell Furnace, where the historic ironmaking village sets the scene for spooky stories and chilling tales told by lantern light. The stories echo the kinds of…

Run by Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site · Elverson

  • Kids
Trending Fairy Moonlight Painting Class

Trending Fairy Moonlight Painting Class

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

  • Adults
Flower Cow Guided Painting Session

Flower Cow Guided Painting Session

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

  • Adults
Rainforest Orchid Orange Painting Class

Rainforest Orchid Orange Painting Class

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

  • Adults
Paint Your Pet Canvas Painting Workshop

Paint Your Pet Canvas Painting Workshop

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

  • Adults
An Autumn Mountain

An Autumn Mountain

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

  • Adults
Books and Boots: Environmental Book Club

Books and Boots: Environmental Book Club

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

  • Adults
  • Seniors