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Starts Thu, Nov 5, 10:00 AM
Spend a morning at The Museum with Reading Public Museum educators for special tours and hands-on projects that the whole family can take part in. This session carries the theme Inventors and…
Run by Reading Public Museum · Reading
Starts Thu, Nov 5, 6:00 PM · Member: $68.00 / Non-Member: $80.00
This single evening workshop at GoggleWorks walks you through making your own ceramic chip and dip set. You shape the piece using basic handbuilding methods, so no wheel work and no prior clay…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Sat, Nov 7, 12:00 AM · Member: $68.00 / Non-Member: $80.00
This single session workshop at GoggleWorks Center for the Arts introduces the plasma cutter and the ways it can be used. You learn how to work with the tool safely, then put that practice to use by…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Sat, Nov 7 to Sat, Nov 21 · Member: $173.40 / Non-Member: $204.00
In this sewing class at GoggleWorks Center for the Arts, students build a crossbody bag from start to finish. You work through the steps of putting in a zipper, sewing a lining, and attaching an…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Sat, Nov 7 to Mon, Nov 9 · Member: $505.75 / Non-Member: $595.00
Over three full days in the Woodworking Studio at GoggleWorks, you build a wooden side table from start to finish. The work centers on the classic mortise and tenon joint, and the instructor covers…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Sat, Nov 7 to Sat, Nov 28 · Member: $163.20 / Non-Member: $192.00
Make a short film over four weeks at GoggleWorks. The group moves through the process step by step, from catching an idea to shaping it into a story and filming it. Sessions cover lighting, sound…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
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
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, 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, 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 · $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, 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
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
Nov 9 to Dec 11 · Member: $72.25 / $80.75 / Non-Member: $85.00 / $95.00
GoggleWorks Center for the Arts runs single session ornament workshops in its warm glass studios. In each session you work in either the fusing studio or the flameworking studio to make a glass…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Mon, Nov 9, 10:00 AM · Free
Reading Rangers is a monthly outdoor program from Mifflin Community Library. Miss Andrea from the library and Miss Sarah from Nolde Forest pick a new topic each month that exists in nature or affects…
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, 5:30 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, 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 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
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 Wed, Nov 11, 6:00 PM · Member: $85.00 / Non-Member: $100.00
Try glassblowing in a single evening workshop and make your own beverage glass. A GoggleWorks instructor guides the work, and the session is open to all skill levels, so no experience is needed. The…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Wed, Nov 11, 7:00 PM · $42 per person
Starry Holiday Glow is a guided painting workshop from Painting with a Twist. An artist walks the group step by step through a holiday night scene on a 16x20 canvas, so no experience is needed. Paint…
Run by Painting with a Twist · Reading
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
Fri, Nov 13 to Sat, Nov 14 · Member: $119.00 / Non-Member: $140.00
This weekend workshop at GoggleWorks introduces sand casting, a metalworking method used to turn molten metal into small objects. Over two evenings you make molds with casting sand, pour metal, and…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Sat, Nov 14, 12:00 AM · Member: $51.00 / Non-Member: $60.00
This single session workshop at GoggleWorks introduces acrylic paint pens. You will look at how brush tips differ from bullet nibs and try out the stylistic choices the pens allow. By the end of the…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Sat, Nov 14, 1:00 PM · Member: $72.25 / Non-Member: $85.00
This single session workshop at GoggleWorks introduces working with borosilicate glass at the torch. Over three hours you apply color to a clear glass rod to shape an implosion pendant, then take…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Sat, Nov 14, 2:00 PM · Member: $102.00 / Non-Member: $120.00
Carve a Santa is a one session woodcarving workshop at GoggleWorks Center for the Arts in Reading. You carve a traditional Santa ornament with guided instruction that covers carving technique, adding…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Sun, Nov 15, 10:00 AM · Member: $89.25 / Non-Member: $105.00
In this one day workshop at GoggleWorks Center for the Arts, you weave two holiday gift baskets from flat reed. Dyed reed accents and decorative tie-ons add color and a festive finish. The baskets…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Sun, Nov 15, 10:00 AM · Member: $44.20 / Non-Member: $52.00
Kids and a grown-up work side by side to make a working fused glass nightlight for a child's room. A GoggleWorks art instructor walks the pair through safety tips, cutting glass, and how the fusing…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Sun, Nov 15, 6:00 PM · $49 per person
Welcome to the North Pole is a guided painting workshop at Painting with a Twist in Exeter Township. An artist leads the group step by step through a holiday scene on a 16x20 canvas, so no experience…
Run by Painting with a Twist · Reading
Mon, Nov 16 to Mon, Nov 23 · Member: $123.25 / Non-Member: $145.00
In this woodworking class at GoggleWorks, you make a small river charcuterie board by joining natural edge wood slabs with an epoxy resin pour. The finished piece looks like a river runs through the…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Tue, Nov 17, 10:00 AM · Free
This talk is part of the Arboretum Education series at The Reading Public Museum, a set of learning opportunities led by Master Gardeners, avid horticulturists and other industry specialists. This…
Run by Reading Public Museum · Reading
Starts Tue, Nov 17, 4:30 PM · Free
This workshop at the Reading Public Library covers the basics of Medicare. The session walks through what you need to know before the Annual Enrollment Period, so you can make informed choices about…
Run by Reading Public Library · Reading
Starts Tue, Nov 17, 6:00 PM · Member: $68.00 / Non-Member: $80.00
This single session ceramics workshop at GoggleWorks Center for the Arts walks you through shaping and molding clay into a small jewelry dish. You work by hand and leave with a custom piece made for…
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Starts Tue, Nov 17, 7:00 PM
This Alvernia University Seniors College presentation looks at stormwater and what communities can do about it. Kushal Adhikari, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Engineering, leads the hour and shares…
Run by Alvernia University · Wyomissing
Wed, Nov 18 to Wed, Dec 23 · Member: $274.55 / Non-Member: $323.00
This is an intermediate class for people who already know their way around jewelry making and want to keep building skills. The group works through a range of metalsmithing topics, with attention to…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Wed, Nov 18, 5:30 PM · Member: $51.00 / Non-Member: $60.00
In this single evening workshop at GoggleWorks, you weave a cabin boy basket: a basket built on a wooden base with handles attached to the sides. It is a practical shape that can hold mail…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Wed, Nov 18, 7:00 PM · $45-$65 per person
Paint a holiday gnome step by step with guidance from a studio artist. The session runs on a Wednesday evening, and you choose your surface when you book: a canvas, a wood plank board or a taller…
Run by Painting with a Twist · Reading
Starts Thu, Nov 19, 10:00 AM
Museum educators lead a morning about medieval Europe, with knights, castles and clues to piece together. The session mixes special tours of the Museum with hands-on projects, and the whole family…
Run by Reading Public Museum · Reading
Starts Thu, Nov 19, 6:00 PM · Member: $72.25 / Non-Member: $85.00
This single evening workshop at GoggleWorks introduces the basics of turning wood bowls. You work at a wood lathe, learn how to handle turning tools properly, and practice safe, efficient technique…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Thu, Nov 19, 6:00 PM · Member: $68.00 / Non-Member: $80.00
This single evening workshop at GoggleWorks covers the making of sterling silver bangles that can be worn on their own or stacked together. You measure, form, solder, texture and finish several…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Fri, Nov 20, 6:00 PM · $96.00
This is a single evening ceramics workshop at GoggleWorks in Reading, built as a Maker Date for two. You glaze two pre-made bud vases, watch a wheel throwing demonstration, and then see your pieces…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Fri, Nov 20, 6:00 PM · $71.00
Make a wearable cyanotype at GoggleWorks. In this one session Maker Date, you and your plus one print on a T-shirt using sunlight, objects and photo negatives. Instructor Alex Crawford covers the…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Fri, Nov 20, 6:00 PM · $100.00
This is a one evening flameworking workshop at GoggleWorks Center for the Arts, set up as a date night. You and your date work with torches and hand tools to melt and shape glass, and you see how…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Fri, Nov 20, 6:00 PM · $96.00
This evening workshop in the fusing studio at GoggleWorks pairs glass making with food and drink. An instructor walks you through choosing a mold and picking your colors, and you leave having made…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Fri, Nov 20, 6:00 PM · $105.00
This one session Maker Date brings you and a guest into the hot glass studio at GoggleWorks. Working with the guidance of professional glassblowers, each of you shapes your own piece, either a…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Fri, Nov 20, 6:00 PM · $71.00
This is a paired painting workshop at GoggleWorks. You and your date use acrylics to paint sets of wooden cut-out ornaments, then seal them with a quick drying varnish. Each person leaves with a pair…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Fri, Nov 20, 6:00 PM · $110.00
Bring a partner to the Woodworking Studio at GoggleWorks and make a pair of candlesticks together. Each candlestick can differ in shape, height and size. Both get painted with the same color milk…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Fri, Nov 20, 6:00 PM · $96.00
Bring a partner to this evening metalsmithing workshop at GoggleWorks and make a set of sterling silver stacking rings to take home. Instructor Lukas Kohler walks you through the basics step by step…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading