870 programs. Things to sign up for across Berks County, with dates, prices and where to register.
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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, 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
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, 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
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
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
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 · $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
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
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
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
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 · 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
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, 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
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
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 · 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
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
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
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
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, 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
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
Starts Mon, Oct 5, 10:15 AM · Free
Boone Area Library hosts a story time for children built around the fall season. The group gathers in the library's community room for stories, a craft, and fall themed activities. This is a drop-in…
Run by Boone Area Library · Birdsboro
Starts Mon, Oct 5, 10:15 AM · Free
The Monday Morning Book Club is a reading group for adults that meets at Boyertown Community Library. Members read the same book and then come together to talk it over. One of the club's picks is How…
Run by Boyertown Community Library · Boyertown
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 · $60 ($50 members)
Make your own glass cabochons and turn them into wearable art. Students learn several techniques for building small glass pieces, explore different types of glass including eye catching dichroic…
Run by Yocum Institute for Arts Education · West Lawn
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, 11:00 AM · Free
Craft Club is a morning crafting get-together for adults at the Boyertown Community Library. Bring the project you are already working on, or make the featured craft with the group. The featured…
Run by Boyertown Community Library · Boyertown
Starts Tue, Oct 6, 12:00 PM · Free
JR. Book Club is a reading group for kids at the Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library in Bethel. Members read the month's book on their own first, then meet for a friendly discussion along with…
Run by Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library · Bethel
Starts Tue, Oct 6, 1:00 PM · Free
The Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library hosts a STEM Club and a Craft Club once a month on Tuesday afternoons. STEM Club starts first, and the craft activity follows in the second hour. Children can…
Run by Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library · Bethel
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
Starts Tue, Oct 6, 4:30 PM · Free
The Boone Area Library hosts a game club for teens in its Community Room. The main event is Hero Quest, a dungeon crawler board game led by Game Master Patrick Randall. Each meeting picks up with the…
Run by Boone Area Library · Birdsboro
Tue, Oct 6 to Tue, Oct 13 · Free
Children and teens can read out loud to a visiting therapy dog at the Wyomissing Public Library. Pick a spot in the library, choose a book, and settle in next to a furry friend. Petting the dog…
Run by Wyomissing Public Library · Wyomissing
Starts Tue, Oct 6, 5:00 PM · Free
Teen Club brings together young people ages 12 to 18 at the Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library in Bethel. It runs as a series of evening meetings, and each gathering has its own focus. One session…
Run by Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library · Bethel
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, 5:30 PM · $190 ($180 members)
Students combine different artistic processes and media to build up more complex works of art. Classes focus on the principles of design and on experimenting with a range of drawing and painting…
Run by Yocum Institute for Arts Education · West Lawn
Starts Tue, Oct 6, 6:00 PM · Free
This is a drop-in book club at the Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library in Bethel. Come talk about anything you have been reading or listening to, whether that is a print book, an audiobook, an ebook or…
Run by Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library · Bethel