465 programs. Things to sign up for across Berks County, with dates, prices and where to register.
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Mon, Jan 4 to Mon, Feb 1 · Free
Death Cafe is a get-together for talking openly about death, with the aim of removing the taboo around the subject. Death doula Karen Glass facilitates this three part series at the Main Library in…
Run by Reading Public Library · Reading
Starts Tue, Jan 5, 7:00 PM · $45 per person
Paint a ruby slippers design on a 16x20 canvas while playing classic movie trivia between brush strokes. Brandalyn leads the class and walks painters through the artwork step by step, so no…
Run by Painting with a Twist · Reading
Starts Thu, Jan 7, 7:00 PM · $42 per person for a 16x20 canvas, $52 for a 16x20 wood plank board
Painting with a Twist in Exeter Township leads this guided painting session on Thursday evenings. An artist walks the room through the featured artwork step by step, so you can take part whether or…
Run by Painting with a Twist · Reading
Starts Tue, Jan 12, 7:00 PM · $55 per person
This is a painting event with a trivia twist. You work on a 16 by 20 inch canvas while a studio artist guides you step by step, and trivia rounds run alongside the painting. No experience is needed…
Run by Painting with a Twist · Reading
Starts Fri, Jan 22, 7:30 PM · Free
The Mengel Natural History Society turns the floor over to its own members for this evening meeting at Nolde Forest Environmental Education Center. The program is made up of three or four short…
Run by Nolde Forest - Sawmill · Reading
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Starts Mon, Jan 25, 5:00 PM · Free
Write a short story from start to finish in this four part workshop for adults at the Main Library on South Fifth Street in Reading. The sessions build on each other: the short story and story arc…
Run by Reading Public Library · Reading
Starts Mon, Feb 22, 5:00 PM · Free
Write your own short story from start to finish in this workshop series at the Reading Public Library. The sessions build on each other: the short story and story arc, creating characters, creating…
Run by Reading Public Library · Reading
Starts Fri, Feb 26, 7:30 PM · Free
The Mengel Natural History Society holds a public meeting at Nolde Forest Environmental Education Center featuring a symposium by local science students. Talks cover natural history and science work…
Run by Nolde Forest - Sawmill · Reading
Starts Fri, Mar 26, 7:30 PM · Free
The Mengel Natural History Society hosts an evening presentation at Nolde Forest Environmental Education Center on a surprising link between spotted lanternflies and honey bees. The speaker is Dr.…
Run by Nolde Forest - Sawmill · Reading
Starts Fri, Apr 23, 7:30 PM · Free
The Mengel Natural History Society hosts a talk on the common herps, the reptiles and amphibians, found across southeastern Pennsylvania. Rudy Arceo, founder of the Keystone Herpetology Institute…
Run by Nolde Forest - Sawmill · Reading
Jun 7 to Jun 11 · Member $0.00, Non-Member $0.00 · Register by Aug 20
The Reading YMCA runs a full day summer camp for children ages 6 to 12 who have completed kindergarten. Camp days run Monday through Friday, from morning drop-off to late afternoon pickup, with time…
Run by Reading YMCA · Reading
Starts Mon, Jun 21, 10:00 AM · $30.00
Make a small fused glass piece in this single session workshop at Clay on Main in Oley. You choose whether to build a holiday ornament or a suncatcher, and Cassie Sedlack leads the group through the…
Run by Clay on Main · Oley
Starts Tue, Jun 29, 10:00 AM · $30.00
Learn the basics of hand embroidery in this workshop at Clay on Main in Oley. Kathleen Walck of Local Folk Creative Studio in Kutztown leads the session, and you make a three inch hoop art piece to…
Run by Clay on Main · Oley
Starts Mon, Jul 12, 10:00 AM · $30.00
Ray Lapinski leads this short workshop at Clay on Main in Oley. You make a small trinket box and finish it using an unusual paint and spackle technique, so you leave with a piece you built and…
Run by Clay on Main · Oley
Starts Mon, Jul 19 · $0.00
Clay on Main in Oley hosts this workshop with Karen Adam. You shape a small ceramic garden flower sculpture, made to decorate a garden or a patio. The session meets on a Saturday at the studio on…
Run by Clay on Main · Oley
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Starts Tue, Jul 20, 10:00 AM · $30.00
Learn the basic macrame stitches and use them to knot your own air plant hanger at Clay on Main in Oley. You choose from a variety of cord colors, and air plants are provided, so you leave with a…
Run by Clay on Main · Oley
Starts Thu, Aug 26 · $105 per month, family discounts available
This beginner martial arts class at the Yocum Institute for Arts Education is for children ages 6 through 12 at the white and yellow belt levels. It is a place to learn the basics of martial arts in…
Run by Yocum Institute for Arts Education · West Lawn
Starts Thu, Aug 26 · $70/month
Little Kuma is a karate class for young children at the Yocum Institute for Arts Education. "Kuma" means bear in Japanese. The goal is to build karate skills and life skills in a safe, fun, and…
Run by Yocum Institute for Arts Education · West Lawn
Starts Thu, Aug 26 · $105 per month, eligible for family discounts
This karate class at Yocum Institute for Arts Education is for current students ages 6 through 12 who have reached the orange, blue, green or green stripe belt levels. It meets on Thursdays as part…
Run by Yocum Institute for Arts Education · West Lawn
Starts Fri, Oct 30, 4:00 PM · $37-$52 per person
Bring your own project to Painting with a Twist in Exeter Township and paint it during open studio time. Pick any two hour Painting with a Twist design, including one from the Twist at Home gallery…
Run by Painting with a Twist · Reading
In progress since Oct 2, through Oct 30 · $1
Country Line Dance is a weekly dance session at the Berks Encore Fleetwood Wellness & Activity Center on Kutztown Road in Fleetwood. Dancers move together in lines to country music, so no partner is…
Run by Berks Encore · Fleetwood
In progress since Oct 2, through Oct 30
This is the advanced country line dance session at Berks Encore's Fleetwood Wellness & Activity Center. Dancers work through line dance routines as a group, following the steps together to country…
Run by Berks Encore · Fleetwood
In progress since Oct 2, through Oct 30 · $1
Dollar Bingo is a weekly bingo game at the Berks Encore Fleetwood Wellness and Activity Center on Kutztown Road in Fleetwood. Players gather on Friday mornings at 10 for a round of cards with other…
Run by Berks Encore · Fleetwood
In progress since Oct 15, through Oct 30
Centro Hispano Daniel Torres offers a nutrition class for older adults as part of the health classes and group activities at Mama Angie's Casa de la Amistad Senior Center. The center takes a holistic…
Run by Centro Hispano Daniel Torres · Reading
In progress since Oct 2, through Oct 30
Berks Encore holds a weekly pickleball game at Strausstown Lion's Park. Players meet on Friday mornings at 9. The game is part of the activity schedule offered through the Berks Encore Strausstown…
Run by Berks Encore · Strausstown
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In progress since Oct 1, through Oct 30 · Member $0.00, Non-Member $0.00
The Reading YMCA runs a competitive swim team for swimmers at every level, with coaching focused on proper stroke technique and endurance. Swimmers train with the team, build camaraderie and work…
Run by Reading YMCA · Reading
In progress since Oct 2, through Oct 30 · $5 fee
Seated Tap Dancing is a weekly dance class at the Berks Encore Mifflin Wellness and Activity Center in Shillington. Michele Schartel leads the group through tap dance steps done from a chair, so you…
Run by Berks Encore · Shillington
In progress since Oct 2, through Oct 30
Seated Zumba Gold Toning is a chair based dance fitness class for older adults, led by Jen DeBlase at the Berks Encore Reading Wellness & Activity Center. Participants move to music from a seated…
Run by Berks Encore · Reading
In progress since Oct 24, next Sat, Oct 31, through Oct 31 · Free
Lego Free Build is a drop in building session for children at the Reading Public Library's Southeast Branch. Kids dig into the branch's bins of Legos and build whatever they like, with no set project…
Run by Reading Public Library - Southeast Branch · Reading
In progress since Oct 26, next Mon, Nov 2, through Nov 23 · Member: $235.88 / Non-Member: $277.50
This intermediate ceramics class at GoggleWorks builds on skills you already have at the potter's wheel. You work on throwing taller forms, marbling clay, and using slips to decorate surfaces, while…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
In progress since Oct 5, next Mon, Nov 2, through 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
In progress since Oct 29, next Tue, Nov 3, through Nov 3 · Free
Miss Betsy leads Preschool Storytime at the Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library each week. Children listen to stories, sing songs, and make a craft together. It is a relaxed hour built for little ones…
Run by Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library · Bethel
In progress since Oct 20, next Tue, Nov 3, through Nov 10 · Single class: $45 for Museum Members, $55 for Non-Members
The Reading Public Museum presents a four-part art history course on American illustration, taught jointly by Scott Schweigert, Curator of Art and Civilizations, and Geoff Fleming, Executive Director…
Run by Reading Public Museum · Reading
In progress since Oct 20, next Tue, Nov 3, through Nov 17 · Member: $242.25 / Non-Member: $285.00
This class introduces the basic skills of metalsmithing and silver jewelry making. You cut, shape and join metal using hammers, flame and other studio tools, and you leave with a custom sterling…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
In progress since Oct 20, next Tue, Nov 3, through Nov 17 · Member: $216.75 / Non-Member: $255.00
This intermediate class at GoggleWorks builds on sewing skills you already have. You work on making simple patterns, designing your own garments, and taking an idea through to a finished piece. Along…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
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In progress since Nov 4, through Nov 3 · Member $10.00, Non-Member $20.00, Member $100.00, Non-Member $120.00
The Reading YMCA runs pickleball at its Sinking Spring branch for players at every stage, from first-timers to those sharpening their shots. Options include open play sessions, learn-to-play events…
Run by Reading YMCA · Reading
In progress since Oct 29, next Thu, Nov 5, through Nov 5 · Free
Wyomissing Public Library hosts a gentle chair yoga series open to all levels. Sessions are led by Sandy Riley. You breathe, meditate, lengthen your muscles, and ease and strengthen your joints, all…
Run by Wyomissing Public Library · Wyomissing
In progress since Oct 22, next Thu, Nov 5, through Nov 19 · Member: $242.25 / Non-Member: $285.00
This beginner class introduces flameworking, the craft of shaping glass at a torch. Working with glass rods and a torch, students learn to heat, melt and form their own glass beads, with attention to…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
In progress since Oct 29, next Thu, Nov 5, through Nov 12 · Member: $130.05 / Non-Member: $153.00
In this sewing class at GoggleWorks Center for the Arts, students make a Japanese cross-back apron, a slip-on style that works well for cooking, crafting or giving as a gift. The project is set up to…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
In progress since Oct 23, next Fri, Nov 6, through Nov 6 · Free
Join a group sewing project at French Creek State Park. Participants work together to make curtains for the park's cabins and cottages, from measuring and cutting panels to ironing and hemming. It is…
Run by French Creek State Park · Park Office
In progress since Oct 30, next Fri, Nov 6, through Nov 13 · Member: $122.40 / Non-Member: $144.00
Learn the language of color through a series of exercises, paintings and drawings using acrylic paint and colored pencils. You will look at why some color combinations feel restful while others feel…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
In progress since Oct 30, next Fri, Nov 6, through Nov 13 · Free
Preschool Playtime brings young children together at the Fleetwood Area Public Library for a story or two, followed by play and fun activities. It is a relaxed hour where little ones listen, move and…
Run by Fleetwood Area Public Library · Fleetwood
In progress since Oct 30, next Fri, Nov 6, through Nov 6 · Free
Preschool Story Time is a library program built around a book and a craft. Staff share a story geared toward preschool children, then the group moves on to a fun craft that grown-ups and children…
Run by Boyertown Community Library · Boyertown
In progress since Sep 1, through Nov 7 · $225 ($215 members)
Young performers put on Seussical Kids, the musical that travels from the Jungle of Nool to the Circus McGurkus. The story follows Horton the Elephant as he finds a speck of dust holding the tiny…
Run by Yocum Institute for Arts Education · West Lawn
In progress since Oct 29, next Wed, Nov 18, through Nov 18 · A $20 registration fee covers all materials needed
The Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library hosts a follow-along style painting party at its Lancaster Avenue location in Bethel. An instructor leads the group step by step, so you do not need any painting…
Run by Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library · Bethel
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In progress since Oct 23, through Nov 21 · $20.00
This drop-in printmaking workshop at GoggleWorks Center for the Arts meets on Friday mornings, with each date standing on its own as a single session. Artist Suzanne Fellows leads the group through a…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
In progress since Oct 1, through Nov 29 · Free
At Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site, you can try your hand as a Hopewell molder. In this hands-on program, you work through the process of making a sand mold and learn how the molder's craft…
Run by Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site · Elverson
In progress since Oct 16, through Dec 4 · $10.00
Create With Me is a drop-in style art class at GoggleWorks for young children and the grown-ups who bring them. Together you explore painting styles, play with clay, and make art side by side. Each…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
In progress since Oct 24, through Dec 5 · $225 for six-week session; $50 weekly drop-in fee (please call Guest Services to check availability: 610-376-2100
Young basketball players work on the fundamentals of the game in these one hour clinics from the Superdome Sports School of Hoops. Each clinic covers passing, shooting, dribbling, layups, defense and…
Run by Body Zone Sports and Wellness Complex · Reading
In progress since Jan 1, through Dec 31 · $100.00
Open Studio gives woodworkers time to use the GoggleWorks Woodworking Studio on their own. You bring your own project ideas and work independently, with a studio monitor on hand for oversight and…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
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