473 programs. Things to sign up for across Berks County, with dates, prices and where to register.
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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
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
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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
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
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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 Thu, Oct 29, 1:00 PM · Free
Pinochle players meet on Thursday afternoons at the Sinking Spring Public Library, from 1 to 4 p.m. Players gather around the table for a few hours of cards in a relaxed library setting. The group…
Run by Sinking Spring Public Library · Sinking Spring
In progress since Oct 22, next Thu, Oct 29, 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
Starts Thu, Oct 29, 11:00 AM
Berks Encore offers a beginner Spanish class at its Reading Wellness and Activity Center. It is built for people starting from the beginning, so no prior Spanish is needed. Come ready to listen…
Run by Berks Encore · Reading
In progress since Oct 1, through Oct 29 · $2 fee
Chair YoChi blends gentle yoga with flowing Tai Chi in one class led by Elizabeth Bentz. The movements are slow and steady, giving you a way to stretch, breathe and work on balance at a comfortable…
Run by Berks Encore · Shillington
In progress since Oct 1, through Oct 29 · Free
Chair Yoga meets Thursday mornings at 10 at the Berks Encore Fleetwood Wellness and Activity Center on Kutztown Road. The class uses a chair for support, so you can take part while seated or while…
Run by Berks Encore · Fleetwood
In progress since Oct 1, through Oct 29 · Free
Chair Yoga is a gentle movement class on the wellness schedule at the Berks Encore Strausstown Wellness and Activity Center. It sits alongside the other exercise and activity programs the center runs…
Run by Berks Encore · Strausstown
In progress since Oct 1, through Oct 29 · $5, free
Chair Yoga is one of the weekly wellness classes on the schedule at the Berks Encore Wernersville Wellness and Activity Center. The class meets Thursday afternoons at 1 PM. As the name says, the…
Run by Berks Encore · Wernersville
In progress since Oct 1, through Oct 29
Berks Encore is offering a one-time chair yoga demonstration class with Amy Schade at the Mifflin Wellness and Activity Center in Shillington. It is a chance to try chair yoga, a gentle practice done…
Run by Berks Encore · Shillington
In progress since Oct 1, through Oct 29
Crochet with May is a crochet session led by May at the Berks Encore Mifflin Wellness and Activity Center on Liberty Street in Shillington. The group meets on Thursday afternoons at 12:30. It is one…
Run by Berks Encore · Shillington
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Starts Thu, Oct 29, 10:00 AM
Cuentos is a club for older adults run by Centro Hispano Daniel Torres. The Spanish word cuentos means stories, and the group gathers on Thursday mornings to spend time together. The club is one of…
Run by Centro Hispano Daniel Torres · Reading
In progress since Oct 1, through Oct 29
Duplicate Bridge is a card group that meets Thursday mornings at the Berks Encore Wernersville Wellness and Activity Center on Sportsman Road. Players sit down together for the duplicate form of the…
Run by Berks Encore · Wernersville
In progress since Oct 1, through Oct 29 · $2 fee
Grocery Bingo is a regular bingo game for older adults at the Berks Encore Reading Wellness and Activity Center, 40 North 9th Street in Reading. Players gather around the tables, mark their cards and…
Run by Berks Encore · Reading
In progress since Oct 1, through Oct 29
Healthy Steps in Motion is a weekly movement class led by Kate at the Berks Encore Douglassville Wellness and Activity Center. It meets Thursday mornings at 9, and it is one of the wellness classes…
Run by Berks Encore · Douglassville
In progress since Oct 1, through Oct 29
Healthy Steps in Motion is a movement class for older adults at the Berks Encore Wernersville Wellness and Activity Center. It meets on Thursday mornings at 9 a.m. in Building 5 on Sportsman Road.…
Run by Berks Encore · Wernersville
In progress since Oct 1, through Oct 29
Let's Get Started is a weekly group at the Berks Encore Wernersville Wellness and Activity Center, led by Kathy Roberts. The group meets on Thursday mornings at 10:30. The Wernersville center is one…
Run by Berks Encore · Wernersville
Starts Thu, Oct 29, 11:00 AM
Fox Chase Cancer Center leads a Lunch and Learn talk at the Berks Encore Strausstown Wellness and Activity Center. The subject is early detection and the part it plays in catching cancer sooner. The…
Run by Berks Encore · Strausstown
In progress since Oct 1, through Oct 29
Mexican Train Dominoes is a drop-in game group at the Berks Encore Douglassville Wellness & Activity Center. Players build the branching "train" lines of tiles across the table, talk, and take the…
Run by Berks Encore · Douglassville
In progress since Oct 1, through Oct 29
POUND is a group fitness class that uses weighted drumsticks, so you keep time to the music while you move. Kathy leads the class at the Berks Encore Douglassville Wellness and Activity Center on…
Run by Berks Encore · Douglassville
In progress since Oct 2, next Fri, Oct 30, 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…
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In progress since Oct 2, next Fri, Oct 30, 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, next Fri, Oct 30, 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, next Fri, Oct 30, 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 2, next Fri, Oct 30, 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, next Fri, Oct 30, 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, next Fri, Oct 30, 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 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 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
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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
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
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