A space to ask any questions about what it means to be LGBTQ , learn important history, and how to be an ally while making a different craft each week!
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A space to ask any questions about what it means to be LGBTQ , learn important history, and how to be an ally while making a different craft each week!
Time
June 2, 2025 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm(GMT-04:00)
Location
Northeast Branch
1348 North 11th Street, Reading, PA 19604
Other Events
Main Library - Teen Loft100 S 5th St, Reading, PA 19602, USA
Drop in anytime after school to try different craft challenges on your own while supplies last! After JUNE 9, Crafts will be available ALL DAY. JUNE 2-6: Crafts will be
Event Details
Drop in anytime after school to try different craft challenges on your own while supplies last! After JUNE 9, Crafts will be available ALL DAY. JUNE 2-6: Crafts will be available every day! JUNE 26: (No crafts) Join local author Christian Fusco to hear a book reading and learn some basic sign language at 4:00 PM!
Time
June 2, 2025 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm(GMT-04:00)
Location
Main Library - Teen Loft
100 S 5th St, Reading, PA 19602, USA
Other Events
Main Library - Children100 S 5th St, Reading, PA 19602, USA
Please pre-register before the day with Marissa Brunt at marissa.brunt@readingpubliclibrary.org or calling the Northeast Branch Library at 610-655-6361. Only 6 spots are available each session. Must be between 10-18 years
Event Details
Please pre-register before the day with Marissa Brunt at marissa.brunt@readingpubliclibrary.org or calling the Northeast Branch Library at 610-655-6361. Only 6 spots are available each session. Must be between 10-18 years and older to play.
Time
June 2, 2025 4:00 pm - 4:00 pm(GMT-04:00)
Southeast Branch1426 Perkiomen Ave, Reading, PA 19602, USA
Children (3 plus) and parents are invited to learn to knit. Knitting is incredible for fine motor skill and brain development. Great for home-schoolers, too!
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Children (3 plus) and parents are invited to learn to knit. Knitting is incredible for fine motor skill and brain development. Great for home-schoolers, too!
Time
June 3, 2025 10:00 am - 11:00 am(GMT-04:00)
Location
Northeast Branch
1348 North 11th Street, Reading, PA 19604
Other Events
Main Library - Teen Loft100 S 5th St, Reading, PA 19602, USA
Drop in anytime after school to try different craft challenges on your own while supplies last! After JUNE 9, Crafts will be available ALL DAY. JUNE 2-6: Crafts will be
Event Details
Drop in anytime after school to try different craft challenges on your own while supplies last! After JUNE 9, Crafts will be available ALL DAY. JUNE 2-6: Crafts will be available every day! JUNE 26: (No crafts) Join local author Christian Fusco to hear a book reading and learn some basic sign language at 4:00 PM!
Please pre-register before the day with Marissa Brunt at marissa.brunt@readingpubliclibrary.org or calling the Northeast Branch Library at 610-655-6361. Only 6 spots are available each session. Must be between 10-18 years
Event Details
Please pre-register before the day with Marissa Brunt at marissa.brunt@readingpubliclibrary.org or calling the Northeast Branch Library at 610-655-6361. Only 6 spots are available each session. Must be between 10-18 years and older to play.
Time
June 3, 2025 4:00 pm - 4:00 pm(GMT-04:00)
Main Library - Teen Loft100 S 5th St, Reading, PA 19602, USA
Drop in anytime after school to try different craft challenges on your own while supplies last! After JUNE 9, Crafts will be available ALL DAY. JUNE 2-6: Crafts will be
Event Details
Drop in anytime after school to try different craft challenges on your own while supplies last! After JUNE 9, Crafts will be available ALL DAY. JUNE 2-6: Crafts will be available every day! JUNE 26: (No crafts) Join local author Christian Fusco to hear a book reading and learn some basic sign language at 4:00 PM!
Time
June 4, 2025 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm(GMT-04:00)
Location
Main Library - Teen Loft
100 S 5th St, Reading, PA 19602, USA
Other Events
Southeast Branch1426 Perkiomen Ave, Reading, PA 19602, USA
Drop in anytime after school to try different craft challenges on your own while supplies last! After JUNE 9, Crafts will be available ALL DAY. JUNE 2-6: Crafts will be
Event Details
Drop in anytime after school to try different craft challenges on your own while supplies last! After JUNE 9, Crafts will be available ALL DAY. JUNE 2-6: Crafts will be available every day! JUNE 26: (No crafts) Join local author Christian Fusco to hear a book reading and learn some basic sign language at 4:00 PM!
Time
June 5, 2025 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm(GMT-04:00)
Location
Main Library - Teen Loft
100 S 5th St, Reading, PA 19602, USA
Other Events
Northeast Branch1348 North 11th Street, Reading, PA 19604
This STEAM Thursday program will be about “Antique Animation!” Discover what a Thaumatrope and Zoetrope are, and how they were the earliest types of animation. Then, learn how to make
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This STEAM Thursday program will be about “Antique Animation!” Discover what a Thaumatrope and Zoetrope are, and how they were the earliest types of animation. Then, learn how to make a easy Thaumatrope or Zoetrope and create a unique, antique, animation of your very own!
Time
June 5, 2025 4:00 pm - 4:45 pm(GMT-04:00)
Location
Northeast Branch
1348 North 11th Street, Reading, PA 19604
Other Events
Southeast Branch1426 Perkiomen Ave, Reading, PA 19602, USA
Drop in anytime after school to try different craft challenges on your own while supplies last! After JUNE 9, Crafts will be available ALL DAY. JUNE 2-6: Crafts will be
Event Details
Drop in anytime after school to try different craft challenges on your own while supplies last! After JUNE 9, Crafts will be available ALL DAY. JUNE 2-6: Crafts will be available every day! JUNE 26: (No crafts) Join local author Christian Fusco to hear a book reading and learn some basic sign language at 4:00 PM!
Time
June 6, 2025 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm(GMT-04:00)
Location
Main Library - Teen Loft
100 S 5th St, Reading, PA 19602, USA
Other Events
Southeast Branch1426 Perkiomen Ave, Reading, PA 19602, USA
Join us to create your own Slime by measuring ingredients and playing with science. All materials are supplied but quantities are limited and while supplies last.
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Join us to create your own Slime by measuring ingredients and playing with science. All materials are supplied but quantities are limited and while supplies last.
Time
June 7, 2025 11:00 am - 12:00 pm(GMT-04:00)
Location
Main Library - Children
100 S 5th St, Reading, PA 19602, USA
Other Events
Southeast Branch1426 Perkiomen Ave, Reading, PA 19602, USA
Play games from the Teen Loft collection: strategy games, party games, cooperative games, puzzles, trivia, and more!
June 9 = Trivia
June 16 = Safe Berks Story Circle: Jenga with
Event Details
Play games from the Teen Loft collection: strategy games, party games, cooperative games, puzzles, trivia, and more!
June 9 = Trivia
June 16 = Safe Berks Story Circle: Jenga with a twist
June 23 = Tabletop Games
June 30 = (No Games) Join us for Indian Run’s Awesome Owls at 2:00 PM!
Time
June 9, 2025 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm(GMT-04:00)
Location
Main Library - Teen Loft
100 S 5th St, Reading, PA 19602, USA
Other Events
Northeast Branch1348 North 11th Street, Reading, PA 19604
A space to ask any questions about what it means to be LGBTQ , learn important history, and how to be an ally while making a different craft each week!
Event Details
A space to ask any questions about what it means to be LGBTQ , learn important history, and how to be an ally while making a different craft each week!
Time
June 9, 2025 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm(GMT-04:00)
Location
Northeast Branch
1348 North 11th Street, Reading, PA 19604
Other Events
Main Library - Children100 S 5th St, Reading, PA 19602, USA
Join us in the Flexspace to play Nintendo Switch games! Patrons from Main, Northwest, Southeast, and Northeast will compete in a live Switch tournament to see which Reading Public Library
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Join us in the Flexspace to play Nintendo Switch games! Patrons from Main, Northwest, Southeast, and Northeast will compete in a live Switch tournament to see which Reading Public Library Branch will win the title of Champion!
Time
June 10, 2025 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm(GMT-04:00)
Location
Flexspace
Other Events
Southeast Branch1426 Perkiomen Ave, Reading, PA 19602, USA
Drop in anytime after school to try different craft challenges on your own while supplies last! After JUNE 9, Crafts will be available ALL DAY. JUNE 2-6: Crafts will be
Event Details
Drop in anytime after school to try different craft challenges on your own while supplies last! After JUNE 9, Crafts will be available ALL DAY. JUNE 2-6: Crafts will be available every day! JUNE 26: (No crafts) Join local author Christian Fusco to hear a book reading and learn some basic sign language at 4:00 PM!
Time
June 12, 2025 All Day(GMT-04:00)
Location
Main Library - Teen Loft
100 S 5th St, Reading, PA 19602, USA
Other Events
Northeast Branch1348 North 11th Street, Reading, PA 19604
Join us for our very last STEAM Thursday for a fun engineering challenge to make a marble run out of Magnetiles. Work solo or in a team to see what
Event Details
Join us for our very last STEAM Thursday for a fun engineering challenge to make a marble run out of Magnetiles. Work solo or in a team to see what kind of amazing creation you can build to race marbles!
Time
June 12, 2025 4:00 pm - 4:45 pm(GMT-04:00)
Location
Northeast Branch
1348 North 11th Street, Reading, PA 19604
Other Events
Northwest Branch901 Schuylkill Ave, Reading, PA 19601, USA
Vote for what we watch on Movie Nights in the Teen Loft!
On Anime nights, watch some episodes and color anime characters!
June 13 = Movie
June 20 = Anime
Event Details
Vote for what we watch on Movie Nights in the Teen Loft!
On Anime nights, watch some episodes and color anime characters!
June 13 = Movie
June 20 = Anime
June 27 = Movie
Time
June 13, 2025 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm(GMT-04:00)
Location
Main Library - Teen Loft
100 S 5th St, Reading, PA 19602, USA
Other Events
Main Library - Children100 S 5th St, Reading, PA 19602, USA
Kick off Summer @ RPL 2025 with a balloon artist, snacks, games, coloring, and fun. Drop in between 11:00 and 2:00 to pick up your activity or reading logs and
Event Details
Kick off Summer @ RPL 2025 with a balloon artist, snacks, games, coloring, and fun. Drop in between 11:00 and 2:00 to pick up your activity or reading logs and join the fun. We will have limited number of summer swag bags while supplies last.
Time
June 14, 2025 11:00 am - 2:00 pm(GMT-04:00)
Location
Main Library - Children
100 S 5th St, Reading, PA 19602, USA
Other Events
Southeast Branch1426 Perkiomen Ave, Reading, PA 19602, USA
Play games from the Teen Loft collection: strategy games, party games, cooperative games, puzzles, trivia, and more!
June 9 = Trivia
June 16 = Safe Berks Story Circle: Jenga with
Event Details
Play games from the Teen Loft collection: strategy games, party games, cooperative games, puzzles, trivia, and more!
June 9 = Trivia
June 16 = Safe Berks Story Circle: Jenga with a twist
June 23 = Tabletop Games
June 30 = (No Games) Join us for Indian Run’s Awesome Owls at 2:00 PM!
Real talk & real stories! Educate and advocate for positive change. This month, join us for Jenga with a Twist, an identity craft, and a short story about a teen
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Real talk & real stories! Educate and advocate for positive change. This month, join us for Jenga with a Twist, an identity craft, and a short story about a teen facing adversity.
Time
June 16, 2025 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm(GMT-04:00)
Location
Main Library - Teen Loft
100 S 5th St, Reading, PA 19602, USA
Other Events
Main Library - Children100 S 5th St, Reading, PA 19602, USA
Please pre-register before the day with Marissa Brunt at marissa.brunt@readingpubliclibrary.org or calling the Northeast Branch Library at 610-655-6361. Only 6 spots are available each session. Must be between 10 and
Event Details
Please pre-register before the day with Marissa Brunt at marissa.brunt@readingpubliclibrary.org or calling the Northeast Branch Library at 610-655-6361. Only 6 spots are available each session. Must be between 10 and 18 years and older to play.
Time
June 16, 2025 4:00 pm - June 18, 2025 5:30 pm(GMT-04:00)
Southeast Branch1426 Perkiomen Ave, Reading, PA 19602, USA
Drop in anytime after school to try different craft challenges on your own while supplies last! After JUNE 9, Crafts will be available ALL DAY. JUNE 2-6: Crafts will be
Event Details
Drop in anytime after school to try different craft challenges on your own while supplies last! After JUNE 9, Crafts will be available ALL DAY. JUNE 2-6: Crafts will be available every day! JUNE 26: (No crafts) Join local author Christian Fusco to hear a book reading and learn some basic sign language at 4:00 PM!
Time
June 19, 2025 All Day(GMT-04:00)
Location
Main Library - Teen Loft
100 S 5th St, Reading, PA 19602, USA
Other Events
Northeast Branch1348 North 11th Street, Reading, PA 19604
Please come help us celebrate Juneteenth, which marks when the very last people who had been wrongfully enslaved in Texas learned of the Emancipation Proclamation which declared them free citizens.
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Please come help us celebrate Juneteenth, which marks when the very last people who had been wrongfully enslaved in Texas learned of the Emancipation Proclamation which declared them free citizens. There will be food, music, activities, free books, and lots and lots of fun!
Time
June 19, 2025 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm(GMT-04:00)
Location
Northeast Branch
1348 North 11th Street, Reading, PA 19604
Other Events
Main Library - Teen Loft100 S 5th St, Reading, PA 19602, USA
Vote for what we watch on Movie Nights in the Teen Loft!
On Anime nights, watch some episodes and color anime characters!
June 13 = Movie
June 20 = Anime
Event Details
Vote for what we watch on Movie Nights in the Teen Loft!
On Anime nights, watch some episodes and color anime characters!
June 13 = Movie
June 20 = Anime
June 27 = Movie
Time
June 20, 2025 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm(GMT-04:00)
Location
Main Library - Teen Loft
100 S 5th St, Reading, PA 19602, USA
Other Events
Main Library - Teen Loft100 S 5th St, Reading, PA 19602, USA
Play games from the Teen Loft collection: strategy games, party games, cooperative games, puzzles, trivia, and more!
June 9 = Trivia
June 16 = Safe Berks Story Circle: Jenga with
Event Details
Play games from the Teen Loft collection: strategy games, party games, cooperative games, puzzles, trivia, and more!
June 9 = Trivia
June 16 = Safe Berks Story Circle: Jenga with a twist
June 23 = Tabletop Games
June 30 = (No Games) Join us for Indian Run’s Awesome Owls at 2:00 PM!
Time
June 23, 2025 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm(GMT-04:00)
Location
Main Library - Teen Loft
100 S 5th St, Reading, PA 19602, USA
Other Events
Main Library - Children100 S 5th St, Reading, PA 19602, USA
Join us for an offsite library program at Nolde Forest. Take a nature hike through the forest and learn about the history of the family, the forest, and Berks County!
Event Details
Join us for an offsite library program at Nolde Forest. Take a nature hike through the forest and learn about the history of the family, the forest, and Berks County! This is a FREE program, but registration is required, and space is limited. For more information and to register, please call 610-655-6350, ext. 236 or email Nancy.Maurer@readingpubliclibrary.org.
Time
June 24, 2025 10:00 am - 11:00 pm(GMT-04:00)
Location
Main Library - Children
100 S 5th St, Reading, PA 19602, USA
Other Events
Main Library - Teen Loft100 S 5th St, Reading, PA 19602, USA
Vote for what we watch on Movie Nights in the Teen Loft!
On Anime nights, watch some episodes and color anime characters!
June 13 = Movie
June 20 = Anime
Event Details
Vote for what we watch on Movie Nights in the Teen Loft!
On Anime nights, watch some episodes and color anime characters!
June 13 = Movie
June 20 = Anime
June 27 = Movie
Time
June 27, 2025 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm(GMT-04:00)
Location
Main Library - Teen Loft
100 S 5th St, Reading, PA 19602, USA
Other Events
Main Library - Children100 S 5th St, Reading, PA 19602, USA
Drop in and Build with our large collection of Legos. Develop problem-solving, spatial awareness, and critical thinking skills while you experiment and build with different building blocks.
Event Details
Drop in and Build with our large collection of Legos. Develop problem-solving, spatial awareness, and critical thinking skills while you experiment and build with different building blocks.
Time
June 28, 2025 11:00 am - 2:00 pm(GMT-04:00)
Location
Main Library - Children
100 S 5th St, Reading, PA 19602, USA
Other Events
Main Library - Teen Loft100 S 5th St, Reading, PA 19602, USA
Join us for a live theater performance from Yocum Institute. Written by Albright College rising senior Ryan Elmore, Hazel and the Empty Easel will teach audiences of all ages that
Event Details
Join us for a live theater performance from Yocum Institute. Written by Albright College rising senior Ryan Elmore, Hazel and the Empty Easel will teach audiences of all ages that creativity is within all of us, and sometimes it’s through our friends – old and new -that we can share our artistic vision with the world!
Time
July 17, 2025 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm(GMT-04:00)
Location
Main Library - Children
100 S 5th St, Reading, PA 19602, USA
Other Events
Main Library - Children100 S 5th St, Reading, PA 19602, USA
Experience the world of entomology like never before! Learn how Bugs and Insects use color to survive. Not only will you get to see some of the most beautiful insects
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Experience the world of entomology like never before! Learn how Bugs and Insects use color to survive. Not only will you get to see some of the most beautiful insects in the world, but you might get to hold some of the largest LIVE BUGS around!
Time
July 22, 2025 10:00 am - 11:00 am(GMT-04:00)
Location
Main Library - Children
100 S 5th St, Reading, PA 19602, USA
Other Events
Main Library - Children100 S 5th St, Reading, PA 19602, USA
Reading Public Library is offering an offsite library program this summer to Berks Nature! Connect with nature and hike through the wetland, meadow, and forest trails that surround The
Event Details
Reading Public Library is offering an offsite library program this summer to Berks Nature! Connect with nature and hike through the wetland, meadow, and forest trails that surround The Nature Place. Get your hands dirty as you explore the stream and enjoy the beauty of Berks County.
This program is completely FREE but registration is required, and space is limited. For more information and to register, please call 610-655-6350, ext. 236 or email Nancy.Maurer@readingpubliclibrary.org.
Time
July 29, 2025 9:30 am - 12:00 pm(GMT-04:00)
Location
Main Library - Children
100 S 5th St, Reading, PA 19602, USA
Other Events
August
Main Library - Children100 S 5th St, Reading, PA 19602, USA
Explore the magic of colors, textures, and creative expression and learn beginner-friendly watercolor techniques such as color blending, washes, layering, and simple brushwork while creating beautiful, imaginative paintings.
This is
Event Details
Explore the magic of colors, textures, and creative expression and learn beginner-friendly watercolor techniques such as color blending, washes, layering, and simple brushwork while creating beautiful, imaginative paintings.
This is a FREE program, but quantities are limited and while supplies last.
Time
August 6, 2025 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm(GMT-04:00)
Location
Main Library - Children
100 S 5th St, Reading, PA 19602, USA
Other Events
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