Community Calendar

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Kutztown Community Library

70 Bieber Alley, Kutztown, 610-683-5820 Mondays Preschool Story Time: July 24, 31 at 10 a.m. Kids ages 3-5 invited for stories and craft Toddler Time Story Time: July 24, 31 at 11 a.m. Kids ages 0-3 invited for stories and songs Pokémon League: 5to 7 p.m. Trading Card Games to earn points for Promo Cards and Badges. Challenge other Pokémon Trading Card Game fans to matches. All ages and experience levels are welcome. No cost involved. Tuesdays Storyrider Story Time: with Mama Patt at 9:45 a.m. July 25. Kids ages 2-5 invited for stories and games. Wednesdays Wiggly Wednesday: July 26 at 10 a.m. Each week different activities. 7⁄26 Toddler Play Time - Ages 2 and up Every Saturday in July Used Book Sale: 9:30-2 p.m. Kutztown Community Library. Lego Construction Crew: 10 a.m. Kids ages 3-12 invited for creative Lego fun. Legos are provided. Library events Summer Reading Program Jesse the Reptile Guy: Aug. 17 at the Kutztown Park at 10am in the Bandshell. No registration required. 610683-5820 Bus Trip: Sept. 21 to Museum of the American Revolution & City Tavern in Philadelphia. $90 per person includes transportation, lunch, admissions and gratuities. Spend 3 hours seeing expansive collection of Revolutionary-era weapons, personal items, documents and works of art in this new Philadelphia museum. Lunch is a culinary experience inspired by the customs and foods of the 18th century. Sponsored by the Friends of the Kutztown Community Library. Call 610-683-5820. Bus Trip to New York City, Oct. 14: Plan Your Own Day! Cost $43 per person includes trip up and back as well as bus driver tip. Leaving at 8am from Giant parking lot in Kutztown and leaving NYC at 6pm from Bryant Park. Sponsored by the Kutztown Community Library. Call 610-683-5820 to register.

AREA EVENTS

Aug. 17 Kutztown Women’s Connection Summer Fashion Show Dinner Party: 6:30 p.m. at Janelle Restaurant, Bowers. Cheryl 610-7819165. Aug. 17 A free informational session: on adoption and child foster care will be held at 6 p.m. Aug. 17 at Diakon Adoption & Foster Care, located on the campus of The Lutheran Home at Topton, One S. Home Ave., Topton. To attend call, toll-free, 1-888-582-2230 or (610) 682-1504 to register. Diakon Adoption & Foster Care staff will explain foster parenting as well as the processes involved in adopting a child. Attendees also will learn about children available for adoption as well as the foster-to-adopt program and a new service providing foster care for medically fragile children. Aug. 17 Berks County Patriots Meeting: 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., Leesport Market. FAA Drones update by Shanora Davis; Extortion 17 Update by Charles Strange; “My Liberty Threads” by Scott Miller; and special mystery guest. All welcome. Free. Aug. 17 The monthly meeting of the Berks County Genealogical Society: 6:30 p.m. in Room 413 of the Goggle Works Center for the Arts. Guest speaker Evans Goodling talks about Berks County’s European Roots. Doors open at 6 p.m., light refreshments before the meeting. Aug. 18 Bats, Bats, & More Bats!: Aug. 18 at 7 p.m. at Berks County Heritage Center, 1102 Red Bridge Road in Bern Twp. Free. Dr. Karen Campbell, professor of Biology at Albright College returns to present an illustrated lecture on bats from around the world as well as an update on the little brown bats that live here in the Red Bridge. Co-Sponsor: Spring Township Parks & Recreation. This event is presented by the Berks County Parks and Recreation Department. 610-374-8839, www.countyofberks.com/parks. Aug. 18 Community Faith Night: at Fleetwood Pool on Friday, Aug. 18, from 7:30-9:30 p.m. Rain date is Sunday, Aug. 20. Hosted by St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church in Fleetwood. Swimming, games, food, fellowship, Chinese Auction. Admission $6. Kids ages 5 and under free. Bring a canned good and receive $1 off admittance. Proceeds go to youth for the 2018 Houston Youth Gathering. All cans will be given to the food pantry. Aug. 19 Tatting Workshop: 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. at Berks County Heritage Center, 1102 Red Bridge Road in Bern Twp. Cost is $10. Tatting- “knot” a lost art! Karen Wattai, a self-taught tatter and member of the Lace Lovers of Lebanon, has years of experience teaching this versatile art form. A comparison of threads, needles and shuttle tatting will be discussed as students learn to make rings and chains resulting in a tatted bookmark. Kit includes medium size tatting needle, threads, and pattern. Bring scissors. Registration with payment (payable to instructor) by Aug. 11. Call 610-374-8839. This event is presented by the Berks County Parks and Recreation Department. 610-374-8839, www.countyofberks.com/parks. Aug. 19