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There are so many things to do in Berks County!

There are so many things to do in Berks County!

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Natural Histories: 400 Years of Scientific Illustration

Reading Public Museum

Illustration has played an integral role in scientific discovery for centuries. Images were created in pursuit of scientific knowledge and to accompany important scientific works in disciplines ranging from astronomy to zoology. Travel back in time as you explore 40 striking scientific illustrations spanning five centuries and try your hand at scientific illustration in Natural […]

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Danny Lyon: Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement

Reading Public Museum

A giant of post-War documentary photography and film, Brooklyn, NY native Danny Lyon helped define a mode of photojournalism in which the picture-maker is deeply and personally embedded in his subject matter. A self-taught photographer and a graduate of the University of Chicago, Lyon began his photographic career in the early 1960s as the first […]

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Ayana Ross: Whence You Came

Reading Public Museum

The Reading Public Museum is pleased to present an engaging body of recent work by Atlanta-area contemporary figurative painter Ayana Ross (born 1977). Ross’s subjects are everyday figures, which are inspired by the events in her family’s own history in the American South. The artist captures poignant, sometimes nostalgic, moments that address broader issues of […]

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Brian Glaze: The Triad of Fire

Freedman Gallery - Albright College Center for the Arts

Brian Glaze: The Triad of Fire  March 19- May 10, Freedman Gallery at Albright College  Gallery Hours: Tuesday-Friday 9am-5pm, Sunday 1pm-4pm  Exhibition includes new work from Glaze’s Fall 2022 sabbatical. Glaze’s artistic practice is firmly rooted in sculpture and digital media and provides commentary about U.S. manufacturing. Although his earlier work has often included welding […]

SCRIPTprov™ – First Thursday Comedy Series

GoggleWorks Boscov Theater

Part scripted theatre. Part improv. So much fun! Each Scriptprov™ performance highlights a local Berks County theatre group performing scripted scenes – only in Scriptprov™ we have them do the scene a second time and one of the actors is replaced by an improviser WHO HAS NO IDEA WHAT SCENE THEY ARE IN! A hilarious […]

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Maifest

Reading Liederkranz

After a long winter, we are thrilled to celebrate the opening of the historic biergarten for the spring and summer seasons! Enjoy music all evening long from our friends The Alex Meixner Band, acclaimed for their rousing polka tunes and German music. With live music, delicious German fare and plenty of beer to go around, […]