Amateur radio
Friday: Reading Radio Club meeting, 8 p.m., Berks County Agricultural Center, 1238 County Welfare Road, Bern Township. Program by Sheriff's Department on K-9 dogs. 610-678-8976.
Antiques
Saturday and Sunday: Elverson Spring Antique Show and Sale, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Twin Valley High School, off Route 23, near Elverson. $6. 610-999-1291.
Arts
Tuesday: Artists and Writers Forum, 7 p.m., New Arts Program Space, 173 W. Main St., Kutztown. 610-683-6440.
Bingo
Every Thursday: Bingo, doors 5 p.m., games 6:30 p.m., Rajah Shrine Complex, 221 Orchard Road, Ontelaunee Township. 610-916-9000.
Saturday: Bingo, doors 5 p.m., games 6:45 p.m., Mount Pleasant Fire Company, 5662 Mount Pleasant Road, off Route 183, near Bernville. 610-488-1968.
Sunday: Vera Bradley bingo, doors noon, games 1 p.m., Muhlenberg High School, Sharp Avenue and Frances Street. 610-929-1503.
Sunday: Wernersville Woman's Club basket and pottery bingo, doors noon, games 1 p.m., Conrad Weiser High School cafeteria. 610-678-8355.
Sunday: Longaberger basket and Vera Bradley purse bingo, doors noon, games 1 p.m., Keystone Fire Company No. 1, Main Street, Bechtelsville. $20 in advance, $25 at the door for 20 games. 610-367-8662.
Every Monday: Bingo, doors 5 p.m., games 7 p.m., Mohnton Fish and Game Protective Association, 100 Gun Club Road, Mohnton. 610-775-3470.
Every Wednesday: Bingo, doors 5 p.m., games 6:15 p.m., Riverside Beneficial Association, 1742 Pear St. Buy three get one free. 610-373-9519.
Cards
Saturday: Card party (Haas), 7 p.m., Kempton Rod & Gun Club, Pine Creek Road, Kempton. 610-285-4159.
Chess
Every Friday: Amity Chess Club, 7 to 10 p.m., St. Paul's United Church of Christ, Douglassville (new location in main church building). All ages and skill levels welcome. 610-385-6324, www.amitychessclub.org.
Children
Sunday: Rock Star Tots children's dance party, 2 to 4:30 p.m., Riveredge, Greenfields. $5. 610-370-9010, www.RockStarTots.net.
Comedy
Sunday: Ides of March Comedy Night with Dutch Blitzkrieg Comedy Improv Troupe, 7 p.m., Reading Community Players theater, 403 N. 11th St. $10. www.brownpapertickets.com.
Dancing
Saturday: Benefit dance for barn fire victims Arlan C. Krick and family, 7 to 10 p.m., Virginville Grange, Route 143, Virginville. Music by The Majestics. $6. 610-562-4505.
Saturday: Country Western Dancers of Reading's St. Patrick's Day Dance with DJ Cactus Jack, 7:30 to 10:30 p.m., Riverside Beneficial Hall, 1742 Pear St.
Saturday: United Singles Dance with DJ Gary Wiley, 8 p.m. to midnight, Boyertown Area Multi Services Building, 200 W. Spring St., Boyertown. Free formal dance lessons from 7:30 to 8.
Sunday: Country dancing with DJ Dixie Lynn, 7 to 10 p.m., Chill Lounge, 2747 Bernville Road, Bern Township. Beginner lesson at 7. $5. 610-916-2343.
Tuesday: Country dancing with DJ Countrybaer, 7 to 10 p.m., Riverside Beneficial Hall, 1742 Pear St. $5. 610-373-6986.
Expo
Sunday: Pennsylvania Women's Expo, with keynote speaker Olympic silver-medal swimmer Kristy Kowal, noon to 5 p.m., Riveredge, 2017 Bernville Road, Greenfields. $5 or donation of food for food pantries or animal shelters. 610-916-3652, www.pawomensexpo.com.
Food
Friday: Lenten fish fry dinner, 4 to 7 p.m., St. Mary Parish, Ave Maria Hall, 94 Walnut Road, Tilden Township. Adults $8, children 6 to 12 $5. Macaroni and cheese and haluskie dinners also available for $5/$4. Eat-in or take out. www.rc.net/allentown/stmaryhamb.
Saturday: Family-style breakfast, 7 to 10 a.m., Vinemont Community Lutheran Church, 1278 Fritztown Road, Spring Township. Adults $4, children $3. 610-670-1141.
Saturday: All-you-can-eat community breakfast, 7 to 11 a.m., Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Stoudt's Ferry Bridge and Tuckerton roads, Muhlenberg Township. $5 for adults, $4 for seniors and children under 10.
Saturday: Breakfast, 7 to 10 a.m., Trinity United Church of Christ, Rehrersburg.
Saturday: All-you-can-eat ham and string bean dinner, 3 to 6 p.m., Salem Shalter's Lutheran Church, 2032 Mount Laurel Road, Alsace Township. $7.50 adults, $4.50 children 12 and under. Takeout available. 610-929-8156.
Saturday: Ham and beef dinner, 4 to 7 p.m., Rosedale Church, 1301 E. Bellevue Ave., Laureldale. Adults $10, children $5. 610-929-0331.
Saturday: All-you-can-eat spaghetti supper, 4 to 7 p.m., St. James Church, Seventh and Penn avenues, West Reading. Adults $7, children $4. 610-372-2034.
Sunday: Breakfast, 7 to 10:15 a.m., Nativity Lutheran Church, Sweitzer Hall, 13th and Amity streets. $5.50 adults, $3 children 12 and under, $6 creamed chipped beef.
Sunday: All-you-can-eat breakfast buffet, 7 to 10:30 a.m., Brecknock Fire Company, Route 568, Alleghenyville. $6.50 adults, $6 seniors, $4.50 children 6 to 12.
Sunday: Wernersville Lions Club pancake and sausage breakfast, 7:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Wernersville Fire Hall. Adults $5.50, children $2.50.
Sunday: Breakfast, 8 a.m. to noon, Strausstown Fire Company, 10 Walnut St., Strausstown.
Sunday: Breakfast, 8 a.m. to noon, Kempton Rod & Gun Club, Pine Creek Road, Kempton. 610-285-4159.
Sunday: Breakfast, 8 a.m. to noon, Meadowbrook Country Club, 1153 Rick Road, Bern Township. 610-926-2276.
Sunday: Breakfast, 8 a.m. to noon, Bechtelsville Fire Company.
Sunday: Breakfast buffet, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., Shartlesville Grange Hall, Fourth Street, Shartlesville. 610-488-6027.
Sunday: All-you-can-eat chicken potpie dinner sponsored by Willing Workers of Conrad Weiser Chapter Order of the Eastern Star, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Williamson Masonic Lodge, 318 Mill Road, Womelsdorf. $7 for adults, $3 for children. Takeout available.
History
Saturday and March 20: "From Out the Fiery Furnace," one-act play about 19th-century life at Hopewell Furnace, performed by Barbara Hannevig, 1 p.m., Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site, off Route 345, Union Township. Free. 610-582-8773, www.nps.gov/hofu.
Sunday: Charter Day celebration, noon to 4 p.m., Conrad Weiser Homestead, 28 Weiser Lane, off Route 422, near Womelsdorf. Features costumed living history interpreters from First and Third Battalions of the Pennsylvania Regiment in French and Indian War garb. Guided tours at 1 and 3 p.m. Free, but donations accepted. 570-695-3928, www.conradweiserhomestead.org.
Sunday: Charter Day celebration with living history program, noon to 5 p.m., Daniel Boone Homestead, 400 Daniel Boone Road, off Route 422, near Baumstown. Features hearth cooking, tours, flointlock shoot by First Pennsylvania Regiment. Free. 610-582-4900.
Monday: Oley Valley Heritage Association meeting with artist and author Julie Longacre, 7:30 p.m., Oley Township Building, Rose Virginia Avenue.
Wednesday: Fleetwood Area Historical Society meeting with program on "Symbols of the West," photographs by Vernon Boose, 7 p.m., Fleetwood Community Center, 110 W. Arch St., Fleetwood.
Libraries
Today: Lapsit program with Miss Marie; 10 a.m., Fleetwood Area Public Library, 110 W. Arch St., Fleetwood. 610-944-0146.
Today: Surprise story time, 6 p.m., Bernville Area Community Library, 6721 Bernville Road, Bernville.
Today: Beanie Baby bingo, 6 p.m., Womelsdorf Community Library, 203 W. High St., Womelsdorf. 610-589-1424, www.berks.lib.pa.us/womelsdorfcl.
Thursdays: Wii play, 3:30 p.m., Reading Public Library Northwest Branch, 901 Schuylkill Ave. 610-655-6360.
Friday: Scrapbooking, 6 p.m., Bernville Area Community Library, 6721 Bernville Road, Bernville.
Friday: Teen movie night, "Whip It," 7 p.m., Robesonia Community Library, 75-A S. Brooke St., Robesonia. 610-693-3264, www.berks.lib.pa.us/robesoniacl.
Saturdays: Movie matinee, 12:30 p.m., Reading Public Library Northwest Branch, 901 Schuylkill Ave. 610-655-6360.
Saturday: Second Saturday Matinee, 1 p.m., Muhlenberg Community Library, 3612 Kutztown Road, Laureldale. Bring pillow and blankets. 610-929-0589.
Monday: "St. Patrick's Day" story time, 11 a.m., Bernville Area Community Library, 6721 Bernville Road, Bernville.
Monday: Read to therapy dog Rookie, 6:30 p.m., Robesonia Community Library, 75-A S. Brooke St., Robesonia. Registration required. 610-693-3264, www.berks.lib.pa.us/robesoniacl.
Monday and Tuesday: "I Love Green!" story time, Monday 6 p.m., Tuesday 10 a.m., West Lawn-Wyomissing Hills Library, 101 Woodside Ave., West Lawn. 610-678-4888.
Tuesday: "Green Day" story time for preschoolers with Miss Mary, 10:30 a.m., Robesonia Community Library, 75-A S. Brooke St., Robesonia. 610-693-3264, www.berks.lib.pa.us/robesoniacl.
Tuesdays: Chess Club, 3:30 p.m., Reading Public Library Northwest Branch, 901 Schuylkill Ave. 610-655-6360.
Tuesdays: Craft night and story time, 6:30 p.m., Reading Public Library Northwest Branch, 901 Schuylkill Ave. 610-655-6360.
Wednesday: Preschooler story time, 9:30 a.m., Fleetwood Area Public Library, 110 W. Arch St., Fleetwood. 610-944-0146.
Wednesday: "All Parts of Me" preschool story time, 11:15 a.m., Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library, 8601 Lancaster Ave., Bethel. Registration required. 717-933-4060.
Wednesday: "Staying Healthy on a Budget," talk by dietitian Meredith Mensinger, 1 to 2 p.m., Muhlenberg Community Library, 3612 Kutztown Road, Laureldale. 610-929-0589.
Wednesday: Family movie night, 6 p.m., Womelsdorf Community Library, 203 W. High St., Womelsdorf. 610-589-1424, www.berks.lib.pa.us/womelsdorfcl.
Music
Sunday: Hymn sing for all, 6 to7 p.m., Calvary Baptist Church, 510 Park Ave. 610-372-7640.
Outdoors
Friday and Saturday: Blue Mountain Eagle Climbing Club cleanup at Rentschler Arboretum, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., off Route 183, Bernville. 610-775-3004.
Saturday: Berks Community Strollers hike of Monocacy Hill lower trails, 9:45 a.m., meeting at Boscov's East, Exeter Township. 610-777-1544.
Saturday: Berks Community Hiking Club 5-mile Womelsdorf area hike, 10 a.m., meeting at parking lot next to Womelsdorf McDonald's, Routes 422 and 419. 610-678-5245.
Sunday: Blue Mountain Eagle Climbing Club 12-mile Oley Valley bike ride, 10 a.m., meeting at Oley IGA. 610-921-3303.
Sunday: Elverson Walking Club walk around Hopewell Lake at French Creek State Park, 1:30 p.m., meeting at West Boat Launch parking area. 610-582-5220.
Sunday: Walk with geologist Robert Kulp at Monocacy Hill Recreation Center, 1:30 p.m., meeting at Geiger Road parking area, Amity Township. www.monocacyhill.org.
Pets
Saturday: One by One Cat Rescue adoption event, noon to 4 p.m., Petco, Exeter Township, and PetSmart, 4210 Fifth Street Highway, Muhlenberg Township, and 1183 Berkshire Blvd., Wyomissing. 484-839-2019.
Sunday: Absolutely Purrfect Cat Rescue adoption day, noon to 3 p.m., Petco, Broadcasting Square, 2765 Paper Mill Road, Spring Township.
Sales
Fridays through March 26: Pierogi sale, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., St. Mary Church, Parish Lower Hall, 12th and Spruce streets. Sauerkraut and potato $7.25 a dozen, cheese $7.75 a dozen. 610-376-6321.
Saturday: Community flea market, 7 a.m. to noon, Bethany Lutheran Church, 1375 Carsonia Ave., Stony Creek Mills.
Mondays and Tuesdays through March 23: Homemade Easter egg sale, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., St. Andrew's United Church of Christ, 1320 Spruce St. Peanut butter and coconut cream eggs available. $8 per pound. 610-375-8687.
Wellness
Friday: Sacred Mantra and Drumming Circle, 7:30 to 9 p.m., Pathways to Healing Wellness Center, 1817 Bernville Road. Call to register. 610-373-7935, ext. 114, www.pathwaystohealingpa.com.
Saturday: Yoga Immersion Classes, 1:30 to 3:30 p.m., Pathways to Healing Wellness Center, 1817 Bernville Road. Call to register. 610-373-7935, ext. 114, www.pathwaystohealingpa.com.
Women's clubs
Tuesday: Reading Women's Connection "Spring Into Fashion" dinner party, 6:30 to 8 p.m., Inn at Reading, 1040 Park Road, Wyomissing. $18. 610-926-9623.
Wednesday: Christian Women's Club I of Reading "Welcome Spring" lunch, 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Riveredge Restaurant, 2017 Bernville Road, Greenfields. $12. 610-603-9461.
Outside Berks
Collectibles
Saturday: Great Lehigh Valley Antique Toy and Collectible Show, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Merchants Square Mall, 1901 S. 12th St., Allentown. $5. www.valleygoto.com.
Sunday: Keystone Record Collectors show, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Continental Inn, 2285 Lincoln Highway East, Lancaster. Free. 610-932-7852, www.recordcollectors.org.
Dancing
Sunday: USA Dance, Lancaster Red Rose chapter, with music by DJ Tom Albert, 4:30 to 7:30 p.m., with lessons at 3:30 p.m., Farm & Home Center, 1383 Arcadia Road, Lancaster. $8 for members, $10 for nonmembers, $5 students. Singles welcome. 717-203-7986.
Family
Today through Sunday: Sesame Street Live presents "When Elmo Grows Up," 7 tonight, 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m. Friday, 10:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. Saturday and 1 and 4:30 p.m. Sunday, Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza, 255 Highland Park Blvd., Wilkes-Barre. $13, $17 and $22. 800-745-3000, www.ticketmaster.com.
History
Sunday: Pennsylvania Charter Day celebration, noon to 5 p.m., Ephrata Cloister, 632 W. Main St., Ephrata. Free admission to museum. 717-733-6600 or www.ephratacloister.org.
Sunday: Charter Day celebration, noon to 5 p.m., Landis Valley Museum, 2451 Kissel Hill Road, Neffsville, Lancaster County. Free admission. 717-569-0401, www.landisvalleymuseum.org.
Sunday: Charter Day celebration, noon to 5 p.m., Railroad Museum of Pennsylania, Route 741, Strasburg, Lancaster County. Free. 717-687-8628, www.rrmuseumpa.org.
Libraries
Today: Preschool craft, 10:30 a.m., Adamstown Area Library, 3000 N. Reading Road, Adamstown. Please register. 717-484-4200.
Tuesday and Wednesday: Preschool story time, 10 a.m., Adamstown Area Library, 3000 N. Reading Road, Adamstown. Please register. 717-484-4200.
Theater
Saturday: Selkie Theatre production "Voices of a People's History of the United States," 8 p.m., Unitarian Universalist Church, 424 Center St., Bethlehem. $15, seniors and students $12. 610-351-3526, www.selkietheatre.org.
Trains
Saturday: Toy Train Swap Meet and Show, 9 a.m. to noon, St. Philip the Apostle Parish Hall, Route 741 and 999, Millersville, Lancaster County. Adults $4.
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