While we're feeling hopeful about the new year, you're likely to still be spending a lot of time at home this winter. January is National Hobby Month, and it's the perfect time of year to pick up a new interest or devote a little extra time to a current hobby. Hobbies can help you relieve stress, keep your brain active by learning something new, and fill those long winter days. (They can even offer some safe excuses to get out of the house for a bit!)

That is why celebrating National Hobby Month might be just what you need. Get more involved in a hobby you already have or find a new hobby to enjoy from the list below.

Dance

Libra Dance Studio

150 W. Street Rd., Warminster
www.libradancestudio.com

Do you have experience dancing and you want to get back into it, or have you always wanted to try, but never had the opportunity? Libra Dance Studio has beginner and intermediate adult classes in hip hop jazz, ballet, and tap. The studio takes pride in being a judgement-free space, so you can put on your dancing shoes, relax, and have fun.

Freestyle Dance Academy

341 Lower State Rd., Chalfont
www.freestyledancepa.com

The academy offers classes for adults in hip hop, tap, and breaking. They offer drop-in style classes to accommodate adults’ busy schedules.

La Luna Dance Studio

4010 New Falls Rd., Bristol
www.lalunadancestudio.com

La Luna offers both private and group lessons, depending on if you want a more intense experience where you learn more in a shorter amount of time or a more relaxed, social environment. Choose from Ballet, Salsa, Tap, Bachata and more.

Book Clubs

Bucks County Community College Book Discussion Group

275 Swamp Road, Newtown

The Bucks County Community College Book Club meets on the second Thursday of the month during the academic year. For the time being, the long-running group has shifted is meetings to an online format using Zoom. For more information, contact michael.hennessey@bucks.edu at least one week before the meeting date.

Note: January's book is The Kremlin Conspiracy (January 14) and February's book is The Vanishing Half (February 11).

Newtown Bookshop

2835 S. Eagle Rd., Newtown

The bookshop typically hosts several book clubs throughout the month. While Covid has caused them to change some of their events, they're still offering the Evening Book Club virtually, on the last Tuesday of the month at 7 p.m. Contact the store for more details.

Doylestown Bookshop

16 S. Main St., Doylestown and 162A Peddler’s Village

The Doylestown Bookshop and its Peddler’s Village location typically host a variety of book clubs that meet monthly in the store. At this time, meetings are virtual. Find out more about the various clubs HERE and join an event by viewing the calendar HERE.

Cooking

Ash Chase Culinary

450 E. Butler Avenue, New Britain

Ash Chase offers cooking classes and meals for all ages. While they typically post classes 3-4 months in advance, the uncertainty of these times has made it so that they're only posting 1 month in advance. Please follow on Facebook for up-to-date offerings.

Conquering Cuisine

378 North Main Street, Doylestown

Conquering Cuisine offers a variety of classes including demonstration, hands-on, wine tasting & pairing, kids cooking, and private classes. At this time, they are also offering both in-person and virtual classes. Classes sell out quickly, so you'll want to look at the calendar of events to pick your favorite!

The Lucky Cupcake Company/Sweet Occasions

74 Peddler's Village, Lahaska

The Lucky Cupcake Company offers a variety of to-go kits, classes and baking camp sessions. While most are for children, they do occasionally offer an adults event.

Art

Magic Arts Studio

85 Makefield Road, Morrisville

Magic Arts Studio offers classes and parties for kids and adults focused on glass arts, pallet signs, mosaics, stained glass, ceramics and more. Come in the studio for an in-person (socially distanced, masked) class, or pick up to to-go kit and join over Zoom. Visit the Facebook page or website for the latest classes available.

Penelope Fox Art Studio

10 Canal Street, Bristol

Penelope Fox Art Studio is offering classes for both children and adults, in-studio and online. Some upcoming topics include: Character Drawing, Landscape Painting, Embroidery, Watercolor and Candle Making. Visit the website or Facebook for more information.

Seufert Art Studio

302 S. Olds Blvd., Fairless Hills

Both Robert and Alice Seufert, both professional artists have had the pleasure of teaching art classes to both children and adults for over 35 years. Due to the pandemic, they have suspended all in-studio classes for the time being and hope to be able to return o the studio in the spring. In the mean time, their son Patrick will be offering virtual art classes. Virtual Winter Classes start on January 18. Find out more and register HERE.

Fiber Arts

Twist Knitting & Spinning

5743 Lower York Rd., Lahaska
twistknittingandspinning.com

Across from Peddler’s Village, Twist offers classes in knitting, weaving, and spinning. You can also bring a project, sit, and chat in the shop’s comfortable living room and enjoy the creative and welcoming atmosphere.

Echo Valley Fiber

2310 Second Street Pike, Newtown
www.echovalleyfiber.com

Echo Valley Fiber offers regular knitting classes on Wednesday and Saturday from noon to 2 p.m. For beginners, they offer beginning crochet instruction on Mondays from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. and beginning knitting classes are Friday from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. and Saturday from 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Classes are limited to 5-6 students to ensure personalized attention.

Nature

Bucks County Audubon Society

2877 Creamery Road, New Hope

The Bucks County Audubon Society's goal is to connect people to the natural world and inspire them to take positive actions that will benefit birds, wildlife and inhabitants. Their grounds are open dawn to dusk every day, and the Education Center is open during the week. They also host regularly host events – both virtual and in person. Coming up, there is an “Owl Prowl” walk on January 9 and a Bird Walk on January 16.

Silver Lake Nature Center

1306 Bath Road, Bristol

Silver Lake Nature Center's trails are open for independent exploring daily from sunrise to sunset. But if you'd like something more interactive, you can also join one of their upcoming events. They'll have free Guided Walk tours on Sunday, January 10 and 17 from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. as well as Earthship Tours on Saturday, January 23 from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.

In addition, Silver Lake Nature Center hosts several day-off and after-school events for children.

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