Pearl S. Buck International

Annual Festival of Trees: Decor Tour (no historical interpretation)
2022-11-19 10:00 - 11:00, 2022-11-18 15:00 - 16:00, 2022-11-18 10:00 - 11:00, 2022-11-17 15:00 - 16:00, 2022-11-17 10:00 - 11:00, 2022-11-16 15:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | Pearl S. Buck House, 520 Dublin Road, Perkasie, PA, 18944, United States
View the rooms of Pearl S. Buck’s iconic Bucks County stone farmhouse (a National Historic Landmark) as they come alive with the glow of holiday decorations. The event showcases beautiful trees and vignettes designed by some of Bucks County’s best artists/decorators and local community groups. The Festival of Trees is one of the most unique and historic holiday traditions in the region. Visitors vote for the best display.
No tours on Mondays
Taking Action Tour by appointment only
Tuesday-Saturday
Life & Legacy Tour 11 am, 1 pm & 2 pm
Decor Tour 3 pm
Sunday
Life & Legacy Tour 1 pm & 2 pm
Decor Tour 3 pm
November 25-December 5 (Craft Show Week) and December 19-23 (Christmas Week)
No Taking Action Tours during this time
No tours on Mondays
Tuesday-Saturday
Life & Legacy Tour 11 am, 1 pm & 2 pm
Decor Tour 10 am & 3 pm
Sunday
Life & Legacy Tour 1 pm & 2 pm
Decor Tour 3 pm
Ticket Purchase & Reservation Required – Call 215-249-0100 x110

Annual Festival of Trees: Life & Legacy Tour
2022-11-18 14:00 - 15:00, 2022-11-18 13:00 - 14:00, 2022-11-18 11:00 - 12:00, 2022-11-17 14:00 - 15:00, 2022-11-17 13:00 - 14:00, 2022-11-17 11:00 - 12:00, 2022-11-16 11:00 - 12:00 | Pearl S. Buck House, 520 Dublin Road, Perkasie, PA, 18944, United States

Volunteer Orientation
2022-11-10 10:30 - 12:00, 2022-10-13 13:00 - 14:30, 2022-09-15 13:00 - 14:30, 2022-08-18 10:30 - 12:00 | Pearl S Buck International, 520 Dublin Road, Perkasie, PA
Volunteers at Pearl S. Buck International play an important part in sharing the history of Pearl S. Buck and her National Historic Landmark house, organizing community events, and fundraising for the organization.
Volunteers do this by serving in a variety of roles such as docents and facilitators, who lead guided tours of the Pearl S. Buck House; clerks, who staff the International Gift Shop; office assistants, who help the staff of Pearl S. Buck International with clerical and other office needs; and event organizers for the Holiday Craft Show and Community Holiday Open House.

To learn how you can become a volunteer at Pearl S. Buck International, please reserve your spot and attend one of the volunteer orientations.
Volunteer orientation dates for 2022 have been announced!
Volunteer orientation dates for 2022 are:
January 13 at 1 pm
February 17 at 10:30 am
March 17 at 1 pm
April 14 at 10:30 am
May 19 at 1 pm
June 16 at 10:30 am
July 14 at 1 pm
August 18 at 10:30 am
September 15 at 1 pm
October 13 at 1 pm
November 10 at 10:30 am
To register, please call Jill Dansereau at 215-249-0100 x110 or enter “0”.

Octoberfest at the Pearl S. Buck Estate
2022-10-23 13:00 - 17:00 | Pearl S Buck International, 520 Dublin Road, Perkasie, PA
Join us for an afternoon of fun for the inaugural Oktoberfest celebration at Pearl S. Buck Estate. Enjoy music, entertainment, food and drink, and peruse an array of vendors. It’s sure to be fun for the whole family!

Writing Center - Pearl S. Buck Novel Discussion Group
2022-10-17 19:00 - 20:30, 2022-09-19 19:00 - 20:30, 2022-08-15 19:00 - 20:30, 2022-07-18 19:00 - 20:30 | Online
All classes will meet online via Zoom
**NEW TIME** 3rd Mondays, 7-8:30 pm
March 21 – A Biography Part II by Pearl S. Buck & Ted Harris: Pearl’s philosophy as expressed in her letters
April 18 – Command the Morning 1959: Fascinating book telling of the challenges, triumphs & consequences of creating the Atomic Bomb and changing the world forever.
May 16 – “A Certain Star” 1957: A Pearl S. Buck short story about a too involved atomic scientist who waits too long to have a family Christmas
June 20 – This Proud Heart 1937/1939: The experiences of a gifted sculptor and her struggle to reconcile her absorbing career and demands of marriages and divorce
July 18 – The Time is Noon 1967: Portrait of an American woman as a daughter, sister, wife and mother trying to find herself between the two world wars
August 15 – The Kennedy Women 1970: A portrait comparing the fascinating and enduring Kennedy women with a Chinese Dynasty
September 19 –A Dinner in Camelot 2018 by Joseph A. Esposito: The night America’s greatest scientists, writers and scholars partied at the Kennedy White House.
October 17 – To My Daughters with Love 1967: Words to women everywhere from the heart of an author wise in the ways of real family life
For more information, email facilitator Cindy Louden, clouden@pearlsbuck.org. You don’t have to have read the book to enjoy the discussions. Wonderful information can be gathered from Pearl’s novels, her non-fiction, and from her biographers for anyone who wants to know and share about “our Pearl.”

Writing Center - Writers Guild
2022-10-16 13:00 - 15:00, 2022-09-18 13:00 - 15:00, 2022-08-21 13:00 - 15:00, 2022-07-17 13:00 - 15:00 | Online
The Pearl S. Buck Writing Center’s Writers Guild will zoom meet on the 3rd Sundays, monthly from March 20th through October 16th, from 1-3 pm to share and critique our writing work-in-progress. In a friendly atmosphere, we encourage, support and challenge our adult writers to improve, whether they are experienced writers or beginners. All genres of literature are welcome from novels and short fiction to memoirs, essays and poetry by all levels of writers.
Visit our blog at www.psbwritingcenter.org become a follower and you’ll receive an email notification of any new blog posts. Many past issues of our Pearl S. Buck Literary Journal – containing writing in a wide variety of genres – can be accessed from our blog.
Registered Guild members must send writings for editing consideration and distribution to lindadonaldson@verizon.net 2 weeks prior to our meetings so all attendees can read and be prepared to discuss. Please consult our blog at psbwritingcenter.org for more details. On behalf of all the editors, we welcome your participation and look forward to meeting you this Spring at our March 20th Zoom meeting from 1-3pm. Keep writing!

Writing Center - Short Stories Book Discussion Group
2022-10-11 10:00 - 11:30, 2022-09-13 10:00 - 11:30, 2022-08-09 10:00 - 11:30 | Online
All classes will meet online via Zoom
2nd Tuesdays, 10-11:30 am
March 8
April 12
May 10
June 14
July 12
August 9
September 13
October 11
Dr. Carol Breslin, Emeritus, Gwynedd Mercy University, leads the lively discussion of stories from this year’s selection, Pearl S. Buck’s anthology of “Fourteen Stories” 1961, using specific stories – TBA. Wonderful information can be gathered from Pearl Buck’s short stories for Docents, Gift Shop volunteers or anyone who wants to know and share more about Buck. The Zoom link will be sent each month the Sunday prior to the Tuesday discussion. If you google the title of the collection, there are various sellers at Amazon, Thrift Books and Abe Books.

End of Summer Music Bash presented by the Summer Global Leadership Classes
2022-08-21 16:00 - 21:00 | Pearl S Buck International, 520 Dublin Road, Perkasie, PA
Join us for an End of Summer Music Bash presented by the students of the Global Leadership Program summer sessions.
There will be live music, raffles, games, crafts, food, and vendors—family friendly and fun for all ages!
All proceeds go to funding sustainable food sources for families in Thailand and supporting the Global Leadership Program.
