Pearl S. Buck International

Life & Legacy Tour
2022-05-20 11:00 - 12:00, 2022-05-19 11:00 - 12:00, 2022-05-18 11:00 - 12:00, 2022-05-17 11:00 - 12:00, 2022-05-15 13:00 - 14:00, 2022-05-14 11:00 - 12:00, 2022-05-13 11:00 - 12:00, 2022-05-12 11:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York) and 4 more dates | Pearl S. Buck House, 520 Dublin Road, Perkasie, PA, 18944, United States
Traditional Historic House Tour

Pearl S. Buck was a Pulitzer and Nobel Award-winning author, a humanitarian, and an activist. This traditional biographic tour of her home, the Pearl S. Buck House, a National Historic Landmark museum, allows visitors to learn about the life and legacy of this remarkable woman.
A rich, mostly intact collection makes guests feel as if they are visiting the house in the time Ms. Buck and her family lived there. Objects from the ordinary (a closet full of board games played by the family) to the extraordinary (the typewriter Ms. Buck used to write The Good Earth) add to the fascinating experience. Other interesting items include rare artwork from around the world, period furnishings, personal clothing, and a library stocked with hundreds of books (including those by her favorite author, Charles Dickens).
If you love history, architecture, literature, folk art, fine art, or just stepping back in time, this tour is for you.

Volunteer Orientation
2022-05-19 13:00 - 14:30 | 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”.

Taking Action Tour
2022-05-19 13:00 - 14:00, 2022-05-18 13:00 - 14:00, 2022-05-17 13:00 - 14:00, 2022-05-15 14:00 - 15:00, 2022-05-14 14:00 - 15:00, 2022-05-14 13:00 - 14:00, 2022-05-13 13:00 - 14:00, 2022-05-12 13:00 - 14:00 and 5 more dates | Pearl S. Buck House, 520 Dublin Road, Perkasie, PA, 18944, United States
This tour with interactive dialogue of the Pearl S. Buck House museum, developed in collaboration with the International Coalition of Sites of Conscience, shares the story of Pearl S. Buck’s forward-thinking human rights advocacy for issues that remain relevant today. Pearl S. Buck, winner of the Pulitzer and Nobel Prizes, used her fame to shed light on the rights of marginalized communities including people of color, people with disabilities, women, biracial children, and immigrants. Beyond using her writing to bring attention to these social justice issues, she took action to help those affected.
This tour engages visitors in conversations about subjects important to Ms. Buck. It inspires them to reflect on their own values and to take action to make the world a “good and peaceful place,” as Pearl S. Buck said and did.
If you are looking for an enlightening and uplifting experience that will inspire you to embrace Pearl S. Buck’s principles and practice, this tour is for you.

Writing Center - Pearl S. Buck Novel Discussion Group
2022-05-16 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.”

Pearl S. Buck Fashion Show
2022-05-15 13:00 - 15:00 | Janet L. Mintzer Center, 520 Dublin Road, Perkasie, PA
The Pearl S. Buck Fashion Show returns this spring!

Set your sights on late spring & summer fashions with a firsthand look at the latest Fashion and Accessories Show on Sunday, May 15, 1:00 – 3:00 pm, in the Janet L. Mintzer Center at Pearl S. Buck International, 520 Dublin Road, Perkasie, PA.
Sheryl Derstine, owner of the Family Heritage Gift Shop in Franconia, PA and Shekala’s Boutique, Telford, PA, will present her best small to plus-size fashions to help you step forward in a personally selected new wardrobe.
Tickets are $25 and include light snacks.
The Pearl S. Buck International Gift Shop will also offer a special Fashion Discount the day of the event. Raffle Baskets will be available and beautiful Garden Flowers will be for sale.
If you prefer to not register online, please call Pearl S. Buck International’s front desk at 215-249-0100, Monday through Friday, 9 am-4 pm.
No tickets will be sold in the gift shop; however, a credit card order/payment can be made there, Monday through Friday, 9 am-4 pm

This event is sponsored by the Pearl S. Buck Volunteer Association and all proceeds will help to advance Pearl S. Buck International’s mission of providing opportunities to explore and appreciate other cultures, building better lives for children around the globe and promoting the legacy of our founder by preserving and interpreting her National Historic Landmark home.

Writing Center - Writers Guild
2022-05-15 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
2022-05-10 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.
