Memoir Writing Class: Writing Ourselves, Finding Our Truth
2024-03-04 19:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Online
In her autobiography My Several Worlds: A Personal Record, Pearl Buck wrote “… there is no such condition in human affairs as absolute truth. There is only truth as people see it, and truth, even in fact, may be kaleidoscopic in its variety.”
Find your own personal truth in this Zoom class as we write the stories of our lives for publication, for our families and for ourselves. Whatever your goal, you will learn to write with purpose and clarity and organize your life experiences for sharing or safekeeping.
Facilitated by longtime PSBI instructor, Linda C. Wisniewski, the class will run for six consecutive weeks. Each class will cover a topic related to memoirs and include short readings from modern memoirs, time for writing, and feedback. Wisniewski is a former journalist who has published a memoir, Off Kilter, and Where the Stork Flies, a novel based on her ancestry, as well as many personal essays and feature stories. www.lindawis.com.

Book Discussion Group
2024-02-19 19:00 - 20:30 | Online

Family Friendly Lunar New Year
2024-02-10 12:00 - 15:00 | Pearl S Buck International, 520 Dublin Road, Perkasie, PA
Pearl S. Buck International, in collaboration with the Central Bucks Chinese-American Association, invites you to a family-friendly Lunar New Year Celebration as we usher in the Year of the Dragon. Enjoy live entertainment, tours of the Pearl S. Buck House, a dumpling tasting, prizes, games, music, traditional dance, other families activities, and more!

Camellia Trail and Greenhouse Open House
2024-02-04 13:00 - 15:00 | Pearl S. Buck House, 520 Dublin Road, Perkasie, PA, 18944, United States
Come enjoy a touch of spring with Pearl Buck! See our beautiful camellias in bloom in our greenhouse and learn about the flower, Pearl Buck’s history with and love of the flower, and about our greenhouses at the beautiful Pearl S. Buck Historic Estate.
This event is free but a $5 donation is appreciated to support the continued humanitarian, educational, and cross-cultural work of Pearl S. Buck International

Winter Holiday Centerpiece-Making Class with Mark Bryan Designs
2023-12-17 14:00 - 17:00 | Pearl S Buck International, 520 Dublin Road, Perkasie, PA
Based out of Upper Black Eddy, Mark Bryan has over 30 years of excelling at floral design, landscaping design, and horticultural experience. Bring your friends and family members as Mark expertly leads you in the design and creation of stunning centerpiece for the holidays.

Community Holiday Party
2023-12-10 15:00 - 17:00 | Pearl S Buck International, 520 Dublin Road, Perkasie, PA
Be our guest at the Community Holiday Open House which features complimentary tours of the Festival of Trees. This annual event carries on the historic tradition of Pearl S. Buck’s holiday party for the community. Please save the date for this special event.

Holiday Craft Show
2023-12-02 10:00 - 16:00, 2023-12-01 10:00 - 16:00, 2023-11-30 10:00 - 16:00, 2023-11-29 10:00 - 16:00, 2023-11-28 10:00 - 16:00, 2023-11-27 10:00 - 16:00, 2023-11-26 10:00 - 16:00, 2023-11-25 10:00 - 16:00 and 1 more date | Pearl S Buck International, 520 Dublin Road, Perkasie, PA
The Holiday Craft Show has been a Bucks County tradition for almost three decades. Enjoy a unique shopping experience at this high end craft show which offers jury-selected gifts, decorations, food, jewelry, apparel, and more from professional crafters, artists, and chefs. The Holiday Craft Show is the perfect place to find an array of amazing holiday gifts for your family and friends.

Produced by
the Pearl S. Buck Volunteer Association.
Proceeds go to support the work and mission of Pearl S. Buck International

Festival of Trees
2023-11-15 11:00 - 2024-01-07 15:00 | Pearl S. Buck House, 520 Dublin Road, Perkasie, PA, 18944, United States
Ticket Purchase & Reservation Required
Available by calling 215-249-0100 x110

Each year during the Annual Festival of Trees, the rooms of Pearl S. Buck’s iconic Bucks County stone farmhouse come alive with the glow of holiday decorations. The event showcases beautiful trees and vignettes designed by Bucks County’s best artists, decorators, and local community groups to convey the spirit of Pearl S. Buck’s legacy as an author, humanitarian, and activist. Visitors have the opportunity to vote for their favorite display. This year, Pearl S. Buck International is thrilled to treat guests to a new exhibit displayed throughout the Pearl S. Buck House of original artwork by renowned artist Anna Marie Magagna, created to illustrate Pearl S. Buck’s children’s book, Christmas Miniature. Festival of Trees remains one of the most unique and historic holiday traditions in the region.
Life and Legacy Tour:
$18 Adult
$15 Senior (62+)
$10 Student
Décor Tour
$10 per person
Group Rate
$14

Fall Wreath-Making Class
2023-11-05 14:00 - 17:00 | Pearl S Buck International, 520 Dublin Road, Perkasie, PA
Based out of Upper Black Eddy, Mark Bryan has over 30 years of excelling at floral design, landscaping design, and horticultural experience. Bring your friends and family members as Mark expertly leads you in the design and creation of an amazing fall-themed wreath of your own. Tickets are $65 and include all the supplies needed to create a 15-inch wreath.

Ghost Tours of the Pearl S. Buck Historic Site
2023-10-29 19:00 - 20:00, 2023-10-29 18:00 - 19:00, 2023-10-27 19:00 - 20:00, 2023-10-27 18:00 - 19:00 | Pearl S. Buck House, 520 Dublin Road, Perkasie, PA, 18944, United States
Get into the spooky Halloween spirit with this haunted house tour! Explore the grounds of the Pearl S. Buck Historic Site and hear real-life ghostly encounters experienced by Pearl Buck, Pearl S. Buck International staff, and others. Not recommended for children under 13. Come if you dare!

Oktoberfest 2023
2023-10-22 12:00 - 16:00 | Pearl S Buck International, 520 Dublin Road, Perkasie, PA
Join us for a family-friendly community Oktoberfest celebration! Bring your family and friends to enjoy food, drinks, vendors, live music, activities and games for the kids, and tours of the Pearl S. Buck House museum! Onsite parking is limited and the $20 entry fee is per carload, so carpooling is encouraged! Proceeds from this event go toward supporting the humanitarian, cross-cultural, and educational work and mission of Pearl S. Buck International.

Memoir Writing Class - In-Person
2023-10-18 13:00 - 15:00, 2023-09-20 13:00 - 15:00, 2023-08-16 13:00 - 15:00 | Pearl S Buck International, 520 Dublin Road, Perkasie, PA
This class will guide you towards centering on one segment of your life and turning it into a compelling story, whether your goal is to share it with family and friends or to publish it for a wider audience. Each session includes time to practice writing that month’s lesson and to give and receive gentle, constructive feedback. Between class sessions, you will also have the opportunity to discuss articles on memoir writing and to share your writing with other students and the instructor for a more comprehensive response. Linda C. Wisniewski writes about life and the connections we make by giving each other the space and time to be heard. A former feature writer and columnist for the Bucks County Herald and the Bucks County Women’s Journal, Linda’s work has been published widely in literary magazines, newspapers and anthologies and has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize. She is the author of the memoir, Off Kilter, published by Pearlsong Press, and a novel, Where the Stork Flies, published by Sand Hill Review Press. More about her at http://www.lindawis.com.
$200 registration fee
We have a 2-step Registration Process for ALL of our Classes.
1) Please send Cindy Louden your complete address & your Home/Cell Phone,
2) When I receive that information, I will forward your information to our PSB Volunteer Association, Nancy McElwee, who will call you asking for your credit card information to process and return a receipt.

Writers Guild
2023-10-15 13:00 - 15:00, 2023-09-17 13:00 - 15:00, 2023-08-20 13:00 - 15:00 | Online
The Pearl S. Buck Writing Center’s Writers Guild will zoom meet on the 3rd Sundays, monthly from March 19th through October 15th, 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!
The Writers Guild Editors
Linda Donaldson – lindadonaldson@verizon.net
Cynthia L. Louden – cllouden@verizon.net
Dr. Anne K. Kaler – akkaler@verizon.net
Susan E. Wagner – swagner001@gmail.com
$80 registration fee.
To register or for more information, please contact Cindy Louden at 267-421-6203 or clouden@verizon.net.
There is a 2-step Registration process: Cindy needs 1) your request for registration, 2) Name, Email, Cell #, complete address. She will send that information to Nancy McElwee, PSBVA Gift Shop Manager, who will call you for your credit card information.

Woman of Influence Award Dinner
2023-09-21 18:00 - 20:00 | Pearl S Buck International, 520 Dublin Road, Perkasie, PA
Originally established in 1978 as the Woman of the Year Award, the Woman of Influence Award honors women, who like Nobel and Pulitzer prize-winning author, activist, and humanitarian Pearl S. Buck, have distinguished themselves in their career, devotion to family, and pursuit of humanitarian and advocacy goals.

Tour Two Bucks County Historic House Museums - the Pearl S. Buck House & the Oscar Hammerstein House
2023-09-16 11:00 - 16:00 | Pearl S. Buck House, 520 Dublin Road, Perkasie, PA, 18944, United States
Learn about the lives and legacies of two of Bucks County’s most prominent and influential artists and humanitarians as you tour the former homes of Pearl S. Buck and Oscar Hammerstein. Guests of this one-day double feature will have the option of beginning at either the Pearl S. Buck House or the Oscar Hammerstein House in the morning with a visit to the other in the afternoon.
Pearl S. Buck House, Hilltown
Pearl S. Buck was a Pulitzer and Nobel Award-winning author, a humanitarian, and an activist. On our Life & Legacy Tour, a traditional biographic tour of her home, now a National Historic Landmark museum, visitors will 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).
Oscar Hammerstein House, Doylestown
Tour Highland Farm, Oscar Hammerstein’s home and creative epicenter. This tour includes riveting stories about Hammerstein’s musical family, how his groundbreaking musicals forever changed modern day book-musical, and additional insight into his contributions to society through his many humanitarian acts, such as Pearl S. Buck’s Welcome House. Find out more about Highland Farm on the Oscar Hammerstein Museum website.
