Museum Events
Dharma Talk & Meditation
The Maridon On the 2nd and 3rd Thursday of each month, we offer a Buddhist Dharma talk and meditation from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at The Maridon. Donations are welcome. All proceeds benefit The Maridon Museum. Holly Pointe, Main…
Jackie Totin Presents “Gaming: A Nintendo Story (1889-2022)”
The Maridon Museum 322 North McKean St., Butler, PA 16001, Butler, PA, United StatesWe are pleased to present the second program in our popular series, “The Collectors” on Wednesday, June 29th. Jackie Totin will present games and memorabilia from the extraordinary collection she started to amass when she was eight years old! She inherited her brother’s Nintendo Power Series, her interest was sparked, she loved the challenges, and the collecting began.
June Book Club: Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
The Maridon Museum 322 North McKean St., Butler, PA 16001, Butler, PA, United StatesFrom her place in the store, Klara, an “artificial friend” with outstanding observational qualities, carefully watches the behavior of those who come in to browse, and of those who pass on the street outside. She remains hopeful that a customer will soon choose her, but when the possibility emerges that her circumstances may change forever, Klara is warned not to invest too much in the promises of humans. In Klara and the Sun, Kazuo Ishiguro looks at our rapidly changing modern world through the eyes of an unforgettable narrator to explore a fundamental question: What does it mean to love?
July Book Club: White Ivy by Susie Yang
The Maridon Museum 322 North McKean St., Butler, PA 16001, Butler, PA, United StatesFilled with surprising twists and offering sharp insights into the immigrant experience, White Ivy is both a love triangle and a coming-of-age story, as well as a glimpse into the dark side of a woman who yearns for success at any cost.
August Book Club: What Could be Saved by Liese O’Halloran Schwarz
The Maridon Museum 322 North McKean St., Butler, PA 16001, Butler, PA, United StatesAlternating between past and present as all the secrets are revealed, What Could Be Saved is an unforgettable novel about a family shattered by loss and betrayal and the beauty and hope that can exist even in the midst of brokenness.
Save the Date: The Harvest Moon Festival
The Butler Country Club 310 Country Club Road, Butler, PA, United StatesPut a shine on September. The Maridon Museum Board of Trustees cordially invites you to Celebrate The Maridon and the Harvest Moon on Sunday, September 18, 2022.
September Book Club: She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan
The Maridon Museum 322 North McKean St., Butler, PA 16001, Butler, PA, United StatesIn 1345, China lies under harsh Mongol rule. For the starving peasants of the Central Plains, greatness is something found only in stories. When the Zhu family’s eighth-born son, Zhu Chongba, is given a fate of greatness, everyone is mystified as to how it will come to pass. The fate of nothingness received by the family’s clever and capable second daughter, on the other hand, is only as expected.
November Book Club: Portrait of a Thief by Grace D. Li
The Maridon Museum 322 North McKean St., Butler, PA 16001, Butler, PA, United States“Portrait of a Thief” is a novel inspired by the true story of Chinese art vanishing from Western museums, about diaspora, the colonization of art, and the complexity of the Chinese American identity.
January Book Club: Sisters of Mokama by Jyoti Thottam
The Maridon Museum 322 North McKean St., Butler, PA 16001, Butler, PA, United StatesThis is the never-before-told story of six intrepid Kentucky nuns, their journey to build a hospital in the poorest state in India, and the Indian nurses whose lives would never be the same. Jyoti Thottam brings to life the hopes, struggles, and accomplishments
Feng Shui: Connect to Your Inner Power and Passion
The Maridon Museum 322 North McKean St., Butler, PA 16001, Butler, PA, United StatesLearn how within each person is the truth of their being and the wisdom of their unique passion, power and inner knowing that fuels vibrancy in all aspects of life. Access this well of empowered flourishing; discover and live your passion and power with simple shifts in your spaces. Amazing things happen when you know and embrace your passions.