Museum Events
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.
Exploring the Philosophy of Buddhism: Class 1
Have you always been curious about Buddhism? Buddhism can be practiced as a philosophy as well as a spiritual path. This course is designed for those of all spiritual practices. This six-week course combines lecture, power point and vids, group…
February Book Club: Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner
The Maridon Museum 322 North McKean St., Butler, PA 16001, Butler, PA, United StatesIn this exquisite story of family, food, grief, and endurance, Michelle Zauner proves herself far more than a dazzling singer, songwriter, and guitarist. With humor and heart, she tells of growing up as one of the few Asian American kids at her school in Eugene, Ore., struggling with her mother's particularly high expectations of her, a painful adolescence
Exploring the Philosophy of Buddhism: Class 2
Have you always been curious about Buddhism? Buddhism can be practiced as a philosophy as well as a spiritual path. This course is designed for those of all spiritual practices. This six-week course combines lecture, power point and vids, group…