The Maridon Museum

Dharma Talk & Meditation
2020-10-20 18:00 - 19:30, 2020-11-10 18:00 - 19:30, 2020-11-17 18:00 - 19:30, 2020-12-08 18:00 - 19:30, 2021-02-09 18:00 - 19:30, 2021-02-16 18:00 - 19:30 (America/New_York) | PA
Every second and third Thursday of the month through March 2021. The Maridon Museum will host Dharmas based on the teachings of Buddha and a contemplative period of meditation. These lessons, held at 6 p.m., are open to anyone.
The Dharmas held the third Thursday of the month will include more
instruction and shorter periods of meditation.
Click here to download the flyer.
The Crystal Lotus meditation group will host and support beginning practitioners of meditation, which has proven to be beneficial for those suffering stress, anger, and general emotional strife.
Donations welcome. All proceeds benefit The Maridon Museum.
Call 724.282.0123 to register now!

October Book Club: "If I Had Your Face" by Frances Cha
2020-10-29 15:00 - 16:00 | PA
3:00 p.m., Thursday, October 29, 2020
If I Had Your Face by Frances Cha

Please join us for all our upcoming in-person Book Club meetings. They will be held in our all-purpose meeting room to allow for social distancing. We also will offer Zoom platform meetings for those not comfortable meeting in person at this time.
Click here to download the flyer for all the book club meetings.
To register, or if you have questions, please call 724-282-0123 or email info@maridon.org.

November Book Club: Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet: A Novel by Jamie Ford
2020-11-19 15:00 - 16:00 | The Maridon Museum, 322 North McKean St., Butler, PA 16001, Butler, PA, 16001, United States
3:00 p.m., Thursday, November 19, 2020
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet: A Novel by Jamie Ford

Set during one of the most conflicted and volatile times in American history, a chance discovery in a boarded-up old hotel brings back long-forgotten memories and rekindles a forbidden love, swept aside during the chaos and heartbreak World War II and the internment of Japanese families in the wake of Pearl Harbor.
Please join us for all our upcoming in-person Book Club meetings. They will be held in our all-purpose meeting room to allow for social distancing. We also will offer Zoom platform meetings for those not comfortable meeting in person at this time.
Click here to download the flyer for all the book club meetings.
To register, or if you have questions, please call 724-282-0123 or email info@maridon.org.

Canceled: Dharma Talk & Meditation
2020-12-15 18:00 - 19:30 | PA
Every second and third Thursday of the month through March 2021. The Maridon Museum will host Dharmas based on the teachings of Buddha and a contemplative period of meditation. These lessons, held at 6 p.m., are open to anyone.
The Dharmas held the third Thursday of the month will include more
instruction and shorter periods of meditation.
The Crystal Lotus meditation group will host and support beginning practitioners of meditation, which has proven to be beneficial for those suffering stress, anger, and general emotional strife.
Donations welcome. All proceeds benefit The Maridon Museum.
Call 724.282.0123 to register now!

Dharma Talk & Meditation: Zoom Meeting
2021-01-12 18:00 - 19:30, 2021-01-19 18:00 - 19:30 | PA
Every second and third Thursday of the month through March 2021. The Maridon Museum will host Dharmas based on the teachings of Buddha and a contemplative period of meditation. These lessons, held at 6 p.m., will be offered through the Zoom platform.
The Dharmas held the third Thursday of the month will include more instruction and shorter periods of meditation.
Click here to download the flyer.
The Crystal Lotus meditation group will host and support beginning practitioners of meditation, which has proven to be beneficial for those suffering stress, anger, and general emotional strife.
Donations welcome. All proceeds benefit The Maridon Museum.
Call 724.282.0123 to register now!

NCTA - SCREENSHOT:ASIA present Edo Avant Garde with Linda Hoaglund
2021-01-21 19:00 - 21:00 | PA
Edo Avant-Garde reveals the untold story of the vital role Japanese artists of the Edo era (1603 – 1868) played in developing “modern art.” During the Edo era, Japan prospered in peaceful isolation from Western powers, while audacious artists innovated abstraction, minimalism, surrealism and the illusion of 3-D. Their originality is most striking in images of the natural world depicted with gold leaf on large-scale folding screens that anticipate 20th century installation art. In groundbreaking interviews with scholars and priests, the film traces the artists’ original visions to their reverence for nature, inspired by Buddhism and Shinto animism.

LOCATION & TIME:
7:00pm – 9:00pm (Eastern Time) / 6:00pm – 8:00pm (Central Time)
Please use this link to register. A link to the Vimeo livestream will be sent to the registrant’s email account.

SCHEDULE:
7:00 Introduction by Linda Hoaglund7:15 Edo Avant Garde livestream begins8:45 Discussion with director Linda Hoaglund.
If you have any questions, please contact asia@pitt.edu

January Book Club Zoom Meeting: Killed at the Whim of a Hat by Colin Cotterill
2021-01-28 15:00 - 16:00 | The Maridon Museum, 322 North McKean St., Butler, PA 16001, Butler, PA, 16001, United States
3:00 p.m., Thursday, January 28, 2021
Killed at the Whim of a Hat by Colin Cotterill

When crime reporter Jimm Juree is forced to follow her family from Chiang Mai to a fishing village on the Gulf of Siam, she’s convinced her career is over. But that turns out to be far from the truth. Find out just what happens in this Thailand set murder mystery.
Please join us for all our upcoming in-person Book Club meetings. This book club, held at 3 p.m., will be offered through the Zoom platform.
Click here to download the flyer for all the book club meetings.
To register, or if you have questions, please call 724-282-0123 or email info@maridon.org.

February Book Club: The Beekeeper of Aleppo by Christy Lefteri
2021-02-25 15:00 - 16:00 | The Maridon Museum, 322 North McKean St., Butler, PA 16001, Butler, PA, 16001, United States
3:00 p.m., Thursday, February 25, 2021
The Beekeeper of Aleppo by Christy Lefteri

This unforgettable novel puts human faces on the Syrian war with the immigrant story of a beekeeper, his wife, and the triumph of spirit when the world becomes unrecognizable. Nuri and Afra live a simple life, rich in family and friends, in the hills of the beautiful Syrian city of Aleppo—until the unthinkable happens.
Please join us for all our upcoming in-person Book Club meetings. They will be held in our all-purpose meeting room to allow for social distancing. We also will offer Zoom platform meetings for those not comfortable meeting in person at this time.
Click here to download the flyer for all the book club meetings.
To register, or if you have questions, please call 724-282-0123 or email info@maridon.org.

Dharma Talk & Meditation
2021-03-11 17:45 - 19:00, 2021-03-18 17:45 - 19:00, 2021-04-08 17:45 - 19:00, 2021-04-15 17:45 - 19:00, 2021-05-13 17:45 - 19:00, 2021-05-20 17:45 - 19:00 | PA
Every second and third Thursday of the month through May 2021. The Maridon Museum will host Dharmas based on the teachings of Buddha and a contemplative period of meditation. These lessons, held at 5:45 p.m. – 7:00 p.m., are open to anyone.
The Dharmas held the third Thursday of the month will include more
instruction and shorter periods of meditation.
Click here to download the flyer.
The Crystal Lotus meditation group will host and support beginning practitioners of meditation, which has proven to be beneficial for those suffering stress, anger, and general emotional strife.
Donations welcome. All proceeds benefit The Maridon Museum.
Call 724.282.0123 to register now!

March Book Club: The Art of Hearing Heartbeats: A Novel by Jan-Phillip Sendker
2021-03-25 15:00 - 16:00 | The Maridon Museum, 322 North McKean St., Butler, PA 16001, Butler, PA, 16001, United States
3:00 p.m., Thursday, March 25, 2021
The Art of Hearing Heartbeats: A Novel by Jan-Phillip Sendker

With the mysterious disappearance of her father, Julia discovers a love letter that he had written to a Burmese woman. She puts everything on hold and heads to a small village in Burma looking for this mysterious woman from her father’s past. Julia learns about her father’s secret past, and just how powerful love is.
Please join us for all our upcoming in-person Book Club meetings. They will be held in our all-purpose meeting room to allow for social distancing. We also will offer Zoom platform meetings for those not comfortable meeting in person at this time.
Click here to download the flyer for all the book club meetings.
To register, or if you have questions, please call 724-282-0123 or email info@maridon.org.

April Book Club: The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
2021-04-29 15:00 - 16:00 | The Maridon Museum, 322 North McKean St., Butler, PA 16001, Butler, PA, 16001, United States
3:00 p.m., Thursday, April 29, 2021
The Good Earth: By Pearl S. Buck

The Good Earth is a poignant tale of a Chinese farmer and his family in old, agrarian China. Humble Wang Lung glories in the soil he works, nurturing the land as it nurtures him and his family. Nearby, the nobles of the House of Hwang consider themselves above the land and its workers; but they will soon meet their own downfall.
Please join us for all our upcoming in-person Book Club meetings. We also will offer Zoom platform meetings for those not comfortable meeting in person at this time.
Click here to download the flyer for all the book club meetings. To register, or if you have questions, please call 724-282-0123 or email info@maridon.org.
Sponsored in part by Pennsylvania Humanities Council

Ikebana Not Just Pretty Flowers
2021-04-29 18:00 - 19:30 | PA
On Thursday, April 29, at 6 p.m. join us for a virtual evening exploring ikebana, the art of Japanese flower arranging. The program will open with an introductory lecture on the history and culture of Ikebana by Dr. Brenda G. Jordan. Following the lecture there will be a screening of the documentary Ikebana (1956) by director Hiroshi Teshigahara. Our own Maridon Museum docent Carole Freuhstorfer will provide a presentation on this porcelain imari plate from the Edo period. The evening will conclude with an ikebana demonstration by Pittsburgh Sogetsu experts Reiko Nakashima and Atsumi Sewell.
Click here for the full program details.
Register here: https://www.japansocietypa.org/events

May Book Club: The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down by Anne Fadiman
2021-05-27 15:00 - 16:00 | The Maridon Museum, 322 North McKean St., Butler, PA 16001, Butler, PA, 16001, United States
3:00 p.m., Thursday, May 27, 2021
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down by Anne Fadiman

The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down explores the clash between a small county hospital in California and a refugee family from Laos over the care of Lia Lee, a Hmong child diagnosed with severe epilepsy. Lia’s parents and her doctors both want what is best for Lia, but the lack of understanding between them leads to tragedy.
Please join us for all our upcoming in-person Book Club meetings. We also will offer Zoom platform meetings for those not comfortable meeting in person at this time.
Click here to download the flyer for all the book club meetings. To register, or if you have questions, please call 724-282-0123 or email info@maridon.org.
Sponsored in part by Pennsylvania Humanities Council

Dharma Talk & Meditation
2021-06-10 17:45 - 19:00 | PA
Every second and third Thursday of the month. The Maridon Museum will host Dharmas based on the teachings of Buddha and a contemplative period of meditation. These lessons, held at 5:45 p.m. – 7:00 p.m., are open to anyone.
The Dharmas held the third Thursday of the month will include more
instruction and shorter periods of meditation.
Click here to download the flyer.
The Crystal Lotus meditation group will host and support beginning practitioners of meditation, which has proven to be beneficial for those suffering stress, anger, and general emotional strife.
Donations welcome. All proceeds benefit The Maridon Museum.
Call 724.282.0123 to register now!

Dharma Talk & Meditation
2021-06-17 17:45 - 19:00, 2021-07-08 17:45 - 19:00, 2021-07-15 17:45 - 19:00 | PA
Every second and third Thursday of the month. The Maridon Museum will host Dharmas based on the teachings of Buddha and a contemplative period of meditation. These lessons, held at 5:45 p.m. – 7:00 p.m., are open to anyone.
The Dharmas held the third Thursday of the month will include more
instruction and shorter periods of meditation.
Click here to download the flyer.
The Butler Buddhist meditation group will host and support beginning practitioners of meditation, which has proven to be beneficial for those suffering stress, anger, and general emotional strife.
Donations welcome. All proceeds benefit The Maridon Museum.
Call 724.282.0123 to register now!

June Book Club: The Paper Daughters of Chinatown by Heather Moore
2021-06-24 15:00 - 16:00 | The Maridon Museum, 322 North McKean St., Butler, PA 16001, Butler, PA, 16001, United States
3:00 p.m., Thursday, June 24, 2021
The Paper Daughters of Chinatown by Heather Moore

Told in alternating chapters, this rich narrative follows the stories of young Donaldina Cameron who works in the mission home, and Mei Lien, a “paper daughter” who believes she is coming to America for an arranged marriage but instead is sold into a life of shame and despair.
Please join us for all our upcoming in-person Book Club meetings. We also will offer Zoom platform meetings for those not comfortable meeting in person at this time.
Click here to download the flyer for all the book club meetings. To register, or if you have questions, please call 724-282-0123 or email info@maridon.org.
Sponsored in part by Pennsylvania Humanities Council

July Book Club: A Place for Us by Fatima Fareen Mirza
2021-07-29 15:00 - 16:00 | The Maridon Museum, 322 North McKean St., Butler, PA 16001, Butler, PA, 16001, United States
3:00 p.m., Thursday, July 29, 2021
A Place for Us by Fatima Fareen Mirza

A Place for Us explores beginning of a family’s life: from the bonds that bring them together, to the differences that pull them apart. All the joy and struggle of family life is here, from Rafiq and Layla’s own arrival in America from India, to the years in which their children—each in their own way—tread between two cultures, seeking to find their place in the world, as well as a path home.
Please join us for all our upcoming in-person Book Club meetings. We also will offer Zoom platform meetings for those not comfortable meeting in person at this time.
Click here to download the flyer for all the book club meetings. To register, or if you have questions, please call 724-282-0123 or email info@maridon.org.
Sponsored in part by Pennsylvania Humanities Council
