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Mango Languages is now available at the Malden Public Library! Mango Languages is a FREE online language-learning system teaching actual conversation skills for a wide variety of languages. Languages include: Spanish, Mandarin Chinese, French, Japanese, English for Spanish speakers and many more. Use your Malden Public Library card to log on. For more details, please call the information desk at the library, 781-324-0218.

Wednesday, February 10
3:00-5:00 p.m., Program Room

Children of all ages are invited to stop by the Program Room this Wednesday anytime after 3:00 p.m. (but before the 5:00 closing time) to make festive decorations for Valentine’s Day and Chinese New Year.

Looking for local news stories? Need to do some research for your class project?

With your Malden Public Library card and an Internet connection you can do both from the privacy of your own home.

NewsBank Boston Metropolitan Collection: The electronic editions of record for valuable local and regional newspapers in the Boston Metropolitan area-all in one easy-to-search database. Each paper provides unique coverage of local and regional news, including companies, politics, sports, industries, cultural activities, and people in the community. Includes among others Malden Observer, Melrose Free Press and Medford Transcript.

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World Book Online Reference Center: The premier online reference source-containing every article from the 22-volume print set plus thousands more. Resource includes : World Book Advanced; World Book Kids; World Book Student and Estudiantil Hallazhgos en Linea.

Just go to the Malden Public Library’s website and click Find Articles Online. You’ll see these and many more databases and other resources to which you can access with your Malden Public Library card.

And don’t forget Mango Languages which offers an amazing amount of totally free lessons and courses for learning languages.

Free Jazz Concert Series: Spring 2009

All concerts are free, on Wednesdays, 7-8 p.m.
Ryder Art Gallery, Malden Public Library
Sponsored by The Friends of the Malden Public Library.

The last concert of the series is scheduled:

Wed., May 20, 2009

April Hall
www.aprilhall.com

An award winning songwriter and graduate of Berklee College of Music, April has been performing with New England’s finest musicians for the last 12 years. Her deep roots in southern gospel and blues combine with urban soulfulness and sophistication, to create music that’s pure, gutsy, and unmistakably authentic. Her focus is singing songs in the tradition of classic singers like Joe Williams, Nat King Cole, Ray Charles and Tony Bennett.

Please visit the bands’ websites for more information and listen to sound
clips.

Malden Public Library, 36 Salem St., Malden, MA 02148

Past concert for Spring 2009 Series:

Wed., March 18, 2009:
The Toni Lynn Washington Band
www.myspace.com/thetonilynnwashingtonband

Wed., April 29, 2009
Tre Corda plus special guest Dominique Eade
www.agitatedcatmusic.com

Click here or on the picture below to view photos from April Hall’s concert on May 20, 2009 at the library.

Use your Malden Public Library card to access Mango Languages! Learn how to speak languages such as: Brazilian Portuguese, Spanish, French, Mandarin Chinese and ESL Spanish. Click here to start learning now!

What: Monet’s Magic Garden: How to Pastel Paint as Impressionists
Where: Malden Public Library-Maccario Room
When: Thursday, March 19, 2009 6:00p.m.-8:00p.m.
Pre-registration is required for this pastel workshop with all materials included and all all skill levels welcome. Call 781-324-0218 or visit the information desk at the library to register.
The program is free and handicapped accessible.

This program is supported in part by a grant from the Malden Cultural Council, a local agency, which is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.

Who: Artist John Webster
When: Friday, March 6, 2009 5:00p.m.-8:00p.m.
Where: Lower Art Gallery at the Malden Public Library

John will exhibit a variety of mediums including watercolors, oils and encaustic paintings.
The exhibit is open to the public and handicapped accessible.

1st Monday Book Discussion Group

Monday, Feb. 2, 2009
7:00
Maccario Room

This Month’s Book
Bookseller of Kabul by Asne Seierstad

Visit our Book Discussion website for more information.