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Young Adult Pokemon Model Craft, Tuesday Nov. 5th

Young Adults in the 5th through 12th are invited to make their own Pocket Monster at the Malden Public Library.

Join us on Tuesday, November 5th from 3:00 – 4:30 in the Maccario Room for this fun and fast craft. Bandai Model Crafts require that you snap your creation together like a puzzle following simple instructions. Sign up is required so make sure to look at our online calendar and reserve your spot today:

https://maldenpubliclibrary.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/young-adult-pokemon-model-crafting/

Young Adult Movie Matinee, Thurs. Nov 14th @ 3:00PM

Young Adults in the 6th through 12th grade are invited to serve up a new movie at the Malden Library. “Haikyu!! The Dumpster Battle” is the first feature film set in the anime series of intense High School Volleyball action.

Join us for a screening of the anime film with juice, snacks and chips on Thursday,  November 14th from 3:00 – 5:00 PM. No sign up is required but snacks go fast so don’t be late.

Classic Movie Night: Wed., October 30, 2024: 6:00-8:30pm

Join us for Classic Movie Night on Wednesday, October 30, 2024 from 6:00-8:30pm at the Malden Public Library. We will be showing a movie based on the book, What Ever Happened To Baby Jane? by Henry Farrell. The film stars Bette Davis and Joan Crawford and was nominated for five Academy Awards.
“A jealous sister is determined to gaslight her sister who is confined to a wheelchair. An aging former actress who holds her paraplegic ex-movie star sister captive in an old Hollywood mansion.” Not Rated. (132 min.) (1962)
Free snacks will be provided. Movie times are approximate.

LEGO Club: Tuesday, November 5, 2:00-4:00 pm

We’ll supply the LEGO bricks, and children can have fun using their imaginations and creating their own LEGO projects on Tuesday, November 5, from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. Recommended for grades K-5.

Library Closed on Monday, October 14th

The Malden Public Library will be closed on Monday, October 14th in honor of Indigenous Peoples’ Day. The library will reopen on Tuesday, October 15th at 9 a.m.

Young Adult Halloween Party, Oct 31st @ 3PM

Young Adults in the 6th – 12th Grade are invited to celebrate the spooky season with a party at the MPL. Join us on Thursday, October 31st from 3:00 – 4:30 for gaming, snacks, pizza and fun!

No sign up is required, but the trick is treats will go fast, so come after school for a ghoulish good time.

2025 Rotating Art Application Process is Now Open

 The Malden Public Library is accepting submissions for our Monthly Rotating Art Exhibit for 2025. The application period is now OPEN thru Monday December 2, 2024.  The Rotating Art Exhibit is available to any artist in our local community.

For information about exhibiting Art through our Rotating Exhibit at the Library, please see our Rotating Art Exhibit page on the Library website.   Here is the link to apply :

2025 Rotating Art Application

Here are some highlights from this year.

Contact Marita with questions mcoombs@maldenpubliclibrary.org

 

Young Adult Craft: Spooky Candle Making, Oct 17th @3PM

Young Adults in the 6th through 12th grade are invited to the Malden Public Library to get crafty in the spooky season on Thurs. October 17th from 3:00-4:30 PM.
We will be making spooky candles for the fall season with YA Librarian Patrick. All materials are free but sign-up is required so click this link to register today:

https://maldenpubliclibrary.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/young-adult-craft-spooky-candle-making/

Beauty of Nature – Prints and Poetry of Joel Cooper and Deborah Gordon Cooper

Beauty of Nature will be on exhibit from September 28 through November 22, 2024 in the Converse Art Galleries of the Malden Public Library.  Open Wednesdays 2-4 PM; for additional gallery hours or to schedule a group tour,  call 781-324-0218.

From National Gardener Magazine (Fall, 2024).  “The Coopers … worked together delightfully. It took Joel about 100 hours to create a print. Once completed, he would place it on an easel in the middle of everything, hoping that Deborah would find that little thread to inspire the poem that might express the feelings that print brought out in her, much like a fairy tale. Sadly, Joel passed away in 2021.” The Cooper family has donated 85 of Joel’s prints to the Malden Public Library’s Art Collection. The current exhibit showcases 30 prints and poems created by the Coopers over the past 40 years. The exhibition is made possible by the generous contributions of John Giso, Michael Nuttall, Martin Cooper, Kim Taylor and the Trustees of the Malden Public Library.

Joel Cooper (April 16, 1945-October 13, 2021) began fine art screen printing in 1989, having been introduced to the process through a workshop at the Duluth Art Institute. Joel was a talented printer for over 28 years, with a portfolio of over 170 prints. His work has been exhibited at various Duluth Art Institute shows including the Arrowhead Regional Biennial Exhibits. In February 1998 a collaborative show, As We See It, took place at the Duluth Art Institute. It combined 42 screen prints along with poems by his wife, Deborah Gordon Cooper and this began a series of many exhibits they did together, including the Northern Prints Gallery and the Johnson heritage Post Gallery in Grand Marais. Joel owned and operated Cooper Enterprises in Duluth for over forty years and was a founding member of the Northern Printmakers Alliance.

Deborah Cooper is the author of six collections of poetry, including Between the Ceiling & the Moon (Finishing Line Press 2008), Under the Influence of Lilacs (Clover Valley Press 2010) and Blue Window (Clover Valley Press 2017). Deborah’s work has been published in numerous journals and anthologies, among them two collections by her writing group of over thirty years, most recently Bound Together: Like the Grasses (Clover Valley Press 2013). She has co-edited anthologies published by Holy Cow Press: Beloved on the Earth, The Heart of All That Is and Amethyst & Agate. Deborah has conducted writing circles with homeless individuals in her community. She has taught poetry classes in jails and juvenile centers for many years. Deborah was honored to serve as the Duluth Minnesota Poet Laureate from 2012 to 2014.

 

Clean Water Action

Getting the lead out

Join us at the Malden Public Library for a presentation by Clean Water Action and the Mystic Valley NAACP on the status of lead piping here in Malden, the effects this has on our community, and how you can be part of the solution. Registration is not required but is requested.

*Earlier advertisements listed the availability of Free Child Care at this event. Unfortunately we are unable to make this accommodation.

 

https://maldenpubliclibrary.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/clean-water-action/

 

For more information about Clean Water Action’s work in the Malden area:

https://cleanwater.org/2024/09/12/bringing-lead-service-lines-surface-malden