Blog: Author: Stacy Holder

Movie Night: Wed., January 22, 2025: 6:00-8:00pm

Join us for Movie Night on Wednesday, January 22, 2025: 6:00-8:00pm at the Malden Public Library. We will be showing a movie based on the bestselling memoir, The Outrun, by Amy Liptrot. This film stars Saoirse Ronan.

“After living life on the edge in London, Rona attempts to come to terms with her troubled past. Hoping to heal, she returns to the wild beauty of Scotland’s Orkney Islands where she grew up.” Rated R. (118 min.) (2024)

Free snacks will be provided. Movie times are approximate.

Family Movie Night: 6:00-8:00pm

Join us for Family Movie Night on Wednesday, December 11, 2024: 6:00-8:00pm at the Malden Public Library. We will be showing a movie based on the book, The Wild Robot by Peter Brown. This animated film highlights the voices of Lupita Nyong’o, Pedro Pascal, Bill Nighy, Stephanie Hsu, Mark Hamill, and Ving Rhames.

“The epic adventure follows the journey of a robot, Rozzum unit 7134, ‘Roz’ for short, that is shipwrecked on an uninhabited island and must learn to adapt to the harsh surroundings, gradually building relationships with the animals on the island and becoming the adoptive parent of an orphaned gosling.” Rated PG. (102 min.) (2024)

Free snacks will be provided. Movie times are approximate.

Movie Night: 6:00-8:30pm

Join us for Movie Night on Wednesday, November 20, 2024 from 6:00-8:30pm at the Malden Public Library. We will be showing a movie about The Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes.
“Director Wes Ball breathes new life into the global, epic franchise set several generations in the future following Caesar’s reign, in which apes are the dominant species living harmoniously and humans have been reduced to living in the shadows. As a new tyrannical ape leader builds his empire, one young ape undertakes a harrowing journey that will cause him to question all that he has known about the past and to make choices that will define a future for apes and humans alike.” Rated PG-13 (146 min.) (2024)
Free snacks will be provided. Movie times are approximate.

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.

New 8-Week English Conversation Class

We have changed the English Conversation Class to an 8-week class. The English Conversation Class meets on Wednesdays from 1:00-2:00pm. The class is no longer “drop-in.”
You are now required to register for this class. It is limited to 35 students. You will be placed on a waiting list for the next 8-week class in order of your registration (first come, first served).
The first 8-week session is from Wednesday, October 2, 2024–Wednesday, November 20, 2024.
This first session is now full, but you can register and join the waiting list here:

Movie Night: Wed., September 18, 2024: 6:00-8:15pm

TONIGHT!: Join us for Welcoming Week Movie Night on Wednesday, September 18, 2024 from 6:00-8:15pm. We will be showing a recent film about life on the Blue Bayou. The film stars Justin Chon and Alicia Vikander and was written and directed by Justin Chon.
“As a Korean-American man raised in the Louisiana bayou works hard to make a life for his family, he must confront the ghosts of his past as he discovers that he could be deported from the only country he has ever called home.” Rated R (117 min.) (2021)
Free snacks will be provided. Movie times are approximate.
Sponsored by The Friends of the Malden Public Library.
Welcoming Week is a global campaign that connects neighbors of all backgrounds in their communities. At the Malden Public Library we celebrate the values that unite us as immigrants, refugees, and non-immigrants.

Welcoming Week At The Malden Public Library: September 13-22, 2024

Join us at the Malden Public Library for Welcoming Week on September 13-22, 2024. The theme for this year’s Welcoming Week is “We’re All In!” Celebrated in communities around the globe, Welcoming Week is an annual campaign that connects neighbors of all backgrounds through community-informed activities and events. Welcoming Week provides communities the opportunity to publicly proclaim welcoming values, foster a mutual understanding between immigrants and non-immigrants, and build a deeper sense of belonging for all.

Throughout Welcoming Week we will provide information about local community organizations, including resources for English classes, immigration & citizenship information, food & housing information, job information, language learning, and more. We will also have some take & make craft kits for adults and kids.

The Malden Public Library will have some resources and information for the Welcoming Week Kickoff which will be at Malden City Hall on Thursday, September 12, 2024 at 215 Pleasant Street, City Hall Plaza. You can find out more information here: https://www.cityofmalden.org/1130/WELCOMING-WEEK-2024

This year on Saturday, September 14, 2024: 10:00-11:00am we will have our 2nd Annual “Coffee, Cookies, and Conversation” at the Malden Public Library. Meet your neighbors in a relaxed environment for a cup of coffee and great conversation! Bikeeny Caffe of Malden has generously donated their amazing coffee for this event. Thank you Bikeeny Caffe!!

And don’t miss our Movie Night on Wednesday, September 18, 2024, from 6:00-8:15pm. We will be showing a “hidden gem” of a movie about a young Korean-American man raised in the “Blue Bayou” as he makes a life for himself and his family as he confronts the ghosts of his past. Rated R (117 min.) (2021) Free snacks will be provided and movie times are approximate.

On September 19, 2024 we will have a Story Time for children (ages 3+) at 10:30am and a craft time for children (ages 3+) at 11:00am.

All events are co-sponsored by The Friends of the Malden Public Library.

Malden Public Library welcomes you!

Welcoming Week 2024

 

TONIGHT: Movie Night: Wed., August 28th: 6:00-8:00pm

Join us for Movie Night on Wednesday, August 28, 2024 from 6:00-8:00pm at the Malden Public Library. We will be showing an American Fiction film based on the novel, Erasure, by Percival Everett. Everett was previously nominated for the Pulitzer Prize for his book, Telephone. The film stars Jeffrey Wright, Tracee Ellis Ross, Issa Rae, Erika Alexander, Leslie Uggams, and Sterling K. Brown, and is directed by Cord Jefferson. Percival Everett’s most recent book, James, was just longlisted for the Booker Prize.

“A novelist who’s fed up with the establishment profiting from Black entertainment uses a pen name to write a book that propels him into the heart of the hypocrisy and madness he claims to disdain.” The film has a 93% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Rated R (117 min.) (2023)

Free snacks will be provided. Movie times are approximate.

Family Summer Movie Night: Wed., July 17, 2024: 6:00-8:00pm

Join us for Family Summer Movie Night on Wednesday, July 17, 2024 from 6:00-8:00pm at the Malden Public Library. We will be showing the fourth film about the famous Kung Fu Panda from the Valley of Peace. The film showcases the voices of Jack Black, Awkwafina, James Hong, Brian Cranston, Ke Huy Quan, Dustin Hoffman, and Viola Davis.

“In the Valley of Peace, Po helps his fathers Li Shan and Mr. Ping open their new restaurant. Shifu then tells Po that he must advance and become a spiritual leader, which means Po can no longer be the Dragon Warrior and must find a suitable successor to take his place.”  Rated PG (94 min.) (2024)

Free snacks will be provided. Movie times are approximate.

 

TONIGHT: Movie Night: Wed., June 26, 2024: 6:00-7:15pm

Join us for Movie Night on Wednesday, June 26, 2024 from 6:00-7:15pm. We will be showing a film by local filmmaker, Dante D’Amore, called Lightkeepers. This film is based on the true story of two sisters, Abigail and Rebecca Bates, who “fought off” the British troops during the war of 1812 by using a fife and drum. The film stars Kayla Caulfield, Lily Ayotte, and David Pridemore.

“During the War of 1812, two sisters at Scituate Lighthouse, armed only with a fife and drum, frightened away armed men of the British warship, La Hogue, fooling the British into thinking that an armed militia was on shore awaiting them.” Not Rated (60 min.) (2022)

Lightkeepers was filmed locally in Duxbury, Marshfield, Salem & Plymouth, Massachusetts.

Free snacks will be provided. Movie times are approximate.