The Malden Public Library will be closed on Monday, September 5, 2022 in honor of Labor Day. We will reopen at 9 am on Tuesday, September 6th.
Library Closed on Monday in Honor of Labor Day
The Malden Public Library will be closed on Monday, September 5, 2022 in honor of Labor Day. We will reopen at 9 am on Tuesday, September 6th.
Children in grades K-5 who would like to learn how to play chess or improve their beginner game are invited to the Children’s Room at 3:00 p.m. on Wednesdays for the weekly Chess for Kids instruction program. For more details, please visit or call the Children’s Room (781-388-0803).
Join Mayor Gary Christenson for a special storytime on Thursday, September 29, at 10 :30 a.m. The Mayor will read aloud from some fun new picture books and be available to answer any questions that children might have about what a mayor does. This program is recommended for ages 3-5+. Preschool groups are welcome (just call the Children’s Room in advance).
Join the Malden Public Library as we bid farewell to Camp MPL and wind down our Summer Reading season. On Thursday August 11th from 2-4 pm bring your picnic snacks and baskets for an old fashioned community picnic party on the lawn. We will provide the cake and light refreshments, you bring your sandwiches and sides. There will be games, music, prizes, and hopefully a lot of fun with our library friends and neighbors. Thank you again to all our summer reading sponsors: Preotle, Lane & Associates, the Friends of the Malden Public Library, Malden Cultural Council – and all our great summer volunteers.
Tonight’s movie has been cancelled. We will reschedule in the future.
Join us for a fun Summer Movie Night on Wednesday, August 24th from 6-8pm. We’re showing the Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum adventure rom-com about a romance novelist and her book cover model who go to The Lost City. Rated PG-13 (112 min.) (2022) Registration is encouraged. Call us at 781-324-0218 to reserve your spot.
Join us for a “Movie Night in the Park at Rivers Edge” on Wednesday, August 17 at 8:00 p.m.. The movie will be on The Park at Rivers Edge Great Lawn adjacent to 200 River’s Edge Drive in Medford. The Great Lawn section of the park will be transformed into an outdoor movie theatre where residents and visitors of all ages are welcome to gather and enjoy a free movie night featuring Disney’s Enchanted.
Enchanted is an American live-action/animated musical fantasy romantic comedy film starring Amy Adams, Patrick Dempsey, James Marsden, Timothy Spall, Idina Menzel, and Susan Sarandon. A classic Disney fairytale collides with modern-day life when an animated princess is exiled into the real world by an evil queen. MPAA Rating PG.
The event is free and open to the public. Sponsored by Preotle, Lane & Associates and the Malden Public Library. Attendees should bring their own blankets and chairs for use. There will be free snacks and water provided. Wellington Station is just 0.4 miles from Rivers Edge. Free parking is available at the Rivers Edge Garage.
Adults and Young Adults (Grades 5-12) can sign up today and start logging hours read in our online tracking system!
We are tracking all readers logged hours this Summer as a whole community, so every hour that you read and track online will count towards our total!
YOUNG ADULT SUMMER READING (Grades 5-12)
Every week that you read for at least 5 or more hours (300 minutes or more) you will get to pull a prize from the prize pool behind the information desk at the library. The prizes range from free Books and Comics, to Water Bottles, Crafts, Toys and other things that will be worth coming back each week to win up to 6 weeks in a row starting Tuesday July 5th.
YOUNG ADULT TOP READERS
The top three readers over the entire 6 weeks of the Summer Reading Program (June 27th – August 8) for Young Adults will also receive a gift card for reading and logging their hours.
ADULT SUMMER READING
In addition to logging in your reading hours as you complete activities and attend programs you can accrue stickers. Once you have earned enough of the camp themed stickers return to earn your Adult Summer Reading merit badge at the Circulation Desk of the Malden Public Library.
The Malden Public Library will be closed on Monday, July 4, 2022 in celebration of American Independence.
We will reopen on Tuesday, July 5 at 9 a.m.