Blog: Library Events

**Canceled** Community is full of drama

Posted on by Stephen Deloney

 

The program tonight has been canceled.
Sorry for the inconvenience.
Check back to see what other programs the library has to offer in the future.

 

 


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Learn how we can build a stronger community through theater.
Thursday April 28
7:00 PM
Malden Public Library – Program Room

 

This free hands on workshop will be teaching basic theater skills as a way to promote story sharing among Malden’s varied communities. It is offered to adults and teenagers 13+. People without and with theater experience are equally encouraged to participate. Folks who might be interested in story telling, theater, or maybe just a place to practice communicating after the last two years of Covid. This workshop is being led by instructors from Harvard’s American Repertory Theater.

Bring a city’s characters to life

The American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) at Harvard University, is dedicated to creating a meaningful dialogue with our communities outside of our theaters. Our goal with these workshops is to create a stronger community by collaborating with our audiences and students. In collaboration with Malden Public Library, artists from the A.R.T.’s Education and Engagement Team will offer their craft and teaching to our community through a series of theatrical classes. The goal of these classes is to build a stronger community, and help individuals to tap on their own creative voice in relations with others.

 

Register online  or in person at the Library.

 

For more information contact:
Vahdat Yeganeh
American Repertory Theatre
vahdat_yeganeh@harvard.edu

Stephen Deloney
Malden Public Library
sdeloney@maldenpubliclibrary.org

TONIGHT: Movie Night: Wed., April 20th: 6-8pm

Posted on by Stacy Holder

Movie Night is back and in-person! Join us on Wednesday, April 20, 2022 at 6:00-8:00pm in the Program Room.

A poignant story of love, laughter, and loss in one boy’s childhood, amid the music and social tumult of the late 1960s Belfast. Directed by Kenneth Branagh. Rated PG-13 (98 min.) (2021)

Reservations required. Space is limited to 20. Please call the Malden Public Library at 781-324-0218 to reserve your space. Movie times are approximate.

TONIGHT: Malden Reads: Book Discussion With Mayor Gary Christenson: Wed., April 13th 7-8pm

Posted on by Stacy Holder

The Malden Public Library is proud to host our annual Malden Reads Book Discussion with Malden Mayor Gary Christenson. The event will be held on Wednesday, April 13th from 7–8 pm in the Ryder Gallery of the Converse Art Museum at Malden Public Library. Light refreshments will be available beforehand.

This year, Malden Reads has selected a collection of poems for the first time ever. Our 2022 season book selection is An American Sunrise by Joy Harjo. For those who don’t prefer poetry, we ask that you give this collection a chance. Poetry is meant to be heard, absorbed, and reflected on, and we are all thrilled for the opportunity to do so.

An American Sunrise deals with loss, memory, and the nature of joy and hope. The collection also explores human rights and socio-political equity across American cultures and communities (which is especially relevant to our diverse city of Malden), the values of various indigenous peoples, and the importance of our land and environment.

Our book discussion this year will begin with one of the poems in the collection called For Those Who Would Govern. So join us for an evening of sharing poetry, ideas, art, and joy of gathering with our neighbors.

National Library Week 2022

Posted on by Dora St. Martin

National Library Week 2022

April 3 – April 9, 2022

National Library Week is an annual celebration highlighting the valuable role libraries, librarians, and library workers play in transforming lives and strengthening our communities. National Library Week is sponsored by the American Library Association.

“Connect with Your Library” spotlights libraries as places to get connected to the internet, use computers, and access other technology resources. It reinforces the idea that libraries are places to connect with media, programs, ideas—and, of course, books! Likewise, libraries connect communities to each other!

“Moments in Creativity” ~ A Talk with Artist Gale Fulton Ross

Posted on by Dora St. Martin

Nationally renowned artist Gale Fulton Ross will explore creative inspirations in a gallery talk on Tuesday, April 12 at 1 p.m.  The talk will be followed by the opening of the Converse Galleries’ newest exhibition: Modern Sojourner / Sojourner Truth’s Malden.  

Registration is required for the talk and light luncheon. Spaces are limited. To register call the Library at 781-324-0218. The exhibition runs through May 31, 2022.

Gale Fulton Ross was raised in Malden, the oldest of nine children. Fulton Ross displayed an aptitude for art at a very young age, which was nurtured by her father Herman Fulton, himself an accomplished but unheralded automobile designer. Gale studied at the Massachusetts College of Art in Boston, where she explored a wide variety of styles and media including sculpture. She also attended the California College of Arts and Crafts in San Francisco, concentrating in the study of Fine Arts and Art History. In addition to college training she studied under the guidance of established artists, including Melvin Johnson, at the Vesper George School of Art, Boston; Cleveland Bellow, of the DeYoung Museum, San Francisco, California; and Pierre Parsus, of France. The Malden Public Library is honored to have three other works by Ms. Fulton Ross in the permanent collection.

Early in her career, Fulton Ross traveled extensively throughout Africa, Europe, and as far east as China, in order to study and paint. Fulton Ross cites several modern-day African-American masters as influences on her work, primarily Charles White, Elizabeth Catlett, Samella Lewis, and Beauford Delaney, as well as the classical masters Michelangelo, DaVinci, and Rembrandt. Her work incorporates both the figurative and the abstract.  She has become a highly regarded portrait artist whose portfolio includes commissions for many leading professionals, celebrities and politicians. Among them are Archbishop Desmond Tutu; Justice Thurgood Marshall; Governors Michael Dukakis and L. Douglas Wilder; author and activist James Baldwin; and pro athletes Jackie Robinson and Arthur Ashe.  Currently Gale Fulton Ross continues to create, driven by the passion of her life. She works from her studios in Camarillo, California and Sarasota, Florida.

The event is funded in part by the Friends of the Malden Public Library.

Family Movie Night: Wed., March 30th: 6:00-8:00pm

Posted on by Stacy Holder

Welcome back to in-person Movie Night! Join us for Family Movie Night on Wednesday, March 30, 2022 from 6:00-8:00pm. We will be showing Disney’s blockbuster and enchanting film about Encanto, featuring the music of Lin-Manuel Miranda. The film is nominated for three Oscars, including Best Animated Feature Film.

“The Madrigals live hidden in the mountains of Colombia, in a magical house, in a vibrant town, in a wondrous, charmed place called an Encanto. The magic of the Encanto has blessed every child in the family with a unique gift from super strength to the power to heal, every child except one, Mirabel.”

This film is free and open to the public.  Movie times are approximate.  Please call the Malden Public Library at 781-324-0218 for more information. Rated PG (102 min.) (2021)

TONIGHT: Upstander Project’s Film Screening: “Dawnland” March 9th: 7-9pm With Malden Reads

Posted on by Stacy Holder

Join us for this special showing of the Upstander Project’s 2018 Emmy Award-Winning film documentary Dawnland.

The one-hour film will be preceded by a brief introduction and followed by an hour-long Q&A led by Eastern Woodlands Rematriation co-founder Alivia Moore (Penobscot), Upstander Project learning director Dr. Mishy Lesser, and other members of the film-making team. This screening is free, virtual, and live-streamed.

“For decades, child welfare authorities have been removing Native American children from their homes to save them from being Indian. In Maine, the first official “truth and reconciliation commission” in the United States begins a historic investigation. National News & Documentary Emmy® award winning film DAWNLAND goes behind-the-scenes as this historic body grapples with difficult truths, redefines reconciliation, and charts a new course for state and tribal relations.”

Register for the event at: www.maldenreads.org/event/film-screening-dawnland/

Malden Reads 2022 Dawnland Film March 9 2022

 

‘Jellyfish,’ a remote Zoom Pastel Painting Workshop

Posted on by Caron Guigli

Award-winning pastel artist Gregory John Maichack (http://gregorymaichack.com/) will present “Jellyfish,” a Zoom pastel
painting workshop for adults and teens 18+ hosted by the Malden Public Library on Monday March 7th, from 6-8pm. This
fun, two-hour workshop, with materials included, guides everyone from the sheer beginner to advanced participants in
producing their very own personalized and original pastel of a stunning jellyfish.

Participants will leave the workshop with their own 12 X 18 painting, all the supplied pastels, pencils, paper, blending
material, and photo references of various and sundry jellyfish for future painting.

Please call 781-324-0218 or stop by the Malden Public Library to pre-register.

This project is supported in part from a grant from the Malden Cultural Council.

Malden Reads Virtual Film Screening: Gather: Wed., Feb. 9th: 6:30-8:30pm

Posted on by Stacy Holder

Join us for a virtual screening & short discussion (via Zoom) of “Gather.” This film screening is part of Malden Reads’ 2022 season for the book, “An American Sunrise” by Joy Harjo. Meet us virtually on Wednesday, February 9, 2022: 6:30-8:30pm.

“Gather is an intimate portrait of the growing movement amongst Native Americans to reclaim their spiritual, political and cultural identities through food sovereignty, while battling the trauma of centuries of genocide.” Not Rated (74 min.) (2020)

Co-sponsored by the Malden Reads and Malden Public Library.

Register here: bit.ly/35BUVtj

If you are unable to attend the Zoom film screening and discussion, you can stream the film on Kanopy by using your Malden Public Library card: https://boston.kanopy.com/product/gather

Malden Reads Gather