Join us for Library Presents Movie Night in the Park at Rivers Edge on Wednesday, August 21 at 7:30pm. 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 “Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl” (Rated PG-13). The movie begins at sunset at 7:30 p.m.

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.

It’s hard to believe that the End of Summer Community Party is already here! This Friday, Aug. 16 at 11am, come join us for cake, music, games, and more on the front lawn! No registration is required, and you do not have to have participated in summer reading to attend.

BUT if you’ve been reading all summer and not registered for our summer reading challenges, it’s still not too late! Sign up on our Beanstack site HERE or via the Beanstack app on your phone, and you can backlog your previous weeks’ reading minutes (honest estimates are okay)!

Artwork by Linda Dolph will be featured throughout the month of August and the Library will be hosting an artist reception on Thursday August 1st from 6-7pm.  Everyone is welcome to attend.

Seen and Unseen

Linda Dolph has an extensive background in art through teaching, studying and her own artistic expression.  Photography is an every day thing, capturing images of animals, plants, trees and all elements of nature. These are the things that are SEEN with our earthly eyes. She considers the natural world her “Spiritual Temple” and draws life and breath from experiencing and interacting with the earth and creatures around her.

Inspired by earth’s abundance, a new approach to art principals, her imagination and studies in Shamanism she is employing digital collage as a way to integrate monotypes and images with an eye toward whimsy, the spiritual and the mythical, manifesting “Beings” that she likes to think populate UNSEEN worlds.

Join us on Friday, August 2nd, 11-12pm in the Maccario Room for a free educational program all about North American river otters!

North American Otters were almost eradicated from Massachusetts in the late 19th century due to the fur trade, and industrial pollution in the rivers.  As our towns and cities have cleaned up their acts, otters have begun to return.  Since they are mainly nocturnal, and very wary of humans, they can be very difficult to see.  Come behind the scenes of an otter family’s lives and learn how we can protect both them and their habitat!

This program is sponsored by the Friends of the Library.

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.

The Malden Public Library will  be closing at 6 pm on July 3rd and closed all day on July 4th in celebration of Independence Day. We will reopen at 9 am on Friday morning.