Youth and Young Adults are invited to join in a live event at the Malden Public Library as part of our NASA @ My Library programming.
Join us on Thursday, April 28th from 3PM to 4:00 in the Program Room to play the Sorting Game and learn about the phases of the moon with sandwich cookies!
To sign up please call the library at 781-324-0218 with your name, grade and email. Space is limited so sign up today for this team space discussion and game.
On Thursday, April 21, at 3:00 pm, we’ll have lots of yarn available so that children can use the library’s Wonder Knitters, learn how to fingerknit, and explore other crafts and activities with yarn.
Recommended for ages 6-10.
On Wednesday, April 20, at 3:00 pm, Pumpernickel Puppets will perform “Sir George and the Dragon,” a show that is appropriate for ages 3-8. Puppeteer John McDonough will also demonstrate how different puppets work and how kids can make their own puppets and put on shows at home. Don’t miss this fun and entertaining family event!
This program is funded by the Anna Yaghjian Fund.
Are you a local artist looking to display your work? The Malden Public Library is now accepting applications for the Monthly Rotating Art Exhibit! Apply by April 30, 2022 so you can showcase your art for one month in the library, July – December 2022. Please visit our Rotating Art Exhibit page for more info or call the library with any questions 781-324-0218
Young Adults in the 6th – 12th grade are invited to enjoy a movie at the Malden Public Library. Join us next Thursday April 7th from 3:00-5:00 PM in the Maccario Room for a new Marvel anti-hero film based on the Spider-Man villain “Venom”.
Light refreshments and snack will be served and seating is limited to make sure to come on time to claim a spot.
We have a new grab and go fast, scientific and fun kit starting today at the Malden Public Library. Stop by the information desk located on the first floor to grab your kit with everything you need to create your own pinwheel of the cosmos.
Learn about how telescopes have helped us develop a view of distant galaxies and stay tuned to the rest of our NASA @ My Library partnership programs coming soon to the library in person.
Young Adults in the 6th-12th grade are invited to craft from the library’s Perler bead collection on Thurs. March 31st from 3:00-4:30 PM in the Maccario Room.
Create lanyards, key chains kitchen magnets and more from colorful plastic beads in whatever style you would like. Space and time is limited to make sure to come up with an idea and arrive on time for this in-person craft event.
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.
Young children (ages 3-5) are invited to join us for weekly storytimes at 10:30 a.m. on Thursdays beginning March 31. Each storytime features several picture books, songs, rhymes, and a simple craft and lasts about 45 minutes. Please sign up for each session that your child will be attending. You do not need to register for all sessions at once. If you are unable to attend a storytime you have signed up for, please call the Children’s Room to cancel.