Young Adult Summer Reading Kick-Off

Posted on June 27, 2016July 12, 2016 by Patrick Brennan

Young Adults going into 6th grade through 12th grade are invited to join the festivities as we start our Summer Reading Program on June 30th, from 3:00 -4:30 PM in the Maccario Room.

We will have video games, board games, crafts, snacks and drinks for all, and if you are interested in signing up for the Reading Program you can do it then and there. Enjoy your Summer while earning rewards and prizes at the Library.

Funds for this Summer Reading Program and others is provided by Preotle, Lane & Associates.

YOUNG ADULT 2016 SUMMER READING PROGRAM

Posted on June 21, 2016August 12, 2016 by Patrick Brennan

Young Adults currently in the 5^th grade through rising 12^th graders click here to sign up!

There are a lot of great reasons to sign up for the YOUNG ADULT 2016 SUMMER READING PROGRAM, but here are the details for earning rewards over the next 6 weeks.

*Each week that you read and log at least 5 hours you will qualify to get a prize from the Rewards Box at the Information Desk. Prizes include bags, ear buds, pedometers, books and more! Complete this challenge up to 6 times throughout the Summer

*The Weekly Top Reader (who ever reads and logs the most hours) will receive a $25 Gift Card to one of several businesses local and online including Dunkin Donuts, New England Comics and Amazon.com

*At the end of the Summer the Top Readers Overall (those who read and log the most hours over the 6 week program) will win gift cards of larger amounts, and all participants in the program will have chances to win fun raffle prizes at the End-of-Summer Party.

Young Adults currently in the 5^th grade through rising 12^th graders click here to sign up!

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New Museum Passes!

Posted on June 20, 2016February 17, 2017 by Caron Guigli

We are pleased to announce that the Malden Public Library now provides the following new discount museum passes to Malden Residents:

Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA): Each pass admits 2 adults for $5 per person. Children are free.

Edward M. Kennedy Institute: Each pass admits 2 adults for $7 per person. Children are free.

Coming Soon! John F. Kennedy Library & Museum Each pass admits 2 people at $3 per person. Children 12 and under are free.

Malden Adult Residents with cards in good standing can book here.

Sign Up for Summer Reading!

Posted on June 20, 2016September 14, 2016 by Caron Guigli

Integrated Summer Calendar 2016

Some programs require registration.

Children up through Grade 5

Children who read at least 120 minutes per week may come in the following week to pick up a prize.

Teens Entering Grades 6-12

Teens who read at least 5 hours a week may come in the following week to pick up a prize. There will also be prizes for teens who read the most!

Adults 18+

This year, adults can play Library Bingo! Adults who complete five squares in a row may come in to pick up a prize. Adults who fill the whole card will be entered in a raffle to win a gift card. Pick up your card at the library.

Sponsored by Preotle, Lane, and Associates; the Friends of the Malden Public Library, the Massachusetts Library System, the Boston Bruins, and the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners.

CD Collins reads from her novel Afterheat

Posted on June 3, 2016June 16, 2016 by Dora St. Martin

Join us for a reading by author CD Collins on Wednesday, June 15, at 6:30 p.m. Kentucky native CD Collins follows the storytelling traditions of the South, both as a solo artist and when accompanied by musicians. As one of originators of the early ‘90s resurgence of spoken-word with live music, her work has been archived in award-winning compact discs: Kentucky Stories, Subtracting Down and Carousel Lounge.

Collins’ fiction has appeared in numerous literary magazines, including The Drum, StoryQuarterly, Salamander, Phoebe and The Pennsylvania Review. Her collection of poetry, Self-Portrait with Severed Head, was published by Ibbetson Street press in 2009. Her collection of short stories, Blue Land, was released in June 2010. Her novel, Afterheat, has just been published.

She has produced a short lyric documentary that chronicles the catastrophic steps of mountaintop removal to retrieve Appalachian coal. She has recently completed a novel and is currently working on a one-woman show. With her band Rockabetty, she has completed her fourth album, Clean Coal Big Lie. She is currently releasing this album in a series of performances

Thank you from the Malden Public Library

Posted on May 1, 2016June 17, 2016 by Caron Guigli

for making our 14th Annual Wine Tasting and Chocolate Buffet such a fun and successful event. None of this could be done without the hard work and dedication of the Friends of the Malden Public Library and support of our wonderful community.

Click here to view more photos from the event.

Malden Reads Movie Night: Tues., April 26th: 6:00-8:45pm

Posted on April 14, 2016April 27, 2016 by Stacy Holder

Join us for Malden Reads Movie Night at the Malden Public Library on Tuesday, April 26, 2016, from 6:00-8:45pm. We will be showing our second film screening at the library for Malden Reads. This exceptional documentary highlights the NASA astronauts’ experiences as they travel “In The Shadow of the Moon” for the first time. This film screening is part of the Malden Reads 2016 One City, One Book program featuring “The Martian” by Andy Weir. The film combines archival material from original NASA film footage of man’s walks on the moon, much never before seen, and interviews with surviving astronauts who emerge as eloquent, witty, emotional and human. Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a 95% rating and Richard Roeper writes of the film, “A beautiful, exhilarating, and sometimes deeply moving documentary about those long-ago Apollo missions of the late 1960s and early 1970s.” This movie is free and open to the public and is accessible. Rated PG (110 min.)

Shred It!

Posted on April 14, 2016April 30, 2016 by Caron Guigli

Spring cleaning time! So gather up all your old papers (tax information from years ago, perhaps) and bring it down to the DPW yard on Saturday, April 30th from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. For a mere $5 per brown grocery bag full of paper, you can have all your home tidy and do a good deed by contributing to the Friends of the Malden Public Library.

The Friends is the group that provides the Library, and thus Malden residents, with money for our Museum Tickets, programming for all ages, and many, many more material items. So help the Friends help the Library. Even better, ask about joining the Friends.

The Art of Surviving Hard Times: Yvonne Twining Humber and the Federal Art Project

Posted on April 4, 2016April 13, 2016 by Dora St. Martin

Join us at the Malden Public Library for “The Art of Surviving Hard Times: Yvonne Twining Humber and the Federal Art Project,” on Tuesday, April 12, at 7:00 pm.

This talk is part of Malden Reads 2016. In Andy Weir’s The Martian, it not only took Mark Watney’s personal ingenuity, but the commitment of many government agencies working together to get one astronaut back to earth. Between 1935 and 1942, the Federal Art Project of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) played a major role in supporting New England’s struggling artists. Come explore how this national economic relief program saved lives and helped create great art. The talk will be followed by an art tour of the Converse Memorial Building and Art Galleries. For more information contact the library at 781-324-0218.

YA Movie Afternoon

Posted on March 24, 2016April 11, 2016 by Patrick Brennan

Young Adults in the 5th through 12th grade are invited to join us Thursday, March 31st from 3:00 – 5:30 PM in the Macarrio Room for this month’s Movie Afternoon. We will be watching the finale to the movie series based on the book series “The Hunger Games” by Suzanne Collins, specifically the ultimate book “Mockingjay”.

Light refreshments and drinks will be provided. The runtime is 2 hours and 14 minutes. the-hunger-games-mockingjay-tag-page

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