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.
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.)
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.
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.
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. 
Young Adults in the 5th through 12th grade are welcome to come by this Thursday, March 17th from 3:00 – 5:00 PM in the Macarrio Room of the Malden Public Library.
Come celebrate the Luck of the Draw with Card Games, Board Games and Video Games with fellow Young Adults in the 5th through 12th grade. Snacks, drinks and pizza will be provided.
When: Thursday, March 17th from 3:00 – 5:00 PM
Where: The Maccario Room @ Malden Public Library
What: We have got Super Smash Bros. and Mario Cart 8 for the Wii U, Rhythm games like Dance Dance Revolution and Board Games like Settlers of Catan and Forbidden Island.
Young Adults in the 5th through 12th grade join us in the Program Room on Thursday, March 24th as we celebrate one of the most popular games of all time through fun crafts.
Create your own Creeper or Pick-Ax key-chain with Perler Beads, or try your hand at Papercraft by making your own blocks or torch. All materials provided by the Friends of the Malden Public Library.
When: Thursday March 24th from 3:00 – 5:00 PM
Where: Program Room at the Malden Public Library
Who: Young Adults in the 5th – 12th Grade
Young Adults in the 4th through 6th grade can sign-up starting today for the Library’s LEGO Robotics Club. The program starts Thursday, April 14th and runs for 6 straight weeks, and will be from 3:00 – 5:00 PM in the Program Room of the Malden Public Library.
This 6-week program is being taught by the Malden YMCA Youth Leaders of the Robotics Program. It is a cumulative course that will teach the basics of engineering, crafting, programming and problem-solving with LEGO Mindstorm Robotic kits. This program will build up to a LEGO robotics competition, and so it is required that participates should be willing to attend all 6 sessions.
There is no cost to participate in the program. If you have any questions, or would like to sign-up, please contact the library at 1-781-324-0218 and secure your spot today.
Program Dates:
Thursday, April 14th
Thursday, April 21st
Thursday, April 28th
Thursday, May 5th
Thursday, May 12th
Thursday, May 19th
Malden Reads will kick-off it’s 2016 community reads event on Friday, February 19th at 6:30 pm at the Malden Public Library.
Enjoy refreshments, cultural exhibits, and community conversation. Learn more about this year’s book selections, take a guided tour of the Library’s historic building, and participate in a special presentation in the Ryder Gallery.
And please enjoy MATV’s PSA for the 2016 selection The Martian.
Young Adults in the 5th through 12th grade join us on Wednesday, February 17th from 3:00 – 5:00 PM in the Program Room for a return to the art and craft of Duct Tape. We will be making wallets, clutch purses, rings, and bracelets – all out of the stickiest tape ever made. Choose from the library’s supplies of dozens of diferent colors and styles of Duct Tape, and create whatever you would like.
No sign-up is required but space is limited on a first come first serve basis.