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14th Annual Malden Parade of Holiday Traditions & Christmas Tree Lighting

Posted on by Dora St. Martin

The City of Malden will kick off the Holiday Season with the 14th Annual Parade of Holiday Traditions on Saturday, November 25th at 2 PM. The Parade will lift off at the Salemwood School on Waite Street Extension, will bear left onto Maplewood Street, and will then travel west on Salem Street. The Parade will conclude at the Malden Teen Enrichment Center (MTEC) at Ferry, Salem and Main Streets where residents will be invited in for hot chocolate. Santa Claus will be making a special visit – all children should bring their letters to Santa so that his helpers from the Post Office can collect and send them to the North Pole!

At the conclusion of the Parade, everyone is invited the City Christmas Tree Lighting on the lawn of the Malden Public Library.

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Library Closed at 6 pm Wednesday and All Day Thanksgiving

Posted on by Caron Guigli

The Malden Public Library will close at 6 pm on Wednesday, Nov.22nd be closed all day, Thursday, Nov. 23rd for the Thanksgiving holiday. We will reopen at 9 am on Friday, Nov. 24th.

Citizen Lyceum’s Understanding Democracy and the Rights of American Citizens

Posted on by Dora St. Martin

Thank you Roger Desrosiers of the Mass. Center for Civil Education for the great program Citizen Lyceum’s Understanding Democracy and the Rights of American Citizens sponsored by Malden Reads, Chinese Culture Connection, Malden C O R E – Community Organizing for Racial Equity. and the American Association for Arab Women.

Thursday, November 30th 7pm-8:30pm NaNoWriMo Write-In & Wrap Party

Posted on by Caron Guigli

Join fellow writers for a special Come Write In and Wrap party for National Novel Writing Month in the Maccario Room. Be sure to bring your laptop or other writing tools with you.

Do You Have A Library Card?

Posted on by Stacy Holder

September is National Library Card Month.  Do you have your library card?  Welcome to the Malden Public Library! We have thousands of books, bestsellers, children’s books, books in other languages, language learning books, Blu-Rays, DVDs, books on CD, and an extensive digital e-library collection.  Students from the Immigrant Learning Center got their Library Cards!

20th Annual Triple Threat Trivia Library Fundraiser

Posted on by Caron Guigli


Gather your family, friends, and colleagues, to test your wits in support of the Malden Public Library!
The 20th Annual Triple Threat Trivia Library Fundraiser on Thursday, January 25, 2018, 5:30p.m.-9:30p.m. at Anthony’s of Malden. Gather a table of ten people for $360, which includes dinner, dessert, three rounds of trivia, and more! Cash bar. Sign up your team by Friday, December 15, 2017, for a very important EXTRA point.
Call 781-324-0218 or email Librarian Jean Slavkovsky at jslavkovsky@maldenpubliclibrary.org for more information.

Young Adult Anime Afternoon

Posted on by Patrick Brennan

Young Adults in the 6th through 12th grade are invited to join us on Thursday November 16th in the Macarrio Room from 3:00 – 5:00 PM to watch one of the best-selling Anime films of all time.

Mitsuha and Taki are high school students in Japan, one lives in the country side and the other in metropolis Tokyo. When they wake up in one another’s bodies they begin to try and find one another, and uncover the mystery of an odd comet passing overhead.

This program is brought to you by the Friends of the Malden Public Library. Snacks and drinks will be provided.

“No Mutiny This Time”: Nov. 14th: 6:30pm

Posted on by Stacy Holder

“No Mutiny This Time: ” The Sinking of the Tall Ship Bounty. Film and Discussion with Filmmaker Neil Novello.

Tuesday, November 14th at 6:30 p.m. Malden Public Library

“No Mutiny This Time” is the title of filmmaker Neil D. Novello’s thought-provoking talk & video presentation about the circumstances leading to the sinking of the tall ship, Bounty during Hurricane Sandy on October 29, 2012

 “Bounty & Her Captain” the video portion of his presentation is “NOT a documentary but a “video essay”, like a print essay,” his personal perspective that is, “Part Testimonial”, with exclusive interviews with Captain Walbridge &“Part Shipbuilding showing work done at Boothbay Harbor Maine shipyard” and “Part Hollywood Ballyhoo” because Bounty was built exclusively for the 1962 remake of the Hollywood classic, Mutiny on the Bounty.”

Since 1985, Neil Novello’s award- winning career includes – documentaries, television news, and family biographies.  His documentaries about the Portsmouth Naval Prison in Kittery, Maine were featured at the New Hampshire & Portland Maine Film Festivals & available on DVD.  Find out more: http://www.novellospeaks.com/-no-mutiny-this-time–description.html

 

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TONIGHT: Classic Movie Night: Wed., Nov. 15th: 6:00-8:30pm

Posted on by Stacy Holder

Join us for a special event Classic Movie Night on Wednesday, November 15, 2017 from 6:00-8:30pm. We will be showing the 1935 classic film, “Mutiny on the Bounty” with Clark Gable.

“Based on the true story of sadistic Captain Bligh, Fletcher Christian, their turbulent journey aboard the HMS Bounty, and the subsequent mutiny in 1788.”

Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a 94% rating. The New York Times writes, “It is superlatively thrilling.”

This film is free and open to the public and is accessible.  Movie times are approximate.  Please call the Malden Public Library at 781-324-0218 for more information.  No Rating (132 min.)