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Friends of the Malden Public Library Newsletter
March 2025
Friends of The Malden Public Library Newsletter
March 23, 2025
Image description: The logo of the Friends of the Malden Public library, featuring a gargoyle sitting on top of books, superimposed on an image of the Malden Public Library. The text underneath the logo reads “Newsletter”.
Greetings Friends! We have one important update which is we have changed the monthly meeting day from the second Tuesday of every month to the first Tuesday of every month. This means our next Friends meeting will be on April 1.
Aside from that you can catch us at some of the following events:
March 30 (Sunday), 9 - 11:30 a.m.
Book Swap with Malden Pride Coalition at Cafe Reynard (89 Commercial St. Malden). Bring a book (or buy one from the Friends) to swap with someone else.
April 4 (Friday 6 - 9 p.m.) and April 5 (Saturday 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.)
Spring book sale in the Friends’ book room at the Malden Public Library. We will be featuring a display in celebration of National Library Week. Please note that the Friday sale is only open to paying members of the Friends of the Malden Public Library. If you have not renewed your 2025 membership yet, you will be asked to do so at the Friday sale.
May 6 (Tuesday), 7 - 8 p.m.
Friends of the Malden Public Library May meeting at the Malden Public Library.
May 9 (Friday), time to come and link for ticket purchase will be available on April 1
The Friends’ Wine Tasting Gala at the Malden Public Library. There will also be mocktails! This year’s theme will honor artist and Malden-local Frank Stella and his mother Constance. Come dressed in your most colorful 60’s and 70’s outfits. We will have a silent auction featuring donations from Skybound Fitness, the Huntington Theatre, and more!
Image description: Images of coffee beans, books, and doughnuts overlaid on a colorful background. The middle of the graphic reads "Queer Book Swap, March 30th, 9am-11:30 am, @ Cafe Reynard, 89 Commercial Street Malden MA, Bring a book to swap! The Friends will have a book care with books available to purchase for $1-$2." The Malden Pride Coalition (@maldenpridecoalition), Friends of the Malden Public Library (@friends_of_mpl), and Cafe Reynard (@cafe_reynard) Instagram handles are listed and the top right corner displays each org's logo.
Image description: The background is eggshell with images of books and patterned circles. The text reads “Spring Book Sale, Friday April 4th 6pm-9pm (For Friends Members Only!), Saturday April 5th 10am-2pm (with a yellow star that says ‘Public Sale!’), Malden Public Library Friends’ Book Room, 36 Salem Malden, MA”. Underneath is a magenta box that says “Cash, Check, Venmo”. The top corner of the graphic has the Friends of the Malden Public Library logo. The bottom corner of the graphic has the Malden Public Library logo with the URL: FriendsofMaldenLibrary.org.
Image description: The background is read with sunburst designs. The top says “Mark Your Calendars!” The middle of the graphic is a beige box with text that reads “Wine Tasting Gala, Friday May 9th, 2025, Converse Memorial Building at the Malden Public Library, Exquisite selection of wines, Mocktails table — a novelty!, Food and Entertainment, friendsofmaldenlibrary.org”. There’s images of glasses and a bottle of red wine. There’s a red box that says “Theme: Frank Stella”. The bottom left includes a logo of the Malden Public Library while the top right corner includes the Friends of the Malden Public Library and Kappy’s logos.
Winter Updates
“‘The future is already here. It’s just not evenly distributed yet.’ So goes the saying attributed to author William Gibson. If that is the case, then what will it take to redistribute the future? The first step, I think, is to reckon with who and what currently monopolize the space to envision the future, hoard the ability to dream, and privatize the resources it takes to materialize our imagination. After reckoning comes igniting the power to imagine other ways of organizing social life and building a world in which everyone can thrive.”
We started off the year strong with several pop-up events and our first-ever membership drive at the Members-Only Book Sale in January. Thank you to new members who joined! Below are some opportunities to get involved; if any are of interest to you, send us an email at [email protected].
Wine Tasting Gala Planning (May 9) - we have several committees to support the upcoming Wine Gala, including securing sponsors for the event, collecting donations for the silent auction, posting promotional flyers around Malden, setting up before the event, serving food, and cleaning up afterwards.
Spring Book Sale (April 4-5) - we have several roles for book sale, including cashier and keeping the book room tidy.
We had our pop-ups at the Chinese Cultural Connection’s Lunar New Year celebration and the Emmanuel Baptist Church’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Black History Month events. Check out pictures from the events below!
Image description: Three Friends at Lunar New Year event at the Malden High School.
Image description: Three Friends smiling behind the pop-up table at the Martin Luther King Jr. Day event at the Emmanuel Baptist Church. One Friend is throwing up a peace sign with his hand.
Image description: Three Friends smiling with balloons in front of the pop-up table at the Martin Luther King Jr. Day event at the Emmanuel Baptist Church. There’s a Friend behind the pop-up table smiling with his head turned.
Image description: Three Friends standing behind the pop-up table at the Black History Month event at the Emmanuel Baptist Church.
We hope to catch you at our upcoming events. Thank you for being a Friend!