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How to win at holiday shopping: pick up our 10th anniversary book pick for 2020, Fahrenheit 451, companion books for kids, & books from our previous 9 years all at @thegalleryat57 ! Bonus: if you work in #malden, you get a discount tomorrow, 12/12! Photo credit to Peter Caso And BIG THANKS to Peter and @Kevin duff for being Santa’s helpers & carrying our bookcases! You were in the right place at the right time! #maldenreads #maldenpubliclibrary #maldenaccesstv #neabigread #holidaywin https://www.instagram.com/p/B58xI-OhI-t/?igshid=13bam4dqz0gf4

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Malden Reads: One City, One Book is honored to receive a matching grant of $15,000 to host the NEA Big Read in Malden for their tenth anniversary year in early 2020. An initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) in partnership with Arts Midwest, the mission of the NEA Big Read is to broaden our understanding of our world, our communities, and ourselves through the joy of sharing a good book. Malden Reads is one of only 78 nonprofit organizations nationwide to receive an NEA Big Read grant to host a community reading program. Organizations could apply to receive as much as $15,000 for the grant. Malden Reads applied for this maximum amount of matching funds, and the committee is grateful to be the recipient of the full amount.

Being a part of the NEA Big Read is prestigious, and as part of the nationwide program, participants will notice some differences in the Malden Reads program. In order to meet the requirements for the grant, Malden Reads will have a new special name –NEA Big Read: Malden Reads. Applications were due in January 2019, and applicants were required to select one book as part of the grant from a list of over 30 diverse selections. In the past, Malden Reads has used the summertime to select the book for the coming winter’s program. However, due to the timeline and requirements for the grant, instead of the usual process of inviting the public to submit book suggestions and then to select the book, the Malden Reads steering committee selected the 2020 main book from the NEA Big Read list.

As part of this announcement, Malden Reads is pleased to announce the main book selection for our tenth anniversary year: Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. As stated on the NEA Big Read website: “Called ‘the book for our social media age’ by the New York Times, Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 is a gripping story that is at once disturbing and poetic. Bradbury takes the materials of pulp fiction and transforms them into a visionary parable of a society gone awry, in which firemen burn books and the state suppresses learning. Fahrenheit 451 is a ‘masterpiece … everyone should read’ (Boston Globe).”

The Malden Reads team has long been planning to select a classic for the tenth year, and the team is thrilled to choose Fahrenheit 451. Not only is the theme of censorship timely, but it is a unifying issue for recent immigrants from countries that repressed their freedom of speech. Although dystopian, the book celebrates the transformative power of books and meaningful connections among people. MATV, Malden’s Media Center, and the Malden Public Library, the two anchor institutions for Malden Reads, are looking forward to hosting discussions and programming on entertainment, technology, and media consumption, for example.

Books will be available for circulation in early 2020 at the Malden Public Library in English, Chinese, French, German, and Spanish, along with digital editions, both e- and audio . In addition, companion books for younger readers will be selected and available in early 2020.

To carry out the program, Malden Reads is seeking new volunteers to join a dynamic steering committee. Interested individuals who would like to be a part of a vibrant team or who would like to work independently should contact maldenreads@gmail.com. Extra support with publicity, event planning, social media, and flyers would be particularly welcome, and all new people are welcome!

The NEA Big Read showcases a diverse range of titles that reflect many different voices and perspectives, aiming to inspire conversation and discovery. The main feature of the initiative is a grants program, managed by Arts Midwest, which annually supports dynamic community reading programs, each designed around a single National Endowment for the Arts Big Read selection.

Since 2006, the National Endowment for the Arts has funded more than 1,400 NEA Big Read programs, providing more than $20 million to organizations nationwide. In addition, Big Read activities have reached every Congressional district in the country. Over the past twelve years, grantees have leveraged more than $50 million in local funding to support their NEA Big Read programs. More than 5.7 million Americans have attended an NEA Big Read event, approximately 91,000 volunteers have participated at the local level, and 39,000 community organizations have partnered to make NEA Big Read activities possible. For more information about the NEA Big Read, please visit arts.gov/neabigread.

Malden Reads is a community reading program that seeks to answer the question, “What if all of Malden read the same book?” Since its inception in 2011, the program has been organized by a dynamic group of volunteers in collaboration with the Malden Public Library and MATV, Malden’s Media Center.

Book Discussion for “The Hate U Give” – 2018

Community Dinner and discussion at Infused Kreyol – 2019

Senior Center book discussion for “The Soloist” – 2011

Citizen Lyceum at the Malden Public Radio – 2017on the Bill of Rights

Erga Pierrette & family at Malden Reads Opening Celebration – 2016

Joseph Firecrow, Native American flautist, performs at Opening Celebration in 2013 (Book Choice: “The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian”

Skit based on “The Martian” – 2016

A Conversation on Race tied in with “The Hate U Give” – 2018

Schoolchildren reading companion books – 2012

Skit based on “A Man Called Ove” – 2017

High School students at Opening Celebration – 2018

Malden Reads receives prestigious national grant in time for 10th year Malden Reads: One City, One Book is honored to receive a matching grant of $15,000 to host the NEA Big Read in Malden for their tenth anniversary year in early 2020. 

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With the recent 150th anniversary of the completion the transcontinental railroad, there are a lot of resources on the role of Chinese workers, who made up 90% of the workforce. NBC News has a 5-part series, of which this is the first part.

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Still hungry? “This video shows members of the minority Akha tribe in China performing a traditional Akha song at the Akha restaurant 阿卡寨 (Akhazhai) in Xishuangbanna China.” The video is on the blog of tinyurbankitchen.com where the author explores the food of the Akha people of Yunnan, China.

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Today’s (March 13, 2019) Boston Globe had a restaurant review of Silk Road, a Uyghur restaurant in Cambridge. The Uyghur are a Turkic ethnic group who live in  the Xinjiang region of China.

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The UMass Boston Library has an online archive entitled The Chinese American Experience Mass. Memories Road Show. The Mass. Memories Road Show is a “statewide digital history project that documents people, places, and events in Massachusetts history through family photographs and stories.” Browse through this collection and find the photographs and stories from Malden.

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The Museum of Fine Arts (MFA) is celebrating Lunar New Year on Saturday, February 9. Come and see the Lion Dance. Attend a tea ceremony with “Dr. Tea,” Xingcai Zhang. Make a clay tea cup and a paper lantern. Paint your Chinese zodiac sign on a scroll. And more. It is all free!

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Are you planning a visit to Chinatown to celebrate the Lunar New Year? Before you go, take a look at the Chinatown Atlas to learn more about the history of Boston’s Chinatown. In the atlas you’ll  discover a Malden connection to Chinatown. You are a few decades too late to dine at Ruby Foo’s Den, which had a clientele of famous athletes, actors, and politicians, among others. 

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  Ready for an adventure? Grab your cup of tea and travel with this pu’er tea trade caravan from Yunnan to Beijing. No passport necessary. 

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We swear this picture isn’t staged. There’s nothing better on a cold day than staying inside reading with the people we love. #ellenspinney #wealllovemrhatch #communityread #pleasereadtoyourkids https://www.instagram.com/p/BsjSBhvlwOl/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=nzb2mhc0uk7y

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Come to our kickoff on Jan. 26 to see the @maldenhighschool lion dance club perform! (& please consider donating to help support their talent! https://www.gofundme.com/malden039s-lion-dance-club) (at Malden, Massachusetts) https://www.instagram.com/p/BsQ1EZ0l1W7/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=pflpktkgi1kz

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Please join us @ The Gallery this Sat., 1:30-3:30! All are invited to stop in, taste some tea, pick a copy of the book (along with some special information), and chat with us about the book selection and the coming year! "Tea Girl" books, as well as companion books, are available for sale at The Gallery at 480 Main St. Stop in and pick up copies for yourself or to give as holiday gifts! (The prices are a little more than your online retailer, but your purchase supports a local business and Malden Reads.) While you're there, check out the stunning array of handmade items for sale by local artists -- and do more of your holiday shopping! (at The Gallery in Malden) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bq-XmKDFLn1/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=z7ao7m5ghn6b

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2019 Companion Books

Malden Reads is pleased to announce the selection of companion books for young readers, all of which complement the themes of the 2019 main book selection, The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane by Lisa See. These books were chosen by a group of educators, librarians, and other individuals in the community offering their support and input.

Themes explored include Chinese culture, what it means for…

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Have you started to read The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane and are you wishing that the book had photos? Are you trying to imagine what traditional Akha dress looks like? Are you wondering what is a tea cake? Have a look at author Lisa See’s links to videos and photos of the Akha people and Pu’er (普洱) tea.

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Malden Reads announces 2019 main book selection “As A-ma said, every story, every dream, every waking minute of our lives is filled with one fateful coincidence after another.”

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Sunset, Storytelling and Stargazing

Sunset, Storytelling and Stargazing

Saturday, October 13, 2019 5:30 – 10:00pm

Ward 4 City Councillor Ryan & O’Malley, in collaboration with Malden Reads, invites the community to the top of Waitt’s Mount Park in Malden to watch the sunset, hear storytelling and gaze at the stars with the help of the North Shore Amateur Astronomy Club (NSAAC) and #popscope. There will be storytelling for children and “Stories Only You Can Tell” for…

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What will Malden Read in 2019?

What will Malden Read in 2019?

During these fleeting months of summer, a book-loving team of Malden community members have been considering which book to choose for the 2019 One City, One Book program. Now entering its ninth year, the popular community reading program works to promote literacy and a love of reading AND build community in the city of Malden.

For the 20+ members on the Book Selection Committee, this meant…