Malden Eats Community Dinners
4/14/2015 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
J.R. Restaurant & Bakery
Tuesday, April 14, 7:00 p.m.
188 Salem St.
Caribbean/Cajun/Creole restaurant. $15/pp. Call 781-397-7557 for reservations.
One of the best ways to connect with people is over a good meal! Malden Eats, in collaboration Malden Reads invite you to join us at these fine local restaurants to enjoy great food, mingle with local Maldonians, and support local businesses. We also encourage you to converse about the themes from this year’s book and will provide some “Table Talk” topics for diners to discuss if they wish. (You do not need to have read the book yet to participate.) Dinners are fixed price and feature either buffet or an a la carte menu. Beverages, tax and tip are not included. Space is limited, so make sure to reserve your seats in advance. You must specify “Malden Reads event” when you call. If you cannot make your reservation, please cancel so that the next party on the waiting list can attend.
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Perle Fine exhibit - Abstract
4/14/2015 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
An opening reception will be held for the Malden Public Library’s newest exhibition: Perle Fine: exhibit Abstract on Tuesday, April 14, at 7 p.m. The exhibition will include newly acquired works by nationally-renowned artist Perle Fine, as well as works by I. (Irene) Rice Pereira, Constantine Arvanites, and Constance Stella. The exhibit will be on display in the Lower Art Gallery of the Converse Memorial Building, located at 36 Salem Street. In conjunction with the exhibition, at 7 p.m., author Kathleen Housley will present a talk based on her biography of Perle Fine entitled Tranquil Power: The Art and Life of Perle Fine.
Perle Fine (1905-1988) was born in Boston, to parents who had recently emigrated from Russia. One of six children, she grew up in Malden where her family owned a dairy farm on Alden Street. Before she had finished high school, she began to study art, enrolling in the School of Practical Art in Boston. While still in her teens, Fine moved to New York City to study at the Art Students League with Kimon Nicolades. Fine was an artist at the forefront of the Abstract Expressionist movement. She studied with Hans Hofmann and was a friend and colleague of Jackson Pollock, Lee Krasner, Willem and Elaine de Kooning, and Franz Kline. Fine participated in the seminal 9th Street Show of 1951, and was included in all five New York Annuals of the 1950s. She was a faculty member in the Fine Arts Department at Hofstra University from 1962 to 1973. Fine’s work is represented in many important collections, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, National Gallery of Art, Solomon R.
Guggenheim Museum, and the Whitney Museum of American Art.
Kathleen L. Housley is the author of eight acclaimed books, numerous national journals, including the Christian Century and Image. Housley has published articles on women artists and collectors in Woman’s Art Journal. She is also the author of Emily Hall Tremaine: Collector on the Cusp and a series of poems, The Art of Science, the Science of Art, in which she delves into the mind of Leonardo da Vinci.
Exhibition hours are Mondays 7:00-8:30 p.m. and Wednesdays 2:00-4:00 p.m., or by appointment through May 18. For more information, call the Library at 781-324-0218.
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