Page 10 THE MALDEN ADVOCATE–Friday, February 16, 2024 Mass. Memories Road Show is coming to Malden! Information meeting: Monday, February 26, 6:30 - 7:30 PM via Zoom M alden Reads – in collaboration with the City of Malden, Urban Media Arts (UMA) and the Malden Public Library – proudly announces that UMass Boston will bring the Mass. Memories Road Show to Malden on Saturday, April 27, from 10 a.m.-3 p.m., at the Malden Senior & Teen Community Center. Photos from family reunions, special events, candid shots or formal, recent or old, from Malden or from anywhere in the world, are welcome and will be added to a statewide digital archive collection. Everyone, whether living here for a day or for generations, contributes to the strength and diversity of the Malden community and is encouraged to participate and share up to three photographs that have special meaning to them and the story behind each photo. The event is also part of the year-long celebration of Malden’s 375th anniversary, with the community coming together to recognize Malden’s long history and every resident’s place in that history. The Two Lindas, 1951: Linda Sue Rosenblatt Katz and Linda Lee (Mazonson) Zalk. This photo has been submitted to Malden’s digital archive as part of the Mass. Memories Stuck-at-Home Show (held during Covid). Come to the live event on April 27 with three photos you’d like to add to the archive! The public is invited to an informational meeting, held via Zoom, to learn more about the Malden Mass. Memories Road Show and how to get involved. All community and cultural organizations are invited Ten-year-old Neal Anderson (bottom row, fourth from left) is shown with his Malden Little League team in 1954 at Trafton Park. This photo has been submitted to Malden’s digital archive as part of the Mass. Memories Stuck-at-Home Show (held during Covid). Come to the live event on April 27 with three photos you’d like to add to the archive! to join the outreach eff ort to ensure that a rich and representative portrait of the whole city is documented at the event. Residents who wish to volunteer at the event, or just want to learn more, are also welcome at the Info Session. The virtual meeting is scheduled for Monday, February 26, from 6:30-7:30 p.m. A link to register for this event can be found at urbanmediaarts.org/ mass-memories-info-session The Mass. Memories Road Show is a free statewide, eventbased participatory archiving program that documents people, places, and events in Massachusetts history through family photographs and stories. Archivists and public historians in University Archives and Special Collections in the Joseph P. Healey Library at UMass Boston collaborate with local planning teams and volunteers to organize free public events where individuals bring photographs to be copied and included in a digital archive at openarchives. umb.edu Contributors are invited to describe the photographs in their own words. In addition, they may choose to share “the story behind the photos” on video, have their own “keepsake photo” taken, receive advice on caring for their family photos and learn from one another about the history of their community. The April 27 event will be staff ed by professionals, historians and archivists and trained Malden volunteers who will guide participants through the various stations at the event. All ages will be welcome, and participants may attend at any time from 10:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. Since its launch in 2004, the Mass. Memories Road Show has digitized more than 12,000 photographs and stories from across the state, creating a unique educational resource for future generations. For further information about the Mass. Memories Road Show, visit blogs.umb. edu/massmemories To learn more about the Malden version of the event, visit urbanmediaarts.org/maldenmass-memories-road-show – for questions, email Anne at anne@umaverse.org For Advertising with Results, call The Advocate Newspapers at 617-387-2200 or Info@ advocatenews.net
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