City of Malden Winter Festival
Phil Kline’s Unsilent Night
“Unsilent Night was created as a neighborhood party, a way for me and my friends to get together and beat the mid-winter blues during the New York holiday rush. I never thought that we would do it again, or that over the next few decades it would become the soundtrack for an almost world-wide celebration. While some of the annual Unsilent Nights are in big cities and hosted by large organizations, the smaller community events are essential. That’s why it makes me so happy to see it take root in Malden, the first town east of the Berkshires to join the party. Boston may have had one last year, but Malden led the way!” -Phil Kline
Monkeyhouse is excited to join the Clary & Cimermanis Little Free Library and its stewards (Karen, Nicole, Jason, Kwaq, & N8d-el) to participate this year in Phil Kline's Unsilent Night, a community sonic sculpture that takes place across the globe during December.
Bring your children, your friends, your neighbors, the nice lady you met at the book store yesterday and join in the festivities! Please be prepared to spend about a half hour walking outside. Our goal is to begin just after sundown, so it's going to be chilly. Bring something that can play music! Download one of Phil Kline's Unsilent Night tracks to be played along the way! Got something to light yourself up? Bring that too!
Check out www.UnsilentNight.com for more information about where this event came from!
Bring your children, your friends, your neighbors, the nice lady you met at the book store yesterday and join in the festivities! Please be prepared to spend about a half hour walking outside. Our goal is to begin just after sundown, so it's going to be chilly. Bring something that can play music! Download one of Phil Kline's Unsilent Night tracks to be played along the way! Got something to light yourself up? Bring that too!
Check out www.UnsilentNight.com for more information about where this event came from!
2019
Photos by JK Photo
Map and Directions
Phil Kline’s Unsilent Night last approximately 45 minutes. However, we recognize that not everyone will want to walk in the cold for that long, so we’ve added a few optional endings just in case you want to arrange for a ride earlier.
START @ Malden City Hall Plaza
(Should begin around 4:15pm)
Head WEST on Pleasant Street for .2 miles
Bear RIGHT onto Elm Street for .1 miles
Turn RIGHT onto Dexter Street for .2 miles
Turn RIGHT onto Rockland Ave for .3 miles
Turn RIGHT onto Summer Street for .1 miles
End #1 @ the future Arts and Culture Center
(total distance .9 miles - should arrive around 4:45pm)
Turn LEFT onto Mountain Ave for .1 miles
Turn RIGHT onto Washington Street for .1 miles
Turn LEFT onto Garnet Street for 200 feet
Turn RIGHT into the parking lot for 400 feet
Turn RIGHT onto Pleasant Street for .2 miles
END #2 @ Malden City Hall Plaza
(total distance 1.4 miles - should arrive around 4:55pm)
Continue on Pleasant Street for 300 feet
Turn RIGHT onto Summer Street for .1 miles
END #3 @ Pearl Street Station
(total distance 1.6 miles - should arrive around 5:10pm)
(Should begin around 4:15pm)
Head WEST on Pleasant Street for .2 miles
Bear RIGHT onto Elm Street for .1 miles
Turn RIGHT onto Dexter Street for .2 miles
Turn RIGHT onto Rockland Ave for .3 miles
Turn RIGHT onto Summer Street for .1 miles
End #1 @ the future Arts and Culture Center
(total distance .9 miles - should arrive around 4:45pm)
Turn LEFT onto Mountain Ave for .1 miles
Turn RIGHT onto Washington Street for .1 miles
Turn LEFT onto Garnet Street for 200 feet
Turn RIGHT into the parking lot for 400 feet
Turn RIGHT onto Pleasant Street for .2 miles
END #2 @ Malden City Hall Plaza
(total distance 1.4 miles - should arrive around 4:55pm)
Continue on Pleasant Street for 300 feet
Turn RIGHT onto Summer Street for .1 miles
END #3 @ Pearl Street Station
(total distance 1.6 miles - should arrive around 5:10pm)