Family Storytime – Make Some Music

Join us every Wednesday at 11:00 AM and Saturday at 2:00 PM at the Children & Youth Library for storytime activities, songs, rhymes, fingerplays, and read-aloud stories every week! This month, we are learning about sound! Ages 0-5.

Children & Youth Library
200 West Aztec Ave.

October 1st at 11:00 AM 

Email pneilson@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.

Family Storytime – Make Some Music

Join us every Wednesday at 11:00 AM and Saturday at 2:00 PM at the Children & Youth Library for storytime activities, songs, rhymes, fingerplays, and read-aloud stories every week! This month, we are learning about sound! Ages 0-5.

Children & Youth Library
200 West Aztec Ave.

September 28th at 11:00 AM 

Email pneilson@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.

Family Storytime – Loud & Quiet

Join us every Wednesday at 11:00 AM and Saturday at 2:00 PM at the Children & Youth Library for storytime activities, songs, rhymes, fingerplays, and read-aloud stories every week! This month, we are learning about sound! Ages 0-5.

Children & Youth Library
200 West Aztec Ave.

September 14th at 11:00 AM 

Email pneilson@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.

Tweens Who STREAM – Build a Paper Speaker

Join OFPL at the Children & Youth Library every other Monday at 4:00 PM for interactive STREAM workshops. STREAM workshops explore topics in Science, Technology, Reading, Engineering, Art, and Making.

Children & Youth Library
200 West Aztec Ave.

September 12th at 4:00 PM

Investigate how sound is created with electronic devices by building your own speakers using a few simple materials.  Engineer your own speakers, then learn how they convert electrical energy into sound.

Email pneilson@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.

Family Storytime – Sounds All Around

Join us every Wednesday at 11:00 AM and Saturday at 2:00 PM at the Children & Youth Library for storytime activities, songs, rhymes, fingerplays, and read-aloud stories every week! This month, we are learning about sound! Ages 0-5.

Children & Youth Library
200 West Aztec Ave.

September 7th at 11:00 AM 

Email pneilson@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.

2-Hour Virtual Zumba Class

Join OFPL LIVE on Zoom Saturday, April 24th at 12:00 p.m. for a special 2-hour Zumba class hosted by OFPL’s own Zumba Fitness instructor, Joshua Whitman and guest instructors. Register below to participate virtually from home. Registration is limited to 100 participants.

Register to Participate HERE

Email jwhitman@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.

eAudiobook Basics

Join us on Facebook, @galluplibrary or YouTube at Octavia Fellin Public Library every Wednesday at 4:00 p.m. for FREE computer classes. Registration is not required but is available for anyone who wants to participate in the LIVESTREAM courses.

April 21st, 2021
eaudiobook basics

Do you need some good books to listen to? Let us help you find the best eAudiobooks to listen to on your home devices. Listen to a good book while you exercise, work in the yard, take a trip, or anywhere you want.

Email libtrain@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.

The Art of Drumming

Japanese-style drumming highlights culture, discipline and creative expression

Gallup Independent. October 21st, 2019. Maggie A. Adams, Staff Writer.

GALLUP – The downtown walkway filled with the sounds of drumming as the BK Taiko Japanese Drumming group face demonstrations and taught locals the art of the great drum.

Octavia Fellin Public Library Experiential Learning Coordinator, Joshua Whitman, has been working with the group for a number of months to bring them to Gallup for a hands-on demonstration.

Newspaper article featured in Gallup Independent. Scanned 11.22.2019 by OFPL Staff member, Joshua Whitman.

A diversity festival

“Back in July, I wanted to do a diversity festival … I came across their website and thought it was something different and interesting,” he said.

Whitman said the group’s unique talents were perfect for helping spread greater cultural awareness to different ethnic groups in the area.

Newspaper article featured in Gallup Independent. Scanned 11.22.2019 by OFPL Staff member, Joshua Whitman.
Newspaper article featured in Gallup Independent. Scanned 11.22.2019 by OFPL Staff member, Joshua Whitman.