February Film Series – Harriet

Wednesday, February 19th at 5:30 p.m.

Join us at the Main Library for a FREE film screening. Free popcorn and drinks are provided.

Synopsis:

The extraordinary tale of Harriet Tubman’s escape from slavery and transformation into one of America’s greatest heroes, whose courage, ingenuity and tenacity freed hundreds of slaves and changed the course of history.

About the Film:
  • Year Released: 2019
  • Rating: PG-13
  • Duration: 2 hr. 5 mins.
  • Genre: Action, Biography, Drama
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February Film Series – Loving

Wednesday, February 12th at 5:30 p.m.

Join us at the Main Library for a FREE film screening. Free popcorn and drinks are provided.

Synopsis:

The story of Richard and Mildred Loving, a couple whose arrest for interracial marriage in 1960s Virginia began a legal battle that would end with the Supreme Court’s historic 1967 decision.

About the Film:
  • Year Released: 2016
  • Rating: PG-13
  • Duration: 2 hr. 3 mins.
  • Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
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February Film Series – Invictus

Wednesday, February 5th at 5:30 p.m.

Join us at the Main Library for a FREE film screening. Free popcorn and drinks are provided.

Synopsis:

Nelson Mandela, in his first term as President of South Africa, initiates a unique venture to unite the Apartheid-torn land: enlist the national rugby team on a mission to win the 1995 Rugby World Cup.

About the Film:
  • Year Released: 2009
  • Rating: PG-13
  • Duration: 2 hr. 14 mins.
  • Genre: Biography, Drama, History
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January Film Series – Gemini Man

Wednesday, January 22nd at 5:30 p.m.

Join us at the Main Library for a FREE film screening. Free popcorn and drinks are provided.

Synopsis:

An over-the-hill hitman faces off against a younger clone of himself.

About the Film:
  • Year Released: 2019
  • Rating: PG-13
  • Duration: 1 hr. 57 mins.
  • Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
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January Film Series – Downton Abbey

Wednesday, January 15th at 5:30 p.m.

Join us at the Main Library for a FREE film screening. Free popcorn and drinks are provided.

Synopsis:

The continuing story of the Crawley family, wealthy owners of a large estate in the English countryside in the early twentieth century.

About the Film:
  • Year Released: 2019
  • Rating: PG
  • Duration: 2 hrs. 2 mins.
  • Genre: Drama, Romance
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January Film Series – Abominable

Wednesday, January 8th at 5:30 p.m.

Join us at the Main Library for a FREE film screening. Free popcorn and drinks are provided.

Synopsis:

Three teenagers must help a Yeti return to his family while avoiding a wealthy man and a zoologist who want it for their own needs.

About the Film:
  • Year Released: 2019
  • Rating: PG
  • Duration: 1 hr. 37 mins.
  • Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy
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December Film Series – Angel Has Fallen

Wednesday, December 18th at 5:30 p.m.

Join us at the Main Library for a FREE film screening. Free popcorn and drinks are provided.

Synopsis:

Mike Banning is framed for the attempted assassination of the President and must evade his own agency and the FBI as he tries to uncover the real threat.

About the Film
  • Year Released: 2019
  • Rating: R
  • Duration: 2 hrs. 1 min.
  • Genre: Action, Thriller
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December Film Series – Blinded by the Light

Wednesday, December 11th at 5:30 p.m.

Join us at the Main Library for a FREE film screening. Free popcorn and drinks are provided.

Synopsis:

In England in 1987, a teenager from an Asian family learns to live his life, understand his family and find his own voice through the music of American rock star, Bruce Springsteen.

About the Film:
  • Year Released: 2019
  • Rating: PG-13
  • Duration: 1 hr. 58 mins.
  • Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
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December Film Series – The Peanut Butter Falcon

Wednesday, December 4th at 5:30 p.m.

Join us at the Main Library for a FREE film screening. Free popcorn and drinks are provided.

Synopsis:

Zak runs away from his care home to make his dream of becoming a wrestler come true.

About the Film:
  • Year Released: 2019
  • Rating: PG-13
  • Duration: 1 hr. 37 mins.
  • Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
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Creating Colorful Expression

Library serves up a colorful concoction: Mocktails and Coloring

Gallup Independent. November 18th, 2019. Vida Volkert, Staff Writer.

GALLUP – Josh Whitman was making non-alcoholic mojitos with club soda instead of rum, and Shirley Temple with grenadine syrup and lime juice during a mocktails-and-coloring event at the Octavia Fellin Public Library Saturday.

On the table, next to the cups, syrup, ginger ale, ice cubes, and mixers, Whitman had a spread of designs and colored pencils. On another table behind him, Whitman had a set of speakers and was streaming indie music on Spotify.

“Coloring is one of the things you can do and not stress about it.” Whitman, the library’s experiential learning coordinator said. Continued After Image

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

‘Creative Expression’

“I have 14 different designs for them to choose from, and three different cocktails – I call them mocktails. The holidays could be stressful time of the year when people are shopping.” he said. “This is a free of stress and gives them a nice creative outlook to creative expression.”

Danielle Leekity, 32, and her children Anjelica, 11 and Jacob, 5, learned about the activity on Facebook and decided it was a good way to spend their Saturday in Gallup. The mother and her two children were sitting next to each other on an adjacent table and were coloring while enjoying their drinks.

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

“My daughter is very artistic. She has pastels at home and taught herself how to draw,” Leekity said. “We usually come her for the events. Everybody says it gives children something to do but it is also for the families. a relaxing wat to spend the weekend. We go to the ArtsCrawl every month. The fun part about this area. everything is within walking distance.”

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