Hour of Code – Game Design: Escape Game

Join OFPL at the Children & Youth Library every Wednesday at 4:00 PM for an interactive, hands-on tech program for tweens & teens. Stimulate your creative thinking and learn how to use computer coding to create art, tell stories, and design games!

Octavia Fellin Children & Youth Library
200 West Aztec Ave.

November 30th at 4:00 PM

Use block code to create an escape game in which a player must avoid other sprites that move randomly.

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

Bermuda Triangle Escape Room at Rio West Mall

OFPL X-STREAM Summer 2022

Join us in-person at the Rio West Mall behind Hobby Lobby on July 23rd from 12:00 PM to 4:00 PM for your non-stop flight to Puerto Rico!

Rio West Mall
1300 West Maloney Ave.

July 23rd from 12:00 PM to 4:00 PM

Travelers should have a smooth journey through the infamous Bermuda Triangle, a place of mystery, but if anything goes wrong, we’ll be looking for you to help solve the clues for a safe journey out! 

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

Escape the Lab: Virtual Escape Room

Put your puzzle-master skills to the test Wednesday, September 1st through Monday September 6th with our Escape the Lab: Virtual Escape Room. Successful escapees will be entered in a drawing for Wendy’s and Starbucks gift cards.

Email childlib@gallupnm.gov or call 505-863-1291 for more information.

Virtual Escape Room 2

The time for another virtual escape room is here! Last time you narrowly escaped the Library. Now a whole new challenge awaits. Can you solve the puzzles and escape in time?

Access our digital escape room collection on our website http://ofpl.online or through social media @galluplibrary. Escape Room 2 will be posted beginning Saturday, January 2nd. Registration is not required, play anytime at home.

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

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
OFPL does not own the rights to this video. Courtesy of YouTube.

Magic for Muggles: Escape Room

OFPL challenges participants to think outside the box to conjure the correct Spell and magical tasks to escape the clutches of Professor Torosin and his office! 

Join us at the Children’s Branch on Saturday, January 18th between 10:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Each session is approximately 30 minutes long.

Register now below. *Free Screening of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.*

Email jwhitman@gallupnm.gov or call 505-726-6120 for more information.

Holiday Escape Room

Nothing to do over break? Try your wits against our Escape Room.

Can you get out before the holiday zombies get in? Find out at the Main Library on Friday, December 27th and Saturday, December 28th from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Register to save your spot, spaces are limited! Register Now HERE.

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

November Film Series – Drunktown’s Finest

Wednesday, November 13th at 5:30 p.m.

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

Synopsis:

Three young Native Americans – an adopted Christian girl, a rebellious father-to-be, and a promiscuous transsexual – strive to escape the hardships of life on an Indian reservation.

About the Film:
  • Year Released: 2014
  • Rating: NR
  • Duration: 1 hr. 35 mins.
  • Genre: Drama
OFPL does not own the rights to this video. Courtesy of YouTube.

Escape Room: The Dentist

Can you keep your cool under pressure? Join in on the fun as you try to escape from the wicked clutches of the nefarious Dentist M.D. You have 60 minutes to solve all the clues. Stop by the Main Library on Saturday, September 21st between 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

*Registration highly encouraged.*

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

Secure your position by following the link below:

https://forms.gle/pDvgYCD4pooLAkJx5

Escape Room: The Dentist

Can you keep your cool under pressure? Join in on the fun as you try to escape from the wicked clutches of the nefarious Dentist M.D. You have 60 minutes to solve all the clues. Stop by the Main Library on Friday, September 20th between 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

*Registration highly encouraged.*

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

Secure your position by following the link below:

https://forms.gle/pDvgYCD4pooLAkJx5