Midweek Matinee – Contact (1997)

Join OFPL in-person at the Main Library every Wednesday at 3:00 PM for weekly film screenings of award-winning, classics, documentaries, newly released, and specially selected films.

Main Library
115 West Hill Ave.

May 4th at 3:00 PM

contact (1997)

2 hrs. 30 mins. • PG
Dr. Ellie Arroway, after years of searching, finds conclusive radio proof of extraterrestrial intelligence, sending plans for a mysterious machine.

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

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

Earth Day Soirée

Join OFPL, the Community Pantry and Hope Garden, and the McKinley Citizen’s Recycling Council for an Earth Day Soirée virtually on Facebook, @galluplibrary, or YouTube for demonstrations and in-person at the Main Library for a film screening April 22nd from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM.

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

Premiere Times:

• 9:00 AM – Tree Care: Planting & Pruning (Virtual Workshop)
Garden staff will discuss tips, and tricks for planting, maintaining, and promoting a healthy environment for tree growth. Presented by The Community Pantry & Hope Garden.

• 12:00 PM – Recycling 101 (Virtual Workshop)
This workshop will discuss basic recycling and the differences between industrial, commercial, and residential recycling. Presented by the McKinley Citizens’ Recycling Council.

• 3:00 PM – Paint Pigments from Scratch (Virtual Workshop)
OFPL’s Resident Artist will discuss how to turn plants into paint. Presented by Octavia Fellin Public Library.

• 3:00 PM – The Day the Earth Stood Still (In-Person Film Screening)
Released in 2008 • 1 hr. 44 mins. • PG-13
An alien from another planet, accompanied by a giant robot, lands on Earth to eradicate the human race because of environmental damage inflicted by mankind on the planet.

Main Library, 115 West Hill Ave.

April 22nd at 3:00 PM

The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008) Official Trailer (HD). OFPL does not own the rights to this video.