The Octavia Fellin Public Library and the Children & Youth Library will be closed November 24th through November 26th for the Thanksgiving Holiday.
November 24th to November 26th Thanksgiving Holiday
OFPL Closure
During that time, OFPL’s online services, as always, will be available at ofpl.online featuring downloadable magazines, e-books, audiobooks, streaming movies, virtual programs, and many other resources.
Email bmartin@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.
Join OFPL, GallupARTS, and the City of Gallup Parks & Recreation Department in-person at Larry Brian Mitchell Recreation Center on September 24th from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM for the 4th Annual NorthFest event.
Larry Brian Mitchell Recreation Center 400 Marguerite Franco Dr.
September 24th from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM
Celebrate the diversity and spirit of Gallup’s Northside neighborhood through art, literacy, culture, and community-building activities that include t-shirt printing, face painting, water rocket building, crafts, storytelling, and live music! NorthFest is free and open to the public.
The event is generously sponsored by City Councilor Linda Garcia.
Join OFPL at Fox Run Golf Course on July 30th from 12:00 PM to 4:00 PM for an X-STREAM Pirate Party!
Fox Run Golf Course 1109 Susan Ave.
July 30th from 12:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Celebrate the end of summer with fun and prizes! OFPL has been collecting your activity logs all summer long for this special raffle. Enjoy food, games, a temporary tattoo parlor, a dunk tank, a mermaid Princess and more! Explore oceans of possibilities with OFPL!
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.
• 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.
Join OFPL LIVE on Facebook @galluplibrary or Zoomfor a baking demonstration by Indigenous author Lisa Platero-Brown on Saturday, November 6th at 12:00 PM.
The author of The Living Full Cookbook: Making Family Meals Abundantly Good and features New Mexican cuisine, Native American food, and other family favorites. It contains over 100 recipes plus a toolbox for hosting, serving, and setting the table along with stories of growing up on the Reservation.
OFPL will celebrate Day of the Mushroom by providing a cooking demonstration. Join us on Friday, April 16th at 1:00 p.m. on Facebook @galluplibrary or YouTube at Octavia Fellin Public Library to learn how to cook a vegetarian-style mushroom rice recipe that is not only delicious but can be made for the entire family.
Email jwhitman@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.
Vegetarian Mushroom Rice
INGREDIENTS: • 2 teaspoons butter • 6 mushrooms, coarsely chopped • 1 clove garlic, minced • 1 green onion, finely chopped • 2 cups vegetable broth • 1 cup uncooked white rice • ½ teaspoon chopped • fresh parsley • salt and pepper to taste
INSTRUCTIONS: 1. Melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat. 2. Cook mushrooms, garlic and green onion until mushrooms are cooked and liquid has evaporated. 3. Stir in vegetable broth and uncooked rice. 4. Reduce heat, cover and simmer for 20 minutes. 5. Season with parsley, salt and pepper.
Join OFPL on Saturday, January 16th at 1:00 p.m. for an afternoon of chatting and crafting! Chat virtually with other community members to exchange craft ideas, stories, food recipes as we craft together through knitting, crocheting, quilting, or sewing.
Visit YouTube, @galluplibrary to view episodes of the OFPL New Mexico Traditions Series. Featuring different winter traditions of the diverse peoples of New Mexico. Videos are posted Wednesdays and Fridays at 11:00 a.m.
Premiere dates:
December 2nd, 2020 -Posole December 4th, 2020 – Farolitos December 9th, 2020 – Tamales December 11th, 2020 – Biscochitos December 16th, 2020 – Hopi Soyal December 18th, 2020 – Shalako (A:shiwí, Zuni) December 23rd, 2020 – Ristras December 25th, 2020 – La Posada December 30th, 2020 – Winter Stories (Diné, Navajo)
The second and last discussion of The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood among Ghosts by Maxine Hong Kingston will take place at the Main Library on Saturday, March 7th at 2:00 p.m. & Saturday, March 14th at 4:00 p.m.
As a girl, Kingston lives in two confounding worlds: the California to which her parents have immigrated and the China of her mother’s “talk stories.” The fierce and wily women warriors of her mother’s tales clash jarringly with the harsh reality of female oppression out of which they come.
Get ready for some great conversations, good food and tons of fun!
Email bmartin@gallupnm.gov or call 505-863-1291 for more information.
