Family Storytime – Wild Animals

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 animals! Ages 0-5.

Children & Youth Library
200 West Aztec Ave.

October 15th at 2:00 PM

October Storytime Theme
Week 2: Wild Animals 

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

Creative Corner – 3D Printing Basics

Create your own art using various materials found around your home! These courses are geared towards individuals 15 years of age and older.

Tune in on Monday, September 14th at 4:00 p.m. to learn about free open source software programs to create three-dimensional (3D) objects. Create any object from bubble wands to Dungeons & Dragons original characters the only limit is your imagination. (Max dimension object size: 5 x 5 x 5 inches).

Join TinkerCAD prior to 3D Printing Basics workshop HERE.

Send your completed projects must be in either .STL or .OBJ file formats to jwhitman@gallupnm.gov for printing. OFPL Staff will contact you once the print job is completed.

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

Creative Corner – Meditative Drip Painting w/ Acrylics

Creative Corner features creativity freedom to make your own art from various materials that can be found around your homes and/or are inexpensive to purchase. Art courses are for the inner creative geared towards individuals 15 years of age and older.

Tune in this upcoming Monday, June 20th at 4:00 p.m. for a meditative experience using acrylic paints set to calming meditative music. Available through our Facebook page and YouTube channel, search @galluplibrary.

OFPL does not own the rights to the music contained within video.

Drip Painting Definition

The technique of abstract painting exemplified chiefly in the later works of Jackson Pollack and marked by the intricately executed dripping and pouring of the paint on a canvas placed on the floor.


Artist Spotlight

OFPL does not own the rights to any of the following imagery.
Courtesy of other artists. (See accreditation).

Jackson Pollock
Full Fathom Five. Oil on canvas with nails, tacks, buttons, key, coins, cigarettes, matches, etc. 50 7/8 inches by 30 1/8 inches. Circa 1947.
Joshua Whitman
@artisan_josh23
Payson the Pepto. 16 inches. Circa 2020.
Callen Schaub
@callenschaubart
Effusion. 84 inches by 144 inches. Circa 2020.

March Film Series – A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

WEDNESDAY, March 4th AT 5:30 P.M.

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

Synopsis:

Based on the true story of a real-life friendship between Fred Rogers and journalist Lloyd Vogel.

About the Film:
  • Year Released: 2019
  • Rating: PG
  • Duration: 1 hr. 49 mins.
  • Genre: Biography, Drama
OFPL does not own the rights to this video. Courtesy of YouTube.

Roaring ’20s Day

Join us at the Main Library on Thursday, February 20th for a day to celebrate the Roaring 1920s. There will be ’20s era music, documentaries on the 1920s, and a special showing of The Great Gatsby at 5:30 p.m.

Come in your best 1920s outfit and relive the Roaring Twenties.

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

The Great Gatsby (2013)

Synopsis:

A writer and wall street trader, Nick, finds himself drawn to the past and lifestyle of his millionaire neighbor, Jay Gatsby.

About the Film:
  • Rating: PG-13
  • Duration: 2 hrs. 23 mins.
  • Genre: Drama, Romance
OFPL does not own the rights to this video. Courtesy of YouTube.

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.

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

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

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

October Film Series – Once Were Warriors

Wednesday, October 23rd at 5:30 p.m.

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

Synopsis:

A family descended from Maori warriors is bedeviled by a violent father and the societal problems of being treated as outcasts.

About the Film:
  • Year Released: 1994
  • Rating: R
  • Duration: 1 hr. 42 mins.
  • Genre: Crime, Drama
OFPL does not own the rights to this video. Courtesy of YouTube.