Crafty Kids – Back-2-School Picture Frame

Join us at the Children & Youth Library every Thursday at 4:00 PM for family-friendly crafts with step-by-step tutorials for all skill levels and ages.

Octavia Fellin Children & Youth Library
200 West Aztec Ave.

August 11th at 4:00 PM

Supply kits are available at OFPL on a first-come, first-served basis using the Supply Request Form below.  

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

Library Advisory Board (LAB) Meeting – August 2022

The public is invited to attend the Library Advisory Board (LAB) monthly meeting LIVE on Zoom on August 18th at 5:00 PM.

LIVE on Zoom

August 18th at 5:00 PM

Join the Zoom Meeting using the button below or at Meeting ID: 893 1423 9454.

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

Midweek Matinee – Pinocchio (2019)

Join OFPL in-person at the Main Library every Wednesday at 4:00 PM for weekly film screenings of award-winning, classics, documentaries, newly released, and specially selected films.

Octavia Fellin Public Library
115 West Hill Ave.

August 10th at 4:00 PM

Pinocchio (Book Lovers Day)

2019 | PG-13 | 2 hrs. 5 mins.
Old woodcarver Geppetto’s puppet creation, Pinocchio, magically comes to life with dreams of becoming a real boy. Easily led astray, Pinocchio tumbles from one misadventure to another as he is tricked, kidnapped, and chased by bandits.

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

Family Storytime – Rain

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! August is National Water Quality Awareness month and we are learning about water (Navajo: Tó). Ages 0-5.  

Octavia Fellin Children & Youth Library
200 West Aztec Ave.

August 10th at 11:00 AM

Experience the rain, its beauty and importance to the earth.

August 2022 WEEK 2
FAMILY STORYTIME THEME: Rain

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

Tweens Who STREAM – Build a Water Filter

Join OFPL at the Children & Youth Library on August 8th and 22nd at 4:00 PM for interactive STREAM workshops. STREAM workshops explore topics in Science, Technology, Reading, Engineering, Art, and Making.

Octavia Fellin Children & Youth Library
200 West Aztec Ave.

August 8th at 4:00 PM

In this hands-on activity, students investigate different methods—aeration and filtering—for removing pollutants from water. Working in teams, they design, build and test their own water filters.

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

Family Storytime – Water is Fun

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! August is National Water Quality Awareness month and we are learning about water (Navajo: Tó). Ages 0-5.  

Octavia Fellin Children & Youth Library
200 West Aztec Ave.

August 6th at 2:00 PM

Discover different ways that kids can have fun with water, whether it is by swimming, splashing in puddles, or taking a bath.

August 2022 WEEK 1
FAMILY STORYTIME THEME: Water is fun

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

Creative Corner – Recycled Magazine Art

Join us in-person at the Children & Youth Library on Fridays at 3:00 PM. Get creative and make your own art using materials found around your home! Courses are geared towards ages 13 years and up.

Octavia Fellin Children & Youth Library
200 West Aztec Ave.

August 5th at 3:00 PM

Shred your old magazines to create colorful animal art.

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

Gallup’s Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonial: A Photo Retrospective

– Grand Opening Weekend –

August 12th
10:00 AM to 7:00 PM

August 13th
12:00 PM to 8:00 PM

The city of Gallup invites you to celebrate the centennial of Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonial through images and objects, an exhibition curated by the Octavia Fellin Public Library at the Rex Museum located on the corner of Historic Highway 66 and 3rd Street.

Rex Museum
301 West Historic Highway 66

The exhibit will run through September 2022. Email tmoe@gallupnm.gov for more information.

Crafty Kids – Recycled Plastic Bottle Game

Join us at the Children & Youth Library every Thursday at 4:00 PM for family-friendly crafts with step-by-step tutorials for all skill levels and ages.

Octavia Fellin Children & Youth Library
200 West Aztec Ave.

August 4th at 4:00 PM

Supply kits are available at OFPL on a first-come, first-served basis using the Supply Request Form below.  

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

Midweek Matinee – Finest Hours (2016)

Join OFPL in-person at the Main Library every Wednesday at 4:00 PM for weekly film screenings of award-winning, classics, documentaries, newly released, and specially selected films.

Octavia Fellin Public Library
115 West Hill Ave.

August 3rd at 4:00 PM

Finest Hours (Coast Guard Birthday)

2016 | PG-13 | 1 hr. 57 mins.
The Coast Guard makes a daring rescue attempt off the coast of Cape Cod after a pair of oil tankers are destroyed during a blizzard in 1952.

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

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