Tag: Gallup

Tweens Who STREAM – Edible Rock Cycle

Join OFPL at the Children & Youth Library every other Monday at 4:00 PM for interactive STREAM workshops. STREAM workshops explore topics in Science, Technology, Reading, Engineering, Art, and Making. October’s theme is Kitchen Chemistry: delicious, edible STREAM activities that will help you learn about the properties of matter.

Children & Youth Library
200 West Aztec Ave.

October 3rd at 4:00 PM

In this hands-on activity, see what happens to Starburst candies when they are subjected to heat and pressure.

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

Family Storytime – Make Some Music

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 sound! Ages 0-5.

Children & Youth Library
200 West Aztec Ave.

October 1st at 11:00 AM 

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

Creative Corner – Hojalata Tin Art

Join us in-person at the Children & Youth Library every other Friday at 3:00 PM. Get Creative and make your own art using material found around your home! Courses are geared towards ages 13-years and up.

Children & Youth Library
200 West Aztec Ave.

September 30th at 3:00 PM

Celebrate and honor Hispanic Heritage Month by creating your own tin art, or hojalata.

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

Crafty Kids – Collage Skeleton

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.

Children & Youth Library
200 West Aztec Ave.

September 29th at 4:00 PM

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

supply request form

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

Hour of Code – Adventure on the High Seas

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!

Children & Youth Library
200 West Aztec Ave.

September 28th at 4:00 PM

Use block code to create repeating events that animate an ocean wave.  Tell a story that takes place on the high seas!

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

Teen Paint Night

Join OFPL in-person at the Children & Youth Library on September 14th & 28th at 5:00 PM for an immersive workshop as you learn basic and advanced techniques using acrylic paints!

Children & Youth Library
200 West Aztec Ave.

September 28th at 5:00 PM

OFPL is inviting youth artists to submit artwork to display at the youth library using the theme: Mythology. Use the materials and techniques learned in this workshop to contribute to the library space and leave your mark on OFPL. Supplies will be provided.

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

Midweek Matinee – Bad Guys (2022)

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.

September 28th at 4:00 PM

Bad Guys

2022 | PG | 1 hr. 40 mins.
To avoid prison, a gang of notorious animal criminals pretend to seek being rehabilitated, only for their leader to secretly find that he genuinely wants to change his ways.

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

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Family Storytime – Make Some Music

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 sound! Ages 0-5.

Children & Youth Library
200 West Aztec Ave.

September 28th at 11:00 AM 

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

Tweens Who STREAM – Block that Noise

Join OFPL at the Children & Youth Library every other Monday at 4:00 PM for interactive STREAM workshops. STREAM workshops explore topics in Science, Technology, Reading, Engineering, Art, and Making.

Children & Youth Library
200 West Aztec Ave.

September 26th at 4:00 PM

Design sound-insulating containers and measure how well they work using a sound measuring device.  Learn how sound waves can be reflected, absorbed, and transmitted.

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

Northfest

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.

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