Compete with other members of the community in a battle of the brains!
Join us for Downtown Night Out at Sammy C’s on Saturday, February 29th at 7:30 p.m. for an evening of trivia. Discover many fun facts and win great prizes!
Email bmartin@gallupnm.gov or call 505-863-1291 for more information.
We’re doing family-friendly science experiments that glow in the dark, light up and change color!
Stop by the Children’s Branch on Saturday, February 29th at 3:00 p.m. To make blacklight paintings, glow bugs, and color-changing slime.
Email childlib@gallupnm.gov or call 505-726-6120 for more information.
Join us at the Main Library for a FREE film screening. Free popcorn and drinks are provided.
Jesse Owens’ quest to become the greatest track and field athlete in history thrusts him onto the world stage of the 1936 Olympics, where he faces off against Adolf Hitler’s vision of Aryan supremacy.
OFPL is recruiting volunteers to create a Friends of the Library Group. If you are passionate about the resources and programming that our local library offers to the community, join us at the Main Library on Saturday, February 22nd at 3:30 p.m. to learn more about joining the group.
Friends groups work towards public support of libraries, including government advocacy and spreading information about library services.
Email bmartin@gallupnm.gov or call 505-863-1291 for more information
Diné weaver Lois A. Becenti with Diné Be´ iinà – The Navajo Lifeway will host a FREE Navajo Rug Weaving Class/Spin-off on the third Friday of every month.
Don’t miss the next class on February 21st at the Main Library from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Learn the fundamentals and techniques of rug weaving in traditional Diné style, including warping, carding, and spinning.
Please bring your own weaving materials and snacks. Beginning and advanced weavers are welcome.
Email bmartin@gallupnm.gov or call 505-863-1291 for more information.
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.
A writer and wall street trader, Nick, finds himself drawn to the past and lifestyle of his millionaire neighbor, Jay Gatsby.
Join us at the Main Library for a FREE film screening. Free popcorn and drinks are provided.
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.
As students get older and closer to being on their own, financial literacy becomes even more important.
Join us at the Main Library on Saturday, February 15th and 29th at 2:00 p.m. for the Money Smart Survivor Game which gives future college students a taste of budgeting in the real world. It will teach them the value of having a budget that balances savings, needs and wants.
Prizes available.
Email jwhitman@gallupnm.gov or call 505-863-1291 for more information.
Come by the Children’s Branch on Saturday, February 15th at 3:00 p.m. to make your own embroidery and cross stitch patterns.
All supplies provided. All skill levels welcome
Email childlib@gallupnm.gov or call 505-726-6120 for more information.
Learn how to draw your own manga characters like Masashi Kishimoto (Naruto), in this interactive workshop by learning the basics at the Children’s Branch on Friday, February 14th and 28th at 4:00 p.m.
All supplies provided.
Email childlib@gallupnm.gov or call 505-726-6120 for more information.
Examples of Masashi Kishimoto’s illustrations for Naruto.