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We READ, We TALK Hybrid Book Club – March 2023

Register below for a copy of The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich.

Based on the extraordinary life of National Book Award-winning author Louise Erdrich’s grandfather who worked as a night watchman and carried the fight against Native dispossession from rural North Dakota all the way to Washington, D.C. This powerful novel explores themes of love and death with lightness and gravity and unfolds with the elegant prose, sly humor, and depth of feeling of a master craftsman…READ MORE

Attend one of the discussions and keep the book! Discussions will be in
April via Zoom or in person at the Main Library.

Book Club Registration

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

Teen Paint Night – Kawaii

Join OFPL in-person at the Children & Youth Library on November 30th at 5:00 PM to create kawaii art using acrylics.

Children & Youth Library
200 West Hill Ave.

November 30th at 5:00 PM

In this immersive workshop, learn about Kawaii, a Japanese-inspired art as we build our drawing and painting skills. Supplies will be provided.

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

Hour of Code – Game Design: Escape Game

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!

Octavia Fellin Children & Youth Library
200 West Aztec Ave.

November 30th at 4:00 PM

Use block code to create an escape game in which a player must avoid other sprites that move randomly.

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

Midweek Matinee – Thor: Love and Thunder (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.

November 30th at 4:00 PM

Thor: Love and Thunder

2022 | PG-13 | 1 hr. 58 mins.
Thor enlists the help of Valkyrie, Korg and ex-girlfriend Jane Foster to fight Gorr the God Butcher, who intends to make the gods extinct.

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

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

Eureka! – Jasmine Sadler & Forces for Fun

Join OFPL in-person at the Children & Youth Library every Monday at 4:00 PM for STREAM workshops and activities for kids and tweens (ages 5-12). Eureka! STREAM workshops explore topics in Science, Technology, Reading, Engineering, Art, and Making.

Octavia Fellin Children & Youth Library
200 West Aztec Ave.

November 28th at 4:00 PM

In November we will be exploring the work of women who are pioneers in science and engineering.

Be inspired by the work of rocket scientist Jasmine Sadler. Explore the basics of rocket propulsion by building and testing your own balloon rocket.

Learn more about Jasmine and their work in STEAM Education.

Jasmine Sadler. Rocket Scientist.

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

Family Storytime – Moving Colors

Join OFPL in-person at the Children & Youth Library every Monday and Wednesday at 11:00 AM for storytime activities, songs, rhymes, fingerplays, and read-aloud stories every week!

Octavia Fellin Children & Youth Library
200 West Aztec Ave.

November 28th & 30th at 11:00 AM

In honor of Native American Heritage Month, we will learn color words in Navajo and Zuni and explore the significance of different colors in these cultures. Ages 0-5.

Storytime Theme
Week 4: Moving Colors

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

Creative Corner – Dreamcatchers

Create your own art using materials found around your home! Can’t make the in-person workshop? Watch a video replay on our YouTube channel. Supply kits are available at OFPL on a first-come, first-served basis using the Supply Request Form at ofpl.online.

Facebook @galluplibrary
YouTube at Octavia Fellin Public Library

November 25th at 3:00 PM

Learn how to create your own dreamcatcher using wire, suede lace, string, beads, and more as well as its history and significance to the indigenous people.

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

Crafty Kids – Craft Stick Animals

Join us virtually on Facebook @galluplibrary or YouTube Thursday at 4:00 PM for family-friendly crafts with step-by-step tutorials for all skill levels and ages. Supply kits are available at OFPL on a first-come, first-served basis using the Supply Request Form below.

Facebook @galluplibrary
YouTube at Octavia Fellin Public Library

November 24th at 4:00 PM

Create your favorite animal using crafty sticks and felt!

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

Supply Request form

Holiday Closure – Thanksgiving Holiday

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.

Hour of Code – Game Design: Platform Game

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!

Octavia Fellin Children & Youth Library
200 West Aztec Ave.

November 23rd at 4:00 PM

Use block code to create and learn about platform games.

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