Crafty Kids – December 2020

Join us on YouTube, @galluplibrary (all ages) for family-friendly crafts and step-by-step tutorials for all skill levels. Videos are posted weekly on Thursdays at 4:00 p.m.

December 3rd, 2020 – Christmas Cards
December 10th, 2020 – Create your own Snow Globes
December 17th, 2020 – No-Sew Sock Snowmen
December 24th, 2020 – Gingerbread Houses
December 31st, 2020 – Mitten Monsters

New Mexico Traditions Series

Visit YouTube, @galluplibrary to view episodes of the OFPL New Mexico Traditions Series.  Featuring different winter traditions of the diverse peoples of New Mexico. Videos are posted Wednesdays and Fridays at 11:00 a.m.

Premiere dates:

December 2nd, 2020 -Posole
December 4th, 2020 – Farolitos
December 9th, 2020 – Tamales
December 11th, 2020 – Biscochitos
December 16th, 2020 – Hopi Soyal
December 18th, 2020 – Shalako (A:shiwí, Zuni)
December 23rd, 2020 – Ristras
December 25th, 2020 – La Posada
December 30th, 2020 – Winter Stories (Diné, Navajo)

Excel Tips & Tricks

FREE computer classes. Registration is not required but is available for anyone who wants to participate in the live stream course

Learn some basic tips and tricks to help take your Excel work to the next level. These tips will make your document creation easier and more efficient. 

Wednesday, December 2nd at 4:00 p.m.

Tech Classes Episodes are available for independent viewing on YouTube, @galluplibrary.  

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

Drawcember Art Challenge

OFPL challenges you to sketch the provided weekly themes all month long during Drawcember. Send your weekly artwork through our social media @galluplibrary or use our special hashtag #OFPLsketchchallenge to win fun prizes.

Week 1: December 1st thru 5th – Peppermint
(Candy canes, peppermint tea, and more. Incorporate essence of peppermint into at least 51% of your overall sketch)

Week 2: December 6th thru 12th – Gingerbread 
(Landscape gingerbread housing or gingerbread family portrait. Ideas are endless as long as you incorporate gingerbread into your sketch)

Week 3: December 13th thru 19th – Fire or Ice
(Create a sketch of toasty warm or frigid cold)

Week 4: December 20th thru 26th – Holiday Song
(Pick any holiday song & create a visual representation of that song)

Week 5: December 27th thru 31st – Hope
(Open-ended sketch of hope)

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

We READ, We TALK Book Club

We READ, We TALK Book Club reading Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse for our January session.

Request your copy of the book and enter preferred meeting times.

Online Registration Form
Registration DEADLINE: DECEMBER 21ST, 2020

Registration is limited to 30 participants, but a waiting list is available.

Trail of Lightning
By Rebecca Roanhorse

While most of the world has drowned beneath the sudden rising waters of a climate apocalypse, Dinétah (formerly the Navajo reservation) has been reborn. The gods and heroes of legend walk the land, but so do monsters.

Maggie Hoskie is a Dinétah monster hunter, a supernaturally gifted killer. When a small town needs help finding a missing girl, Maggie is their last—and best—hope. But what Maggie uncovers about the monster is much larger and more terrifying than anything she could imagine…MORE

Photo Courtesy: GoodReads

Online Registration Form
REGISTRATION DEADLINE: DECEMBER 21ST, 2020

Registration is limited to 30 participants, but a waiting list is available.

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

Holiday & Virtual Card eMaking

FREE computer classes. Registration is not required but is available for anyone who wants to participate in the live stream course. Email libtrain@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18TH AT 4:00 P.M.
on Facebook live

TUNE in and CREATE something unique to send to family and friends this Holiday Season.

Tech Classes Episodes are available for independent viewing, YouTube, @galluplibrary.