Tag: New Mexico

Family Storytime – Fall 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 14th & 16th 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 3: Fall Colors

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

Off the Shelf Book Sale

Join OFPL in-person at ArtsCrawl on November 12th from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM for an off the shelf book sale, giant games, and hot drinks to keep you cozy at artscrawl! Learn more about becoming a VIP of your library and receive exclusive benefits, discounts and notifications.

ArtsCrawl
Downtown Gallup

November 12th from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM

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

Kidz Cinema – Chicken Run (2000)

Join OFPL in-person at the Children & Youth Library every Saturday at 2:00 PM for weekly family-oriented film screenings.

The Octavia Fellin Children & Youth Library
200 West Aztec Ave.

November 12th at 2:00 PM

Chicken Run (2000)

2000 | G | 1 hr. 24 mins.
When a cockerel apparently flies into a chicken farm, the chickens see him as an opportunity to escape their evil owners.

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

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

Creative Corner – Watercolor Fantasy Bookmarks

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.

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YouTube at Octavia Fellin Public Library

November 11th at 3:00 PM

Escape into your imagination by creating your own watercolor bookmark.

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

Holiday Closure – Veterans Day

The Octavia Fellin Public Library and the Children & Youth Library will be closed on November 11th for Veterans Day.

November 11th
Veterans Day

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.

Crafty Kids – Circular Cardboard Weaving

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

Children & Youth Library
200 West Aztec Ave.

November 10th at 4:00 PM

In honor of Native American Heritage Month, create a circle loom with recycled cardboard to design a rug.

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

Supply Request form

Hour of Code – Game Design: Racing 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 9th at 4:00 PM

Use block code to create a 2-player racing game.

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

Midweek Matinee – Top Gun: Maverick (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 9th at 4:00 PM

Top Gun: Maverick (Veterans Day)

2022 | PG-13 | 2 hrs. 10 mins.
After thirty years, Maverick is still pushing the envelope as a top naval aviator, but must confront ghosts of his past when he leads TOP GUN’s elite graduates on a mission that demands the ultimate sacrifice from those chosen to fly it.

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! – Myria Perez & Fossils

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 7th 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 paleontologist Myria Perez and learn about the fossilization
process by creating your own trace fossils.

Learn more about Myria and their work at the Smithsonian.

Myria Perez. Paleontologist.

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

Family Storytime – The Colors of Us

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 7th & 9th 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 2: The Colors of Us

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