Bullet Journal 101

Get organized!

Join us at the Main Library on Tuesday, January 28th at 5:30 p.m. for an interactive workshop and learn more about bullet journaling.

Keep yourself organized this upcoming year with monthly and weekly calendar layouts. Design your own pages to keep track of your Netflix tv shows, water consumption, and more.*Supplies provided.*

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

Coloring & Mocktails

In case you missed our first coloring afternoon.

Join us at the Main Library on Saturday, January 25th at 2:00 p.m. for an afternoon of childhood throwback as you color different pages from scenes to mandalas.

Contribute to our community coloring mandala that we will display once finished. Mocktails will be provided for added fun! 

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

January Film Series – Gemini Man

Wednesday, January 22nd at 5:30 p.m.

Join us at the Main Library for a FREE film screening. Free popcorn and drinks are provided.

Synopsis:

An over-the-hill hitman faces off against a younger clone of himself.

About the Film:
  • Year Released: 2019
  • Rating: PG-13
  • Duration: 1 hr. 57 mins.
  • Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
OFPL does not own the rights to this video. Courtesy of YouTube.

DIY Terrariums

New Year, start with something fresh! Make your very own miniature biome to brighten up your office desk or home atmosphere.

Join us at the Main Library on Tuesday, January 21st at 5:30 p.m. to make your very own terrarium. *Supplies provided.*

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

OFPL does not own this video. Courtesy of YouTube.

Book Signing with Author: Farina King

Join us at the Main Library on Saturday, January 18th at 4:00 p.m., for a book signing and discussion of: The Earth Memory Compass: Diné Landscapes and Education in the Twentieth Century.

The Diné, or Navajo, have their own ways of knowing and being in the world, a cultural identity linked to their homelands through ancestral memory. The Earth Memory Compass traces this tradition as it is imparted from generation to generation.

The book follows Farina King’s search for her own Diné identity as she investigates the interconnections among Navajo students, their people, and Diné Bikéyah—or Navajo lands—across the twentieth century. Farina King, a citizen of the Navajo Nation, is an Assistant Professor of History and affiliated faculty of Cherokee and Indigenous Studies at Northeastern State University in Tahlequah, OK.

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

Magic for Muggles: Escape Room

OFPL challenges participants to think outside the box to conjure the correct Spell and magical tasks to escape the clutches of Professor Torosin and his office! 

Join us at the Children’s Branch on Saturday, January 18th between 10:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Each session is approximately 30 minutes long.

Register now below. *Free Screening of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.*

Email jwhitman@gallupnm.gov or call 505-726-6120 for more information.

Navajo Rug Weaving Class

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 January 17th 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.

Around the World in 80 Minutes

Join us for a Crafty Kids special as we celebrate National Religious Freedom Day learning about various world religions while crafting holiday religious practices such as making Easter eggs, Star of David, rangoli designs, and more.

Stop by the Children’s Branch on Thursday, January 16th at 4:00 p.m.

Email jwhitman@gallupnm.gov or call 505-726-6120 for more information.

January Film Series – Downton Abbey

Wednesday, January 15th at 5:30 p.m.

Join us at the Main Library for a FREE film screening. Free popcorn and drinks are provided.

Synopsis:

The continuing story of the Crawley family, wealthy owners of a large estate in the English countryside in the early twentieth century.

About the Film:
  • Year Released: 2019
  • Rating: PG
  • Duration: 2 hrs. 2 mins.
  • Genre: Drama, Romance
OFPL does not own the rights to this video. Courtesy of YouTube.