Come one, come all. Engage with other members of the community with Halloween trivia. Learn fun facts about a popular holiday. Join us at Sammy C’s on Saturday, October 26th from 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. for a fun spooky night filled with tricks and treats.
Email jwhitman@gallupnm.gov or call 505-863-1291 for more information.
Join us at the Children’s Branch on Friday, October 25th at 4:00 p.m. for an afternoon of magical adventure as we get sorted into our Hogwarts Houses and begin our journey through the wizarding world.
Make your own wand and watch Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
Email jwhitman@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.
A family descended from Maori warriors is bedeviled by a violent father and the societal problems of being treated as outcasts.
Kids with little to no knowledge of cursive writing because of the lack of teaching in the public school system will be able to stop by the Children’s Branch on Tuesday, October 22nd at 4:00 p.m. to learn how to write in cursive as well as calligraphy techniques.
Email jwhitman@gallupnm.gov or call 505-726-6120 for more information.
Celebrate Diá de Los Muertos at the Main Library on Tuesday, October 22nd at 6:00 p.m. with OFPL and the Miyamura High School Spanish Club. Decorate a sugar skull to take home and one to share on the community altar. Supplies will be provided.
Email bmartin@gallupnm.gov or call 505-863-1291 for more information.
Diné weaver Lois A. Becenti will host a FREE Navajo Rug Weaving Class on the third Friday of every month beginning October 18th at the Main Library from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Ms. Becenti is a lifetime weaver from Coyote Canyon who learned about weaving from her mother as a child. Her interest and inspiration in weaving peaked after taking weaving classes at Ft. Wingate Boarding School.
Learn the fundamentals and techniques of rug weaving in the traditional Navajo style. Methods for improving weaving techniques as well as different rug designs and tools used will be discussed. Beginning and advanced weavers are welcome.
Email bmartin@gallupnm.gov or call 505-863-1291 for more information.
Join us at the Main Library for a FREE film screening. Free popcorn and drinks are provided.
Two con women – one low rent and the other high class – team up to take down the men who have wronged them.
Celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day at the Main Library on Monday, October 14th by creating a beautiful dreamcatcher and other crafts. Dreamcatcher workshops will be at 3:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. in the Main Library. other indigenous crafts will take place from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Supplies will be provided.
Email bmartin@gallupnm.gov or call 505-863-1291 for more information.
Celebrate Hispanic Heritage with us at the Main Library on Thursday, October 10th at 6:30 p.m. and experience a visual journey. Regional artist Diana Molina will present the spirit of New Mexico’s heritage through symbols and iconographic representations, sometimes with a distinctly modern twist. Her photographic collections illustrate popular symbols and also some less familiar female icons.
Email mdchavez@gallupnm.gov or call 505-863-1291 for more information
FREE money for college expenses? Join the Money Club at the Children’s Branch on:
To learn more about college success and money. Meet up with friends and have some pizza!
*Each session in October covers the same material.*
Email jwhitman@gallupnm.gov or call 505-863-1291 for more information.