Honor loved ones who have passed with a community Día de Los Muertos Altar at either the Main Library or Children’s Branch.
Día de Los Muertos (Day of the Dead) is an ancient, Mexican and Mexican American holiday, with a historically rich tradition that integrates pre-Columbian and Catholic customs. It is often celebrated in Mexico on November 1st and 2nd. The celebrations are based on the belief that the souls of the ones gone can come back to this world on these days.
The Day of the Dead Altars also known as Ofrendas are the most prominent feature in the celebration because they show the souls the way to their home. Altars make the souls (animas) feel welcomed and show them they have not been forgotten. OFPL invites the local community to add photos, messages, and symbolic items to our Altar or “Ofrenda” during the month of October.
Celebramos el mes de la herencia hispana con diversión y juegos. Únase a nosotros en la sucursal de los niños el sábado 28 de septiembre a las 4:00 p.m. para aprender el juego Loteria y ganar premios!
Envíe un correo electrónico a childlib@gallupnm.gov o llame al 505-726-6120 para obtener más información.
We’re celebrating Hispanic Heritage month with fun and games. Join us at the Children’s Branch on Saturday, September 28th at 4:00 p.m. to learn the game Loteria and win prizes!
Email childlib@gallupnm.gov or call 505-726-6120 for more information.
Insert your quarters and play in a life-sized PAC-Man game. “Eat” your way through the first two levels of PAC-Man before the ghosts catch you. Join us at the Children’s Library Branch on Friday, September 27th at 4:00 p.m.
Email jwhitman@gallupnm.gov or call 505-726-6120 for more information.
Are you a master builder? Join us at the Children’s Branch on Wednesday, September 25th at 4:00 p.m. to make boats that float, cars that go, marble mazes, and more!
Email childlib@gallupnm.gov or call 505-726-6120 for more information
American Library Association provided graphic. 2019.
Film and video productions can vividly depict the impact of censorship on individuals and society. A First Amendment film festival for Banned Books Week will be hosted in the Meeting Room of the Main Library.
Join us for film screenings based on book titles that have been censored.
Email bmartin@gallupnm.gov or call 505-863-1291 for more information.
Film Screenings:
Footloose (2011)
Monday, September 23rd at 5:30 p.m.
City teenager Ren MacCormack moves to a small town where rock music and dancing have been banned, and his rebellious spirit shakes up the populace.
A drama set in New Mexico during WWII centered on the relationship between a young man and an elderly medicine woman who helps him contend with the battle between good and evil that rages in his village.
In New York City’s Harlem circa 1987, an overweight, abused, illiterate teen who is pregnant with her second child is invited to enroll in an alternative school in hopes that her life can head in a new direction.
Each year, the American Library Association (ALA) Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF) records hundreds of attempts by individuals and groups to have books removed from libraries shelves and from classrooms. The OIF tracked 347 challenges to library, school and university materials and services. Overall, 483 books were challenged or banned in 2018.
A challenge is an attempt to remove or restrict materials, based upon the objections of a person or group. A banning is the removal of those materials.
Banned Books Week (September 22-28, 2019) is an annual event celebrating the freedom to read. Typically held during the last week of September, it spotlights current and historical attempts to censor books in libraries and schools. It brings together the entire book community — librarians, booksellers, publishers, journalists, teachers, and readers of all types — in shared support of the freedom to seek and to express ideas, even those some consider unorthodox or unpopular.
Traditionally the ALA releases a Top Ten List within the State of America’s Libraries Report each April. This year 11 books were selected, since two titles were tied for the final position on the list, and both books were burned by a religious activist to protest a Pride event.
Email bmartin@gallupnm.gov or call 505-863-1291 for more information.
Can you keep your cool under pressure? Join in on the fun as you try to escape from the wicked clutches of the nefarious Dentist M.D. You have 60 minutes to solve all the clues. Stop by the Main Library on Saturday, September 21st between 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
*Registration highly encouraged.*
Email jwhitman@gallupnm.gov or call 505-863-1291 for more information.
Can you keep your cool under pressure? Join in on the fun as you try to escape from the wicked clutches of the nefarious Dentist M.D. You have 60 minutes to solve all the clues. Stop by the Main Library on Friday, September 20th between 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
*Registration highly encouraged.*
Email jwhitman@gallupnm.gov or call 505-863-1291 for more information.
Interested in leaning how to do basic coding? Attend a workshop to create code based programs such as art, games, interactive environments, and more! Join us at the Main Library onWednesday, September 11th at 4:00 p.m.
Email jwhitman@gallupnm.gov or call 505-863-1291 for more information.
Learn more about generative art by watching this short video. Provided by YouTube.
