Tag: spanish

Tweens Who STREAM – Sugar Skull Science

Join OFPL at the Children & Youth Library every other Monday at 4:00 PM for interactive STREAM workshops. STREAM workshops explore topics in Science, Technology, Reading, Engineering, Art, and Making. October’s theme is Kitchen Chemistry: delicious, edible STREAM activities that will help you learn about the properties of matter.

Children & Youth Library
200 West Aztec Ave.

October 17th at 4:00 PM

Celebrate Hispanic heritage by learning how to make calaveras, or sugar skulls, from scratch.  Observe how sugar molecules bind together in the presence of water.

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

Tin Folk Art

Join us on Facebook, @galluplibrary, or YouTube every Monday at 4:00 PM. Create your own art using materials found around your home! Courses are geared towards individuals approximately 15-years and older. Supply kits are available at OFPL on a first-come, first-serve basis using the Supply Request Form.

Monday, October 4th
Starts at 4:00 PM

Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month by creating Tin Folk Art. Learn how to work with aluminum flashing to create a high-contrast hangable tin art. Inspired by colors and imagery from Hispanic culture.

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

Dichos: A Look at Spanish Wisdom & Proverbs

OFPL invites you to learn about Spanish proverbs.

These sayings or wise words of wisdom in Spanish are called Dichos. Learn about these insightful Spanish words of wisdom and their significance in Mexican culture.  Join this interactive program and create your own digital Dichos to share.

LIVE on Facebook, @galluplibrary
Friday, October 1st at 4:00 PM

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

Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP)

Are you struggling to pay your rent, utilities, or facing eviction? The Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP) makes funding available to assist households that are unable to pay rent or utilities.

Join us at Octavia Fellin Public Library every Thursday in September from 9:00 AM – 12 :00 PM  and 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM for assistance completing the ERAP application. New Mexico Legal Aid and Somos Gallup will be onsite in the meeting room to provide access to assistance in keeping safe, stable, and affordable housing.

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

Reach Customers Online with Google (En Español)

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

Monday, October 12th at 4:00 p.m.

Aprende cómo encontrar tu negocio en línea con Google. Este taller explica cómo funciona el Buscador de Google y cómo puedes mejorar la visibilidad de tu página web a través de la optimización de motores de búsqueda (SEO).

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

La Llorona

In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month

Join us LIVE on Facebook, @galluplibrary on Friday, October, 9th at 4:00 p.m. with special guest and storyteller Rosalia de Aragon who will perform as La Llorona, The Wailing Woman, the famous ghost story from Spanish folklore.

For more information email libtrain@gallupnm.gov or call 505-863-1291.

Spanish & Spooky

Join us Live on Facebook and YouTube, @galluplibrary for beginning Spanish lessons and silly spooky science experiments this month. Videos are posted Wednesdays and Fridays at 11:00 a.m.

Wednesday

October 7th – Colors in Spanish

October 14th – Feelins in Spanish

October 21st – Tea Bag Ghosts

October 28th – Self-Inflating Jack O’ Lanterns

Friday

October 2nd – Counting in Spanish

October 9th – Weather in Spanish

October 16th – Opposites in Spanish

October 23rd – Oobleck

October 30th – Dancing Worms

Sugar Skull Decorating Party

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.

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