Family Story – Halloween

Join OFPL in-person at the Children & Youth Library on October 31st at 11:00 AM for a special spooktacular Halloween-themed storytime with activities, songs, rhymes, fingerplays, and read-aloud stories every week! Ages 0-5.

Children & Youth Library
200 West Aztec Ave.

October 31st at 11:00 AM

October Storytime Theme
Spooktacular Halloween

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

Spooktacular Bookmark Design Contest

Join OFPL for a wicked and spooky time as we host our second Bookmark Design Contest featuring the theme “Monster Mash.”

OFPL is challenging the community’s creativity to design Halloween-themed bookmarks. Create your own haunted houses, creepy crawlers, and more! Pick up a paper submission from the Main Library or the Children’s Branch or submit at ofpl.online. All art mediums welcome!

Winners will be selected in the following age categories: 0-5, 6-11, 12-18, 19+ and will receive a certificate of recognition, professional bookmark prints, and a gift card. Submission deadline is Friday, October 15th. Winners will be announced Monday, October 18th.

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

Spooktacular Bookmark Design Contest

Join OFPL for a wicked and spooky time as we host our second Bookmark Design Contest featuring the theme “Monster Mash.” OFPL is challenging the community’s creativity to design Halloween-themed bookmarks. Create your own haunted houses, creepy crawlers, and more!

Pick up a paper submission from the Main Library or the Children’s Branch or submit at ofpl.online. All art mediums welcome!

Winners will be selected in the following age categories: 0-5, 6-11, 12-18, 19+ and will receive a certificate of recognition, professional bookmark prints, and a gift card. Submission deadline is Friday, October 15th. Winners will be announced Monday, October 18th.

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

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

Virtual Fun Fridays

The Library will have weekly virtual fun with games, guests, and more! Join us Live on Facebook, @galluplibrary Friday afternoons at 4:00 p.m. to participate in Fun Friday interactive events and the opportunity to win some great prizes!

• Friday, October 2nd – Feast of Legends
• Friday, October 9th – La Llorona
• Friday, October 16th – Virtual Lotería
• Friday, October 23rd – Clue Trivia
• Friday, October 20th – Halloween Trivia

Call (505) 863-1291 for more information.

Halloween Trivia Night

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.