Tag: storytelling

Author Talk: From Manga to Novel – Writing a Scene

Join us LIVE on Facebook, @galluplibrary on Saturday, May 15th at 2:00 p.m. for a talk featuring Giao Chi, author of The Girl Who Kept Winter.

Writing a scene takes a great deal of thoughtful planning and hard work. Whether it is for a novel or a comic, a scene has many details that need to be formulated before it is presented.

Connect with Giao Chi as she discusses this process with her audience. Originally from Vietnam, Giao Chi has published more than 300 comics. At the age of 13, she won a professional comic scriptwriting award.

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

Workshop: Creating ‘Moxie’ Inspired Zines

Join us LIVE on Facebook, @galluplibrary on Friday, May 14th at 4:00 p.m. for a creative workshop featuring Youth Services Librarian, Anne Price.

Netflix film Moxie, based on the novel of the same name, is about a teenager who begins publishing an anonymous zine calling out sexist behaviors in her high school. Zines are the ultimate in punk rock publishing. With pen, paper, and a Xerox machine, you too can be a zinester. Join us for this hands-on workshop and learn the history of zines.

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

Art Demo: Adventures of Rezmo in Dinéland & Further

Join us LIVE on Facebook, @galluplibrary on Thursday, May 13th at 4:00 p.m. for an art demonstration featuring Tasha Martinez.

Tasha’s artist name is Rezmo who works as a graffiti artist in Arizona. She incorporates her heritage as both Diné and Mexican into her graffiti work. Rezmo has worked on several art projects in her local community and created fundraising merchandise to help the Navajo Nation during the pandemic.

Watch Rezmo create art and talk about the challenges of being a contemporary graffiti artist.

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

Poetry Slam Team

Join us on Facebook, @galluplibrary on Wednesday, May 12th at 1:00 p.m. for a dynamic hour of poetry and inspiration!

See this poetry slam team of five share their stories, ideas, and hopes through their spoken words.

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

Art Demo: Jerry Brown

Join us LIVE on Facebook, @galluplibrary on Monday, May 10th at 5:00 p.m. for an art demonstration featuring local artist Jerry Brown.

Special encore presentation to be held on Tuesday, May 11th at 5:00 pm.

Watch as Brown paints live and shares his process for creating a contemporary painting. Brown’s work can be viewed at www.jerrybrownart.com.

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

Book Talk: Still Crazy

Join us LIVE on Facebook, @galluplibrary on Monday, May 10th at 1:00 p.m. for a book talk featuring Judy Prescott Marshall who writes women’s contemporary fiction.

Her stories are about real women facing life’s many struggles and their journey through it. Marshall will discuss her latest book, Still Crazy, about a strong, loving, and passionate wife who discovers a handwritten note that has the power to either destroy her or make her stronger.

It is the story of one woman’s journey through pain, betrayal, and forgiveness as she learns to hold onto her faith and, for the first time in her life, trust herself.

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

Local Author: A Place of Thin Veil: Live & Death in Gallup, NM

Join us on Facebook, @galluplibrary, and YouTube on Saturday, May 8th at 3:00 p.m. for a discussion with local author Bob Rosebrough.

With its rugged, violent history and otherworldly landscape, Gallup has ignited the imaginations of an array of famous Americans from John Wayne to Bob Dylan. Tony Hillerman’s novels put Navajo culture, and by extension Gallup, on the map. For the Navajo people for whom the region has been home for millennia, the town and its alcohol-fueled economy have a more sinister pull.

As an outsider who became an insider, Bob Rosebrough shares Gallup’s iconic stories–and reveals its long-hidden secrets.

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

Author Talk: Babylon & Beyond

Join us on Facebook, @galluplibrary, and Youtube on Saturday, May 8th at 1:00 p.m. for an interview featuring Claudia Christian, star of Babylon 5 and author of various books.

In this special discussion, Claudia Christian talks about her time on the television show and other Hollywood productions. She also discusses her C3 Foundation, created to help people deal with addiction. Discover her books, other projects, and some fun facts.

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

Book Talk – Send a Runner: A Navajo Honors the Long Walk

Join us LIVE on Facebook, @galluplibrary on Friday, May 7th at 7:00 p.m. for a book talk featuring Edison Eskeets and Jim Kristofic.

The Navajo tribe, the Diné, is the largest tribe in the United States and lives across the American Southwest. Over a century ago, they were nearly wiped out by the Long Walk, forced removal of most of the Diné people to a military-controlled reservation in New Mexico.

The summer of 2018 marked the 150th anniversary of the Navajos’ return to their homelands. One Navajo family and their community decided to honor that return by organizing a ceremonial run from Spider Rock in Canyon de Chelly, Arizona, to Santa Fé, New Mexico, in order to deliver a message and to honor the survivors of the Long Walk.

Eskeets ran 330 miles from Canyon de Chelly, Arizona, to Santa Fé, New Mexico, in sixteen days. His support team on the road includes Jim Kristofic, who observes the journey and records it in his notebook. Send a Runner: A Navajo Honors the Long Walk is a story of running for family, history, and the future of the Diné.

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

Why is Your Favorite Book so Different from its Movie?

Join us LIVE on Facebook, @galluplibrary on Thursday, May 6th at 4:00 p.m. for a talk featuring Steven Gould, author of the Jumper series, and more.

We have all heard the phrase that the book is always better than the movie. Steven Gould knows the process of translating a book to the big screen. His popular book series Jumper has been made into a feature film and a television series. Find out the secrets of making your favorite book into a Hollywood production.

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