Join OFPL in-person at the Rio West Mall near the food court on October 15th from 12:00 PM to 4:00 PM for some gamertastic family fun and crafts! Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month by creating your own tin art and playing some video games!
Email bmartin@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.
Join us in person at the Children & Youth Library every Friday anytime between 1:00 PM and 5:00 PM to unwind from a busy week! Get up and Game with video games and fun for the whole family including virtual reality!
Email pneilson@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.
Join OFPL, Explora, and UNM Health Sciences inside the Rio West Mall behind Hobby Lobby on May 21st from 12:00 PM to 4:00 PM for hands-on activities exploring genetics.
Who do you look like? Have you ever wondered why some people like cilantro and others think it tastes like soap? Explore these questions, virtual reality goggles provided by OFPL and other fun activities!
Take home DNA extraction kits while supplies last.
Email bmartin@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.
Calling all Gallup Pokémon GO players!
Celebrate Pokémon GO Fest 2021, by taking part in a Pokémon GO Tournament on Friday July 16th from 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM outside the Children’s Branch near the playground.
Registration brackets available for ages 15 and under or 16 plus. Players must follow the Great League requirements for Pokémon levels, max CP per Pokémon: 1,500 or less.
Prizes will be awarded to winners of each tournament bracket. Players must be present to participate and claim prizes, social distancing and masks are recommended.
Tournament will be streamed on OFPL’s Twitch channel, @ofpl_streams.
See the full list of rules and regulations at https://ofpl.online/ofpl-pokemon-go-tournament/#rules
Email libtrain@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.
Join us at the Main Library on Thursday, February 13th at 6:00 p.m. for an interactive program on emerging Virtual Reality (VR) technology.
VR technology is on the rise with improvements making the technology more affordable. Learn the basics of how this technology works and how it can be used for education, development, and entertainment.
Get hands-on with this technology while learning the technical specs.
Email mdchavez@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 on Wednesday, September 11th at 4:00 p.m.
Email jwhitman@gallupnm.gov or call 505-863-1291 for more information.
OFPL, El Morro Theatre, and Bombshelltoe proudly presents on Friday, September 6th at El Morro Events Center from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. A Navajo Nuclear Histories Project with Sunny Dooley, Tina Garnanez, Tommy Rock, Janene Yazzie, Bobby Leonard Mason, and Arnold Clifford. Ways of Knowing is a multimedia project about Navajo Nation’s health and tradition through its enduring and traumatic encounter with uranium mining.
This history began in the 1940s, as the U.S. government’s need to sustain its nascent nuclear weapons program became a top national security priority. After perfecting nuclear weapons technology under the Manhattan Project, the United States could no longer depend on the Belgian Congo and Canada for uranium; the supply had to be closer to home.
Uranium mining for weapons production started in the western region of Navajo Country – in the stunning crimson sandstones of the Colorado Plateau – under the auspices of the Vanadium Corporation of America as “sale of carnotite and other related materials” to preserve secrecy.
Produced by: Lovely Umayam, Adriel Luis & Sunny Dooley
Directed, shot, and edited by: Kayla Briët
Still photography by: Carmille Garcia
Navajo Nation, USA
Year Release: 2019
Duration: 17 min 03 sec
Format: 360 film, color