Gaming & Crafting at Rio West Mall

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!

Rio West Mall
1300 West Maloney Ave.

October 15th from 12:00 PM to 4:00 PM

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

Get Up and Game

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!

Children & Youth Library
200 West Aztec Ave.

Every Friday in October
1:00 PM to 5:00 PM

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

OFPL and Explora! at Rio West Mall

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.

Rio West Mall
1300 West Maloney Ave.

May 21st from 12:00 PM to 4:00 PM

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.

OFPL Pokémon Go Tournament

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.

Register your Pokémon team of six by Wednesday, July 14th at 6:00 PM

Register your Pokémon team of six here

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.

Creative Coding

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.

Learn more about generative art by watching this short video. Provided by YouTube.

Virtual Reality Film Screening

Ways of Knowing

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