Join us in-person Fridays at the Main Library at 3:00 PM to get creative! Make your own art using material found around your home (ages 13 and up).
Create a paper puzzle using origami techniques.
Email jwhitman@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.
Join the chess club at OFPL! Every Tuesday and Friday at 4:30 PM at the Children & Youth Library. Through the game of chess, members of the club are able to bond and improve their chess skills!
All ages are welcome, although this is targeted at the age 8-18 range. Participants do not need to attend every event.
Email pneilson@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.
Join us in person at the Children & Youth Library every Thursday at 4:00 PM for family-friendly crafts with step-by-step tutorials for all skill levels and ages. Supply kits are available at OFPL on a first-come, first-served basis using the Supply Request Form below.
Email hetsitty@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.
Join OFPL at the Children & Youth Library every Wednesday at 4:00 PM for an interactive, hands-on tech program for tweens & teens. Stimulate your creative thinking and learn how to use computer coding to create art, tell stories, and design games!
In this coding challenge, you will create a dynamic stormy day setting, complete with rain and lightning.
Email pneilson@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.
Join OFPL in-person at the Main Library every Wednesday at 4:00 PM for weekly film screenings of award-winning, classics, documentaries, newly released, and specially selected films.
2021 | PG | 1 hr. 50 mins.
Buster Moon and his friends must persuade reclusive rock star Clay Calloway to join them for the opening of a new show.
Email bmartin@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.
Join us every Wednesday at 11:00 AM and Saturday at 2:00 PM at the Children & Youth Library for storytime activities, songs, rhymes, fingerplays, and read-aloud stories every week! This month, we are learning about animals! Ages 0-5.
Email pneilson@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.
Join the chess club at OFPL! Every Tuesday and Friday at 4:30 PM at the Children & Youth Library. Through the game of chess, members of the club are able to bond and improve their chess skills!
All ages are welcome, although this is targeted at the age 8-18 range. Participants do not need to attend every event.
Email pneilson@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.
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.
Learn about DNA by building an edible scale model.
Email pneilson@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.
Join us every Wednesday at 11:00 AM and Saturday at 2:00 PM at the Children & Youth Library for storytime activities, songs, rhymes, fingerplays, and read-aloud stories every week! This month, we are learning about animals! Ages 0-5.
Email pneilson@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.
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.