Category: Program

Tinker Tech – Banana Piano

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!

Octavia Fellin Children & Youth Library
200 West Aztec Ave.

February 1st at 4:00 PM

Learn how to use the Makey Makey circuit board to attach everyday objects (like bananas!) to your computer to use them as inputs.

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

Midweek Matinee – Harriet (2019)

Join OFPL in-person at the Main Library every Wednesday at 3:00 PM for weekly film screenings of award-winning, classics, documentaries, newly released, and specially selected films.

Octavia Fellin Public Library
115 West Hill Ave.

February 1st at 3:00 PM

Harriet (Black History Month)

2019 | PG-13 | 2 hrs 5 min
The extraordinary tale of Harriet Tubman’s escape from slavery and transformation into one of America’s greatest heroes, whose courage, ingenuity, and tenacity freed hundreds of slaves and changed the course of history.

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

OFPL does not own the rights to this video. Courtesy of YouTube.

Eureka! – Catching Air

Join OFPL in-person at the Children & Youth Library every Monday at 4:00 PM for STREAM workshops and activities for kids and tweens (ages 5-12). Eureka! STREAM workshops explore topics in Science, Technology, Reading, Engineering, Art, and Making.

Octavia Fellin Children & Youth Library
200 West Aztec Ave.

January 30th at 4:00 PM

Explore gravity and friction as you design your own mini skatepark, then challenge your friends to navigate your course!

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

Family Storytime – Yummy Food

Join OFPL in-person at the Children & Youth Library every Monday and Wednesday at 11:00 AM for storytime activities, songs, rhymes, fingerplays, and read-aloud stories every week!

Octavia Fellin Children & Youth Library
200 West Aztec Ave.

January 30th & February 1st at 11:00 AM

This month, discover movement and learn the body as we celebrate “Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes” Ages 0-5.

Storytime Theme
Week 5: Yummy food

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

Creative Corner – Pollock Splash Painting

Create your own art using materials found around your home! Can’t make the in-person workshop? Watch a video replay on our YouTube channel. Supply kits are available at OFPL on a first-come, first-served basis using the Supply Request Form at ofpl.online.

Octavia Fellin Public Library
115 West Hill Ave.

January 27th at 4:00 PM

Celebrate and honor Jackson Pollock’s birthday by creating your own expressionist-style painting using the drip technique. Wear clothes you are not afraid of getting dirty. Limited aprons available!

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

Teen Paint Night – Kawaii

Join OFPL in-person at the Children & Youth Library on January 25th at 5:00 PM to create Kawaii art using acrylics. In this immersive workshop, learn about Kawaii, a Japanese-inspired art as we build our drawing and painting skills. Supplies will be provided.

Octavia Fellin Children & Youth Library
200 West Aztec Ave.

January 25th at 5:00 PM

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

Midweek Matinee – Freaky Friday (2003)

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.

Octavia Fellin Public Library
115 West Hill Ave.

January 25th at 4:00 PM

freaky Friday (Opposite Day)

2003 | PG | 1 hr. 37 min.
An overworked mother and her daughter do not get along. When they switch bodies, each is forced to adapt to the other’s life for one freaky Friday.

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

OFPL does not own the rights to this video. Courtesy of YouTube.

Eureka! – Solar-Powered Mini House

Join OFPL in-person at the Children & Youth Library every Monday at 4:00 PM for STREAM workshops and activities for kids and tweens (ages 5-12). Eureka! STREAM workshops explore topics in Science, Technology, Reading, Engineering, Art, and Making.

Octavia Fellin Children & Youth Library
200 West Aztec Ave.

January 23rd at 4:00 PM

Explore the power of clean energy by re-purposing a shoebox to design a solar-powered mini house!

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

Family Storytime – Move It!

Join OFPL in-person at the Children & Youth Library every Monday and Wednesday at 11:00 AM for storytime activities, songs, rhymes, fingerplays, and read-aloud stories every week!

Octavia Fellin Children & Youth Library
200 West Aztec Ave.

January 23rd & 25th at 11:00 AM

This month, discover movement and learn the body as we celebrate “Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes” Ages 0-5.

Storytime Theme
Week 4: Move it!

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

Keva Plank Build-Off at Rio West Mall

Join OFPL in-person at the Rio West Mall on January 21st from 12:00 PM to 4:00 PM for a Keva Plank build-off! Celebrate International Creativity Month by engineering and building your own creations with Keva Planks, or tackle one of our Keva challenges. Design! Build! Play! Compete! Win prizes!

Rio West Mall
1300 West Maloney Ave.

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

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