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Crafty Kids – Craft Stick Animals

Join us virtually on Facebook @galluplibrary or YouTube 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.

Facebook @galluplibrary
YouTube at Octavia Fellin Public Library

November 24th at 4:00 PM

Create your favorite animal using crafty sticks and felt!

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

Supply Request form

Holiday Closure – Thanksgiving Holiday

The Octavia Fellin Public Library and the Children & Youth Library will be closed November 24th through November 26th for the Thanksgiving Holiday.

November 24th to November 26th
Thanksgiving Holiday

OFPL Closure

During that time, OFPL’s online services, as always, will be available at ofpl.online featuring downloadable magazines, e-books, audiobooks, streaming movies, virtual programs, and many other resources.

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

Hour of Code – Game Design: Platform Game

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.

November 23rd at 4:00 PM

Use block code to create and learn about platform games.

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

Eureka! – Mercedes Taylor & Shining Pennies

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.

November 21st at 4:00 PM

In November we will be exploring the work of women who are pioneers in science and engineering.

Be inspired by the work of chemistry researcher Mercedes Taylor and conduct your own chemical research by trying different methods to get a penny as shiny as possible.

Learn more about Mercedes and their work at the University of Maryland.

Dr. Mercedes Taylor. Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry.

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

Family Storytime – Colorful Creatures

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.

November 21st & 23rd at 11:00 AM

In honor of Native American Heritage Month, we will learn color words in Navajo and Zuni and explore the significance of different colors in these cultures. Ages 0-5.

Storytime Theme
Week 4: Colorful Creatures

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

Kidz Cinema – Brother Bear (2003)

Join OFPL in-person at the Children & Youth Library every Saturday at 2:00 PM for weekly family-oriented film screenings.

The Octavia Fellin Children & Youth Library
200 West Aztec Ave.

November 19th at 2:00 PM

Brother Bear (Native American heritage month)

2003 | G | 1 hr. 25 mins.
When a young Inuit hunter needlessly kills a bear, he is magically changed into a bear himself as punishment with a talkative cub being his only guide to changing back.

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

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

Self-Care Saturday at Rio West Mall

Join OFPL in-person at the Rio West Mall near the food court on November 19th from 12:00 PM to 4:00 PM for some crafts and self-care!

Rio West Mall
1300 West Maloney Ave.

November 19th from 12:00 PM to 4:00 PM

First celebrate National Native American Heritage Month by creating your own indigenous-inspired lithograph prints. Then take some time for yourself and de-stress by making your own anti-anxiety roller bottle.

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

Creative Corner – Beaded Rosettes

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.

November 18th at 3:00 PM

Learn beading basics to create your own indigenous-inspired rosette.

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

Navajo Rug Weaving – November 2022

Diné weaver Lois A. Becenti with Diné Be´ iinà – The Navajo Lifeway will host Navajo Rug Weaving Classes every month. Join OFPL in-person at the Main Library on November 18th from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM.

Octavia Fellin Public Library
115 West Hill Ave.

November 18th from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM

Learn the fundamentals and techniques of rug weaving in the traditional Diné style, including warping, carding, and spinning. Please bring your own weaving materials and/or projects.

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

Library Advisory Board (LAB) Meeting – November 2022

The public is invited to attend the Library Advisory Board (LAB) monthly meeting LIVE on Zoom on November 17th at 5:00 PM.

LIVE on Zoom

November 17th at 5:00 PM

Join the Zoom Meeting at
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89497748949 or at Meeting ID: 894 9774 8949.

Join zoom meeting

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