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Teen Makers Club – March 2023 (2/2)

Let’s get creative! Join us in-person at the Children & Youth Library on March 25th at 2:00 PM for the teen makers club! OFPL will provide a space where creative minds can give shape to their ideas, and help spread their passion.

Octavia Fellin Children & Youth Library
200 West Aztec Ave.

March 25th at 2:00 PM

This month we focus on origami and zoetropes as we discover animation! Open to creative teens of all skill levels.

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

Painting & Mocktails

Join OFPL in person at the Main Library on March 24th at 6:00 PM for an after-hours step-by-step workshop to learn some basic painting techniques. Try something new with us, relax, have fun, and be creative!

Octavia Fellin Public Library
115 West Hill Ave.

March 24th at 6:00 PM

Complete a full painting while sipping on mocktails after hours at the library. Space is limited. Includes all supplies, instruction, and mocktails! Register below to reserve your spot. The workshop is limited to 20 participants.

Workshop Registration

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

Navajo Rug Weaving – March 2023

Diné weaver Lois A. Becenti with Diné Be´iinà – The Navajo Lifeway. Navajo Rug Weaving Classes are returning to OFPL in March and every 4th Friday of each month. Join OFPL in-person at the Main Library on March 24th at 10:00 AM. Learn the fundamentals and techniques of rug weaving in the traditional Diné style, including warping, carding, and spinning.

Octavia Fellin Public Library
115 West Hill Ave.

March 24th at 10:00 AM

Please bring your own weaving materials and projects to work on.

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

Crafty Kids – Puppy Puppet Craft

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.

Octavia Fellin Children & Youth Library
200 West Aztec Ave.

March 23rd at 4:00 PM

Celebrate National Puppy Day by making your own puppet.

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

Supply Request form

Tinker Tech – 3D Stamp

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.

March 22nd at 4:00 PM

Use Tinker-cad to design and 3D print a stamp with your own custom phrase on it!

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

Midweek Matinee – The Woman King (2022)

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.

March 22nd at 3:00 PM

The Woman King (Women’s Her-story month)

2022 | PG-13 | 2 hrs. 15 mins.
A historical epic inspired by true events that took place in The Kingdom of Dahomey, one of the most powerful states of Africa in the 18th and 19th centuries.

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

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

Seed Starter Pots

Ostara has arrived! Join OFPL in-person at the Main Library on March 21st at 4:00 PM to make your own seed starter pot! The Spring Equinox is a time of fertility, rebirth, and renewal. Make a seed starter pot and discover how to use the seed library at OFPL! Learn more about spring celebrations from across the globe.

Octavia Fellin Public Library
115 West Hill Ave.

March 21st at 4:00 PM

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

Eureka! – Build a Compass

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.

March 20th at 4:00 PM

Explore the magnetism of Earth by building your own working compass then use it to complete a navigational challenge.

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

Family Storytime – Trains

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.

March 20th & 22nd at 11:00 AM

This month, our story times will explore different forms of transportation. Ages 0-5.

Storytime Theme
Week 3: Trains

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

Kidz Cinema – Wonder (2017)

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

Octavia Fellin Children & Youth Library
200 West Aztec Ave.

March 11th at 2:00 PM

Wonder

2017 | PG | 1 hr. 53 mins.
Based on the New York Times bestseller, this movie tells the incredibly inspiring and heartwarming story of August Pullman, a boy with facial differences who enters the fifth grade, attending a mainstream elementary school for the first time.

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

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