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Tinker Tech – 3D Bookmark

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 8th at 4:00 PM

Sign up for and learn how to create basic shapes like rectangular prisms and letters using the free 3D modeling program Tinkercad. Create a custom bookmark which will be printed on our 3D printer!

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

Midweek Matinee – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (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 8th at 3:00 PM

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (Women’s Her-story month)

2022 | PG-13 | 2 hrs. 41 mins.
The people of Wakanda fight to protect their home from intervening world powers as they mourn the death of King T’Challa.

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! – Amazing Magnets

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 6th at 4:00 PM

Learn about magnetism by testing various objects and then participate in some magnetic challenges!

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

Family Storytime – Cars

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 6th & 8th at 11:00 AM

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

Storytime Theme
Week 1: Cars

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

Kidz Cinema – Finding Nemo (2003)

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 4th at 2:00 PM

Finding Nemo

2003 | G | 1 hr. 40 mins.
After his son is captured in the Great Barrier Reef and taken to Sydney, a timid clown fish sets out on a journey to bring him home.

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

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

Creative Corner – Artist Trading Cards (ATCs)

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 below.

Octavia Fellin Public Library
115 West Hill Ave.

March 3rd at 4:00 PM

Learn how to make your own Artist Trading Card in an interactive workshop inspired by Courtney Cerruti’s CreativeBug.

Supply Request Form

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

Gallup Young Writers Conference

Attention 6th through 12th graders! Join OFPL, in partnership with UNM-Gallup and Gallup-McKinley County Schools, for the Gallup Young Writers Conference at UNM-Gallup on March 3rd from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM.

UNM-Gallup
705 Gurley Ave.

March 3rd
9:00 AM to 1:00 PM

Engage in workshops on a variety of topics taught by local educators and writers. Have a chance to meet Kit Rosewater, New Mexico author of the Derby Daredevils series. Participation is FREE!

Conference registraTION

Students must apply using the link above by February 24th.

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

Crafty Kids – Dr. Seuss 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 2nd at 4:00 PM

Celebrate Dr. Seuss’ birthday by constructing your favorite Dr. Seuss-inspired characters.

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

Supply Request form

Dr. Seuss Day Celebration

Join OFPL in-person at the Children & Youth Library on March 2nd for activities celebrating Dr. Seuss!

Octavia Fellin Children & Youth Library
200 West Aztec Ave.

March 2nd
10:00 AM to 5:00 PM

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

Schedule of Events:

10:00 AM to 5:00 PM

Dr. Seuss prop craft and photo booth

12:00 PM to 1:00 PM

Closed for cleaning and sanitation

2:00 AM to 4:00 PM

Cat-in-the-Hat-themed healthy snack

4:00 AM to 5:00 PM

Dr. Seuss-inspired finger painting

Tinker Tech – 3D Printer Boot Camp

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 1st at 4:00 PM

Learn how a 3D printer works and the basics of using one to print a 3D model, then work as a group to print an example 3D design.

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