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Midweek Matinee – Umma (2022)

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.

March 1st at 3:00 PM

Umma (Women’s Her-story month)

2022 | PG-13| 1 hr. 23 mins.
Amanda and her daughter live a quiet life on an American farm, but when the remains of her estranged mother arrive from Korea, Amanda becomes haunted by the fear of turning into her own mother.

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

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

We READ, We TALK Hybrid Book Club – March 2023

Register below for a copy of The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich.

Based on the extraordinary life of National Book Award-winning author Louise Erdrich’s grandfather who worked as a night watchman and carried the fight against Native dispossession from rural North Dakota all the way to Washington, D.C. This powerful novel explores themes of love and death with lightness and gravity and unfolds with the elegant prose, sly humor, and depth of feeling of a master craftsman…READ MORE

Attend one of the discussions and keep the book! Discussions will be in
April via Zoom or in person at the Main Library.

Book Club Registration

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

Eureka! – Traffic Light Tinkering

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.

February 27th at 4:00 PM

Be inspired by Garret Morgan, the inventor of traffic lights by designing your own switchable traffic light with LEDs.

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

Family Storytime – We All Scream for Ice Cream

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.

February 27th & March 1st at 11:00 AM

This month, our story times will celebrate and honor Black History Month. Ages 0-5.

Storytime Theme
Week 4: We All scream for ice cream

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

Kidz Cinema – The Princess and the Frog (2015)

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.

February 25th at 2:00 PM

The Princess and the frog

2015 | PG | 1 hr. 37 min.
A prince is transformed into a frog and accidentally curses a beautiful princess with an amphibian form as well when he kisses her in an attempt to break the spell. The two then go on a wild journey through the bayous of Louisiana in hopes of finding a voodoo priestess who may be able to restore their true forms.

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

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

Crafty Kids – Bean Craft

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.

Octavia Fellin Children & Youth Library
200 West Aztec Ave.

February 16th at 4:00 PM

Create a bean mosaic using assorted colored beans and other craft supplies!

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

Supply Request form

Teen Paint Night – February 2023 (2/2)

Canceled Due to Inclement Weather

Join OFPL in-person at the Children & Youth Library on February 8th 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.

Children & Youth Library
200 West Aztec Ave.

February 22nd at 5:00 PM

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

Tinker Tech – Build Sensors & Switches

Canceled Due to Inclement Weather

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 22nd at 4:00 PM

Learn how to craft your own sensors and switches and then use them to interact with the computer.

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

Midweek Matinee – Nope (2022)

Canceled Due to Inclement Weather

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 22nd at 3:00 PM

Nope (Black History Month)

2022 | R | 2 hrs 10 min
The residents of a lonely gulch in inland California bear witness to an uncanny and chilling discovery.

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

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

Family Storytime – Stop and Go!

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.

February 22nd at 11:00 AM

This month, our story times will celebrate and honor Black History Month. Ages 0-5.

Storytime Theme
Week 3: Stop & Go!

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