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Creative Corner – Watercolor & Colored Pencils

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.

February 17th at 4:00 PM

Create art using watercolor paints and colored pencils. Inspired by Joy Ting’s CreativeBug course!

supply request form

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

Crafty Kids – Black History Month 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

Celebrate and honor Black History Month with an afternoon of assorted crafts!

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

Supply Request form

Tinker Tech – Draw a Playable Instrument

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 15th at 4:00 PM

Invent your own new musical instrument by drawing it on paper with a conductive pencil lead, then use the Makey Makey circuit board to connect it to an app to let you play it!

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

Midweek Matinee – Marry Me (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.

February 15th at 3:00 PM

Marry Me (Valentine’s day)

2022 | PG-13 | 1 hr 52 min
Music superstars Kat Valdez and Bastian are getting married before a global audience of fans. But when Kat learns, seconds before her vows, that Bastian has been unfaithful, she instead decides to marry Charlie, a stranger in the crowd.

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! – Grow a Sweet Potato

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 13th at 4:00 PM

Be inspired by the groundbreaking work of botanist George Washington Carver by starting to grow your very own sweet potato plant!

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

Family Storytime – P, B, & J

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 13th & 15th at 11:00 AM

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

Storytime Theme
Week 2: P, B, & J

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

Kidz Cinema – Hidden Figures (2016)

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 11th at 2:00 PM

Hidden Figures

2016 | PG | 2 hrs. 7 min.
Three female African-American mathematicians provide crucial calculations for NASA’s space race against the Soviets, all while dealing with the racist and sexist assumptions of their white co-workers.

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

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

Friends of OFPL Membership Drive at Rio West Mall

The Friends of the Octavia Fellin Public Library is having a membership drive in-person at the Rio West Mall on February 11th from 12:00 PM to 4:00 PM. The Friends is a non-profit organization focused on investing in our library’s continued success and growth, and enhancing the quality of life for the people in our community.

Rio West Mall
1300 West Maloney Ave.

February 11th
12:00 PM to 4:00 PM

Visit our booth to join Friends of OFPL for $10 per year or $25 for 3 years! Take advantage of member benefits like discounts at select local businesses and book sales, volunteer opportunities to fund-raise for the library, and early notification of new library materials! Support your library!

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

Heart-y Crafts at Rio West Mall

Join OFPL in-person at the Rio West Mall on February 11th from 12:00 PM to 4:00 PM for Heart-y Crafts! We all know that February is the month to celebrate Valentine’s Day, but did you know that February is also National Heart Month? Come and celebrate with us!

Rio West Mall
1300 West Maloney Ave.

February 11th
12:00 PM to 4:00 PM

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