FRIDAY, FEB. 2
CHESS CLUB
4:30 pm @ OFPL’s Children’s Branch (200 W. Aztec Ave.). Join the chess club at OFPL! Email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.
GET UP AND GAME
3 pm - 5 pm @ OFPL’s Children’s Branch (200 W. Aztec Ave.). Every Friday, come to the children’s library to unwind from a busy week! Email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.
SATURDAY, FEB. 3
TAKE YOUR CHILD TO THE LIBRARY DAY
12 pm - 5 pm @ OFPL’s Children’s Branch (200 W. Aztec Ave.). Come celebrate Take Your Child to the Library Day at OFPL! Come read with Sage the turtle and Holly the dog throughout the afternoon. Join special guest Explora! for family-oriented STEM stations. Try out a family scavenger hunt, puzzles, and games.
KIDZ CINEMA
2 pm every Saturday @ OFPL’s Children’s Branch (200 W. Aztec. Ave.) for weekly family oriented film screenings. This week’s movie is Akeelah and the Bee (2006). Email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.
GALLUP 9TH ST. FLEA MARKET
9 am - 5 pm @ 340 9th Street. The Gallup 9th Street Flea Market is one of the largest Native American markets in the United States.
SUNDAY, FEB. 4
MONDAY, FEB. 5
EUREKA!
4 pm @ OFPL’s Children’s Branch (200 W. Aztec Ave.). Design your own ship to hold as much cargo as possible without sinking. Email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.
FAMILY STORYTIME
11 am @ the Children’s Branch (200 W. Aztec Ave.). Join OFPL for Storytime activities, songs, rhymes, fingerplays, and read-aloud stories! Email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.
TUESDAY, FEB. 6
REGULAR COMMISSION MEETING
9 am @ 207 W. Hill Ave.
WE READ, WE TALK BOOK CLUB
2 pm @ OFPL’s Main Library (115 W. Hill Ave.).In collaboration with the City of Gallup Behavioral Health, SBS Evaluation and Program Development Specialist and the University of New Mexico, the We READ, We TALK Book Club is currently reading What Happened To You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing by Bruce D. Perry and Oprah Winfrey. Email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or call 505-863-1291 for more information.
UNDERSTANDING THE LAW
5 pm @ OFPL’s Main Library (115 W. Hill Ave.). Attorney David Eason presents the first 10 Amendments to the Constitution, aka the Bill of Rights. Email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.
CHESS CLUB
4:30 pm @ OFPL’s Children’s Branch (200 W. Aztec Ave.). Join the chess club at OFPL! Email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 7
CARTOON WORKSHOP
4 pm @ OFPL’s Children’s Branch (200 W. Aztec Ave.). Join OFPL’s cartooning workshop with illustrator Rick Stromoski. In celebration of Children’s Author & Illustrator Week, enjoy an interactive presentation and learn how to draw animals!
POKÉMON GO NIGHT
5 pm @ the UNM-Gallup Zollinger Library (705 Gurley Ave.). Join Zollinger Library for their monthly gathering of trainers. For questions please call 505-863-7531 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .
MIDWEEK MATINEE AT OFPL
4 pm every Wednesday @ OFPL’s main library (115 W. Hill Ave.). This week’s film is The Green Book.
FAMILY STORYTIME
11 am @ the Children’s Branch (200 W. Aztec Ave.). Join OFPL for Storytime activities, songs, rhymes, fingerplays, and read-aloud stories! Email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.
THURSDAY, FEB. 8
CRICUT 101
4 pm @ OFPL’s main library (115 W. Hill Ave.). Make your own cards for Valentine’s Day! Design your own cards with these easy and creative tutorials using your Cricut.
AUTHOR READING AND Q&A
5 pm @ OFPL’s Children’s Branch (200 W. Aztec Ave.). Daniel Vandever, an author from Haystack, New Mexico and winner of the American Indian Youth Literature Award, will read from his books and do a Q&A afterwards.
FEBRUARY FILMS: AFRICAN AMERICAN FILMS
4 pm @ the UNM-Gallup Zollinger Library (705 Gurley Ave.). This month, Zollinger Library is celebrating African American films. This week’s film is Brother to Brother.
CRAFTY KIDS
4 pm @ OFPL’s Children’s Branch (200 W. Aztec Ave.). This week, celebrate Chinese New Year (Lunar New Year) with a craft to celebrate the Year of the Dragon. For more information email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or call (505) 863-1291.
SAVE THE DATE
FRIDAY, FEB. 9
LUNAR NEW YEAR CELEBRATION
12 pm @ the UNM-Gallup Zollinger Library (705 Gurley Ave.). View documentaries to learn more about the cultures that celebrate the Lunar New Year, and listen to some music from those regions.
SATURDAY, FEB. 10
gallupARTS ANNUAL ARTIST CHALLENGE
@ ART123 Gallery (123 W. Coal Ave.).Starting Feb. 10, see gallupARTS Artist Challenge “6-7-8” showcase. Nineteen local artists accepted the mission of creating six 8» x 8» square works over the course of six weeks, responding to a different theme each week.
VALENTINE’S DAY CRAFTS
12 pm - 4 pm @ Rio West Mall (1300 W. Maloney Ave.) Spell out any message you like with customized yarn-wrapped wire words or make some adorable love bugs!
SUGAR COOKIE DECORATING WORKSHOP
1 pm @ OFPL’s main library (115 W. Hill Ave.). Join OFPL and Chef Sheila Begay of the NTU Culinary Department for a sugar cookie decorating workshop. Learn decorating techniques and make your own delicious Conversation Sugar cookies to celebrate Valentine’s Day! The class is limited to 20 people.
MONDAY, FEB. 12
MAKE YOUR OWN VALENTINES
@ the UNM-Gallup Zollinger Library (705 Gurley Ave.). Come to the library and make your own Valentine’s Day card for that special someone.
TUESDAY, FEB. 13
REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING
6 pm @ City Council Chambers, Gallup City Hall (110 W. Aztec Ave.). The meeting will also be streamed on the City of Gallup’s Facebook page at City of Gallup, New Mexico Government.
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 14
HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY!
OPEN MAKERSPACE TIME
4 pm - 6 pm @ the Children’s Branch (200 W. Aztec Ave.). OFPL’s MakerSpace is a collaborative work space for making, learning, and exploring. Participants ages 5 and up can come in to create their own design for the 3D printers or explore the many engineering activities and equipment! This week, from 5 pm - 6 pm, learn how to use the button maker to create your own wearable conversation hearts.
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 14 AND THURSDAY, FEB. 15
VALENTINE’S MOVIE MARATHON
@ the UNM-Gallup Zollinger Library (705 Gurley Ave.). Zollinger Library will be showing America’s Sweethearts on Feb. 14 and Punch Drunk Love on Feb. 15.
THURSDAY, FEB. 15
HELLOTECH- HELP WITH YOUR TECHNOLOGY
1 pm - 5 pm @ OFPL’s Main Library (115 W. Hill Ave.). OFPL staff will be available to provide individual technology assistance. There will be a job search and resume writing workshop from 1 pm to 2 pm.
FRIDAY, FEB. 16
HELLOTECH- HELP WITH YOUR TECHNOLOGY
2 pm - 5 pm @ OFPL’s Main Library (115 W. Hill Ave.). OFPL staff will be available to provide individual technology assistance. There will be a job search and resume writing workshop at 5 pm.
ONGOING
FREE HIV, SYPHILIS, AND HEPATITIS C TESTING
@ First Nations Community HealthSource-Gallup (1630 S. Second St.). First Nations Community HealthSource-Gallup offers Free Rapid HIV, Syphilis and Hep C Testing, Monday – Friday from 1 pm to 6:30 pm by appointment. Get your results within minutes. To schedule an appointment call (505) 863-8827.
BUILD-YOUR-OWN-BUNDLE
OFPL staff who will create a bundle of material specially for you! Let them know what type of materials and genres you are interested in, and they’ll browse for you and create a custom bundle of material for you to pick-up curbside. Email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.
