Gallup Sun

Friday, June 1

Pollentongue Poetry Night

6 - 8pm

ART123 Gallery

6 - 7pm: Bring a poem to workshop.

7 - 8pm: Open mic.

www.galluparts.org/poetry

 

Friday, June 8

Artist Reception

6 - 9pm

ART123 Gallery

Artist Shannon Gurley O’Donnell opens “Little Treasures: A Collection of Small Paintings” at ART123.

 

Saturday, June 9

ArtsCrawl: Out of Hand

7 - 9pm

Downtown Gallup

Artist demos, hands on workshops, live music.

Facebook @ArtsCrawlGallup

 

Saturday, June 9

2nd Annual Doin’ Dylan: Gallup’s Bob Dylan Tribute Concert

6:30 - 9pm

Gallup Downtown Conference Center

Feat. McManus & Juda, Daniel Plays Dylan, and Joe West & Friends...

Teaching the lost art of Diné garment-making

Gallup-McKinley County Schools Johnson-O’Malley Program hosted a workshop to all GMCS-JOM students and their parents May 19 at the Student Support Center to learn how to make skirts Diné style.

The workshop was open to students who were interested in making skirts for themselves or family members. The event which drew in over 15 participants, and was the first of its kind for area students to learn how to make traditional Diné skirts.

Johnson-O’Malley Program Director Carmen Moffett got the idea from a similar event that was held in Albuquerque at UNM.

“I thought why don’t we host our own workshop, we have the funds under our...

Pat Butler, 63, a notable Gallupian, and the friendly face of Butler’s print shop, died  from complications associated with cancer May 20. Pat was born at St. Mary’s Hospital on Jan. 20, 1955, becoming one of a select group of residents who started and finished life in the two city hospitals that served Gallup over those separate years.

Some decades ago, Pat and his brother Barry took over the operation of their parents’ business, Butler’s Office Equipment and Supply, Inc. with Pat as the president. Pat was responsible for printing and production in the business while Barry managed the office supply section. Their mother, Grace, passed in 1991 and her husband, Gerald, in...

Rating: ««« out of ««««

Running Time: 135 minutes

Much like the Marvel comic universe, it has gotten to the point where we can now expect a new Star Wars movie every year or so. Coming from the minority perspective of a person who enjoyed but has not been overly enthralled by the re-launch of the series, this reviewer felt some trepidation about yet another feature arriving in cinemas. Surprisingly, Solo: A Star Wars Story actually stands as something of an anomaly. While it’s too long for its own good and does run out of gas by the close, this episode worked for this reviewer more effectively than all of the recent features in the series.

This tale details the back story of...