FRIDAY, May 18
Tech Time Computer Class
10:30am-12:30pm@Main Branch. Free computer training is available each week. Class size is limited to 10 participants per session. No registration is required. This week: Job search with technology.
Maker Zone
2-3pm@Children’s Branch. We provide the supplies and you provide the ideas. Join us for creativity, innovation, and fun. This week: Rock Candy.
Get Up and Game
4-5pm @ Children’s Branch. Join us for a family-friendly video games Friday afternoon.
SATURDAY, May 19
Job Assistance
10:30am-12:30pm@Main Branch. The Library will provide job assistance workshops for those seeking employment. There will be resume assistance to help with creating and revising resumes, an interview workshop to help relieve the anxiety of job interviewing, and City of Gallup online application assistance. Call (505) 863-1291 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . This week: City of Gallup Online Applicatoin Workshop.
Story Time (ages 2-4)
11am@ Children’s Branch. An active and energetic program for toddlers, featuring music, movement, rhymes, and stories.
Film Make-Up
3-4pm@Children’s Branch. Local makeup artist Goldie Tom will demonstrate make up techniques for film. Free.
MONDAY, May 21
Tech Time Computer Class
5-7pm@Main Branch. Free computer training is available each week. Class size is limited to 10 participants. No registration required. This week: Power Point for Beginners.
TUESDAY, May 22
Tech Time Computer Class
10am-12pm@Northside Senior Citizen’s Center. The Gallup Senior Citizen’s Center will host computer classes presented by the Library. These classes are specially designed for anyone 55+ and will teach the basic skills needed to access a computer. There will be multiple one hour sessions for each training, no registration needed. Please contact the Senior Citizen’s Center at (505) 722-4740 for Senior Center questions. Call (505) 863-1291 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . Northside Senior Citizen’s Center, 607 N 4th St.
Maker Zone (6 and older)
4-5pm @ Children’s Branch. We provide supplies, you supply the ideas. This week: Paper Airplanes.
Tech Time One-2-One Technology Help
4-5pm@Main Branch. The Library is offering one-on-one technology assistance. Bring your personal technology devices or software questions to one of the scheduled sessions and our technology trainer will help guide you through the process. Call (505) 863-1291 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .
WEDNESDAY, May 23
Story Time
10:30am@Children’s Branch. An active and energetic for toddlers, featuring music, movement, rhymes, and stories.
Tech Time
3-5pm@ Man Branch. The Library is offering free computer training. No registration required. Call (505) 863-1291 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . This week: Open Source Training.
Wednesday Night Films
5:30-7pm@Main Branch. This week’s film: Four Faces West.
THURSDAY, May 24
Tech Time Computer Class
Free computer training is available each week. Class size is limited to 10 participants per session. No registration is required. Free. This week: Using Google Apps.
Crafty Kids
4-5pm@Children’s Branch. Fun crafts for the whoe family. This week’s activity: Super Hero Puppets.
ONGOING
City of Gallup’s Sustainable Gallup Board
Meets on the first Monday from 3-5 pm at the Octavia Fellin Library. When those Mondays are holidays, the meetings ar on the following Monday. Community members concerned about conservation, energy, water, recycling and other environmental issues are welcome. Call (505) 722-0039 for information.
Churchrock Chapter
Churchrock Chapter is now accepting toy donations for the Christmas toy drive until Wed. Dec. 20. The toys will be distributed at the annual community Christmas dinner on Thursday Dec. 21. Please drop off an unwrapped toy for distribution at Churchrock Chapter. Let’s spread the Christmas cheer by giving. Call (505) 488-2166. Churchrock Chapter Adminsitration.
Co-Dependents Anonymous
Meets Wednesday, 6-7 pm, at First United Methodist Church, 1800 Redrock Dr. (in the library). All are welcome.
Community Pantry
The Hope Garden offers organic produce for sale from 10 am-noon, Tue - Fri., 1130 E. Hassler Valley Road. All funds go to helping feed local folks. Call (505) 726-8068 or when visiting, ask for Vernon Garcia.
Friday Night Hootenanny
Gallup’s longest-running live show! Every Friday night from 7-9 pm. Camille’s Sidewalk Cafe, 306 S. Second St.
gallupARTS
gallupARTS is pleased to announce Dine photographer Hannah Manuelito is the Summer 2018 Native Artist-in-Residence. Her work includes portraits celebrating Dine women will be available May-July.
Gallup-McKinley County Humane Society
Wednesdays are low-cost Spay and Neuter Days, at the Gallup-McKinley County Humane Society. For more information, please call (505) 863-2616, or email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . Location: 1315 Hamilton Rd.
Gallup Solar
Gallup Solar is hosting community conversations about all things solar Wednesdays from 6 to 8 pm at 113 E. Logan. Call: (505) 728-9246 for info on topics and directions.
Habitat for Humanity
Habitat for Humanity yard sales are held every Saturday, 9 am-noon on Warehouse Lane, weather permitting. Volunteers wishing to serve on construction projects may sign up there or call (505) 722-4226.
Habitat for Humanity - work sessions
Habitat for Humanity work sessions held each week. Volunteers to serve on decision making meetings or wish to volunteer at or help fund construction projects. Call Bill Bright at (505) 722-4226.
McKinley County Health Alliance
McKinley County Health Alliance convenes on the second Wednesday of the month from 11 am-1pm at the New Mexico Cancer Center across from UNM-Gallup. Everyone is welcome to attend and engage in discussions about health, education, economic, and environmental inequities and to help facilitate change in those systems. Call (505) 906-2671.
Overeaters Anonymous
Overeaters Anonymous 12-step meetings. Held every Saturday at 10 am. The First Methodist Church, 1800 Red Rock Drive. Open to anybody who has a desire to stop compulsive eating. Contact info. (505) 307-5999, (505) 721-9208, or (505) 870-1483.
Recycling Council
McKinley Citizens Recycling Council is a local nonprofit working to increase recycling through education, community outreach, and partnership with local government agencies. MCRC meets the first Saturday of the month at 2 pm, at Red Mesa on Hill St. For more information, please call (505) 722-5142 or visit Recylegallup.org.
Recycling Depot
The Recycling Depot will now be open from 12-1:30pm on the first Saturdays of the month. Educators and artists are encouraged to come by and see what’s available. Volunteers will accept some items, such as paper towels and toilet paper rolls. This is a free servie of the McKinley Citizen’s Recycling Council. Call (505) 722-5152.
SAVE THE DATE
gallupARTS Announces ArtsCrawl Lineup
The entire 2018 lineup is outlined below: June 9 – Out of Hand; July 14 – Up in the Air; August 11 – Road Trip; September 8 – On the Wild Side; October 13 – Sixth Sense; November 10 – In Black & White; and December 8 – Let’s Have a Ball.
Skirtmaking Workshop
On May 19, join Gallup McKinley County Schools for a Skirtmaking Workshop. To be eligible, student must be enrolled in GMCS and have a copy of their Enrollment Card. 9am, Student Support Center Boardroom, 640 S. Boardman Dr. Call (505)721-1036.
SBDC Workshop
On May 30, SBDC hosts a Federal Grants Contract Set-Asides. 9am-12pm, Gallup Chamber of Commerce Meeting Room, 106 W. Hwy. 66. Call (505) 224-5965. Free.
Annual Sacred Heart Spanish Market
Dozens of artists and craftsmen from New Mexico and Arizona, specializing in traditional and contemporary Spanish Colonial art, will exhibit and sell their work at the Spanish Market. Northern New Mexico band Lone Piñon will provide live music, and visitors can purchase tickets for a raffle of a ‘78 Trans Am, proceeds of which go to support education of seminarians. Schedule: Friday, June 1 from 6-8:30pm; Saturday, June 2 from 10am-5pm (The Charity raffle drawing for a ’78 Trans Am will also take place on Saturday, at days end.); Sunday, June 3 from 9am-1pm.
SBDC: A Quickbooks Workshop Series
On June 8 & 15, SBDC will host a Quickbook workshop series, 9am-12pm. Day 1 (June 8): Quickbooks Desktop and Quickbook online. Day 2 (June 15): In this follow up session, after attendees have had a chance to implement what they learned in the first class. Call (505)722-2220. Location: 106 W. Hwy. 66. Registration: $100. No Refunds.
International Yoga Day
June 15-16, Hozho Total Wellness hosts International Yoga Day. Be Indigenous Yoga inspired! Oljato-Monument Valley, UT. Ages 18 and older.
SBDC Workshop
On June 21, SBDC hosts New Mexico Workers’ Compensation and CRS Tax workshop. 9:30am-1pm, Gallup Chamber of Commerce (Meeting Room) 106 W. Hwy. 66. Call (505)722-2220.
New Mexico State Police Youth Academy
On June 24-30, the New Mexico State Police Training and Recruiting Bureau will host the 2018 Youth Academy. Deadline to submit your application is May 10. Call Sergeant Garcia (505) 827-9236 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .
St. Kateri Tekakwitha Festday Mass
On July 14, the feast day of Kateri Tekawitha, the first canonized Native American Catholic Saint is celebrated each year in the Diocese of Gallup. Pueblo drummers and singers provide music throughout the Mass, followed by a procession with dancers from Acoma Pueblo. Call Suzanne Hammons (505) 863-0406.
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