FRIDAY Jan. 8
Movie: Everest
Starts: 6 pm. El Morro Theater, 207 West Coal Ave. PG-13.
Navajo Nation Breastfeeding Coalition
Join Grace Bible Church for the Navajo Nation Breastfeeding Coalition. Agenda includes: Introduction of the Navajo Nation Breastfeeding Coalition, history, mission and accomplishments. Begins: 9 am. For more information please contact (928) 206 - 7885. Location: Grace Bible Church 222 Boulder Dr.
Family Movie
Join us for a free family movie and popcorn is provided. Starts: 4 pm. Children’s Branch, 200 W. Aztec Ave. Film: Shaun the Sheep the Movie
Award-Winning Lecture Series
Rehoboth Christian School presents Laurie Garrett: Health and the Changing World. This lecture kicks off 15 days of free liberal arts education, from an award winning lecture series. Live Internet video feed will be available. For online listening and archives of past lectures, please visit calvin.edu/January. From 10:30 am - 11:30 am. Location: 07B Tse Yaaniichii Lane. Free
Live Music
Muddy Soulz…Classic Rock n’ Roll from 7:30 - 9:30 pm at Coal Street Pub, 303 West Coal Ave. (505) 722 - 0117
SATURDAY Jan. 9
Gallup-McKinley County Schools
There will be a Regular IEC meeting. Starts: 8:30 am. Location Student Support Center. For more information please call: (505) 721 - 1000.
Live Music
Picked Clean…Old time Folk takes center stage from 7:30 - 9:30 pm at Coal Street Pub, 303 West Coal Ave. (505) 722 - 0117
SUNDAY Jan. 10
Taize’ Worship
A worship service in the style of Taize’ will be held at the Westminster Presbyterian Church. Please join us for quiet, mediation, song, prayer, and scripture. Starts: 4 pm. For more information please call Kathy Mezoff (505) 722 - 5011. Location: 151 Boardman Drive.
MONDAY Jan. 11
Award-Winning Lecture Series
Rehoboth Christian School presents Eboo Patel: Interfaith Leadership. This lecture kicks off 15 days of free liberal arts education, from an award winning lecture series. Live Internet video feed will be available. For online listening and archives of past lectures, please visit calvin.edu/January. From 10:30 am - 11:30 am. Location: 07B Tse Yaaniichii Lane. Free
Clean Power Plan Bulletin
The New Mexico Environmental Department will host additional public meetings for developing a State Plan in response to the EPA’s Clean Power Plan. Begins: 5pm. Questions may be submitted in advance to: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . Basic information about Clean Power Plan will be provided and is also available at: www.env.nm.gov/aqb/CPP.htm. For more information please contact Cindy Hollenberg: (505) 476 - 4356. Location: Octavia Fellin Library meeting room, 115 W. Hill Ave.
TUESDAY Jan. 12
City of Gallup
There will be a City Council meeting and agendas will be available at least 72 hours prior. Starts: 5 pm. For more information please call: (505) 863 - 1254. Location: City Hall, 110 W. Aztec Ave.
Award-Winning Lecture Series
Rehoboth Christian School presents Bethany Haley Williams, The Color of Grace: Healing and Hope for Child Survivors of War. This lecture kicks off 15 days of free liberal arts education, from an award winning lecture series. Live Internet video feed will be available. For online listening and archives of past lectures, please visit calvin.edu/January. From 10:30 am - 11:30 am. Location: 07B Tse Yaaniichii Lane. Free
Clean Power Plan Bulletin
The New Mexico Environmental Department will host additional public meetings for developing a State Plan in response to the EPA’s Clean Power Plan. Begins: 12 pm. Questions may be submitted in advance to: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . Basic information about Clean Power Plan will be provided and is also available at: www.env.nm.gov/aqb/CPP.htm. For more information please contact Cindy Hollenberg: (505) 476 - 4356. Location: NMSU Multi-purpose room #007, 1500 N. 3rd street.
WEDNESDAY Jan. 13
Toddler Time
An active and energetic program for toddlers (2-4), featuring music, movement, rhythm, and stories. Starts: 10:30 am. Location: Children’s Branch, 200 W. Aztec. Free
Maker’s Club
A club for kids interested in science, math, building, and inventing (Ages 7 and up). Each week will feature a different challenge, project, or experiment. Starts: 4 pm. Children’s Branch, 200 W. Aztec. This Week: Lego Challenge: Excavation. Help free our Lego friends from their ice prison. Free
Holiday Film
The Octavia Fellin Library presents a special film in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Popcorn provided. Starts: 5:30 pm. Location: Main Branch, 115 W. Hill Ave. Free
Award-Winning Lecture Series
Rehoboth Christian School presents David Brooks: The Road to Character. This lecture kicks off 15 days of free liberal arts education, from an award winning lecture series. Live Internet video feed will be available. For online listening and archives of past lectures, please visit calvin.edu/January. From 10:30 am - 11:30 am. Location: 07B Tse Yaaniichii Lane. Free
Open-Mic-Night
Local talent takes center stage from 7:30 - 9:30 pm at Coal Street Pub, 303 West Coal Ave. (505) 722-0117.
Overeaters Anonymous
Meetings every Wednesday at 6 pm, First United Methodist Church, 1800 Red Rock Dr., corner of Nizhoni/Red Rock. Enter northwest corner off Nizhoni Library room.
THURSDAY Jan. 14
Crafty Kids
Fun crafts for the whole family (all ages). Starts at 4 pm. Children’s Branch, 200 W. Aztec. Make: Martin Luther King Jr. Peace Doves
Navajo Winter Culture Festival
TMC Health Promotion and Disease Prevention presents the Navajo Winter Culture Festival. There’ll be special events such as, Winter Stories, Navajo Shoe Game, Moccasin Making, and more. Special guests include: The Pollen Trail Dancers, Sunny Dooley, 2015-2016 Miss Navajo: Alyson Shirley, and The Tsehootsooi Middle School Dine Club Dancers. For more information please call: (928) 729 - 8055 or (928) 729 - 8172. Starts: 5 pm. Location: Office of Dine Youth Gym (behind That’s A Burger), Fort Defiance, AZ.
Award-Winning Lecture Series
Rehoboth Christian School presents Jill Doughtery: Russia: Past, Present, and Future. This lecture is part of the 15 days of a free liberal arts education, from an award winning lecture series. Live Internet video feed will be available. For online listening, and archives of past lectures please visit calvin.edu/January. From 10:30 am - 11:30 am. Location: 07B Tse Yaaniichii Lane. Free
ONGOING
Teacher’s Trailer
Attention educators, craftspeople, and citizens! If you’re looking for recycled materials for your Holiday projects, the McKinley Citizens Recycling Council has a resource center. Contact a MCRC volunteer at the Larry Brian Mitchell Recreation Center on Saturdays, from 10 am - 2 pm. The items available include: cardboard tubes, cylindrical containers, egg cartons, popsicle and chop sticks, tissue boxes, 2-Liter bottles, boxes and tins of all sizes, and much more. For more information call (505) 722 - 9257 or leave a message on the MCRC website: www.recylcegallup.org
Community Pantry
The Hope Garden is offering organic produce for sale from 10 am - 12 pm, Tue - Fri. We are located at 1130 E. Hasler Valley Rd. All funds go to helping feed local folks. For personal attention call (505) 726-8068 or when visiting ask for Kenworth Jones.
First Indian Baptist Church
Monday Night Back to Basics Bible Class, Red Hills Trailer Park recreation center 7 pm; Tuesday Family Bible Study FIBC 501 S. 3rd St, 6 pm; Sunday Worship and Prayer at FIBC 501 S. 3rd, 10:30 am. Contact: Pastor Robert Fontenot (505) 979-0511. This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it / www.fibcgallup.weebly.com
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 Meetings
Interested in learning more about solar energy? Come to a Gallup Solar meeting, held the first three Wednesdays of the month from 6 - 8 pm, East Logan Ave. Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or call (505) 726-2497.
Gallup Sustainable Gallup Board
The City of Gallup’s Sustainable Gallup Board meets on the first Monday each month from 3 - 5 pm in the Mayor’s Conference Room at City Hall. Community members concerned about conservation, energy, water, recycling, and other environmental issues are welcome. Call Bill Bright at (505) 722 - 0039 for information. Location: 404 West Maxwell, Ave.
Habitat Gallup
Join us for the Habitat Gallup, a home building organization offering a hand up, not a hand out. We need your help to plan for our sixth home in Gallup. For more information please call Bill Bright (505) 722- 4226. Meets monthly on the third Monday of each month 6 - 8 pm. Location: 113 E. Logan Ave.
Historias de Gallup
The Library is collecting oral histories from people in the community. Historias de Gallup will focus on Hispanic History in the area and stories that will give listeners a picture of Gallup in the past. These histories will be recorded and stored at the library for future generations to listen to. Anyone interested in participating should contact the library to schedule an interview time. Latino Americans: 500 Years of History has been made possible through a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the American Library Association. Information:(505) 863-1291 or email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Quilting Group
Come on down and join our quilting group. We have quilting bees every Tuesday from 9 am – 2:30 pm, and Thursday from 9 am – 2:30 pm. For more information please contact Virginia Gustafson (505) 879-3001. Located by the Playground of Dreams and Harold Runnels Center in the Larry Brian Mitchell Recreation Center, 705 Montoya Blvd.
Recycling Council
McKinley Citizen’s Recycling Council is a local non-profit 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 www. Recylegallup.org.
SAVE THE DATE
Award-Winning Lecture Series
Rehoboth Christian School presents 15 days of a free liberal arts education from an award winning lecture series, Jan. 6 - 26. Live Internet video feed will be available. For online listening, and archives of past lectures please visit calvin.edu/January. Begins: 10:30 am. Location: 07B Tse Yaaniichii Lane. Free
Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration
On Jan. 16 from 2 - 8 pm, the Octavia Fellin Public Library will have its annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration in honor of his birthday. There will be many activities and crafts as well as a birthday cake. For more information, please call the Children’s Branch at (505) 726-6120 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .
American Indian Day
Save the date! It’s American Indian day at the Legislature on Friday, Feb. 5. Broadening State Tribal Relations for generations to come. For more will be posted on the Indian Affairs Department website: www.iad.state.nm.us or call Nicole Macias at (505) 476-1600.
Navajo Nation Science Fair
The Red Rock State Park-Church Rock presents the Navajo Nation Science Fair, Feb. 23- 25. Registration deadline: Feb. 17 at midnight. Categories available include: animal science, behavioral and social science, biology, chemistry, and more. For online registration please visit: www.sciencefairregstration.com. For more information please contact the Dine School improvement: (505) 871 - 7452.