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Community Calendar Oct. 28 - Nov. 3, 2022

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FRIDAY,  OCT. 28

GMCS TRUNK OR TREAT

3:30 pm - 4:30 pm @ 640 Boardman

NAVAJO RUG WEAVING

10 am - 2 pm @ OFPL’s Main Library (115 W. Hill Ave.). 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.

CREATIVE CORNER - ORIGAMI FLEXTANGLE

3 pm @ Main Library (115 W. Hill Ave.) Celebrate the spooky season by creating your own haunted house using chalk pastels and paper. 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.). 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

1 pm - 5 pm @ the Children’s Library (200 W. Aztec Ave). Get up and Game with video games and fun for the whole family! 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, OCT. 29

12TH ANNUAL FOUR CORNERS INVITATIONAL YOUTH FOOTBALL

All Day @ Tom Saucedo Memorial Park (631 N. Sixth St.). Tony Dorsett Touch Down Football League. Gallup hosts the 12th Annual Four Corners Youth Football Championships.

SECOND ANNUAL MUMMY 5K RUN AND WALK

The race starts at 9 am @ Fox Run Golf Course (1109 Susan Ave.). For more information call the Community Pantry at (505) 726-8068.

WE READ, WE TALK HYBRID BOOK CLUB

2 pm @ OFPL’s Main Library (115 W. Hill Ave.) or on Zoom. OFPL’s book club book for October is “A Place of Thin Veil” by Bob Rosebrough. Come discuss the book. Bob Rosenbrough will actually be present to answer questions and discuss the book at this meeting. Refreshments will be served! 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.

MONDAY,  OCT. 31

ZOLLINGER HAUNTED HALLOWEEN

All day @ the UNM-Gallup Zollinger Library (705 Gurley Ave.). Celebrate Halloween at Zollinger Library. Trick-or-treat all day long and get candy by voting in their Staff Pumpkin Contest. There will be activities throughout the day. 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 .

FAMILY STORYTIME

11 am on Mondays inside the Children’s Branch (200 W. Aztec Ave.). This week, the theme is “so many colors!” Age 0-4.  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.

TWEENS WHO STREAM

4 pm @ OFPL’s Children’s Branch (200 W. Aztec Ave.). This week, celebrate Hispanic heritage by learning how to make calaveras, or sugar skulls, from scratch.  Observe how sugar molecules bind together in the presence of water. 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, NOV. 1

BOOK DONATIONS

@ @ the UNM-Gallup Zollinger Library (705 Gurley Ave.). Throughout November, Zollinger Library will be collecting donations of books for the community. Donate new or gently used books at one of the collection boxes around campus. 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 .

FREE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH TRAININGS

The city is hosting free monthly behavioral health trainings. The presenter will be Art Romero, MA, LPCC, MAC. The presentations are open to the community members with the target audience being Behavioral Health Providers that work with Substance Use. CEUS will be offered. For more information and to register  go to https://www.gallupnm.gov/civicalerts.aspx?AID=1007.

CHESS CLUB

4:30 pm @ OFPL’s Children’s Branch (200 W. Aztec Ave.). 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, NOV. 1 AND
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 2

SUGAR SKULL DECORATING PARTY

2 pm - 4 pm @ OFPL’s Main Library (115 W. Hill Ave.) and the Children’s Library (200 W. Aztec Ave.). Celebrate Dia de los Muertos with a Sugar Skull decorating party. While supplies last. 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, NOV. 2

NATIVE AMERICAN STUDIES DEDICATION

10 am @ the UNM-Gallup Zollinger Library (705 Gurley Ave.). The public is invited to join Zollinger Library for the official dedication and blessing of the new Native American Studies section in the library. 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 .

BIG LIBRARY READ

OFPL members of all ages can experience the Big Library Read, the world’s largest digital book club, with a Newbery Award-winning young adult novel. 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.

HOUR OF CODE

4 pm @ OFPL’s Children’s Branch (200 W. Aztec Ave.) for an interactive, hands-on tech program for tweens & teens.

MIDWEEK MATINEE AT OFPL

4 pm every Wednesday @ OFPL’s main library (115 W. Hill Ave.). This week’s film is “ The Book of Life” (2014) to celebrate the Day of the Dead.

FAMILY STORYTIME

Join OFPL @ 11 am on Wednesdays inside the Children’s Branch (200 W. Aztec Ave.). This week, the theme is “so many colors!”

THURSDAY, NOV. 3

NOVEMBER FILMS: CELEBRATING NATIVE AMERICANS

4 pm @ the UNM-Gallup Zollinger Library (705 Gurley Ave.).  This month Zollinger Library is celebrating Native American Heritage Month by showing Native films. This week’s movie is “Turquoise Rose.” 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 .

EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

9 am - 12 pm. The Emergency Rental Assistance Program makes funding available to assist households that are unable to pay rent or utilities. Join New Mexico Legal Aid at Octavia Fellin Public Library every Thursday from 9 am-Noon for assistance completing the ERAP application.  They will be onsite for walk-ins ready to provide help in keeping safe, stable, and affordable housing.

CRAFTY KIDS

4 pm. Join OFPL in the Children’s Branch (200 W. Aztec Ave.) for family-friendly crafts and step-by-step tutorials for all skill levels. This week they will be making straw marble mazes.

SAVE THE DATE

SATURDAY, NOV. 5 ‘

WOMEN VETERAN & FAMILY SUPPORT GROUP CRAFT SHOW

9 am - 5 pm @ Veterans Helping Veterans (908 E. Buena Vista Ave.) For more information call (505) 879-0858.

RECYCLING CRAFTS FAIR

9 am - 3 pm @ Gallup Community Service Center (410 Bataan Veterans St.).

FAMILY STORYTIME WITH LOCAL AUTHOR SHEILA LOFGREN

2 pm @ the Children’s Branch (200 W. Aztec. Ave.).

TUESDAY, NOV. 8

REGULAR COMMISSION MEETING

9 am @ 207 W. Hill Ave.

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.

ONGOING

COMMUNITY DÍA DE LOS MUERTOS ALTAR

OFPL invites the local community to add photos, messages, and symbolic items to the Altar “Ofrenda” during the month of November. Honor loved ones who have passed with a community Día de Los Muertos Altar at the Main Library. 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.

FRIENDS OF OFPL MEMBERSHIP DRIVE

The Friends of the Octavia Fellin Public Library is having a membership drive through the end of the year.

INTER-TRIBAL INDIAN CEREMONIAL: A PHOTO RETROSPECTIVE

The City of Gallup invites you to celebrate the centennial of Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonial through images and objects, an exhibition curated by OFPL.

gallupARTS EXTENDS HOURS

12 pm-6 pm Tuesdays through Saturdays (123 W. Coal Ave.)