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Community Calendar Dec. 30, 2022 - Jan. 5, 2023

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FRIDAY,  DEC.  30

CREATIVE CORNER - RECYCLED MAGAZINE MOSAIC

3 pm @ OFPL’s main library (115 W. Hill Ave.). Learn how to create a faux ceramic mosaic using recycled magazines. 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.

GET UP AND GAME

1 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, DEC. 31 -
MONDAY, JAN. 2

OFPL HOLIDAY CLOSURE

SATURDAY, DEC. 31

LAST DAY OF FROSTY THE SNOWMAN VISITS GALLUP

Take a stroll along Coal Ave. from First Street to Third Street and check out window paintings of Frosty the Snowman gamboling about Gallup. This event will be going on until Dec. 31.

UNWRAP THE GIFT OF READING

Throughout the month of December select a wrapped book to check out, unwrap, and read! 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.

MITTEN TREE

In the spirit of holiday giving OFPL will be collecting new mittens, gloves, hats, scarves, socks, and earmuffs throughout the month of December.  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.

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.

MONDAY,  JAN. 2

GMCS WINTER BREAK ENDS

EUREKA!

4 pm @ OFPL’s Facebook page. This week explore the world of electricity by inventing a flashlight, then create an on/off switch for it! 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, JAN. 3

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, JAN. 4

TEEN PAINT NIGHT

5 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.

REVOLUTION CHESS CLUB

6 pm - 7:30 pm @ Rio West Mall’s food court (1300 W. Maloney Ave.) A free chess club that is open to players of all ages and skill levels. For more information 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 Firestarter.

FAMILY STORYTIME

11 am @ the Children’s Branch (200 W. Aztec Ave.). This week, the theme is “Head, Shoulders, Knees & Toes.” 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.

TINKER TECH

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

THURSDAY, JAN. 5

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. 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.

CRAFTY KIDS

4 pm @ OFPL’s Children’s Branch (200 W. Aztec Ave.). 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

MONDAY, JAN. 9

GMCS SCHOOL BOARD MEETING

1 pm-2 pm @ SSC 640 Boardman Dr.

TUESDAY, JAN. 10

REGULAR COMMISSION MEETING

9 am @ 207 W. Hill Ave.

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 11

TEEN PAINT NIGHT

5 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.

SATURDAY, JAN. 14

SHOW OPENING: REFLECT AND REFRACT

4 pm - 6 pm @ ART123 Gallery (123 W. Coal Ave.). Reflect & Refract: Diné Photography & Visual Sovereignty celebrates select artists’ relationships to and perspective of Dinétah, the Navajo homeland. The show will be at the gallery until Feb. 4.

MONDAY, JAN. 16

OFPL HOLIDAY CLOSURE FOR MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. DAY

TUESDAY, JAN. 17

CHUNKY KNIT BLANKET WORKSHOP

4 pm @ OFPL’s Main Library (115 W. Hill Ave.). Make your own chunky knit blanket to keep warm this season and enjoy a nice cup of hot cocoa 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.

THURSDAY, AN. 19

GUEST CURATOR TALK

6 pm @ ART123 Gallery (123 W. Coal Ave.) and on the gallery’s Facebook page. Go behind the scenes of Reflect and Refract with artist
Raphael Begay.

SATURDAY, JAN. 21

KEVA PLANK BUILD-OFF

12 pm - 4 pm @ @ Rio West Mall (1300 W. Maloney Ave.). Join OFPL and Rio West Mall and celebrate International Creativity Month by engineering and building creations with Keva Planks, or tackle one of their Keva challenges. 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.

ONGOING

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.

WE READ, WE TALK HYBRID BOOK CLUB

OFPL’s book club book for January is Shutter by Ramona Emerson. Discussions will be held in February on Zoom or in person at the 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.

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. Email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it for more information.

gallupARTS EXTENDS HOURS

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

GOOGLE CAREER CERTIFICATE SCHOLARSHIP

Jump-start your career with a Google Career Certificate scholarship. For more info email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or call (505) 863-1291.