Gallup Sun

Welcome back for another edition of DVD and Blu-ray highlights coming your way. Some of the summer releases are starting to arrive, so there are plenty of big flicks hitting shelves. If you can’t make it out to the movies this week, be sure give one of these titles a try!

Big New Releases!

Free State of Jones - This Civil War biopic revolves around Newton Knight, a liberal Southern Unionist in Mississippi who rallied slaves, deserters, and like-minded farmers to fight against the Confederacy. The movie itself had some trouble gaining supporters — reaction was split with a few more weighing unfavorably on the results. While the performers earned compliments, there...

It was all fun and games at the 70th Annual Navajo Nation Fair Frybread Contest, held at the Hazel Yazza Pavilion at the Navajo Nation Fairgrounds in Window Rock, Ariz. Sept. 8-11. The frybread competition runs for three days and invites folks from all walks of life to compete in a unique test of tastes to find the best frybread in the area.

The contest was first introduced in the 1960s by Hazel Yazza, who saw the need to demonstrate a unique aspect of Navajo culture. The contest was later carried on by Yazza’s family. But for the past 12 years, it’s has been in the hands of Frybread Contest Coordinator Yolanda Ellis.

The contest displays Navajo bread-making at its best, along...

Local pastors resume their weekly meeting to pray for a united community

If you were raised within an extended family of differing church backgrounds, you may have been told not to talk about religion during holidays and reunions. This, however, is not the case for Christian pastors and ministry leaders in the Gallup area.

With summer break officially over, local pastors resumed their weekly “Pastor’s Prayer Meeting” on Aug. 30 at Grace Bible Church at 222 Boulder Dr.

Christian clergy of all backgrounds and denominations are encouraged to attend the prayer meeting Tuesdays at noon.

John Luginbuhl, pastor of Grace Bible Church, has been a regular at the meetings since their...

Previous location closed in 2010

Downtown Gallup now has a shop for musical instruments, music lessons, and Native American jewelry. The same establishment existed some time ago at 200 W. Coal Ave., but closed in 2010 after 13 years in business.

A soft opening of Quintana’s was held Sept. 3 from noon to 2 pm at W. 223 Coal Ave., the new location. A grand opening, complete with organized and impromptu jam sessions, took place Sept. 10 amidst ArtsCrawl Gallup – a monthly event wherein local galleries welcome the general public.

“We are back and with more to offer,” Ryan Quintana, an owner and operator of the store, said. “We are in the business of providing and serving...