This Week @ OFPL

Congratulations to our Week 3 Prize Winners, Luke and Gabriell! Thanks to everyone who submitted reading and activity logs this week. Keep up the great work!

The library team requests your presence at the next City Council meeting this Tuesday, June 27 at 6:00 PM!

We are very excited to hear Lynn Isaacson, our esteemed Library Advisory Board Chair, present  an overview of the programs and services made freely available through the Octavia Fellin Public Library.      

Your support is crucial as we prepare to build a new regional center to expand the impact that we have on our community and the surrounding region. 

Monday, June 26

An energetic story and song time for children ages 0 to 5 and their families. Today we will be reading stories and singing songs about friendship and kindness.

Learn about how native flowers and pollinators work All Together Now to contribute to a thriving ecosystem. Decorate your own flower pot and plant some of your own mix of wildflowers native to the Southwestern U.S.

Tuesday, June 27

In a city inhabited by anthropomorphic animals, an uptight rabbit police officer is forced to work with a charismatic fox con artist in order to get to the bottom of a major case involving the disappearance of carnivorous citizens.

PG - 1 hour 46 minutes

Learn how to play chess, or improve your game! Every Tuesday, we will have a lesson on developing your tactics and strategy. All ages are welcome.

The library team requests your presence at the next City Council meeting this Tuesday, June 27 at 6:00 PM!

Your support is crucial as we prepare to build a new regional center to expand the impact that we have on our community and the surrounding region. 

Wednesday, June 28

An energetic story and song time for children ages 0 to 5 and their families. This month we are reading stories and singing songs about friendship and kindness.

Kids and adults ages 6 and up are invited to explore the OFPL Makerspace equipment, which currently includes a 3D printer, button maker, and many engineering and STEM kits.

Celebrate National Wildland Firefighter Week!

A drama based on the elite crew of men who battled a wildfire in Prescott, Arizona in June 2013 that claimed the lives of 19 of their members.

PG-13 - 2 hours 13 minutes

Thursday, June 29

Adults ages 19+ are invited to join us for this class taught by Chef Melvina Jones, CWPC from Navajo Technical University's Culinary Arts Program! Join us as we learn how to make Empanadas!

Since participation is limited, advance registration using the link below is required.

Kids and adults of all ages are invited to join us as we create our own woven dolls!

Friday, June 30

The Wonders on Wheels Museum is a professionally curated traveling museum housed in a 38 foot RV. This year, the museum exhibit features the work of Gustave Baumann. Baumann is popular for his colorful woodblock prints, oil paintings, marionettes, his craftsmanship and for his collaboration in the making of the first Zozobra. His work depicts the natural world of the Southwest, petroglyphs, and Puebloan life.

In addition to viewing the exhibit, you are invited to come into the Children & Youth Library to try your hand at building your own marionette.

Unwind from a busy week! Get Up and Game All Together Now with video games and fun for the whole family including the Nintendo Switch, Xbox Kinect and Oculus virtual reality!

Learn how to play chess, or improve your game! Every Tuesday, we will have a lesson on developing your tactics and strategy. All ages are welcome.

Saturday, July 1

Adults ages 19+ are invited to learn how to use the powerful research tool Ancestry.com. Explore family research and learn how various sources such as city directories, insurance maps, registrations, vital, census, land, tax, cemetery, and military records can open the door to history.