This Week @ OFPL

There are SO MANY exciting things happening at the library this week! Among others, don't miss out on...

• Captain Friendship, a free performance for kids by a professional touring theatre.

• The opening of our national exhibit World on the Move at the Rex Museum, along with an exciting bread-tasting event that will highlight Gallup's many cultures.

• A family concert by award-winning musician and magician Mike Schneider.

For more information about these events and more, please see below. We hope to see you this week at the library!

Monday, July 10

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 neighborhoods and communities.

Today's story time will take place outside in the courtyard just to the west of the Children's library, weather permitting.

Eureka! - Creating Clean Water

4 PM at the Children & Youth Library

Learn how water engineers use many different parts working All Together Now to build filters that create clean water for communities! Try your hand at designing a your own water filter.

Tuesday, July 1

Kidz Cinema - The Kid Who Would be King (2019)

2 PM at the Children & Youth Library

Alex, a 12-year-old boy, and his friends fight an evil sorceress with the help of Excalibur, the sword of King Arthur, in a bid to save the world from her atrocities.

PG - 2 hours

Bright Star Theatre - Captain Friendship

4 PM at El Morro Theatre

Join us for a live production by a professional touring theatre for families with kids of all ages!

There’s trouble under the big top as the Bully Bandit has struck fear in the hearts of all the performers. It’s up to one superhero to stand up and make a difference – Captain Friendship! Audiences learn to stand up to the Bully Bandit and find that kindness is the ultimate superpower!

45 minutes

We READ, We TALK Book Club

6 PM at the Main Library

Join us for a discussion of the book Santiago's Road Home by New Mexico author Alexandra Diaz! A young boy gets detained by ICE while crossing the border from Mexico to the United States in this timely and unflinching novel.

Wednesday, July 12

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 neighborhoods and communities.

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 Malala Day!

This film profiles Malala Yousafzai, a young women's rights activist from Pakistan who has endured attempts on her life by the Taliban for her outspoken opinions on equal access to education.

PG-13 - 2 hours

Thursday, July 13

Kids and adults of all ages are invited to join us as we turn used plastic bottles into whooshing airplanes!

Friday, July 14

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!

Join us for the opening of a special traveling exhibition, curated by the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, which aims to help people appreciate migration histories — their own and those of others — by drawing on a wealth of case studies from across human history and the breadth of cultures.

We are proud to be one of only 15 sites selected to host this exhibit as it travels across the country.

If you can't make on to the opening day, the exhibit will be open for viewing at the Rex Museum from July 14 tAugust 10, with the following weekly hours:

Thursday: 4-8 PM

Friday: 12-6 PM

Saturday & Sunday: 12-4 PM

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.

As part of our World on the Move exhibit, join us for an exploration of Gallup as a crossroads of migration by sampling breads from the many different cultures that call our community home.

Saturday, July 15

Tweens, teens, and adults ages 12+ are invited to join us as we learn how to select, lay out and cut patterns, use a sewing machine, seam finishes, and hand sew to finish. Today we will be sewing simple drawstring backpacks.

Join us for a family concert with musician Mike Schneider! Mike's music will have people of all ages singing, clapping, and dancing along. Mike's program is so much more than music: it is theme-fitting magic, comedy, and education rolled into one fluid, high-energy musical package guaranteed to bring a smile to the faces of young and old alike!