Race to Space Summer Library Challenge for Teens

Teens - Reading & activities to rock your universe

Race to Space Challenge
May 28-Aug. 24
Read, go to a library program, watch a movie, play video games and more to earn prizes! Here's how it works:

  • Pick up your Race to Space activity card at the 1st floor service desk.
  • Complete 10 tasks.
  • Turn your activity card in at the library, choose a prize and enter the grand prize drawing for a $100 VISA gift card.
  • You can claim one card per prize, but complete up to three cards.
  • Complete 10 reading circles on a card for a bonus prize! (While supplies last.)
  • Grand prize drawing held on Aug. 23. (Must be present to win.)

Be Fine Free! (BFF)
Read 20 minutes at the library anytime this summer to earn your BFF coupon (limit one per person).

Free Rides to the Library
June 3 – Aug. 23
Show your library card and ride the city bus FREE to the Oshkosh Public Library. It’s easy!
Get on the bus. Show your library card. Get a ticket for a free ride home at any library service desk.
Questions about riding the bus? Call GO Transit at 232-5340.

Teen events & experiences

Girls Who Code
Registration required. Call 236-5208.
Grades 4 – 9                      
June 18 – Aug. 20            
Tuesdays             2 p.m.
Lower Level Tech Lab
Explore concepts that form the basis for all programming languages. Work in teams to tackle a real-world problem that matters to you.

Teen Book Club
Lower Level Meeting Room
Enjoy a special edition of our monthly book club: YA Book-to-Movie Book Club. Read the book, watch the movie, and discuss! Pizza and popcorn are provided. Fifteen free copies of the next book are given away at each meeting.

Fri., July 5 @ 1 p.m.                       Fallen by Lauren Kate
Fri., Aug. 2 @ 1 p.m.                      A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness

Teen DIY
1 p.m.
Lower Level Meeting Room
Fri., June 21                        Galactic Night Light
                                            Make a night light that shines the galaxy in your room.
Fri., July 19                          Nebula Crystal Ball
                                            Create a galaxy in a jar that looks like a crystal ball from outer space!
Fri., Aug. 16                         Candy Pens and Oreo Erasers
                                            Craft some sweet school supplies.

2001: A Space Odyssey
Sat., June 22
Time Community Theater, 445 N Main St.
Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Movie starts at 7. Sponsored by the library.
After discovering a mysterious artifact buried beneath the lunar surface, mankind sets off on a quest to find its origins with help from intelligent supercomputer HAL 9000.
Rated G.

Kitten Kuddle
Fri., June 28
1 p.m.
Lower Level Meeting Room
Snuggle and play with kittens from the Oshkosh Area Humane Society. We’ll make a cat toy to donate.

Stranger Things Trivia   
Mon., July 1
1 p.m.
Lower Level Meeting Room
Can’t wait to start bingeing Season 3? Brush up on Seasons 1 and 2 and play our Jeopardy-style trivia. Bring your friends and compete on a team! Sorry, no demogorgons allowed.

#Instaworthy
Fri., July 12
1 p.m.
Lower Level Meeting Room
Level up your photography skills using your cell phone or camera. A partnership with the Winnebago County 4-H Program (You do not need to be a current 4-H member to attend.)

Constellation Canvas Art
Fri., July 26
1 p.m.
Lower Level Meeting Room
Look at the stars day or night after you make this artwork featuring your favorite constellation.

Build a Space City 
Under the Dome
Mon., July 29-Sat., Aug. 3
Drop in during library hours.
Let's create a futuristic Space City. The library will provide supplies; you provide ideas. This could be just the backdrop you need for your It Came from Oshkosh: A Sci-Fi Short Film Project.

Interactive Harry Potter Movie  
Wed., July 31
Noon
Lower Level Meeting Room
Get your wands ready because this isn't your normal movie showing of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone! Make noise, talk back, throw things, and celebrate Harry's birthday with a special treat!

Asteroid Belt Navigation Challenge
Fri., Aug. 9
1 p.m.
Lower Level Tech Lab
Think you have what it takes to pilot a spacecraft into outer space? Program your Ozobot spaceship to navigate the deadly asteroid belt. The first to safely reach the mission site wins!

Supervillain in Space: An Aerospace Escape Room Challenge - FREE
Registration required. Visit oshkoshpubliclibrary.org after Aug. 1 to reserve a spot.
The world needs your help! A deranged supervillain named Landslide is about to turn the world’s people to stone. He needs one more space rock to complete his deadly machine, and he’s close to finding it. You have 35 minutes to find the location of Landslide’s final rock before he destroys all of humanity! Hurry!
Thurs., Aug. 22
1 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.

Fri., Aug. 23
1 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Lower Level Tech Lab