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Xtreme Competition: MarioKart Edition!

Summer Reading Challenge 2025

2025-07-28 17:30:00 2025-07-28 18:30:00 America/Chicago Xtreme Competition: MarioKart Edition! Main Library - RPLF Teen Zone / Active Zone

Monday, July 28
5:30pm - 6:30pm

Add to Calendar 2025-07-28 17:30:00 2025-07-28 18:30:00 America/Chicago Xtreme Competition: MarioKart Edition! A low stakes, high action tournament in the Teen Zone featuring our Nintendo Switch. Come show us who can take gold in MarioKart! Main Library - RPLF Teen Zone / Active Zone

Main Library

RPLF Teen Zone / Active Zone

A low stakes, high action tournament in the Teen Zone featuring our Nintendo Switch. Come show us who can take gold in MarioKart!

TAGS: | Reading Challenge | Games |

Main Library

info@rockfordpubliclibrary.org
Phone: 815-965-7606
Branch manager
Dunarene Hopson

Hours
Mon, Jul 21 9:00AM to 8:00PM
Tue, Jul 22 9:00AM to 8:00PM
Wed, Jul 23 9:00AM to 8:00PM
Thu, Jul 24 9:00AM to 8:00PM
Fri, Jul 25 9:00AM to 5:00PM
Sat, Jul 26 9:00AM to 5:00PM
Sun, Jul 27 Closed

About the library

The 66,000 sq.ft. Main Library opened in spring of 2024 and serves as the Rockford Public Library's main downtown facility. The newly constructed space boasts a 1st floor Children's Area complete with a dedicated computer lab, three program rooms, play structure with slide, and baby garden, a Maker Lab with access to 3D printers and scanners and small board computers, podcasting room, green screen video room, a large Young Adult Zone with gaming center, adult computer lab, local history room, and several meeting and study rooms accommodating groups of 2-8 people. Additional features include a large interactive screen, two roof-top terraces, one of which is available for rent as part of our large event space on the third floor, underground parking, and drive-thru book drop holds pickup!

Upcoming events

Mon, Jul 21, 10:00am - 10:45am
Rooms 115A & 115B: Activity and Story Time
Books, songs, rhymes, and crafts for children ages 3-5

Mon, Jul 21, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Ahlstrand Family Foundation Craft Room
A bi-weekly art program designed for tweens, offering a chance to express themselves creatively.
This event is full

Tue, Jul 22, 10:00am - 10:30am
Room 115B: Story Time
Dance and sing the morning away at this active storytime for toddlers and preschoolers.

Wed, Jul 23, 10:00am - 11:00am
Children's Event Space
This interactive storytime for young children from birth to 24 months, focuses on their development, incorporating music, movement, and reading.

Wed, Jul 23, 4:30pm - 6:30pm
RPLF Teen Zone / Active Zone
Level up your mapmaking!

Wed, Jul 23, 4:30pm - 6:30pm
Room 208: Maker Activity B
Love to crochet? So do we! Bring in your UFO stands for "unfinished object". It's a term used to describe a project that has been temporarily or permanently abandoned.

Thu, Jul 24, 11:00am - 1:00pm
We are making a cover for the sewing machine foot pedal. We encourage you to register so you can receive the link.

Fri, Jul 25, 11:00am - 1:00pm
Room 211: Recording Studio
Open Maker Lab lets you use Maker Lab equipment after completing Maker Lab 101 and getting certified.
Please contact the library to register for this event.

Mon, Jul 28, 10:00am - 10:45am
Rooms 115A & 115B: Activity and Story Time
Books, songs, rhymes, and crafts for children ages 3-5

Mon, Jul 28, 5:30pm - 6:30pm
RPLF Teen Zone / Active Zone
A low stakes, high action tournament in the Teen Zone featuring our Nintendo Switch. Come show us who can take gold in MarioKart!