Participants can sign up to represent their favorite library, and compete against other locations, by recording their fitness activities online. The library team that travels the most virtual miles wins a trophy. Competitors who sign up for Summer Reading as well can win additional prizes for attending library fitness programs. ChallengeWave is co-presented by Durham County Department of Public Health.

The Village Green Project will allow members of the public to use their smart phones to get real-time data on air quality. The bench will become operational on June 22 with a ribbon cutting and celebration from 10 a.m. to 12 noon, featuring games, storytimes and a “meet a scientist” booth. More information.

Hundreds of Summer Reading participants will receive tickets to the game courtesy of Durham Library Foundation, and the library will shine a spotlight on five fantastic Summer Readers.

A helium-filled balloon will lift the capsule from the DBAP center field, and multiple cameras will send live-feed video as it races upward. When the capsule reaches a height of about 70,000 feet, the balloon will expand to more than 50 times its original size, then burst, sending the capsule floating back to earth by parachute. Summer Readers who can’t attend the game can follow the launch online at durhamcountylibrary.org. “First Library in Space” is sponsored by the Friends of the Durham Library.

There will be more games, music, crafts and refreshments to “dig into,” and the Summer Reading grand prize winners will be announced at each location. Bragtown Library and Family Literacy Center will host its finale on Friday, August 9. The Main Library, East Regional, North Regional, South Regional, Southwest Regional and Stanford L. Warren libraries will host their finales on Saturday, August 10.