5th Chemnitz Reading Night on 26 May at the TIETZ
Award ceremony "Chemnitzer Stadtgeschichten", book market, readings, live music, puppet show, reading stage with André Herrmann & Ahne
Next Saturday, 26 May, Chemnitz authors, literary associations, writing workshops, publishers, bookshops and antiquarian bookshops will present themselves at the Chemnitz Reading Night at the TIETZ with a large book market from 3 to 10 p.m. around the petrified forest. The winners of the "Chemnitz City Stories" competition will be honoured and read their stories. There will also be a varied literary programme, puppet shows, live music, games and hands-on activities for the whole family. Finally, at around 8 pm, the well-known reading stage authors André Herrmann (Lesebühne Schkeuditzer Kreuz, Comedy mit Karsten) and Ahne (Surfpoeten, Reformbühne Heim & Welt) will present their best and funniest texts. Admission is free.
The Chemnitz Reading Night is organised by Kulturbetrieb/Stadtbibliothek Chemnitz in cooperation with Romance Cultural Studies/TU Chemnitz and Studentenwerk Chemnitz-Zwickau. In 2018, the event is part of the Chemnitzer Stadtgeschichte_n project(www.chemnitzer-stadtgeschichten.de) to mark the city's 875th anniversary and is sponsored by Chemnitzer Wirtschaftsförderungs- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH.
Programme of the 5th reading night
15.00 hrs | TIETZ-Foyer
Welcome! Opening performance
15.00 - 20.00 hrs | TIETZ foyer
Book and antiquarian book market, games and craft activities for the whole family
15.00 - 20.00 | TIETZ forecourt
Quotes meet cobblestones
15.00 - 22.00 | CAB CoffeeArtBar
CoffeeAndBooks, browse new books in peace and quiet
15.00 - 20.00 | New Saxon Gallery
ART CREATED! Designing self-made papers / papermaking
15.00 - 20.00 | Neue Sächsische Galerie
Henriette Kunze on the grand piano
3.30 - 4.30 pm | Museum of Natural History
"The Return of the Little Prince" - pupils write & read for pupils
3.30 - 4.30 pm | TIETZ Foyer
"This is how strong fathers created Chemnitz, my city", members of the 1st Chemnitz Authors' Association read Chemnitz stories
15.30 - 16.30 | Museum ticket office 1st floor
14 - 18 WARWAS. Divided Memories / The Year 1918 | Rom.Kult. & Cie
16.00 - 17.00 | New Saxon Gallery
PAPIERLAPAP "A little fish dreams and longs for the sun" - poetic journey through paper worlds by and with Heda Bayer (for children aged 2 and over)
16.30 - 17.15 hrs | Museum of Natural History
875 years of Chemnitz Project of the Montessori School introduces itself
16.30 - 17.30 | CAB CoffeeArtBar
Reading Team Odradek
16.30 - 17.30 | Central Library Children's World
UNICEF group from Chemnitz University of Technology reads stories from children around the world
17.00 - 18.00 | New Saxon Gallery
"Becoming a mother is not difficult, but being a mother is very difficult" - Migrant women read Irmtraud Morgner
17.00 - 18.00 | TIETZ Foyer
Lothar Becker, texts & songs
17.15 - 18.00 | Museum of Natural History
Franked brawn & cancelled sunflowers: postal experiments in mail art with Lucia Schaub
18.00 - 20.00 | Event hall 3rd floor
Award ceremony "Chemnitzer Stadtgeschichte_n" - Honouring and reading of the competition winners
20.00 hrs | TIETZ foyer
Reading stage: André Herrmann & Ahne read, sing and drink