City library events in July and August 2022
Monday, 4 July, 4 to 7 pm
BibLab-C: Freifunk consultation hour, Tietz Edition
Location: TIETZ, Central Library, BibLab-C, GamingArena
Participation: free of charge
Registration requested at www.stadtbibliothek-chemnitz.de/biblab-c/veranstaltungen
Freifunk Chemnitz e.V. meets in the middle of one of its largest installations and shows in a cosy environment what is possible with WiFi today.
From a simple router that you place by your window to complex event planning, you can come along with your questions or set up your first Freifunk router together with us.
Wednesday, 6 July, 7 pm
Jaroslav Rudiš: "Winterberg's last journey"
Venue: TIETZ, event hall
Participation: 8 Euro / 6 Euro
Registration: TIETZ, Information Desk, Tel. 0371 4884366
Jan Kraus works as a geriatric nurse in Berlin. He was born in Vimperk, formerly Winterberg, in the Bohemian Forest and has lived in Germany since 1986. The circumstances under which he left Czechoslovakia remain his secret. And his trauma. Kraus accompanies seriously ill people in the last days of their lives. One of them is Wenzel Winterberg. A Sudeten German, he was expelled from Czechoslovakia after the war. When Kraus meets him, he is lying paralysed in bed.
It is Kraus' stories from his home in Vimperk that bring Winterberg back to life. But Winterberg wants more from Kraus, he wants to go on a final journey with him in search of his lost love - a journey that takes the two of them through the history of Central Europe. From Berlin to Sarajevo via Reichenberg, Prague, Vienna and Budapest. Because not only Kraus, but also Winterberg is hiding a secret.
Thursday, 7 July, 2 to 5 pm
Book summer on tour
Location: Konkordia Park
Participation: free of charge
Target group: 11 to 16 years
LARA, the city library's cargo bike, will be there for you in Konkordia Park. It will be carrying a selection from the exclusive summer book collection. Come along, register, browse and get talking about books and the world.
Wednesday, 13 July, 2 to 6 pm
Big book market
Location: TIETZ, Foyer
Big book market for discarded library media: books, CDs, DVDs at bargain prices
Thursday, 14 July, 3 to 6 pm
Let's play - gaming in the library
Location: TIETZ, Central Library, BibLab-C
Participation: free of charge (registration is not required)
Target group: recommended from 12 years
We play borrowable PS4 and Nintendo Switch games and introduce new games.
Monday, 25 July, 2.30 pm
Reading time - together you read less alone
Location: TIETZ, Central Library, Culture & Countries area
Participation: free of charge
No more lonely reading at home! Our reading mentor Regina Klinger has once again selected interesting books for adults and will read from them.
Monday, 25 July
10 to 10.30 a.m. for children aged 10 to 13,
11 to 11.30 a.m. for teenagers aged 13 to 16
Book Summer Bookcasting - Comic Edition
Location: TIETZ, Central Library, Children's World
Participation: free of charge (registration is not required)
Today you are the jury and decide who flies and who wins. You will choose your winning comic in 6 categories. Interested accompanying persons are also very welcome.
Wednesday, 27 July, 3 p.m.
Reading time - together you read less alone
Location: District library in the Yorck area, Scharnhorststraße 11
Participation: free of charge
No more lonely reading at home! Our reading mentor Petra Lory has once again selected interesting books for adults and will read from them.
Thursday, 28 July, 10 a.m.
Never press the red button or the volcano will erupt
Author reading with Kati Naumann and exciting live experiment
Location: Knappteich in the Yorck area
Registration required by 26 July by email: ivonne.haertzsch(at)stadtbibliothek-chemnitz.de or by phone: 0371 71885
Recommended for children aged 8 to 12.
As a real scientist, Egon is constantly carrying out all kinds of possible and impossible experiments. He can't really explain why something always goes wrong. Egon's best friend Jojo also loves researching - if only he wasn't always so scared! The two of them stumble from one disaster to the next. Hilarious chaos guaranteed!
Note: Please bring your own picnic blanket. Interested companions are very welcome.
An event organised in cooperation with the Bürgerplattform Mitte-Ost and the Verein zur Förderung der Solidarität, Demokratie und Bildung (SDB e.V.).
Thursday, 28 July, 3 to 6 pm
Let's play - gaming in the library
Location: TIETZ, Central Library, BibLab-C
Participation: free of charge (registration is not required)
Target group: recommended from 12 years
We play borrowable PS4 and Nintendo Switch games and introduce new games.
Thursday, 4 August, 4 to 5.30 pm
"The crazy inventor's shed: The heat-free regulator" by Lena Hach
Book presentation with experiment for children aged 6 to 10
Location: Yorck district library, Scharnhorststraße 11
Registration requested by 2 August, by phone 0371 71885 or by email to: ivonne.haertzsch(at)stadtbibliothek-chemnitz.de
The summer holidays are over and now Fred, Tilda and Walter have no time to work on new inventions. So what could be more obvious than inventing something to buy them time? They need a heat-free regulator! The subsequent experimenting and playing also makes us warm... or cold?
Thursday, 11 August, 2 to 5 pm
Let's play - Kids Edition
Location: TIETZ, Central Library, Children's World
Participation: free of charge (registration is not required)
Recommended from 6 years
We play together on Playstation and Nintendo Switch.
Tuesday, 16 August, 3 to 4.30 pm
"The crazy inventor's shed: The heat-free regulator" by Lena Hach
Book presentation with experiment for children aged 6 to 10
Location: Vita Centre District Library, W.-Sagorski-Straße 22
Participation: free of charge
Registration requested by 15 August by telephone on 0371 4884280 or by email to: sophie.schrader-heinig(at)stadtbibliothek-chemnitz.de
The summer holidays are over and now Fred, Tilda and Walter have no time to work on new inventions. So what could be more obvious than inventing something to buy them time? They need a heat-free regulator! The subsequent experimenting and playing will also make us warm... or cold?
Friday, 19 August, 4 to 5 pm
Our oceans - book presentation and quiz
Karla Kröti crawls cheekily into the cool water
Location: TIETZ, Central Library, learning room in the science and technology area
Registration required by 17 August by email: karsta.kuehnlein(at)stadtbibliothek-chemnitz.de or by phone: 0371 488 4276
Recommended for children aged 6 to 10.
We dive into the world of the oceans and learn all kinds of interesting facts on an interactive journey. In the final ocean game, we then help "Karla Kröti" on her way into the sea.
Thursday, 25 August, 2 to 5 pm
Let's play - gaming in the library & craft activity
Location: TIETZ, Central Library, BibLab-C, GamingArena
Participation: free of charge (registration is not required)
Recommended from 6 years
We make obstacles and test them on our race track with Mario Kart Home Circuit.
Monday, 29 August, 2.30 pm
Reading time - together you read less alone
Location: TIETZ, Central Library, Culture & Countries section
Participation: free of charge
No more lonely reading at home! Our reading mentor Regina Klinger has once again selected interesting books for adults and will read from them.
Tuesday, 30 August, 3.30 to 5 p.m.
BibLab-C: Writing workshop
Location: TIETZ, Central Library, BibLab-C, Maker area
Participation: 3 euros
Please register here.
Target group: Children and young people aged 8 and over
Well, what's going on in your head cinema? Juggle with words, find your topic and a good title. With creative impulses and the right amount of guidance, you'll get into the flow of writing. Organiser: ERIKA e. V.
Wednesday, 31 August, 3 p.m.
Reading time - together you read less alone
Location: District library in the Yorck neighbourhood, Scharnhorststraße 11
Participation: free of charge
No more lonely reading at home! Our reading mentor Petra Lory has once again selected interesting books for adults and will read from them.
Recurring events
Tuesdays, 1 to 3 pm
Refugees welcome in the library!
Location: TIETZ, Central Library, Culture & Countries section
Participation: free of charge
Learning mentors help with learning German and with homework for the DaZ and DaF courses (German as a second/German as a foreign language).
Tuesdays, 3 to 6 pm
Specialised work consultation hour for pupils
Location: TIETZ, Central Library, Science & Technology area
Participation: free of charge
Registration is required, stating the topic of the research paper, by calling 0371 488 4222, by e-mail: facharbeit(at)stadtbibliothek-chemnitz.de or in person at the library.
We help with research in library catalogues and online databases and offer free self-help for effective research.
Appointments by arrangement
E-book consultation hour
Location: TIETZ, Central Library, Science & Technology section
Participation: free of charge
Please arrange your personal appointment by phone: 0371 488 4254 or e-mail: steffi.fischer@stadtbibliothek-chemnitz.de.
Are you having problems with your e-book reader or don't know why you can't borrow e-media? We can help you with an individual consultation.
Tuesday, 5 July, 10 / 11.30 / 14 / 15.30 (duration approx. 1 hour)
Thursday, 21 July, 10 / 11.30 / 14 / 15.30 (duration approx. 1 hour)
Tuesday, 30 August, 10 / 11.30 / 14 / 15.30 (duration approx. 1 hour)
BibLab-C: Introduction to the MediaLab
Location: TIETZ, Central Library, BibLab-C, Maker area
Participation: free of charge
Please register here.
Target group: Introductory event for interested parties
Do you have records and audio/VHS cassettes at home that you want to finally have in your digital playlist? Then use the technology in the BibLab-C! Today we'll show you how to do it, tomorrow you'll be digitising your collections yourself.
Tuesday, 5 July, 10 / 11.30 / 14 / 15.30 (duration approx. 1 hour)
Thursday, 21 July, 10 / 11.30 / 14 / 15.30 (duration approx. 1 hour)
Tuesday, 30 August, 10 / 11.30 / 14 / 15.30 (duration approx. 1 hour)
BibLab-C: Introduction AudioStudio
Location: TIETZ, Central Library, BibLab-C, Maker area
Participation: free of charge
Please register here.
Target group: Introductory event for interested parties
Have you always wanted to produce a podcast or radio play? Are you looking for a space to digitally record and mix your own composition? Then use the technology in the BibLab-C! Today we'll show you how to do it, tomorrow you'll be sending your voice and your songs out into the world.
Book Summer Saxony
Opening of Book Summer Saxony - "When reading I dive"
Monday, 4 July, 9 am
Location: Central Library in the TIETZ
Monday, 4 July, 10 a.m.
Venue: Vita Centre District Library, Wladimir-Sagorski-Straße 20
Tuesday, 5 July, 10 a.m.
Venue: District library in the Yorck area, Scharnhorststraße 11
Tuesday, 5 July, 10 a.m.
Location: Einsiedel neighbourhood library, Einsiedler Hauptstraße 79b
All boys and girls between the ages of 11 and 16 who enjoy reading can become members of the city library's reading club. Hundreds of brand new thrillers, mystery and fantasy novels and topical stories about love and life are available to club members. Registration is free and uncomplicated. Anyone who has finished three books by 27 August will receive a certificate and be invited to the closing party after the summer holidays.
The Book Summer Saxony is a summer holiday campaign organised by public libraries in the Free State of Saxony and the Saxony State Association of the German Library Association in cooperation with the State Ministry of Science, Culture and Tourism (SMWK) and the Chemnitz City Library Supporters' Association. The project is co-financed by tax funds on the basis of the budget approved by the Saxon state parliament.
www.buchsommer-sachsen.de
Read aloud
On quiet soles... Stories to listen to
read aloud for everyone with keen ears
Our reading mentors read the latest children's books, classics, "bestsellers" from their own childhood or even texts they have written themselves. Admission is free.
The dates:
Tuesday, 5 / 12 / 19 / 26 July, each at 4.30 pm
Tuesday, 2 / 9 / 16 / 23 / 30 August, each at 4.30 p.m.
Location: Central Library, Children's World
Saturday, 2 / 9 / 16 / 23 / 30 July, 11 a.m. each day
Saturday, 6 / 13 / 20 / 27 August, 11 a.m. each day
Location: Central Library, Children's World
Saturday, 2 / 9 / 16 / 23 / 30 July, 10.30 a.m. each day
Saturday, 6 / 13 / 20 / 27 August, 10.30 a.m. each day
Location: Vita Centre District Library, W.-Sagorski-Straße 22
Tuesday, 5 / 12 / 19 / 26 July, 4 p.m. each day
Tuesday, 2 / 9 / 16 / 23 / 30 August, 4 p.m. each day
Location: Einsiedel District Library, Einsiedler Hauptstraße 79b
Tuesday, 5 / 12 / 19 / 26 July, 4.30 pm each day
Tuesday, 2 / 9 / 16 / 23 / 30 August, 4.30 pm each day
Location: District library in the Yorck area, Scharnhorststraße 11
Subject to change due to current events.