City library events in March 2022

"Masked ball - How a virus changed the world." - Contemporary history in art and poetry

Reading and discussion with Sigrid Klemm and Conny Hartmann in the run-up to the Chemnitz Peace Day.

Venue: TIETZ, Central Library, Event Hall

Admission: 5 euros, reduced 3 euros, registration required: Tel. 0371 488 4366 or information(at)stadtbibliothek-chemnitz.de (The current Corona regulations apply.)

The coronavirus pandemic has been affecting our lives since 2020. The book "Maskenball" looks at the changes from a very special perspective - expressed in art & poetry. The 80-year-old author and artist Sigrid Klemm reads from her book together with Chemnitz journalist Conny Hartmann and looks back at the beginnings of the pandemic, which has awakened old fears in her. She survived the bombing of Chemnitz on 5 March 1945 at the age of four.

Saturday, 12 March, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Open text workshop organised by the Free German Authors' Association

Location: TIETZ, Central Library, BibLab-C

Admission: free of charge

Editing your own texts. Those coming for the first time can also just listen. Joint event with the Free German Authors' Association.

Thursday, 17 March, 3 to 6 p.m.

Let's play - gaming in the library

Location: TIETZ, Central Library, BibLab-C

Admission: 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.

Saturday, 19 March, 10 am to 2 pm

Big book market

Location: TIETZ, foyer

Specialised library media: books, CDs, DVDs at bargain prices

Saturday, 19 March, 2 to 4 and 4 to 6 p.m.

BibLab-C Special: Water

Location: TIETZ, Central Library, BibLab-C

Admission: free of charge, registration required at www.stadtbibliothek-chemnitz.de/biblab-c/veranstaltungen (limited number of participants)

A hands-on day for the whole family on the topic of water: At the stands of our project partners, you can learn where your drinking water comes from, you can make sounds with the cool water and learn about physical relationships.

Playfully explore the oceans, learn about the marbling technique, design bathing ducks or listen to the reading "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" - without getting your feet wet.

Organiser: BibLab-C project network

Sunday, 20 March, 10.30 a.m.

Short guided tour through the permanent exhibition of the Stefan Heym Forum and screening of the film "Abschied und Ankunft" (104 min.)

Venue: TIETZ, Stefan Heym Forum

Admission: free of charge, please register at heym.gesellschaft(at)stadt-chemnitz.de

Almost 20 years after Stefan Heym's death, his wife Inge Heym donated the writer's working library, which had been collected over decades, to the city of Chemnitz.

Since autumn 2020, it has been presented in the original furniture of his study as the Stefan and Inge Heym Working Library in the newly established Stefan Heym Forum at the TIETZ, where it is available for research.

Chemnitz-born filmmaker Beate Kunath accompanied Inge Heym's preparations for the library's move with her camera. Supplemented by archive footage from interviews with Stefan Heym, the result is a sensitive double portrait that offers surprising new insights into Heym's life and literary work.

Tuesday, 22 March, 3.30 to 5 p.m.

BibLab-C: Writing workshop

Location: TIETZ, Central Library, BibLab-C, Maker area

Admission: 3 euros, registration requested at www.stadtbibliothek-chemnitz.de/biblab-c/veranstaltungen

Target group: children and young people aged 8 and over, minimum number of participants: 3 to 10 people

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, we'll get you into the flow of writing.

Organiser: ERIKA e. V.

Monday, 28 March, 2.30 pm

Reading time - Together you read less alone

Venue: TIETZ, Central Library, Culture & Countries section

Admission: free of charge

Reading mentor Regine Klinger reads satirical short stories from the book "Frische Goldjungs" by Wladimir Kaminer and his friends.

Tuesday, 29 March, 4.15 to 5.45 pm

BibLab-C: Alphabet Soup: Writing more beautifully with ink and nibs - a dive into the inkwell of writing history with a self-experiment

Location: TIETZ, Central Library, BibLab-C, OpenSpace

Admission: free of charge, please register at www.stadtbibliothek-chemnitz.de/biblab-c/veranstaltungen

Target group: young people aged 14 and over and adults, minimum number of participants: 4 to 12 people

Come with us into the inkwell of writing history and let us take you into the secrets of calligraphy. We will discuss together why calligraphy is still relevant in the age of emails and WhatsApp.

Organiser: koalpha

Wednesday, 30 March, 3 p.m.

Reading time - together you read less alone

Venue: District library in the Yorck area, Scharnhorststraße 11

Admission: 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.

Wednesday, 30 March, 5 p.m.

"Everyday life is curable!", Jan Lipowski reads from his new book and presents cartoons by Uwe Krumbiegel

Venue: Einsiedel District Library, Einsiedler Hauptstraße 79b

Admission: 5 euros, reduced 3 euros, registration required: Tel. 0371 71885 or e-mail: einsiedel(at)stadtbibliothek-chemnitz.de (The current Corona regulations apply.)

Lipowski's stories are fast-paced, light as a feather and highly entertaining. Experience an evening full of humorous short and abridged texts - including those about marriage, fidelity, road traffic and vegan weddings, aptly accompanied by witty cartoons by Uwe Krumbiegel.

Recurring events

Tuesdays, 1 to 3 pm

Refugees welcome in the library!

Location: TIETZ, Central Library, Culture & Countries section

Admission: 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 section

Admission: free of charge, registration stating the topic of the research paper is required by phone: 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 and Technology Department

Admission: free of charge, please arrange your personal appointment by phone: 0371 488 4254 or e-mail: steffi.fischer(at)stadtbibliothek-chemnitz.de.

Do you have problems with your e-book reader or do you not know why the lending of
e-media not working for you? We can help you with an individual consultation.

BibLab-C - the Chemnitz library laboratory

Tuesday, 15 March, 10 am to 11 am, 11.30 am to 12.30 pm, 2 pm to 3 pm, 3.30 pm to 4.30 pm

Wednesday, 30 March, 2 p.m. to 3 p.m., 3.30 p.m. to 4.30 p.m.

BibLab-C: Introduction to the MediaLab

Location: TIETZ, Central Library, BibLab-C, Maker area

Admission: free of charge, registration requested at www.stadtbibliothek-chemnitz.de/biblab-c/veranstaltungen

Target group: Introductory event for interested parties

Do you have records and audio/VHS tapes 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, 15 March, 10 to 11 a.m., 11.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m., 2 to 3 p.m., 3.30 to 4.30 p.m.

Wednesday, 30 March, 2 p.m. to 3 p.m., 3.30 p.m. to 4.30 p.m.

BibLab-C: Introduction AudioStudio

Location: TIETZ, Central Library, BibLab-C, Maker area

Admission: free of charge, please register at www.stadtbibliothek-chemnitz.de/biblab-c/veranstaltungen

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 broadcasting your voice and your songs to the world.

Subject to change due to current events.