Events at Chemnitz City Library in July and August 2018
Monday, 2 and 9 July, 5.30 to 7 p.m.
Lecture - Lecture series Erich Auerbach's "Mimesis"
The representation of reality in European literature.
Location: Central Library in the TIETZ, Culture & Countries section,
Admission: free
Speaker: Dr habil. Wolfram Ette, TU Chemnitz
Erich Auerbach (1892-1957) was Professor of Romance Philology at the University of Marburg until 1935. After his dismissal by the National Socialists, he emigrated to the USA via Istanbul. His main work Mimesis, which has long since become a classic of modern literary studies since its first publication in 1946, was also written in exile. Using a series of textual analyses ranging from Homer and the Bible to the Goncourt brothers and Virginia Woolf, Erich Auerbach describes the history of mimesis as the history of the different forms that the relationship between literature and reality has taken over the centuries. In this way, he also traces the development of realism in European and, in particular, French literature.
Organiser: TU Chemnitz, Chair of Modern German and Comparative Literature
Wednesday, 4 July, 3 to 7 p.m.
Book picnic with the city library's book bus
Location: SFZ Support Centre, Flemmingstr. 8c, House 18
At the beginning of the summer holidays, our book bus stops off in secluded meadows in residential areas of Chemnitz. Visitors can expect a colourful mix of games, fun, handicrafts, reading aloud, book casting and the diverse media and online offerings of the city library. To make it a real picnic, guests are invited to bring their own delicacies and drinks. The visit is free of charge. In case of bad weather, the event will unfortunately have to be cancelled!
Thursday 5 July, 3 to 7 p.m.
Book picnic with the city library's book bus
Location: Andréplatz, St Pauli's Cross Church
At the start of the summer holidays, our book bus will be stopping off in secluded meadows in residential areas of Chemnitz. Visitors can expect a colourful mix of games, fun, handicrafts, reading aloud, book casting and the diverse media and online offerings of the city library. To make it a real picnic, guests are invited to bring their own delicacies and drinks. The visit is free of charge. In case of bad weather, the event will unfortunately have to be cancelled!
Wednesday, 11 July, 3 to 7 p.m.
Book picnic with the city library's book bus
Location: Markersdorfer Oase, Wolgograder Allee 27
At the start of the summer holidays, our book bus will be stopping off in secluded meadows in residential areas of Chemnitz. Visitors can expect a colourful mix of games, fun, crafts, reading aloud, book casting and the diverse media and online offerings of the city library. To make it a real picnic, guests are invited to bring their own delicacies and drinks. The visit is free of charge. In case of bad weather, the event will unfortunately have to be cancelled!
Thursday, 12 July, 3 to 7 p.m.
Book picnic with the city library's book bus
Location: Körnerplatz, St Mark's Church
At the start of the summer holidays, our book bus will be stopping off in secluded meadows in residential areas of Chemnitz. Visitors can expect a colourful mix of games, fun, handicrafts, reading aloud, book casting and the diverse media and online offerings of the city library. To make it a real picnic, guests are invited to bring their own delicacies and drinks. The visit is free of charge. In case of bad weather, the event will unfortunately have to be cancelled!
Saturday, 14 July, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Hoffest Philippstraße 13 with the city library's book bus
Location: Commercial yard Philippstraße 13, Chemnitz/Sonnenberg
Admission: free
The FabLab, the open hands-on workshop in Chemnitz, is organising its second courtyard festival.
Once again this year, artists and designers will be presenting individual works and unique pieces that go beyond the mainstream. Culinary variety will be provided by various stalls with a variety of delicacies - whether con carne or sin carne, savoury or sweet. You can also look forward to a great line-up on our courtyard stage. Various bands from the region will be playing from around 3 pm. The city library's book bus will be making a stop between 2 and 6 pm.
Programme to honour the three writers Irmtraud Morgner, Brigitte Reimann and Maxie Wander, born in 1933, 24 to 26 August 2018
Friday, 24 August, 6 p.m.
Irmtraud Morgner Prize Award Ceremony
In 2018, the City of Chemnitz will award the Irmtraud Morgner Literature Prize for the first time, which will be awarded every five years in future. The prize honours the work of authors who deal with issues relating to the coexistence of the sexes and the utopia of a humane existence.
The focus in 2018 is on experimental prose in contemporary literature.
Venue: TIETZ, event hall,
Admission: by invitation
Friday, 24 August, 8 pm
Anniversary round table
Anniversary round table for all three authors with music and short readings
Venue: TIETZ, event hall, admission: 5 euros, reduced 4 euros
Saturday, 25 August, 10 am to 12 noon
Performance "When I woke up, the cloud was missing".
RomKult & Cie meets Irmtraud M., Brigitte R. and Maxie W.
Venue: TIETZ, event hall,
Admission: 5 euros, reduced 4 euros
Saturday, 25 August, 2 to 5 p.m.
Colloquium "Between vision and everyday reality"
Morgner, Reimann and Wander viewed from different perspectives by Angela Krauß, Inga Probst and Kerstin Hensel
Venue: TIETZ, event hall,
Admission: by invitation
Saturday, 25 August, 6 p.m.
Film premiere "Hurray, it's a girl!" - 875 years of strong women in Chemnitz,
Director: Beate Kunath
Venue: TIETZ, event hall,
Admission: 5 euros, reduced 4 euros
Sunday, 26 August, 11 a.m.
City tour "Through the eyes of Brigitte Reimann"
Guided tour: Martina Wutzler, architect
Organiser: Lila Villa Women's Centre in cooperation with Chemnitz City Library
Information/registration at: Lila Villa Women's Centre, Kaßbergstraße 22, 09112 Chemnitz, Tel.: 0371 302678, lilavilla@onlinehome.de
Admission: individual events (round table, performance, film premiere, city tour) 5 euros each, reduced 4 euros; combined ticket for all 4 events: 15 euros, reduced 14 euros
Recurring events
14-18 WAR WAS, exhibition project "Shot with light"
Tuesday, 3 July, 7 August and 4 September, 1 pm each day
Location: TIETZ, Foyer,
Admission: free
Corresponding to the period of the First World War from 1914 to 1918, the Schlossbergmuseum Chemnitz is showing another photograph from its collection of historical images of the war, with expert support from the ENT_Rüstet team.
www.14-18warwas.de
Monday, 30 July, 27 August, 2.30 p.m.
Reading time - together you read less alone
Location: Central Library in the TIETZ, Culture & Countries section,
Admission: free
No more lonely reading within your own four walls. Our reading mentor Regine Klinger has once again selected interesting books for adults and will read from them.
Tuesday, 31 July, 28 August, 3 p.m.
Reading time - together you read less alone
Venue: neighbourhood library in the Yorck district, Scharnhorststraße 11,
Admission: free
No more lonely reading in your own four walls. Our reading mentor Petra Lory has once again selected interesting books for adults and will read from them.
Thursday, 5 July, 2 August, 4 - 6.30 p.m.
E-book consultation hour
Location: Central Library in the TIETZ, Science & Technology advice desk,
Admission: free
Are you having problems with your e-book reader, reading on a tablet PC or don't know why you can't borrow e-media? We will be happy to help you with an individual consultation. Please make an appointment (Tel. 488 4222)
Every Tuesday from 3 to 6 p.m.
Specialised work consultation hour for students
Location: Central Library in the TIETZ, Science & Technology advice desk
We help with research in library catalogues and online databases and offer free self-help for effective research. Please register, stating the topic of your research paper, by phone: 0371 488-4222, by e-mail: facharbeit@stadtbibliothek-chemnitz.de or in person at the library.
Every Tuesday from 1 to 3 p.m.
Refugees welcome in the library!
Location: Central Library in the TIETZ, Culture & Countries section
Learning mentors help with learning German and with homework for the DaZ and DaF courses (German as a second language, German as a foreign language).
Exhibition
19 June to 16 September
Exhibition: zee.3.7.1 - Typography in Chemnitz since 1466
Location: TIETZ, Neue Sächsische Galerie
Printed type has existed in and from the city of Chemnitz since the invention of letterpress printing. Beginning with the valuable early prints in the library, the objects lead up to the typographically rich 20th century: Ost-Rubbel letters, stonemasonry, lead typesetting, the lettering behind the Nischel and current works by Chemnitz design studios. These objects are embedded in a rich cultural-historical presentation of Latin letters and the history of writing with numerous opportunities for visitors to explore the vast realm of writing in typographic tests and games.
A joint exhibition project of the Chemnitz City Library and the Neue Sächsische Galerie to mark the city's 875th anniversary.
29 August - 2 October
Photo exhibition "Welcome to Europe - EU policy endangers human lives"
Location: Central Library in the TIETZ, Science & Technology section,
Free admission
Despite restrictive immigration regulations, migrants repeatedly risk their lives to reach Europe in search of refuge, protection and better living conditions. The regulations force people to take ever greater risks, which have a negative impact on their physical and mental health. Since 2000, Médecins Sans Frontières has been providing emergency medical aid for these people, including programmes in Malta, Italy and Greece. The 24 motifs in the exhibition are taken from various humanitarian aid projects run by Médecins Sans Frontières and tell of the migrants' fear during their flight and the inhumane living conditions they find on arrival instead of protection.
Offers during the SUMMER HOLIDAYS
Book Summer Saxony
Venues: Central Library in the TIETZ; District Library in the Yorck area, Scharnhorststraße 11; District Library Vita-Center, Wladimir-Sagorski-Straße 20; District Library Einsiedel, Einsiedler Hauptstraße 79b
This year's summer reading club starts on 18 June in the central library in Tietz and in the Vita-Center. In the district library in the Yorck-Center, the book summer begins with an opening event on 19 June and in the branch in Einsiedel on 20 June. All 11 to 16-year-olds who like to browse can become members of the reading club. Registration is free and uncomplicated. Interested pupils register at one of the participating libraries and then receive a logbook and a club card, which gives them access to more than 500 books. There is guaranteed to be something for everyone at the Book Summer: exciting thrillers, mystery and fantasy novels and the latest stories about love and life are on offer.
stories about love and life are available to all club members.
Anyone who has read at least three club books will receive a certificate at the closing party on 24 August 2018 at the Atomino, which can then have a positive impact on their German grade in the coming school year. Holiday fun that's worth it! The Saxon Book Summer is a reading promotion initiative under the patronage of the Saxon State Ministry of Culture, which takes place in over 90 Saxon libraries. This project is sponsored by the Saxon State Ministry of Science and the Arts and coordinated by the Saxon State Association of the German Library Association. Information at: www.buchsommer-sachsen.de.
Thursday, 5 July, 2 to 5 p.m.
Gaming in the "KIDS Edition" library
Location: Central library, children's world,
Admission: free
We play various child-friendly console games on Nintendo Switch and PS4. Interested parents get information about computer games and USK.
for children between 6 and 12 years, registration not required
Monday, 9 July, 10 to 11 a.m.
Book presentation: "Bees" by Piotr Socha
Location: Central Library, Children's World,
Free admission
We set off on the trail of the busy insects and test our "humming" knowledge in a bee game.
Target group: 8 to 12 years, interested parents are also welcome.
The number of participants is limited to 25. Please register by 6 July
by e-mail: karsta.kuehnlein(at)stadtbibliothek-chemnitz.de or by telephone: 0371 488-4276
Monday, 9 July, 2 to 3.30 p.m.
Dr Proctor's fart powder
Venue: Vita-Center district library, W.-Sagorski-Straße 20,
Free admission
The book "Dr Proctor's Fart Powder" by Jo Nesbø will be presented. We will accompany the slightly crazy yet ingenious inventor Dr Proktor and his hard-working assistants Bulle and Lise, two children who live in the professor's neighbourhood, on their spectacular adventure - the invention of fart powder.
Target group: 6 to 10 years, interested parents are also welcome.
Please register by 6 July by email: gesine.kober(at)stadtbibliothek-chemnitz.de, or by telephone: 0371 488-4280
Thursday, 12 July, 2 to 5 p.m.
Let's Play - gaming in the library
Location: Central Library in the TIETZ, Youth Scene,
Admission: free
We play Nintendo Switch and Playstation 4 games.
Recommended from 12 years, registration not required
Tuesday, 17 July, 2 to 3.30 p.m.
Dr Proctor's fart powder
Venue: District library in the Yorck area, Scharnhorststraße 11,
Admission: free
The book "Dr Proctor's Fart Powder" by Jo Nesbø will be presented. We will accompany the slightly crazy yet ingenious inventor Dr Proktor and his hard-working assistants Bulle and Lise, two children who live in the professor's neighbourhood, on their spectacular and funny adventure - the invention of fart powder.
Target group: 6 to 10 years, interested parents are also welcome.
Please register by 13 July by email: anna-theres.pyka(at)stadtbibliothek-chemnitz.de, or by phone: 0371 71885
Thursday, 26 July, 2 to 5 p.m.
Let's Play - gaming in the library
Location: Central Library in the TIETZ, Youth Scene,
Admission: free
We play Nintendo Switch and Playstation 4 games.
Recommended from 12 years, registration not required
Thursday, 2 August, 2 to 5 pm
Gaming in the Bibo "KIDS Edition"
Location: Central Library in the TIETZ, Children's World,
Admission: free
We play various child-friendly console games on Nintendo Switch and PS4. Interested parents receive information on computer games and USK.
For children between 6 and 12 years, registration not required
Monday, 6 August, 10 to 11 a.m.
Book presentation: "Bees" by Piotr Socha
Location: Central Library, Children's World,
Free admission
We set off on the trail of the busy insects and test our "humming" knowledge in a bee game.
Target group: 8 to 12 years, interested parents are also welcome.
The number of participants is limited to 25. Please register by 3 August
by e-mail: karsta.kuehnlein(at)stadtbibliothek-chemnitz.de or by telephone: 0371 488-4276
Thursday, 9 August, 2 to 5 p.m.
Let's Play - gaming in the library
Location: Central Library in the TIETZ, Youth Scene,
Admission: free
We play Nintendo Switch and Playstation 4 games.
Recommended for ages 12 and up, registration not required
READ FORWARD
On quiet soles... Stories to listen to
read aloud for everyone with keen ears
Our reading mentors take both young and older listeners into colourful fantasy worlds with great pleasure. They read the latest children's books, classics, "bestsellers" from their own childhood or even texts they have written themselves in the atmospheric reading tent in the children's world.
Admission to the reading sessions is free.
The dates:
Every Tuesday, 4.30 pm
Location: Central Library, Children's World
every Saturday, 11 a.m.
Location: Central Library, Children's World
Tuesday, 31 July, 28 August, 4.30 p.m. each day
Location: Einsiedel District Library, Einsiedler Hauptstraße 79b
Tuesday, 31 July, 28 August, 4.30 p.m. each day
Location: District library in the Yorck area, Scharnhorststraße 11
Every Saturday, 10.30 a.m.
Location: Vita Centre District Library, W.-Sagorski-Straße 20
Thursday, 26 July, 30 August, 4.30 pm each day
Location: Vita Centre District Library, W.-Sagorski-Straße 20
Subject to change due to current events.