Events at Chemnitz City Library in October 2018
Monday, 1 October to 5 October, 6.30 pm
Exhibition: The Manuscripts of Timbuktu (1 to 5 October 2018)
Location: Central Library in the TIETZ, Culture & Countries section
Admission: free
Exhibition opening on the occasion of 50 years of town twinning between Chemnitz and Timbuktu. This will be followed by a panel discussion with Frank Heinrich, Member of the Bundestag.
The importance of Timbuktu as an intellectual centre in the Islamic world in the 14th and 15th centuries is evidenced by writings preserved there in the IHERIAB Institute.
The manuscripts, written in Arabic, are around 700 years old. They bear witness to the Islamisation of West Africa and reflect the journeys of rulers and scholars who stopped off in Timbuktu on their way to Mecca.
Organiser: City of Chemnitz in cooperation with the City Partnership Association Chemnitz Timbuktu e. V. and the IHERIAB Institute Timbuktu, Republic of Mali.
Monday, 1 October, 7 pm
Music club: "Grant us peace, mercifully"
Venue: Central Library in the TIETZ, event hall
Admission: free
A critical and honourable examination of Heinrich Schütz's "Geistliche Chormusik 1648", speaker: Sebastian Schilling, Chemnitz
Organiser: Chemnitz Music Society
Thursday, 2 October, 4 to 6 pm
Scratches on CDs, DVDs and Blu-ray discs? We can help!
Location: Central Library in the TIETZ, entrance area
We will clean your scratched and dirty CDs, DVDs and Blu-ray discs with our CD polishing machine. A donation is requested.
Organiser: Förderer der Stadtbibliothek Chemnitz e. V.
Saturday, 6 October, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Open text workshop of the Free German Authors' Association
Location: Central Library in the TIETZ, Culture & Countries section
Admission: free
Editing your own texts. Those coming for the first time can also just listen.
Monday, 8 October, 10.30 to 11.30 a.m.
Book presentation: "Storm or the invention of football"
Location: Central Library in the TIETZ; Children's World
Admission: free
We travel back in time and are right up close to the invention of football. Find out what the Vikings have to do with it, what role a boy called Storm plays in it and how the invention came about in the first place at this book presentation, which, in addition to the story, also offers some hands-on activities on the subject of football.
The number of participants is limited to 25. Registration by 4 October by email to karsta.kuehnlein@stadtbibliothek-chemnitz.de or by phone: 0371/4884276.
Target group: 8 to 12 years, interested parents are also welcome.
Tuesday, 9 October, 1 p.m.
14-18 WAR WAS / Exhibition project "Shot with light"
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, accompanied by the ENT_Rüstet team.
Thursday, 11 October, 5 to 6.30 pm
E-book consultation hour
Location: Central Library in the TIETZ, Science & Technology advice desk
Admission: free
If you have 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)
Thursday, 18 October, 2 to 5 pm
Let's Play - Gaming in the library "Grandma/Grandpa Special"
Location: Central Library in the TIETZ, Children's World
Admission: free
Attention grandparents! What do your grandchildren play and what's the difference between PlayStation and Nintendo Switch? We provide information about different types of games, age ratings and trends. If you like, you can let the children show you our simple, family-friendly and above all entertaining games and join in yourself. Grandparents and their grandchildren aged 6 and over are very welcome.
Please register via: karsta.kuehnlein@stadtbibliothek-chemnitz.de
Tuesday, 23 October, 2 to 6 p.m.
Doorstep selling - information stand of the Saxony Consumer Advice Centre
Location: Central Library in the TIETZ, entrance area
Whether overpriced product purchases at the front door or on coffee trips: the legal experts from the Saxony Consumer Centre have a number of tricky cases to solve in order to enforce consumer rights.
Wednesday, 24 October, 2 to 6 p.m.
New location, new opportunities - district library in the VITA Centre
Location: Vita Centre District Library, Wladimir-Sagorski-Straße 20
The district library presents itself as modern, barrier-free and customer-friendly with extended opening hours: in addition to Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays, the library will also open on Wednesdays in future.
On the opening day, the Saxony Consumer Advice Centre will provide information on the subject of dubious locksmith services and the young Chemnitz start-up FALTFIX will present its latest innovative folding and plug-in furniture. There will be fun, games and reading activities for children. New customers receive a 20% discount on the annual library fee until Saturday 27 October.
Wednesday, 24 October, 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.
The accompanying service Fü(h)r mich for blind/visually impaired people introduces itself
Location: Central Library in the TIETZ, entrance area
Do you enjoy socialising? Do you like to see things from different BLICKWINKELS? Then volunteering at "Fü(h)r Mich" might be something for you. Come and talk to us!
Information stand of Weißer Stock e. V., advice centre for the blind and visually impaired
Contact: Anja Voigt, Tel.: 0371 7009673 / e-mail: anja.voigt@weisser-stock.org
Thursday, 25 October, 5 pm
Reading: Helga Gaertner, Criminal Flotsam and Jetsam
Venue: District library in the Yorck area, Scharnhorststraße 11
Admission: free
Chemnitz author Helga Gaertner reads stories and poems that life and her imagination have thrown at her.
Monday, 29 October, 2.30 pm
Reading time - together you read less alone
Venue: Central Library in the TIETZ, Culture & Countries section
Admission: free
No more lonely reading at home. Our reading mentor Regine Klinger has once again selected interesting books for adults and will be reading from them.
Tuesday, 30 October, 3 p.m.
Reading time - together you read less alone
Venue: District library in the Yorck area, Scharnhorststraße 11
Admission: free
No more lonely reading at home. Our reading mentor Petra Lory has once again selected interesting books for adults and will read from them.
Tuesday, 30 October, 3 p.m.
Reading: Klaus Herbert, Dietze does his thing
Location: Begegnungsstätte Einsiedel, Einsiedler Hauptstraße 79b
Admission: free
In his book, Chemnitz author Klaus Herbert tells of the wondrous world of a pensioner. Retiree Dietze unexpectedly becomes interim managing director of his former company. The business and its employees immediately flourish, because now a real do-gooder is at the helm! But where will this lead?
Reading takes place in cooperation with the meeting centre for senior citizens.
Recurring events
every Tuesday from 1 to 3 pm
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 / German as a foreign language).
every Tuesday from 3 to 6 pm
Specialised work consultation hour for pupils
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 by stating the topic of your research paper by calling 0371 488-4222,
by e-mail: facharbeit(at)stadtbibliothek-chemnitz.de or in person at the library.
Read aloud
On quiet soles... Stories to listen to
read aloud for anyone 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:
Tuesday 2/9/10/16/23 and 30 October, 4.30 pm each day.
Location: Central Library, Children's World
Saturday, 6/13/20 and 27 October, 11 a.m. each day
Location: Central Library, Children's World
Thursday, 25 October, 4.30 p.m.
Location: Vita Centre District Library, W.-Sagorski-Straße 20
Saturday, 6/13/20 and 27 October, 10.30 a.m. each day
Venue: Vita Centre District Library, W.-Sagorski-Straße 20
Tuesday, 30 October, 4.30 pm
Location: Einsiedel District Library, Einsiedler Hauptstraße 79b
Tuesday, 30 October, 4.30 pm
Location: District library in the Yorck area, Scharnhorststraße 11
Subject to change due to current events.
Annual pass discount campaign Network Library! On the occasion of our campaign week, we are giving you a 20% discount on the annual library fee if you register between 22 and 27 October 2018! |