Events at the city library in November 2021
Monday, 1 November, 4 to 7 pm
BibLab-C: Freifunk consultation hour, Tietz Edition
Location: TIETZ, Central Library, BibLab-C, GamingArena
Admission: free of charge
Freifunk Chemnitz e.V. meets in the middle of one of its largest installations and shows in a cosy environment what is possible with WLAN 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.
Target group: People interested in technology and event planners
Minimum number of participants: 2 to 10 people
Organiser: Freifunk Chemnitz e.V.
Registration required at www.stadtbibliothek-chemnitz.de/biblab-c/veranstaltungen
Tuesday, 2 November, 1 to 2.30 pm
BibLab-C: City centre district round (Reitbahnviertel/Centre)
Location: TIETZ, Central Library, BibLab-C, OpenSpace
Admission: free of charge
The neighbourhood round table offers an opportunity for mutual exchange about current events and developments in the neighbourhood and thus serves as a platform for facilities, associations, sponsors, institutions and residents from the Reitbahnviertel. The neighbourhood stakeholders are informed about developments in the area, can ask questions, request support or initiate cooperation with other initiatives.
Target group: Residents & stakeholders from the Reitbahnviertel district/centre Minimum number of participants: 5 to 30 people
Organiser: Chemnitz city centre district management
Please let us know by email if you would like to take part in the meeting. E-mail: johanna.richter(at)awo-chemnitz.de
Tuesday, 2 November, 1 to 2.30 pm
BibLab-C: City centre district meeting (Reitbahnviertel/Centre)
Location: TIETZ, Central Library, BibLab-C, OpenSpace
Admission: free of charge
The neighbourhood round table offers an opportunity for mutual exchange about current events and developments in the neighbourhood and thus serves as a platform for facilities, associations, sponsors, institutions and residents from the Reitbahnviertel. The neighbourhood stakeholders are informed about developments in the area, can ask questions, request support or initiate cooperation with other initiatives.
Target group: Residents & stakeholders from the Reitbahnviertel district/centre Minimum number of participants: 5 to 30 people
Organiser: Chemnitz city centre district management
Please let us know by email if you would like to take part in the meeting. E-mail: johanna.richter(at)awo-chemnitz.de
Tuesday, 2 November, 3 to 6 pm
BibLab-C: Drawing with pencil, charcoal, chalk, red chalk on paper, PART 1
Location: TIETZ, Central Library, BibLab-C, Maker area
Admission: free of charge
With this course, we offer you the opportunity to immerse yourself in the wonderful world of drawing.
Have you always wanted to pursue this hobby or simply sketch a cool motif? Then this course is for you. Improve your drawing skills, learn how to express yourself artistically and create something creative.
This course is not about copying what is shown one-to-one, but about learning the techniques and finesses that can then be incorporated into your own pictures.
Target group: Young people aged 10 and over and adults
Minimum number of participants: 5 to 15 people
Organiser: Stadtfabrikanten e.V. / Project FabLab Chemnitz
Please register at www.stadtbibliothek-chemnitz.de/biblab-c/veranstaltungen
Tuesday, 2 November, 6 pm
Guided tour: The Stefan Heym Forum and the Stefan and Inge Heym working library
Location: TIETZ, Stefan Heym Forum
Admission: 6.60 euros
Research material for historical novels, dedication copies by renowned fellow writers, Stefan Heym translated into the languages of the world:
Almost 20 years after his death, Inge Heym donated Stefan Heym's working library 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 in the TIETZ cultural centre, where it is available for research.
Dr Ulrike Uhlig, Chairwoman of the Board of the International Stefan Heym Society, will explain the holdings, important exhibits and their history in her guided tour.
A joint event organised by the Chemnitz Adult Education Centre and the
International Stefan Heym Society e. V.
Please book in advance/tickets via: Volkshochschule Chemnitz, info(at)vhs-chemnitz.de, Tel.: 0371-488 4343
Wednesday, 3 November, 4 to 5.30 pm
BibLab-C: Saving the world with tap water?!
Location: TIETZ, Central Library, BibLab-C, Maker area
Admission: free of charge
What can your drinking water do? And what does this have to do with environmental protection? Where do water bottles come from and where do they go? We will answer these and other questions in 90 minutes.
Target group: Year 8 to 13
Minimum number of participants: 5 to 25 people
Organiser: a tip:tap e.V. Wasserquartier Chemnitz
Please register at www.stadtbibliothek-chemnitz.de/biblab-c/veranstaltungen
Thursday, 4 November, 2 to 6 pm
E-book consultation hour
Location: TIETZ, Central Library, Science & Technology advice desk
Admission: free of charge
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 personalised advice. Please arrange your personal appointment by calling 0371 488 4222.
Thursday, 4 November, 3 to 6 pm
Let's play - gaming in the library
Location: TIETZ, Central Library, BibLab-C
Admission: free of charge
We play borrowable PS4 and Nintendo Switch games and introduce new games.
Target group: recommended from 12 years
Registration is not required.
Thursday, 4 November, 3 to 6 pm
BibLab-C: Drawing with pencil, charcoal, chalk, red chalk on paper, PART 2
Location: TIETZ, Central Library, BibLab-C, Maker area
Admission: free of charge
With this course, we offer you the opportunity to immerse yourself in the wonderful world of drawing.
Have you always wanted to pursue this hobby or simply sketch a cool motif? Then this course is for you. Improve your drawing skills, learn how to express yourself artistically and create something creative.
This course is not about copying what is shown one-to-one, but about learning the techniques and finesses that can then be incorporated into your own pictures.
Target group: Young people aged 10 and over and adults
Minimum number of participants: 5 to 15 people
Organiser: Stadtfabrikanten e.V. / Project FabLab Chemnitz
Please register at www.stadtbibliothek-chemnitz.de/biblab-c/veranstaltungen
Saturday, 6 November, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Open text workshop of the Free German Authors' Association
Location: TIETZ, Central Library, BibLab-C
Admission: free of charge
You can also bring your own texts to discuss. Those coming for the first time can also just listen.
Organiser: Freier Deutscher Autorenverband, Landesverband Sachsen e. V.
Saturday, 6 November, 3.30 pm
Fairy tale day: "The rise and fall of Ilsebill Fischer"
Venue: TIETZ, event hall
Admission: free of charge, reduced number of seats
A light-hearted play for children and adults based on the fairy tale of the "Fisherman and his Wife", performed by the "Chemnitzer Lachfalten" theatre group
From 9 years, approx. 40 minutes playtime
Registration required by calling 0371 488-4366
Monday, 8 November, 7 pm
"Where we were children" - Kati Naumann reads from her new novel
Venue: Vita Centre District Library, Wladimir-Sagorski-Straße 22
Admission: 5 euros, reduced 3 euros, reduced number of seats
Eva, Iris and Jan are heirs to the once splendid Langbein toy factory in Sonneberg. Founded in the imperial era, it was at its peak during the Weimar Republic, survived two wars, German division and nationalisation, only to go under miserably after reunification. Now there is nothing left of the honourable Langbein tradition. Quarrels and bitterness have spread to those left behind. But when one of the rare Langbein dolls - carefully sewn and personally painted by her grandfather - turns up at an internet auction, the faded past comes back into view and raises countless questions: about guilt and loss, but also about hope and a new beginning.
Registration required: vita(at)stadtbibliothek-chemnitz.de, Tel.: 0371 488 4280
Wednesday, 10 November, 1 pm
Focus on the eye - lecture "Changes in vision with increasing age"
Venue: Vita Centre District Library, Wladimir-Sagorski-Straße 22
Admission: free, reduced number of seats
Registration required at information(at)stadtbibliothek-chmenitz.de
Wednesday, 10 November, 2 to 6 p.m.
Focus on the eye - advice and help with sight loss
Location: Vita Centre District Library, Wladimir-Sagorski-Straße 22
Admission: free of charge
Counselling and information on all topics relating to vision.
Blickpunkt Auge is a service offered by the German Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired (DBSV)
Thursday, 11 November, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Focus on the eye - advice and help with sight loss
Venue: TIETZ, Central Library
Admission: free of charge
Counselling and information on all topics relating to vision.
Blickpunkt Auge is an offer of the German Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired (DBSV)
Thursday, 11 November, 2 p.m.
Blickpunkt Auge - Lecture "Changes in vision with increasing age"
Venue: TIETZ, Central Library
Admission: free, reduced number of seats
Registration required at information(at)stadtbibliothek-chmenitz.de
Thursday, 11 November, 5 to 6 pm
BibLab-C: Meeting of the Reitbahnviertel citizens' initiative
Location: TIETZ, Central Library, BibLab-C, OpenSpace
Admission: free of charge
The Reitbahnviertel citizens' initiative is an open group of friends of the neighbourhood, most of whom also live here - between Aubrücke and Ostbrücke. Current issues in the neighbourhood are discussed once a month. The necessary steps to improve the neighbourhood and rectify problems are discussed.
For example, the Reitbahnviertel citizens' initiative looks after the flowering meadow on Annenplatz, organises the annual citizens' forum with political representatives from the local constituency and the Bürger-Kultur-Treff, an admission-free series of events with readings, travel reports illustrated on canvas and other entertaining contributions.
Your ideas and visions for the neighbourhood are also welcome in every respect. The Reitbahnviertel citizens' initiative welcomes new faces and fellow campaigners and cordially invites you to a joint discussion.
Target group: Residents & stakeholders from the neighbourhood
Minimum number of participants: 5 to 30 people
Organiser: Reitbahnviertel citizens' initiative & city centre district management
Please let us know if you would like to attend the meeting. E-mail: johanna.richter(at)awo-chemnitz.de
Friday, 12 November, 7 pm
November fog - crime novel reading with Wolfgang Schüler, U.L. Brich & Katja Martens
Venue: TIETZ, Central Library, Event Hall
Admission: 3 euros, reduced number of seats
Short crime stories - sometimes cheerful, sometimes bloodthirsty, but always exciting. Under the motto NOVEMBERNEBEL, the three authors read from their criminal texts and make their listeners' blood run cold.
Wolfgang Schüler works as a lawyer and author in Berlin. He publishes highly successful court reports and crime novels with expertise and humour.
U.L. Brich comes from the Ore Mountains. A journalist by profession, he writes exciting adventure novels and short crime thrillers in his spare time. He has a soft spot for cryptozoology and enjoys writing about ancient mysteries and animals that shouldn't really exist. Katja Martens writes magazine novels with love, doctor and western stories. In her spare time, she loves to spend time in the forest, where she collects new ideas. Her short stories tell of the Ore Mountains and mining.
Together, the three authors form a truly murderous cloverleaf.
Registration required at information(at)stadtbibliothek-chemnitz.de
Saturday, 13 November, 3.30 pm
All in the family: The Fingerhut fairytale theatre plays "Pettersson and Findus"
Venue: TIETZ, event hall
Admission: 6 euros, children 3 euros, reduced number of seats
On the evening before Findus' birthday, Pettersson is working like crazy in his workshop: the birthday machine still won't work! After all, this birthday surprise is supposed to be something very special: a travelling candle with hoots and gongs and ... fireworks! But something always gets in the way: the machine has to be kept secret from Findus and the chickens have to be fed or sung to sleep. The Mucklas drive Pettersson crazy with their fondness for his screws! But in the end ... there is pancake cake, coffee and music from records!
From 4 years, approx. 45 minutes playing time
Registration required by phone: 0371 488 4366 or information(at)stadtbibliothek-chemnitz.de
Tuesday, 16 November, 3.30 to 5 p.m.
BibLab-C: Writing workshop
Location: TIETZ, Central Library, BibLab-C, Maker area
Admission: 4 euros
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, we'll get you into the flow of writing.
Target group: Children and young people aged 10 and over
Minimum number of participants: 3 to 10 people
Organiser: ERIKA e. V.
Please register at www.stadtbibliothek-chemnitz.de/biblab-c/veranstaltungen
Thursday, 18 November, 3 to 6 pm
Let's play - gaming in the library
Location: TIETZ, Central Library, BibLab-C
Admission: free of charge
We play borrowable PS4 and Nintendo Switch games and introduce new games.
Target group: recommended from 12 years
Registration is not required.
Thursday, 25 November, 10 am to 3 pm
Focus on the eye - advice and help with sight loss
Location: Yorck Centre District Library, Scharnhorststraße
Admission: free of charge
Counselling and information on all topics relating to vision.
Blickpunkt Auge is a service offered by the German Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired (DBSV)
Thursday, 25 November, 4 p.m.
Blickpunkt Auge - Lecture "Changes in vision with increasing age"
Venue: Yorck Centre District Library, Scharnhorststraße
Admission: free, reduced number of seats
Registration required at information(at)stadtbibliothek-chemnitz.de
Friday, 26 November, 7 pm
Julius Fischer, I hate people. A kind of love story
Venue: TIETZ, Central Library, Event Hall
Admission: 12 euros, reduced 8 euros, reduced number of seats
Julius Fischer still hates people. It starts with his own wife. Family doesn't work either. Only friends are even worse. And acquaintances, of course. They're the worst. But nothing compared to everyone else. In his programme, he talks about all these arseholes and his desperate attempts to have nothing to do with them. It doesn't work. Except with his wife. But there are other reasons for that.
The programme for the new book. The book about the attitude to life.
Julius Fischer is an author, singer-songwriter and cabaret artist. He is a member of various reading stages, including Lesedüne with Marc-Uwe Kling. Together with Christian Meyer, he presents the TV show "Comedy mit Karsten" on MDR and plays in the band The Fuck Hornisschen Orchestra. Since spring 2018, he can be seen alongside Olaf Schubert in the ARD show "Olaf macht Mut".
Registration required by phone: 0371 488 4366 or information(at)stadtbibliothek-chemnitz.de
Saturday, 27 November, 2 to 6 pm
BibLab-C Special: Music
Location: TIETZ, Central Library, BibLab-C
Admission: free of charge
Get in the mood for a musical Advent season at BibLab-C: We invite you to experiment with sound, build and compose, educate yourself and enjoy.
From making instrument parts on the 3D printer to building your own instruments from everyday objects and trying out the resulting sound tools under the guidance of music educators; from sound memory to inventing and producing your own instruments.from noise storytelling to inventing and producing your own sound stories to legal issues relating to the use of music platforms; from making noise to practising, practising, practising to the crowning evening concert - music in all its facets awaits you at our BibLab-C Special. We look forward to seeing you and your desire to experiment!
Target group: children, teenagers, adults, families
Minimum number of participants: for max. 2 x 48 people
Organiser: BibLab-C project network
Please register at www.stadtbibliothek-chemnitz.de/biblab-c/veranstaltungen
Monday, 29 November, 2.30 pm
Reading time - you read less alone together
Reading mentor Regine Klinger reads Advent and Christmas stories
Location: TIETZ, Central Library, Culture & Countries section
Admission: free of charge
Tuesday, 30 November, 4.15 to 5.45 pm
BibLab-C: Alphabet Soup: Writing more beautifully with ink and nibs - dive into the inkwell of writing history with a self-experiment
Location: TIETZ, Central Library, BibLab-C, OpenSpace
Admission: free of charge
Come with us into the inkwell of the history of writing and let us take you into the secrets of calligraphy. We will be happy to discuss together why calligraphy is still relevant to us in the age of emails and WhatsApp.
Target group: Young people aged 14 and over and adults
Minimum number of participants: 4 to 12 people
Organiser: koalpha
Registration requested at www.stadtbibliothek-chemnitz.de/biblab-c/veranstaltungen
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
We help with research in library catalogues and online databases and offer free self-help for effective research.
Registration is required, stating the topic of the research paper, by phone: 0371 488-4222,
by e-mail: facharbeit(at)stadtbibliothek-chemnitz.de or in person at the library.
Monday, 1 November, 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.
Monday, 8 November, 10 to 11 a.m. / 11.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. / 2 to 3 p.m.
Monday, 15 November, 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.
BibLab-C: Introduction to the MediaLab
Location: TIETZ, Central Library, BibLab-C, Maker area
Admission: free of charge
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.
Target group: Introductory event for interested parties
Please register at www.stadtbibliothek-chemnitz.de/biblab-c/veranstaltungen
Monday, 1 November, 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. / 3.30 p.m. to 4.30 p.m.
Monday, 8 November, 10 to 11 a.m.
Monday, 15 November, 10 am to 11 am / 11.30 am to 12.30 pm / 2 pm to 3 pm / 3.30 pm to 4.30 pm
BibLab-C: Introduction to AudioStudio
Location: TIETZ, Central Library, BibLab-C, Maker area
Admission: free of charge
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.
Target group: Introductory event for interested parties
Please register at www.stadtbibliothek-chemnitz.de/biblab-c/veranstaltungen
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.
Tuesdays, 2/9/16/23/30 November, 4.30 pm each day
Location: Central Library, Children's World
Saturdays, 6/13/20 November, cancelled due to closing time, 27 November, 11 a.m. each day
Location: Central Library, Children's World
Saturdays, 6/13/20 November cancelled due to closure, 27 November, 10.30 a.m. each day
Location: Vita Centre District Library, Wladimir-Sagorski-Straße 22
Tuesdays, 2/9/16/23/30 November, 4 p.m. each day
Location: Einsiedel District Library, Einsiedler Hauptstraße 79b
Tuesdays, 2nd/9th/16th/23rd/30th November, 4.30 pm each day
Location: District library in the Yorck area, Scharnhorststraße 11
Subject to change due to current events.