Events organised by Chemnitz City Library in June 2019
Monday, 3 June, 10 am to 6 pm
Children's Day in Wittgensdorf - our library is open
Location: Wittgensdorf district library, Rathausplatz 1
Admission: free
We make bookmarks and badges (buttons) with you and read aloud.
Monday, 3 June, 7 p.m.
Music club: Fanny Hensel and Felix Mendelssohn - An unusual pair of siblings
Venue: TIETZ, Central Library, Event Hall
Admission: free
Speaker: Prof. Dr Johannes Forner, Leipzig
Organiser: Chemnitzer Musikverein e. V.
Monday, 4 June, 2.30 pm
Reading time - together you read less alone
Venue: TIETZ, Central Library, Culture & Countries section
Admission: free
No more lonely reading within your own four walls. Reading mentor Regine Klinger reads exciting short thrillers from "Wer mordet schon im Vogtland?" by Petra Steps.
Thursday, 6 June, 4 to 6 p.m.
Scratches on CDs, DVDs and Blu-ray discs? We can help!
Location: TIETZ, Central Library, entrance area
Admission: free
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.
Friday, 7 June, 7 p.m.
All the best! Literary-musical bouquet of flowers for the 150th anniversary of the city library and 25th anniversary of the Pushkin Club
Venue: TIETZ, Central Library, Event Hall
Admission: 5 Euro
A literary-musical bouquet of flowers to mark the 150th anniversary of the City Library and the 25th anniversary of the Pushkin Club, created by Chemnitz artists who have accompanied us throughout the years.
They will be joined by Svetlana Katshur, Tatjana and Markus Funk, Olga Shajevytch, Galina Lunjeva and members of the Pushkin Club.
Thursday, 13 June, 4 to 6.30 pm
E-book consultation hour
Location: TIETZ, Central Library, Science & Technology advice desk
Admission: free
If you have 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. Please make an appointment (Tel. 488 4222)
Thursday, 13 June, 7 p.m.
A hundred and fifty-year-old tells a story about famous pupils and teachers to mark the anniversary of Gymnasium auf dem Kaßberg
Venue: TIETZ, central library, event hall
Admission: free
Joint event organised by the International Stefan Heym Society, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff Grammar School and Chemnitz City Library.
Friday, 14 June, 8.30 pm
"Dance on the volcano"
A staged reading with texts from the time of the Weimar Republic.
Venue: TIETZ, central library, event hall
Admission: free
Ulrike Euen and Martin Esser (Chemnitz Theatre) will perform excerpts from works by Thomas Mann, Carl von Ossietzky, Kurt Hiller, Erich Mühsam, Hermann Hesse and other writers. The reading will take place as part of a conference at the Technical University entitled "The Weimar Republic as a place for the history of democracy". We take an unbiased look at the first German republic and want to facilitate a broad dialogue on democracy.
Organiser: Chair of Political Theory and History of Ideas, Chemnitz University of Technology, funded by the Federal Agency for Civic Education, in conjunction with Gegen Vergessen - Für Demokratie e.V. Contact: kontakt-theorie@phil.tu-chemnitz.d
Thursday, 20 June, 2 to 5 p.m.
Let's Play - gaming in the library
Location: TIETZ, Central Library, Youth Scene
Admission: free, registration not required
We play Nintendo Switch and Playstation 4 games. Recommended for ages 12 and up.
Tuesday, 25 June, 3 p.m.
Reading time - together you read less alone
Location: District library in the Yorck area, Scharnhorststr. 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, 25 June, 6.30 pm
I am out! About leaving extremism - event no. 4
Venue: TIETZ, Central Library, Event Hall
Admission: free
Speaker: Claas Pollmanns, Junior Professor of Social Psychology at the TU Chemnitz
Organiser: Freies Institut für Bildung e. V.
Admission only after prior registration at post(at)fib-chemnitz.de
Wednesday, 26 June, 6 p.m.
Exhibition opening photo competition "My universe library - more than books"
Venue: TIETZ, Central Library, entrance area
Admission: free
The winners will be awarded prizes at the opening and the best photos will be exhibited in the Central Library from 26 June to 31 August.
Organiser: Förderer der Stadtbibliothek Chemnitz e. V.
Friday, 28 June, 8 p.m.
Max Goldt reads!
Venue: TIETZ, Central Library, Event Hall
Admission; 15 euros, reduced 12 euros
Experience a reading of new and old texts! It is unique how successfully Max Goldt combines the highest literary style with satirical sharpness, depth of thought and comedy.
Advance booking: Museum box office in the TIETZ (1st floor), Tel.: 0371 488 4366
Saturday, 29 June, 3 p.m.
The crooked fairytale trio with Paul Maar, Wolfgang Stute and Konrad Haas
Venue: TIETZ, Foyer
Admission: 10 euros, reduced 5 euros
Paul Maar is one of Germany's best-known children's book authors and the author of the books "Am Samstag kam das Sams". His imagination and language skills lend wings to classic fairy tale motifs in a whimsical, ironic and humorous way. His stories appeal to adults and children alike and have done so for many years. Paul Maar now presents these quirky fairy tales live together with two well-known musicians: guitarist and percussionist Wolfgang Stute and all-round musician Konrad Haas, who plays the flute, saxophone and keyboard.
Advance booking: Museum ticket office in the TIETZ (1st floor), Tel.: 0371 488 4366
Recurring events
Every Tuesday, 1 to 3 p.m.
Refugees welcome in the library!
Learning mentors help with learning German and with homework for the DaZ and DaF courses (German as a second / German as a foreign language).
Location: Central Library in the TIETZ, Culture & Countries section
Every Tuesday, 3 to 6 p.m.
Specialised work consultation hour for students
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.
Location: Central Library in the TIETZ, Science & Technology advice desk
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:
Tuesdays, 4/11/18/25 June, 4.30 p.m. each day
Location: Central Library, Children's World
Saturdays, 1/8/15/22/29 June, 11 a.m. each day
Location: Central Library, Children's World
Saturdays, 1/8/15/22/29 June, 10.30 a.m. each day
Location: Vita Centre District Library, W.-Sagorski-Straße 22
Tuesdays, 4/11/18/25 June, 4 p.m. each day
Location: Einsiedel District Library, Einsiedler Hauptstraße 79b
Tuesdays, 4/11/18/25 June, 4.30 pm each day
Location: District library in the Yorck area, Scharnhorststraße 11
Subject to change due to current events.