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Schedule for the period from 15 to 31 December 2014

Tuesday,16 December
Mayor Barbara Ludwig invites you to her weekly press conference.
Time and place: 2 pm, Chemnitz City Hall.

Public meeting of the Culture and Sports Committee.
Time and place: 4.30 pm, Chemnitz City Hall, Consultation Room 118.
Citizens' forum on the planned construction of the city centre stormwater overflow basin. The information will be presented by Manfred Wüpper, Operations Manager of the City of Chemnitz Waste Management Company (ESC).
Time and place: 6 to 8 p.m., LUXOR congress and event centre, large hall, Hartmannstraße 9 -11.
Exhibition opening: Woodcuts, paintings and collages by Michael Hofmann will be on display at the Neue Sächsische Galerie until 22 February 2015. Born in Chemnitz, he has made a name for himself particularly in the field of coloured woodcuts.
Information: www.nsg-chemnitz.de
Time and place: 19:30, TIETZ House, NSG.
Wednesday, 17 December
Public meeting of the Chemnitz City Council.
Time and place: 3 pm, Chemnitz City Hall, City Council Chamber.
Note for media representatives: In the event that you would like to take photographs or other recordings during the meeting, please contact the City of Chemnitz Press Office for accreditation in good time.
Thursday, 18 December
Lord Mayor Barbara Ludwig attends the constituent meeting of the Supervisory Board of Städtische Theater Chemnitz gGmbH.
Time and place: 4 pm, Chemnitz Theatre.
Invitation to the presentation of a representative study on the subject of "Changing Values in the East - Challenges and Prospects for East Germany", which was conducted under the auspices of zebra|consult and in cooperation with the major East German newspaper publishers and SUPERillu; the Allensbach Institute for Public Opinion Research was responsible for the implementation.
Guests at the subsequent panel discussion will include Dagmar Rothacher (Head of the Working Group for the New Federal States at the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy) and Prof Dr Eckhard Jesse (Chemnitz University of Technology) .
The Deutsche Gesellschaft e. V. is responsible for the realisation of the project with the support of the Federal Ministry of the Interior.
Time and place: 4 p.m., Chemnitz City Hall, City Council Chamber.
Friday, 19 December
The city's Commissioner for Foreigners, Etelka Kobuß, invites you to the first Intercultural Christmas Market together with the Lila Villa and other partners (PM 706 from 09.12.2014).
Time and place: 10 am to 6 pm, Haus TIETZ.
Saturday, 20 December
Mayor Barbara Ludwig attends the traditional Christmas benefit concert of the BMW Chemnitz branch in the Schloßkirche Chemnitz.
This time the programme includes music from Bohemia, Moravia and Eastern Europe, performed by theSlovaCzech ensemble, the St. Petri Castle Choir and KMD Siegfried Petri on the organ. Information: http://schloss.kirchechemnitz.de/kmusik.html
Time and place: 5 pm, Schloßberg 13.
Wednesday, 31 December
Concert by the Robert Schumann Philharmonic Orchestra at the turn of the year: as is tradition, Beethoven's "Ninth" is on the programme. The conductor is Felix Bender.
Time and place: 5pm and 8pm, Opera House.
Note: Another performance is scheduled for Thursday, 1 January 2015, 6 pm.

Subject to change due to current events.