Schedule for the week from 10 to 16 March 2014

Tuesday11March March

Lord Mayor Barbara Ludwig takes part in the Conference of Lord Mayors of the Association of German Cities.

Time and place: 11 a.m., Berlin.

Lord Mayor Barbara Ludwig accepts the invitation of the Ambassador of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam in Germany, Dr Nguyen Thi Hoang Anh, to a working meeting.
Time and place: 3 p.m., Berlin.

Note for media: Please note for your planning that the weekly press briefing of the Lord Mayor on 11 March 2014 will be cancelled due to scheduling reasons.

Public meeting of the Youth Welfare Committee.

Time and place: 16:30, Chemnitz City Hall, City Council Chamber.

Wednesday, 12 March

Lord Mayor Barbara Ludwig takes part in the festive event to mark the change at the top of the Bundesbank branch in Chemnitz: Wolfgang Feiler took over as manager on 1 March, succeeding Erich Schwarzwälder, who headed the branch for around eight years and retired at the end of February.

Time and place: 12 noon, Deutsche Bank, Chemnitz.

Invitation to the launch of the new city communication: Your dialogue partners are Lord Mayor Barbara Ludwig, Joerg G. Fieback, Managing Director Zebra and Ralf

Sippel, Managing Director of Zebra (PM 123 from 07/03/2014).

Time and place: 1 p.m., Chemnitz City Hall, Consultation Room 118.

Public meeting of the operating committee.

Time and place: 4.30 p.m., Chemnitz City Hall, Consultation Room 118.

The 7th symphony concert will feature the piano concerto by composer Viktor Ullmann, who was murdered in Auschwitz in 1944, and will also mark the 23rd Days of Jewish Culture. In addition, the Robert Schumann Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Dietrich Henschel, will perform "Ballade für Orchester: HUNDERT KOMMA NULL", another work by this year's portrait composer Iris ter Schiphorst (born 1956).

Information: www.theater-chemnitz.de and www.tdjk.de

Time and place: 12 and 13 March, both at 8 pm, Stadthalle Chemnitz, Great Hall.

Thursday, 13 March

Start of construction for the new skate park in Konkordiapark with the symbolic ground-breaking ceremony by Mayor Petra Wesseler (PM 101 from 27 February 2014).

Time and place: 1 pm, area between Richard-Hartmann-, Leipziger-, Matthes- and Bergstraße.

Public meeting of the social committee.

Time and place: 4.30 pm, Chemnitz City Hall, consultation room 118.

Mayor Barbara Ludwig takes part in a panel discussion organised by the Friedrich Ebert Foundation on the topic of municipal finances.

Time and place: 6 p.m., Berlin.

Film premiere: The well-known Chemnitz filmmaker Beate Kunath presents her new documentary film "This one day together". Women from Chemnitz's twin towns are expected to attend the premiere. The film will also be shown in the programme of the Chemnitz International Women's Day celebrations.

Time and place: 19:30, Clubkino Siegmar.

Friday, 14 March

Mayor Barbara Ludwig will give a welcoming address at the Chemnitz event to mark International Women's Day (PM 94 from 21.02.2014).

Time and place: 17:30, admission from 16:45, location: Kraftwerk, Kaßbergstraße 36.

Premiere of the world premiere of "Kafka", a dramatisation of the life and work of the poet Franz Kafka by Stefan Wolfram, who is also responsible for the production. Information: www.theater-chemnitz.de

Time and place: 19:30, Schauspielhaus, backstage.

Saturday, 15 March

Invitation to the "Ballet Matinee - King Arthur". The premiere of the ballet by Reiner Feistel with music by Peter Gabriel and Harry Gregson-Williams, among others, is on 29 March 2014. information: www.theater-chemnitz.de

Time and place: 10:30 am, Chemnitz Opera House.

The Literary Salon programme this time featuresa monologue entitled "Do you know Nijinsky?" with Marko Bullack as Vaslav Nijinsky, based on aplay by Krystyan Tomzek. The production is directed by Kathrin Brune. Information: www.theater-chemnitz.de
Time and place: 8 pm, Museum Gunzenhauser.

Note for editorial offices: Mayor Barbara Ludwig will be on holiday from 15 to 23 March 2014 - please note when planning your schedule that the Mayor's weekly press briefing will therefore not take place on Tuesday, 18 March. The Mayor's next scheduled press briefing is planned for Tuesday, 25 March.

Subject to change due to current events.