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In the municipal libraries in Dresden and Leipzig, "Freedom" by former German Chancellor Angela Merkel was one of this year's top borrowers. In Leipzig, the novels "22 Bahnen" and "Windstärke 17" by Caroline Wahl and "Zwei Leben" by Ewald Arenz were ..
Hasko Weber is to become the new artistic director of the Staatsschauspiel Dresden. He will take up his post in the 2027/2028 season and succeed Joachim Klement. Saxony's Minister of Culture Barbara Klepsch (CDU) praised Weber at his presentation. "H ..
The Advent season is particularly festive in Saxony and many children are right in the middle of it. Whether as Christmas angels at the markets, elves in musicals or as little actors in Christmas stories: Without the State Directorate of Saxony, some ..
Saxony is celebrating Jewish culture with more than 300 projects in the coming year. Concerts, exhibitions, readings, workshops as well as dance and theater performances will make Jewish life and Jewish culture visible and tangible in all regions, ac ..
The 31st "Day of the Saxons" will take place in Plauen in 2027. According to the State Chancellery in Dresden, the responsible board of trustees decided on Wednesday evening in favor of the district town of the Vogtland district as the host. This is ..
The Spanish opera singer José Carreras collected donations of more than 3.4 million euros for his leukemia foundation at the 31st edition of the gala. "I bow to our donors for this generous and sustained support," said the 79-year-old at the gala in ..
The 150-year-old Palm House in Pillnitz Palace Park has been given a new energy screen. This is a protective textile layer that is extended under the glass surfaces, as announced by Schlösserland Sachsen. It is intended to reduce heat radiation and t ..
"Once the lights are lit ..." goes the famous Christmas carol. In Dresden's Prohlis district, this is now to be put into practice on a larger scale. The "Musaik" orchestra with girls and boys from 17 countries wants to open the windows of prefabricat ..
"It was a huge amount and I thought: Oh Lord, I hope I can manage it all," says Christina Koenig. Around 200 potholders hang in her Himmlisch gallery in Meissen. Flowers and frogs, heirlooms and neon-colored specimens. "There are some really virtuoso ..
The Zwickau art collections are getting a new director. From January 2026, Fanny Stoye will take over the management, as announced by the Zwickau city administration. "She not only brings expertise and a wealth of ideas, but also the talent to retell ..
The Chemnitz Art Collections have returned three works of art to the heirs of the Jewish banker and patron Carl Heumann. These are two watercolors and a red chalk drawing by Asmus Jacob Carstens, Viktor Paul Mohn and Ernst Ferdinand Oehme, the museum ..