German Stories & Meet Up for Families
Read stories, sing and chat in German with Maike from the library team Running fromNext event: Wednesday 6 July at 11.30am
- Free (drop in)
- Storytelling Room
Part of: Free activities and events
Part of: Free activities and events
Hallo, liebe deutschsprachige Familien in Chester und Umgebung
Wir möchten euch im Storyhouse zu einer Stunde Lesen, Singen und Schwatzen willkommen heißen.
Maike, gebührtige Schleswig-Holsteinerin, arbeitet seit 2018 in der Bibliothek und hat dort bereits mehrfach Kinderbücher auf Deutsch vorgelesen. In relaxter Runde geben wir euch die Möglichkeit, euch auszutauschen und neue Freundschaften zu schließen.
Wir freuen uns auf euch
Hello, dear German speaking families in and around Chester,
We would like to invite you to Storyhouse for an hour of reading, singing and chatting. Maike, born in the far north of Germany, joined the library team in 2018 and has hosted German storytelling on various occasions.
In a relaxed and casual environment, you will be able to meet other families and make new friends.
For families and young children.
11.30am - 12.30pm
Wednesday 6 July | 11.30am | Storytelling Room |
Work with Stig of the Dump actors who will demonstrate how much fun can be had by using different skills other than voice to encapsulate stories.
Follow the crafty map checklist to tick off some fantastic activities including Junk Modelling, Sign Language, and Rock Painting.
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2 hr 55 | A film about friendship between Bruno, who repairs film projectors and travels along the inner-German border in his truck, and the psychologist Robert, who is fleeing from his own past.
2 hr 6 | Jonathan Zimmermann believes that he will soon die of leukemia. The unscrupulous American Tom Ripley, learns of this and exploits Zimmermann’s illness for his own purposes.
2 hr 8 | Guardian angels listen to mortals and attempt to comfort them but one of them wishes to become human after he falls in love with the beautiful trapeze artist.
2 hr 28 | The story of Travis, a man who wanders out of Mexico and into Texas one day, in the blazing heat of the “Big Bend”.
3 hrs 25 | A devastating curse rises from the ashes in Verdi’s monumental tale of superstition and rivalry.
3 hr 25 | Magic and fairytale characters are brought to life through ballet in this well-known family favourite.
4 hrs | Director David McVicar brings out the revolutionary elements in Mozart’s great comic opera of intrigue, misunderstanding and forgiveness.
3 hrs | A new production of the much-loved Royal Ballet fairytale classic.
3 hr 20 | Puccini’s final opera is a glorious pageant of rich colour, dance and drama in Andrei Serban’s classic staging.
3 hr 10 | Christopher Wheeldon’s new full-length ballet brings the magic realism of this famous modern Mexican novel to The Royal Ballet.