On 02.10.2023, a total of 10 technology enthusiasts met on their first day of vacation to do something very special - build their own FM radio.Even the topic was exciting. Today you can buy everything ready-made. But how it looks like in there and how it all works, that's what they wanted to explore here. After a short introduction - what are radio waves and what does VHF actually mean, we started. Unpacking the kit, checking that the parts are complete, assembling the first parts. That went quite quickly for the 4 girls and 6 boys.Then it got more complicated. To make sure nothing went wrong, Rainer showed the next steps with the help of a beamer. After about an hour, the last wires were connected - and here the manufacturer made us sweat quite a bit. The wire ends were too short, so that the springs could not hold the wire. This required a lot of help. All the helpers put in a lot of effort.And then came the moment of truth. Switch on and... The first radioplayed, the second. Unfortunately, there was not enough time to give all the children a radio that was ready to play. Rainer then offered to come by again and troubleshoot. Some of the parents wanted to have another look together with their children right at home.All in all, it was a successful workshop. This is also confirmed by the questionnaires filled out by the children.

In beautiful sunshine on 24.09.23 neighbors from Dresden Cotta were invited to stroll through the flea market, make bargains and talk to each other. 30 booths offered a great variety: from children's things to toys to baby equipment and clothes for adults, there was everything.The volunteers from the Volkshaus served coffee and offered cakes, which some of the stall holders had baked and brought with them.In the end, everyone agreed: even if there could have been even more visitors, it was still a nice day with many conversations and some successful purchases.But there was another event on 24.09.2023 in the house: an interesting exhibition on the topic "70 years of radio, 40 years of radio production in the GDR and 30 years later - what makes collectors' hearts beat faster"Here, more than 50 radio sets, tape recorders and record players mainly from GDR production could be admired. Most of the exhibits were demonstrated ready to play. Also optically these were an eye-catcher.Next year there will be another technical exhibition. Then computers will be presented and an active "programming" is also one of the highlights. So be curious about what is coming.

Am 31.08.2023 konnte unser Team den 100. Gast in diesem Jahr begrüßen.Dazu überreichten wir Kay aus der Nachbarschaft ein kleines Präsent. Die Überraschung war gelungen. Frank, unser Programmierprofi schrieb einen Text extra für diesen Tag als Willkommenslaufschrift, die auch präsentiert wurde. Nach einem Erinnerungsfoto gings ans Reparieren. Kay brachte einen LED Lampenring und eine Taschenlampe mit. Beim Lampenring konnte leider nichts repariert werden aber die Taschenlampe konnte von fest sitzenden Batterien befreit werden.Rainer

On July 6, the Dresden industry association "Wir gestalten Dresden" (We design Dresden) was with us in the New People's House in the garden with their dialogue format "undsonstso"!"Undsonstso" offers creative entrepreneurs the opportunity to introduce themselves to a large community here in Dresden. Anna welcomed all visitors, told them the history of the New People's House with a wink and then led everyone through the premises. She received great support from our in-house artists and ceramists Victoria, Marre and Katja. stadt:wirken was then able to introduce itself. This is the company of our team members Marie, Anna and Sarah. They deal with citizen participation in planning projects. Sebastian Michel - Signseeing presented the app signseeing. With it, the upcoming vacation car trip is fun again after all. Here, the brown signs on the highway are digitized and provided with great audio texts and for the passenger with visual contributions.It was a wonderful, lukewarm July night and it has once again shown how nice it can be in the garden of the New People's House, and even our small concrete stage has come into use!Anna Betsch

Quote Jens:"As it was too hot for me in Croatia and too rainy in the Alps, I decided to finally tackle an old task. Tata...a new mobile workbench"So there is now a new workbench with castors for the wood workshop 👍🏻 2 more based on the same model are to follow soon.

Dear garden friendswe invite you to the AG Garden of the New People's House Cotta.From 16 - 20 o'clock we are on the spot.Are you interested in participating in the AG?Then contact: jan@konglomerat.org... or come spontaneously.What do we want to do? Beautify the Volkshaus garden, for example with flowers, seating and raised beds.We look forward to seeing you!

The saying "We bring life to the place" finally came true!"Welcome!" was the motto for our opening party from April 14 to 16.On Friday, April 14, 2023, the New People's House Cotta was opened by a vernissage called "Pictures from Cotta and the World" by Mr. Tiesler, with a small snack and champagne reception. The event ended at 7 p.m. with a joint meal with a fun bingo.

And the Winner is... that's not how it sounds at the Ostsächsische Sparkasse's Association of the Year awards ceremony. We were able to dust off the audience award and impress with 2nd place in the social category. We distributed the money together with the help of Cobudget.https://www.vereindesjahres.de/neuigkeiten/ausgezeichnete-vereine/https://cobudget.com/