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The exotic meeting Posted by Chuck Smith on Oct 12, 2011
A little while ago, Judith Meyer organized an event in Berlin somewhat similar to my meeting: Urba Semajnfino (City Weekend). Find out what’s different in her meeting from mine in her own words. I love diversity. I love trying new food, new drinks, new activities that are popular in another part of the world… it’s…
Esperanto sex trafficking? Posted by Chuck Smith on Oct 6, 2011
Today I’m talking with Yan Vizinberg who recently decided to add Esperanto subtitles to his film. Before we get to that though, I’d like to learn more about the movie. What is the main topic of the movie? “Cargo” tells the story of a young Russian woman who is smuggled into America by human traffickers…
Esperanto in Harrisburg, PA (Nov 19-20, 2011) Posted by Chuck Smith on Oct 5, 2011
In 2009, when I last visited the USA, I wanted to meet a new Esperanto speaker in Williamsport, PA and invited him to join Judith and me for lunch in Harrisburg at an Indian restaurant called Passage to India. On a lark, I informed a friend in New Jersey about it and he decided to…
10 years ago: Welcome to Esperantoland! Posted by Chuck Smith on Sep 30, 2011
Let’s go back in time back to 2001. Why? That was my first Esperanto meeting, in August 2001… To put things in perspective, I first heard about Esperanto in January 2001, then started learning Esperanto the next month, and founded the Esperanto Wikipedia in November 2001. Busy year! Well, I wrote an article about that…
TEAM: Biggest Slovakian band sang in Esperanto? Posted by Chuck Smith on Sep 22, 2011
Did you know that the current editor of the magazine Esperanto, Stano Marček, once was the manager of the most popular rock band in former Czechoslovakia? Listen to his story about how they got involved with Esperanto and what happened. History of the Esperanto band TEAM’ The music group TEAM was founded in 1980. Three…
Wikipedia conference in Esperanto (Oct 26-30, 2011) Posted by Chuck Smith on Sep 14, 2011
[Legu ĉi tiun intervjuon en ĝia originala Esperanto ĉe Libera Folio] At the end of October, I’ll be flying to Svitavy (Czech Rupublic) to give the keynote address at the Vikimanio (Wikimania) conference. This will take place in their beautiful Esperanto museum. Now, without further ado, an interview with Pavla Dvořáková, the head organizer. What…
Summer Studies in Slovakia? Super! Posted by Chuck Smith on Sep 8, 2011
Today, I’m happy to have Peter Baláž with me. He’s the head organizer of the Summer Esperanto Study, which recently took place in Slovakia. I hear it’s quite different from other Esperanto events and very friendly to beginners, but yet also has a lot of activities for the fluent speaker. If I had to describe…