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Today’s meeting

Once again (like last year) we’ll meet in the Foreign Language Building. We haven’t yet reserved a room, so we’ll meet in the area through the main doors and then select a room that’s free. (If you arrive late, check the nearby classrooms—you’ll find us. Time: 5:00 PM for the social quarter-hour; we’ll start class [...]

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Next Few Meetings

At the end of the summer and the beginning of the semester, here are our next few meetings: Good bye to Chris: Thursday the 18th of August, at 2:00 PM en the Espresso Royale on Goodwin, upstairs. Quad Day: Sunday the 21st of August, in our booth on the quad. Intro to Esperanto: The 25th [...]

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Great resource for beginners

I just learned about Facila Vento, a new web-magazine for beginners: Facila Vento It has easy-to-read articles on many topics. The articles are also read aloud, so you can practice your listening skills. A great resource for beginners and mid-level Esperantists.

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Summer Esperanto

Our last meeting of the semester will be Thursday May 12th at the usual place and time: room 1120 in the Foreign Language Building at the University of Illinois at 5:30 PM. We’ll discuss our plans for meeting during the summer and start looking into words for our own “Apples to Apples” card set. If [...]

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No meetings during semester break

We won’t meet again until the beginning of the next semester. So, the next meeting will be January 20th, 2011. Happy Zamenhof Day to everyone!

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No regular meeting today

There’s no regular meeting at 5:30 today—come instead to the Esperanto-Week class at 6:00 in room 215 in the Student Union.

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Learn Esperanto in a Week

Give us an hour a day for five days and we’ll teach you a foreign language! (Yes, Esperanto really is that easy to learn.) We’ll be holding our Esperanto-in-a-week class in the Student Union next week. Here’s the details: Day Time Room Monday, November 08 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM 211 Tuesday, November 09 6:00 [...]

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Talk, regular meeting

Today I’ll be giving a repeat of my short talk about Esperanto at 5:30 in the Foreign Language Building. Come for the free food! Tomorrow will be our first regular meeting of the semester and the beginning of our beginners class, also at 5:30 in the Foreign Language building.

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New Semester!

The first meeting of the new semester will be Thursday, the 26th of August at 5:30 PM in the atrium of the Foreign Language Building. (We’ll move to a free room. So, if you arrive late, check for us in the nearby rooms.) We also invite current members to come one day earlier for a [...]

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First summer meeting

The first meeting of the summer will take place today at 5:15 PM in the Espresso Royale at 1117 West Oregon in Urbana (across from the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts). Come! Those who attended will report on the landa kongreso, and we’ll discuss whether this is the best time and place for meetings [...]

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