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Regular Meetings (Kunsidoj)
4th Tuesday each month (la kvaran mardon de ciu monato) at 7:00 pm, except December and June or as indicated below at:
Conrad Sulzer Library
4455 N. Lincoln Ave.,
1st Floor South Meeting Room
Chicago, Illinois
(Ravenswood neighborhood)
Use CTA Brown Line (Western or Montrose station) or Lincoln bus (#11) or Montrose bus (#78). Street parking is available on Lincoln or use lot behind library on Leavitt.
Next Meeting (Sekvanta Kunsido):
25an de Marto: d-ro L. Kordylewski rakontos pri Velicka sal-minejo
22an de Aprilo: Rick Miller (Viskonsino) prelegos pri la "Vent-energio"
27an de Majo: Karlo Offutt prelegos pri "Hinduismo kaj Bagavadgitao"
22an de Junio (Sunday/Dimancxo): tradicia pikniko
Jara Zamenhofa Bankedo
(Annual Zamenhof Banquet)
The annual banquet is the second or third Sunday in December, honoring the birthday of Dr. Ludwig Zamenhof, born December 15, 1859.
Our 2006 banquet was Sunday, December 17 from 12 noon until 4 pm at Reza (Persian) Restaurant, 5255 N. Clark St., Chicago.
Our 2005 banquet meeting was December 18 at Solga Restaurant (Korean) at 5828 N. Lincoln Ave., Chicago.
Our 2004 banquet meeting was December 12 at Café Zori (Ukrainian), 912 N. Western Ave., Chicago
Esperanto Classes for Beginners Esperanto classes and exams are held periodically or by appointment. They are usually free, unless there is a room rental charge. In addition, the Esperanto Society of Chicago also administers the free Esperanto email course. Contact Viktoro Payuk for classes.
1961 Julie Regal
1962 Robert Runser
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1973 Kent Jones
1974 George Neumann
1975 John Dale
1976 Adele Olson
1977 Leroy Gill
1978-84 Janet Bixby
1985-86 Jamie Laux
1987-88 Kent Jones
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1991-93 Tony Gravango
1994-96 Gertrude Novak
1998-99 Kris Zervic
2000-01 Umberto Perez
2002 Kris Zervic
2003-04 Bill Mania
2005 Robert Stalzer
2006-08 Viktor Pajuk
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Updated by Charles Gunn
Most Recent Update: 1 May 2008
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The Esperanto Society of Chicago was informally established in the mid-1950's. It was registered as a not-for-profit organization in 1973 with the goals of disseminating knowledge about the Esperanto language to the public, providing members with access to worldwide Esperanto culture, and engaging in cultural and educational Esperanto activities. Internationally, Esperanto is a peace organization that fosters direct communication and understanding face-to-face with "words, not war". Click here to review our Constitution and By-Laws revised as of January 1, 1987. The Society sponsors classes and seminars in and about Esperanto for both beginners and more advanced students. We maintain a small library of Esperanto books in order to provide our membership with reading materials. We also maintain this web site as a resource for our members and for English speakers interested in Esperanto. One of the Society's long term projects is that of translating scientific material into Esperanto.
We often host international visitors, many of whom present speeches at our meetings. The Society's members frequently visit Esperantists in foreign countries and attend the annual world congress of Esperantists. Outside of its regular meetings, the Society also hosts events such as International Friendship Week in February and an annual Zamenhof banquet in December and a summer picnic (2007 picnic at right). The Esperanto Society meets monthly.
IN MEMORY OF R. KENT JONES...please click here for his obituary from the February 16, 2004 Chicago Sun-Times. On January 26, 2005, Dr. Gertrude Novak organized a special one year memorial tribute for Kent held at the Zephyr Restaurant. Kent worked tirelessly for the cause of Esperanto, along with handicap accessibility (including transit), and U. S. adoption of the metric system. Besides being president and secretary of the Esperanto Society of Chicago in his 30+ years of service, he devoted himself to education classes in Chicago and across the country, especially with youth-- he served as ELNA's chairperson of their Education Commission and worked with teachers across the U. S. and Canada to promote Esperanto in schools. In addition, he always welcomed guests and visitors to Chicago and his home (and replied to 1000s of e-mails) as an ambassador of Esperanto and its principles. Here is a sample of some of his work: R. Kent Jones
EsperantoEsperanto is a language designed to facilitate communication among people of different lands and cultures. It was first published in 1887 by Dr. L. L. Zamenhof (1859-1917) under the pseudonym Doktoro Esperanto, meaning "Dr. Hopeful One". This name, "Esperanto," stuck as the name of the language itself. Unlike national languages, Esperanto allows communication on an equal footing between people, with neither having the cultural advantage usually accruing to a native speaker. Esperanto is considerably easier to learn than national languages, since its design is far simpler and more regular than such languages. It has only 16 rules of grammar, none of which have exceptions.
Our website: www.esperanto-chicago.org
The Esperanto Society of Chicago maintains this website to educate and inform its members about the inter-national language and the Esperanto movement. You will find a growing list of resources to assist your knowledge of Esperanto:
A Key to the Inter-National Language
Common Esperanto Phrases (with sound files)
Virtual English-Esperanto Phrasebook
Esperanto-English dictionary
English-Esperanto dictionary
The Esperanto Common Roots Glossary
We also highly recommend the following exterior resources for those who are progressing beyond beginner's Esperanto:
Reta Vortaro (Esperanto-Esperanto dictionary) Reta Vortaro contains all of the entries from Plena Vortaro but is updated. Entries indicate whether words are official (and from which official addition), fundamental or `Zamenhofian'.All-Esperanto Web Chat Frequently used chat room that actually links several chat rooms and is used by Esperanto speakers the world over.
soc.culture.esperanto Usenet group s.c.e is a bulletin-board type resource for discussions in and on Esperanto, with participants from all around the world.
2008 Officers/Estraro
Viktor Payuk, Prezidanto
Puramo Chong, Vicprezidanto
Gertrude Novak, Sekretario & UEA Delegito
Charlie Gunn, Kasisto
Roberto Stalzer, Eksprezidanto
Contact Information:
c/o Viktoro Payuk
8228 O’Connor Dr., # 2F
River Grove, IL 60171
(773) 344-2276
FAX: (708) 456-2750