“City of the sun” under quarantine

 Siauliai-the city where I started my volunteering. It's a gateway to the Hill of Crosses, just northeast. A place of pilgrimage, the site was established in the 19th century as a symbol of resistance to Russian rule.Rich cultural life.The unique cultural vision of the city not created only by artists but also citizens of Siauliai themself. 
 The oldest pedestrian boulvard in Europe full with tourists all over the world...year 2020, month March all streets empty, no one around, shops and malls closed.What happend?! Are we under pressure,is something or someone controlling us? Guess what? YES! Not only our city but all over the world „COVID-19“ aka Corona virus.It makes us to stay home,not to meet our friends and beloved ones.I did a photo story how the city looks like now.

„Geležinės lapės“ aka "Iron Fox"by Vilius Puronas,2009

“The Reading Man”  by Henrikas Orakauskas, 1983

 Algirdas Julius Greimas, Lithuanian literary scientist, semiotic.  Sculptor Gintautas Lukošaitis,2017

 "Talkša" lake in Lithuania

“The Girl with a Small Pipe”  by Aloyzas Toleikis , 1985 

“Motherhood” by Aloyzas Toleikis, 1979 

   “Three Elves” by Birutė Kasperavičienė ,1977

"The Sundial square" aka  "The Golden Boy of Šiauliai" by Stanislovas Kuzma  ,1986

  The central pedesterian pedestrian boulevard

 Kaštonų alėja ir Didždvaris 

 © all photos taken by Sabina Alishova 

Books and Quarantine #1

Hello again people, aliens, cyborgs, animals and all kind of creatures, who are reading our blog. It’s Maria. I decided from time to time write here about books that I’m reading, planning to read or just interested. Today will be “Rise of the Ogre”.  I found it recently, when we were making radio show about Gorillaz.

It‘s an autobiographical comic book about virtual band members backstories with a lot of amazing ilustrations from Jamie Hewlett. If you love the band‘s music and art, I think it is a perfect book for you. It is easy reading, funny and very colourful book.  It was released in the UK on 26 October 2006. It covers the band from 2000 and their first EP, Tomorrow Comes Today through their 2006 tour ending at the Apollo Theater. It contains previously unknown secrets of the band, such as future plans of the movie, their headquarters, and the story of the truth behind the "El Mañana" video. The book blends fact and fiction throughout, interspersing commentary from the band members with actual quotes from their creators, collaborators and critics. I will share with you link in Goodreads. And in the end let‘s enjoy one of my favourite songs of them J

Music and Quarantine #1

Hello everybody! My name is Eva, I am from Austria and a volunteer in Panevežys. I
want to write about some bands from Austria and Germany, which I like a lot.
The first one is the most famous one. They are called AnnenMayKantereit and are a
four-person band from Germany. The voice of the singer is really deep and that is
their main characteristic. My favourite song of them is called “Ich geh heut nicht mehr
tanzen” and it’s about staying at home and it has a great bassline.

The next band that I want to show you is Granada. It’s a band from Austria and their
songs are mostly in an Austrian dialect and they are using an accordion, which is a
traditional Austrian instrument and it gives their songs a specific sound. My favourite
song of them is “Ottakring” and it’s about a district from Vienna.

The third one , which I want to share with you, is Mine. She is a singer from
Germany and she often makes songs together with rappers. However, I saw her on
a festival last year and I prefer her live shows a lot more than her studio versions.
Therefore my favourite song is the live version of “Findelkind”.

And last but not least DuoLia. This band consists of two of my friends from Austria,
who play covers but also write their own songs. They are only 18 years old, but they
already play on smaller festivals and have some concerts. My favourite song of them
is a cover from the band The Black Keys and it’s called “Gold on the ceiling”.

I hope you enjoyed this article of my favourite Austrian and German bands. :)

Quarantine and tradiotional cuisine #1

Hello, our lovely readers and listeners. You couldn‘t imagine how much we miss you. As we are all locked in our houses we suggest  to improve our cooking skills ( when you gonna do that, if not now?). So, we will share with you super tradiotional recipes from our countries- Armenia, Azerbaijan, Austria.

Today we will start from Armenia and the queen of armenian table gorgeous Ghapama (Armenian: ղափամա), which is a pumpkin dish. Yes, pumpkins are not only for Halloween. The all you need is to choose the most beautiful pumpkin from the shop. Don‘t hurry, take your time, remember that you are choosing the Queen. You will also need rice, nuts, almonds, hazelnuts, dried fruits (plums, abricots), raisins, butter, honey and cinnamon.

There are a lot of recipes on the internet, but I will share with you the secret, which will help you. First you will need to remove the guts of the pumpkin and put in the oven. (usually it takes 1 hour to cook). Meanwile boil rice and in another pan start to fry all nuts and dried fruits with butter. (You can improvise and add your favourite nuts and dried fruits also).  Then mix rice with them, add cinnamon and honey. When pumpkin is ready refill it with the mixed rice. Decorate your pumpkin with some shapes you want with the knife. It can become a work of art. Serve it with love and pride, that you did it. My armenian relatives are proud of you :D

Why Do we volunteer?

In this video Maria and Dave are talking about ESC and answering questions that people send us about our project. We thought that listening maybe will be more fun than reading. Hope You will enjoy :)

Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?

My name is Dave, I am one of your new hosts at Radijo Klubas. I am really looking forward for the next 10 months! So, jump in and listen to Radijo klubas :D

Hi. I’m Maria. I’m from sunny Armenia. I love art, photography, cats, music, traveling, reading. I will be very glad if I could share something with you and exchange our experience. ^^

Sabina Alishova DOB: 8 May 1995 Studied Geography at Baku State University. Member of A(L)AR(M) Dance Crew since January 2013. (Nickname: BangBang) loves music and can’t imagine any single day without it. Dancing makes her feel relaxed and powered at the same time. Does pointillism (painting with dots 0.1 mm), believes in energy. favorite quote “There are two rules for success... 1. Never reveal everything you know.” favorite phrase "peace and love"

Hi, my name is Rasa. „Radijo klubas“ is the place where you can learn lots of things. And I can help you with that ;)

She has really a lot to do and just forgot to write the text! This is Sonata, you should be happy with this :P

In our blog we will share with you a lot of about volunteering, European Solidarity Corp and Lithuania. So be ready!!!

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