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04/19/2011
The annual meeting that reunites members of the Basque diaspora of Venezuela and descents of Basques born in this Caribbean nation took place last Saturday in Galdakao, Bizkaia. The reunion helps to maintain friendships, renew ties and share interests between Venezuela and Euskadi. More than fifty people attended the event organized by the association Simon Bolivar, which also included the presentation of a gift and recognition of one of its veterans, Mª Carmen Garate de Atxurra, who is eighty years old.
04/18/2011
Information regarding applying for this year’s Gaztemundu program was provided in the Basque country's April 18th official bulletin. The program is open to all between the ages of 18 and 30. In addition to the usual requirements, this year’s candidates must also submit a written proposal on how to run a Basque entity, including reference to its financing and programming of its activities. The dates for Gaztemundu 2011 are October 23 to November 6, coinciding with the World Congress of Basque Communities. The deadline for applications ends on May 19, 2011.
02/16/2011
'Traductor de Sueños por Babilonia,' posthumous book of Sergio Oiarzabal, will be presented tomorrow at the Bidebarrieta Library in Bilbao as part of a tribute that will start at 7:30pm. The writer died unexpectedly on Saturday June 12th at his home in Bilbao. He was 36. Poets, writers, musicians and friends will attend the homage and presentation of the book. Sergio Oiarzabal was brother of Pedro Oiarzabal a historian and researcher specialized in Basque diaspora studies, currently working at the Deusto University. Both the tribute and the presentation are open to the public.
02/10/2011
After making an Asian tour and after selling out several concerts in recent months throughout the Basque Country, the group Berri Txarrak will perform in Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Mexico and Canada in their upcoming February/March tour. The concerts will take place in Curitiba, Sao Paulo, Buenos Aires, Bellavista, San Antonio, Santiago, México DF and Toronto; on the 25th, 26th and 27th of February and the 3rd, 4th, 5th, 8th and 10th of March respectively.
01/26/2011
The Conference about Legal Organization, Cultural Exchange and Conflicts of the Basque Fisheries in the North Atlantic (1615) will be hosted by the Intercultural Humanities Center as part of the Geography of Places series at the McCune Conference Room (HSSB 6th floor) in the University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB). The conference will take place next Friday, January 28th beginning at 9:00 am.
12/30/2010
The electronic book revolution is unstoppable and following the trend that is expanding worldwide, the Basque publishers have started offering it's books electronically through the website www.gurebook.com. For the Basques of the diaspora is a very useful tool because it offers the possibility of directly acquiring the latest references published in the Basque Country.
12/01/2010
On Saturday, October 30th, the Basque grammar workshop took place at the Basque Museum in Boise, Idaho. It was a long-day class filled with knowledge and fun, taught by Izaskun Kortazar, the NABO Basque Language Coordinator in the United States. Basque language teachers came from all over the country (Florida, Nevada, California and Denver) and joined Boise teachers and students from BSU to learn about Basque grammar.
11/12/2010
Basque author Kirmen Uribe (Ondarroa, Bizkaia, 1970) will participate in various literary events in the next days in New York, including a couple of talks with writer Iñaki Uriarte in Instituto Cervantes and Brown University on Monday November 15th, and his participation in the 7th Annual Festival of European Literature of New York on November 16th and 17th. The work of Uribe brought a “quiet revolution” to Basque literature, as expressed by the literary critic Jon Kortazar. In 2009 Uribe won the National Prize of Literature in Spain for his novel 'Bilbao-New York-Bilbao', that has been already translated to other languages like Spanish, Catalan and Galego, not yet to English.
11/12/2010
A selection of new and old works by Basque artist Ana Busto will be on display tomorrow in the opening of Ventana244 Art Space, in New York. The exhibit, titled 'Notes', combines the works of Busto, Anne Chu and Magaly Perez to generate a conversation about nature through art. Ana Busto Barrenetxea lives between the Basque Country and New York City. She has exhibited in the USA, Spain, Brazil, Mexico, Germany, Peru, Canada and China.
11/04/2010
The Center for Basque Studies of the University of Nevada, Reno is now accepting applications for the William A. Douglass Distinguished Scholar Award for the academic year 2011–2012. The Douglass Scholar must be a specialist in some aspects of Basque Studies and will be chosen on the basis of his/her contribution to Basque Studies and consistent record of research, achievement and scholarly innovation. For 2011-2012, they are seeking a specialist in sports. The deadline for completed applications is December 17, 2010.
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