05/23/2019

The local Kern County Basque Club celebrates 75 years and will do so this weekend gathering Basques from all over the country with a program that includes the 2019 NABO Convention, the US Federation of Basque entities, adding its energies to this event that always takes place on Memorial Day Weekend.
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05/22/2019

Last Thursday, May 16th, the Basque club in Viedma and Carmen de Patagones inaugurated a new cultural cycle, “People of the Diaspora,” that included artists Monica Insaurralde and sommelier Betiana Gailondo who spoke about their respective work, and shared their art and also the stories of their Basque ancestors with the audience. “Painting and wine, what could go wrong,” the ...
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05/22/2019

The National University in Jose C. Paz has organized the third edition of its conference on migration on May 23-24 in hopes of “promoting exchange, debate on the multiple dimensions that constitute and encompass the migratory phenomenon.” For the first time, this year, the conference will include a discussion on Basque topics that will include the participation of various references in the ...
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05/21/2019

These grants can assist with tours, concerts, presentations and events of divulgation carried out by creators, artists or agents outside of the Basque Country. Each call must be consulted individually, but they can include tours or presentations in Basque Clubs as well as in other places if they fall within the regulations. Or they can mix Basque circuits with non-Basque ones. Grants must be ...
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05/21/2019

A Tree of Gernika will be planted this Sunday, May 26th in the Swedish city of Gothenburg, in the Jonsered Gardens that have a botanical heritage dating back to the year 1800, and that are today an example of cutting-edge ecological cultivation and social responsibility. The Bizkaian Basque Goverment have donated the sapling as a tribute to the city in gratitude for hosting Lehendakari Jose Antonio Agirre ...
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05/21/2019

The Director of the Basque Community Abroad, Gorka Alvarez Aranburu, arrived in Argentina on Saturday May 11th. He along with the Delegate of Euskadi in Argentina-Mercosur, Sara Pagola and the person in charge of Institutional Relations of the Delegation, Mariana Satostegui, participated in various events including a visit to the Laurak Bat Basque Club, FEVA’s General Assembly, and a ceremony to mark the ...
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05/20/2019

The Basque Country has enjoyed a special relationship with Liverpool for a long time being both coastal areas, regarding emigration to America... In the world of academia, the first classes in Basque studies in the United Kingdom were offered in Liverpool and the University of Liverpool was pioneer in teaching Basque in the 1970s. The relationship grew even closer in 2013, when the granddaughters of a ...
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05/20/2019

The oldest Basque club in Patagonia will celebrate its birthday all week long with cultural and gastronomic activities for the entire community. On Wednesday, the Euskal Etxea will welcome Basque director, Josu Martinez, who will present his latest documentary “Jainkoak ez dit barkatzen,” (God don't forgive me). Martinez is coming to Comodoro Rivadavia ...
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05/20/2019

Jon Villelabeitia was a Basque who settled in Patagonia and was pioneer in the region in the area of film. This Tuesday, May 21st, the film director and researcher from Bilbao Josu Martínez will participate in the presentation of the CC16 Initiative Project that aims to classify, evaluate and restore the work done by Jon Villelabeitia, creator a the Audiovisual Production Center at the National ...
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05/17/2019

This Sunday there will be a Basque event Sunday in New York City, Txikifest, or the Txakoli celebration is an annual event organized by the Txikito Basque Restaurant in Manhattan managed by chef Eder Montero, from Bilbao, and his wife, New York Chef Alex Raij. The event is in the Basque style where a street is dedicated to booths where people will be servedi. Beverages will be served along with pintxos ...
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