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05/31/2013
New Yorkers have surrendered to Txakoli thanks to the good work done by Basque restaurateurs and chefs in the Big Apple that have publicized this typical Basque white wine. In this regard, the owners of Txikito, Eder Montero from Bilbao and Alex Raij, stand out for their first organizing Txikifest, the Txakoli Fair three years ago. The event will take place this Sunday, the third year in a row that will stop traffic dedicating an entire street to this Basque event.
05/31/2013
The idea was born in the middle of last year in the heart of the Arrecifes Basque club and spread to other surrounding Basque clubs and filled up in just a few days. Since then, all that was left was to wait. Twenty-two Argentineans from clubs in Arrecifes, San Pedro, Suipacha and Buenos Aires (Euskaltzaleak) leave today form the Ezeiza Airport for a 14-day trip to Euskal Herria, visting places like Gernika, Gaztelugatxe, Aralar, Biarritz, Donostia, Bilbo, Gasteiz, Iruña...Today at 12:10 the adventure begins. Bidaia on, have a great trip!
05/31/2013
News from homeland show that the winter is not leaving and that spring will wither even before having blossomed. The weather is always a topic to talk about for Basques. And this weekend, in Bakersfield (CA) has been the same way, but for a very good reason! The Kern County Basque Club celebrated its 41st annual Basque Besta in this arid and semi-desert region from the 24th to the 27th of May. Nonetheless, temperatures have welcomed assistants with less than 85ºF and a refreshing breeze. It could be said that even the weather made a friendly gesture to the Basque community of the area.
05/30/2013
President of Uruguay, Jose Mujica, will be in the Basque Country this weekend as part of a tight two-week international tour which will include stops in Chine, Spain and Italy. Tomorrow afternoon he will be received by Lehendakari Iñigo Urkullu in Vitoria-Gasteiz and the day after he will travel to the Vatican where he will meet with Pope Francis. In the afternoon, he will return to Euskadi to visit the Bizkaian town of Muxika where his father’s family originates. They immigrated to Uruguay in the middle of the 19th century. On Sunday, he will visit the Mondragon Cooperative.
05/29/2013
Thanks to Berlin’s Euskal Etxea, the translator and researcher Inaxio Lopez de Arana gave several talks throughout the week in Germany, on recordings done in 1913 in Euskal Herria by Austrian ethnologist, Rudolf Trebitsch. Among these was the first recording of the song Gernikako Arbola that could be heard this week in Germany, thanks to the Etxepare Basque Institute and the Gernika Euskal Etxea in Berlin. The first talk took place in the German capital, followed by another at the University of Leipzig, organized by the Basque language and culture lecturer there.
05/29/2013
The San Antonio de Iralabarri choir has begun a very exciting Project for all of its members: perform in New York during the Euskal Etxea’s Centennial events. This would take place from October 11-14, and the group has started a campaign to help finance the trip.
05/29/2013
Txistus from various Argentinean Basque clubs could be heard at the first Txistu Workshop of 2013 organized by FEVA. Classes took place at the Basque club in Arrecifes and gathered representatives from 8 different euskal etxeas. The success of the day encouraged organizers to consider another workshop closer to the National Basque Week that will take place this year in Villa Maria. During the weekend the first Txistulari meeting “Potxolo Loyola,” took place as well as a meeting of FEVA’s board.
05/28/2013
What makes us Basque? What does it mean to be Basque? It’s not an easy question, or is it? We want to hear your answer. Anyone responding will be entered into the drawing for four copies of the work Basques: Their Language throughout History by Juan Carlos Etxegoien “Xamar.” You can send us your ideas by email, Facebook or leave them in our comments section. Participate and share your view! We will publish responses received
05/28/2013
The University of Deusto will be the site on June 18 and 19 of the 9th Euskal Herria Mugaz Gaindi (EHMG) conference entitled, “Reflections on Return Migration and the Basque Exiles.” The event was organized by a scientific committee comprised by experts Pedro J. Oiarzabal, Oscar Alvarez Gila, and Jon Ander Ramos. It will also be attended by the Director of Basque Communities Abroad, Asier Vallejo. Joseba Etxarri, director of EuskalKultura.com, is also among the presenters and will talk about the Centennial of New York’s Basque club, the first in the US.
05/24/2013
The Canadian organization Cuban Hat has selected the documentary project 160 Meters: The Story of Rock in Bizkaia among those aspiring to the Docs Wanted award. Now, the project is competing against another 14 proposals in order to become a finalist. The selection is conducted through online voting; if you would like to support this project and would like it to win, go ahead and vote for it. But watch out voting closes this Sunday!
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