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New York, NY.  The final program has been published by the Eusko Etxea, barring any last minute changes, from October 7-14 to commemorate the New York Basque club’s Centennial, the oldest club in the US.

Events include the open sessions organized by the Etxepare Basque Institute as part of the Bernardo Atxaga Chair at CUNY in Manhattan, the Euskal Herria Mugaz Gaindi (EHMG) conference that will take place at Columbia and at the Basque clubhouse.  More festive events such as concerts, dance performances, Zortzi show and the NABO meeting, picnics and Centennial Gala, mass at St. Patrick’s Cathedral and the Columbus Day Parade start on Friday. 

Lehendakari Urkullu will be in attendance, leading a delegation of authorities from various departments as part of a trip to the US htat will also include stops in Washington DC and Wisconsin.  There will also be another delegation with the Provincial Government of Bizkaia led by Deputy General Jose Luis Bilbao. 

Feature artists will include:

-Kalakan from Lapurdi
-Amuma Says No from Boise, ID
-Utah-ko Triskalariak dancers from Salt Lake City, UT
-Urki dance group from Andoain Gipuzkoa
-Soprano Amaia Arberas from Donostia/New York
-San Antonio de Iralabarri Choir from Bilbao
-the Zortzi show by Christophe Pavia and Adelaide Darraspe from Hendaia/Quebec

PROGRAM

Monday, October 7

LANGUAGES IN CONTACT, COMMUNITIES IN COEXISTENCE OPEN CULTURAL PROGRAM

The Graduate Center, CUNY 365 Fifth Avenue
(34th St @ Fifth Ave) New York, NY 10016 USA
6:00 pm

BASQUE LANGUAGE AND BASQUE SOCIETY TODAY

Moderator:
Prof. José del Valle (The Graduate Center, CUNY)

Speakers:
Prof. Jasone Cenoz (University of the Basque Country, UPV/EHU): Basque and Multilingual Education

Prof. Jacqueline Urla (University of Massachusetts. Amherst): Reclaiming Basque: Language, Nation and Cultural Activism

Prof. Itziar Idiazabal (University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU; UNESCO Chair on World Language Heritage): The Normalization of the Basque Language: A Good Practice to Preserve Language Diversity

7:45 pm

POLÍTICAS LINGÜÍSTICAS, POLÍTICAS DE CONVIVENCIA: EL CASO CATALÁN, GALLEGO Y VASCO

Moderator:
Prof. Mari Jose Olaziregi (Etxepare Basque Institute)

Speakers:
Patxi Baztarrika (Deputy Minister for Linguistic Policy. Basque Government) El caso del euskera: las paradojas de un paradigm (The Basque Case: The Paradoxes of a Paradigm)

Anxo Lorenzo (Secretary General of Culture. Government of Galicia) Una política lingüística para la Galicia del siglo XXI (A Language Policy for Galicia in the 21^st Century)

Prof. Eva J. Daussà (State University of New York at Buffalo) Cataluña: treinta años de planificación lingüística, y sigue (Cataluña: Thirty years of Linguistic Planning and Continues)

Tuesday, October 8

7:30 pm

CONFERENCE: THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN GERMANY AND THE BASQUE COUNTRY DURING THE SECOND HALF OF THE 20TH CENTURY: THE EUSKAL ETXEA IN BERLIN.

Speaker:
Unai Lauzirika Amias, (Leipzig Universität)

Euzko-Etxea of New York
307 Eckford Street
(Eckford St @ Greenpoint Ave)
Brooklyn 11122, NY

8:20 pm
Q&A

Wednesday, October 9

LANGUAGES IN CONTACT, COMMUNITIES IN COEXISTENCE OPEN CULTURAL PROGRAM

Black Box Theater
John Jay College of Criminal Justice
524 West 59th. Street
(59th St @ 10th Ave)
New York, NY, 10019

6:30 pm

THE WORLD OF THE BASQUES
Mark Kurlansky Journalist and writer

Presenter:
Aizpea Goenaga (Etxepare Basque Institute)

7:45 pm

CONCERT: MIKEL LABOA, IN MEMORIAM
Iñaki Salvador (piano)

In collaboration with the Mikel Laboa Chair
(University of the Basque country, UPV-EHU)

Thursday, October 10

2-7 pm

A HISTORY OF THE BASQUES IN NEW YORK (DAY 1)

On the Centennial of the Euzko-Etxea of New York (1913-2013)
Euskal Herria Mugaz Gaindi (EHMG) series, 10th edition.

14:00-14:15: Welcome remarks by Aitzol Azurtza, Jose C. Moya, Oscar Alvarez Gila.

14:15-15:45: First session (chairman: Oscar Alvarez Gila):

- William A. Douglass, CBS-University of Nevada, Reno. Past, Present and Future of Basque Immigration to the USA, 19th-21th centuries.

- Alberto Angulo Morales, University of the Basque Country. The Basques in America around the Birth of a Nation.

- Pedro J. Oiarzabal, University of Deusto. A Short History of the Basque Club of New York.

15:45-16:00: Q&A.

16:00-16:30: Break

16:30-18:30: Second session (chairman: Jose C. Moya):

- John Bieter, Boise State University. New York: Gateway to Basque Western America.

- Xabier Irujo, CBS-University of Nevada, Reno. The Bombing of Gernika and its Impact in the Americas.

- Ludger Mees, University of the Basque Country. Governing from the Big Apple: Nationalist Politics and International Strategies. The Basque Government in New York (1941-46).

- Oscar Alvarez Gila, University of the Basque Country. Constructing a Stereotype: Images of Basque Immigrants in American Cinema.

18:30-19:00: Q&A.

Friday, October 11

Euzko-Etxea of New York
307 Eckford Street
(Eckford St @ Greenpoint Ave)
Brooklyn 11122, NY

5-7 pm

A HISTORY OF THE BASQUES IN NEW YORK (DAY 2)
On the Centennial of the Euzko-Etxea of New York (1913-2013)

Chairman: William A. Douglass

- Pedro J. Oiarzabal, University of Deusto. Into a New Frontier: Basque Diaspora and Cyberspace

- Anna Aguirre, Euzko Etxea New York. Three Generations in New York

- Argitxu Camus-Etchecopar , Ph.D. NABO (1973-2013): 40 Years of Promoting Basque Culture and Linking Basque Organizations together in North America

- Joseba Etxarri, Euskalkultura.com. Zorionak Eusko Etxea of New York: A Tribute to the Oldest US Basque Club on its Centennial.

- Q&A.

8-9 pm: Kalakan in Concert

9:00 pm: EUZKO-ETXEA BAR WILL OPEN AFTER THE CONCERT

Saturday, October 12

8:00- 3:00 pm

NORTH AMERICAN BASQUE ORGANIZATION (NABO) MEETING AT EUZKO-ETXEA

Euzko-Etxea of New York
307 Eckford Street
(Eckford St @ Greenpoint Ave)
Brooklyn 11122, NY

2:30- 3:30 pm

BASQUE DANCES AND BASQUE SONGS AT EAST RIVER STATE PARK, BROOKLYN

Featuring dance groups Urki from Andoain and Utahko' Triskalariak from Salt Lake City will be performing. San Antonio de Iralabarri choir from Bilbao will sing some Basque songs as well.

4:00 pm BASQUE PELOTA EXHIBITION (to be confirmed)

8:00 pm DINNER FOR NABO (TBC)

Sunday, October 13

10:15 am

BASQUE-AMERICAN MASS IN ST. PATRICK´S CATHEDRAL

The Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of New York, Josu Iriondo will be celebrating mass. San Antonio de Iralabarri choir will sing during the mass.

12:15pm-1:15pm

CHOIR SAN ANTONIO DE IRALABARRI

Choir San Antonio de Iralabarri will give a Basque Concert in the Holy Family Church, next to the United Nations.

1:15pm- 2:00pm

BASQUE DANCES & PICNIC. Basque Dances and Picnic, in Dag Hammarskjold concrete plaza next to the United Nations.

The dance groups Urki from Andoain and Utahko' Triskalariak from Salt Lake City will be performing. You are welcome to bring your own meal, note that alcohol and smoking is forbidden in the plaza. The Basque Club will not provide food.

6:00 pm-- 11:30 pm

CENTENNIAL GALA

Business attire required for a standing up Gala. Music by:

- Soprano Amaia Arberas (Donosti)
- Kalakan (Lapurdi)
- Amuma Says No (Boise, ID)
- Zortzi Show with Christophe Pavia and Adelaide (Lapurdi/Quebec)

Monday, October 14

9:00 am - 3:00 pm

COLUMBUS DAY PARADE

The Parade usually marches up Fifth Avenue from 44th to 72nd Street with red carpet performances on Fifth Avenue between 67th and 69th Streets.

www.columbuscitizensfd.org/columbus-celebration/columbus_parade.html

If you are Member of Euzko-Etxea, Member of NABO or work for the Basque Government, you are welcome to participate. Please try to bring:

- Txapela
- Ikurriña
- Basque neckerchief (zapia)
- White Jersey, Shirt, Sweater...

You are also welcome to bring your traditional Basque Costumes/Dress or music instruments. Please do not bring backpacks or any big bag.

For More information: Eusko Etxea of New York
Iker Goñi (secretario EE): (1) 646 379-5966
nyeuzkoetxea2013@gmail.com