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The Basque Museum & Cultural Center is seeking to fill the position of Director for Boiseko Ikastola

06/30/2016

Group of Boiseko Ikastola children

Boiseko Ikastola has opened the process to select the position of Director of this institution, the only one that teaches preschool in the United States in an environment tied to the Basque language and culture. The selected person will be in charge of the institution in all its aspects, including the educational and economic management, including designing plans, promotion and follow-up. The deadline for submission of applications ends on July 15.

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After the finishing touches, everything is ready in Washington for today’s inauguration of the 2016 Smithsonian Folklife Festival

06/29/2016

Dedicated to the Basques, the Smithsonian Folklife Festival 2016 is located between the Washington Monument and the Capitol Building (photoEuskalKultura.com)

Finishing touches took place yesterday for today’s inauguration at 10am (4pm in Europe) of the 2016 Smithsonian Folklife Festival dedicated this year to the Basques and entitled, “Basques: Innovation by Culture.”  After the official event, and with all its areas in operation, the small Basque Country is mounted against the US Capitol and will host the first concerts this evening with Kepa Junkera and Sorginak on stage. 

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Gaztemundu 2016 will be dedicated to Basque gastronomy and will take place October 1-16 in Donostia

06/29/2016

The Lehendakari’s reception for the participants in the 2014 Gaztemundu program (photoIrekia)

The Governing Council of the Basque Government approved the call yesterday for this year’s Gaztemundu program, aimed at youth from Basque clubs who would like to visit Euskadi.  The program will focus on Basque gastronomy and the number of spots open is 25.  Applications can be submitted after the call is published in the Official Bulletin of the Basque Country in a few days.

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Eusko Txokoa, in Armstrong, Santa Fe, Argentina, is a reference for Basque culture through cuisine

06/29/2016

Members of the Elorriaga family at the Community Festival in Armstrong

Eusko Txokoa is a restaurant and a Basque club.  The Elorriaga family, descendants of Basques from Bizkaia, established it 15 years ago, and since then it has been the nucleus for Basque families in the area.  It has also become a place for good food that has staples on its menu like shell fish that are typical in dishes in the Basque Country.  “It is a family project, it is our house,” Norberto Elorriaga, grandfather of the family explained to EuskalKultura.com.  “But we would really like to get in touch with the rest of the community in the country….” 

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Smithsonian Folklife Festival 2016: The City of Washington welcomes the Basque Country with honors

06/28/2016

It is not to be missed.  There are few occasions like this one where the Basques can come, share their culture, their reality, past and present, their plans and calling for the future in front of a massive international crowd as this summer in Washington DC.  The numbers estimate that a million people will visit the Fair; with Basques being the only leitmotiv; in front of the Capitol; on a patriotic American date: July 4th when the city collapses, and this year with Basques in the middle.  This is a unique occasion.

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Chef Javier Canteras will open the Urdaneta Restaurant in Portland with the prize he won on a TV show

06/28/2016

Chef Javier Canteras, left, with his partner Chef Ryan Spragg (right) (photo Facebook/The Basque Supper Club)

Chef Javier Canteras has been enjoying success in Portland for some time with The Basque Supper Club, a pop-up restaurant (that is organized periodically in secret places) that, as the name indicates, is based on Basque gastronomy.  Now, Canteras is taking another step and by mid-July will open the Urdaneta Basque Restaurant, with money that he one on the TV contest show Restaurant Startup.  Here is his story. 

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The Guillermo Larregui Basque club celebrated its 27th anniversary and is getting ready for a very busy six months

06/28/2016

The “neskatxitas” were the stars of the festivities at the 27th anniversary celebration

The Chacabuco Basque club gathered more than 100 people at its anniversary dinner.  The txikis from the Guillermo Larregui club will participate in July at the Dantzaris Gathering that is organized in Pergamino while, the club is getting ready to participate in the Rural Society Exhibit, as well as for its monthly meetings, and finally their trip to the Basque Country, for members and friends, in September. 

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Five Basque authors will participate in the MAC Literary festival in the Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia and the Ukraine

06/27/2016

A literary recital at a prior MAC Festival (photo www.autorskecteni.cz)

In the coming days, Basque writers, Harkaitz Cano, Miren Agur Meabe, Rikardo Arregi, Karmele Jaio and Eider Rodriguez will visit Eastern Europe, to participate in the “Month of Author Readings” (MAC) literary festival. This festival has the special characteristic of being celebrated in four countries: Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia and the Ukraine

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The 2016 World Mus Tournament of Basque Communities will take place in Donostia October 8-16

06/27/2016

Throughout 2016, muslaris in countries that participate in the competition have been celebrating their various national tournaments. Many of these are now complete, and the champions are now preparing for the international tournament that will be held in Donostia, October 8-15th, based at the Silken Amara Plaza Hotel. The tournament program has now been published for the competitors and also for those who will accompany them.  The program is available here: www.ctme.eus.

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The Basque film series concludes next Saturday at the Euskal Jatorri Basque Club in Posadas, in conjunction with their San Fermin celebration

06/27/2016

The Euskal Jatorri Basque Club in Posadas invites everyone to their San Fermin celebration and their workshops

The Euskal Jatorri Basque Club in the province of Misiones is in a very productive period, thanks to the combined work of its members.  The most important project of the year, without a doubt, the children’s workshop.  The club also organizes other events for the community, monthly food sales, and a film series.  Among their celebrations, next Saturday, they will celebrate San Fermin with a dinner at the Rotary Club. 

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