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10/29/2015
University of Nevada Reno’s Center for Basque Studies will be renamed after co-founder William A. Douglass, and the center’s library will adopt the name of the late Jon Bilbao, who also started the institution. The official event will be held on November the 3rd, at the university’s Student Union. “It’s very exciting for us. We think it’s a very appropriate way to recognize their contributions as founders,” said Sandra Ott, co-director of the CBS, in a conversation with EuskalKultura.com.
10/29/2015
Dantza, a concert of music and dance, Korrika txikia, a community meal and many more activities are begin planned by Euzko Etxea in Santiago, Chile to celebrate the 2015 B asque Week (Euskal Astea -Semana Vasca). The festivities will commence on November 19 and the program includes a Basque food tasting prepared by cooks who are coming expressly for the event from the Basque Country.
10/29/2015
Navarran dantzaris from Bolivar, Mar del Plata and Rosario will accompany their peers in the capita at the celebration of the Centro Navarro’s 120th anniversary. The dance festival will take place on November 7 and won’t be the only activity on the festivity program that also includes a pelota tournament, a taberna, mass and banquet among other proposals.
10/28/2015
During the 70s Jai Alai players were like rock stars in places like Florida. They made money hand over first, and rubbed elbows with movie stars and they were invited to all the festivals. Today, very little remains from that world, and the sport of Jai Alaii has lost its shine, above all in the US. The documentary Jai Alai Blues puts those pelotaris in front of the camera and their stories, anecdotes, and adventures tell the story if frontons in Mexico, Cuba and the US from the inside. Tomorrow it can be seen at the Azkuna Zentroa in Bilbao, and on November 6 it will arrive to theaters all over the Basque Country.
10/28/2015
This Friday, October 30, Sueños, hechos…y palabras (Dreams, deeds and words), an anthology of poetry will be presented in Basque and Spanish. The book is the fruit of a project carried out by SADE (Argentina’s Society of Writers) in Chivilcoy and the local Basque club and gathers texts from Chivilcoyan authors. The presentation will take place at the clubhouse and will be attended by Uruguayan Basque teacher, Andrea Bella, who translated the poems.
10/27/2015
The Basque music festival in Barcelona, Euskal Herria Sona! has reached adulthood and to celebrate it, the Basque club has organized a very surprising line up. The first concert will take place tomorrow, a free concert by Gatibu in the middle of the Born neighborhood. In addition to these Gernikarras, the festival poster also includes performances by Oskorri (on their farewell tour), Korrontzi, Jabier Muguruza, Anari…
10/27/2015
They are still getting organized, the Basque descendants in the city of Benito Juarez, gathered under the name Euskal Juarez, have been fulfilling their commitment with the community by representing the Basque Country this year, 2015, as in prior years at the local Festival of Communities. The event will take place on November 9 with an exhibit and on November 14 there will be a community dinner.
10/27/2015
Taking advantage of new technologies, a descendant of Navarre, known as a jeltzale and member of the Zazpirak Bat Basque club in Rosario, Fernando Lizarbe, manages two blogs on specific themes: on the one called Eurosare, he gathers information "on Catalonia, Scotland and Euskadi, nations without a state"; in Geroa Bai Argentina, provides information "on the Geroa Bai coalition in hopes of reaching the Navarran Diaspora".
10/26/2015
The Brussels Euskal Etxea celebrated Sagardotegi (cider house) Night, on October 17, a new inititive that enjoyed huge support from club members and friends. Although first capped at 60, nearly 100 signed up and the club opened its doors to them all. The club also took advantage of the event to present the club and propose new work dynamics.
10/26/2015
EuskalKultura.com will raffle a projector, a great tool for Basque clubs that wish to project film, do audiovisual presentations, or use it during Basque class or other workshops and activities. The goal is to provide a basic resource to Basque clubs that need it. Here is how you can enter to win it.
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