08/23/2019

As every year, the end of August is season for Basque festivals in California. Beginning today in San Francisco, Basque Cultural Center's Jaialdia 2019, featyring singers, bertsolaris, pilotaris, dantzaris, klika and local musicians as well as invited guests with pilotaris Bixintxo Bilbao, Maxime Etcheverry, Peio Larralde and Jon Saint Paul; singer Michel Etcheverry, and music and entertainment ...
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08/23/2019

The film Dantza by Basque director Telmo Esnal (Zarautz, 1967) will be shown tomorrow in Vancouver, as part of the Latin American Film Festival. The screening will take place on Saturday, August 24th at 7:30pm in the main theater at The Cinematheque (1131 Howe Street at Davie). Basque club members will enjoy a special admission price when purchasing tickets online using the code: "ZorteOn2019," ...
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08/22/2019

Irujo will deal with European, cross-border issues as well as the relationship with the Diaspora. The Government of Navarre approved the appointment of Mikel Irujo Amezaga (Caracas, 1972) as the new Director General of Foreign Affairs in its session yesterday, as part of the Department of Citizen Relations. This is a newly created post that regroups the functions under a more global approach, which ...
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08/21/2019

In the winter, it was music, film in the spring and performing arts and literature enjoyed a preeminent presence during the summer in the Scottish cultural panorama. The Edinburgh Festival Fringe and Edinburgh International Book Festival, August 7-18th, have become platforms of diffusion for Basque creation, specifically performing arts and literature, thanks to the #ScotlandGoesBasque Program, one of the main ...
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08/20/2019

Do you like a challenge? This is a good one and includes an agreement. It doesn’t matter if you don’t know Basque now, the important thing is that you are willing to learn it. The Euskara Munduan Program guarantees you free training for four years with online classes, combined with two Barnetegis a year with a entire group of motivated beginners like you. In exchange, you ...
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08/19/2019

The Basque Country was the guest country on August 9th at the “Trips Around the World,” initiative that took place on the Pasaje de la Alcaldia in Envigado. The program included various exhibitions, exhibits and presentations about the Basques as well as their present and historic contribution to Antioquia. The event included several talks, exhibitions, and a musical and dance performance ...
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08/19/2019

Some of the first undertakings of this young Basque club have been talks presenting the Basque reality and its contribution to Peru, the creation of the youth group Muga Gabe Batuz, raffles to raise money for a clubhouse, as well as Basque language lessons with a first class that took place last Friday. These are some of the proposals that the club has carried out to date since its official recognition ...
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08/19/2019

Comprised of amateur players from the Saltoko Euskaldunen Taldea at the club in the local neighborhood “33” the Baskos 33 began its career at the beginning of 2019 and has done so victoriously. During the past months, it remained undefeated and took first place in the First Round B in the Super Senior League (players over 45). They also enjoyed similar results in the second round in the ...
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08/17/2019

There are many Basque clubs around the world that organize their celebrations around August 15th, the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin, like many locations in Euskal Herria. That is what Saint Pierre and Miquelon does. The festival began last Monday with musicians and athletes from the Basque Country to carry out a program that includes children’s cooking workshops, and music. Throughout the ...
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08/16/2019

Fr. Pascual Barturen Uriarte, musician originally from Bakio, Bizkaia, will cross the Atlantic again to join his friends and audiences in Argentina and Chile. This trip, from September 15-October 5th, will include concerts organized by Basque clubs at churches or temples that have a pipe organ. If interested in hosting a concert, please contact Luis Maria Barrandeguy in Rosario (see his address at ...
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