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A Basque style cider house in North Carolina will serve fast casual dining and “a truly Basque 'txotx'”

02/26/2016

With Black Twig Cider House, Matthew Beason is willing to import  the atmosphere of Basque 'sagardotegis' to the US (Photos: M.B.)

Cider expert Matthew Beason and chef John Eisensmith will open “a truly Basque 'txotx'” cider house  in late March in Durham, North Carolina, as the former told EuskalKultura.com. The restaurant will combine fast casual dining with top ciders from all over the world, including some from Euskal Herria. “As far as I know, it will be the first restaurant in the US where you will get up from the table to fill your glass directly from the barrel, the same way it's done in the Basque Country.”

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Lagun Onak, in Buenos Aires, invites everyone to a concert by the choral and to a voice workshop for the 2016 season

02/26/2016

Lagun Onak at the Ballena Azul at the Kirchner Cultural Center during their last concert of 2015 (photoCCK)

Today at 8pm there will be a concert concluding the choral workshop that is organized annually by the Lagun Onak Association in Buenos Aires.  This is its 7th edition, and had an enrollment of more than 40 participants.  The pieces chosen were the sacred works by Vivaldi.  The recital will take place at Laurak Bat Basque Club, and admission is free and open to the public.  Lagun Onak also let us know that auditions will begin in March and its first concert of 2016 will take place in April at the City’s Culture Konex. 

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Tomorrow last chance to get Basque books and recordings in EuskalKultura.com's February raffle

02/25/2016

EuskalKultura's four prizes in February: the book "Becoming Basque" and Maral's, Kalakan's and Xiberoko Dantza Jauziak CDs (photo EuskalKultura.com)

You just have one last chance to enter, but don’t wait too long, because that's it.  EuskalKultura.com, as part of its promotion of the Diaspora and the Basque Culture is raffling a book on the Basque history of Boise; and three CDs by Basque-Argentine group Maral, the Iparralde Kalakan trio and a double CD of dances from Zuberoa to its readers.  To enter all you have to do is send an email with some basic information.  Directions are provided below. Last chance...

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Liverpool University holds a meeting about Basque Collaborative Art and Literature, organized by the Manuel Irujo Chair

02/25/2016

Promotional poster of the one-day Basque Event at Liverpool University

Basque writers and artists such as Harkaitz Cano, Ixiar Rozas, Oskar Alegria  and Peio Aguirre will be in Liverpool in March 11th, to take part in a conference meeting about collaborative networks and Basque art and literature. The conference will include an screening of Alegria's documentary "Emak Bakia" (2012) and a reading by author Ixair Rozas. Organized by the Manuel Irujo Chair of the Unversity of Liverpool.

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Great atmosphere and more than one hundred guests at Euskaldunak Denak Bat’s 94th anniversary in Arrecifes

02/25/2016

Excellent menu, dancing and festive climate with 120 guests at the 94th anniversary of Euskaldunak Denak Bat

Guests from Pergamino, Capitan Sarmiento, Buenos Aires and Jose C. Paz joined in the festivities last weekend to celebrate the 94th anniversary of the Basque club in Arrecifes. The program includes music, dance, greetings from other Basque institutions and special gifts for Euskaldunak Denak Bat, one of the clubs with the longest traditions in the province of Buenos Aires.  

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Montreal, Canada celebrated its first Basque carnivals last Sunday, combining history, sports, and games for kids

02/24/2016

From the youngest ones to the most veteran members, everybody enjoyed the first 'Ihauteriak' in Montreal (Photo: E.Q.)

This past Sunday, February the 21st, Basques from the east coast of Canada celebrated 'Inauteriak,' or the Basques carnivals, for the first time. Around 40 people gathered at the event geared towards children “from 3 to 86,” as the event's flyers read. “These types of events are important to keep the culture alive through the generations,” Sylvie Nadaud, organizer, told EuskalKultura.com

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Theater: the Pastoral Katalina de Erauso, about the adventurous nun, is asking for Basque club support

02/24/2016

Catalina de Erauso, born in Donostia and fled the convent at the age of 15 to live a life of adventures and battles in America, disguised as a man.

A group of musicians, dantzaris and amateur actors from Iparralde are working on a Pastoral about Katalina Erauso, the mythic nun that, in the 17th century, fled to America dressed as a man and lived a life full of adventures and battles.  The Pastoral will debut in June in Baiona and will be performed later in Donostia.  The organizers have launched a campaign looking for support and financing that has already been supported by Basque clubs in Paris, Pau and Switzerland. 

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Mus Tournament and lunch in Macachin to celebrate the Club’s and the Hotel Euzko Alkartasuna’s anniversaries

02/24/2016

Hotel Euzko Alkartasuna, home of the Basque Club, before and now

The Euzko Alkartasuna Basque club will turn 57 on Sunday.  At the same time, the hotel that houses the Basque club has also recently celebrated its 50th.  In hopes of celebrating both birthdays, Basques in Macachin organized a program of activities or the weekend that included a Mus Tournament and lunch for everybody.  Tickets for both activities are on sale at the club. 

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A symposium about “Art and the Basque Diaspora” in Baiona on Thursday and Donostia on Friday

02/23/2016

Promotional poster for the international conference “Art and the Basque Diaspora”

Organized by the Society of Basque Studies, Eusko Ikaskuntza in Baiona, the international conference entitled “Art and the Basque Diaspora” will take place this week. The first session will be on Thursday at the Basque Museum in Baiona, and the second will move to Donostia to the San T elmo Museum, on Friday. In addition to Thursday’s session, the exhibit “Artistic Views of the Basque Diaspora” will also open, an exhibit that will tour the Basque Country until 2017.

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The Idaho Stampede to donate funds from the March 11 game against the Austin Spurs to the Boiseko Ikastola

02/23/2016

Besides being an important fundraiser, this collaboration will make possible the young students to get to know their favorite players (Photos: B.I. & I.S.)

The Idaho Stampede, the NBA's Development basketball team from Boise, will partner with the city's Ikastola to raise funds for the Basque preschool with $5 of each already discounted ticket, going to the educational institution. The Basque Museum and Cultural Center invites sports fans to join them “for a fun time,” as reported to EuskalKultura.com.

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