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01/20/2020
January 20th is San Sebastian day, day of the Tamborrada and festivities in the city of Donostia-San Sebastian. Beginning at midnight and lasting for 24 hours, thousands of tamborreros run the streets of the capital in all of the neighborhoods, districts, playing pieces created especially for this day in the 19th century by local composer, Raimundo Sarriegi. As other customs and ...
01/07/2020
This is the ad published by Boiseko ikastola at BasqueMuseum.eus: Boiseko Ikastola, the Basque language immersion preschool in Boise, Idaho, is looking for instructors for the 2020-2021 school year. Boiseko Ikastola is a preschool program that prepares students, age 3-5 for Kindergarten using the Basque Country’s Nubaris curriculum. One of the many goals of Boiseko Ikastola is to prepare ...
01/01/2020
With 2020 already here, our newsletter has once again reached the change of the year. “You are kaskagorrak (stubborn/persistent)!” a friend told us on December 24th, reminding us that despite our economical troubles, this newsletter continues to add years, against the wind and the tide, true to the commitment made to the Diaspora and with its readers back in 2001. It is possible that this ...
12/31/2019
While it is cold in Euskal Herria, the southern hemisphere is enjoying heat during the first weeks of summer here. Although many clubs in this part of the world are enjoying a well-deserved rest,, others, like that in Necochea, an important touristic club in the country, will continue working diffusing the Basque culture to their summer visitors. As such, the club will host the following events during the last ...
12/31/2019
12/31/2019
The artist born in Balcarce, Argentina is currently in the land of his ancestors, and so naturally the landscapes, customs and climate have given him inspiration for a series of drawings. The illustrations don’t only show Echeverria’s talent but also the perspective of someone that “is a little bit from here, without being completely from here.” The illustrator is currently in ...
12/31/2019
As every year at this time, the Lehendakari wrote a letter to Basque citizens, those in Euskadi as well as those living in the Diaspora. In the message sent today from Gernika, he stressed the concept of “reaching out,” similarly to Lehendakaris Agirre and Leizaola, and their “ability to converge over differences,” and their search form the meeting point to bring the Basque society ...
12/31/2019
The Arturo Campion Culture and Nationalism Studies Center based in Laprida, concluded 2019 with the publication of its annual magazine. Number 15 of “Guregandik,”edited by Nicolas Chaves includes 14 articles from varied specialties and authors allowing its readers to delve into a wide array of themes, interests and eras.
12/30/2019
The Basque Government published in today’s Official Bulletin of the Basque Country, December 30th, the call for grants for Basque clubs, federations and Basque confederations. The total budget to be awarded is 902,300 Euros of which 782,300 corresponds to Chapter IV and the remaining 120,000 Euros is aimed at Chapter VII. The Resolution is dated December 17, 2019, the day it was approved by the ...
12/30/2019
Brad Little, Governor of Idaho, has appointed Lauren Necochea, a Democrat from Boise, to the House of Representatives of Idaho representing District 19. Necochea will occupy that seat until the next elections in November of 2020, a position vacated by fellow Democrat, Mathew Erpelding, who left in pursuit of another job.
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