Announcing the opening of the Lehendakari Agirre Center with offices in NY and DC Juan Jose Ibarretxe, former president of the Basque government is scheduled to visit the U.S. this week for the opening of the Lehendakari Agirre Center, which will oversee research projects on policy issues in the Basque County. He will present details in SF and NY on [...]

Basque lehendakari Patxi Lopez on Monday visited the Culinary Institute of America in New York to launch an initiative to strengthen ties between the prestigious college and the Basque Culinary Center in San Sebastian. As lehendakari, or president of the Basque government, Lopez is visiting the East Coast and Texas with other Basque officials to strengthen cultural and economic ties [...]

Korrika is a running event held every other year in the Basque Country since 1980 in support of the Basque language Euskera. It is a community run in which thousands of people join in, sometimes up to 600,000. This year, four U.S. Basque communities, San Francisco, New York City and Boise and Mountain Home, Idaho will be joining the Basque [...]

Supporters of “Ipuina Kontatu,” a documentary film project about the resilient Basque culture, will be holding a fund-raising event at New York City’s trendy Bar Basque to raise money to finish the film. The fundraiser will be Wednesday Jan. 12 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the newly opened bar and restaurant, which is holding the event with help [...]

In a momentous occasion for the Basque community, the much-anticipated “Hidden in Plain Sight” exhibit was unveiled before a crowd of about 300 dignitaries and well-wishers Saturday Feb. 6

The opening of the Boise Basque Museum’s Ellis Island exhibit will be celebrated with a reception in New York City featuring speakers, dinner and live music on Saturday Feb. 6. The New York Basque Club and a Delegation from the Basque Country in the U.S. will be hosting the event at the Puck Building in Manhattan. The Boise-based band “Amuma [...]

The Basque Museum and Cultural Center has unveiled a new website promoting its upcoming exhibit at New York’s Ellis Island. The exhibit, “Hidden in Plain Sight,” will showcase Basque culture and history at one of the most popular tourist destinations in New York City. The website features an overview of Basque history in the United States and immigration from Europe. [...]