Pilota has been a key part of the Basque cultural fabric in the United States.

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 [...]

Two San Francisco restaurant owners are planning to open Txoko, where chefs will specialize in Basque-style pintxos. The new restaurant is named in honor of popular Basque gastronomical societies, where people gather to drink wine, socialize and cook sumptuous dishes. Txoko will be located in North Beach at 504 Broadway near Columbus, an area where a cluster of former Basque [...]

The txalaparta is one of the world’s most unique musical instruments — one in which two people play together creating rhythmic, organic melodies. This art form has been popularized by the Basque Country duo of Harkaitz Martinez de San Vicente and Mikel Ugarte. The two have taken their wooden txalaparta boards around the world. The two musicians recently performed in [...]

Singers Mikel Markez and Erramun Martikorena are a generation apart and represent two different styles of music.

Two well-known singers from the Basque Country, Erramun Martikorena and Mikel Markez, both with very different styles of music, are in the U.S., performing together in Rocklin, San Francisco, Bakersfield and Chino, Calif. in the next two weeks. Martikorena, from the French-Basque town of Baigorri, continued his occupation as a shepherd along with a successful singing career that includes eight [...]

It was a good start for Team USA during the opening-day action Friday at the World Championships of Pelota in Pau, France. Basque Cultural Center athlete Mireille Acheritogaray, as part of a doubles squad representing the United States, won her opening match 30 to 13 against Canada in a paleta goma trinquete battle. In other action for Team USA, Roger [...]

Athletes from the Basque Cultural Center in South San Francisco are scheduled to compete Saturday Oct. 2 for the United States during the opening weekend action at the World Championships of Pelota in Pau, France. The seven BCC men and women are the members of Team USA. The men begin their tournament play in doubles handball against a tough Spanish [...]

Athletes from the Basque Cultural Center in South San Francisco will represent the United States in the 16th annual World Championships of Pelota.

San Francisco chef Mattin Noblia, who appeared last year on the popular Top Chef show, is selling his Iluna Basque restaurant. Noblia opened the trendy restaurant in 2003 on the edge of the city’s tree-lined Washington Square. He was just 23 at the time. Related Euskal Kazeta reports: Video: Basque on Top Chef Show Mattin Noblia Talks about Operating Iluna [...]