View 2011 Basque Summer Festivals in the U.S. in a larger map Basque festival season moves to Nevada this weekend when the Lagun Onak Las Vegas Basque Club holds its 31st annual picnic. The festival well be held at the picturesque Spring Mountain Ranch State Park, about 20 miles from Las Vegas. The event begins with mass at 11 a.m. [...]

Zagat has named Chef Gerald Hirigoyen’s Piperade restaurant as the top “Spanish/Basque” restaurant in the San Francisco Bay area. Piperade was rated number one among five “Best Spanish/Basque Bay Area Restaurants” singled out by Zagat. Started in 1979, Zagat publishes consumer-based surveys that are read worldwide and have been dubbed “The Gastronomic Bible” by the Wall Street Journal. Related Euskal [...]

The Gauden Bat dancers helped spread Basque culture this weekend during performances that were well-received by audiences at the Los Angeles County Fair. The Chino-based group, whose name means “Let Us Be One” in Euskera, gave multiple performances on Saturday and Sunday at the fair’s Basque Village. The cultural exhibition was organized by Evelyne Ustarroz, a public relations specialist and [...]

Berri Txarrak, one of the biggest names in Basque rock, jammed at a studio in trendy Venice Beach in September 2011.

Patty Miller, director of Boise’s Basque Museum and Cultural Center, is among several people and institutions whose accomplishments will be honored by the Idaho State Historical Society. Miller is a pillar in Idaho’s Basque community. She and six others will receive the society’s 13th-annual “Esto Perpetua Award.” The Basque Museum and two other organizations will also be honored by the [...]

Basque culture will be in the spotlight at the Los Angeles County Fair Sept. 16, 17 and 18. The Basque Village is a weekend-long exhibition of food, song, dance and merchandise. The event is being organized by Evelyne Ustarroz, a public relations specialist and event planner in Los Angeles, working with William Lomas of Pageantry Productions. Ustarroz said she had [...]