Basque immigrants flocked to the American West from the late 1880s through the mid-1960s. The pioneers operated boarding houses, built handball courts and started businesses in places such as San Francisco, Mountain Home, Idaho, Jordan Valley, Oregon and Salt Lake City. Many of the buildings that housed...
In 2021, while driving back to Colorado from her daughter’s wedding in Palm Springs, Colorado Basque Club President Mayi Berterretche Petracek stumbled upon Plaza Urrutia in the town of Grand Junction. She had known that there was a Basque handball court somewhere in the area, but had never seen it....
Artist Mikel Otxoteko’s impression of Bakersfield, California was colored by the fact that he always traveled around the city in a car.
The audiovisual artist spent the month of May in the city as Cal State Bakersfield’s Frank Bidart Visiting Artistic Fellow. After he had been living there for...
This summer, a song in Euskera about the famous Basque poet sheepherder of Urepel, France is making its way from state to state, played for many audiences across the United States who have never heard lyrics in this language.
I’m telling you this moving story from my personal perspective, as the...
Basque soccer players on Spain’s Euro 2024 Team
Spain has fielded a powerhouse soccer team filled with Basque players at Euro 2024. Here’s a rundown of who they are.
Aymeric Laporte - Al Nasir, Saudi Arabia
Aymeric Laporte, #14, currently plays center-back for Saudi Pro League club Al Nassr,...
