“Norbaitek ezagutzen du abesti hau?” (“Does anyone know this song?”), my teacher asks every so often. Each time the question is asked, all eyes turn towards me. After three-and-a-half months of studying Euskara (the Basque language) at the Maizpide immersion school in Lazkao, Gipuzkoa with nearly...

Jaialdi 2022 has been canceled due to Covid-19 and will not be held until its next regularly scheduled date of 2025. The news was announced by the all-volunteer Jaialdi committee, which concluded it was not possible to hold the huge festival safely. The event typically attracts 35,000 to 50,000 people...

Dong… dong… dong…. The bellowing church bells are often the sound that I wake up to each morning in my dorm room. Looking at the clock, I see that it’s 7:00 a.m., and it’s time to get ready for another day of complete Basque language immersion at Maizpide Barnetegia, a Basque language immersion...

Madalen Bieter Lete is the Basque voice on the radio. The Boise native runs a weekly Basque music radio program, Taupada Irratia, at the University of Montana’s radio station in Missoula. She created the radio program at Boise State in 2017 and now has recreated a similar program at KBGA College Radio...

Numerous Basque athletes participated in the 2021 Tokyo Olympics. They were usually competing for the countries of Spain and France. They are identified by their hometowns. Here are their results. Basques participated in the three medals won by Spain. If you know of any others, feel free to add them...

The Elko Basque Club was the first Basque club to decide to hold its festival this summer. The National Basque Festival, usually a three-day event in Elko on Fourth of July weekend, will only be a two-day festival this year, and most of the festival events will be held at the Elko Basque clubhouse. Last...