It’s txotx season in the Basque Country, where the cider houses open their barrels to the public and start selling their cider or sagardoa. Typically it starts on January 20, the day of the Tamborrada celebration in Donostia. But this year, because of COVID restrictions, many cider houses have delayed...

Xabier Berrueta remembers where he was when he got his brother’s text last October. He was in the town of Oloron-Sainte-Marie, France, watching the World Cup championship of Trinquet. His brother Aitor told him the board of the Basque Cultural Center (BCC) in South San Francisco had given approval...

“Basques in California’ is a new exhibit at the Basque Museum in Boise, Idaho that highlights the contribution of Basques to the history of the Golden State. The exhibit opened July 14. The Basque Museum’s exhibit initially opened last October, at the Museo Vasco de Bilbao, Bizkaia, where it...

Jaialdi, the mega-Basque festival celebrated every five years in Boise, Idaho, was supposed to take place in July 28 to Aug. 2, 2020. On April 6, the festival organizers announced the postponement of the event to July 2021. The rest of this article was originally posted Feb. 6, 2020 on the 2020 celebration....

The original plan was modest: Bring at least eight dancers from California to the Basque Country to perform for the festival of the Baztan Valley – Baztandarren Biltzarra. But what transpired was far more successful than anyone could have imagined. Ultimately, 42 dancers from five different California...

Dan Ansotegui, a pillar of the Boise Basque community for years, was recently honored for his commitment to maintaining Basque culture with a NEA National Heritage Fellowship. The musician and restaurateur was one of only nine Americans to be honored with the award this year, considered the highest honor...