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Colorado Basque Club Hosts Fall NABO Meeting

This weekend, the Colorado Basque Club will host NABO's Fall meeting, in Denver, Colorado. Festivities will begin on Friday with a tour of the Coors Factory, Red Rocks National Park, and weather permitting, Lookout Mountain for delegates lucky enough to arrive early. The meeting will take place at 8am on Saturday morning at St Vincent de Paul Church (2375 E Arizona Ave., 80210). After the meeting there will be a dinner/dance, also at St. Vincent de Paul, with cocktails at 5:30pm and dinner served at 6:30pm. Cost of the dinner is $30 at the door. For complete information visit their website.

Sagardo Eguna in New England

This weekend the New England Basque club will be hosting a Sagardo Eguna (Cider Day) on Saturday, October 24th at the Knights of Columbus in Middletown, Rhode Island. The event will run from 1pm to 7pm and will include an exhibition of Basque rural sports, cider making demonstrations, fish chowder, and txistorra sandwiches. Begoña Echeverria will also be on hand to read an excerpt from her book The Hammer of Witches. There will also be raffles during the day for Basque Cider from Astigarraga, courtesy of Shaksbury in Vermont. A $10 contribution is recommended to help sustain NEBC activities. For complete information, visit them on Facebook.

American Bertsolaris visit Basque Country

Two of our Bertsolaris, Johnny Curutchet (San Francisco, CA) and Martin Goicoechea (Rock Spring, WY), recently traveled to the Basque Country accompanied by Frantxua Bidaurreta. The Bertsolaris were invited by various institutions, and participated in a wide-range of activities while there. Here is a link to EuskalKultura.com's article regarding their visit and events they participated in, as well as is a link from another news program in Aquitaine highlighting their visit to the Basque Museum in Baiona. Biba zuek!

Morcilla Feed at Louis' Basque Corner

This Sunday, October 25th, Louis' Basque Corner, in Reno, NV will be holding a Morcilla (Tripota) feed. The event will begin at noon with cocktails, with lunch being served at 1pm. Cost of the meal is $30 and since space is limited, RSVPs are recommended. To make reservations, call the restaurant directly 775-323-7203. Proceeds from the lunch will be donated to Reno's Zazpiak Bat Basque Club. A huge Mila Esker to Louis' for their generosity.