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Basque Museum and Boiseko Ikastola Fundraiser
The Basque Museum and Boiseko Ikastola are holding a fundraiser online auction this week. Due to the pandemic and not being to hold their regular in-person fundraisers, besides missing the revenue that Jaialdi provides, the two organizations joined forces to put together this idea. Their hope is to raise $20,000, and so they have gathered donations from folks in every facet imaginable, adventure/experiences, artwork, children, food/drink, home, pet/animal, services as well as accepting outright donations. If you would like get more information on any of the items up for bid, or if you would like to make a donation, please click here. To date $6,590 has been raised, and bidding is open through October 25th at 8pm (MST) so don’t wait! For complete information on how to register, bid, or donate, click here.
Foku Musikala 11 - Loretxoa
This week we are happy to present the eleventh installment of Foku Musikala presented by NABO’s Music Director, Mikaela Goikoetxea. This week’s featured song is “Loretxoa.” Here is everything you’ll need to learn the song, or find out what the lyrics mean. On egin!
Lyrics | Recording | Upbeat Cover | Vocabulary
Basque Americans Honored
This week, two members of our Basque community received great honors in each of their fields. Jeanine Campos Grech of Campos Brothers Farms was honored on Tuesday by the Marjoree Mason Center’s 37th Annual Top Ten Professional Women and Leading Business Awards. These awards aim to honor outstanding individuals in the Fresno community, while raising awareness for domestic violence. The event honors ten women who have “served as role models and given back to their communities, all while making strides in their professions.” Due to the pandemic, this year’s event was held virtually and featured Andrea “DREA” Kelly as its keynote speaker. Zorionak Jeanine!
Another Basque American honored this week was Blas Uberuaga. Blas was among six Los Alamos National Laboratory physicists elected as a 2020 Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS). These fellowships recognize outstanding contributions to science, technology, teaching, or service. Blas was nominated by the APS Division of Computational Physics for “the development of accelerated molecular dynamics methods and their application to the understanding of radiation effects in materials, including the amorphization resistance of complex oxides, and the discovery of a new mechanism for point defect recovery at interfaces.” Blas started at the Los Alamos Lab in 2001, and has been involved in many Department of Energy-funded projects. To read more about these awards and Blas’s nomination click here. Many may know Blas as a delegate for both the Seattle and New Mexico Basque Clubs as a founding member of each. He is also the creator of Buber’s Basque Page the first website dedicated to the Basques, EuskalKultura.eus interviewed Blas about this honor that is available here where he credits his aita for the work ethic he learned at home. Zorionak Blas!
London Basque Society to Offer Webinar on Basque Pidgins
The London Basque Society is inviting everyone to its webinar today at 7pm (BST) or 11am (PST) entitled “Basque Pidgins.” Speakers will talk about both Basque-Icelandic Pidgin as well as Basque American Pidgin, languages developed by Basque whalers as a “simplified way of communication with the native people of Iceland and North America.” If you would like to attend, please email eventslondonbasque@gmail.com with your name, where you live and nationality, to get the link to the webinar. This email will also get you a free membership to the London Basque Society. For more information, see their flier here.
10/22/2020
