ASTERO
Basque Museum and Cultural Center Offers Education Positions
The Basque Museum and Cultural Center is hiring two new positions: Education Program Manager and Education Programs Specialist. Basque Museum employees receive an employment that includes health insurance, dental and eye insurance options, 401k options, a parking pass, and a gym membership option. If you are interested in applying, please send the Executive Director, Annie Gavica, the following by January 31st by 5pm MST: 1) Cover Letter stating which position you are applying for any why 2) Recently updated resume 3) At least 1 Letter of Recommendation (no more than 3), and 4) 2-3 References. Complete information on both positions is available here.
Las Vegas Mus and Aberri Eguna Celebration
Our friends at the Lagun Onak Basque Club in Las Vegas are happy to announce that the Jose Mari Beristain Memorial Mus Tournament will take place on Saturday April 26, 2025 in the Banquet room at the Tap House. Registration for the event is already open, so please register by calling Amaya Beristain, or emailing her here. Deadline to register is April 1, 2025. Winners of the tournament and the trophy presentation will take place the next day, on Sunday, April 27th at their annual Aberri Eguna Picnic. This year’s picnic will be at the Spring Mountain Ranch State Park Group Area. Winners of this tournament will represent Lagun Onak at the NABO Tournament in June. For information on hotel rooms, please contact Maria Labra.
Registration is Open for NABO Euskara Classes
If you would like to continue your Basque language learning, or get started all together, it’s time to register for spring semester classes offered by the NABO Euskara Program. Complete information on classes offered, pricing, as well as the availability of online, or in person classes is available here. Deadline to register is January 17, 2025, with classes beginning the last week of January or the first week of February. For more information, or if you have questions, please email NABO Euskara Coordinator, Edurne Arostegui. We’d like to thank Edurne again for her commitment to this program and for staying on to ensure that spring semester classes start on time! Mila esker Edurne!
Call for Submissions for Jaialdi Symposium
As has been the tradition over the last several editions of Jaialdi, there will once again be a symposium to kick off the festivities. This year’s symposium, Zortziak Bat, an International Symposium on the Basque Diaspora and Cultural Expressions will take place on July 30-31st and this year’s theme is Denok Bat Arraunean (Rowing Together). The call for submissions is now open and the deadline to submit is February 15th. Scholars, creators, and cultural experts are invited to submit proposals. Interdisciplinary approaches and innovative presentations are also encouraged including visual, performing, and culinary arts. Group presentations will also be considered. For complete information, including submission guidelines, click here.
A Message from NABO President, Jean Flesher
We would like to conclude this week’s edition of Astero by sending all our thoughts and prayers to everyone affected by the Southern California fires. President, Jean Flesher, shares the following:
On behalf of the entire North American Basque Organizations (NABO) Inc., I would like to extend our heartfelt sympathy, prayers and solidarity with our member clubs in Southern California—The Chino Basque Club, The Southern California Basque Club, The Los Angeles Oberena Basque Club and, The Ventura County “Itxaso Alde” Basque Club---and all of their members and indeed with the entire Basque Community in Southern California that may have been affected by the disastrous fires and their aftermath. In addition, in fact, our prayers and sympathy go out to everyone in those communities regardless of ethnicity or background and we applaud the efforts of anyone and everyone who is helping in some way to ease the pain and suffering of those in need. Even though we don’t always publicize this, I’m sure that these same prayers and sympathy go out to everywhere in the world where people are suffering from natural disasters and other events that are completely out of their control. Please, if you can, find a way to contribute to a legitimate organization or grass-roots group who are striving to ease the pain and suffering of anyone who has lost someone, something, or more than likely, everything.
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