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Palm Sunday in San Francisco
If you are in the Bay Area this weekend, you should take in the Palm Sunday events at the Basque Cultural Center. The day begins with mass at Notre Dames des Victoires with the Elgarrekin Choir and Klika at 9am. After mass, there will be hot chocolate and croissants and then the action moves to the Basque Cultural Center. At 11am there will be handball games with local players followed by lunch and an Easter Basket Raffle. Unfortunately, the window for lunch RSVPs is closed, but everyone is welcome to join in all the other activities. Later in the afternoon, Julian Zabalbeascoa will kick off his west coast book tour at the BCC at 3:30pm in the Lauburu Room thanks to the Basque Educational Organization. For complete information, visit their website.
Intro to Basque Mythology in Salt Lake
Please join the Basque Club of Utah this Friday, April 11th at 5:30pm at St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church in Holladay for an Introduction to Basque Mythology with Professor Nikki Gorrell. This free event, which will include a light dinner and refreshments, will include a “colorful presentation that celebrates the living heritage of Europe’s oldest surviving indigenous people…” For more information on the event, and Professor Gorrell, or to register to attend, please click here.
News From Euzko Etxea of New York
Our friends at the Euzko Etxea of New York recently shared their newsletter that includes information on their upcoming Aberri Eguna festivities, among other things. They also report that Kirmen Uribe’s poem Maiatza was featured in The New Yorker magazine so on behalf of all of us at NABO Zorionak Kirmen! They also let us know about GUAU, a free audio streaming platform that includes the entire audio universe of EITB and other Basque audio and podcast productions in one place, and finally, there will also be a Pintxo-Pote event on April 27th. To read more about each of these items, or to become a member of the club, click here..
Julian Zabalbeascoa Book Tour
As previously mentioned, Julian Zabalbeascoa, originally of Los Banos, California, and author of What we Tried to Bury Grows Here will launch his west coast book tour this Sunday, April 13th at the Basque Cultural Center. He will continue touring various locals through April 26th when he concludes his tour at the Chino Basque Club. For a full list of events, please see the flier, or visit him on Facebook.
