Basques around the world

Dear Basques,

Just a few things for today,

The Machine Tool Biennial Fair-BIEMH kicked off today, May 31st at BEC-Bilbao Exhibiton Center in the Basque town of Barakaldo. It will close its doors on June 5th.

Arriaga theatre in Bilbao will hold Corella Ballet dance show created by Angel Corella from June 2nd to 4th.

San Francisco museum is to host an exhibit of 100 works by the Getaria-born designer Cristobal Balenciaga, who was dubbed by Christian Dior as “the master of us all”.

Berasategui and Subijana will be at Feria Mistura in Peru in September. Also present at the 3rd International Gastronomy Fair of Lima are Ferran Adriá, Eduard Xatruch and Jordi Roca.

Splitter led Caja Laboral to 2-0 on semis over Real Madrid. The Basques opened a 5-point gap during extended time to secure an important win.

See you tomorrow!

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Hello Basques,

Ibilaldia 2010 kicked off in the Basque town of Bermeo this morning. Basque sea was the protagonist of Ibilaldia 2010, which was attended by Urdaneta project’s director Jose Barrio and the son of the Canadian researcher Selma Huxley, specialized in the history about Basque sailors.

From May 29th to 31st, musician Miquel Ortega will be presenting Josep Carner’s ‘Bestiari’ at Arriaga Theatre in Bilbao. The show, based upon Josep Carner’s book of poems about animals, is recommended for children aged 7 and up.

On Saturday, the Foral Government of Biscay auctioned 113 Pyrenean cattle in the Basque town of Gorliz.

Also on Saturday, Basque ballet-star Lucia Lacarra (Principal Dancer of The Munich Opera Ballet) succeeded at Euskalduna Palace in Bilbao.

Laslty, we have found out through Kepa Junker’s blog Inside & Out that he will give a Masterclass and a small musical performance at the Stanford University, California on Tuesday, June 1^st.

See you tomorrow

Agur!

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Hello-

Well I don’t know what the weather’s like where you are, but it’s typical Basque weather here today. However, it would seem we’re promised good, stable weather for the weekend, so here’s hoping.

The big news on this side of the Atlantic is that ex-Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman is playing a gig in the Basque capital Vitoria on Friday night. He’ll be heading up his new band, ‘The Rhythm Kings’.

We have three exciting new blog entries, firstly on our Tourist ‘Off the Beaten Track’ blog; Kepa Junkera has left his latest post about this year’s Jaialdi; and catch the latest from Tiffany about the Pelota.

And for Athletic fans, a new signing. Alaves player Igor Martinez will play for the team next season.

Ondo pasa!

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Hi Basques,

An historic day today for Bilbao, the Basque Country – perhaps, indeed, the world! As momentous achievements, big and small, are being achieved in all corners:

First and foremost, the laying of the first stone of Athletic Bilbao’s new stadium, San Mames Barria.

Enjoy the taster video we’ve included for you here, and read about the “emotional” occasion which included a giant human chain (also with video).

Another significant Basque sporting event was also happening some miles away: Home-grown mountaineer Edurne Pasaban landed at Madrid airport after completing her challenge to climb the 14 8000ers – read what she had to say about her feelings, the future and what it is like to be the second woman to manage the feat.

And, as if you needed more reasons to come to Biscay: The province’s Txakoli wine was recently highly-rated by esteemed US wine-taster Robert Parker.

Lastly, if you’re in or around the Basque Country this autumn, you might like to know that legendary group Supertramp will be playing at the BEC! in Barakaldo on September 17^th.

That’s all for now!

Agur.

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Good morning/afternoon!

We have a couple of great blog posts today Basques.

Firstly, a new post on our Basque Country Live blog. This time a one-to-one with Jon Warren, the man behind San Sebastian Food and co-creator of the Discover the Basque Country Tour, both of which we wrote about last week.

It’s all go since we started our Kepa Junkera blog – Kepa played the Chino Basque club in Chino California on Saturday, a visit which was to coincide with a recording session.

Talking of music: We told you that legendary blues musician John Mayall would be playing Bilbao. Well check out the video of his performance.

Eitb.com also managed a scoop with famous US creative writer Robert McKee, who’ll be dropping into our headquarters on Friday. He gave us an exclusive interview in the lead up to his visit, which you can see here.

That’s all for now.

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Good afternoon!

We hope you enjoy this video about ‘Txakoli Road’, a Harley-Davidson show in the Basque town of Zarautz. Txakoli Road, the 1st concentration of Harley-Davidson motorcycles has taken place from the Basque town of Zarautz to Getaria, on May 21st, 22nd and 23rd.

We have two new posts on Kepa Junkera’s Inside & Out blog: Firstly, in INGUMA (Magical Goblin he talks about the guitarist and living legend of flamenco, Paco de Lucia. Secondly, in The book “La tierra de Mil Tonás” by Maxi de la Peña, it tells us about the fact that Kepa Junkera collaborated being interviewed and writing the preface for Maxi de la Peña’s book La tierra de Mil Tonás.

To finish with, Caja Laboral defeated Estudiantes and made it to playoff semi-finals as part of the ACB Basketball League.

That’s all Basque friends,

Cheers!

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Hello Basques!

It’s really warm and sunny here in the Basque Country today, a really nice day to visit ‘Arrain Azoka’ (Fish Fair) in the Basque town of Bermeo as it is celebrating its 16^th edition. Over thirty stalls are installed in Parque La Lamera Park with the aim to display their produce, of which many are very difficult to find on the market nowadays.

Blues musician John Mayall will be in Bilbao, San Sebastian and Vitoria on May 23rd, 26 and 29th, respectively.

According to Eustat data, the number of visitors to the Basque Country increased by 10% in April 2010.

To finish for today, check a new post on Kepa Junkera’s Inside & Out blog: In Boise, Kepa Junkera is recording with pianist Paul Tillotson, and singer Curtis Stigers, as well as bass player Rod Wray and drummer Spencer Martin from the Basque band Amuma Says No.

Have a nice day and please, remember to have  a look at the best moments from Boise’s Jaialdi 2005. You will find new photos every day!

Agur!

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Good afternoon to our 2,245 members-

The sun continues to shine here and we’re promised a fabulous weekend of beach weather and small waves for those budding surfers!

Because of a few technical hiccups yesterday we couldn’t tell you that the video of the Athletic Bilbao squad playing against 200 school children ended up receiving 30,000 hits on the net and was voted by digg users to go on its homepage. It was also posted by an Aussie Man Utd fan onto the UK team’s official forum.

Well, there’s more… because the 20,000 spectators, raised enough money to build a football school for children in the Congo. It was Etxebe’s decision to donate the money to the children, who have been in the hearts of all Athletic players and fans since a video was made of them singing the team anthem.

Anyway, read that story and see the video here.

Remember we told you about a new tour entitled Discover the Basque Country, created by historian Paddy Woodworth and gastronomy guru Jon Warren. Well there’s another great article, this time about Jon and his company San Sebastian Food, which provides a more original experience for tourists all centred around the Community’s great food.

And we have a brand new blog! Basque internationally-acclaimed musician and trikitixa maestro Kepa Junkera is currently on a tour of the States. From time to time he’ll be writing to us about his experiences and the people he meets on his travels. His first article is about Ramon Echeveste, born in Doneztebe, Navarre. He left the Basque Country at the age of 20 with nothing but the clothes on his back.  He is now the successful self-made owner of a sheep company.

Ondo ibili!

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Hello Basques,

Finally the sun is shining and it looks like spring is on its way.

If you live outside the Basque Country and are thinking of visiting soon, you might be interested to read about a new tour of cultural and culinary discovery. Set up by two non-natives, but confessed lovers of the Basque Country, the Discover the Basque Country tour promises a no-holds-barred insight into the more authentic side of Euskadi; this time, the lesser known San Fermines fiesta of the village of Lesaka.

Remember the news from a couple weeks back that Bilbao was to become the first ever Nobel prize-winning city? Today we can officially confirm that Bilbao City Council will receive the Lee Kuan Yew city prize for all its hard and conscientious work during the city’s post-industrial regeneration.

If you’re following the Manomanista, check out the latest post on our Dos Paredes, Basque Pelota Blog. Some interesting news about two of its main stars Barriola and Olaizola.

That’s all from us today.

Laister arte!

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Good day Basques!

The second and last day of Nonick Conference started with workshops and was followed by Andie Grace from ‘Burning Man’ and Zaryn Dentzel, creator of ‘Tuenti’.

Zaryn Dentzel is the creator of Tuenti, the most successful and important social network among young people all over Spain.

With 27 pro cent of the votes SubMate was the winner of Nonick’s Startup 2.0 Competition. Minube came second with 25 percent and the bronze medal was for Askaro with 23 percent of the votes. Stereomood and Good job got 10 and 13 percent respectively.

John Malkovich’s ‘The Infernal Comedy’ will be at Arriaga Theatre in the Basque town of Bilbao on Tuesday, May 18th.

To finish with, Basque Museum ARTIUM presents Txuspo Poyo’s UN(inverse). This work deals with the relationship between the setting up of the United Nations Organization during the period following the World War II.

This is all for today. See you tomorrow!

Agur!

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