BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-// - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.basqueeducational.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:UTC BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:UTC DTSTART:20230101T000000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20230312T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20231105T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20240310T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20241103T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20250309T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20251102T090000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250730T080000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250730T170000 DTSTAMP:20260423T135437 CREATED:20250215T101046Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250520T035639Z UID:10000081-1753862400-1753894800@www.basqueeducational.org SUMMARY:Int'l Symposium on the Basque Diaspora DESCRIPTION:Hosted by the Basque Studies Foundation\, in partnership with Basque Studies at Boise State University\, the Zortziak Bat International Symposium is an educational gathering that will explore what often has been called “Zortziak Bat\,” or the “8th Province\,” a reference to the expansion of Zazpiak Bat (“Seven are One”) to include the Basque Diaspora.  \n\n\n\nThe theme is “Rowing Together\,” where individuals and communities work together to support\, encourage\, and inspire learning about the Basques. The symposium gathers scholars\, creators\, and cultural experts to examine the vibrant mosaic of Basque identities as it has grown and transformed within diaspora communities. We also invite students to attend the symposium\, providing them a unique way to learn about the Basque Diaspora from professionals in a broad range of cultural disciplines and fields of expertise. \n\n\n\nThe BEO is a proud partner of this event\, inviting the creative side of education to the fold. More information to come. \n\n\n\n\nLEARN MORE URL:https://www.basqueeducational.org/event/international-symposium-on-the-basque-diaspora-and-cultural-expressions/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Artist Events,BEO sponsored event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.basqueeducational.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/ZORTZIAK-BAT-logo-www.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250715T173000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250715T183000 DTSTAMP:20260423T135437 CREATED:20250625T094034Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250625T094106Z UID:10000090-1752600600-1752604200@www.basqueeducational.org SUMMARY:MOVIE CLUB / The Little Switzerland DESCRIPTION:A comedy parodying the real-life Treviño enclave dispute\, this film portrays the fictional town of Tellería as it tries to get annexed by Switzerland after a failed bid to join the Basque Country. As the townspeople begin to adopt Swiss culture\, Basque and Spanish nationalists unite to restore the old status quo. Like Ocho apellidos vascos (Spanish Affair)\, this film is a send-up of contemporary Basque politics whose humor can be appreciated by an international audience. \n\n\n\nLanguage Options: Spanish with subtitles or English dub \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMeetings are held via Zoom. If you are not currently a BEO Movie Club member\, you can learn more and sign up HERE. URL:https://www.basqueeducational.org/event/movie-club-the-little-switzerland/ LOCATION:CA ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.basqueeducational.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/movie-club-header-image.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250707T173000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250707T183000 DTSTAMP:20260423T135437 CREATED:20250518T000835Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250520T035542Z UID:10000086-1751909400-1751913000@www.basqueeducational.org SUMMARY:BOOK CLUB / In the Footsteps of Smugglers DESCRIPTION:We will be discussing In the Footsteps of Smugglers with author Georgina Howard. \n\n\n\nMeetings are held via Zoom. If you are not currently a BEO Book Club member\, you can learn more and sign up HERE. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE BOOK:“In the Footsteps of Smugglers follows the adventures of an outsider: a single mother\, linguist\, cosmopolitan nomad and cultural chameleon who paradoxically makes her home among an indigenous people deeply rooted in their land\, with a language and culture dating back to Stone-Age times. Unwittingly\, she repays their hospitality by luring anti-terrorist squads\, blackmailers and spies into their midst as the dramatic past of the Basque Country proves to have unexpected and far-reaching consequences. An inspiring\, humorous travel memoir\, Bradt’s In the Footsteps of Smugglers weaves behind-the-scenes vignettes of daily rural life and historical research to produce authentic insights on all things Basque\, threaded with a rhapsody on the theme of identity.” \n\n\n\nA REVIEW:“The Basque Country is a place of mystery\, of deep tradition and rock-solid core values. Any strange region needs a top-class guide\, invested in its singularities. A ‘Brummie-turned-Basque\,’ and blessed with the energy of a small power station\, Georgina Howard is that guide\, unlocking doors that open up a fascinating world of profound culture and vibrant festivals. \n\n\n\nBut this is also a rollicking story of personal triumph\, of persistence\, of determination\, as she builds a successful business in the nowhere-lands of a North Navarre valley\, and raises a (thoroughly) Basque daughter\, single-handedly. Take this rollercoaster ride with her\, share her ups and downs…discover the Basque culture\, you’ll be smitten!” – AMAZON Reviewer URL:https://www.basqueeducational.org/event/book-club-in-the-footsteps-of-smugglers/ LOCATION:Zoom Meeting ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.basqueeducational.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Home-page-panel-2-x.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250630T000000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250630T235959 DTSTAMP:20260423T135437 CREATED:20250520T040057Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250520T040148Z UID:10000087-1751241600-1751327999@www.basqueeducational.org SUMMARY:BEO Scholarship Intent to Apply Deadline DESCRIPTION:This is the last day to let us know you’ll be submitting for the BEO scholarship competition. CLICK HERE to learn more. URL:https://www.basqueeducational.org/event/beo-scholarship-intent-to-apply-deadline/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250617T173000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250617T183000 DTSTAMP:20260423T135437 CREATED:20250611T073755Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250618T010613Z UID:10000089-1750181400-1750185000@www.basqueeducational.org SUMMARY:MOVIE CLUB / Coven of Sisters DESCRIPTION:“Coven of Sisters is a hidden gem – it’s an absorbing\, bewitching experience that influences the mind.” -Daniel Hart \n\n\n\n“Bewitching\, and wonderfully acted\, the movie goes crescendo to a magnificent and mad climax.” -Louis S. \n\n\n\n“There is nothing more dangerous than a woman who dances” Abstract Akelarre (Coven) -recent winner of five Goya awards- constitutes a powerful and lucid chronicle of the macho and misogynistic religious fanaticism of the Spanish Catholic Inquisition\, of how it “adapted” reality to its prejudices\, and does not hesitate to stage its comic stupidity at times\, imposing an unexpected twist on the story and projecting all these towards the political present in an eloquent way but never underlined thanks to its realistic register and with a great staging.” -Unknown \n\n\n\nThis 2020 film is a period drama about a group of teenage girls in the 17th-century Gipuzkoa who are accused of witchcraft. In the girls’ conflict with their Spanish inquisitors\, we find themes that are still relevant in the 21st century\, such as sexism and bodily autonomy\, which are intertwined with the struggle for cultural autonomy of the Basque Country. The film won five (5) Goya Awards\, and star Amaia Aberasturi was nominated for best actress. \n\n\n\nLanguage: Basque and Spanish with subtitles. \n\n\n\nMeetings are held via Zoom. If you are not currently a BEO Movie Club member\, you can learn more and sign up HERE. \n\n\n\nWhere can I watch it?\n\n\n\nOn Netflix. Be sure to search for Coven of Sisters. URL:https://www.basqueeducational.org/event/movie-club-coven-of-sisters/ LOCATION:CA ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.basqueeducational.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/movie-club-header-image.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250531T170000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250531T170000 DTSTAMP:20260423T135437 CREATED:20250215T023932Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250520T035428Z UID:10000079-1748710800-1748710800@www.basqueeducational.org SUMMARY:Creator's Grant Due Date DESCRIPTION:“Stories are a communal currency of humanity.” -Tahir Shah\, in Arabian Nights. \n\n\n\nNo truer words… and this is why the BEO is so deeply committed to the creative souls in our greater community. This fund is for the artist committed to a project that tells a story about the Basques and represents the Basque culture. \n\n\n\nWhat does the applicant look like? \n\n\n\nAn expressive individual who uses any medium within the performing\, visual\, and literary arts to broaden our understanding of the world around us. This individual will allow us to learn about our culture\, traditions\, and experiences. This is not exclusive to traditional art expressions such as dancers\, painters\, and book authors. We’re talking about ALL creatives: bertsolaris\, musicians\, opera performers\, theater performers/designers/writers\, chefs\, photographers\, filmmakers\, architects\, poets\, journalists\, etc. \n\n\n\nThe individual is someone who strengthens the Basque identity through their work and builds a connection between everyone else and the Basques. \n\n\n\n\nAPPLY TODAY URL:https://www.basqueeducational.org/event/grant-application-due-the-creators-fund/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Artist Events,BEO sponsored event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.basqueeducational.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/creators-fund.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250531T170000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250531T170000 DTSTAMP:20260423T135437 CREATED:20250215T023421Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250520T035504Z UID:10000078-1748710800-1748710800@www.basqueeducational.org SUMMARY:Women's Empowerment Grant Due Date DESCRIPTION:Celebrating and showing profound appreciation and support for the women in our Basque communities is pretty darn important to us. This fund is designed to support women who need financial assistance in shaping our communities\, furthering our culture\, and enhancing our Basque identity. \n\n\n\nThe BEO focuses on projects that are rooted in cultural identity and knowledge-sharing. We support women who share this vision. \n\n\n\nWhat does the applicant look like?She is a mover and shaker with and for the Basque culture. She is determined to make a difference for the betterment of the community and has a clear vision of where she will lead the cause. She’s a trailblazer. \n\n\n\nShe strengthens Basque identity\, builds community connection\, and paves the way for future generations. \n\n\n\n\nAPPLY TODAY URL:https://www.basqueeducational.org/event/grant-application-due-the-womens-empowerment-fund/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Artist Events,BEO sponsored event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.basqueeducational.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/womens-empowerment-fund-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250513T173000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250513T183000 DTSTAMP:20260423T135437 CREATED:20250501T125719Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250501T130326Z UID:10000084-1747157400-1747161000@www.basqueeducational.org SUMMARY:MOVIE CLUB / NOLA? DESCRIPTION:“Attracted by its charm\, Fermin Muguruza came to the The Big Easy to record an album\, Irun Meets New Orleans – where he adapts eight songs from his career to the sounds of New Orleans and interprets two of the city’s classics -\, and to film a documentary\, Nola?\, about the situation ten years after Hurricane Katrina. All this\, whilst surrounded by the elite of the local scene: from the legend that is Preservation Hall Jazz Band to the Bounce music rapper Katey Red\, together with collaborators Galactic\, Dr. John and Trombone Shorty. \n\n\n\nNola? draws many parallels to the TV series “Treme”: the songs are very well integrated\, relating to what the protagonists describe. The music has therefore transformed into a personality rather than just a narration. The guiding thread is the narrator\, WWOZ radio personality George Ingmire\, who is also a documentary-maker and author of various radio essays on the impact of the hurricane. With his critical and ironic speech\, he alternates the story of the recording of the album with observations on the state of things.” \n\n\n\nMeetings are held via Zoom. If you are not currently a BEO Book Club member\, you can learn more and sign up HERE. \n\n\n\nWhere can I watch it?\n\n\n\nOn YouTube. For free. CLICK HERE URL:https://www.basqueeducational.org/event/movie-club-nola/ LOCATION:CA ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.basqueeducational.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/movie-club-header-image.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250512T173000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250512T183000 DTSTAMP:20260423T135437 CREATED:20250501T125205Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250501T125227Z UID:10000083-1747071000-1747074600@www.basqueeducational.org SUMMARY:BOOK CLUB / All That Followed DESCRIPTION:We will be discussing All That Followed with author Gabriel Urza. \n\n\n\nMeetings are held via Zoom. If you are not currently a BEO Book Club member\, you can learn more and sign up HERE. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE BOOK:“It’s 2004 in Muriga\, a quiet town in Spain’s northern Basque Country\, a place with more secrets than inhabitants. Five years have passed since the kidnapping and murder of a young local politician—a family man and father—and the town’s rhythms have almost returned to normal. But in the aftermath of the Atocha train bombings in Madrid\, an act of terrorism that rocked a nation and a world\, the townspeople want a reckoning of Muriga’s own troubled past: Everyone knows who pulled the trigger five years ago\, but is the young man now behind bars the only one to blame? All That Followed peels away the layers of a crime complicated by history\, love\, and betrayal. The accounts of three townspeople in particular—the councilman’s beautiful young widow\, the teenage radical now in jail for the crime\, and an aging American teacher hiding a traumatic past of his own—hold the key to what really happened. And for these three\, it’s finally time to confront what they can find of the truth. \n\n\n\nInspired by a true story\, All That Followed is a powerful\, multifaceted novel about a nefarious kind of violence that can take hold when we least expect it. Urgent\, elegant\, and gorgeously atmospheric\, Urza’s debut is a book for the world we live in now\, and it marks the arrival of a brilliant new writer to watch.” (https://www.gabrielurza.com/all-that-followed)  URL:https://www.basqueeducational.org/event/book-club-all-that-followed/ LOCATION:Zoom Meeting ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.basqueeducational.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Home-page-panel-2-x.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250414T190000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250414T203000 DTSTAMP:20260423T135437 CREATED:20250212T070535Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250411T001757Z UID:10000077-1744657200-1744662600@www.basqueeducational.org SUMMARY:MEET THE AUTHOR: Julian Zabalbeascoa DESCRIPTION:Author Julian Zabalbeascoa of his much-celebrated debut novel\, What We Tried to Bury Grows Here\, will Stanford University Fellow and lecturer Sterling HolyWhiteMountain at Bookshop West Portal in San Francisco. He is the author of fiction and nonfiction works about the history and culture of the Blackfeet tribe. He is a contributor to The New Yorker\, and his work has appeared in The Atlantic and The Paris Review. We expect this to be a very interesting conversation! \n\n\n\nIN THE NEWS: Julian’s book is a finalist in the L.A. Times Book Prize (February\, 2025) \n\n\n\nABOUT THE BOOK: WHAT WE TRIED TO BURY GROWS HEREIn late 1936\, eighteen-year-old Isidro Elejalde leaves his Basque village in Northern Spain\, spurred to join the fight to preserve his country’s democracy from the insurrectionists by the rousing words of a political essayist. Months earlier\, Spanish generals launched a military coup to overthrow Spain’s newly elected left-wing government. They assumed the population would welcome the coup\, but throughout the country people like Isidro remained loyal to the ideals of democracy\, and the Spanish Civil War began in bloody earnest. \n\n\n\nIn Bilbao\, Mariana raises her two young children while\, with her writing\, she decries the fascist-backed coup attempt and their German and Italian allies\, imploring the world to support democracy. As the Nationalist forces assault the country\, Mariana and Isidro’s lives intersect fleetingly\, yet in meaningful and lasting ways. \n\n\n\nThrough a chorus of voices—a female soldier in an all-male battalion\, a reluctant conscript recently emigrated from Cuba\, a young girl whose parents have abandoned her in order to fight against the fascists\, among others—we follow Isidro and Mariana as they struggle to maintain their humanity in a country determined to tear itself apart.  \n\n\n\nABOUT JULIANJulian Zabalbeascoa’s debut novel What We Tried to Bury Grows Here was published November 2024 by Two Dollar Radio. Among other journals\, his fiction and essays have appeared in American Short Fiction\, Electric Literature\, Gettysburg Review\, LitHub\, One Story\, and Ploughshares. He teaches in the Honors College at the University of Massachusetts Lowell\, where he leads annual study abroad programs to Donostia-San Sebastian\, Havana\, Paris\, and Madrid. \n\n\n\nWORDS OF PRAISE“Daring… In What We Tried to Bury Grows Here\, almost two dozen narrators vie to convey the danger and uncertainty of life in a country where “tomorrow you never knew who would throw you against the wall for the actions of today.” We hear from priests and soldiers\, mothers and children\, prisoners and refugees. Amid the inevitable violence and horror\, there are the equally inevitable heroes and villains\, but for everyone the world has acquired ‘an evil stink.’ Mariana knows her compatriots have no choice but to fight on\, yet she also knows that ‘the war will make us unrecognizable to our former selves.'”—Alida Becker\, The New York Times \n\n\n\n“Zabalbeascoa’s characters cannot foresee the tragic end to the war\, but readers do\, and this chilling knowledge adds to the tension in this compelling and hauntingly prescient novel.”—Wendy J. Fox\, Electric Literature \n\n\n\n“Zabalbeascoa brings together family lore and mountains of research to paint a kaleidoscopic portrait of the Spanish Civil War\, particularly its impact on the people of Spain’s Basque region.”—Kate Tuttle\, The Boston Globe \n\n\n\n“A stunning first novel\, ambitious\, intensely true\, certain to be read for a long time. Zabalbeascoa is a phenomenon.”—Philipp Meyer\, author of The Son and American Rust \n\n\n\n“Julian Zabalbeascoa is ferociously brilliant at rendering both the epic sweep of history—Franco’s rise to power\, the Spanish Civil War—and the particular contours of daily life. The wineskins soldiers stash under their hospital mattresses. A bit of cake dipped in marmalade. The “metallic whistle” of a rifle shell. What We Tried to Bury Grows Here is a stunningly powerful novel about the individual acts of courage and violence that have shaped history as we know it. A virtuosic and unforgettable debut.”—Laura van den Berg\, author of State of Paradise \n\n\n\n“What We Tried to Bury Grows Here is a startling book\, beautiful and horrific\, that navigates the complexities of Basque Country during the Spanish Civil War\, in which fascism and communism\, regionalism and nationalism\, and faith and skepticism do battle across a brilliantly evoked\, suffering landscape.”—Phil Klay\, National Book Award winning author of Redeployment and Missionaries \n\n\n\n“In the tradition of such master story tellers as Isaac Babel and Phil Klay\, Julian Zabalbeascoa has written a piercing narrative set during the Spanish Civil War. Alive with wonderful characters\, moments of dread\, bathos and humour\, What We Tried to Bury Grows Here illuminates a crucial period of history. This is a timely and absorbing novel.”—Margot Livesey\, author of The Boy in the Field\, Mercury\, and The Flight of Gemma Hardy \n\n\n\n“This is one of the most finely crafted and devastating novels of war that I’ve ever read. Julian Zabalbeascoa comes to us as that rarest of writers\, at once firmly grounded in history as he gazes to the future. What We Tried to Bury Grows Here is an urgent and beautiful read that left me stunned. This book couldn’t be more timely.”—Joseph Boyden\, Giller Prize winning author of Three Day Road and The Orenda \n\n\n\n“Julian Zabalbeascoa is the real deal\, a major talent\, and the story he’s telling here is both riveting and terrifying.”—Richard Russo\, Pulitzer Prize winning author of Empire Falls \n\n\n\n“The rise of authoritarian rule is never an abstraction\, it is always horrifically concrete for those who experience it. But as each bloody injustice fades into history\, we run the risk of losing what we have learned that may have the power to forestall yet another such assault on democracy\, which is just one reason why Julian Zabalbeascoa’s timely and deeply moving novel should be required reading for us all. Written with spare\, evocative\, and hypnotic prose\, Zabalbeascoa takes us deeply into the lives of men and women – many of them of the Basque minority – who fought Franco and his allies during the Spanish Civil War. This is an important and necessary work of art for our fraught times\, and I cannot recommend it highly enough.”—Andre Dubus III\, author of House of Sand and Fog\, Such Kindness\, and Townie: A Memoir \n\n\n\n“A breathtaking look at the Spanish Civil War\, told as an impressionistic tapestry of first-person narrators: each chapter a voice from the swell of men and women\, fighters and children\, loyalists and journalists\, who took part in Spain’s bloody fight for democracy.”—Scott Preston\, The Borrowed Hills \n\n\n\n“What We Tried to Bury Grows Here implores us to look back to history to not fall into passivity but instead take note of the perils of today. Zabalbeascoa structures his novel as a series of first-person vignettes\, giving rise to a chorus of characters. It’s an imaginative and impressive feat of literary ventriloquism to hear from Basque soldiers. This structure allows Zabalbeascoa to comment on the collective nature of war while showing how it is an intensely personal undertaking. Through these characters\, we are allowed to see slices of their war and how it builds to something more encompassing.”—Brock Kingsley\, Chicago Review of Books \n\n\n\n“Debut novelist Zabalbeascoa’s decision to tell his story through a plethora of individual narrators perfectly captures the messiness of a civil war… [What We Tried To Bury Grows Here] builds to an emotionally compelling climax.”—Kirkus Reviews \n\n\n\n“Packed with standout scenes…It’s a memorable portrait of a country in upheaval.”—Publishers Weekly \n\n\n\n“One of the strongest and most evocative novels of 2024. Zabalbeascoa’s debut uses multiperspective narration to excellent effect as we are pitched across Spain during the Spanish Civil War. Essentially a series of soul-stirring short stories stitched together to give one a glimpse at the horrors of modern war. If Paul Lynch’s Prophet Song is a document of a future battle with the far right and this a harrowing account of past struggles the only conclusion to be made is that the fight against fascism will never be over. For me\, though\, it is this novel’s use of quiet moments and fragmented domesticity that brings everything home. Shades of Victor Erice’s Spirit of the Beehive. can’t recommend this novel enough\, a modern classic.”—Douglas Riggs\, Bank Square Books (Mystic\, CT) \n\n\n\n“Zabalbeascoa brings the reader directly into a conflict few of us learn about in the US. Set in the Spanish Civil War\, each chapter of What We Tried to Bury Grows Here jumps to a different character\, each telling their own story with Isidro making himself known throughout. I found myself searching for Isidro while at the same listening carefully to the new perspective of the chapter’s narrator. This is not an easy read\, war is brutal\, but I kept returning to live with these soldiers and survivors.”—Laura Lamarre Anderson\, lala books (Lowell\, MA) \n\n\n\n“What We Tried to Bury Grows Here is a beautifully written novel about the horrors of war\, as seen through the eyes of soldiers on both sides of the Spanish Civil War\, as well as those enmeshed in the gruesome conflict: wives\, journalists\, priests. Yes\, this is historical fiction\, but Julian Zabalbeascoa’s depiction of the soul-crushing victory of the fascist regime is also a prescient warning in these times of democratic peril. At the same time\, this is primarily a heartfelt work of fiction\, and it’s the humanity of these characters (or\, occasionally\, their lack of humanity) that propels these linked tales\, culminating in a truly marvelous novel. One of the year’s very best!—Michale Keefe\, Annie Bloom’s Books (Portland\, OR) URL:https://www.basqueeducational.org/event/meet-the-author-julian-zabalbeascoa-2/ LOCATION:Bookshop West Portal\, 80 West Portal Avenue\, San Francisco\, California\, 94127 CATEGORIES:Artist Events,BEO sponsored event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.basqueeducational.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Julian-Zabalbeascoa-bw.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250413T153000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250413T170000 DTSTAMP:20260423T135437 CREATED:20250212T070053Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250411T001851Z UID:10000076-1744558200-1744563600@www.basqueeducational.org SUMMARY:MEET THE AUTHOR: Julian Zabalbeascoa DESCRIPTION:Author Julian Zabalbeascoa will be presenting his much-celebrated book What We Tried to Bury Grows Here and will be available to answer your questions. Continue reading to learn about his book and the accolades he has received since its recent publication. \n\n\n\nIN THE NEWS: Julian’s book is a finalist in the L.A. Times Book Prize (February\, 2025) \n\n\n\nABOUT THE BOOK: WHAT WE TRIED TO BURY GROWS HEREIn late 1936\, eighteen-year-old Isidro Elejalde leaves his Basque village in Northern Spain\, spurred to join the fight to preserve his country’s democracy from the insurrectionists by the rousing words of a political essayist. Months earlier\, Spanish generals launched a military coup to overthrow Spain’s newly elected left-wing government. They assumed the population would welcome the coup\, but throughout the country people like Isidro remained loyal to the ideals of democracy\, and the Spanish Civil War began in bloody earnest. \n\n\n\nIn Bilbao\, Mariana raises her two young children while\, with her writing\, she decries the fascist-backed coup attempt and their German and Italian allies\, imploring the world to support democracy. As the Nationalist forces assault the country\, Mariana and Isidro’s lives intersect fleetingly\, yet in meaningful and lasting ways. \n\n\n\nThrough a chorus of voices—a female soldier in an all-male battalion\, a reluctant conscript recently emigrated from Cuba\, a young girl whose parents have abandoned her in order to fight against the fascists\, among others—we follow Isidro and Mariana as they struggle to maintain their humanity in a country determined to tear itself apart.  \n\n\n\nABOUT JULIANJulian Zabalbeascoa’s debut novel What We Tried to Bury Grows Here was published November 2024 by Two Dollar Radio. Among other journals\, his fiction and essays have appeared in American Short Fiction\, Electric Literature\, Gettysburg Review\, LitHub\, One Story\, and Ploughshares. He teaches in the Honors College at the University of Massachusetts Lowell\, where he leads annual study abroad programs to Donostia-San Sebastian\, Havana\, Paris\, and Madrid. \n\n\n\nWORDS OF PRAISE“Daring… In What We Tried to Bury Grows Here\, almost two dozen narrators vie to convey the danger and uncertainty of life in a country where “tomorrow you never knew who would throw you against the wall for the actions of today.” We hear from priests and soldiers\, mothers and children\, prisoners and refugees. Amid the inevitable violence and horror\, there are the equally inevitable heroes and villains\, but for everyone the world has acquired ‘an evil stink.’ Mariana knows her compatriots have no choice but to fight on\, yet she also knows that ‘the war will make us unrecognizable to our former selves.'”—Alida Becker\, The New York Times \n\n\n\n“Zabalbeascoa’s characters cannot foresee the tragic end to the war\, but readers do\, and this chilling knowledge adds to the tension in this compelling and hauntingly prescient novel.”—Wendy J. Fox\, Electric Literature \n\n\n\n“Zabalbeascoa brings together family lore and mountains of research to paint a kaleidoscopic portrait of the Spanish Civil War\, particularly its impact on the people of Spain’s Basque region.”—Kate Tuttle\, The Boston Globe \n\n\n\n“A stunning first novel\, ambitious\, intensely true\, certain to be read for a long time. Zabalbeascoa is a phenomenon.”—Philipp Meyer\, author of The Son and American Rust \n\n\n\n“Julian Zabalbeascoa is ferociously brilliant at rendering both the epic sweep of history—Franco’s rise to power\, the Spanish Civil War—and the particular contours of daily life. The wineskins soldiers stash under their hospital mattresses. A bit of cake dipped in marmalade. The “metallic whistle” of a rifle shell. What We Tried to Bury Grows Here is a stunningly powerful novel about the individual acts of courage and violence that have shaped history as we know it. A virtuosic and unforgettable debut.”—Laura van den Berg\, author of State of Paradise \n\n\n\n“What We Tried to Bury Grows Here is a startling book\, beautiful and horrific\, that navigates the complexities of Basque Country during the Spanish Civil War\, in which fascism and communism\, regionalism and nationalism\, and faith and skepticism do battle across a brilliantly evoked\, suffering landscape.”—Phil Klay\, National Book Award winning author of Redeployment and Missionaries \n\n\n\n“In the tradition of such master story tellers as Isaac Babel and Phil Klay\, Julian Zabalbeascoa has written a piercing narrative set during the Spanish Civil War. Alive with wonderful characters\, moments of dread\, bathos and humour\, What We Tried to Bury Grows Here illuminates a crucial period of history. This is a timely and absorbing novel.”—Margot Livesey\, author of The Boy in the Field\, Mercury\, and The Flight of Gemma Hardy \n\n\n\n“This is one of the most finely crafted and devastating novels of war that I’ve ever read. Julian Zabalbeascoa comes to us as that rarest of writers\, at once firmly grounded in history as he gazes to the future. What We Tried to Bury Grows Here is an urgent and beautiful read that left me stunned. This book couldn’t be more timely.”—Joseph Boyden\, Giller Prize winning author of Three Day Road and The Orenda \n\n\n\n“Julian Zabalbeascoa is the real deal\, a major talent\, and the story he’s telling here is both riveting and terrifying.”—Richard Russo\, Pulitzer Prize winning author of Empire Falls \n\n\n\n“The rise of authoritarian rule is never an abstraction\, it is always horrifically concrete for those who experience it. But as each bloody injustice fades into history\, we run the risk of losing what we have learned that may have the power to forestall yet another such assault on democracy\, which is just one reason why Julian Zabalbeascoa’s timely and deeply moving novel should be required reading for us all. Written with spare\, evocative\, and hypnotic prose\, Zabalbeascoa takes us deeply into the lives of men and women – many of them of the Basque minority – who fought Franco and his allies during the Spanish Civil War. This is an important and necessary work of art for our fraught times\, and I cannot recommend it highly enough.”—Andre Dubus III\, author of House of Sand and Fog\, Such Kindness\, and Townie: A Memoir \n\n\n\n“A breathtaking look at the Spanish Civil War\, told as an impressionistic tapestry of first-person narrators: each chapter a voice from the swell of men and women\, fighters and children\, loyalists and journalists\, who took part in Spain’s bloody fight for democracy.”—Scott Preston\, The Borrowed Hills \n\n\n\n“What We Tried to Bury Grows Here implores us to look back to history to not fall into passivity but instead take note of the perils of today. Zabalbeascoa structures his novel as a series of first-person vignettes\, giving rise to a chorus of characters. It’s an imaginative and impressive feat of literary ventriloquism to hear from Basque soldiers. This structure allows Zabalbeascoa to comment on the collective nature of war while showing how it is an intensely personal undertaking. Through these characters\, we are allowed to see slices of their war and how it builds to something more encompassing.”—Brock Kingsley\, Chicago Review of Books \n\n\n\n“Debut novelist Zabalbeascoa’s decision to tell his story through a plethora of individual narrators perfectly captures the messiness of a civil war… [What We Tried To Bury Grows Here] builds to an emotionally compelling climax.”—Kirkus Reviews \n\n\n\n“Packed with standout scenes…It’s a memorable portrait of a country in upheaval.”—Publishers Weekly \n\n\n\n“One of the strongest and most evocative novels of 2024. Zabalbeascoa’s debut uses multiperspective narration to excellent effect as we are pitched across Spain during the Spanish Civil War. Essentially a series of soul-stirring short stories stitched together to give one a glimpse at the horrors of modern war. If Paul Lynch’s Prophet Song is a document of a future battle with the far right and this a harrowing account of past struggles the only conclusion to be made is that the fight against fascism will never be over. For me\, though\, it is this novel’s use of quiet moments and fragmented domesticity that brings everything home. Shades of Victor Erice’s Spirit of the Beehive. can’t recommend this novel enough\, a modern classic.”—Douglas Riggs\, Bank Square Books (Mystic\, CT) \n\n\n\n“Zabalbeascoa brings the reader directly into a conflict few of us learn about in the US. Set in the Spanish Civil War\, each chapter of What We Tried to Bury Grows Here jumps to a different character\, each telling their own story with Isidro making himself known throughout. I found myself searching for Isidro while at the same listening carefully to the new perspective of the chapter’s narrator. This is not an easy read\, war is brutal\, but I kept returning to live with these soldiers and survivors.”—Laura Lamarre Anderson\, lala books (Lowell\, MA) \n\n\n\n“What We Tried to Bury Grows Here is a beautifully written novel about the horrors of war\, as seen through the eyes of soldiers on both sides of the Spanish Civil War\, as well as those enmeshed in the gruesome conflict: wives\, journalists\, priests. Yes\, this is historical fiction\, but Julian Zabalbeascoa’s depiction of the soul-crushing victory of the fascist regime is also a prescient warning in these times of democratic peril. At the same time\, this is primarily a heartfelt work of fiction\, and it’s the humanity of these characters (or\, occasionally\, their lack of humanity) that propels these linked tales\, culminating in a truly marvelous novel. One of the year’s very best!—Michale Keefe\, Annie Bloom’s Books (Portland\, OR) URL:https://www.basqueeducational.org/event/meet-the-author-julian-zabalbeascoa/ LOCATION:SF Basque Cultural Center\, 599 Railroad\, South San Francisco\, CA\, 94080\, United States CATEGORIES:Artist Events,BEO sponsored event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.basqueeducational.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Julian-Zabalbeascoa-bw.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250331T173000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250331T183000 DTSTAMP:20260423T135437 CREATED:20250202T020752Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250301T054844Z UID:10000072-1743442200-1743445800@www.basqueeducational.org SUMMARY:BOOK CLUB / What We Tried to Bury Grows Here DESCRIPTION:We will be discussing What We Tried to Bury Grows Here with author Julian Zabalbeascoa. \n\n\n\nMeetings are held via Zoom. If you are not currently a BEO Book Club member\, you can learn more and sign up HERE. \n\n\n\nIN THE NEWS: Julian’s book is a finalist in the L.A. Times Book Prize (February\, 2025) \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAuthor Julian Zabalbeascoa of his much celebrated debut novel\, What We Tried to Bury Grows Here\, will join Sterling Holywhitemountain\, a NewYorker contributor\, Stanford Fellow\, and author of fiction and nonfiction about the history and culture of the Blackfeet tribe in conversation at the Bookshop West Portal in San Francisco. \n\n\n\nABOUT THE BOOK: WHAT WE TRIED TO BURY GROWS HEREIn late 1936\, eighteen-year-old Isidro Elejalde leaves his Basque village in Northern Spain\, spurred to join the fight to preserve his country’s democracy from the insurrectionists by the rousing words of a political essayist. Months earlier\, Spanish generals launched a military coup to overthrow Spain’s newly elected left-wing government. They assumed the population would welcome the coup\, but throughout the country people like Isidro remained loyal to the ideals of democracy\, and the Spanish Civil War began in bloody earnest. \n\n\n\nIn Bilbao\, Mariana raises her two young children while\, with her writing\, she decries the fascist-backed coup attempt and their German and Italian allies\, imploring the world to support democracy. As the Nationalist forces assault the country\, Mariana and Isidro’s lives intersect fleetingly\, yet in meaningful and lasting ways. \n\n\n\nThrough a chorus of voices—a female soldier in an all-male battalion\, a reluctant conscript recently emigrated from Cuba\, a young girl whose parents have abandoned her in order to fight against the fascists\, among others—we follow Isidro and Mariana as they struggle to maintain their humanity in a country determined to tear itself apart.  \n\n\n\nABOUT THE JULIANJulian Zabalbeascoa’s debut novel What We Tried to Bury Grows Here was published November 2024 by Two Dollar Radio. Among other journals\, his fiction and essays have appeared in American Short Fiction\, Electric Literature\, Gettysburg Review\, LitHub\, One Story\, and Ploughshares. He teaches in the Honors College at the University of Massachusetts Lowell\, where he leads annual study abroad programs to Donostia-San Sebastian\, Havana\, Paris\, and Madrid. \n\n\n\nWORDS OF PRAISE“Daring… In What We Tried to Bury Grows Here\, almost two dozen narrators vie to convey the danger and uncertainty of life in a country where “tomorrow you never knew who would throw you against the wall for the actions of today.” We hear from priests and soldiers\, mothers and children\, prisoners and refugees. Amid the inevitable violence and horror\, there are the equally inevitable heroes and villains\, but for everyone the world has acquired ‘an evil stink.’ Mariana knows her compatriots have no choice but to fight on\, yet she also knows that ‘the war will make us unrecognizable to our former selves.'”—Alida Becker\, The New York Times \n\n\n\n“Zabalbeascoa’s characters cannot foresee the tragic end to the war\, but readers do\, and this chilling knowledge adds to the tension in this compelling and hauntingly prescient novel.”—Wendy J. Fox\, Electric Literature \n\n\n\n“Zabalbeascoa brings together family lore and mountains of research to paint a kaleidoscopic portrait of the Spanish Civil War\, particularly its impact on the people of Spain’s Basque region.”—Kate Tuttle\, The Boston Globe \n\n\n\n“A stunning first novel\, ambitious\, intensely true\, certain to be read for a long time. Zabalbeascoa is a phenomenon.”—Philipp Meyer\, author of The Son and American Rust \n\n\n\n“Julian Zabalbeascoa is ferociously brilliant at rendering both the epic sweep of history—Franco’s rise to power\, the Spanish Civil War—and the particular contours of daily life. The wineskins soldiers stash under their hospital mattresses. A bit of cake dipped in marmalade. The “metallic whistle” of a rifle shell. What We Tried to Bury Grows Here is a stunningly powerful novel about the individual acts of courage and violence that have shaped history as we know it. A virtuosic and unforgettable debut.”—Laura van den Berg\, author of State of Paradise \n\n\n\n“What We Tried to Bury Grows Here is a startling book\, beautiful and horrific\, that navigates the complexities of Basque Country during the Spanish Civil War\, in which fascism and communism\, regionalism and nationalism\, and faith and skepticism do battle across a brilliantly evoked\, suffering landscape.”—Phil Klay\, National Book Award winning author of Redeployment and Missionaries \n\n\n\n“In the tradition of such master story tellers as Isaac Babel and Phil Klay\, Julian Zabalbeascoa has written a piercing narrative set during the Spanish Civil War. Alive with wonderful characters\, moments of dread\, bathos and humour\, What We Tried to Bury Grows Here illuminates a crucial period of history. This is a timely and absorbing novel.”—Margot Livesey\, author of The Boy in the Field\, Mercury\, and The Flight of Gemma Hardy \n\n\n\n“This is one of the most finely crafted and devastating novels of war that I’ve ever read. Julian Zabalbeascoa comes to us as that rarest of writers\, at once firmly grounded in history as he gazes to the future. What We Tried to Bury Grows Here is an urgent and beautiful read that left me stunned. This book couldn’t be more timely.”—Joseph Boyden\, Giller Prize winning author of Three Day Road and The Orenda \n\n\n\n“Julian Zabalbeascoa is the real deal\, a major talent\, and the story he’s telling here is both riveting and terrifying.”—Richard Russo\, Pulitzer Prize winning author of Empire Falls \n\n\n\n“The rise of authoritarian rule is never an abstraction\, it is always horrifically concrete for those who experience it. But as each bloody injustice fades into history\, we run the risk of losing what we have learned that may have the power to forestall yet another such assault on democracy\, which is just one reason why Julian Zabalbeascoa’s timely and deeply moving novel should be required reading for us all. Written with spare\, evocative\, and hypnotic prose\, Zabalbeascoa takes us deeply into the lives of men and women – many of them of the Basque minority – who fought Franco and his allies during the Spanish Civil War. This is an important and necessary work of art for our fraught times\, and I cannot recommend it highly enough.”—Andre Dubus III\, author of House of Sand and Fog\, Such Kindness\, and Townie: A Memoir \n\n\n\n“A breathtaking look at the Spanish Civil War\, told as an impressionistic tapestry of first-person narrators: each chapter a voice from the swell of men and women\, fighters and children\, loyalists and journalists\, who took part in Spain’s bloody fight for democracy.”—Scott Preston\, The Borrowed Hills \n\n\n\n“What We Tried to Bury Grows Here implores us to look back to history to not fall into passivity but instead take note of the perils of today. Zabalbeascoa structures his novel as a series of first-person vignettes\, giving rise to a chorus of characters. It’s an imaginative and impressive feat of literary ventriloquism to hear from Basque soldiers. This structure allows Zabalbeascoa to comment on the collective nature of war while showing how it is an intensely personal undertaking. Through these characters\, we are allowed to see slices of their war and how it builds to something more encompassing.”—Brock Kingsley\, Chicago Review of Books \n\n\n\n“Debut novelist Zabalbeascoa’s decision to tell his story through a plethora of individual narrators perfectly captures the messiness of a civil war… [What We Tried To Bury Grows Here] builds to an emotionally compelling climax.”—Kirkus Reviews \n\n\n\n“Packed with standout scenes…It’s a memorable portrait of a country in upheaval.”—Publishers Weekly \n\n\n\n“One of the strongest and most evocative novels of 2024. Zabalbeascoa’s debut uses multiperspective narration to excellent effect as we are pitched across Spain during the Spanish Civil War. Essentially a series of soul-stirring short stories stitched together to give one a glimpse at the horrors of modern war. If Paul Lynch’s Prophet Song is a document of a future battle with the far right and this a harrowing account of past struggles the only conclusion to be made is that the fight against fascism will never be over. For me\, though\, it is this novel’s use of quiet moments and fragmented domesticity that brings everything home. Shades of Victor Erice’s Spirit of the Beehive. can’t recommend this novel enough\, a modern classic.”—Douglas Riggs\, Bank Square Books (Mystic\, CT) \n\n\n\n“Zabalbeascoa brings the reader directly into a conflict few of us learn about in the US. Set in the Spanish Civil War\, each chapter of What We Tried to Bury Grows Here jumps to a different character\, each telling their own story with Isidro making himself known throughout. I found myself searching for Isidro while at the same listening carefully to the new perspective of the chapter’s narrator. This is not an easy read\, war is brutal\, but I kept returning to live with these soldiers and survivors.”—Laura Lamarre Anderson\, lala books (Lowell\, MA) \n\n\n\n“What We Tried to Bury Grows Here is a beautifully written novel about the horrors of war\, as seen through the eyes of soldiers on both sides of the Spanish Civil War\, as well as those enmeshed in the gruesome conflict: wives\, journalists\, priests. Yes\, this is historical fiction\, but Julian Zabalbeascoa’s depiction of the soul-crushing victory of the fascist regime is also a prescient warning in these times of democratic peril. At the same time\, this is primarily a heartfelt work of fiction\, and it’s the humanity of these characters (or\, occasionally\, their lack of humanity) that propels these linked tales\, culminating in a truly marvelous novel. One of the year’s very best!—Michale Keefe\, Annie Bloom’s Books (Portland\, OR) URL:https://www.basqueeducational.org/event/book-club-what-we-tried-to-bury-grows-here/ LOCATION:Zoom Meeting ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.basqueeducational.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Home-page-panel-2-x.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250330T073000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250330T170000 DTSTAMP:20260423T135437 CREATED:20250202T021409Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250327T035112Z UID:10000073-1743319800-1743354000@www.basqueeducational.org SUMMARY:2025 BEO MUS TOURNAMENT DESCRIPTION:LET’S DO THIS…\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nREGISTER TODAY\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWHEN IS THE TOURNAMENT?\n\n\n\nSunday\, March 30. Mark your calendar. \n\n\n\nHere’s the schedule of events: \n\n\n\n7:30 a.m.  Registration8:15 a.m.  Mus tournament begins12:30 p.m.  Lunch2:00 p.m.  Final games \n\n\n\n*Register for Mus by March 28th. \n\n\n\nWHERE IS THE TOURNAMENT?\n\n\n\nAt the Basque Cultural Center599 Railroad AvenueSouth San Francisco\, CA 94080 \n\n\n\nMore specifically\, in the kantxa. \n\n\n\nWHO’S ELIGIBLE TO PLAY?\n\n\n\nAnyone 16 years and older. \n\n\n\nWHAT IF I DON’T HAVE A PARTNER?\n\n\n\nGo ahead and register; we’ll pair you with another “single” player. \n\n\n\n\n\nIS THERE LUNCH?\n\n\n\nThe Basque Cultural Center will have its members’ lunch\, which is a separate event and a separate cost. \n\n\n\n*Lunch is a separate cost. \n\n\n\nReservations for lunch are required by March 24th; you can reserve when you register to play or call the BCC directly at 650-583-8091. \n\n\n\nHOW MUCH DOES IT COST TO PLAY MUS?\n\n\n\n$40 / person. \n\n\n\nIS THIS A NABO TOURNAMENT?\n\n\n\nYes\, it is. \n\n\n\nThe winning team will play in the NABO finals in Los Banos\, California on Saturday\, June 14th\, 2025. \n\n\n\nWHO SHOULD I TALK TO IF I HAVE QUESTIONS?\n\n\n\nOur very talented mus coordinator\, Aline. Click here to email her. URL:https://www.basqueeducational.org/event/2025-beo-mus-tournament/ LOCATION:San Francisco Basque Cultural Center\, 599 Railroad\, South San Francisco\, California CATEGORIES:mus tournament ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.basqueeducational.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/mus.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250322T120000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250322T170000 DTSTAMP:20260423T135437 CREATED:20250202T025139Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250212T072120Z UID:10000074-1742644800-1742662800@www.basqueeducational.org SUMMARY:BERTSOLARI SAIOA DESCRIPTION:The North American Basque Organizations (N.A.B.O.) and the San Francisco Basque Club will pay tribute to the late Johnny Curutchet by hosting a full Bertsolari exhibition featuring the U.S.-based Bertsolaris along with special guest Bertsolaris from the Basque Country. \n\n\n\nLocation: San Francisco Basque Cultural Center599 Railroad South San Francisco \n\n\n\n12:00 | APERITIF12:30 | LUNCH ($50/person)2:45 – 5:00 | BERTSOLARITZA (free admission) \n\n\n\nRSVP INFO: Philippe A. @ axeritogarai@gmail.com or 415/484-3334 by March 12\, 2025. URL:https://www.basqueeducational.org/event/bertsolari-saioa/ LOCATION:CA ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.basqueeducational.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/J.-Currutchet.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250312T190000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250312T210000 DTSTAMP:20260423T135437 CREATED:20250202T033623Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250301T070646Z UID:10000075-1741806000-1741813200@www.basqueeducational.org SUMMARY:BFS: 20\,000 SPECIES OF BEES DESCRIPTION:Join the BEO for the screening of 20\,000 Species of Bees at San Francisco’s Landmark Opera Plaza Cinema.ABOUT THE FILMIn a small\, sleepy village in the Basque Country\, a sculptor named Ane and her three children arrive at her mother Lita’s home for summer vacation\, where they are surrounded by extended family and nosy neighbors. Ane and her mother’s relationship is strained — Lita disapproves of her daughter’s frayed marriage\, career as an artist\, and the way she parents her obstinate and mischievous children. Chief among them is eight-year-old Aitor\, nicknamed Coco after it becomes clear that being referred to by the name Aitor elicits feelings of distress in the child. Born biologically male\, neither the birth name nor the genderless nickname feels quite right\, and Ane’s concern for her child grows as Coco becomes more withdrawn. The child’s only respite lies in the Basque hills\, where Ane’s aunt Lourdes tends to the family’s beekeeping farm. Among the peaceful humming of bees and Lourdes’ open-minded guardianship\, Coco slowly begins to confide in family and friends about her discomfort in her body\, eventually voicing a desire to be treated as a girl. As Coco explores her own developing identity over the summer\, Ane and the rest of her family\, in turn\, must learn to accept the child as she is. \n\n\n\n\n\nBasque director Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren’s assured debut feature is a wonderfully sensitive work carried by the Berlinale Silver Bear winning lead performance of newcomer Sofía Otero. An authentic and heart-wrenching story of transition\, 20\,000 Species of Bees is “a landmark in the filmic discussion of gender\, sexuality\, and identity” (The Film Verdict). \n\n\n\n20\,000 SPECIES OF BEES is the heartfelt story of a family’s experience navigating the awakening and transition of their 8-year-old child. Solaguren’s bold film tackles themes of parenthood\, identity\, and gender expression\, 20\,000 SPECIES OF BEES is “an engaging\, authentic\, moving film about the way society persists in seeing monsters where there are none.” (Screen Daily) This film would be appropriate for Gender and Sexuality courses as well as Sociology programs. [www.filmmovement.com/educational/film/20-000-species-of-bees] \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n2023\, directed by Estibaliz Urresola\, 128 minutes\, in Euskara\, French & Spanish with English subtitles. \n\n\n\nMORE INFORMATION2023 – San Sebastian Internation Film Festival – 71st edition – Awarded the “Sebastiane Award” which is given to the film that best reflects the values and reality of lesbians\, gays\, bisexuals\, and transgender people. \n\n\n\nAbout the Directors: \n\n\n\nEstibaliz Urresola (Bilbao\, Bizkaia. 1984) has written\, directed and produced short films including Adri (2013)\, Los casos gramaticales (2018)\, Polvo somos (2020)\, Silver Shell for Best Actress in a Short Film at Málaga Festival\, and Cuerdas (Zabaltegi-Tabakalera\, 2022)\, screened at the Semaine de la Critique in Cannes and included in the Kimuak catalogue. She is also director of the documentary Voces de papel (ETB Screenings\, 2016). 20.000 especies de abejas / 2\,000 Species of Bees\, her first feature\, competed in Berlin\, where it won the Silver Bear for Best Leading Performance (Sofía Otero). The movie also landed the Golden Biznaga for Best Spanish Film and the Silver Biznaga for Best Supporting Actress (Patricia López Arnaiz) at Málaga Festival. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n← Back Thank you for your response. ✨\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\nHow did you hear about this event?(required)\n Through BEO communications A friend told me about this The San Francisco Chronicle SF Gate Evvnt Another publication \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\nSend FeedbackSubmitting form\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \nΔ URL:https://www.basqueeducational.org/event/bfs-20000-species-of-bees/ LOCATION:Landmark Opera Plaza Cinema\, 601 Van Ness Ave\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94102\, United States CATEGORIES:2025 Basque Film Series,BEO sponsored event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.basqueeducational.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/www-image.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250224T173000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250224T183000 DTSTAMP:20260423T135437 CREATED:20250202T020438Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250202T020532Z UID:10000071-1740418200-1740421800@www.basqueeducational.org SUMMARY:BOOK CLUB / The Nightingale DESCRIPTION:The next book is The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah. \n\n\n\nMeetings are held via Zoom. If you are not currently a BEO Book Club member\, you can learn more and sign up HERE. URL:https://www.basqueeducational.org/event/book-club-the-nightingale/ LOCATION:CA ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.basqueeducational.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Home-page-panel-2-x.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250215T170000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250215T170000 DTSTAMP:20260423T135437 CREATED:20250215T030152Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250215T030224Z UID:10000080-1739638800-1739638800@www.basqueeducational.org SUMMARY:PROPOSAL SUBMISSION DUE: International Symposium on the Basque Diaspora and Cultural Expressions DESCRIPTION:Hosted by the Basque Studies Foundation\, in partnership with Basque Studies at Boise State University\, the Zortziak Bat International Symposium is an educational gathering that will explore what often has been called “Zortziak Bat\,” or the “8th Province\,” a reference to the expansion of Zazpiak Bat (“Seven are One”) to include the Basque Diaspora.  \n\n\n\nThe theme is “Rowing Together\,” where individuals and communities work together to support\, encourage\, and inspire learning about the Basques. The symposium gathers scholars\, creators\, and cultural experts to examine the vibrant mosaic of Basque identities as it has grown and transformed within diaspora communities. We also invite students to attend the symposium\, providing them a unique way to learn about the Basque Diaspora from professionals in a broad range of cultural disciplines and fields of expertise. \n\n\n\nThe BEO is a proud partner of this event\, inviting the creative side of education to the fold. \n\n\n\n\nLEARN MORE AND SUBMIT TODAY URL:https://www.basqueeducational.org/event/proposal-submission-due-international-symposium-on-the-basque-diaspora-and-cultural-expressions/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Artist Events,BEO sponsored event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.basqueeducational.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/ZORTZIAK-BAT-logo-www.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250215T130000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250215T143000 DTSTAMP:20260423T135437 CREATED:20250121T065826Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250121T070114Z UID:10000070-1739624400-1739629800@www.basqueeducational.org SUMMARY:BFS: BIZKARSORO DESCRIPTION:Join the BEO for the first screening of 2025\, held the Saturday of the San Francisco Basque Cultural Center’s annual anniversary festivities at the Basque Cultural Center.ABOUT THE FILMBizkarsoro debuted in 2023. It’s about a non-existent small town in the northern part of the Basque Country where five true stories\, based on oral testimonials and writers’ texts\, occur between 1914 and 1982. The film highlights the social changes experienced throughout the 20th century\, the deep-rooted impact of a language\, and the struggle for survival.2023\, directed by Josu Martinez\, 82 minutes\, in Euskara\, French\, German with English subtitles. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWILL YOU BE JOINING US? URL:https://www.basqueeducational.org/event/bfs-bizkarsoro/ LOCATION:SF Basque Cultural Center\, 599 Railroad\, South San Francisco\, CA\, 94080\, United States CATEGORIES:2025 Basque Film Series,BEO sponsored event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.basqueeducational.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Bizkarsoro-web-image.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20241108T190000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20241108T213000 DTSTAMP:20260423T135437 CREATED:20240209T071713Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241108T040700Z UID:10000065-1731092400-1731101400@www.basqueeducational.org SUMMARY:BFS: THE ENDLESS TRENCH / LA TRINCHERA INFINITA Screening DESCRIPTION:Join the BEO for the final screening in 2024 where we’ll be hosting a reception to celebrate another phenomenal season. This event will begin at 7:00 p.m. and the screening will start at 7:30 p.m. ABOUT THE FILMHiginio and Rosa have only been married for a few months when the Civil War breaks out\, representing a serious threat to his life. Helped by his wife\, they decide to use a hole dug into their own home as a provisional hiding place. The fear of potential reprisals and the love they feel for one another will condemn them to an imprisonment that will last for more than 30 years.2019 Irizar award for best Basque Film at the San Sebastian International Film Festival 2019\, directed by Aitor Arregi\, Jon Garaño\, Jose Mari Goenaga\, 147 minutes\, in Euskara & Castilian with English subtitles. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWILL YOU BE JOINING US? URL:https://www.basqueeducational.org/event/the-endless-trench-la-trinchera-infinita/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:2024 Basque Film Series,BEO sponsored event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.basqueeducational.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/endless-trench-www.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20241010T193000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20241010T213000 DTSTAMP:20260423T135437 CREATED:20240209T071304Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241102T010352Z UID:10000064-1728588600-1728595800@www.basqueeducational.org SUMMARY:BFS: BLACK IS BELTZA II: AINHOA Screening DESCRIPTION:Ainhoa was born by a miracle in La Paz (Bolivia)\, after the death of her mother Amanda in a simulated car accident. She grew up in Cuba and in 1988\, at the age of 21\, she traveled to the Basque Country to discover the land of her father Manex. In the midst of repression and political conflict\, she meets Josune\, a committed journalist\, and her gang of friends. After one of them dies of a heroin overdose\, Ainhoa and Josune set out on an initiatory journey that will take them across Lebanon\, Afghanistan and the city of Marseille. These are the last years of the Cold War and they will delve into the dark world of drug trafficking networks and their close links to political plots. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n*We are excited to welcome back Nic Smith\, speaker at our virtual Basque Cultural Day in 2021\, who focused on the first Black is Beltza film. In that presentation\, Nic presented about the freedom fighter’s journey as he showcased the role of revolution and ethnicity in the animated film. To learn more about Nic’s first presentation\, CLICK HERE. \n\n\n\n2022 – San Sebastian International Film Festival – 70th edition.2022\, Directed by Fermin Muguraza\, 86 minutes\, color\, in Euskara\, French\, English\, Spanish & Arabic with English Subtitles. \n\n\n\nRESERVATIONS WILL BE STRONGLY SUGGESTED. PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE\, JOIN OUR MAILING LIST\, AND/OR FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA TO LEARN WHEN RESERVATIONS OPEN! \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWILL YOU BE JOINING US? URL:https://www.basqueeducational.org/event/black-is-beltza-ii-ainhoa/ LOCATION:SF Basque Cultural Center\, 599 Railroad\, South San Francisco\, CA\, 94080\, United States CATEGORIES:2024 Basque Film Series,BEO sponsored event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.basqueeducational.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/black-is-beltza-www.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240913T193000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240913T213000 DTSTAMP:20260423T135437 CREATED:20240209T063524Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240912T114551Z UID:10000063-1726255800-1726263000@www.basqueeducational.org SUMMARY:BFS: IRATI Screening DESCRIPTION:Eighth century. Christianity is spreading throughout Europe\, while pagan beliefs are disappearing. After the attack of the Franks\, and with the Carolingian army almost over the Pyrenees\, the local bailiff turns to an ancient goddess for help. Thanks to a blood compact\, and in exchange for his own life\, he defeats the enemy; however\, before dying\, he makes his son Eneko promise that he will protect his people and guide them in the new era. A few years later Eneko will try to keep his promise by completing a mission: to recover his father’s body. 2023 – San Sebastian International Film Festival – 71st edition / 2022\, directed by Paul Urkijo\, 111 minutes\, color\, in Euskara\, French\, Latin with English subtitles. RESERVATIONS ARE STRONGLY SUGGESTED. \n\n\n\n\nWATCH THE TRAILER HERE URL:https://www.basqueeducational.org/event/irati/ LOCATION:SF Basque Cultural Center\, 599 Railroad\, South San Francisco\, CA\, 94080\, United States CATEGORIES:2024 Basque Film Series,BEO sponsored event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.basqueeducational.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/irati-www.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240826T173000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240826T183000 DTSTAMP:20260423T135437 CREATED:20240824T231651Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240824T231710Z UID:10000068-1724693400-1724697000@www.basqueeducational.org SUMMARY:BOOK CLUB MEETING DESCRIPTION:Join Author Meg Ostrum for this month’s meeting to discuss her book The Surgeon and the Shepherd: Two Resistance Heroes in Vichy France. \n\n\n\nMeetings are held via Zoom. If you are not currently a BEO Book Club member\, you can learn more and sign up HERE. URL:https://www.basqueeducational.org/event/book-club-meeting/ LOCATION:CA ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.basqueeducational.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Home-page-panel-2-x.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240824T141500 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240824T153000 DTSTAMP:20260423T135437 CREATED:20240209T063210Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240824T231054Z UID:10000062-1724508900-1724513400@www.basqueeducational.org SUMMARY:BFS: Jainkoak ez dit barkatzen / God Doesn't Forgive Me DESCRIPTION:Lezo Urreiztieta was a 16th-century pirate\, born by mistake in 1907. Risking his life\, he saved that of hundreds of people; he negotiated with foreign governments for a free Basque Country; he managed to slip 17 boats full of weapons into Bilbao during the Civil War; he was on the point of killing Franco… Forty years after his death\, the tape recorder of writer Martin Ugalde reveals his incredible story told in the voice of the actual protagonist. Starting with unpublished conversations between the two held from 1975 to 1978\, this film sheds light on the testimony of a key character in 20th-century Basque history. 2018 – San Sebastian International Film Festival – 66th edition. 2018\, directed by Josu Martinez\, 60 minutes\, color\, Euskara with English Subtitles URL:https://www.basqueeducational.org/event/god-doesnt-forgive-me/ LOCATION:SF Basque Cultural Center\, 599 Railroad\, South San Francisco\, CA\, 94080\, United States CATEGORIES:2024 Basque Film Series,BEO sponsored event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.basqueeducational.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/god-doesnt-forgive-me-www.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240610T180000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240610T190000 DTSTAMP:20260423T135437 CREATED:20240523T104307Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240523T104325Z UID:10000067-1718042400-1718046000@www.basqueeducational.org SUMMARY:BEO BOOK CLUB MEETING DESCRIPTION:The next book is Sweet Promised Land by Robert Laxalt. This acclaimed classic brought the Basque-American immigrant experience to readers all across the country and the world. \n\n\n\nMeetings are held via Zoom. If you are not currently a BEO Book Club member\, you can learn more and sign up HERE. URL:https://www.basqueeducational.org/event/beo-book-club-meeting/ LOCATION:CA ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.basqueeducational.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Home-page-panel-2-x.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240518T103000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240518T133000 DTSTAMP:20260423T135437 CREATED:20240209T062138Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240501T063659Z UID:10000060-1716028200-1716039000@www.basqueeducational.org SUMMARY:BFS 20th ANNIVERSARY: Cinco Lobitos / Lullaby DESCRIPTION:Join us in celebrating our 20th Anniversary of the Basque Film Series. Below are the details of a Saturday morning at the cinema! \n\n\n\nTHE FILM: Cinco Lobitos / LullabyPRESENTED BY: Dr. Pedro OiarzabalWHEN: Saturday\, May 18th @10:30 a.m.WHERE: Landmark’s Opera Plaza Cinema\, 601 Van Ness Ave.\, San Francisco WHAT ELSE DO YOU NEED TO KNOW?: Seating is limited to 75 people\, so RSVP will be required and can be secured by making a small donation. To learn more about the film\, and to watch the trailer\, CLICK HERE. \n\n\n\n\n\nRSVP TODAY URL:https://www.basqueeducational.org/event/cinco-lobitos-lullaby/ LOCATION:Landmark Opera Plaza Cinema\, 601 Van Ness Ave\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94102\, United States CATEGORIES:2024 Basque Film Series,BEO sponsored event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.basqueeducational.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Cinqo-Lobitos-www.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240424T190000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240424T213000 DTSTAMP:20260423T135437 CREATED:20240305T111701Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240424T220702Z UID:10000066-1713985200-1713994200@www.basqueeducational.org SUMMARY:BFS: ZUMIRIKI Screening DESCRIPTION:To learn more about this film\, and to watch the trailer\, CLICK HERE. \n\n\n\n*Please note the following agenda for this special screening: \n\n\n\n7:00 p.m. | Meet & Greet with Director Oskar Alegria7:30 p.m. | Film screeningpost-film | Q&A with Director Oskar Alegria URL:https://www.basqueeducational.org/event/zumiriki/ LOCATION:SF Basque Cultural Center\, 599 Railroad\, South San Francisco\, CA\, 94080\, United States CATEGORIES:2024 Basque Film Series,BEO sponsored event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.basqueeducational.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Zumiriki.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240407T073000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240407T170000 DTSTAMP:20260423T135437 CREATED:20240130T015620Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240301T104945Z UID:10000057-1712475000-1712509200@www.basqueeducational.org SUMMARY:2024 BEO MUS TOURNAMENT DESCRIPTION:GET THE DETAILS HERE\nIn the meantime\, if you’d like to register ahead of time\, you may do so… \n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  URL:https://www.basqueeducational.org/event/2024-beo-mus-tournament/ LOCATION:SF Basque Cultural Center\, 599 Railroad\, South San Francisco\, CA\, 94080\, United States CATEGORIES:mus tournament ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.basqueeducational.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Spanish-Cards-www.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240405T193000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240405T213000 DTSTAMP:20260423T135437 CREATED:20240209T061221Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240326T043741Z UID:10000061-1712345400-1712352600@www.basqueeducational.org SUMMARY:BFS: LAS BUENAS COMPAÑÍAS/IN THE COMPANY OF WOMEN DESCRIPTION:To learn more about this film\, and to watch the trailer\, CLICK HERE. URL:https://www.basqueeducational.org/event/bfs-las-buenas-companias/ LOCATION:SF Basque Cultural Center\, 599 Railroad\, South San Francisco\, CA\, 94080\, United States CATEGORIES:2024 Basque Film Series,BEO sponsored event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.basqueeducational.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/las-buenas-www.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240314T190000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240314T213000 DTSTAMP:20260423T135437 CREATED:20240209T055046Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240228T053147Z UID:10000058-1710442800-1710451800@www.basqueeducational.org SUMMARY:BFS: El Vasco Screening DESCRIPTION:To learn more about this film\, and to watch the trailer\, CLICK HERE. URL:https://www.basqueeducational.org/event/el-vasco/ LOCATION:SF Basque Cultural Center\, 599 Railroad\, South San Francisco\, CA\, 94080\, United States CATEGORIES:2024 Basque Film Series,BEO sponsored event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.basqueeducational.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/el-vasco-www.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240217T130000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240217T140000 DTSTAMP:20260423T135437 CREATED:20240125T020335Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240209T055947Z UID:10000056-1708174800-1708178400@www.basqueeducational.org SUMMARY:BFS: Txipli\, txapla pum Amerikatik SCREENING DESCRIPTION:This is an audiovisual project created by artists Amaia Hormaetxea and Endika Basaguren in the cities of San Francisco\, Los Angeles\, Chino\, Las Vegas\, and New York. The concept of this performance as a documentary experiment is to demonstrate the non-existence of borders in our Basque culture. It discusses a traditional Basque feeling\, from communities such as Chino or San Francisco to a more contemporary vision of what it means to be and love Basque\, embodied in the figure of the New York poet Elisabeth Macklin. A reflection on the fact that “in this increasingly globalized world\, Basque culture is alive and active\, going beyond borders [of the Basque Country].” \n\n\n\nThis film has been exhibited in: \n\n\n\nArt and History Museum of Durango\, (Bizkaia)Euskararen Etxea (Bizkaia)Euzko Etxea New YorkGeorgetown University\, Washington DC*Brussels (coming soon) URL:https://www.basqueeducational.org/event/txipli-txapla-pum-amerikatik/ LOCATION:SF Basque Cultural Center\, 599 Railroad\, South San Francisco\, CA\, 94080\, United States CATEGORIES:2024 Basque Film Series,BEO sponsored event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.basqueeducational.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/txipli-txapla-www.png END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR