Mark your calendar for Saturday, October 21st for this incredible experience! If you have never experienced one of our BCDs, it is typically an afternoon with a series of presentations on a select topic decided by the BEO. The day begins at 1:00 p.m., concludes around 5:00 p.m., then there’s an aperitif hour and finally […]
After an incredible day celebrating the impact Basque women have made in America, we will have a traditional Boarder's dinner at the Basque Cultural Center... an homage to the very roots of our culture in this country. To learn more about the Speakers Event, GO HERE. You don't have to attend the day's event to […]
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 […]
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To learn more about this film, and to watch the trailer, CLICK HERE.
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To learn more about this film, and to watch the trailer, CLICK HERE. *Please note the following agenda for this special screening: 7:00 p.m. | Meet & Greet with Director Oskar Alegria7:30 p.m. | Film screeningpost-film | Q&A with Director Oskar Alegria
Join us in celebrating our 20th Anniversary of the Basque Film Series. Below are the details of a Saturday morning at the cinema! THE 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 […]
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. Meetings are held via Zoom. If you are not currently a BEO Book Club member, you can learn more and sign up HERE.
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 […]
