The Basque Museum & Cultural Center | Boise, ID

Winefest 2023
2023-08-26 17:00 - 20:00 (America/Boise)
Tickets are on sale now!
We are so excited to invite you to the Basque Block for Winefest 2023 on Saturday, August 26 from 5-8pm. Cost is $75 per person. This year, we are only selling 300 tickets, so get them before it is too late. All participants will have access to:

commemorative wine glasses
access to nearly 100 wines & their knowledgeable pourers
pintxos/small bites from local entities (Bar Gernika, Bardenay, The Basque Market, Leku Ona and more)
deep discounts on wine purchases
live music and Basque dance performance
Get the wine party back to the Basque Block!

Purchase Tickets Here!

"Private Correspondence and Migration History: The Basque Case" - A Presentation by Argitxu Camus Etchecopar
2023-08-16 18:00 - 20:00 | Basque Museum, 601 W Grove St, Boise, ID, 83702, United States
Curious about early Basque migration? Join us on Wednesday, August 16th for a presentation by Argitxu Camus Etchecopar titled “Private Correspondence and Migration History: The Basque Case.”

This event is free and open to the public. We will livestream the presentation via Facebook Live.

Boiseko Ikastola's 25th Anniversary Party at Payette Brewing
2023-08-14 18:00 - 22:00
Gather with us on Monday, August 14 at Payette Brewing as we raise funds for Boiseko Ikastola and celebrate its 25th Anniversary! 6-10pm
proceeds from the evening will go directly to boiseko Ikastola. This includes the food trucks at the event!
there will be a performance by the Oinkari Basque Dancer and music by the Kalimotxo Cowboys!

"Basque Women's Migration Experiences in the American West" - A Presentation by Edurne Arostegui
2023-07-13 18:00 - 20:00 | Basque Museum, 601 W Grove St, Boise, ID, 83702, United States
Join us Thursday, July 13th at 6pm for a presentation entitled “Basque Women’s Migration Experiences in the American West” by the Museum’s very own Edurne Arostegui.
Free and open to the public.

Running of the Bars 2023
2023-07-08 17:00 - 22:00
Join us on the Basque Block July 8 for Running of the Bars 5-10pm!
A Pub Crawl, San Fermin-Style! Get out your whites, and grab that red scarf! We look forward to having a kalimotxo (or whatever your drink of choice) with you! This year, we are so excited to have members of Amerikanuak playing live for us on the Basque Block!
What is Running of the Bars?
ROTB is a pub crawl in downtown Boise that starts on the Basque Block, includes bars like the Basque Center, Leku Ona, Grainey’s, Cactus, Whiskey Bar, & Silly Birch. Participants can take part in a special activity at each bar (shearing sheep, roping a bull, carrying weights, trivia, etc.), have a beverage or two with your friends, and then join us back on the Basque Block for dancing, food and more drinks! OH! AND it’s a fundraiser for the Basque Museum & its educational programs!
How do I Sign Up?
TICKETS AVAILABLE AT EVENT $30

If you would like a shirt for this years’ event click on the link below!

Pretty easy, but call the Museum at 208-343-2671 or e-mail teresaf@basquemuseum.eus if you have any questions!

What is the Cost?
The cost via Bonfire is $40 per person and includes a shirt, cup, drink & chorizo; and the cost without the shirt (through the Museum link) is $25 and includes everything except the shirt. Tickets available at the event will be $30.
What do I Get When I Sign Up?
Again, it depends on how you sign up, but everyone will get a cup, drink, chorizo and access to all the event fun like the bar games and drink specials. The only difference is if you want a shirt or not. Up to you. It is a fundraiser for the Museum so we make a little off the shirt sign ups as well as the non-shirt sign ups.
You can also purchase a Running of the Bars neck scarf (pañuelo) and other items at the event, only if you want.

What if I Don’t Want to Do the Pub Crawl?
That is okay! You can still sign up and hang on the Basque Block while others run to the bars. There will be some live music and other things happening on the Block to keep you busy! (cost is still the same)
Tell Me More!
This fun for all (21+ of course) event is a great opportunity to get downtown, enjoy some great food and music, and support the Basque Museum & Cultural Center, the only of its kind outside the Basque Country!
Tentative Schedule
5pm – Event Start – Check in, get your goodies (your shirt will be shipped to you, but the other goodies will be at check-in), and start heading to the bars!
Other info is still being confirmed like how much our band will be playing music, etc.
8:30pm – Raffle drawing (for those that participated & finished the pub crawl)

Idaho Gives
2023-05-01 00:00 - 2023-05-04 23:59
Get ready to give! On May 1st – 4th, visit idahogives.org and make a donation to us and/or to any of the great participating nonprofit organizations in your community. All giving will end at 11:59 PM on May 4, so make sure to get your gift in on time!
Give to the Basque Museum or any one of the MANY Idaho non-profits!
Have you dreamed of making history? Of course, we all have. And now we have a chance to be a part of your community’s day of giving – an opportunity to unite our community around causes in which we truly believe and help nonprofit organizations connect to the larger community.
More information on idahogives.org

BMCC Mus Tournament
2023-04-22 08:00 - 17:00
NABO-Qualifying Mus Tournament
Saturday, April 22
Registration at 8am, play at 9am
Cost per person:
Membership – $25+ (membership levels vary)
Mus Fee – $15
Breakfast/Lunch – $20
TOTAL – $60+
Contact Annie with questions or to sign up early.

"Inventing the Basque Block" - A Presentation by Gretchen Hill
2023-04-14 18:00 - 20:00 | Basque Museum, 601 W Grove St, Boise, ID, 83702, United States
Please join us on Friday, April 14 at 6pm at the Basque Museum for a presentation by Gretchen Hill entitled: “Inventing the Basque Block.”
Free and open to the public.

Benefit Dinner & Auction
2023-04-01 18:00 - 21:00
Mark your calendars for April 1 to celebrate & raise funds for the Basque Museum & Boiseko Ikastola!
This year, we will have a delicious dinner by chef Asier Garcia and Leku Ona, live & silent auction, heritage award and more! We will not only be celebrating 37 successful years for the Basque Museum, but kicking off the 25th anniversary celebrations for Boiseko Ikastola! Tickets are limited, so get them while you can!
Tickets available here!

Irulegiko Eskua: How a treasure from the past can help us understand Basque new-speakerism in contemporary Nafarroa
2023-03-16 18:00 - 20:00 | Basque Museum, 601 W Grove St, Boise, ID, 83702, United States
Please join us on Thursday, March 16 at 6pm for “Irulegiko Eskua: How a treasure
from the past can help us understand Basque new-speakerism in contemporary
Nafarroa,” a presentation by Eukene Franco-Landa, PhD Candidate at the University
of Miami.
Irulegiko eskua is an archeological find from the 1st century BC, presented to the
public in 2022. It is a bronze hand-shaped plank with what looks to be a Basque text.
It was found recently in the south of Iruñea, where Basque keeps being denied as a
local language. How can a historical finding like this contribute to social change and
a path to officiality?

Basque Dance, A Danced Story - Presentation by Josu Garate & Oier Araolaza
2023-02-23 18:00 - 20:00 | The Basque Center, 601 W. Grove Street, Boise, 83702
Please join us on February 23 at the Basque Center for a presentation by the dance specialists Josu Garate and Oier Araolaza entitled “Basque Dance, A Danced Story.” This event will be livestreamed.

Garate is a professor of traditional Basque dance at Dantzerti, the Higher School of Dramatic Art and Dance of the Education Department of the Basque Government, and belongs to the Kezka Dantza Taldea of Eibar, the brotherhood of sword dancers of the Virgin of Arrate, and accompanies the Argia dance group under the instruction of Juan Antonio Urbeltz.

Araolaza heads the Kezka dance group and also performs with the group Argia. He holds a PhD in Social Communication from the University of the Basque Country, and his research deals with the study of gender identity in traditional Basque Dance. In addition to this, he is the editor of the dantzan.eus newsletter and has multiple publications.

This event is a collaboration with Oinkari Basque Dancers and NABO Education.

Gernika: Genealogy of a Lie - Presentation by Xabier Irujo
2023-02-16 18:00 - 20:00 | Basque Museum, 601 W Grove St, Boise, ID, 83702, United States
Xabier Irujo will be presenting “Gernika: Genealogy of a Lie” on February 16 at 6pm at the Basque Museum, in collaboration with Boise State Basque Studies. For those of you unable to attend, the presentation will be livestreamed via Facebook Live.

Historiography has been crucial in elucidating the truth of what happened in Gernika on April 26, 1937. Falsehoods are common in historical narratives, but historians—since the seventeenth century—have been laying the methodological foundations to detect and confront them in order to build a story based on evidence instead of simple conjectures. Irujo’s research follows the long tradition of uncovering the truth started by Noel Monks, George Steer, and Christopher Watson on the day Gernika was bombed.

This lecture constitutes a practical and substantive contribution to discerning the difference between history based on partial and limited evidence that provide only a restricted and selective view of the facts, and that of a history that serves the truth, justice, and the memory of victims. A story that helps avoid future suffering, a story that avoids wars. Lies endure, but truth comes to light.

Choir Performance at Capitol
2022-12-14 16:00 - 16:30 | Idaho State Capitol Building, 700 W Jefferson Street, Boise, 83702, United States
Biotzetik Choir will be performing at the Statehouse on Wednesday, December 14 at 4pm!

Holiday Parade with Boiseko Ikastola
2022-12-03 10:00 - 12:00
Cheer the txikis on as they participate in the Boise Holiday Parade December 3 at 10am in downtown Boise

1,000 Years of Legal Status: Women as Subjects of the Law in Medieval Basque Country
2022-11-03 18:00 - 20:00 | Basque Museum, 601 W Grove St, Boise, ID, 83702, United States
Please join us for a presentation by Xabier Irujo on “1,000 Years of Legal Status: Women as Subjects of the Law in Medieval Basque Country.”
Thursday, November 3
6:00 PM
Basque Museum & Cultural Center

Time Talk Book Presentation
2022-10-06 18:00 - 20:00 | Basque Museum, 601 W Grove St, Boise, ID, 83702, United States
Join us for a book presentation with Kathleen Epelde on her new book “Time Talk: From Euskadi to Idaho, A Basque Family Story.” We will be selling copies of the book and you’ll have an opportunity to have it signed by the author. Don’t miss out!

Pintxo Class
2022-09-08 17:00 - 18:30 | The Basque Center, 601 W. Grove Street, Boise, 83702
Register by clicking HERE

Jaialdi Book Presentation
2022-07-28 18:00 - 20:00 | Basque Museum, 601 W Grove St, Boise, ID, 83702, United States
Nancy Zubiri’s book “Jaialdi: A Celebration of Basque Culture” comes out in June! Join us for a book presentation with the author on Thursday, July 28 at 6pm. Free and open to the public. Refreshments provided.

Get Ready for San Inazio
2022-07-23 17:00 - 19:00 | The Basque Center, 601 W. Grove Street, Boise, 83702
Join us on July 23 for our Get Ready for San Inazio Dance workshop. Free and open to the public. Pre-register today by emailing edurnea@basquemuseum.eus
Do you ever feel left out because you don’t know Basque social dances?

Now’s the chance to learn and put your skills to the test!
Led by the Oinkari Basque Dancers, this workshop will introduce you to Basque dancing just in time for San Inazio, don’t miss out!

Komunitatea Exhibit Opening
2022-07-21 18:00 - 20:00
Literally years in the making, the Basque Museum & Cultural Center is very excited to be opening “KOMUNITATEA! Stories of Basques in Communities Throughout the West” on Thursday, July 21 at 6pm.
Originally scheduled to open in 2020, the kick-off was delayed due to the pandemic. The work of processing photos and video and audio oral history interviews by the Community History Team has continued and we’re pleased to be able to bring wonderful stories and photographs to our patrons and visitors. Komunitatea! will utilize two gallery areas of the Museum focusing on several themes including immigration, home, occupations, culture and activities Basques have undertaken to preserve and share Basque history and culture with the communities where they live. Sharing individual stories in each area will help the visitor to better understand the culture as a whole. Through photographs, artifacts, documents, and oral histories, this exhibit will encourage the visitor to explore his/her own story.

July First Thursday & Exhibit Opening
2022-07-07 17:00 - 20:00

June First Thursday
2022-06-02 17:00 - 20:00

When the Basques Ruled California
2022-05-19 18:00 - 20:00

Benefit Dinner & Auction
2022-04-09 18:00 - 21:00
Join us as we FINALLY celebrate together Basque history and culture and feature a beautiful dinner by Jean Flesher!

Memory & Emotion
2022-04-08 18:00 - 20:00 | The Basque Center, 601 W. Grove Street, Boise, 83702
Please join us for a night of storytelling, dance, and more! Larraitz Ariznabarreta and Nere Lete, the editors of Memory & Emotion: Basque Women’s Stories, will provide some remarks before we embark on a journey powered by the memories and emotions of the audience. Txori Baltza, a Basque contemporary dance company, will perform Ahaztu Gabe, a dance production that ensures the resilience of Basque women is not forgotten. The Oinkari Basque Dancers will also be performing at the event. You won’t want to miss out!

First Thursday with Biotzetik
2022-04-07 17:00 - 20:00
Join us April 7 to hear the Biotzetik Basque Choir, enjoy free admission and a wine tasting at the Museum, as well as other great activities on the Basque Block 5-8pm.

22.korrika
2022-04-02 11:00 - 13:00 | Basque Museum, 601 W Grove St, Boise, ID, 83702, United States
Korrika is coming to Boise! Join us at the Basque Museum on Saturday, April 2 for a fun run in support of the Basque language. Tipi tapa tipi tapa…KORRIKA!
Register here: Korrika Registration
BOISE’S OWN KORRIKA
Please join us at 11 on the Basque Block. After some brief comments, we will begin our run down Grove St. toward 3rd St. then making our way down to Julia Davis Park. From there, we’ll go up to the Capitol and finish the 3 mile fun run back on the Block. After reading the hidden messages in the batons, there will be food and drink as well as some music to liven up the celebration. Don’t miss out.
KORRIKA ROUTE MAP

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WHAT IS KORRIKA?
KORRIKA is a race around the Basque Country, organized by AEK, to promote the Basque language. Its objective is twofold: on the one hand, to promote awareness of the language, and on the other to raise funds to enable the AEK Basque language schools to continue their everyday teaching work.
Since the first Korrika run between Oñati and Bilbao in 1980, the event has become one of the leading events in support of Basque thanks to the large number of participants it attracts. There have now been 21 editions of Korrika in the last 42 years, and on the 31st of March, 2022 a new edition will set off, covering more than 2,000 km over 11 days for the Basque language, not stopping for a moment and with the participation of hundreds of thousands of people of all ages and backgrounds. As they run, the participants carry a baton which they pass from hand to hand, kilometer after kilometer. Inside the baton is a message which is not revealed until the last moment, when it is read out at the end of the event.
Hundreds of thousands of people are estimated to have taken part in KORRIKA over the years. These numbers and the impact generated by KORRIKA show just how committed Basque society is to its language. Korrika has become an event that gets all of Basque society up and running every two years. Participation has increased every year and thousands of people volunteer to help organize it by joining the committees set up in the different villages and neighborhoods, while hundreds of cultural and fun activities take place along the way.

DAR Dedication
2022-03-24 15:30 - 16:30
Join us on the Basque Block as the DAR (Daughters of the American Revolution) in collaboration with the Basque Museum, honor Adelia Simplot for her lifetime of work in preserving and promoting Basque culture. 3:30pm in front of the Basque Museum (611 W Grove Street).

Presentation: An Idahoan Named Egurtxiki
2022-03-03 18:00 - 20:00 | The Basque Center, 601 W. Grove Street, Boise, 83702
Join us March 3 at 6pm to welcome Xabier Irujo, director of the William A. Douglass Center for Basque Studies and current Eloise Garmendia Bieter Chair in Basque Studies at Boise State University. He will be giving a presentation entitled, “An Idahoan named Egurtxiki, the man who learnt Euskara to write about the bombing of Gernika.” The Idahoan in question is William Smallwood “Egurtxiki,” who conducted more than one hundred clandestine interviews among survivors of the bombing of Gernika in the spring of 1972 and wrote one of the best books on the bombing, The Day Guernica Was Bombed. He passed last December in Arizona.
We will be following CDC guidelines for masking at this event.

Book Club Presentation
2022-02-24 18:00 - 20:00 | Basque Museum, 601 W Grove St, Boise, ID, 83702, United States
Join us February 24 at 6pm to welcome RW Bennett, author of Rock Creek, Crooked River, and most recently, Bill Judy. We will primarily be discussing Bill Judy, but if you would like to bring any of his books, or ask questions about any others, please do so. Books will be for sale at the event, but we encourage you to purchase them ahead of time – click here.
We will be following CDC guidelines for masking at this event.
