Seattle Euskal Etxea

Save the Dates – Spring Dinner April 28, 2012 and Summer Picnic August 11, 2012

Amaya — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 00:02:33 +0000

Spring Dinner 04/28/12

Northwest Senior Center

5429 32nd NW Ballard, WA.

11am-12pm Mus Registration

12pm-5pm Mus Tournament

5pm-7pm Dinner/Elections

$20/$30 single member/non-member

$40/$60 member/non-member families

Mus registration begins at 11am and we’ll start playing promptly at 12pm. Dinner and elections will be held from 5pm-7pm and we’ll elect a new Board of Directors.

The Summer Picnic is scheduled for August 11, location TBD. Check back for more details.

SEE Meeting Minutes – February 7, 2012

Fran Michelena — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:08:23 +0000

Seattle Euskal Etxea Meeting Minutes 02-7-12

Basque LinkedIN

guerrica — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:07:11 +0000

Basques are Basque before they are anything else. That’s why I’ve come to realize that there are some Basque-os that I have known nearly all my life, and yet I have no idea what they do. Sure I know they Basque danced from age 3, drank soda through a poxpolin at Udaleku, can throw back their fair share of kalimotxos and have a tattoo of a lauburu, an ikurrina or both, but I have no idea “what they do” That is to say, I have no idea who is footing the bill for those ‘motxos, tattoos and just how they got to the jaia that we’re both enjoying. Unlike a lot of our less fortunate gringo bretheren we don’t always answer the question: “What do you do?” with our job title…Especially not amongst other Basques when a more pertinent answer includes, where we’re from, where we live, who we’re related to, whether we play mus, pala, esku pelota, dance, sing, cook, etc. However, there are times when it would be nice to know a Basque lawyer (maybe because of the aforementioned kalimotxos?), travel agent, park ranger, insurance agent, novelist, etc, etc…That’s why there’s Basque LinkedIN or the LinkedIN group known as: Euskaldunak: Basques Around the World. Sign-up and get Basque Linked-IN!

Euskaldunak: Basques Around the World

Udaleku/Basque Music Camp Registraion Opens March 1st for July 15th-27th camp in Boise, ID

guerrica — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:52:25 +0000

If you are interested in sending your kids to the Basque Udaleku in Boise, enrollment will start on March 1st. It will be on this webpage:
http://www.nabasque.org/NABO/Udaleku.htm

Nahi duzu zure seme alabak Boiseko udaleluan izena eman. Martxoaren 1etik aurrera egin ahal duzu hemen.
http://www.nabasque.org/NABO/Udaleku.htm

SEE Meeting Minutes – January 3, 2012

Fran Michelena — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 02:05:26 +0000

Seattle Euskal Etxea Meeting Minutes 01-3-12

Oharrak Winter 2011 Volume 3 Issue 3

guerrica — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 03:40:55 +0000

Oharrak Winter 2011 Volume 3 Issue 3

SEE Meeting Minutes – December 6, 2011

Fran Michelena — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 02:04:06 +0000

Seattle Euskal Etxea Meeting Minutes 12-6-11

NEW BOOK: Growing Up in a Time of War by Arantza Cazalis Shuey

guerrica — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 07:47:14 +0000

Arantza Shuey (born Arantza Cazalis Izarra) has just published a book about her experience as a refugee from Ermua Bizkaia who was forced to flee her homeland during the Spanish Civil War. Her book chronicles her childhood through to arriving in the US, passing through refugee camps and multiple countries along the way.

“Imanol”, I said, “tengo vergüenza (I am embarrassed), I can’t get in line with my plate and spoon.”

“Arantza, la vergüenza se guarda en los polsillos (keep your shyness in your pocket),” he answered to me.

I will never forget those words.

We were in Arenys de Mar staying in a rooming house. There were three of us in one room: Imanol, 14 years old, Duni 11, and me, 9 and a half. We had to go to eat in a soup kitchen in town. The town was packed with refugees of the Spanish Civil War that had started in the Summer of 1936, when I was 7 years old. We were bombed out of the Basque Country. My mother had died in the bombing of Carranza (Vizcaya). We were in a farm house when the bombs began to fall while we were eating “arroz con leche” (rice pudding), my favorite dessert. There were many bombings, including the most notorious: Guernica, the city that symbolized Basque ethnicity, was destroyed with incendiary bombs. There was an outcry all over the world, because the planes that were used were mostly German. There were thousands of victims of the Axis nations: German, Italian and Franco-Spain.

This is the story of one of the many thousands of refugees who left Spain for camps in France, and later, to a new life in the Dominican Republic and the United States.

Price: $12

Mus – December 2, 7pm

Amaya — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 19:36:13 +0000

We’re meeting up at Amaya’s place in North Seattle to play mus on Friday, December 2 at 7pm. All are welcome, please email vicepresident@seattleeuskal.org for address.

Appetizer Potluck/Film Night, Sat 11/19 3-6pm

guerrica — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 06:30:27 +0000

Kaixo danori,

It’s official. Seattle is in it’s Fall/Winter stride with dipping temps and darkness at 5pm! That being the case SEE has decided it’s a great time of year to host a Basque Film Night and that is exactly what we’ve planned with a double feature of two Pacific Northwest Basque films:

Zuretzako by Javi Zuibzarreta

and

Basques in the West by Amaya Oxarango-Ingram and Brent Barras, followed by Q&A with Brent Barras!
Donations are being accepted for the completion of this project, here.

Please bring an appetizer/food item to share and join us:

Saturday, November 19th from 3-6pm
West Seattle Senior Center, Nucor Room (upstairs)
4217 SW Oregon St.
Seattle, WA 98116

RSVP’s sent to board2@seattleeuskal.org appreciated!

Please note the building is secure so in order to get everyone in and start the movie on time without interruptions we request that all attendees arrive between 3:00-3:15pm. The movie room is far away from the front door so we will not be able to hear you knocking after 3:15pm!

Parking is available on the street as well as ina parking lot behind the Senior center across the alley. The entrance to the parking lot is on 42nd Ave SW between Alaska Street and Oregon Street. There are 4 handicap places on the NW end of the lot where the stairs go down to the alley behind the senior center. This is a great place to park but I heard from the center that they have been cracking down and you can only park there for three hours and not a second more. No moving to another space in that lot, so please plan accordingly.

We look forward to SEEing you there!

Joe