GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KJCT) - It’s a Grand Junction icon, a symbol of the rich Basque culture in Mesa County. Plaza Urrutia was given the green light this week from the History Colorado Board of ...

Grand Junction City Council voted Wednesday to add the Plaza Urrutia Fronton, the Basque handball court located at the southwest corner of Canyon View Park, to the city’s register of historic places.

A Basque handball court that escaped close calls with destruction in its nearly half-century existence is on track to be listed as a unique historic feature in Colorado. After a few more official ...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — The Basque Festival is all about celebrating the Basque culture. That's why the Kern County Basque Club has invited professional handball players from the Basque region to come ...

Anyone who’s competed in a three-legged race will feel at home at the 2016 Smithsonian Folklife Festival. “It will look a lot like a field day,” says Mary Linn, one of the festival curators. That’s ...

Christian Jaureguy plays esku pilota (Basque handball) on the Folklife Festival Frontoia. Photo by Robert Friedman, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives When people play sports at the frontoia, the ...

A rusted chain-link gate with a combination lock and a red "No Trespassing" sign keep the curious away from one of Flagstaff's most unique cultural artifacts — a pelota, or handball court, on the east ...

They've been a culture without a country for so long, it's little surprise that pockets of Basque life can be found throughout the West. They began arriving in the 1800s from Basque country, which ...

LA PUENTE – A tableful of men inside Le Chalet Basque nosh by candlelight on carrots and celery, drink wine and sprinkle their conversation with Basque – a language unrelated to any other. They are ...

The Pays Basque is a whole lot more than Biarritz, berets and gambling. The glitter and glamor of the summer months are cast off in winter when the natives take a robust plunge back into life the way ...