This historic stretch of Grove Street, once home to some of Boise’s earliest and most prominent families, now serves as a thriving center of Basque culture and cuisine. “We’re pretty lucky.

The Center for Basque Studies houses the Jon Bilbao Basque Library – one of the world’s largest collections of Basque-related materials, currently at 55,000 volumes. The Center for Basque Studies ...

Located in the Basque Block of downtown Boise, the Basque Museum & Cultural Center is a few blocks north of Julia Davis Park. It is open Tuesday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. On Saturdays ...

BOISE — On Wednesday, Boise Mayor Lauren McLean revealed the name of a new park coming to downtown Boise. The park, called Kaixo (pronounced kie-sho) Corner, is named after the Basque word that ...

Update Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025: Boise officials broke ground today on the park and named it Kaixo Corner. Kaixo, pronounced KY-sho, means hello in Basque. If you want to follow Boise’s ever ...