We are proud to announce the new 2015 Calendar of Events for the 99th year of the Cleveland Cultural Gardens. This is going to be en exciting year preparing for the Cultural Garden’s Centennial Celebration!! This is a tenative schedule so please check back often for updates or changes. Don’t miss the fun! MARCH March […]
Join the Federation of India Community Associations, Cleveland Peace Action, and other organizations in the Fourth Annual Mothers’ Day Peace Party in the India Cultural Garden at 1190 MLK Jr. Blvd. Click on the link for your invitation and details. Mothers’ Day Peace Party–May 8, 2011 Discussion on the event found at the following video […]
General cleanup and weeding was done by volunteers during the weekends of April 17 and 24. Mother’s Day (May 9) was celebrated at the India Garden for the 3rd straight year with activities for the whole family. The event featured a portrayal of Septima Clark, the civil rights pioneer and educator by Sherrie Tolliver of Women in History. […]
At long last, we have incorporated the Cultural Gardens into Cleveland Historical (http://app.mobilehistorycleveland.org/), the smartphone application that was developed by the Center for Public History + Digital Humanities. Available for Apple iPhones, iTouches, and viewable on your iPad, our team produced great text, located photographs, and included oral history audio. We will be conducting more […]
Join the Federation of India Communities Association this Saturday, October 2, at 5 PM, in the India Community Center, 12412 Cedar Road, Cleveland Heights; near Fairmount Blvd intersection. Parking in Firestone lot nextdoor as well as on adjacent side streets and in the city parking lots across the street and behind the commercial buildings. Speaker […]
Note: details on the following will be forthcoming as this information is updated. Chronological order of events follows: Italian Cultural Garden’s “Opera in the Garden”, Sunday, July 25 Cultural Gardens Federation Executive Board Meeting, Tuesday, August 10th, 6:30 PM. Judson Park Manor, East 107th at Chester. Lower concourse–enter at main entrance on East 107th and […]
Join the Indian community in celebrating Mahandas Gandhi’s 141st birthday. The celebration will be held in the India Cultural Garden at 1190 MLK Blvd, Cleveland, Ohio 44108. Festivities begin at 6 PM.
The India garden organized or participated in the following events in 2009: Mother’s Day Peace Party On May 10, 2009, the India Garden hosted the second annual Mother’s Day Peace Party at the garden site from 2 to 4 PM. The event was co-sponsored by Cleveland Peace Action, and Women Speak Out, highlighting the origins […]
The India Cultural Garden and Federation of India Community Association will mark Gandhi’s 140th birthday with a program at the Cleveland Library system’s MLK branch at 1962 Stokes Blvd (East 107th) between Euclid and Chester Avenues. Congressman Dennis Kucinich will make the keynote address on “Gandhi in the Age of Global Slowdown”. Sunday, October 4, […]
Today, we are asking the Gardens community to help us identify details of some of our photos. We have quite few images for which we know the date, the name of the place and/or the name of the event, but oftentimes we know nothing about individual the people depicted. Many of us have visited, volunteered, […]
Excerpts from Hans Kopp’s July 14, 2009 report on the concert: A respectable crowd of native Germans, neighboring cultural garden members, and people touring the garden on foot or on bike. who took time out to enjoy this concert presented by Cleveland’s: “Deutscher Musikverein”. The concert, under the direction of Rosie Wittine, was well received. It featured music […]
The Cleveland area Indian community is hosting a visit by Raj Mohan Ghandhi, Mahatma Gandhi’s grandson. On Saturday, September 6, he will be planting a tree in the India Cultural Garden. For details, contact the head of the local Indian community, Vijaya Emani at: anj1717@yahoo.com or call her at 440-846-3896
On May 26, 2007, six Heritage Pillars were dedicated at the India Cultural Garden. The Pillars represent the culture and history of India. Each of the Pillars has an inscription that highlights a particular theme. Quotations from Albert Einstein, Jawaharlal Nehru, Martin Luther King and Rabindranath Tagore are inscribed on the top of four of […]