Cleveland Cultural Gardens turning 100, to celebrate with year of festivities (photos) By Laura DeMarco, The Plain Dealer CLEVELAND, Ohio – In a city of underappreciated gems, the Cleveland Cultural Gardens may be the most underappreciated treasure. The leaders of the Cleveland Cultural Gardens Federation are hoping to change that as they mark their 100th […]
Sunday, July 26, 2015 — 6:00-7:30 pm. Italian Cultural Garden – 990 East Blvd. Cleveland, OH 44108. Popular Free concert of well known music from famous operas presented by the Italian Cultural Garden Foundation in the beautiful Renaissance Garden with Opera Circle. Bring a picnic, or enjoy wood fired pizzas made on site, 250 chairs […]
Award winning films from Italy with English subtitles will be shown on Sept. 17, Sept. 24, Oct. 1 Oct. 8 & Oct. 15. at the Cedar Lee, Atlas Cinemas & Capitol theaters 5 pre-film parties! Sells out early. ALL tickets sold in advance. Film ($10) and pre-party dinner ($20) call 216-456-8117.
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 […]
The British Cultural Garden could use some help. Originally inaugurated by Leo Weidenthal, Shakespeare Garden was the seed that eventually led to the formation of the Cultural Gardens. Dedicated in 1916, the Shakespeare bust and the Shakespeare Garden (now the British Cultural Garden) were dedicated as part of a celebration that stretched across the world. […]
The Italian Cultural Garden is proud to partner with the Cleveland International Film Festival 2015! COMEDY time! A must see CIFF film this year! Tickets on sale Mar. 6 -11am. Use discount code “ITALIA” for $2.00. “A Small Southern Enterprise” (Una Piccola Impresa Meridionale) Friday, March 27, 2015 at 6:30 PM – Saturday, March 28, […]
Please join us in the “Celebration of the 99th Birthday of the Cultural Gardens of Cleveland”. The Birthday and Installation of the new Executive Board members of the CCGF will be Tuesday, April 14th at 6:00 pm. The Russian Cultural Garden is proud to host this event at Sherwin Gilmour Party Center. Tickets are $40 per […]
Please plan to attend the “Pancake (Blintzes) Cook-off and Eating Contest” called “Maslenitsa in the Russian Cultural Garden” at the Cleveland Cultural Gardens in Rockefeller Park on Sunday, February 22 at Noon. It will be the funniest winter outdoor event. Bring your friends, family, kids, enjoy food and fun! “Maslenitsa in the Russian Cultural Garden”
NEW documentary about the Cleveland Cultural Gardens to air on WVIZ -PBS tonight (Thursday 1/22 )at 7:30 pm. Repeat broadcasts on Sat. 1/24 at 4:00 pm and Sun. 1/25 at 12:30 pm. It will be shown, along with a brief introductory interview, on the WVIZ arts program Applause. The subject of the film is The […]
Cleveland Cultural Gardens Mailing Address: Cleveland Cultural Gardens Federation 1163 East 40th St. #205 A Cleveland, OH 44114 Phone: 216. 321.7807 URL: www.clevelandculturalgardens.org/ URL: http://culturalgardens.org/ Walking Tours and Group Events Mary Hamlin Coordinator for Cultural Gardens Tours and Speakers mwhamlin@adelphia.net Facebook https://www.facebook.com/theclevelandculturalgardens?fref=ts FB Page https://www.facebook.com/pages/Cultural-Gardens-Of-Cleveland/178974030093?ref=hl
How cool is it that The Creative Endeavors of Jared Bendis (One World Day Festival’s guru of all things web & social) republished this out-of-print 1954 book about the Cleveland Cultural Gardens called “Their Paths Are Peace: The Story of Cleveland’s Cultural Gardens”. http://www.amazon.com/Their-Paths-Are-Peace-Clevelands/dp/1626130426/
You’re invited to a Free Concert this Sat July19th at 4:00PM. in the Hungarian Cultural Garden of Cleveland located between Martin Luther King Drive and East Blvd at 1070 E. Blvd. Free street parking. There will be a strolling violinist and accordion player to entertain you while you stroll through the Gardens. They will also […]
Here is the official notice for our Phase II dedication. Please join us for the Dedication of Viseslav Krstionica and the completion of Phase II in the Croatian Cultural Garden on August 10, 2014 at 2 P.M. It promises to be a fun filled afternoon of entertainment!!! Limited seating so please bring your own lawn […]
Russian Cultural Garden of Cleveland Sunday, 24 August 2014 3:00-4:30 PM. 730 Martin Luther King Jr Dr., Cleveland, Ohio 44103 Russian Cultural Garden and Cleveland Cultural Gardens Federation present the first annual Grand Piano in the Russian Garden concert , which will take place on the site of a future Russian Cultural Garden on Martin […]
Here is the current list of events for the Cultural Gardens. More information will follow and this list will be updated. Keep checking back to get the up-to-date news and added events. JUNE Sunday, June 22 ” Annual Summer Celebration” in the Estonian Cultural Garden, 11:00AM JULY Saturday, July 12 “Golf Outing Fundraiser” for the Serbian […]
One World Fest 2014 Hosted by Cleveland One World Festival A festival of music, arts, food, education and culture on Saturday & Sunday, September 13 & 14, 2014 in the Cleveland Cultural Gardens in Rockefeller Park, along MLK and East Blvd. Several stages of entertainment, roaming buskers, games, food vendors, artisans & more. FREE. More […]
Award winning films from Italy w/English subtitles. Sells out early. ALL tickets sold in advance. Film ($10) and pre-party tickets ($20) call 216-456-8117. Sept. 18 – “La Magnifica Presenza” (The Magnificent Presence) Cedar Lee Theater Sept. 25 – “La Grande Bellezza” (The Great Beauty) Cedar Lee Theater Oct. 2 – “Viva la Liberta” (Long Live […]
CLEVELAND ITALIAN FILM FESTIVAL 2014 Award winning films from Italy w/English subtitles. Sells out early. ALL tickets sold in advance. Film ($10) and pre-party tickets ($20) call 216-456-8117. Sept. 18 – “La Magnifica Presenza” (The Magnificent Presence) Cedar Lee Theater Sept. 25 – “La Grande Bellezza” (The Great Beauty) Cedar Lee Theater Oct. 2 – […]
“OPERA IN THE ITALIAN GARDEN” July 20, 2014 – Sunday- 6:00-7:30 pm. Popular Free Concert of well known music from famous operas presented by the Italian Cultural Garden Foundation in the beautiful Renaissance garden with Opera Per Tutti. Bring a picnic, or enjoy wood fired pizzas made on site, lemon ice and coffee from Fuel […]
The Cultural Gardens’ long planned information kiosk got its funding from the Cultural Gardens Federation on February 12 and will be signing contracts for construction later this year. The kiosk will have a Garden map and other helpful information. To be built on the German Garden’s MLK Jr. Drive frontage, near the Hungarian Garden line, […]
Impressive and exciting design concept for the proposed Russian Cultural Garden has just been announced. Local and very popular Cultural Garden architect, Jim McKnight, helped the committee translate their visions into a very attractive design. Next comes fund raising for the Garden. Initial funding responses have been very positive and encouraging. See the design below.
Keep watching this space as we add more events in 2013. Currently scheduled are: April 9, Tuesday evening, Annual Dinner and Installation of Officers–details for follow April 26, Friday, 1-4 PM in many Gardens along both East Blvd and MLK Jr. Drive, volunteers work to clean-up Gardens and get them ready for Spring. May 5, […]
December 11, Tuesday, 7 PM. Holiday dinner of the Cleveland Cultural Gardens Federation. Details in October, 2012. Saturday, January 19, 2013, African American Cultural Garden Association holds a fund raiser. Details forthcoming. Sunday, May 5, 2013, dedication of the new Mickiewicz bust in the Polish Cultural Garden. Details to follow. July 20, 2013 Hungarian Cultural […]
Click on the PDF file link below for complete information: Autumn Celebration–Hungarian Cultural Garden flier
Click on the PDF file link below for complete information: Autumn Celebration–Hungarian Cultural Garden flier
The Hungarian Cultural Garden will be celebrating the 75th anniversary of its dedication on Saturday, July 20th, 2013. Click on the following link for the brochure with more information. 75th Anniversary Information–Hungarian Cultural Garden
Click on the flier link at the end of this text for an overview of the August 26, 2012 One World Day event in the Cultural Gardens. Approximate schedule for the day: Noon to 1 PM: Free Lolly-the-Trolley tours of the Gardens every 20 minutes with guide. Irish Garden is pick-up and drop off point. […]
Click on the flier link at the end of this text for an overview of the August 26, 2012 One World Day event in the Cultural Gardens. Approximate schedule for the day: Noon: Free Lolly-the-Trolley tours of the Gardens every 20 minutes with guide. Irish Garden is pick-up and drop off point. Noon to 1:30 […]
July 29, Sunday from 6 to 7:30 PM. FREE Concert “Opera in the Italian Cultural Garden” 990 East Blvd. Cleve. OH 44108. Famous songs from well known Italian operas performed by Opera Per Tutti. Free parking in lot across from the garden and street parking on East. Blvd. 250 chairs but bring your own to […]
Details of Dante Sculpture in Italian Garden
Join the Northern Ohio Estonian community in celebrating Jaanipäev-Vōidupüha, the mid-summer celebration as well as the rededication of the Garden’s replacement flame, refurbished monument, and completed landscaping. Enjoy this great time singing and celebrating at the Estonian Garden, 1170 MLK Jr. Drive, Cleveland, OH 44108; .34 mile north of the Superior Avenue bridge. Due to […]
The new Dante statue in the Italian Cultural Garden will be dedicated on Friday, June 29, 2012, at a by invitation only event. Ignore previous information specifying June 15 as the date for this event.
During their visit to Cleveland from June 14 to June 16, 2012, Doc. RNDr. Milan Ftáčnik, CSc., mayor of the Slovak Republic’s capital Bratislava and the US Ambassador to Slovakia, Theodore Sedgewick, toured the Slovak Cultural Garden and the statue of Slovak-Frenchman General Stefanik. One of many visits by a wide variety of dignitaries from far […]
See details on the flier below. Free parking on East Blvd, adjacent to the Garden.
Cleveland’s Carpatho-Rusyn came to together at the Rusin Garden to dedicate the replacement bust of Duchnovich on a new pillar on the East Blvd level of the Garden. The original bust disappeared in the 1970’s and was on the Doan Brook level of the Garden. John Krenisky was honored for his many years of dedication […]
Click on the PDF file below for the details and reservation form for this ever popular golf outing and dinner to benefit the Serbian Garden. 2012 Serbian Garden’s Golf Outing
Click on the PDF file below for the details and reservation form for this ever popular golf outing and dinner to benefit the Serbian Garden. 2012 Serbian Garden’s Golf Outing
The Armenian Cultural Garden committee will host a garden clean-up of the Garden on Saturday, May 19th, from 10 AM. Everyone is welcome to join in this community event. Currently the Garden’s efforts last year have resulted in a bumper crop of blooming tulips that are probably the largest of all Gardens at this point. […]
The City of Cleveland has announced the provision for on street parking along MLK Jr. Drive in the Cultural Gardens area, as well as in Rockefeller Park, in general. Approximately 100 spaces, on the west side of the road, will be created through pavement striping once the existing pavement is replaced. The location of the […]