Be part of another great time at the Cleveland Cultural Gardens in Rockefeller Park, Cleveland on Sunday, September 20, 2009 when Cleveland’s Polish community hosts the 2009 One World Day in the Polish Cultural Garden at East Blvd and St. Clair Avenue. At 2:30 PM, line-up for the colorful parade of nationality groups, in costume, […]
Croatian-Americans and friends have a chance to make the Croatian Cultural Garden a reality a lot faster thanks to an anonymous donor who will match donations dollar for dollar up to $50,000. Double your impact now by sending your check to the Croatian Cultural Garden, c/o Croatian Heritage Museum & Library, 34900 Lake Shore Blvd, […]
Update: This event is postponed. Will be rescheduled as soon as the cruise line advises when a vessel will be available. Enjoy dinner, entertainment and fashion during a cruise on Lake Erie to support the African-American Cultural Garden. Sunday, Sept 27, 2009; 5:30 PM to 8PM. Dinner, live entertainment, and African attire fashion show. […]
Around 400 people attended the August 9, 2009, Opera in the Gardens event in the Italian Cultural Garden. The Italian opera arias and the Opera Per Tutti performers were enthusiastically received. The weather was perfect though hot, for a change. Looking forward to the 2010 version.
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, […]
Hear your favorite grand opera arias and duets from La Boheme, La Traviata, Rigoletto, Tosca, and Barber of Seville; sung by the stars of Opera Per Tutti in the romantic setting of the newly restored, and authentically recreated, Renaissance-style Italian Cultural Garden, 990 East Blvd at Parkgate Avenue, Cleveland. Free on-street parking (both sides) and […]
See the Armenian Cultural Garden’s page on this website for information on the latest design for this Garden. The should be constructed and dedicated in 2010.
The Cleveland Plain-Dealer reports the New Albanian Cultural Garden to feature statue of Mother Teresa: Robert L. Smith’s Global Village. Smith writes, “Another saintly presence will rise in Rockefeller Park as the Cleveland Cultural Gardens make room for a new nationality group. Albania’s favorite daughter, Mother Teresa, will anchor an Albanian Cultural Garden recently approved […]
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 […]
Helping maintain the Cultural Gardens is a monumental task. Fortunately, local organizations have pitched in regularly to help. CSU student and staff did outstanding jobs in 2008, for example. But we can use much more help. Consider getting a group together to spend an hour or more at one of the Gardens; your choice or […]
The New York Times recently posted an article touring gardens around Philadelphia in Escapes. Obviously, it is well worth the trip. Even better, though, is the website of the Greater Philadelphia Gardens, a collaborative endeavor of over 30 different Gardens in the Philadelphia area.
July 12, 2009, from 1 to 3 PM: Free string orchestra concert celebrating the legacy of Conrad Mizer, one of the early Cleveland founders of the Cleveland Orchestra, among others. Bring your own folding chairs–no blankets, please. No rain date. Free parking on East Blvd; near North Blvd.
Golf, Dinner and Live Entertainment: Join the Serbian Cultural Garden for a delightful day on the links at Sleepy Hollow in Brecksville. Follow it up with dinner and entertainment at Sterle’s Country House at 6 PM. $100 for all golf fees, cart, buffet lunch, dinner and entertainment. Or $35 for dinner and live entertainment at […]
On July 14, 2009, the Cultural Gardens Federation holds its monthly meeting, for all delegates, Friends and public. It will be held at Judson Manor, 1890 East 107th. which is the first building north of Chester Avenue on E. 107th. Park in corner lot at E.107th and Chester and enter through the front door on […]
Come celebrate the Summer Solstice Estonian style, on Sunday, June 28th, 11 AM, Estonian Cultural Garden, 1170 MLK Jr Blvd, immediately south of Ansel Road exit, west side of MLK Jr. Blvd. The event marks the 42nd VOIDUPUHA-JAANIPAEV celebration (combination of summer solstice and freedom celebrations). No leaping over bonfires as in Estonia, but plenty […]
In its City Guide to Cleveland, the webzine, “VenusZine: Emerging Creativity” pointed to a number of sites around town, including the Gardens. It referenced this site. To see the article about Cleveland, click this link to the VZ City Guides: Cleveland Ohio.
Mother’s Day Peace Party, May 10, 2009, at the India Cultural Garden, 1190 MLK Jr. Blvd, near the exit to East Blvd and Superior Avenue. 2 to 5 PM. Free. Sponsored by the Cleveland Peace Action. Call for details: 216-231-4245
Join us for the Juneteenth Celebration at the African American Cultural Garden, June 14, 2009, from approximately Noon through 4 PM The celebration will be held at 890 Martin Luther King Blvd (immediately south of exit to St. Clair Avenue). Celebrate with the Cleveland African-American community as they mark “Juneteenth”, the annual celebration started in […]
We’ve recently added links to two websites that are maintained by individual garden delegates. The first is for the Hungarian Cultural Garden. Lel Somogyi of the Hungarian Garden has put together a great site with news, events and history pertaining to that garden, and has even posted a full oral history interview about the Cultural […]
Always the 2nd Tuesday of the month. At Judson Manor, 1890 East 107th. which is the first building north of Chester Avenue on E. 107th. Park in corner lot at E.107th and Chester and enter through the front door on East 107th. Security will buzz you in once you press the door bell in the […]
One World Day-2008 hosted by the Latvian Cultural Garden in the Garden at 1030 MLK Jr. Blvd. on Sunday, September 14, 2008.
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 August 24th, Walk+Roll event will close MLK Drive to cars and turn it over to walkers and bikers from 11AM to 6PM. This is a fun event with entertainers and musicians performing throughout the park. Also, the Hungarian community plans on re-dedicating the Hungarian Garden to celebrate their 60th anniversary. This event is scheduled […]
On August 24th, Walk+Roll event will close MLK Drive to cars and turn it over to walkers and bikers from 11AM to 6PM. This is a fun event with entertainers and musicians performing throughout the park. Also, the Hungarian community plans on re-dedicating the Hungarian Garden to celebrate their 60th anniversary. This event is scheduled […]
Hungarian Cultural Garden Re-dedication on the 70th anniversary of its dedication in 1938. Takes place Sunday, August 24, 2008 in the Hungarian Cultural Garden at 1070 East Blvd.
Walk + Roll Cleveland is once again taking place in Rockefeller Park and University Circle. On consecutive Sundays in August (5th, 12th, 19th, and 26th) as well as September 23rd, Martin Luther King Boulevard and Rockefeller Park will be closed to traffic. This is a great opportunity to see the Cultural Gardens up close, without […]
Italian Cultural Garden presents “Opera in the Italian Garden” on Friday, June 27, 2008 from 7 through 8:30 PM at the Garden, 990 East Blvd. “Opera Per Tutti” will be performing arias, duets, and ensembles from operas by Bellini, Mozart and Verdi in addition to familiar songs from La Boheme and La Traviata. Seating will […]
Azerbaijani Cultural Garden dedication at the new Azerbaijani Cultural Garden, 761 MLK Jr. Blvd, at Noon on Monday, May 12, 2008. To read more, see Cleveland Plain-Dealer, Robert Smith, Azerbaijan Cultural Garden opens Monday with bowl sculpture.
Bill Jones of the Cultural Gardens Federation tells me that ground was broken on April 17, 2008 for the Serbian Cultural Garden. Interestingly, a hidden drain or culvert has prompted the shift of the Garden’s infrastructure a bit to eliminate the conflict. Work continues across the street on the Azeri Garden (still slated for May […]
Paul Burik, an architect and member of the Czech community, has been elected President of the Cultural Gardens Federation. Paul Burik will join a long list of committed leaders for the Cultural Gardens dating back to Charles Wolfram and Leo Weidenthal. We wish him the best of luck; congratulations Paul! Speaking of exceptional leadership, Burik […]
This is the second of the Cultural Gardens Federation’s monthly electronic newsletters, originally created by Paul Burik and distributed by Bill Jones via electronic mail as a Microsoft Word Document. Converted to Adobe PDF format, this document features information about One World Day, “Harmony in the Gardens”, and, among other things, recent restoration work in […]
According to the Plain-Dealer’s Robert Smith on August 24, 2007 (and I quote from his story): “Sometimes, it takes an outsider to spy the hometown treasure. Azerbaijan’s ambassador to Washington, Hafiz Pashayev, spent a lot of time in Cleveland in 2003, as the late Azerbaijan president underwent treatment at the Cleveland Clinic. The restless ambassador […]
The Cleveland Restoration Society awarded a 2007 preservation award, “Restoration of an Important Historic Detail Award,” Hungarian Cultural Garden Arch. The award was presented to the range of stakeholders in the gardens, including Hungarian Cultural Garden Committee, The Cleveland Cultural Garden Federation, the Holden Parks Trust, and the City of Cleveland, Department of Parks, Recreation, […]
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 […]
In 1938, that the Hungarian Cultural Garden was officially dedicated and efforts are underway to renovate the garden. On August 24, 2008, the Hungarian Cultural Garden Delegation will rededicate the Garden, celebrating its 70th Anniversary, building on activities schedule all summer, and which began with a Blooms & Blossoms fundraising dinner on May 31, 2008. […]
Spring is just around the corner as groundhogs are looking for shadows. Ever thought about a wedding in the Cultural Gardens? The Cultural Gardens have been used for weddings since at least the 1930s and continue to be a popular place for people to commit to one another. Indeed, this website receives more inquiries about […]
On October 8, 2006, the Latvian Cultural Garden dedicated a 12-ton statue, just one week after the the India Cultural Garden unveiled a bronze sculpture of Mahatma Gandhi. The garden was designed by landscape architect Albert Park and assisted by local architect Kalvis Kampe.
The Sculpture Center in Cleveland has created the Ohio Outdoor Sculpture Directory, documenting over 1000 pieces of statuary across the state, including several in the Cleveland Cultural Gardens. Anyone interested in public sculpture and public art should take a look. You can even provide information about public art & sculpture in your community!