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, Eastlake, Ohio 44095

Have a great day while raising funds for the Hungarian Cultural Garden’s restoration.  Beverages, lunch and dinner, along with a cart and greens fee for the Shaker Height Country Club, and much more, are included for $200 per person.  Reception and dinner for $60 at 6 PM at the Club.  Enjoy great camaraderie in a superb setting while benefiting the Garden.  Contact either Mark Yonke @440-235-9599; Allen Waddle @330-656-2218 or Carolyn Balogh @440-564-7088 or <cebalogh@aol.com> for more information and reservations.  Act before August 12, please.

Pg 1 Golf Outing Info & Registration Form

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. $100 per person. Tickets at 216-773-9971 (Ms. Waheed) or 216-451-8000 (Dr. Jordan)

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.

Andrea Anelli sings--Director of Opera Per Tutti. Plain Dealer photo of August 10, 2009

Duet with Andrea Anelli and J.R. Fralick from Opera Per Tutti; Plain Dealer photo of August 10, 2009

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, and read extensively about the Gardens, while others have rich personal and family connections that go back in time.   Some of us know all the major historical themes, while others hold only small pieces of trivia about individual gardens, groups, people, and events.  But working together, we can answer questions that are both big and small.  Please click on the title or the “more” button to see the images and use the comments feature below to share your thoughts, insights and answers.

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