Archive For September 2009

Re-Dedication–Irish Cultural Garden October 3, 2009

September 27th, 2009

Join the Irish community in celebrating the re-dedication and restoration of the Irish Cultural Garden.  Be there Saturday, October 3, 2009, at 11 AM.

See the dramatic restoration of the Garden to date with a wealth of new plantings and turf, an irrigation system to keep it all green, and restored walks.

Learn about the imminent expansion as more historical figures join Victor Herbert, a bit of Ireland is recreated on the north end of the Garden, and more.

Free and open to the public.  Parking on both MLK Jr. Drive and East Blvd..  The Garden is immediately north of Superior Avenue, between East Blvd. and MLK Jr. Drive.

Keltic Cross design in sandstone walk at the Irish Cultural Garden

Celtic Cross design in sandstone walk at the Irish Cultural Garden

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Part II: Enjoy Food and Film restoring the Italian Cultural Garden

September 27th, 2009

Talk about painless giving.  Here it is. Start Thursday evening, October 1, 2009, between 5:30 PM and 7:30 PM at Jimmy O’Neills restaurant on Lee Road at Cedar in Cleveland Hts.  $15 per person gets you a meal of salmon, pork tenderloin, crab cakes, pecan encrusted chicken or spinach tart with potatoes or rice and mescalun salad with strawberries.  Follow that with a whipped cream cake together with beverages & coffee.  Again, that is all for $15, period.  For another $3, wine or Campari.  Wander two doors north at 7:30 PM for the film “For Roseanna” which the New York Times describes as a not-very-black comedy and gallows farce.  Takes place in an Italian village where the inhabitants’ English has hilarious Italian accents.  Film is in fractured English.  Admission is $10 for the film. Metered parking in back of the theater, Cedar-Lee, and restaurant. TICKETS BY ADVANCE RESERVATION ONLY;  440-527-0644.  Call now while the ticket and food reservations are still available.

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Armenian Cultural Garden News

September 26th, 2009

August 14, 2009 the Armenian Cultural Garden’s building permit was issued and the contract for the Armenian alphabet sculpture was awarded to SPS Stone.

Stay tuned for more news on the Garden’s construction.

Rendering of alphabet monument design

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Armenians Celebrate Groundbreaking

September 23rd, 2009

Invitation to join the Armenian community as they celebrate their recent ground breaking for the Armenian Cultural Garden.

Invitation to Armenian Cultural Garden Groundbreaking Celebration

Invitation to Armenian Cultural Garden Groundbreaking Celebration

Details on celebrating the Armenian Cultural Garden's groundbreaking

Details on celebrating the Armenian Cultural Garden's groundbreaking

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Cultural Gardens Exhibition Schedule at the Maltz Museum

September 23rd, 2009
Page 1 of Gardens exhibit schedule, Maltz Museum, October, 2009

Page 1 of Gardens exhibit schedule, Maltz Museum, October, 2009

Page 2 of Gardens exhibit schedule, Maltz Museum, October, 2009

Page 2 of Gardens exhibit schedule, Maltz Museum, October, 2009

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