Join the Slovak Cultural Garden’s delegates and friends of the Garden at the regular Saturday Garden clean-up events:

For the remainder of 2010, the Saturday dates are: July 31st &  August 7th; September 4th and October 2nd.

For details, contact the Slovak  Garden by e mailing “slovakgarden@tccgf.org” or leaving a message at 216-916-7755 for the Slovak Garden.

See you there.

Paula Tilisky

Outdoor concert featuring music of Hungarian composer Ferenc Liszt, plus celebrate St. Stephen’s Day, and get a tour of the Garden.  All free!  Click on the link below for details:

Info on Liszt Concert and St. Stephens Celebration

Great way to contribute to the renovation of the Hungarian Cultural Garden and have some fun as well.  Everyone is welcome on Wednesday, August 11, 2010.  Click on flier link below for details and registration information:

2010 Hungarian Golf Outing Fundraiser

The German Garden Concert of July 11, 2010 went very well.  Approximately thirty people in attendance beyond the many band members thanks to three bands being present.  Weather was perfect. Garden trees shaded the bands and audience alike providing comfortable viewing and playing.  Ample seats were provided for all.  Looking forward to the 2011 concert.   7-19-2010

CONRAD MIZER/KARL WOLFRAM MEMORIAL GARDEN CONCERT

GERMAN CULTURAL GARDEN

SUNDAY, JULY 11, 2010

1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.

On Sunday, July 11, 2010, the German Musikverein will co-sponsor a “Free Conrad Mizer/Karl Wolfram Memorial Garden Concert”, together with the Federation of German Americans of Greater Cleveland and other German musicians.

Conrad Mizer emigrated from Germany with his brother’s family and lived on the near west side of Cleveland, close to Edgewater Park.  He pursued his favorite pastime after arriving in Cleveland, “Frühschoppenmusik,” the closest translation being “Garden or Park Concert.”

During the late 19^th Century, his dream came true when he founded the free “Public Park Concerts” at Edgewater Park.  He also sponsored the Sunday afternoon Pop Concerts at Grays Armory with the Cleveland Grand Orchestra, which was the forerunner of the Cleveland Symphony Orchestra and Cleveland Orchestra.

After the demise of the Cleveland Symphony Orchestra in 1902, Conrad Mizer sought the support of several financial backers and formed a new Cleveland Symphony Orchestra.  The first concert of the new Orchestra was held at Grays Armory on January 4, 1903.  A year later, Conrad Mizer suddenly passed away.  However, his work he started was carried on successfully by many other concert lovers and resulted eventually in today’s Cleveland Orchestra.

In 1910 the City of Cleveland dedicated a Memorial Fountain in his memory.  The Memorial can be found at Edgewater Park south of the pavilion.

http://www.clevelandmemory.org/ebooks/tpap/pg07.html

Karl J. Wolfram, one of the two founders of the Cleveland’s Cultural Garden System at Rockefeller Park was the first president of the Cleveland Cultural Garden Federation. The span of Karl J. Wolfram’s twenty-five years as president of the Cultural Garden Federation was not merely a period of duties faithfully and loyally performed. It was far more, during his resign he saw 18 gardens established. The German Cultural Garden was dedicated on June 2, 1929 as the third garden in the system.

The family background of Karl J. Wolfram is identified with a long line of musicians, teachers and educators. His father and uncle were musicians and stamped upon his lineage as well as upon his own personality there seemed more than a trace of the early Wolfram, the famed poet and Minnesinger of Medieval days, Wolfram von Eschenbach, whose name was made famous by the Wagner’s opera Tannhauser.

The concert will be held from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m., at the German Cultural Garden “Goethe-Schiller Square at 1036 East Boulevard, Cleveland, Ohio. The German Cultural Garden is situated centrally in the Cleveland Cultural Gardens, in Rockefeller Park. This Garden can be recognized by the huge twin monument of Goethe-Schiller, the largest monument within the Gardens.

Please Note: There will no chair set up for seating, you may however, bring your lawn chairs. There will no concessions available. Restrooms are available at the nearby Cleveland Greenhouse north of the German Garden at the end of East Boulevard (Approx 3/4mile). You may park on the east side of East Blvd., however we recommend to park on Martin Luther Blvd. as you can park on both sides of the Boulevard behind the white line near the lower sign and the Latvian Garden (flag red white red) and walk up the walkway.  In case of rain the concert must be canceled.

Musikverein musicians and singers

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 proceed to stairs or elevators–one floor down.  Open to all.  Free parking in Judson’s parking lot at East 107th and Chester (north side)

Hungarian Cultural Garden’s Golf Outing and dinner at Shaker Country Club on Wednesday, August 11, from 11 AM on.  Details at 440-564-7088

Glenville Heritage 5 mile run and 1 mile walk through the Cultural Gardens sponsored by Famicos  Foundation on Saturday, August 14th. For details & registration, call Famicos at 216-791-6476.  Councilman Jeff Johnson is the host.

Hungarian Cultural Garden Concert in the Garden at 1070 East Blvd, Cleveland 44108.  Free.  Sunday, August 15, from 2 to 4 PM.

Armenian Cultural Garden Dedication, Sunday, September 19, 1-2 PM; 741 MLK Drive at St. Clair exit.  Parking on  East Blvd above the Garden as well as at Sam Miller Park on East Blvd and across from Rockefeller Greenhouse.  Lolly-the-Trolley bus service from Sam Miller Park at regular intervals.

One World Day in the Cultural Gardens on Sunday, September 19, 2-6 PM Cleveland Cultural Gardens Federation.

Italian Film Festival to benefit the Italian Cultural Garden at 7:30 PM on September 16, 23 and 30 at the Cedar Lee Theater in Cleveland Hts with pre-film party at Jimmy O’Neil’s next to the theater.  At 7:30 PM on October 7 at the Capitol Theater on Detroit at West 65th with pre-film party at Lux Restaurant across Detroit from the theater.  Tickets and information at 216-456-8117.

Teachers’ Appreciation Day in the Chinese Cultural Garden–September 28, 2010.  Details to follow.

Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday Celebration in the India Cultural Garden at 6 PM on Saturday, October 2.

Annual benefit for the Cleveland Cultural Gardens Federation October 9, 2010.

Cultural Gardens Federation Executive Board Meeting, Tuesday, October 12th, 6:30 PM.  Judson Park Manor, East 107th at Chester.  Lower concourse–enter at main entrance on East 107th and proceed to stairs or elevators–one floor down.  Open to all.  Free parking in Judson’s parking lot at East 107th and Chester (north side)

Cultural Gardens Federation Executive Board Meeting, Tuesday, November 9th, 6:30 PM.  Judson Park Manor, East 107th at Chester.  Lower concourse–enter at main entrance on East 107th and proceed to stairs or elevators–one floor down.  Open to all.  Free parking in Judson’s parking lot at East 107th and Chester (north side)

Croatian Cultural Garden/Cleveland Junior Tamburitzen joint benefit “Night at the Races” on Saturday, November 13th.  Details follow.

Cleveland Women’s Orchestra plays famous Croatian composer’s music (Dora Pejacevic) for first time in Cleveland. Croatian Garden benefit, November 28 at Croatian Lodge Party Center, Eastlake.  $15 per person. Details to follow.

Welttrauertage (World Day of Mourning) in the German Cultural Garden in November with details to be announced.

Holiday dinner of the Cleveland Cultural Gardens Federation on Tuesday evening, December 14, 2010 with details to be announced.

Estonian Cultural Garden’s Voidupuha-Jaanipaeva Celebration (mid-summer solstice), Sunday, June 27th, 2010

Polish Cultural Garden’s Chopin bust dedication and Chopin piano concert, in the Garden, in June–date pending

Serbian Cultural Garden’s 2nd Annual Golf Outing at Sleepy Hollow Golf Course, Saturday, July 10, 10 AM-late afternoon; 6 PM Dinner at Sterle’s

German Cultural Garden’s Conrad Mizer/Karl Wolfram Concert,  Free and in the German Cultural Garden on July 11, Sunday, 1-3 PM.