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.

Free Concert
July 25, 2010 - Sunday - 6:00 pm

	Bring family and friends for a free concert in the beautiful Italian Renaissance garden.  Well known songs from famous Italian operas performed by Opera Per Tutti Enjoy music from Puccini’s Tosca, La Boheme, “Vesti la giubba” from Pagliacci, “Nessun dorma” from Turandot, the famous sextet from Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor, Neapolitan songs and the beautiful music of Paolo Tosti.
	Italian Cultural Garden - East Blvd Entrance 990 East Blvd between Superior and St Clair roads Free parking along East Blvd 200 chairs provided - but bring you own to ensure a seat… or bring a blanket and a picnic! 216-916-7780 for more information

The Italian Cultural Garden Foundation is pleased to announce it has reached the halfway mark of the $750,000 Renaissance Restoration Project. Between 2007-2009 restoration of all major infrastructure has been completed with the restoration completed according to the specifications and guidelines for restoration and rehabilitation of a historical cultural landscape.

This was accomplished in major part to the community wide support and generosity of the Cleveland Italian community and recently from new support from donors out of state.

The restoration of the completed hardscape infrastructure include total restoration of the two large Renaissance fountains, installation of nineteen historical lampposts on both levels, (the Italian Cultural Garden is the first cultural garden to have comprehensive lighting),restoration of the two large staircases, new stone balustrade, sandstone pavement repair and the replacement  bust of Virgil, the Roman poet.

Projects currently in progress include a 14 ft. statue of  Dante Alighieri, originally planned in 1930 by the garden’s creator, Philip Garbo, which was never completed and implementation of Phase I of the landscape design generously donated by Ianiro Landscaping of Cleveland.

The Italian community will have an opportunity to donate benches and statues with a bronze plate memorializing a donor or their family name.

In 2008, the Italian Cultural Garden Foundation initiated the  “Viva La Cultura Italiana” cultural concert series  for the general public presenting opera concerts, plays, and instrumental music showcasing Italian arts and culture fulfilling the original intentions of gardens creator. In 2007, opera concerts were brought back after a sixty-eight year absence with over five hundred in attendance last year.

Extensive archives have been initiated filling the gap of the last sixty years. A book is being planned covering newly discovered original plans of projects never completed and about the life of its creator, Philip Garbo gained from the recollections of his 95 year old daughter, and the current historic restoration of the garden, the first since its inception in 1930.

Italian Cultural Garden Foundation -  216-916-7780.

The following Cultural Gardens have been reserved for events on the date specified:

May 29:  Hungarian & Italian

June 5:  Italian Independence Day Gala Celebration in Italian Garden

June 5:    Hungarian

June 19:  Italian

June 26:  Italian and Hungarian

July 24:  Hungarian and Italian

July 31:   Italian

August 7: Italian

August 14: Italian and Hungarian

August 21: Italian

August 29: Italian

September 4: Italian

September 5: Greek and Italian

September 12: Italian

September 25: Hungarian

October 3rd:    Italian and Greek

October 10:      Greek and Italian

Want to reserve your own date and Garden.  Contact the City of Cleveland’s Special Events office: 216-664-2484 or 664-2012.