Getting everyone in the spirit of the season, the Italian Cultural Garden Foundation has decorated the Italian Garden beautifully as well as playfully.  See the following photos and visit the Garden during this season to truly appreciate it.

Italian Cultural Garden's East Blvd entrance decorated for Holidays, 2010

Italian Fountain decorated for Holidays, 2010

2010 Holiday decorations on Roman Colosseum pillar with Virgil on top

Join the Italian Cultural Garden Foundation and the Italian community in marking the 2nd annual Monte Grappa Commemoration on Thursday, November 11, 2010 from 1 to 2 PM in the Garden at 990 East Blvd, Cleveland OH 44108; at the intersection with Parkgate Avenue.

US veterans are especially invited to be present.  Among those present will be some Buffalo soldiers plus Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson, Cleveland Council members Jeff Johnson and Matt Zone, as well as Marco Nobili, Consul of Italy.

Admission is free and all are welcome.  Free parking will be available along East Blvd.  Refreshments will be served.

The Italian Garden has a block of stone hewn from the side of Monte Grappa in northern Italy, in honor of the many northern Ohio members of the 332nd Regiment of Infantry, who fought on Italian soil during World War I.

The plaque on the stone bears the inscription:  “In this garden, sacred to the glories of Rome, the Italian War Veterans of Cleveland have placed this rock taken from the torn slopes of Monte Grappa, a lasting memorial to the mutual sacrifice that in the heroic moments of WWI bound America and Italy, effecting a bond of imperishable friendship in the fruitful work of peace cemented by the blood of some fifty soldiers of Ohio’s 332nd Infantry who fell on Italian soil.”

See photo below courtesy of Robert Angeles of the Cleveland Photographic Society:

Monte Grappa Memorial Plaque & Stone

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