October is LGBT History Month and what a great way to celebrate that by highlighting the LGBT Community Center of Greater Cleveland. The Center just completed their expansion and moved into their new building this summer. It was originally founded in 1975! It has moved around town throughout the years but today makes its home […]
The Syrian Cultural Garden in Rockefeller Park is the many gardens representing those cultures that call Northeast Ohio their home. The Syrian Cultural Garden was dedicated in 2011. It contains elements from the different aspects of Syrian heritage such as the Arches of Palmyra, the Amphitheater of Basra and the Arabic Fountain. It also contains […]
The Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage just opened an incredible exhibit on Leonard Bernstein. The exhibit covers Bernstein’s life, music, sexuality and his crisis of faith. Exploring topics like how he broke racial barriers by hiring African American actors in the Broadway debut of “On the Town”, the origins of his “West Side Story” and […]
In the middle of downtown Cleveland is an old building that sort of looks like a Victorian castle. It is in fact the Grays Armory Museum! The Armory was built in 1893 and was home to the Cleveland Grays, who organized in 1837, as an independent volunteer militia. The Grays saw service in the American […]
Among the 32 gardens in Rockefeller Park is the German Cultural Garden. It was dedicated in 1927. Its most notable feature is the Goethe and Schiller bronze statue; featuring the philosophers and writers. The statue was originally dedicated in 1907 at Wade Park but moved to the German Cultural Garden at the time of its […]
One of the many amazing attractions here in Cleveland are the Cleveland Cultural Gardens in Rockefeller Park. The land for the gardens was donated by John D. Rockefeller in 1896. Today the park consists of 32 cultural gardens paying tribute to the cultures and diversity of Northeast Ohio. The theme of the gardens is “Peace […]
Recently I visited the Akron Art Museum. It is smaller than the Cleveland Museum of Art but I was impressed with some of the works that had direct ties to Cleveland in particular paintings by William Sommer and Julian Stanczak and a sculpture by Tom Otterness. William Sommer had several paintings hanging in the Akron […]
Cleveland is here because of the hard work of those many people who immigrated from outside the United States. Cleveland has very large German, Italian, Irish, Hungarian and Slovenian populations and these are just a few of the peoples who have made Cleveland their home throughout our history. Cleveland continues to be a diverse city. […]
The Rockefeller Park Greenhouse is owned by the city of Cleveland and free to visit! It is located on the grounds of Rockefeller Park and the Cultural Gardens. The city has run the property for over 100 years. It is comprised of several greenhouse building and outside gardens. Inside are lime trees, cacti, ferns and […]
Inside Cleveland Public Library‘s downtown Main Building on the third floor is the John G .White Special Collections Department. It is one of the stops on our Cleveland From the Inside walking tour! It is full of rare books, chess sets from around the world, a collection of miniature books and even a brick from […]
