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Icons in Ink: The Jewish Comics Experience
Maltz Museum | 2929 Richmond Road
Beachwood

Explore the vibrant history of how Jewish artists and writers birthed the Golden Age of comics. Icons in Ink goes beyond the page to examine how themes of identity, social justice, and the immigrant experience fueled the creation of the world’s most beloved superheroes.

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CAMEO Meeting
6:30 PM
City of Seven Hills Community Center
7325 Summit View Drive

Gaelic Football Tournament
Games start at 9:30 AM
West Side Iriash American Club
8559 Jennings Rd. Olmsted Twp.

Sokol Summer Exposition
3:30 PM
DTJ Taborville
Auburn Township

AAPI - The Indigenous Voyage to Hawaii
12 - 2 PM
County Library
2121 Snow Rd. Parma

Cleveland Asian Festival
East 30th and Payne

Cleveland Indian Bollywood Band
4:30 PM
Cleveland Asian Festival
East 30th and Payne Ave.

Croatian Bowling
American Croatian Club
4846 Oberlin Ave. Lorain

St. Theodosious Cathedral Restoration Concert
4 PM
Federated Church
76 Bell Street, Chagrin Falls

Charity Event for Restoration of the Historic St. Theodosious Cathedral damaged by fire. A Cleveland Landmark. Get tickets.

Sokol Sunday Dinner
1 - 2:30 PM
Bohemian National Hall
4939 Broadway

Beef Goluash and Dumplings - Czech style. Reservations needed by May 12. Call Vlad at 216-894-3591

Forum on India
6 PM
The Union Club of Cleveland
1211 Euclid Ave.

With the world’s largest population and an economy with enormous potential for growth, India is a global swing state, one whose outlook and actions will significantly influence the international order throughout the 21st century. While India maintains an independent approach to foreign policy, the United States had prioritized developing a strategic relationship with India over the past 25 years. There is a growing number of shared interests between the U.S. and India, including defense cooperation, trade and development goals, evolving supply chains, and concerns about the expansion of Chinese power. How will South Asia’s dominant power position itself on the world stage as it rises to prominence? What should we expect from U.S.-India relations moving forward, particularly as it relates to the great power competition with China?

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Lebanese Culture and Heritage
9 PM
St Elias Church
8023 Memphis Ave.

Slavic Day

Lebanese Ordination
4 PM
St Maron Church
1245 Carnegie Ave.

Jordanian Community Cultural Festival
3 - 8 PM
Clague Park, Westlake

Hosted by the Unified Jordanian Community in Ohio, this special event will bring together families and community members to enjoy an afternoon of culture, music, traditional food, and live performances, including traditional Dabkeh dance. Please feel free to bring your family—this is a family-friendly event. As the celebration will take place outdoors at the park, casual attire is perfectly appropriate.

Scottish Cultural Garden Groundbreaking
Scottish Garden
1167 East Blvd.

Eastern European World Music Camp
Warner Concert Hall - Oberlin

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ChamberFest Cleveland Continental Drifta/p>

ChamberFest Cleveland, Cleveland’s premier chamber music festival, returns for its 14th season June 10 – 27 with 12 events around the Cleveland area. Executive Director Jessica Peek Sherwood says, “We are thrilled about the opportunities ‘Continental Drifts’ affords for cross-cultural exchange. With works by 37 composers from 24 countries, our concerts feature a wide array of musical voices, old and new. There is something for everyone to enjoy and explore.”

Concerts will be held at multiple locations, including several venues in Cleveland and one in Chagrin Falls. Seven events will be at the Cleveland Institute of Music, near University Circle, including the opening and closing concerts. Most concerts start at 7:30;

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Liszt Concert in Hungarian Garden
6 PM
Hungarian Cultural Garden
East Bld. Upper Level

Each year the Hungarian Cultural Garden puts on a free performance for the community featuring the music of Franz Liszt and others. It is produced by Vera Holczer-Waroquet from the Aurora School of Music and features a Grand Piano.

More to come.

Ohio Scottish Games & Celtic Festival
Cuyahoga County Fairgrounds

Ohio Scottish Games & Celtic Festival. 2026 Gate, VIP & Whisky Tasting Tickets on Sale Now! 49th Ohio Scottish Games & Celtic Festival returns to the Cuyahoga County Fairgrounds June 26-27, 2026.

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2026 Buckeye Road Reunion Picnic
Doors open at 11
Hungarian Cultural Center of NEO

Russian Cultural Garden Summer Festival
11:30 AM – 5:00 PM
Russian Cultural Garden
MLK Blvd.

Ivan Kupala Summer Festival. Join us for Ivan Kupala, a vibrant summer celebration hosted by the Russian Cultural Garden of Cleveland. We are excited to introduce this new community event and invite you to experience a day of traditional circle dances, live entertainment, delicious Russian cuisine, a children’s play area, and festive activities for all ages.

This celebration brings people together to enjoy culture, connection, and a joyful summer atmosphere.

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CAMEO Annual Picnic
1 - 5 PM
Middleburg Hts. Recreation Area

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Polish Picnic
1 - 10 PM
Polish American Cultural Center

Cleveland International Piano Competition for Young Artists

Piano Cleveland will have their triennial “Cleveland International Piano Competition for Young Artists.” They are bringing 13 of the world’s prodigies to Cleveland for the final rounds of this competition. They will come from 7 countries: USA, Canada, South Korea, Japan, China, Austria, and Spain. Many will also bring their parents and other family members. You can see (and listen to) them at https://pianocleveland.org/cipc-for-young-artists-2026-2/. In addition, we will bring in a Jury of eight eminent piano faculty, also from 7 countries (USA, France, Portugal, Finland, Germany, Israel, and China), and 4 Guest Artists, also with international representation. The Contestants will be arriving around July 19 and staying through Aug 4.

Schedule for the competition rounds. There will also be several free concerts in the days preceeding those.

Opera in the Italian Cultural Garden
6 - 7:30 PM
Italian Cultural Garden
990 East Blvd. Cleveland

Beautiful music from Opera, Broadway & Italian songs. The Cleveland Opera & Cleveland Ballet Theater in the enchanting Renaissance Garden.

TICKETS ON SALE NOW - (sells out each year). Reserved Seating in Front of Stage $33.00

Lawn area Free admission Free Wine Tastings: Little Italy Wines. Questions, please call: 216.916.7780. Free parking - Restrooms on site. Michael White School lot - Parkgate Ave. near garden. Family friendly - bring a picnic! This free performance is presented as part of the Italian Cultural Garden Foundation's "Viva! La Cultura Italiana" cultural series.

Scottish Garden Golf Outing
Silver Lake Country Club

For over 40 years the Scottish Cultural Garden sat undeveloped on MLK Blvd. Four years ago, a group of friends organized the Scottish Cultural Garden Society to make the Scottish Garden a reality and to showcase the accomplishments of Scots & Scottish Americans. Since Scotland is the home of golf, we thought this would be a perfect way to raise money. Please help us make the dream come true. You can organize a foursome, be a sponsor, come to the dinner & support the raffles or just donate.

80th Annual One World Day
11 AM - 6 PM
Cleveland Cultural Gardens

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Cleveland Cultural Gardens