Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) in Cleveland 2017

The annual Day of the Dead (Día de Muertos) is a Mexican holiday celebrated throughout Mexico, in particular the Central and South regions, and by people of Mexican ancestry living in other places, especially the United States. It is acknowledged internationally in many other cultures. The multi-day holiday focuses on gatherings of family and friends to pray for and remember friends and family members who have died, and help support their spiritual journey.

In Cleveland, the celebration centered at the Cleveland Public Theater. There was Latin food, live entertainment, displays and activities throughout the day.

A highlight was the parade, Skulls and Skeletons.

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How 3D Printing is Revolutionizing the Operating Room

The 2017 Cleveland Clinic Medical Innovation Summit brought together more than 2,250 of the brightest leaders from around the world to Cleveland to discuss the investable technologies that will deliver on the powerful promise of Genomics & Precision Medicine. This impact session was titled "Made-to-Order Surgery: How 3D Printing is Revolutionizing the Operating Room."

It was fascinating and worth watching the videos.

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Dr. Nizar Zein, Dr. Jihad Kaouk, Jacques Zaneveld,

 Karl West and David Cassak

Tracing Your Family's Path from a Displaced Persons Camp

The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., has created a searchable database of information on the Displaced Persons Camps and the people who passed through them. Earlier this year, the Holocaust Museum partnered with the Ukrainian Museum-Archives in Cleveland to digitize the UMA's extensive collection of DP Camp periodicals produced by Ukrainian refugees from 1945-51. Working with Kyiv-based Archival Data Systems, researchers have scanned more than 75,000 documents archived at the Tremont museum, creating a resource that scholars and others will now be able to access.

Officials from the Holocaust Museum unveiled the new resource and its search tools at a special presentation in Cleveland, a city that resettled thousands of displaced persons. "Solving the Mystery: Tracing Your Family's Path from a Displaced Persons Camp," was presented at the Slovenian National Home, 6409 St. Clair Avenue.

Photos and videos from the Displaced Persons Camp event

Andy Fedynsky, Ina Navazelskis and Diane Afoumado

Experiencing Chinese Culture from Ethnic Traditional Clothing

"The furthest distance in the world is not between life and death, but, when I stand in front of you, yet, you don't know that I love you", so said the poet. What I would like to say is that "The furthest distance in the world is not between life and death, but, when I stand in front of you, and you think, "who are you?", "all Chinese look the same"---- This is how Oberlin middle school teacher Ms. Shuo Jin, of Confucius Institute at Cleveland State University, feels.A considerable amount of Americans think that all of the Chinese people are the same!

In order to expand American students' horizons and diminish their over-generalized impressions of Chinese people, Xuhong Zhang (Cleveland State University Confucius Institute's associate director), along with teachers Shuo Jin and Jinting Xing, held a two-day Chinese Traditional clothing show at Langston Middle School on October 9 and 10, 2017.

A total of eighty-five students from Grades 6 through 8, have participated in this event and experienced the incredible beauty of traditional Chinese clothing.

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Asian Services In Action, Inc. 21st Anniversary Gala

Asian Services In Action, Inc. (ASIA, Inc.) is the largest Asian American & Pacific Islander-focused (AAPI) health and social service 501(c)(3) agency in the State of Ohio. For more than 20 years, they have taken on the most challenging tasks to help the underserved, low-income, and immigrant communities in Northeast Ohio and all across the state. Serving over 28,000 individuals and families annual, ASIA is committed to the AAPI community through the various health and social service programs they offered.

On October 20, 2017 ASIA, Inc. held their 21st Anniversary Gala and Fundraiser at Cleveland State University.

See photos and videos from the ASIA Inc. Gala.

Making Sushi

CEO Michael Byun with event MCs Jennifer Auh and Wayne Wong

Volunteers at the ASIA Inc Gala

Donut or Coffee Cup?

Great tweet from Vincent Pantaloni: If you're a topologist (Helvetica font style) there are 8 (capital) letters in the English alphabet.

PIAST Polish folk song and dance group

he Piast dynasty was the first historical ruling dynasty of Poland. The folk song and dance group PIAST is named for them. They are part of the Polish Roman Catholic Union of America (PRCUA) the oldest Polish American organization in the United States.

They performed at the 2017 Cleveland Museum of Art's International Cleveland Community Day in the Atrium of the Museum.

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Fairmount Spanish Dancers

Members of the Fairmount Spanish Dancers from the Fairmount Center for the Arts performed at the Cleveland Museum of Art's International Cleveland Community Day in the Atrium of the museum.

Spanish dance is based on classical, folk and flamenco style with emphasis on castaneting, heelwork, traditional movement and style. Advanced levels include development of choreography and improvisation.

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Cleveland Inner City Ballet

Cleveland Inner City Ballet also performed at International Cleveland Community Day at the Cleveland Museum of Art.


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Bharata Natyam Classical Indian dance from Nritya Gitanjali School

Students from the Nritya Gitanjali School of Dance and Music in Cleveland Ohio performed the ancient classical Indian dance form Bharata Natyam at International Cleveland Community Day at the Cleveland Museum of Art.

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Cleveland Contemporary Chinese Culture Association

Youngsters from the Cleveland Contemporary Chinese Culture Association (CCCCA) performed at the Cleveland Museum of Art's 2017 International Cleveland Community Day in the Atrium of the museum.

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Ling Yun Rising Star Acrobatics

Performers from the Ling Yun Rising Star Acrobatics entertained at the Cleveland Museum of Art's 2017 International Cleveland Community Day in the Atrium of the museum.

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Indecision

So how do you feel about Schrodinger?

Schrödinger's cat analogy has been used to illustrate emerging theories of how quantum mechanics works.  Some say the cat is both alive and dead. Some say the observer and the cat simply exist in two realities -- one in which the cat is dead, and one in which the cat is alive.

International Cleveland Community Day at Cleveland Museum of Art

Since the opening of the Atrium at the Cleveland Museum of Art, the CMA has hosted International Cleveland Community Day. It's a free festival featuring more than 50 groups and organizations that present their rich diversity through music, dance, and cultural displays.

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Murphy Irish Dancers at Mayo Ball at Rock Hall

Here are some highlights of the Murphy Irish Dancers performing in both soft and hard shoes at the Mayo Ball at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

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Mayo Society of Cleveland 2017 Ball at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum

The Mayo Society of Greater Cleveland was founded in 2004 as a not-for-profit corporation to provide a forum for information and activities of interest to individuals of Irish descent particularly those with ancestral ties to County Mayo.

The Society makes contributions to public charities in the United States that have a link to County Mayo in Ireland or to Ireland, or to public charities in Ireland, or for temporary emergency relief to indigent Irish nationals in the United States who are in urgent need of medical attention, are victims of crime, or victims of man-made or natural disasters.

The 2017 Mayo Ball, honoring Chris Connor, former CEO of Sherwin Williams, was held on Saturday, October 7, 2017 at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum. This was the first time the Mayo Ball was held in the Rock Hall and guests were able to tour the entire Museum.

Photos and videos from the 2017 Mayo Ball

Chris Connor with his crystal bowl at the Mayo Ball

Meghan Adams and Bridget Linton, Ohio Roses, at the Mayo Ball

Chopin Concert to honor Kosciuszko

On Saturday, September 23, 2017 a concert was held in the beautiful Shrine Church of St. Stanislaus, in honor of the 200th Anniversary of the passing of General Thaddeus Kosciuszko (1746-1817), a hero in both America's and Poland's fight for freedom.

Konrad Binienda and friends performed the works of Chopin and Mozart to an enthusiast audience that were awed by his piano skills and his accompanist on the violin.

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Wieslaw Binienda, Maria Szonert Binienda (parents), Linda Duan, Jiana Peng, Konrad Binienda 

Armenian Independence Day Celebration - Cleveland City Hall Rotunda

In Armenia, Independence Day is an official holiday. It commemorates the restoration of the Republic of Armenia in September 21, 1991, after 70 years of Soviet rule. In Cleveland, the occasion was celebrated on September 21, 2017 with a ceremony in the Rotunda of Cleveland City Hall and the flying of the flag of Armenia over City Hall.

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Italian Heritage Month 2017 kickoff in Cleveland

The official opening of a month-long celebration of the Italian-American Community in Cleveland and Northeast Ohio was held on Monday October 2, 2017 in the Rotunda of Cleveland City Hall.

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Bishop Nelson Perez, Mayor Frank Jackson and Honorary Consul of Italy Serena Scaiola were among the speakers. 

Bishop Perez, Serena Scaiola, Paula Leonette, Matt Zone, 

Rose Zitiello, Mayor Jackson and portrait of Paul Sciria

Why Columbus Day is important.to Italians

The official opening of a month-long celebration of the Italian-American Community in Cleveland and Northeast Ohio was held on Monday October 2, 2017 in the Rotunda of Cleveland City Hall.

Basil Russo, the president of the National Italian Sons and Daughters of America, told why Columbus Day is important.

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Billy Donato performing

Billy Donato was awarded the Performing Arts Award at the  Italian Heritage Month 2017 kickoff event October 2, 2017  in the Cleveland City Hall Rotunda.

He then performed a few songs from his Las Vegas act.

This video has some snippets (God Bless the USA, That's Amore, Hang on Sloopy and My Way)

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The Jazz Age: American Style in the 1920s Cleveland Museum of Art exhibit

The Jazz Age: American Style in the 1920s is the first major museum exhibition to focus on American taste in art and design during the 1920s and early 1930s. Through a rich array of over 300 extraordinary works in jewelry, fashion, automobiles, paintings and decorative arts, featuring the events and people that punctuated the era, the exhibition explores the impact of European influences, American lifestyle, artistic movements and innovation during this exciting period.

The Jazz Age: American Style in the 1920s is co-organized by the Cleveland Museum of Art and the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, and is on view in the Kelvin and Eleanor Smith Foundation Hall from September 30, 2017 through January 14, 2018.

There are all kinds of different items on display from classic cars to paintings, furniture, jewelry, clocks and more.

Josephine Baker

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Classic Cars - 1925 Rolls Royce and 1937 Cord 812 Phaeton Roadster at Cleveland Museum of Art

Two classic cars are on display at the Cleveland Museum of Art exhibit titled “The Jazz Age: American Style in the 1920s”


Here's a short video tour.

First is the Cord 812 Phaeton Roadster, 1937 from the Auburn Automobile Company of Auburn Indiana. The model 812 front-wheel-drive Cord (along with the 810) made its debut at the 1935 New York Auto Show and was an immediate success.

 The other is the Piccadilly Roadster, 1925. Rolls-Royce. Manufactured with American parts in Springfield, MA, 1924–25. The American market for luxury automobiles grew so rapidly that by 1920 Rolls-Royce had purchased a manufactory in Springfield, Massachusetts, to assemble cars for its wealthy American clientele. The original owner of this roadster was a woman in Rye, New York, who paid over $15,000 for it in 1926.

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Foreign Language Trends in Ohio

It's interesting to see how different languages have shifted positions from the 2005-2006 school year to the 2015-2016 year.

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Teacher Appreciation Day 2017

Sponsored by the Office of Chinese Language International Council (Hanban), the Confucius Institute at Cleveland State University was established in August 2008.

Each year they hold an event to honor teachers. About 270 teachers, students and administrators from 26 different schools and organizations attended the 2017 event.

Throughout the event there were Chinese workshops and teaching demos as well as the main program.

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