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Although Slovenian language use has almost entirely disappeared, Slovenian culture and cultural events maintains a significant role in the community with events such as the Cleveland Kurentovanje, sponsored by St. Vitus. The final issue of Ameriska Domovina was published on August 21, 2008.
Slovenia portal; Ohio portal; Pages in category "Slovene-American culture in Cleveland" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total.
Cleveland Kurentovanje (pronounced koo-rehn-toh-VAHN-yeh) is a Slovenian-American festival celebrating the end of winter and the beginning of spring, taking place annually the weekend before Ash Wednesday, in Cleveland, Ohio, mirroring Kurentovanje in Slovenia.
The Zarja Singing Society is a choral group based in Cleveland, Ohio.It is dedicated to the education and support of Slovenian culture and tradition. The group was founded in 1916, making it the oldest Slovenian singing group abroad [1] [2] [3] and the oldest secular Slovenian singing society in Cleveland.
Slovenian Catholic Center, also known as Slovenian Cultural Center, Lemont, IL [22] Slovenian Cultural Society Triglav, Norway, WI; founded in 1952. [23] National Cleveland-style Polka Hall of Fame and Museum, Cleveland [24] American Slovenian Club of Fairport Harbor, Fairport Harbor, OH [25] Slovene Home for the Aged, Cleveland [26] Slovenian ...
The Cleveland Cultural Gardens are a collection of public gardens located in Rockefeller Park in Cleveland, Ohio. In 1896, John D. Rockefeller donated the land the Cleveland Cultural Gardens occupies today. [3] The gardens are situated along East Boulevard & Martin Luther King Jr. Drive within the 276 acre of wooded parkland on the city's East ...
The Slovenska Dobrodelna Zveza (Slovenian Mutual Benefit Association) was formed in Grdina's Hall on St. Clair Avenue in Cleveland, Ohio on November 11, 1910. [1] It was created through the merged of several smaller Slovenian-American fraternal organizations, including the St. Barbara Society of Forest City, Pennsylvania. [1]
The first documented Slovenian to settle in the Cleveland area was Joseph Turk, who came about 1883, most likely from Carniola, and settled on Marble Avenue, near the steel mills. [3] He helped organize the Catholic Slovenes in Cleveland, and requested that Bishop Richard Gilmour of Cleveland appoint a permanent Slovenian priest in Cleveland ...