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Gerry Quinn Radio Show at WSIA GOAT
Gerry Quinn Radio Show at WSIA GOAT
The West Side Irish American Club hosted their 3rd annual 2024 GOAT (Greatest Cleveland Irish Weekend of All Time) on March 7-10, 2024. There was a variety of Irish entertainment (bands, singers, pipers, dancers, etc.) and traditional food and drink. Of course the camaraderie was the best part.On Sunday March 10, the Gerry Quinn Irish Radio Show did a remote broadcast from the WSIAC during the serving of an Irish breakfast at the GOAT.

Grand Marshal Pat Murphy making Irish Coffee

Grand Marshal Pat Murphy making Irish Coffee


Photos and Videos from the WSIA GOAT and Quinn Radio Show
Taste of Nations
Taste of Nations
Pastor John Betters has hosted a Taste of Nations event at Ss. Robert and William Catholic School in Euclid for the last 15 years to share the diversity of the students and community. The 2024 event included rooms for Eastern Europe, Germany, Senegal and Western Africa, Mexico and Puerto Rico, Southern Soul and Ireland.

Sharing Puerto Rican and Mexican food and culture

Sharing Puerto Rican and Mexican food and culture


Photos and a video with Fr. Betters
First Arab Community Bazaar
First Arab Community Bazaar
The first Arab Community Bazaar was held on Sunday February 25 in North Olmsted. Sometimes events are not very successful in their first year but the first Arab Community Bazaar was a huge success. The room was packed with dozens of vendors and information resources.

Arab Community Bazaar banner


Dr. Mohammad Alhawawsha, President of the Jordanian Community of Ohio, said the event aimed to support small businesses, especially those led by women working from home to support themselves.

More pictures and videos of the Arab Bazaar

Independence of the Dominican Republic
Independence of the Dominican Republic
The Dominican War of Independence (Guerra de Independencia Dominicana) was a war of independence that began when the Dominican Republic declared independence from the Republic of Haiti on February 27, 1844 and ended on January 24, 1856. Before the war, the island of Hispaniola had been united for 22 years when the newly independent nation, previously known as the Captaincy General of Santo Domingo, was unified with the Republic of Haiti in 1822.

On February 27, 2024 the Termonal Tower in Cleveland will be lit up with the colors of the Dominican flag.

Dominican Independence celebration

Dominican Independence celebration

Dominican Independence celebration
Rallies and Vigils for Ukraine
Rallies and Vigils for Ukraine
Members of the Ukrainian community and supporters held vigils in Cleveland and throughout the world to show support for Ukraine against the aggressive invasion by Putin.

Local Ukrainian leaders Andy Fedynsky and Dr. George Jaskiw travelled to Washington DC to attend that vigil. George met up with his son Michael who's an attorney in DC.

Andy Fedynsky and family members Michael, Alexa and Chris at the Washington DC rally

Andy Fedynsky and family members Michael, Alexa and Chris
at the Washington DC rally

Washington DC rally for Ukraine

Washington DC rally for Ukraine

Rotary Club of Cleveland honors Esperanza
Rotary Club of Cleveland honors Esperanza
Each year the Rotary Club of Cleveland honors a person or organization with their International Service Award. In 2024, the award went to the non-profit organization Esperanza. Executive Director Victor Ruiz accepted the award.

Beverly Ghent-Skrzynski, Victor Ruiz and Ingrida Bublys

Beverly Ghent-Skrzynski, Victor Ruiz and Ingrida Bublys

Photos and videos of Esperanza at Cleveland Rotary
FICA India Republic Day 2024
FICA India Republic Day 2024
FICA is an organization dedicated to serving the needs of the Asian Indian Community in Northeast Ohio. They hosted a celebration of India's 75th Republic Day at Lotus Banquets with cultural performances, awards, dancing, music and food.

One of the highlights was a Fashion Show featuring ladies in beautiful attire from some of the states of India.

FICA Fashion Show Ladies - Republic Day 2024

FICA Fashion Show Ladies

See photos and videos of the 2024 Republic Day event
Lithuanian Independence Day Event
Lithuanian Independence Day Event
The Lithuanian community of Cleveland Ohio gathered at their Lithuanian Club on February 18, 2024 to celebrate Lithuania's Act of Independence which was signed on February 16, 1918, founding the modern Republic of Lithuania.

Along with speeches and a keynote address by Ukrainian activist Andy Fedynsky, there was music and dance.

Svyturiukai Lithuanian Folk Dance Group

Svyturiukai Lithuanian Folk Dancers

See photos and videos of the Lithuanian celebration
Fun with Maps - The Path of the Total Solar Eclipse
Fun with Maps - The Path of the Total Solar Eclipse
This is a very special, once-in-a-lifetime, episode of Fun with Maps. It's our first look at a map that is affected by something off the surface of the planet Earth. On April 8, 2024, a total solar eclipse will cross North America, passing over Mexico, the United States, and Canada. For those of us in Cleveland Ohio, or visitors who come here for the eclipse, we will have an amazing opportunity to view it.

A total solar eclipse happens when the Moon passes between the Sun and Earth, completely blocking the face of the Sun. People viewing the eclipse from locations where the Moon's shadow completely covers the Sun - known as the path of totality - will experience a total solar eclipse. The sky will darken, as if it were dawn or dusk. Weather permitting, people along the path of totality will see the Sun's corona, or outer atmosphere, which is usually obscured by the bright face of the Sun.

Chris Hartenstine from NASA's Public Engagement team showed us with a globe and a model of the moon how and why the eclipse will happen. The last time this occurred in any part of Ohio was in 1806 and the next time will be in the 2090's. Chris showed us the map of the path of the eclipse which is within a day's travel of most of the population of the United States. He called it a "very geographically friendly shadow path."

As Chris shows us, Cleveland has a very special viewing potential. He shows us on the map how Cleveland is on the south shore of Lake Erie, which is the shallowest of the Great Lakes. Lake Erie will still be very cold on April 8 so clouds may be pushed away from the 10 mile or so area just south of Lake Erie - which is Cleveland Ohio. This would make for exceptional viewing. See a lot more about the Total Solar Eclipse and the festivities surrounding it.

If you are traveling to Cleveland for the Eclipse, drop me a comment. Look for the next episode of Fun with Maps to be back on the Earth!




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Fun with Maps - 1860's Europe
Fun with Maps - 1860's Europe
This special episode of Fun with Maps looks at a series of some cool old maps. It's a collection of anthropomorphic maps of European countries produced by a London publisher in the 1860s. Anthropomorphic means the maps have human characteristics. So the maps will be drawn as if they were people. For example, the map of England is drawn as Queen Victoria. Scotland is a bagpiper struggling through the bogs and so on. In this we look at each of the current maps of the country and then look at the cartoon maps from the 1860's for comparison. Each of the drawn maps has a 4 line verse attached to it as well. It's kind of hard to explain but once you see it you will get it.

The maps cover the countries of Denmark, France, Italy, Ireland, Holland, Belgium, England, Scotland, Wales, Germany, Russia and the Kingdom of Prussia, which no longer exists. As you will see, a lot has changed both politically and geographically in the last 150 years or so.



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Annual Magnum Holiday Lunch
Annual Magnum Holiday Lunch
Each year we like to gather an eclectic group of friends and business associates for a holiday lunch. 75 techies, media, non-profits, politicians, business, cultural - they were all represented at Bo Loong. Of course there were many friends from Cleveland's international communities.

Dan Hanson, Ingrida Bublys, Carmen Blackwell and Consul General Alenka Jerak

Dan Hanson, Ingrida Bublys, Carmen Blackwell
and Slovenian Consul General Alenka Jerak


Rania Abbddi, Lisa Wong and Johnny Wu

Rania Abbadi, Lisa Wong and Johnny Wu


See how to get invited next year, who was there and see lots of
Photos from the 2023 Magnum Party

and the Second Page of Photos from the Magnum Party
Fun with Maps - Canada
Fun with Maps - Canada
In this episode of Fun with Maps, host Dan Hanson looks at the 2nd largest country in the world - Canada. Canada is huge and diverse and many of its cities, provinces, territories, rivers, lakes, etc. would be good topics for future Fun with Maps episodes but this episode concentrates on one area - showing the 10 provinces and 3 territories of Canada.

The 10 provinces are Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec and Saskatchewan. The three territories are Northwest Territories, Nunavut and Yukon.



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Cleveland International Hall of Fame Class of 2024
Cleveland International Hall of Fame Class of 2024
Since 2010 the Cleveland International Hall of Fame has recognized people who have made significant and lasting contributions to our multicultural city and region. An annual induction ceremony takes place to both honor the deserving inductees and to inspire a new generation of leaders.

The 2024 Class of the Cleveland International Hall of Fame will be inducted on Tuesday April 23, 2024 at Windows on the River.

Over 90 worthy candidates were submitted to be considered. Previous inductees of the CIHF were asked for input and a committee worked hard to whittle that number down to the 6 in the 2024 Class. And what a Class it is! You will see a lot more about the inductees in the future but here they are:

  • Dona Brady (Albanian)
  • Ambassador Edward Crawford (Irish)
  • Veronica Dahlberg (Mexican and broader Hispanic)
  • Dr. Eugene Jordan (posthumous) (African-American)
  • Erika Puussaar (Estonian)
  • Johnny Wu (Chinese and broader Asian)

Wow! Congratulations to the Class of 2024!

Cleveland International Hall of Fame

Murder in the Cultural Gardens
Murder in the Cultural Gardens
"It just didn't seem right to DJ. A body found bludgeoned in a place known for "Peace through Mutual Understanding." But there she was, crumpled behind a bust of composer Franz Liszt in the Hungarian Cultural Garden. He pulled out his cell phone and dialed 911. "What is the nature of your emergency?" the dispatcher queried. With a suddenly very dry mouth DJ managed to get out, "There's been a murder in the Cultural Gardens."

That's the beginning of the recently published first novel by Dan Hanson.

Murder in the Cultural Gardens book cover - Franz Liszt statue


The whodunit, titled Murder in the Cultural Gardens, takes place in the Cleveland Cultural Gardens and all 30+ gardens are featured during the mystery. You may even recognize some of the characters.



Click the link above to learn more or to purchase in paperback or Kindle version from Amazon. Or contact Dan via the Murder in the Cultural Gardens webpage to have a signed book delivered.

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Cleveland's Ethnic Diversity on Display
Cleveland's Ethnic Diversity on Display
Cleveland is a diverse city with about 120 distinct ethnic heritages represented. We at ClevelandPeople.com and the Cleveland International Hall of Fame believe that this ethnic diversity makes us a much richer city and that we should all celebrate this fact.

We asked people from various ethnic groups to create a tile representing their heritage. These 3 quilts are a product of that effort. We hope that other ethnic groups will want to add their own tile to these patchworks showcasing our ethnic diversity.

Cleveland ethnic diversity quilts

The quilts are available for loan to ethnic museums and organizations and for special events. See more about the ethnic heritage display

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Welcome to Cleveland
Welcome to Cleveland



Members of the Stabrova Youth Ballet
welcome you to Cleveland


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We Pray the Rosary - Living Rosary DVD
We Pray the Rosary - Living Rosary DVD
Hail Mary, Full of Grace…

This DVD is a Living Rosary in the sense that over 200 people participated in saying a prayer. 3 bishops, numerous priests and sisters and a variety of lay people all said a prayer (Creed, Our Father, Hail Mary or Glory Be) that when put together combine to form the complete Rosary.

We hope that you will pray along with the diverse group of people on this DVD. They are young and old, different races and ethnicities, in Church and outside, alone and in groups. The prayers are said in English, but occasionally there is a prayer in another language. You may not know the language but will understand, and be able to pray along, because of the context.

  1. American Sign Language
  2. English
  3. Gaelic
  4. German
  5. Hindi
  6. Italian
  7. Konkani
  8. Korean
  9. Lebanese
  10. Polish
  11. Portuguese
  12. Slovenian
  13. Spanish
  14. Swahili

Lourdes Shrine in Cleveland


More about the We Pray the Rosary DVD

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