BPA to hold annual gala at new convention
center
The
Black Professionals Association Charitable Foundation will hold one of the
first civic events at Cleveland’s New Convention Center on October 19. That’s
the date of BPACF’s annual fundraising scholarship gala, which this year will
recognize Pastor R. A. Vernon of The Word Church as its Black Professional of
the Year. For more information, visit www.bpacf.org
or call 216.229.7110.
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Presidents
Council Foundation seeking volunteers for golf outing fundraiser
The
Presidents Council has put out a call for volunteers to assist in its
5th Annual Golf Outing Fundraiser, which is set for Monday,
August 19th at Barrington Country Club. The Council is looking for
volunteers to help with registration, raffle and auction
sales, golf side games, as well as assorted other odds and ends
around the course.
Morning
and afternoon shifts are available.
TPC
program and operations manager Athena Nimmer will be happy to answer your
questions about volunteering. For more information, call or write her at 216.771.8702 x224 or Athena@thepresidentscouncil.com.
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Concerned Partners in
Education host scholarship luncheon in Lee-Harvard this Saturday
Retired
educator and CPE founder Gwendolyn Norfleet-Rogers has announced the 7th Annual Scholarship Fundraiser Luncheon twill be this Saturday, starting at 11AM, at the Harvard Community
Services Center, 18240 Harvard Ave.
For more
information call 216.921.5130.
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Nigerian
cultural festival and dinner at the Civic this Saturday
Northeast
Ohioans of Nigerian heritage are inviting you to feast, dance and party with
them this Saturday night at the Sixth Annual Iri-ji & Igbo Cultural
Festival Dinner. The event will be held from 7PM until 1AM at the Civic, 3130
Mayfield Road in Cleveland Heights [just east of Lee Road].
The event sponsor is the group Nzuko Ndi
Igbo of Northeast Ohio [NNINO] whose webpage
says they were established in 2009 to promote and foster love, unity and
progress among Ndi Igbo in Northeast, Ohio.
Well-known
area businessman Michael Obi was elected the group’s president earlier this
year. He emailed The Real Deal to say cultural dances and
performances, a buffet style dinner [8PM], a dramatization of the Iri-ji
Festival, and much dancing will be among the evening’s highlights.
Tickets
are $30 for adults, and $20 for children 13-17; children under 13 may attend
free of charge.
For more
information: mobi@spectrum-global.com
or 440.212.2567.
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Cleveland One World Festival debuts Aug. 25
Attending the Nigerian cultural
festival and dinner sounds like a good way to get warmed up for Cleveland’s
inaugural One World Festival, billed as a way to “celebrate the world’s
diversity with a one day cornucopia of music, art, sports, and food”
Cleveland’s first One World Festival
will take place Sunday, August 25 in the Cultural Gardens of Rockefeller Park,
on either side of Martin Luther King Jr. Drive.
This free community event will offer a
wide array of arts and activities for folks of all ages and ethnicities, and
will feature continuous programming at a half dozen stages, dozens of artisans
displaying their crafts, and various sports.
The one-day event will run from noon
to 9PM along a strip stretching from the Irish Garden to the African American
Garden. Ethnic food offerings will be available, as well as ethnic beer, wine
and national specialty drinks.
The event will honor One World Day, the 66th
annual event celebrating the city’s diversity and will include the naturalization
ceremony honoring new immigrants to the United States. Free shuttles will take attendees from Wade Oval and Gordon Park to
the festival location throughout the day.
Visitors to the festival will be
able to park for free at a large, secure new facility at East 105th
St & Magnolia Dr. Once parked, visitors can board one of the free UCI shuttles
that will circle the gardens for the duration of the festival, dropping them
off at a number of convenient locations along MLK Jr. Drive and East Boulevard.
A Parade of Nations down the main
thoroughfare of Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive, starting at 1PM, will feature a
diverse range of participants, from flag-bearers and stilt-walkers to bagpipers
and belly dancers. Highlights include the Shaw High School Marching Band, giant
Follow the Fish sculptures, and accordionists from the Polka Hall of Fame. The
parade will begin at the Irish Garden and conclude at the African American
Garden, where the annual naturalization ceremony for newly minted United States
citizens will occur.
Organizers of the One World Festival
envision growing the event through 2016 — the 100th anniversary of the
Cleveland Cultural Gardens — culminating in a spectacular weekend-long festival
covering the entire 276 acres of Rockefeller Park from Lake Erie to Wade
Lagoon.
For more information, call James
Levin at 216-347-3499, email james@levinventures.com, or visit OWF’s website or Facebook page.
PUBLIC NOTICE FOR
EAST CLEVELAND VOTERS
FOR OCTOBER 1, 2013
PRIMARY ELECTION
A
viewing of ballots for the October 1, 2013 Primary Election, to be held in the
City of East Cleveland, will be available for the public on Friday, August 9,
2013 (comments welcome). Ballots will be
posted at the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections at 2925 Euclid Avenue,
Cleveland, Ohio 44115 and on the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections website, boe.cuyahogacounty.us.
Comment by phone, (216) 443-3298 or
e-mail, ElectionInfo@cuyahogacounty.us.
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