Sat 8/24 @ 1-3PM
People who regularly drive MLK Drive between University Circle and the Shoreway have probably noticed a new entry in the Cleveland Cultural Gardens taking shape to the south of the existing gardens, with scaffolding and buckets of paint abutting a large billboard-like panel. The sign, already up, informs passersby that it’s the Ethiopian Cultural Garden, the first one dedicated to an African nation. As one might have guessed from two new Ethiopian restaurants opening in the last two years, it’s a growing community here.
That garden, with the panel designed by Ethiopian artist Yetimgeta Zerihum and constructed by Cleveland mosaic artists Ernesto Spinelli, will be dedicated this week, just in time for the Cultural Gardens’ annual One World Day taking place Sun 8/25. Zerihum will be coming in for the event, along with Ethiopian ambassador Fitsum Arega. Mayor Frank Jackson, councilman Kevin Conwell and other local officials will be there as well. It’s free and open to the public.
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