Hungarian-American
Greater Cleveland & NE Ohio Area
Social & Cultural Events Calendar - JULY
2002
Thru mid July: "NASA-Hungary Space Research Activities," Cleveland Hungarian Heritage Museum; Open to the Public, free entry, donations welcome, Gift Shoppe - all proceeds go to benefit Museum; TIME: Viewing during regular Museum hours: Wednesdays 2:00 to 7:00 PM and Thursdays & Saturdays from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 PM; Guided tours of space exhibit for groups of adults or schoolchildren available by special arrangement, either during regular open times, or, other times also available. For information/tour arrangements, call: 440 442-3466. LOCATION: Euclid Square Mall; For additional information, highlights & description of items on exhibit, see Current Exhibitions website; Additional current special exhibition: "50 Years of Hungarian Scouting in Cleveland, " for additional information on this exhibit also see Current Exhibitions website; For general information & maps to location see home page: Cleveland Hungarian Heritage Museum (=index/home page); Regular exhibitions always available, please call to check status of special exhibitions: phone (216) 289-9400; E-mail: magyarmuzeum@hotmail.com
July 4, Thursday: [Date may be changed due to 4th of July holiday] West Side Retired Club; Group holds Card Party every 1st Thursday of every month; TIME: 1-4 PM ; & also General Meeting every 2nd & 4th Thursday of every month; TIME: 2-4 PM; LOCATION: West Side Hungarian Reformed Church, 15300 Puritas Ave., Cleveland, OH 44135 [Church phone, for emergency only: 216 476-3736]; For additional information call Mrs. Manyi Sikora: 440 331-6930
July 7, Sunday: Mini Vásár / Hungarian Fair, Hungarian Cultural Center of Northeastern Ohio; Everyone welcome! For more information call 330 274-3425; EVENT LOCATION: Club grounds in Hiram Ohio (12027 Abbott Rd., off Rt. 82 - see organization's website for map); (New Name = Hungarian Cultural Center of Northeastern Ohio: Merger of: Geauga Magyar Club/Cultural Society & St. Stephen's Club; Web site remains under name & URL of former Geauga Magyar Club/Cultural Society: http://www.hungarianclub.com/)
July 7, Sunday: "Coffee Social," Hungarian Reformed Church, Fairport Harbor; TIME: 10 AM for Coffee Social, between worship services 8:30 AM Hungarian, 10:30 AM English; New Members always welcome. LOCATION: 601 Plum Street, Fairport Harbor, OH 44077, Phone: 440-352-4836; Fax: 440-352-9256
July 11, Thursday: West Side Retired Club; Group holds Card Party every 1st Thursday of every month; TIME: 1-4 PM ; & also General Meeting every 2nd & 4th Thursday of every month; TIME: 2-4 PM; LOCATION: West Side Hungarian Reformed Church, 15300 Puritas Ave., Cleveland, OH 44135 [Church phone, for emergency only: 216 476-3736]; For additional information call Mrs. Manyi Sikora: 440 331-6930
July 13, Saturday: Open-Air Flea Market, St. John First Hungarian Byzantine Catholic Church; TIME: 9:00 AM -5:40 PM; LOCATION: Church Grounds, St. John Church, 36125 Aurora Road, Solon, OH 44139-3841; Open to public, all welcome; For further information call 440 248-0417.
July 14, Sunday: Parish Picnic & Alumni Homecoming, St. Margaret of Hungary Church; LOCATION: St. Margaret of Hungary Church, 4680 Lander Rd. (between Emery & Miles), Orange Village, OH 44022; For more information call Church: 440 248-2618
July 16, Tuesday: Hungarian Friends - Orange Senior Club - Magyar Barátok Meeting, group meets 3rd Tuesday of every month; Lunch at an area restaurant to be determined; Tentative TIME: 1 PM; For additional information call Mr. Paul Orbán, President: 216 741-8618
July 20, Saturday: Cleveland Hungarian Heritage Museum, Opening reception, works by Hungarian-American artist Stephen Csóka: "Hungarian Prints, Portraits, and Landscapes"; Opening reception program includes lecture (*in Hungarian) by Dr. Gábor Tarján: "Ethnography of Hungarian Culture"; All invited; TIME: 3-5 PM (Thereafter exhibition available for viewing during regular Museum hours: Wednesdays 2:00 to 7:00 PM and Thursdays & Saturdays from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 PM); See also Future Exhibitions/Events website; LOCATION: Euclid Square Mall; For general information & maps to location see home page: Cleveland Hungarian Heritage Museum (=index/home page); Phone (216) 289-9400; E-mail: magyarmuzeum@hotmail.com; Additional current special exhibitions include: "NASA-Hungary Space Research Activities"; "50 Years of Hungarian Scouting in Cleveland "; "150th Anniversary of Louis Kossuth's tour of America"; For additional information, highlights & descriptions, see Current Exhibitions website
July 24, Wednesday: Hungarian Genealogy Society of Greater Cleveland, group meets 4th Wednesday of every month, but no meeting July or August; Other months: DINNER TIME for those wishing appetizers, dinner, cocktails = 6:00 PM, Chicken paprikás, beef goulash, other Hungarian items on menu; PROGRAM TIME: 7:30 PM; LOCATION Marinko's Firehouse, 2768 Stark Dr. [off Route 6, southwest corner of Routes 6 & Routes 91 - SOM Center Rd. intersection] in Willoughby Hills; Monthly topics: TBA; All who have interest in ancestors in old Austro-Hungarian Empire are welcome, no fee; For additional information call Mr. Zoltán Mestrits: 440 442-3413; Website: http://community.cleveland.com/cc/hungariangenealogy
July 25, Thursday: West Side Retired Club; Group holds Card Party every 1st Thursday of every month; TIME: 1-4 PM ; & also General Meeting every 2nd & 4th Thursday of every month; TIME: 2-4 PM; LOCATION: West Side Hungarian Reformed Church, 15300 Puritas Ave., Cleveland, OH 44135 [Church phone, for emergency only: 216 476-3736]; For additional information call Mrs. Manyi Sikora: 440 331-6930
July 28, Sunday: Annual Picnic, West Side Hungarian Reformed Church; TIME: 12 noon; LOCATION: West Side Hungarian Reformed Church, 15300 Puritas Ave., Cleveland, OH 44135; Fine Hungarian foods, including chicken paprikás with nokedli (dumplings), lamb goulash, pork goulash, kolbász, lacipecsenye (grilled pork steak), lángos (elephant ears), pastries, beverages; Dance music by Mr. Kálmán Hegedeös & orchestra; Church phone: 216 476-3736; FAX: 216 671-3233; E-mail: wshrc@stxnet.com; Website: http://community.cleveland.com/cc/westside
July 28, Sunday: St. Elizabeth Church Annual Parish Picnic; TIME: TBA; LOCATION: parish gounds, St. Elizabeth of Hungary Roman Catholic Church, 9016 Buckeye Rd., Cleveland, OH 44120; Dine in air-conditioned comfort & enjoy Hungarian style foods; Dance and listen to your favorite Hungarian music; All Invited; For more information, contact: Rev. Andras Antal, Pastor, phone: 216 231-0325, FAX: 216-421-0461; Church website: http://www.cleveland.catholicnet.com/parish/stelizabeth/frame4.htx
July 28, Sunday: Church Picnic, First Hungarian Reformed Church, Walton Hills; TIME: Combined English-Hungarian worship service 10:30 AM. in Sanctuary followed by Summer Bazaar; LOCATION: First Hungarian Reformed Church [tent on grounds], 14530 Alexander Rd., Walton Hills, OH 44146; Great food including Hungarian items: hamburgers, hot dogs, hungarian kolbász, bacon bread, cabbage & noodles, corn on the cob, watermelon & more; Also bake sale, boutique, petting zoo, music by Hungarian DJ Steven Juhász, all invited; For more information, contact pastor: Rev. István Géczy, phone: 440 786-7272; E-mail: firstchurch@nccw.net; Website: http://firsthungarian.com