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  • Fishing for prizes at the Tremont Arts and Cultural Festival

    PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Saturday, September 15, 2012; Merrick House Children’s Village at the Tremont Arts and Cultural Festival in Lincoln Park: Joel Weintz, age 7 of Garfield Heights, tries out the fishing pole during his family’s first visit to the annual festival in Tremont.

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  • Sidewalk chalk at the Tremont Arts and Cultural Festival

    PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Saturday, September 15, 2012; Merrick House Children’s Village at the Tremont Arts and Cultural Festival in Lincoln Park: A large piece of chalk and a sidewalk help keep Isla Anderson, age 20 months, occupied.

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  • Belly Dancing Lessons at the Tremont Arts and Cultural Festival

    PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Saturday, September 15, 2012; Merrick House Children’s Village at the Tremont Arts and Cultural Festival in Lincoln Park: Vivian Parschen of Troupe Shabaana Cabaret Belly Dancers takes the lead as children imitate her belly dancing performance.

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  • St. John Cantius Church

    PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Saturday, September 1, 2012; St. John Cantius Tremont Polish Festival: St. John Cantius Church is open for tours during the festival. Pictured above the is the center of the alter of the church. The parish founded in April of 1898, began construction of the church in May of 1909. The first…

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  • Pierogies at St. John Cantius Festival

    PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Saturday, September 1, 2012; St. John Cantius Tremont Polish Festival: St. John Cantius Parishioner Helena Martinichin serves up some pierogies.

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  • Italian Sausage at the St. Rocco Festival

    PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Saturday, September 1, 2012; St. Rocco Festival: St. Rocco Parishioner Joe Bucci serves up an Italian sausage.

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  • Julia de Burgos Cultural Arts Center’s Puerto Rican Parade: Miss Puerto Rican Image 2012 & Mr. Puerto Rico 2012

    PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Sunday, August 5, 2012; Julia de Burgos Cultural Arts Center”s Puerto Rican Parade, E. 9th Street, Downtown Cleveland: Miss Puerto Rico Image 2012, Aidelis Rivera, and Mr Puerto Rico 2012, Leonel Acosta, look out at the crowd lining the streets of the parade route.

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  • Julia de Burgos Cultural Arts Center’s Puerto Rican Parade: Stilt Walker

    PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Sunday, August 5, 2012; Julia de Burgos Cultural Arts Center’s Puerto Rican Parade, E. 9th Street, Downtown Cleveland: A stilt walker from the group Los Hijos de la Tradición parades down the street. The group, trained by Gil Cody, was composed largely of students from John Marshall High School.

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  • Puerto Rican Parade celebrates culture and serves as vehicle for community outreach

    Puerto Rican Parade celebrates culture and serves as vehicle for community outreach (Plain Press, September 2012) Thousands of people lined the parade route on Superior Avenue from E. 13th to E.9th Street and from E. 9th down to the Cleveland Municipal Parking Lot to watch Cleveland’s annual Puerto Rican Parade on Sunday, August 5th. The…

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