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February 28

Immaculate Conception Parish Reverse Raffle

Slovenian National Home
6417 St. Clair Ave
Cleveland, Ohio. 
Doors at 2:00pm.
Dinner by Joe Tavcar
Raffle ticket & dinner $55 / dinner only $25.
Open bar, side boards

February 28

St. Vitus Slovenian School Annual Benefit Dinner

Held in the parish auditorium.
Cost is $12 adult and $6 child 12 yrs or younger.

March 3

The Center for Slovenian Studies, Center za slovenske študije: Meet Slovenia!

Wed., 6:30 pm
Cleveland State University
Room MC-134
More info

March 4

Cleveland Slovenian Business and Professionals Association

Beer Tasting at the Harbor Inn in the Flats
$10 cash only at the door
Please RSVP to csbpa1@yahoo.com or telephone Denise Klemencic 216-906-9199 

March 5

West Park Slovenian Home Dance

Music by Joey Tomsick Orchestra www.joeytomsick.com
4583 W. 130th St.
Cleveland OH 44135

March 12

West Park Slovenian Home Dance

Music by Wayne Tomsic Combo
4583 W. 130th St.
Cleveland OH 44135

March 13

Old fashion polka dance

Waterloo Slovenian Home
15335 Waterloo Rd
Cleveland, OH 44110
Music by the Joey Tomsick Orchestra

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The Perception of Place in the Works of Ivan Cankar

Luka Zibelnik, Lecturer

Luka ZibelnikLuka Zibelnik, a visiting lecturer from the University of Ljubljana (Slovenia), will give a scholarly presentation on American and Slovenia perceptions of place and analyze representations of place in the work of one of Slovenia’s most recognized writers, Ivan Cankar.

Thursday, March 4th at 4:00pm

Nazareth College in Rochester, NY

GAC 375

Refreshments will be provided.

Sponsored by the Academic Film Series, English Department and Nazareth Scholars.

Meet Slovenia!

A lecture by Consul General Jurček Žmauc of the Republic of Slovenia

Cleveland State University - The Center for Slovenian Studies & The Department of Modern Languages

Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010

6:30 p.m.  Main Classroom 134 CSU

Did you know?

  • MapSlovenia joined the EU in 2004 and held the presidency in 2008.
  • The Slovenian language is the only national language in the world to have the dual.
  • Slovenia is known as a small, but reliable trading partner, with a highly educated labor force.

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Vancouver Olympic Games 2010

Slovenians are well-represented in the the XXI Winter Olympic Games, held in Vancouver, Canada, from February 12 until February 28.

Vancouver 2010More than 2,500 contestants from over 80 countries will compete for 86 sets of medals. The town of Whistler in British Columbia, Canada, will be the venue where most events will be held, whereas the opening ceremony will take place at the BC Place Stadium in Vancouver, indoors for the first time in the history of Olympic Games.

Slovenia will be represented at the Olympics by 47 athletes, which is the largest delegation of athletes to the winter Olympics in Slovene history. Seventeen women and thirty men will compete in ten different Olympic events, ranging from alpine skiing, cross-country skiing, skijumping, snowboarding, and figure skating to skeleton and freestyle skiing 

Coverage of the Slovenian team in Vancouver can be found on Cleveland Slovenian's Sports page!

 

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