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Parade the Circle
Tags for: Parade the Circle
- Special Event
Saturday, June 14, 2025, 12:00–4:00 p.m.
Location: Parade kicks off at 12:00 p.m. at the north entrance of the Cleveland Museum of Art.
Free; No Ticket Required
About The Event
Parade the Circle, one of Cleveland’s most impactful cultural events, is an annual art parade that fills Wade Oval with lively sounds and colors, featuring innovative costumes, giant puppets, and handmade masks created by artists, families, schools, and community groups. Watching the parade is free for all.
Individuals, families, schools, and neighborhood and community groups are all invited to participate. Create your parade entry on your own or at the Cleveland Museum of Art’s public workshops.
For questions or more information regarding Parade the Circle 2025, email commartsinfo@clevelandart.org.
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When a snowy owl enters your domain or appears in your dreams, it is believed to signify good luck, good health, and prosperity.
We invite everyone to celebrate this mystical messenger, a creature that enchants us with its ethereal presence and silent flight.
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En nuestro viaje, nos encontramos con el magnífico búho nival, una criatura de sabiduría innata y simbolismo totémico, profundamente arraigada en diversas culturas y creencias que nos animan a confiar en nuestros instintos internos. Su color blanco simboliza la pureza y representa la luz, el brillo, la espiritualidad y la iluminación.
Cuando un búho nival entra en tus dominios o aparece en tus sueños, se cree que significa buena suerte, buena salud y prosperidad.
Invitamos a todos a celebrar a este mensajero místico, una criatura que nos encanta con su presencia etérea y su vuelo silencioso.
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Parade Info Sessions
Join Parade experts at the Community Arts Center to gain understanding of Parade the Circle, one of Cleveland’s most creatively impactful events. In these info sessions you will learn all the ways you can actively participate and contribute to this year’s Parade through a guided presentation. This...
Sponsors
All education programs at the Cleveland Museum of Art are underwritten by the CMA Fund for Education. Principal support is provided by Dieter and Susan M. Kaesgen. Major annual support is provided by Brenda and Marshall Brown, David and Robin Gunning, Eva and Rudolf Linnebach, Gail C. and Elliott L. Schlang, Shurtape Technologies, and the Kelvin and Eleanor Smith Foundation. Generous annual support is provided by an anonymous donor, Gini and Randy Barbato, the M. E. and F. J. Callahan Foundation, Dr. William A. Chilcote Jr. and Dr. Barbara S. Kaplan, Char and Chuck Fowler, the Giant Eagle Foundation, Robin Heiser, the late Marta and the late Donald M. Jack Jr., Bill and Joyce Litzler, the Logsdon Family Fund for Education, Sarah Nash, William J. and Katherine T. O’Neill, the Pickering Foundation, William Roj and Mary Lynn Durham, Betty T. and David M. Schneider, the Sally and Larry Sears Fund for Education Endowment, Roy Smith, Paula and Eugene Stevens, the Trilling Family Foundation, and the Womens Council of the Cleveland Museum of Art.
The Cleveland Museum of Art is funded in part by residents of Cuyahoga County through a public grant from Cuyahoga Arts & Culture.
Education programs are supported in part by the Ohio Arts Council, which receives support from the State of Ohio and the National Endowment for the Arts.
