Current Penglai Committee Meetings and Events

Lets visitors see the most recent event or meeting for the Penglai Committee and what is coming up in the future

Donation Pay[s]off!

Gigi Pfleger, Penglai Committee member and SSCA Board member, at the SSCA holiday event in December 2017, donated a home-cooked Chinese dinner for six, in support of SSCA support staff Cheri Burgi, who lost her home and all her belongings in last October’s fires. The lucky auction winners, Janey and Steve Beckerman, […]

Donation Pay[s]off!2018-08-18T14:49:10-07:00

Penglai Sends Consolation Letter to Sonoma After the Fires of October 2017

This is a translation of the letter sent by the Penglai Municipal People’s Government, October 12, 2017, to Mayor Hundley in Sonoma, after they heard about the fires in our area. We thank them for their concern.

Penglai Sends Consolation Letter to Sonoma After the Fires of October 20172018-01-22T18:06:02-08:00

NPR Reports on the Chinese Legacy Project

National Public Radio (NPR) quotes two Sonoma-Penglai Committee Members, Jack Ding and Gordon Phillips, in an article about Chinese laborers in Wine Country and how they were discriminated against in the late 19th century. Our Wine Country Chinese Legacy Project is prominently mentioned.

Click on this link to read the article and view other photographs:

NPR Reports on the Chinese Legacy Project2017-08-15T21:05:01-07:00

CIRCLE OF ANIMALS / ZODIAC HEADS by Ai Weiwei

The Sonoma-Penglai Committee, on May 16, 2016, attended a special showing of the exhibit of CIRCLE OF ANIMALS / ZODIAC HEADS by Chinese artist Ai Weiwei at the Donum Estate Winery. We saw other outdoor art installations and tasted the excellent wines.

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CIRCLE OF ANIMALS / ZODIAC HEADS by Ai Weiwei2017-04-04T20:21:41-07:00

Mission of the 2015 Sonoma Penglai Sister City Trip to China: Tourism and Friendship

SONOMA, CA

This year marks the 4th year of the Sister City relationship between the City of Sonoma and Penglai, China. Penglai is a port city, located on the Northeastern coast of Shandong Province on the Bohai Sea. It is one of China’s major wine growing regions.
In keeping with the custom of reciprocating visits between city […]

Mission of the 2015 Sonoma Penglai Sister City Trip to China: Tourism and Friendship2019-05-29T21:32:31-07:00

Sonoma-Penglai Sister City Committee Part of Official Delegation to China

SONOMA, CA

Members of the Sonoma-Penglai Sister City Committee will be traveling to Beijing, Ningxia, and Penglai, China later this month with City Council Member Gary Edwards and his wife, Ruth. The trip, which runs from September 12 through 21, will include a meeting with U.S. Embassy personnel in Beijing, visits to China’s main […]

Sonoma-Penglai Sister City Committee Part of Official Delegation to China2017-04-04T20:21:42-07:00
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