Our two wine interns from Tokaj, Peter Majoros and Kristof Peto, arrived the week of August 21 and were greeted by Tokaj Sister Cities Committee Co-Chairs Sylvia and Joan Toth. Fortunately the Committee found a perfect place for them to stay while they were here. Debra and Brian Eagle offered their cottage and home to […]
In 2014 the Sonoma Sister Cities Tokaj Committee sent two students from Santa Rosa Junior Collete to Tokaj for a five-week study tour of the wine regions of Hungary. Our Sister City members in Tokaj, especially Hajni Pracser (a winemaker herself in Tokaj) put together the program calling on her vintner friends throughout Hungary to […]
One of the primary goals of Sister Cities is to build relationships and foster understanding of different cultures. In August, five high school students from Tokaj, Hungary, along with their English teacher and another chaperone, spent two weeks based in Sonoma. Various members of the Tokaj Committee offered accomodations in their homes to the visitors, […]
When you walked into the back presentation room at Vintage House, you knew everyone was excited to hear what Alexandra Lawrence had to say about “Rethinking Women: A Look at Female Painters and Poets in Renaissance Italy “. This event, sponsored by the Sonoma Sister Cities Association Sonoma-Greve Committee drew eighty eager people on the […]
On Friday, August 11, Alexandra Lawrence made a guest appearance on the KSVY Morning Show. With Alexandra was Mike Short, representing the Sonoma-Greve Committee. The Morning Show hosts, Takeshi Lewis and Christa Granton gave them both a warm welcome and the discussion focused first on Alexandra’s upcoming lecture “Rethinking Women: A Look at Female Painters […]
The Sonoma-Greve in Chianti Sister City Committee invites you to participate in any, and all, of the following events:
August 13
Sonoma Stompers vs Pittsburg Diamonds Fundraiser on Sunday, August 13, 2017 at 6:00 pm. The game will be held at Peoples Home Equity Ballpark at Arnold Field, 180 First Street West. Tickets are $14 each with […]
The Sonoma-Greve in Chianti Sister City Committee is proud to present a lecture by Alexandra Lawrence, a specialized private tour guide in Florence, Italy and a university instructor at several American and British universities. Alexandra’s lecture entitled, “Rethinking Women: A Look at Female Painters and Poets in Renaissance Italy”, will be held on Wednesday, August […]
A scholarship of $500 was awarded in May to SVHS student Ariana Lopez Casillas. We congratulate her for her excellent scholastic record and many extracurricular activities, and wish her the best as she continues her education.
The SSCA Scholarship Sub-Committee interviewed several candidates for the scholarship before agreeing on Ariana. The scholarship was funded by both […]
