Save the Date – The SSCA Holiday Party is Friday, December 1st
Good news! The SSCA annual Holiday Party will be on the evening of Friday, December 1st. Click here for all the details.
SSCA Board of Directors Vacancy: Position of Secetary
Effective immediately, the SSCA Board of Directors is seeking a candidate to fill the position of Board Secretary. The Secretary serves on the Board as a voting director and an an officer of SSCA. Duties include providing taking minutes at the monthly board meeting, distributing minutes and agendas to the other board members, and other […]
Sonoma Welcomes 2017 Wine Interns from Tokaj
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 […]
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Testimonial from a Former Sonoma-to-Tokaj Wine Student
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 […]
Tokaj Students Enjoy Local Sightseeing (and lots of hamburgers!) During August 2017 Visit to Sonoma
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, […]
Fabulous SSCA Greve Lecture by Alexandra Lawrence Draws Record Crowd at Vintage House
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 […]
Alexandra Lawrence Radio Interview
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 […]
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.
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Sonoma-Greve in Chianti Sister City Committee August Activities – What a Month!
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 […]