Xin Nian Kuai Le–Locals Celebrate the Chinese New Year
By Pat Carter, member Sonoma–Penglai Sister City Committee
The Chinese New Year, also known as the Spring Festival (Chun Jie, 春节), starts this year on Friday, February 16, 2018. It remains the most important holiday for families in China and […]
On September 14, 2017, The Sonoma Sister Cities Tokaj Committee celebrated our five-year anniversary with a wine and cheese party at Buena Vista Winery. We had a great crowd of about 80 people, and a fine time was had by all. In brief presentations we explained ALL that we have done over five amazing years! […]
Good News! Our “Evening in Tokaj” bi-annual fundraiser, originally scheduled for last November, was postponed due to the wildfires which crippled the Sonoma and Napa County areas. This event has now been rescheduled for Saturday, March 10, 2018, and we hope to see you all there! The event will be held at Burlingame Hall in […]
Dear Sonoma-Tokaj Sister City Association,
We are sadly watching the fires in California reaching and destructing Sonoma County and homes of Sonoma people. Here in Hungary, it is hard to even imagine a huge catastrophy like this. We feel solidar with the inhabitant, who lost their homes, grapes, farms, or even have to breathe the smoke […]
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 […]
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 […]
