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Explore the gallery of Time and the Arts 
with the Rossmoor History & Culture Club

Just a glance at what awaits us in 2024. Click on the title of the event for more information

HCC does not meet in November, July or August

     
Tuesday, September 3, 2024  Gateway Speaker - Chinese in Napa Valley: The Forgotten Community That Built the Wine Country. Speaker John McCormick, with introduction by Lafayette’s Vice Mayor Wei-Tai Kwok, who will set the context for why this book is relevant today.


Tour: Tuesday, October 8, 2024 Diablo Country Club, Diablo  Pioneers! History! Robber Barons! Plus Mt. Diablo Country Club’s Historian David A. MacKesey. Dave literally wrote the book, all 295 pages of it, and will be our guide. 



Tuesday, December 3, 2024 Gateway Speaker: Henry Weverka, Ruth Asawa ’s grandson and CEO of Ruth Asawa Lanier, Inc.  Hear about artist Ruth Aiko Asawa (1926-2013), and her work, from one of the people who knew her - grandson Henry Weverka, who is entrusted with his grandmother’s legacy around the world.

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Upcoming events

  • Chinese in the Napa Valley: The Forgotten Community That Built the Wine Country

    • Tuesday, September 03, 2024
    • 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
    • Gateway - Fireside Room
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    Tuesday September 3, HCC will welcome speaker John McCormick, the author of “Chinese in Napa Valley: The Forgotten Community That Built the Wine Country”.

    Chinese laborers were once the backbone of Napa Valley. Throughout the late 1800s, they toiled in the grape fields, mines, hop farms, leather tanneries and laundries, and carved out neighborhoods in towns throughout the Valley. But in1882, the Chinese Exclusion Act hastened the decline of local Chinatowns and these once vibrant communities disappeared while the industries they helped to foster flourished.

    Please Register!, there is no charge for this event, but registration helps us determine seating and volunteer requirements. 

    Visit our website http://rossmoor-hcc.com for more information and to register. All are welcome to attend and learn more about the forgotten contributions of the Chinese people in California's most famous wine region.

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  • Speaker: Henry Weverka, Ruth Asawa ’s grandson and CEO of Ruth Asawa Lanier, Inc.

    • Tuesday, December 03, 2024
    • 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
    • Gateway Fireside room

    Tuesday, December 3, 2024 Gateway Speaker: Henry Weverka, Ruth Asawa ’s grandson and CEO of Ruth Asawa Lanier, Inc.  

    Hear about artist Ruth Aiko Asawa (1926-2013), and her work, from one of the people who knew her - grandson Henry Weverka, who is entrusted with his grandmother’s legacy around the world. 

    More details to come.

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