{"id":16255,"date":"2014-02-10T20:56:28","date_gmt":"2014-02-11T04:56:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sierramadrenews.net\/?p=16255"},"modified":"2014-02-10T20:56:28","modified_gmt":"2014-02-11T04:56:28","slug":"friends-of-the-library-wine-tasting-approaching","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sierramadrenews.net\/?p=16255","title":{"rendered":"Friends of the Library Wine Tasting Approaching"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Image courtesy of Friends of SM Public Library, click to enlarge<\/p><\/div>\n

Press Release posted 2\/10\/14 –<\/em> With Valentine\u2019s Day fast approaching, there\u2019d be no better gift than tickets to the 44th annual Friends of the Sierra Madre Library Wine and Cuisine Tasting.\u00a0\u00a0 Being \u00a0held on Friday evening, February 21, 2014, at Alverno Villa, 675 West Highland Avenue, Sierra Madre, \u00a0CA., the event will be an elegant affair featuring more than two dozen vintners providing superb wines and local restaurants offering delectable hors d\u2019oeuvres and desserts.<\/p>\n

Tickets to the premier event are $80 and allow you early admission at 6:00PM.\u00a0 You will be treated to a wine tasting with a local sommelier, specially selected hors d\u2019oeuvres, and a unique raffle. \u00a0\u00a0Tickets to the premier event are limited to 100 guests and are going fast so act quickly to enjoy these exceptional activities.\u00a0 Tickets to the main event are $60 and provide admission at 7:00PM.\u00a0 You will enjoy quality wines from a number of award winning wineries and tastings from many fine local restaurants.\u00a0 We are limiting the number of tickets sold to 400 to add to your enjoyment.\u00a0 Tickets to both the premier event and main event are on sale at the Sierra Madre Library, the Bottle Shop, Savor the Flavor, and Arnold\u2019s Frontier Hardware.<\/p>\n

Throughout the evening you will enjoy live music as you stroll about the lovely grounds of Alverno sampling the wonderful wines and appetizers.\u00a0\u00a0 Magic Castle magicians will add to your entertainment and pleasure.\u00a0 Steve Silverman has performed nationwide in a variety of venues and his sophisticated sleight of hand has been enjoyed by hundreds of people.\u00a0 He creates much of the magic he performs and his ideas and effects have been featured in magic books and periodicals.\u00a0 He will be joined by another long standing magician member of the Magic Castle in Hollywood and a Sierra Madre resident, Steve Rockwell.\u00a0 Mr. Rockwell has a strong interest in sleight of hand magic and community support and this year will mark his third appearance at the wine tasting.<\/p>\n

A silent auction will again feature lovely artwork, services, tickets to special events, restaurant vouchers, and many other tempting items.\u00a0 An item of note is the original artwork created for the wine tasting by Victoria M. Randall.\u00a0 Ms. Randall was born in Athens Greece and has lived with her family in Sierra Madre for forty-two years.\u00a0 She has produced art in many different mediums including oil, water color, wax encaustic on wood panels, charcoal, clay, stained glass, and bronze.\u00a0 She has sold many pieces of work to local and foreign buyers and is recognized as a natural and classical Greek artist by her peers.<\/p>\n

For a delightful evening of enjoying fine wines, tasty food, and lively entertainment amidst the company of friends, joins us at Alverno Villa on February 21, 2014.\u00a0 The Friends of the Sierra Madre Library is a non-profit organization and all proceeds benefit the Sierra Madre Library.\u00a0\u00a0 For more information visit the Friends website at www.sierramadrelibraryfriends.org<\/a><\/strong>, <\/cite>or call the library at 626 355-7186<\/em>.<\/cite><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Press Release posted 2\/10\/14 – With Valentine\u2019s Day fast approaching, there\u2019d be no better gift than tickets to the 44th annual Friends of the Sierra Madre Library Wine and Cuisine Tasting.\u00a0\u00a0 Being \u00a0held on Friday…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,4],"tags":[12,22,23,27],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sierramadrenews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16255"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sierramadrenews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sierramadrenews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sierramadrenews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sierramadrenews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16255"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.sierramadrenews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16255\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sierramadrenews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sierramadrenews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sierramadrenews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}