Sacramento's Italian community is known to produce gourmet food, but there's much more to the community than Biba, Sofia's and Hot Italian. With this weekend's Festa Italian opening Saturday and running through Sunday at The Croatian Culture Center, we take a look back at the role Italian immigrants and their descendants played in Sacramento's history. Italian Americans have a long history in the Sacramento area. Agriculture and food processing are just some of the many successes of Italian ... jmendick Patty22 2009-10-17T17:42:01Z 2009-10-17T17:42:01Z

I am interested in meeting italian seniors in sacramento. my email address is patyaloar@aol.com

Patty22 2009-10-17T17:42:01Z Patty22 2009-10-17T17:40:54Z 2009-10-17T17:40:54Z

I am interested in meeting italian seniors in sacramento. my email address is patyloar@aol.com

Patty22 2009-10-17T17:40:54Z Jonathan Mendick 2009-08-07T18:12:52Z 2009-08-07T18:12:52Z

Rigo of Di Casa Nostra will perform at Caffe' Piccolo in Sausalito ( www.piccolosausalito.com ) this Saturday Aug. 8 and Friday Aug. 14 DJ Kool Kuts, also a Sacramentan. Both are tentatively scheduled to take place from 8 to 10 p.m.

Jonathan Mendick 2009-08-07T18:12:52Z Jonathan Mendick 2009-08-06T22:03:33Z 2009-08-06T22:03:33Z

Thank you for the information William.

Jonathan Mendick 2009-08-06T22:03:33Z Jonathan Mendick 2009-08-06T22:03:05Z 2009-08-06T22:03:05Z

**Note: The information included in the article says that La Capitale was published until 1945. This information came from this source: http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045011 La Capitale closed in 1941, according to Cerruti. He explains, "The La Capitale newspaper stopped publication in 1941 due to pressures on Italian language publications by the government. It never recovered and the Italian community did not have a community publiciation again until the Italian Cultural Society begin publishing Altre Voci in 1982. That was a break of 40 years and the lack of a unifying publication helped further the decline of the Italian American community for a gereration. The generation that lived through the war were afraid of being to Italian and they passed on that attitude. Now , Italian Americans are being uplifted by their new community organizations and activities which celebrate their heritage and provide new connections to their history, their cultural heritage and even to Italy as a cultural and travel destination."

Jonathan Mendick 2009-08-06T22:03:05Z William Burg 2009-08-01T03:28:42Z 2009-08-01T03:28:42Z

Those interested in learning more about Italian Americans in Sacramento might be interested in this book, available in PDF format from the Sacramento County Historical Society--"The Italians of Sacramento" by Bruce Pierini, "Golden Notes" Vol. 37 No. 2 http://www.sachistoricalsociety.org/userfiles/File/TheItaliansofSacramentoVol37_2-Summer991.pdf

William Burg 2009-08-01T03:28:42Z