Earlier this year, we published a popular happy-hour guide proposing evening drink and food specials as entry points into Sacramento's highest-end restaurants.   This project was my personal gateway to Biba Ristorante Italiano. Sampling this midtown Sacramento fine-dining staple's wonderful happy-hour dishes prompted several subsequent visit...

by Debbie Arrington A matter of scheduling convenience brings renowned Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli back to Sacramento for the first time in almost a decade for a June 10 concert at Sleep Train Arena.    Bocelli, who has sold more than 80 million albums worldwide, squeezed the Sacramento date between performances at the Hollywood Bowl...

Festa Italiana! Sacramento's Super Italian Festival – The Festa Italiana 2013 Italian festival in Sacramento California will begin August 3 to the 4th this year at the Croation Center in Sacramento and is an cultural celebration not to miss this August! Expected attendance for the Italian culture festival: 3,500+Festa Italiana! Dates: Saturday, Au...

di Matteo Zampollo   Marco Belinelli ha una faccia sola per tutto. La chiama la sua pokerface (titolo anche della sua autobiografia appena uscita per Baldini&Castoldi). Schiaccia a due mani a difesa schierata, perde un pallone chiave, sbaglia un passaggio o tira da otto metri sulla sirena: la faccia è sempre quella.   Non alza un...

For Chico State University associate professor Chiara Ferrari, becoming a naturalized citizen of the United States was a historic, somber and happy moment. Ferrari was one of a small group of people from around the country, who became citizens at a ceremony March 6 at the State Capitol in Sacramento.   The event was historic because it was t...

by Marybeth Bizjak   "Farm to fork" is being replaced by a new buzz phrase: proof of concept. It means that a restaurant is successful and can be replicated in other places. In other words, it's scalable, another business-school buzzword familiar to anyone who watches TV's "Shark Tank."   It's no longer enough to dream of opening a si...

Sunday, April 19 • 2:00 pm • Admission $10@ The Italian Center, Carmichael Join the Italian Cultural Society's Travel Director, Patrizia Cinquini Cerruti, for this special seminar designed to give travelers to Italy strategies and practical ideas to make an Italian dream vacation a reality. Patrizia is a classroom instructor who has taug...

by Allen Pierleoni   Sure, there's plenty of good pizza in restaurants around town, but lovers of Italian cuisine can go beyond that staple and into more interesting fare at Festa Italiana. Heap your plates with Italian sausage and meatballs, pasta, chicken Parmesan, calamari, cannoli, gelato and much more.   The festival of all-thing...

by Mark Glover Sacramento boasts of its farm-to-fork reputation, but an Italian delegation visiting the city on Monday hopes that residents also will be receptive to a taste of Tuscany. About a dozen members of a trade and business delegation from the city of Lucca in Italy's famed Tuscany region showed off their wares Monday morning at Adamo...

by Debbie Arrington   Exit Trick Pony, enter Piccola Citta. But the artisan pizza is expected to stick around. The midtown Sacramento neighborhood restaurant at the corner of 21st and S streets is about to get another makeover, according to operators Matt Chong and Chris Jarosz. On Saturday, the restaurateurs announced on Facebook that...