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St. Nicholas Greek Festival
I dig this annual Greek group hug. I dig the group dancing, the fine food; hell, I even dig yelling “Opa!†for no apparent reason. But let’s be real. For me, the entire festival is just a complicated set dressing for a baklava-delivery system. Oh, I’ll hang out and listen to them ramble on about Socrates, the Olympics and “Summer Lovers,†but I’ll be picking the flaky crumbs from my blouse and stuffing them into my hungry taste-hole while I do it. I’ll dance (three groups of dancers throughout the weekend) and eat the food (souviklakia, gyros, calamari, salata, loukomades) not just because I like it, but in an attempt to bring the honey content in my blood down low enough so I can scarf down another slab of triangular goodness.
[St. Nicholas Church, Oct. 3-4 11 a.m. to 10 p.m., Oct. 5 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., $11-$12 sit-down dinner, special $7 lunch Oct. 3, 1523 S. Yakima Ave., Tacoma, 253.272.0466]
PLUS: Tonight’s Banned Film Night at King's Books and Olympia Arts Walk