The event begins Thursday and continues through Saturday. Lunch will be served daily from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and dinner nightly from 4:30 to 8 p.m. Dinner tickets are $12 if purchased by Wednesday, or $15 at the door.
Besides traditional Greek food, Greek Fest also features Greek dancing, church tours, a book store, crafts and food to go. Admission is free.
Tracy Simmons is an award-winning journalist specializing in religion reporting and digital entrepreneurship. In her approximate 20 years on the religion beat, Simmons has tucked a notepad in her pocket and found some of her favorite stories aboard cargo ships in New Jersey, on a police chase in Albuquerque, in dusty Texas church bell towers, on the streets of New York and in tent cities in Haiti. Simmons has worked as a multimedia journalist for newspapers across New Mexico, Texas, Connecticut and Washington. She is the executive director of FāVS.News, a digital journalism start-up covering religion news and commentary in Spokane, Washington. She also writes for The Spokesman-Review and national publications. She is a Scholarly Associate Professor of Journalism at Washington State University.
