Weekender

Nine days of festival fun

We always love it when Sioux City Summer Fest sets up shop at the Tyson Events Center parking lot, 401 Gordon Drive. Where else you scarf down some carnival food, strap into a midway ride, get a henna tattoo and pay too much for a caricature of yourself with a balloon-sized head and a stick person body. You'll be able to live out this dream anytime between Thursday and July 3, so plan accordingly.

Linda Miller Bellamy is the host of a S.O.A.R. Women's Conference, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at the Sioux City Public Museum, 607 Fourth St., featuring her sister Sandra Pearson, musical director of the Sioux City MLK Community Choir; Monique Scarlett, president of Sioux City's NAACP; and Jill Miller, a Sioux City-based gospel singer-songwriter, who will serve as one the event's speakers.

Former Sioux Cityan to host S.O.A.R. Women's Conference on Saturday Former Sioux Cityan to host S.O.A.R. Women's Conference on Saturday

As a way to preview Holy Trinity's 25th Greek Fest, Leah Bariatakis -- one of the event's organizers -- has agreed to answer five questions from the Sioux City Journal.

Five questions with ... Greek Fest's Leah Bariatakis Five questions with Greek Fest's Leah Bariatakis