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Minneapolis Greek Festival cancels 2021 event due to Uptown unrest

2021-08-09

[FOX9] The Minneapolis Greek Festival says its 2021 Taste of Greece event won't go on next month as officials cite unrest in Uptown.In a message on the festival's website, officials say: "Due to the recent unrest in the Uptown district and the realization that we would be unable to find a successful solution to ensure the safety and security of our Festival guests, volunteers, and grounds, we have made the difficult decision to cancel this year’s Festival. We have every intent of holding our Festival next year."

The 2021 festival was scheduled to run from Friday, September 10 through Sunday, September 12. The 2022 schedule is tentatively scheduled for the weekend of September 9.

Uptown has been the site of regular protests and unrest since the shooting of Winston Smith in June. Smith was killed as a U.S. Marshals Task Force attempted to arrest him at a parking ramp of Girard Avenue.

Posted by:Fred

#7 We are kindred all of us, killer and victim, predator and prey, me and the sly coyote, the soaring buzzard, the elegant gopher snake, and trembling cottontail, the foul worms that feed on our entrails; all of them, all of us. Long live diversity, long live the earth!

Edward Abbey

Posted by: JHH 2021-08-09 16:44

#6 Ironical. Perhaps his final thoughts.

"He gazed up at the enormous face. Thirty-two(sic) years it had taken him to learn what kind of smile was hidden beneath the dark moustache. O cruel, needless misunderstanding! O stubborn, self-willed exile from the loving breast! Two gin-scented tears trickled down the sides of his nose. But it was all right, everything was all right, the struggle was finished. He had won the victory over himself. He loved Big Brother."

Posted by: JHH 2021-08-09 16:41

#5 Those silly uptown girls living in their uptown world.

Posted by: DarthVader 2021-08-09 09:57

#4 Leftism. Why you can't have nice things...

Posted by: M. Murcek 2021-08-09 07:32

#3 3 murders in Mpls in 24 hrs over the weekend. So much for "Minnesota Nice." It's spreading to the boonies, too; had a murder in a small town nearby.

Posted by: Mercutio 2021-08-09 06:28

#2 Given the current state of Minneapolis, perhaps moving the festival to Mogadishu is an option.

Uptown has been the site of regular protests and unrest since the shooting of Winston Smith

Wasn't Winston Smith that guy in "1984"? I can see why the Feds whacked him. He was a troublemaker.

Posted by: SteveS 2021-08-09 00:38

#1 yeah , when the US marshals are coming after you, then you're probably a real good guy. To bad for them on missing out on the Greek food though.

Posted by: Chris 2021-08-09 00:22

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