The 31st annual Greek Festival, a re-creation...

The 31st annual Greek Festival, a re-creation of a bustling Greek village featuring Greek food, arts and crafts, music and dancing, will be held at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia this weekend.

Food, the highlight of the festival, will feature traditional homemade Greek dishes and more than 20,000 pastries. Cooking techniques and recipes will be demonstrated and cookbooks and Greek staples will be available at the Agora, the festival’s food market.

Also at the Agora will be art objects, souvenirs, novelties, woven goods, religious articles and handicraft items.

Entertainment will include bands and 60 folk dancers. There will also be cultural exhibits, demonstrations and travel films.

Photographed at a preview of the festival were an award-winning dance group in traditional costume, Cleo Mowrey stuffing grape leaves, and Lisa Stavropoulos making thin dough for cheese tiropeta .

The festival, sponsored by St. Anthony’s Greek Orthodox Church in Pasadena, runs from noon to midnight Saturday and from noon to 9 p.m. Sunday. Admission is $4 for adults and $1 for senior citizens and children under 12.

All proceeds will go to the church’s charitable programs.