Great American German Talktoberfest

Remember how the Tacoma German Language School helped you acclimate to Tacoma culture after your transferred from Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, to Joint Base Lewis-McChord?

Remember how the Tacoma German Language School helped you transform your exchanges with your German in-laws from crickets to partytown?

Remember how the Tacoma German Language School helped you find that one German word for two steps forward, one step back?

It’s time to give back. Peaks and Pints hosts a fundraiser for the Tacoma German Language School at 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 20. The night will feature the seasonal debut of Ninkasi Brewing’s Oktoberfest Märzen, as well as other Oktoberfest beers. In addition, Peaks and Pints will serve sandwiches on Hess Bakery & Deli’s pretzel bread, offer a German beer flight, host a color contest and raffle off a sweet-ass Ninkasi fire pit.

The Tacoma German Language School was founded in 1970 by Peggy Hegstad, a Pacific Lutheran University professor, and has been providing German language classes to children and adults ever since. Remember, if you learn a foreign language your save your brain from degeneration, and order beer in foreign countries. For more information on the school, visit tacomagermanlanguageschool.org.

GREAT AMERICAN GERMAN TALKTOBERFEST, 6-9 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 20, Peaks and Pints, 3816 N.26^th St., Basecamp Proctor, Tacoma, $1 coloring contest, $5 fire pit raffle