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Current Events => General Discussion => Topic started by: bijou on October 10, 2011, 01:46:13 PM
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It was the first New World Festival of Eco-Friendly Science and Technology and quite possibly the last.
The event near the beach in Santa Monica, which had been scheduled to run through Sunday, was shut down abruptly Saturday afternoon.
Its website had promised robots, a petting zoo, six stages of live music and more than 150 exhibits. But the gathering on Saturday looked more like a medium-sized, eco-friendly farmers market.
Howard Mauskopf, the festival's organizer, said he needed to shut down because so few people had shown up. "We're in a position where we don't have the financial ability to continue," he said, adding that he would have needed eight to 10 times the crowd that was present to make ends meet. He said he is going to try to reimburse food vendors next week.
"I don't know why people didn't come," he said.
Meanwhile, some event vendors worried that they would not be paid what they were owed.
Rose Faranal, a vendor who sold organic pizzas and chili at the event, said customers purchased food tickets from the festival, which they could redeem at her booth and others. She said she was owed hundreds of dollars, but didn't know if or how she'd be reimbursed.
"This is what we got paid with," she said, holding up hundreds of paper slips. "Useless money." ...
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-eco-fest-20111009,0,4226305.story
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Not exactly mainstream, even in SoCal, eh?
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http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-eco-fest-20111009,0,4226305.story
"This is what we got paid with," she said, holding up hundreds of paper slips. "Useless money."
You ain't seen nothin yet. :rotf:
Inflation is long overdue.
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a vendor who sold organic pizzas and chili
a coffee vendor
gluten-free, organic goods
Spiritual healer
Clothing and jewelry vendor
... those who showed up munched on organic food, perused recycled art and listened to acoustic music.
This was a joke, right? I can't think of a more boring way to spend my day.
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Not enough Dream Catchers, or Nose Flute players. :thatsright:
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I know why you couldn't survive, you dipshit douchebags.
Go south a couple of miles. Start just south of Ocean Park and look around until you hit, say, Washington Blvd. Notice anything?
It's called Venice Beach. They have all that shit you had, and a whole lot of it. Why pay to see your freak show when they could hit the beach walk in Venice for free?