SciFi World messaged me privately on Facebook to state they were going to block me because I was harassing them. Asking them who is in charge of their non-profit seems like a routine and reasonable question. Apparently not.
Kevin M. (RPCV) On Thu, Jul 11, 2024 at 6:02 PM Kevin M. <drunkbastar...@gmail.com> wrote: > SciFi World was given 24 hours to vacate the building it had leased in > Santa Monica. That is that. > > > https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid02n5DuWqFWd6JvSdXZCrKywPZGoDYB5xiw2bWAKfEn9JGUqRL5Eex8YHEHzYKTbyVPl&id=100069092586577 > > I’ve repeatedly asked on social media for the names of who is currently in > charge of everything that is/was SciFi World. Their responses are always > vague and noncommittal, probably because people donated time, materials, > and money for this non-profit, and now there’s nothing to show for it, and > people are going to get sued. > > Kevin M. (RPCV) > > > On Fri, Jun 21, 2024 at 6:28 AM Tom Wolper <twol...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> At least we got an entertaining story out of it. >> >> There are always stories out there about cities or small towns whose >> local governments are looking to attract out of town tourists by building >> museums or halls of fame and they end up being money pits or never opening. >> >> On Fri, Jun 21, 2024 at 12:42 AM Kevin M. <drunkbastar...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> RIP SciFi World, forced to close its doors before ever actually opening >>> them. >>> >>> >>> https://smdp.com/2024/06/19/santa-monicas-sci-fi-museum-goes-from-catastrophe-to-closure/ >>> >>> >>> Kevin M. (RPCV) >>> >>> >>> On Sat, May 25, 2024 at 3:13 PM Kevin M. <drunkbastar...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Their grand opening is supposed to be this coming week… it’s not going >>>> well >>>> >>>> >>>> https://www.facebook.com/100069092586577/posts/pfbid0de3drxfygD7KqViAR7xxNRgVZQ3GKbb82aK4sB1c2QSRF5HvTfhvBZPXUrYhis7Rl/? >>>> >>>> “The last couple of weeks have been very rough, as two of our managing >>>> staff left before we had everything finished, leaving us volunteers to fend >>>> for ourselves, which has not been fun. We have a new CEO whose name we will >>>> reveal soon, and is a well-known horror producer/director, but we still had >>>> to quickly deal with the owners of our building, the city, and the fire >>>> department. They have been extremely helpful, but we just couldn't get >>>> everything we wanted done in time and to code with permits, including the >>>> ceiling and walls for the Enterprise D Bridge set. We WILL be having our >>>> opening Gala on May 27th, but we have to hold it in our parking lot, closed >>>> off, with most of our props and video games being brought outside for photo >>>> ops. This was the ONLY option the city gave us. After the big party, we >>>> will reorganize with our new team, and see what is needed from the city to >>>> get us open. Hopefully we can get this done in a few weeks. What we refuse >>>> to do is give up, and to quote a certain captain, we don't believe in a >>>> no-win scenario. 🖖” >>>> >>>> >>>> Kevin M. (RPCV) >>>> >>>> >>>> On Thu, Apr 25, 2024 at 11:59 PM John Edwards <jedward...@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> From the people who brought you the Willy Wonka Experience.... >>>>> >>>>> On Fri, Apr 26, 2024 at 1:08 AM Kevin M. <drunkbastar...@gmail.com> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> https://scifiworld.org/ >>>>>> >>>>>> I started to see posts about a new science fiction “museum” soon to >>>>>> open in Santa Monica, but the more I see of it, the worse it seems. >>>>>> >>>>>> Photos of the replica sets look like they were built by my middle >>>>>> schoolers. Posts on their social offer cryptic things like “a big name >>>>>> comic will be at our opening night party” but not reveal who. Oh, and >>>>>> they >>>>>> brought in an “expert” to determine whether their building is haunted… >>>>>> ugh. >>>>>> It all feels… well… half-assed and a little loopy. I hope I’m wrong and >>>>>> it >>>>>> turns out to be great. >>>>>> >>>>>> Kevin M. 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