Something better to do » Connecticut Renaissance Faire http://blog.kamens.us Musings of an indignant mind Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:49:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 King Richard’s Faire in the news http://blog.kamens.us/2009/09/27/king-richards-faire-in-the-news/ http://blog.kamens.us/2009/09/27/king-richards-faire-in-the-news/#comments Sun, 27 Sep 2009 05:54:54 +0000 jik http://blog.kamens.brookline.ma.us/~jik/wordpress/?p=907 Well, she made it sound like I’m the only King Richard’s Faire patron who ever complained about it, said nothing about the fact that more importantly than the Kosher thing, the Faire’s policies discriminate painfully (literally) against people with medical conditions, let stand unchallenged a statement from the owner of the Faire that her policies are meant “to be fair to all visitors,” and said nothing about the fact that there is widespread hatred among the cast of the faire for the way the owner treats them and the vendors (of course, it’s possible that she was unable to get anyone to make such statements on the record, given that it would guarantee that they’d never work at the Faire again).

Nevertheless, Erica Noonan’s story in today’s Boston Globe does mention briefly what happened to us, and mentions that the Connecticut Faire is significantly cheaper, lets people bring in their own food, allows people to leave and re-enter the Faire, and has several acts that defected from KRF.  So it’s not a total loss.

Click here to read the article if you’re curious.

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