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This
Week in Coney Island!
8/4/09
. Burlesque at the Beach Thursday Night, New York School of Burlesque Student Showcase!
. Burlesque at the Beach, Friday Night, Dirty Martini and World Famous Bob, Hip Hop Hooray!
. Coney Island Film Society, Saturday Night, Village of the Damned (1960)!
. Ask the Experts, Sunday Afternoon, Michael Schwartz, Ghosts on Fire!
. Coney Island Sideshow Open Wednesday - Sunday, Special Guest The Lizardman!
. Coney Island Museum, New Exhibition Zoe Beloff, As Seen in the NY Times!
. The Warriors 30th Year Reunion & Screening, Tickets Selling Fast, Advance Sale Only!
. Special Event, The Skilletlickers - Live on the Freak Bar Stage, This Sunday, Free!
. Coney Island USA's online giftshop, Mermaid Parade 2009 T-shirt and Poster Special Sale!
. Book the Sideshow!
. Coney Island USA Building available for rental!
. Coney Island alive and well in 2009, see what's open!
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BURLESQUE AT THE BEACH!
FRIDAY, AUGUST 7, 10PM, $15
DIRTY MARTINI AND WORLD FAMOUS BOB PRESENT:
HIP HOP HOORAY! A MUSICAL TRIBUTE TO EVERYTHING GAY!
Over the top showgirls, drag stars, choreographed production number, hysterical comedy, & bumps-n-grinds! Victor Victoria on (melted) ice!
Starring Darlinda Just Darlinda, Sequinette, Dave End, Taylor Mac, Marni, Poison Eve, Dirty Martini, David Bishop and hosted by World Famous *BOB*
myspace.com/dreamcometruegirl
www.missdirtymartini.com
Sideshows By The Seashore
corner of Surf and West 12th street
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ASK THE EXPERTS!
SUNDAY, august 9, 4PM, $5, FREE FOR CONEY ISLAND USA MEMBERS!
MICHAEL SCHWARTZ: GHOSTS ON FIRE
An Afternoon of Sex, Stickball, Mrs Stahl's Knishes, the Cyclone and the Sea, short stories, poems and colorful characters. Michael Schwartz, Coney Island resident, author, playwright and performer, will entertain with a series of vignettes, stories and performances about Coney Island.
Coney Island Museum
1208 Surf Ave.
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Photo by Allen Falkner
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CONEY ISLAND CIRCUS SIDESHOW!
AT SIDESHOWS BY THE SEASHORE
OPEN WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY & FRIDAY 2PM - 8PM, SATURDAY & SUNDAY, 1PM - 8PM (WEATHER PERMITTING), CONTINUOUS ADMISSION - $7.50 ADULTS, $5 KIDS
Wednesdays and Thursday Special: Show your NYPD, FDNY, EMS, DOS or Military ID and get in on a kid's ticket price!
See Donny Vomit, Heather Holliday, Serpentina, Scott Baker, Black Scorpion, Kryssy Kocktail and Guest Freaks all summer long! They're here, they're real and they're alive! Freaks, wonders and human curiosities.
Special Guest:
The Lizardman - August 7-16
Sideshows By The Seashore
corner of Surf Ave. and West 12th street
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THE SKILLETLICKERS LIVE ON THE FREAK BAR STAGE!
SUNDAY, AUGUST 9, 1PM- 3PM, FREE!
I Ain't Gonna Give Nobody None of My Jellyroll- The Skilletlickers- Live at the Coney Island USA Freak Bar
Playing classic New Orleans inspired jazz, ragtime, blues and boogie woogie from the 1920s and 30s. Music by Louis Armstrong, Bix Beiderbeck, Fats Waller, Spencer Williams, as well as Tin Pan Alley hits of the day as were performed in the vaudeville theatres, honky tonks, saloons and dance halls of Coney Island in its heyday.
Featuring:
Jeff Weinman: bandleader, piano, guitar, banjo, vocals.
Janelle Reichman: clarinet, saxophone
Lucy Rae Weinman: trumpet
Barbara Bonanno: washboard, percussion
Jill Shuler: vocalist
+ mystery guests....
The Freak Bar at Coney Island USA, 1208 Surf Ave.
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For more information, contact us at (718) 372-5159
or info@coneyisland.com |
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