CONEY ISLAND USA SPRING FUNDRAISING GALA!
Please join us for the 6th annual Coney Island USA Spring Fundraising Gala. All proceeds go directly towards funding CIUSA’s many unique programs and the fight to save Coney Island’s amusement district.

AS SEEN IN THE NY DAILY NEWS!
"We have a nomination for Best Party of the Year - and it hasn't even happened yet. Burlesque dancers, circus sideshow freaks, aerialist Ekaterina, acrobat/comedian Rudi Macaggi, rockers Bliss Blood and The Moonlighters plus cocktails equals Coney Island USA's 30th anniversary party at the Angel Orensanz center on Norfolk St. on March 25. Coney Island USA director Dick Zigun is leading these unique souls in the fight to save Coney Island's amusement park from developers." -NY Daily News, 3/7/10

The 2010 Coney Island USA Spring Fundraising Gala
Thursday March 25, 2010
7-11pm
Angel Orensanz Foundation
172 Norfolk Street
New York, NY 10002

With Festivities Including:

• The Cast of the Coney Island Circus Sideshow
• The musical stylings of Bliss Blood and the Moonlighters
• Rudy Macaggi "The Acromedian"
• Aerial Artisty by Ekaterina
• A Bevvy of Burlesque Beauties and Old Tyme Coney Cronies
• A stellar silent auction of art and curiosities
• Get your portrait taken in the photo studio
• Plus much, much more...
  
  

Buy Tickets Now:

General admission tickets $100 ($80 tax deductible)

VIP tickets $250 ($200 tax deductible) The VIP ticket experience includes access to a private seating area with table food and drink service, goodie bag and meet and greet with our performers!

How else can I help support Coney Island USA?

Join the Host Committee!
Benefit Guests Joining the Host Committee is a great way to get involved and help support Coney Island USA. Host Committee members sell or purchase 5 Gala tickets and in return receives a free ticket to host their friends. Committee members will also be invited to a private dinner in recognition of their support and receive exclusive updates on Coney Island happenings throughout the year.
To Join the Host Committee contact Kate Bartoldus
e-mail: kate@coneyisland.com
phone: 718-372-5159

Donate!
Even if you aren’t able to attend the gala you can still help support CIUSA’s work. As a 501 (c) 3 not-for-profit, Coney Island USA depends on your donations. Your gift of any size can make a huge impact on our artistic programs and is tax deductible to the fullest extent of the law.

To donate, send a check to:
Coney Island USA
1208 Surf Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11224
Or Make a Tax Deductible Donation via Paypal!

Coney Island USA Board of Directors
Dick Zigun, Executive Director; Mark Alhadeff, Chairman; Jeff Birnbaum, Vice Chairman; Kate Dale, Treasurer; Marie Roberts, Secretary; John Di Domenico; Fred Kahl; Linda Meier.

CONEY ISLAND CIRCUS SIDESHOW ALL STARS AT THE HIGHLINE BALLROOM!
mONDAY MARCH 22, 8PM

Featuring:
Eak The Geek
Zenobia The Bearded Lady
The Great Fredini
Bambi The Mermaid
Ekaterina

Highline Ballroom
431 W 16th St
New York, NY 10011
between 9th and 10th Ave
(212) 414-5994

General Admission Seating, All ages show!
Full dinner menu available!

Show starts @ 8PM
Doors open @ 6PM
Tickets $10.00 in advance
$12.00 day of show
Click here to buy tickets online!

Click here for further info.

BINDLESTIFF FAMILY CIRKUS'S CAVALCADE OF YOUTH!
SUNDAY, MARCH 28, 4PM

MESHUGGENA MAGIC FOR THE WHOLE MISHPACHA!
THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 1PM & 3:30PM

BRUNCH WITH THE POLAR BEAR CLUB SUNDAYS 1:30PM AT THE FREAK BAR!

Watch The Coney Island Polar Bears Swim at 1pm and then join them at Coney Island USA for brunch! Bagels, cream cheese, coffee, espresso and cappucino available for purchase. Plus you can play some pinball, throw some quarters in our jukebox, visit our newly expanded giftshop, take home some of our special sale items and visit The Coney Island Museum! All at Coney Island USA!

Coney Island USA
1208 Surf Ave.

SIDESHOW SCHOOL WINTER 2010, ENROLL NOW!
MARCH 14 - 17

This is the only place in the world where students can learn traditional sideshow acts from practicing masters of the arts. Sideshow Professa Adam Rinn teaches fire eating, the human blockhead, fundamentals of sword swallowing, glass walking, magic and other famous sideshow acts. Students leave with the ability to perform these acts including fire eating and sticking foreign objects up their noses.

Sideshow Skills, Section 102
Sunday, March 14, 10am - 6pm
Monday, March 15, 4pm - 8pm
Tuesday, March 16, 4pm - 8pm
Wednesday, March 17, 4pm-8pm
Tuition $750

Click here for further info on Sideshow Skills Class

Coney Island Sideshow School is one of the only places where students can learn the proud art of Sideshow Banner painting, from a professional working in the field. Professor Marie Roberts, Professor of Painting at Fairleigh Dickinson University and Coney Island USA's Artist-in-Residence will takes students on a journey from initial concept to finished art.

Banner Painting , Section 102
Sunday, March 14, 10am - 6pm
Monday, March 15, 4pm - 8pm
Tuesday, March 16, 4pm - 8pm
Wednesday, March 17, 4pm-8pm
Tuition $600

Click here for further info on Banner Painting Class

CONEY ISLAND USA'S ONLINE GIFTSHOP!
THE SALE CONTINUES! ALL PRICES INCLUDE SHIPPING & HANDLING!

Purchase a Blank Funny Face that you can paint yourself. Create your own piece of art! $40 shipped!

Thrills Print by Philomena Marano only $25 shipped!

Funny Face Logo T-Shirt only $20 Shipped!

Mystery in a Box! What's in the Box? You'll get $35 - $$$$ worth of Merchandise for only $25 shipped!

Last chance to own your very own Funny Face from our Funny Face Project, at a one time only discounted price!

Coney Island Films on DVD, one hour of classic material from 1903 - 1954! $25!

Dreamland Bar and Grill Tokens from the 1920's. A rare Coney Island Collectible for only $20 shipped!

Sword Swallower, Madame Twisto and Serpentina T-shirts on sale for $25 shipped!

2004, 2006, 2007 and 2008 Mermaid Parade Poster SPECIAL! only $15 each!

All Coney Island Film Festival, Creepshow at the Freakshow and Tattoo and Motorcycle Posters reduced, only $15 each!

The award winning documentary film Bally-Master starring Coney Island Circus Sideshows very own Scott Baker! Only $20 shipped!

The Coney Island Amateur Psychoanalytic Society and its Circle Catalog with DVD $35!

BECOME A MEMBER OF CONEY ISLAND USA!

Shop online for more items or visit us at the Coney Island USA Giftshop!
Saturdays and Sundays 12pm - 5pm.

Coffee, Espresso and Cappuccino now available!

1208 Surf Ave. between Stillwell and West 12th

CONEY ISLAND MUSEUM
The Coney Island Museum is the world's only museum dedicated to the history of this extraordinary place. Come see artifacts and images from 1829 to the present, artworks and one-of-a-kind exhibitions, and an ever-changing approach to the history of American Popular Culture.

Saturday and Sunday, 12pm-5pm
Museum Admission 99 cents!
1208 Surf Ave.

Our Ground Floor Coney Island USA Giftshop is open Saturdays and Sundays, 12pm-5pm!

HELD OVER UNTIL MAY 23, 2010!!
CURRENT EXHIBITION
ZOE BELOFF - DREAMLAND: THE CONEY ISLAND AMATEUR PSYCHOANALYTIC SOCIETY AND ITS CIRCLE, 1926 - 1972
Saturday and Sunday 12pm - 5pm
Click here for further info (pdf document)

AS SEEN IN THE NEW YORK TIMES! CLICK HERE FOR THE ARTICLE

CONEY ISLAND USA BUILDING AVAILABLE FOR RENTAL!

Rent the new and improved Freak Bar for your wedding, bar mitzvah, bris,
other gathering! The Freak Bar seats 30 comfortably and stands 80 or more.

Combine the Freak Bar space with a rental of the Museum or Theater for a
full Coney Island USA experience!

Please email us or call 718-372-5159 for queries, rate and availability!

CONEY ISLAND USA ARTIST IN RESIDENCE MARIE ROBERTS AT MOCADA!
FEBRUARY 4 - MAY 16

SUPPORT CONEY ISLAND USA! BECOME A MEMBER! DONATE NOW!

Click here to Donate Now!

With your support, CIUSA can continue to bring you innovative and accessibly priced arts programming while we remain a strong public advocate for responsible development in our beloved Coney Island. Click here to Donate Now!

Your donation of any amount is greatly appreciated, tax-deductible and goes directly towards programs like the Coney Island Museum, Sideshows by the Seashore, Burlesque at the Beach and the Mermaid Parade. Also, when you donate $25 or more you'll automatically become a member of CIUSA entitling you to a host of exciting benefits and perks. Click here to peruse all our membership levels.

Coney Island USA may not be the first place you think of when it's below freezing outside but you can be sure that while the Mermaid Parade is still a good 6 months away we're hard at work down here putting together a 2010 season that will knock your socks off without completely emptying your wallet.

It's been an honor to serve you, our audience for the past 30 years and we hope that with your help we can continue to do so for another three decades and beyond. Please consider a donation to Coney Island USA; whatever amount you choose to give, is greatly appreciated. Click here to Donate Now!

Wish you were here,

Dick D. Zigun

CALL FOR ENTRIES 10TH ANNUAL CONEY ISLAND FILM FESTIVAL!
NAMED ONE OF THE "25 COOLEST FILM FESTIVALS" BY MOVIEMAKER MAGAZINE!