You get a lot of entertainment for the price of a ticket to the Coney Island Illuscination–a “thrillusionist” and his beautiful assistant, Kung Fu masters diving through flaming swords, hair-hanging aerialists, Salsa dancing acrobats, tightrope-walking kitty cats, an educated toucan and more. The circus, which is in a tent on the Boardwalk, is here for [...]
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Snapshots of the Coney Island Illuscination
Posted in circus, tagged Artidoro Caveagna, Coney Island Illuscination, David DaVinci, Gold Tour, Jamieleigh, Mayya Panfilova, Ringling, Steve Caveagna, Trio Caveagna on August 31, 2010 | 5 Comments »
Video: Grand Prize Winner of Luna Park Coney Island’s Film Contest!
Posted in film, video, tagged Coney Island, Film contest, Jim McDonnell, Luna Park, photo contest on August 28, 2010 | 2 Comments »
The winners of the first annual LunaPic Contest were announced with fanfare on LunaTic Day (Friday) in Coney Island’s Luna Park. Jim McDonnell was awarded the grand prize in the film category for this fast-paced, 57-second video of Luna’s rides in action. Contest rules specified that entries be between 30 and 60 seconds in length. [...]
Aug 29: Lost Theaters of Coney Island, Brighton Beach Are Topic of Lecture
Posted in Events, history, tagged Book Launch, Brighton Beach, Brooklyn Theatre Index, Cezar Del Valle, Coney Island, Henderson Music Hall, Manhattan Beach, Save Coney Island, walking tour on August 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
On Sunday at the Coney Island Museum’s Ask the Experts series, theater historian Cezar Del Valle will give an illustrated lecture to celebrate the launch of his Brooklyn Theater Index. The first volume covering theaters from Adams Street to Lorimer has just been published. The topic of his talk will be drawn from the third [...]
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