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Cutie & Patootie: Coney Island Kittens Up for Adoption!

Posted in Animals, tagged adoption, cat, cat rescue, Coney Island, Cutie, foster, kitten, Marie Roberts, Patootie on September 6, 2010| Leave a Comment »

Sister Kittens Cutie & Patootie. Photo © Tricia Vita/me-myself-i

UPDATE December 19, 2010:

ATZ is happy to report that Cutie and Patootie were recently adopted into a cat-loving home. Their new names are Joan Crawford and Bette Davis! If you are looking for two cute (also too cute!) Brooklyn cats to adopt, please consider Spot and Dot. These sister cats are being fostered by our Coney Island Polar Bear friend Eric Weiss.

UPDATE October 24, 2010:

These sister kittens from Coney Island were fostered for the past month but are now back with Marie Roberts and need a permanent home. “Cutie & Patootie aren’t shy anymore and purr constantly. They like to be with each other, monkey see monkey do,” says Marie. If you’re interested, contact Marie at bitterwonder[AT]hotmail.com or leave a comment below.

Cutie: Female kitten, Tuxedo. Shy but coming around. Very smart

September 6, 2010…ATZ recently got a chance to cuddle the teensiest kitten in Coney Island. Marie Roberts, who paints the banners for the Coney Island Sideshow, took him in after he’d been abandoned by mama cat. The kitty was affectionate, alert, and lucky as all get out. After spending a couple of nights in her studio at CIUSA, he was adopted and is living in the lap of luxury!

Since then Marie was able to rescue his siblings. Now that Cutie and Patootie have been checked out by the vet, these two little girls need a home. Marie writes: “Female kitten, Tuxedo. Shy but coming around. Very smart. Needs home/foster situation by Tues am. Below: Female kitten, grey tabby. A little shy. These are siblings. Vet washed, wormed and they are on antibiotics.” You can meet them today at the Coney Island Museum, 1208 Surf Avenue, 2nd floor. If you’re interested, contact Marie at bitterwonder[AT]hotmail.com or leave a comment below.

Patootie: Female kitten, grey tabby. A little shy

UPDATE September 7, 2010:

Marie Roberts, who rescued the kits, writes: “Cutie and Patootie are in foster care until Fri morning (Sept 10) but they are still looking for a home with that special human.” She also noted that Cutie is spokes kitten for Patootie! These two really should be adopted together.

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Go Up, It’s Great! Coney Island’s & Deno’s Wonder Wheel

Posted in Amusement ride, tagged "Birthday Party", anniversary, Coney Island, Deno's Wonder Wheel Park, Eccentric Ferris Wheel Company, Wonder Wheel on September 4, 2010| 1 Comment »

Go up...it's Great. Photo © Tricia Vita/me-myself-i via flickr

Today in Coney Island, the Wonder Wheel’s 90th Anniversary will be celebrated with suitable fanfare: live music by the Hungry March Band, the Banjo Rascals, and Curtis Eller, and a variety show featuring some of Coney’s most colorful performers. The free show on the Boardwalk is from 4 – 8 pm. Everyone who rides Deno’s Wonder Wheel on Saturday will receive a free Wonder Wheel 90th Anniversary collectible button. Here’s the place to buy your tickets…

The landmarked Wonder Wheel has a ticket booth that’s a Coney Island treasure. It’s a rare survivor of the early days of carnivals and amusement parks, when each ride had its own ticket booth and many rides were independently owned. Like the Wheel, the ticket booth was built in 1920 by the Eccentric Ferris Wheel Company. Originally called “Dip the Dips,” the new ride was described as a combination of the scenic railway, Ferris Wheel and Chute-the-Chutes.

Today when you ride the Wonder Wheel, your biggest decision will be Stationary or Swinging? The gliding and dipping cars, which are called the Swinging Cars, are a thrill not to be missed!

Wonder Wheel, Coney Island. Photo © brooklynnphoto via flickr

Deno’s Wonder Wheel Park, 3059 West 12th St at the Boardwalk, 718 372-2592

Sept 2: A Coney Island Mermaid’s Break Up Blues Burlesque

Posted in Events, tagged Break up Blues, Burlesque at the Beach, Coney Island, Hawley Hussey, Mermaid Hawley on September 2, 2010| 1 Comment »

Tonight at 9 pm at Coney Island USA’s Burlesque at the Beach, ten bucks buys admission to a burlesque show curated by writer, artist, art educator and performer Mermaid Hawley. Enjoy live music by The Legendary House Band, torch singing by Bonnie Dunn and blues from Staten Island’s Phyllis Forman of Queen Tipsey, spoken word by Mermaid Hawley and Michael Schwartz, and superlative burlesque by Bambi the Mermaid, Jo Boobs, Clams Casino, Sizzle Dizzle, Jezebel Express, Anita Cookie, and M’Lady Uppercrust.

Limited edition signed hankies will be passed out to dry your tears and cotton candy will be served to ease the pain of the break-up blues. The title “Mermaid Hawley’s Break Up Blues Burlesque” alludes to various types of break ups, including “the continual onslaught of the break up of Coney Island,” Hawley tells ATZ. “Trying to save the spirit of the place is a much more ethereal kind of thing.” MC Michael Schwartz, who will play the role of Joe Sttand, the anti-Sitt and the real estate developer of the people, will read two of his prose poems.

“I consider myself a newbie but a great lover of Coney Island,” says Hawley, who moved to Seagate eight years ago and fit right in. Her bio certainly piqued our interest in the show:

Hawley Hussey (aka Mermaid Hawley) has been a mermaid and a legendary cold water swimmer her entire life. She holds a coveted patch from the Coney Island Polar Bear Club from the years 2008 to 2010. She is a founding member of the notorious Brooklyn Penguins (since 2007), Coney Island’s newest winter bathing club to emerge over the last 100 years between Stillwell, the Boardwalk and the Atlantic Ocean. As a resident of Seagate, Coney Island, Hawley has a particularly inspired perch on Norton’s Point right next to the lighthouse. Her “World Famous Coney Island Break-Up Letters” have been performed and recorded and are currently under consideration for wider print publication.

Photo: Bailey Photography. Image: Memorial painting of Master the Whompa! Man at Ruby’s Bar and Grill by Mermaid Hawley, 2010.

Mermaid Hawley Presents Break Up Blue Burlesque,Burlesque at the Beach, Coney Island USA, 1208 Surf Ave, Coney Island, September 2, 9 pm, $10