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THE 2008 CONEY ISLAND USA FALL AUCTION
A benefit for Coney Island USA! November 3rd!

Featuring Special Guest Honoree
George Shea
Chair of the International Federation of Competitive Eating

Monday November, 3rd 2008
7:00pm -10:00pm
Rebel NYC
251 West 30th street
(between 7th and 8th avenues)

7:00 pm Cocktails Hors d’oeuvres Silent auction
8:00 pm Live music and performances by Julie Atlas Muz, Prof. Jo Boobs and Angie Pontani
9:00 pm Live auction by Arlan Ettinger of Guernsey’s auction house

Dress Code Sideshow Chic

Featured auction packages include:
A Limited edition framed Andres Serrano photograph
Romantic extended private ride on the Wonderwheel with Picnic Lunch
A coveted Judgeship at the world-famous Nathan's Hotdog Eating Contest
Two nights at the Queen Victoria B&B of Cape May, New Jersey with gourmet dinner at the Ebbitt Room
4 Box seats at a Brooklyn Cyclones game and a Meet and Greet with the team
Tickets to Broadway’s Spring Awakening

All Tickets are $40

Click here to buy tickets in advance.

CASH ONLY AT THE DOOR, NIGHT OF THE EVENT

21 AND OVER

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SIDESHOW SCHOOL!

Coney Island Sideshow School is the only place in the world where students can learn traditional sideshow acts from practicing masters of the arts. Adam (The First Real Man!) Rinn, Inside Talker and Human Blockhead Donny Vomit and a slew of guest instructors teach you the basics in a safe and controlled environment.

Students will learn the ins and outs of Fire Eating, Snake Charming, The Human Blockhead, Sword Swallowing, the Bed of Nails, the Electric Chair Act, the Blade Box, how to stick your hand into an animal trap, the Strait Jacket escape, the art of the Outside Talker and much more.

Section 101
Full Week:
November 10 through 14
Noon to 4 PM

Section 102
Once-a-Week:
Tuesday, November 11, 18 and December 2, 9, 26
6 PM to 10 PM

For further information and to register click here.

 

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CONEY ISLAND MUSEUM



Since 1980, Coney Island USA has told the story of why Coney Island is important enough to one day retake its place at the cultural center of New York. The Coney Island Museum is at the heart of that mission. Its the only public repository documenting the history and culture of this important neighborhood. We fight to keep the history of this critical piece of American popular culture from being lost to the inevitable changes facing Coney Island today.

Come join us on weekends, year-round. Admission is $.99 cheap!

Please note: The Museum is closed until November 8th.

Coney Island Museum
1208 Surf Ave.

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Coney Island Films On DVD

Six historic Coney Island short subjects on one tape. From Edison films of 1903 to 1954's "Coney Island USA." Some of the very best historic Coney stuff you'll ever see. A must for any Coney lover.

This is only one of the many fantastic gift items available through our online gift shop. We try hard to sell unique and interesting products that you can't find elsewhere. Gift sales are a big part of our budget. So make a difference today!

Become A Member Of Coney Island USA!



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 Upcoming Events:
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CREEPSHOW AT THE FREAKSHOW!
PHANTOM OF THE PRESIDENTIAL WAX MUSEUM
DAILY, October 17th - 31st

Poster Design by Jamie Coville

PHANTOM OF THE PRESIDENTIAL WAX MUSEUM is an interactive show (allow  
45 minutes for the complete experience) that tours various rooms at the Coney Island Sideshows by the Seashore building generally not available to the public such as the creepy basement, back stairs, etc.

Audience members will take a "tour" of the "historic" wax museum and meet Presidential and First Lady ROBOTS along the way including Lincoln, Clinton, Hillary and Laura, Nixon and finally robots Obama and McCain. Audience will also get to partake in a Presidential Shooting Gallery and fire ping pong ball rifles at Kennedy, Lincoln, Garfield and McKinley. The show concludes with the funeral for an"almost" dead president with Obama and McCain robots
competing to give the better funeral speech.

Along the tour the audience will hear the "true" story of murder and fire that closed the famed Coney Island Presidential Wax Museum in 1971.

All in all this is a story of 1970's carny horror!

CREEPSHOW AT THE FREAKSHOW is Coney Island’s only Halloween extravaganza and one of the best haunted tours in all of New York City. Come see what the New York Press called "not only the best and wildest haunted house in town, but the smartest as well."

DAILY, October 17th - 31st
Mondays - Thursdays: 7-10 PM
Fridays: 7-11 PM
Saturdays: 4-11 PM
Sundays: 4-10 PM

$10 ADULTS
$5 KIDS
(Not Recommended for Small Children)

Halloween Friday, October 31st ONLY, 6-12 PM, All Tickets $15 includes midnite Horror Movie Party!

Continuous Admission
Allow 45 minutes for the complete experience.

Sideshows By The Seashore
Corner of Surf and West 12th Street

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CONEY ISLAND FILM FESTIVAL
That's a wrap! We'd like to thank everyone who came out and supported the festival! See you in 2009!

2008 Award Winners!

Best Feature: Lucky Days - Angelica Torn, Tony Torn
Best Short: The Heart Is A Hidden Camera - Gabriel Judet-Weinshel
Best Documentary Feature: Airplay - Carolyn Travis, Chris Fox Gilson
Best Documentary Short: Save Coney Island - Peter LiPera
Best Experimental: Carlos Catani - Marcos Meconi
Best Animation: Luna Park - Yuliya Vinokur
Best Music Video: Temporarily In Love - Randy Scott Slavin
Best Silent Film: The Visitor - Paul Andersen
Best "Made In Coney Island": Coney Island Saved Me! - Amanda Jencsik



Poster design by Toni-Lee Sangastiano

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sideshows by the seashore
CONEY ISLAND CIRCUS SIDESHOW NOW AVAILABLE FOR BOOKINGS!

Photo By Laure Leber

Need some freaky entertainment for your Halloween Party, Christmas Party, New Year's Eve Party or general partying at Weddings, Birthdays or Bar Mitzvahs? The CONEY ISLAND CIRCUS SIDESHOW (Donny Vomit, Angelica, Scott Baker, Serpentina and Heather Holliday) are available for private bookings be it New York City or anywhere in the USA this Fall or Winter. Please email us for queries, rate and availability!

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Now playing at an amusement area near you!

CIUSA Building
| Architectural Design by Philip Tusa, rendering by William Ranwell and Fred Kahl

* It's a shining beacon on West 12th Street and Surf Avenue!
* It's the first step towards the new, year-round Coney Island!
* It's the new and improved Freak Bar and Coney Island USA Gift Shop!

Don't look now, but it won't be long before you can listen to music on our vintage jukebox and quaff Coney Island Lager on tap - in the space formerly occupied by the US Army! You'll browse through the new and improved gift shop in the former Dreamland Artists Club! And do it Wednesday through Sunday all year round!

Lovingly designed by Architect Philip Tusa, our expansion onto Surf Ave will be sure to please and amaze. Join us!

Read the construction blog here

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