Posts Tagged Coney Island
Denson appeared as one of half a dozen poets and writers who performed in the first annual PARACHUTE: the Coney Island Performance Festival.
Suzie was given a hose bath by local firefighters and police officers as part of Ringling’s efforts to promote its last few shows of the summer nearby. It was the Circus’s first performance under a traditional tent since 1956, and the first time it has appeared in Coney Island. Performances continue through September 7. NBC [...]
Despite the pouring rain, a large crowd gathered behind road blocks on Surf Avenue to watch the costumed revelers, floats, antique cars, a monster truck and Keitel in the 27th annual Coney Island Mermaid Parade. The parade, created in honor of Coney Island’s Mardi Gras that ran from 1903 to 1954, celebrates Coney Island’s mythology, [...]
Managed by Nison Arinov, a table tennis champion from Tajikistan, the club hosts players, many from former Soviet republics, late into the night, six days a week. For immigrants, sports can maintain a link to an identity and a culture left behind in another country. Click here to read more about the way that [...]
