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| DATE | 2009-10-20 |
| FROM | From: "Michael L. Richardson"
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Subject: News from Coney Island History Project + Gerry Menditto
Honored on 10/25
Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:38:08 -0400 (EDT)
From: Coney Island History Project
Reply-To: events-at-coneyislandhistory.org
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*OCTOBER 2009*
*"The Prince of Mermaid Avenue" Wins Best Documentary Feature
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*History Project Website: Oral History Archive & Collection Upgrade
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*It's a Wrap! The 1st Annual Parachute: Coney Island Performance
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*Oct 25: People's Hall of Fame Honors Cyclone Manager Gerry Menditto
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"The Prince of Mermaid Avenue" Wins Best Documentary Feature
*Congrats to the Film's Director Charles Denson and Jimmy Prince--the Star!
*
Denson photo by Norman Blake
Charles Denson's film "The Prince of Mermaid Avenue"
was awarded Best Documentary Feature at the 9th Annual Coney Island Film
Festival
.
The film is about Jimmy Prince, owner of Major Meats on Mermaid Avenue,
who retired in February after 60 years at Coney's oldest butcher shop.
The film project began with Mr. Denson's daily visits to Major's and his
audio recordings for the Coney Island History Project's Oral History
Archive
.
Mr. Denson has been filming the documentary about Mr. Prince and his
customers for the past three years. "The Prince of Mermaid Avenue"
premiered on October 2, the opening night of the festival. In a question
and answer session after the screening, Mr. Denson talked about the
genesis of the film, which is based on more than 60 hours of raw footage.
Jimmy Prince by Denson
Jimmy Prince told the audience how he's been keeping busy since his
retirement. He spent summer weekends working as "Distinguished
Historian" at the History Project's exhibition center under the Cyclone,
sharing his Coney Island memories with visitors. The good news is that
Major's renowned and much missed "murder burgers" are now available at G
& S Meat Market on Avenue U, where Mr. Prince enjoys working part time.
"The Prince of Mermaid Avenue" will be screened again soon in Coney
Island. Stay tuned to our website for upcoming news.
Photo credits: (top) © 2009 Norman Blake/CIFF (all rights reserved).
(bottom) © 2009 Charles Denson
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History Project Website: Oral History Archive & Collection Upgrade
Rank, tag and comment on photos and create photo albums!
souvenir book
The
History Project's award-winning website
has
some new interactive features designed to provide a more interesting
experience for visitors. You can rank, tag and comment on photos and
videos in our Searchable Online Collection
.
For example, a search of "Steeplechase"
turns up a variety of photos, maps, books and advertisements. You can
create photo albums and view them as slide shows after registering and
logging in.
The Wards
The
Oral History Archive
on our website now allows visitors to browse interviews by theme, place,
period and people, as well to rank, tag and comment.
One of the interesting new interviews in the archive is with Jack Ward
,
grandson of Coney pioneer William J. Ward
,
who was inducted into the Coney Island Hall of Fame last year. Mr. Ward
talks about his family's place in Coney Island history. He begins with
his great grandfather's purchase of beachfront property at 12th Street
and Surf Avenue in 1879 and continues through his grandfather's
participation in the development of the Half Moon Hotel and the Wonder
Wheel.
Photo Credits: (top) Coney Island History Project Collection;
(bottom) Tricia Vita/Coney Island History Project
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It's a Wrap! 1st Annual Parachute: The Coney Island Performance Festival
History Project is Founding Sponsor of Successful New Coney Event
Parachute festival
The Coney Island History Project was pleased to be one of the founding
sponsors of Parachute: The Coney Island Performance Festival
.
The new literary and performance festival debuted on Sept 12-13 at the
Alien Stingers exhibit
at
the New York Aquarium. Day 2 was hosted by the illustrious burlesque
dancer Angie Pontani (Miss Cyclone) pictured above with Charles Denson,
who read the chapter about riding the Parachute Jump from his book Coney
Island: Lost and Found
.
Sunday's readers included (from left to right) actor John Ventimiglia,
"Artie Bucco" from The Sopranos; festival producer and director Amanda
Deutch; post-punk poet Eileen Myles; Edmund Berrigan, poet and member of
the band I Feel Tractor; Michael Cirelli, poet and founder of Urban Word
NYC; and poet and fiction writer Jibade Khalil Huffman. The festival
also hosted two free poetry workshops at the Coney Island Public Library
--"Writing
Poetry with Confidence" with Cara Benson and "Coney Island on Our Minds"
with Patricia Spears-Jones. We're already looking forward to next
season's festival, which will feature theater and performance in
addition to poetry, prose and spoken word.
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Oct 25: People's Hall of Fame Honors Cyclone Manager Gerry Menditto
Join us at Sunday's Celebration at the Museum of the City of New York
Gerry Menditto By C DensonOn Sunday, our friends at City Lore
will induct Cyclone roller coaster manager Gerry Menditto and 6 other
honorees into the People's Hall of Fame
.
The award ceremony features live entertainment, refreshments and a
Bangin' Bhangra dance party at the Museum of the City of New York. The
People's Hall of Fame was established by City Lore in 1993 to honor
grassroots contributions to New York City's cultural life. Writer
Michael Schwartz will be reading his short story "Hey Gerry" - which
Gerry Menditto has never heard -- as part of the ceremony.
In advance of the celebration you can watch this video profile of Gerry
Menditto
from Thirteen.org's "New York On the Clock." The new online web series
about "New Yorkers who make the City work" premiered last month with
this feature on Coney Island's "Mr. Cyclone."
People's Hall of Fame Award Ceremony and Party
When: Sunday, October 25, 3-6 pm
Where: Museum of the City of New York, 1220 Fifth Ave at 104th St.
Tickets: $20; $15 for students, seniors, and members of City Lore
To purchase tickets, please call City Lore at 212-529-1955 x 305 or 306
Photo credit: © 2009 Charles Denson
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