4:30pm
Sunday, August 22, 2010
Brought to you by Coney Island U.S.A.
CIUSA's summer lecture series returns with a series of scholarly talks about the things you want to know! With the people you want to know them from! Sunday afternoons at 4:30pm all summer long! $5, Free for Coney Island USA Members.
August 22
Joseph Barna, From Russia with Love: Siberia to Brighton Beach, Ice Slide to Roller Coaster; A Unique Look at America's Favorite Ride, including a special look at the Coney Island Tornado.
In addition to being a roller coaster historian and one of the founders of American Coaster Enthusiasts, Joe has been a photographer and documentarian of popular culture for many years. The Lighthouse Park Carousel in New Haven, CT, and the Big Dipper roller coaster in San Diego, CA, are two of the successful preservation projects on which he did many years of work.
Joe is also a theater technician, professor at the Institute of Design and Construction in Brooklyn, and an off-Broadway lighting designer. He has been a commentator on Connecticut Public Radio, was the first person in the US to see Sputnik, and has an MFA from Yale University. He is currently writing a book about his dog, Zonker, who was famous for riding roller coasters all over the country.
He is extremely proud to have donated the front seat car of Coney Island’s Tornado Roller Coaster to the Coney Island Museum.
