Coney Island Circus Sideshow (slide show)

Its usual home, Sideshows by the Seashore, may still be its recovering from the effects of the hurricane (damn you, Sandy!)—but that doesn't mean the Coney Island Circus Sideshow has been sitting around twiddling its thumbs. No, sirree—not when there's phone books to be ripped in half, snakes to be charmed, swords to be swalloed and beds of nails to lie down in. Led by Adam the First Real Man, the troupe has set up shop at the Slipper Room, where you can catch the crew of "freaks, wonders and human curiosities" every Wednesday through the end of February.

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Coney Island Circus Sideshow is at the Slipper Room every Wednesday through February 27.