Grove Volunteer Firefighters Invite Community to an Open House

firefighters Mary DiFede, Doreen Rallo, Francine Sardone & Joan VanNess sell Shirley Ritenour a CGFD shirt - photo by Bruce-Michael Gelbert
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By Bruce-Michael Gelbert
This summer, in lieu of raising funds with a benefit pancake breakfast at the Cherry Lane Café, Cherry Grove’s volunteer Fire Department invited the community to the Fire House for an Open House on July 24. This feel-good event gave Grovites an, if possible, even greater appreciation Read more
At APCG Art Show, Andrew Loren Resto & W. Douglas Topper Win Queen & President’s Recognition for Paintings

Queen Beach DeBree gives Queen's Choice ribbon to Andrew Loren Resto's parrot painting - photo by Bruce-Michael Gelbert
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By Bruce-Michael Gelbert
The Arts Project of Cherry Grove’s (APCG) annual Art Show at the Community House was billed, this year, as the “Peep Show” Art Show and was held on July 24 and 25. Homecoming Queen Beach DeBree, assisted by John Sorensen, cut the ribbon to open the show officially and later Read more
NYC’s Joe Fiore & LA’s Rover Invite us to Ice Palace to ‘HOWL’ at Full Moon

Cal (3rd from left) with Grove' sMark & Richard, Ken & Mark & Brian - photo by Bruce-Michael Gelbert
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By Bruce-Michael Gelbert
Joe Fiore, of Joe Fiore Productions (New York City LGBT Community Center Dance:208, Fur Ball, Rockbear, Drenched), and Rover, of Rover Zone Productions (Los Angeles’ WoofClub), presented their first ‘Fire Island Men’s Dance Party,’ billed as “HOWL,” at the Ice Palace on July 24, Read more
Shequida & Margarita Sing, Shay Dances & Greg Wollach Shares Stories at Ice Palace

Shequida, Margarita, Shay, Greg Wollach, and Ariel Sinclair - photos by Bruce-Michael Gelbert
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By Bruce-Michael Gelbert
Four events of the third full week in July, offering diverse fare, at the Ice Palace, are considered here: Shequida’s July 19 show; Whip It Out Wednesday, with Shay, on July 21; and Kamikaze Kabaret, featuring an appearance by Greg Wollach, followed by the Fire Island debut of campy Cuban diva Margarita Pracatan, on July 22. Read more
Qtalk Returns to the Ice Palace

Qtalk hosts Joseph John, Angie McKnight, Frantz G. Hall, & Terese Genecco - photo by Bruce-Michael Gelbert
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By Bruce-Michael Gelbert
Qtalk, the queer talk show, which came to Fire Island for the first time last July and which some call a gay version of “The View,” returned to the Ice Palace on July 18, for another engaging evening of discussion and compelling musical performances. Hosting Qtalk were Frantz G. Hall, Read more
Candy Is Dandy: Daniel Nardicio Gives Sugary Sweet-Themed Party at Ice Palace

dancing at the underwear party - photo by Bruce-Michael Gelbert
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By Bruce-Michael Gelbert
“Willy Wonka in Candyland” was how Daniel Nardicio’s July 16 underwear party, at the Ice Palace, was billed. There were bowls of candy on the bars and on tables. The Glamazons, the comfortably plus-sized women singers named Lady Finger, Candy Apple, and Caramella, Read more
Zaftig Glamazons Take the Palace By Storm

the Glamazons - photo by Bruce-Michael Gelbert
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By Bruce-Michael Gelbert
The singing Glamazons, recently on television’s “America’s Got Talent,” and a trio, rather than quartet, now that Ginger Snap, the redhead, left the group to marry, harmonized mellifluously on more than a dozen songs, at the Ice Palace on July 15, to the delight of the Cherry Grove Read more
