Gathering at the Palace to Cheer Friends & Neighbors in Beltzer’s “Coming of Age”
James Beltzer - photo by Bruce-Michael Gelbert
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By Bruce-Michael Gelbert
The Grove’s James Beltzer introduced the documentary “Coming of Age in Cherry Grove,” his work-in-progress, to an appreciative audience, at the Grove Hotel’s Ice Palace on June 20, that had come to see their friends, their neighbors-and themselves-and to cheer.
We saw Bella, who was a few seats away from us, say onscreen that Cherry Grove is “like a Federico Fellini movie” and play Susan Boyle doing “I Dreamed a Dream.” We saw Panzi, bullhorn in hand and all in yellow feathers, leading last year’s Fourth of July Invasion of the Pines and, later, she and Bella and Rose Levine held forth about the origins of the Invasion. The Pines’ Robyn Bird spoke of videotaping the Invasion and claimed, “I’m trisexual-I will try everyone sexually. Read more
Sybil & Sisters Administer Riotous House Blessing
House Blessing for Island Breeze (left to right) Sisters Mary Brian & Edwina- Island Breeze's Angela Badolato & Diamond Dave- Urban- Sybil Bruncheon & Sister Mary Troy - photo by Bruce-Michael Gelbert
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By Bruce-Michael Gelbert
The annual Cherry Grove House Blessing, postponed a week to its rain date, took place on June 20. In the absence of Bishop Harold Seeley, who is ailing, Sybil Bruncheon administered the blessing, Read more
Lee & Clara Get Married on the Beach
Lee Sharmat & Clara Bogetti - photo by Bruce-Michael Gelbert
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By Bruce-Michael Gelbert
Having gotten legally married in Connecticut in February, Lee Sharmat and Clara Bogetti celebrated, with family and chosen Cherry Grove family, with a wedding on the beach, off Aeon Walk, on a sunny June 19 afternoon.
Sherri Rase officiated at the ceremony under the chupah, others in attendance added remarks, the couple exchanged rings and vows, and Lee stepped on and broke the glass to ward evil spirits away from their union. Mazel tov!
Refreshments at the couple’s home on Aeon preceded the ceremony at the beach and a reception at Jumping Jack’s Seafood Shack restaurant followed it.
Obama Extends Benefits to Same-Sex Partners of Federal Employees
President Barack Obama - photo submitted by Bruce-Michael Gelbert
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By Bruce-Michael Gelbert
On June 2, President Barak Obama issued a memorandum to Federal Executive Department and Agency Heads extending benefits enjoyed by Federal heterosexual employees’ spouses and families to domestic partners and children of LGBT families. The memorandum instructs the Director of the Office of Personnel Management and the Administrator of General Services to ensure that sex-sex domestic partners and their children qualify as immediate family members and dependents under the law, with regard to family and medical leave protections, child care services, and retiree pension annuities, for example, but stops short, according to Lambda Legal of guaranteeing family health insurance. Read more
Grove Remembers Losses at Reflective Memorial Day Service
John Nieman (at piano), Dominic DeSantis, Diane Romano & Michael Coffindaffer - photo by Bruce-Michael Gelbert
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By Bruce-Michael Gelbert
At a reflective Memorial Day service, organized by Roland Michely and hosted by the Cherry Grove Fire Department’s Dominic DeSantis, at the Community House on May 31, Cherry Grove remembered those lost to us since the previous Memorial Day. Read more
Daniel Nardicio Kicks Off Underwear Party Season with Memorial Day Weekend Extravaganza at Ice Palace
dancing at the Underwear Party - photo by Bruce-Michael Gelbert
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By Bruce-Michael Gelbert
Daniel Nardicio, originator of the Underwear Party on Fire Island, did his part to ensure a lively Memorial Day Weekend, in Cherry Grove, by giving his first party of the season on May 29. A near-capacity crowd filled the Ice Palace to hear the music of DJ Gant Johnson Read more
“Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” Repeal Passes U.S. Senate Committee & House of Representatives, But McCain & Colleagues Announce Plan to Filibuster
President Barack Obama, courtesy of Organizing for America
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by Bruce-Michael Gelbert
On May 27, the United States Senate Armed Services Committee, chaired by Michigan Democrat Carl Levin, passed, by a vote of 16 to 12, an amendment to the National
Defense Authorization Act that would remove “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”(DADT)-the heinous 17-year-old policy whereby open gay and lesbians are discharged from military service-from federal Read more
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