Grovites Celebrate Victor Alfieri’s 80th Birthday

Victor blows out birthday candles, as Charity looks on - photo by Bruce-Michael Gelbert
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By Bruce-Michael Gelbert
Cherry Grove friends and neighbors of Victor Alfieri and Bobbie “Cobra” Scherffius gathered at Cherry’s on the afternoon of August 30 to help the beloved couple, together since 1955, celebrate Victor’s 80th birthday-on the actual day. Read more
Dancers Turn Out for SummerSNAXX at the Ice Palace

Dance Floor - photo by Bruce-Michael Gelbert
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By Bruce-Michael Gelbert
Grove and Pines men, women, boys, and bears turned out to dance the night away, on August 29, wet weather notwithstanding, when DJs Rich King and Gustavo brought Read more
Nardicio “Stripclub!” Party Boasts Burlesque & ‘Boylesque’ Performers

Bob and the Boys - photo by Bruce-Michael Gelbert
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By Bruce-Michael Gelbert
Daniel Nardicio’s underwear party at the Ice Palace on August 28 was billed as “Stripclub!” and featured both burlesque and ‘boylesque’ Read more
Hazel Nutt Wins Newcomer Contest with Her Celine Dion, Dallas Dubois Is Runner-up

Newcomer of the Year 2009 Hazel Nutt - photo by Bruce-Michael Gelbert
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By Bruce-Michael Gelbert
The 11th annual Newcomer of the Year contest, hosted by Victoria Chase, assisted by DJ Chuck, took place very late at night/very early in the morning of August 27-28 at the Ice Palace, and, out of seven worthy contests, Hazel Nutt took top honors, Read more
Singers & Participants in Newcomer Contest Headline Season’s Penultimate Kabaret

Taylor Frey& Ariel Sinclair - photo by Bruce-Michael Gelbert
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By Bruce-Michael Gelbert
For the season’s next-to-last Kamikaze Kabaret, at the Ice Palace on August 27, hostess Ariel Sinclair, assisted by DJ Chuck, presented four singers and a number of participants in the Newcomer of the Year pageant, which followed her show. For her own numbers, Ariel confessed to being “Everybody’s Girl” and gave a comic salute to cuisine “down Mexico way” (”Serve a beef enchilada”). Read more
World Famous Bob Tells Her Tale & Keeps Us Spellbound

World Famous Bob - photo by Bruce-Michael Gelbert
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By Bruce-Michael Gelbert
Under the auspices of Daniel Nardicio and the Ice Palace, World Famous Bob, ecdysiast par excellence and self-described female female impersonator, offered a sneak preview of her autobiographical “One Man Show,” or as she put it, “the story of a girl who had to become a drag queen to become a woman,” Read more
5 Special Guests, 9 at Open Mic Make Music at Season’s Penultimate Bway @ Beach

Taylor Frey of 'Finian's Rainbow' - photo by Bruce-Michael Gelbert
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by Bruce-Michael Gelbert
Several things were different about the August 24 edition, the season’s penultimate, of Broadway at the Beach, hosted by exceptional singer Brandon Cutrell and pianist Ray Fellman at the Ice Palace. For the first time in recent memory, there were no lip-synch performers-in-residence and no theater trivia contest and the number of locals and visitors who stepped up Read more
