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Fire Island in Fall; It is Invariably Rather Sad to Leave Fire Island
Rob Ferri Hosts Tides' Leather Tea & Dungeon Party
Jumping Jack's, Cherry's & Island Breeze End Season
On Big Party Night, Pines Invades Grove, Cherry's Turns White, & Tides Goes Asian
Cherry Grove Arts Project Ends Season 2007 with Gala "Pirates" Ball
Jumping Jack's, Cherry's & Island Breeze End Season
Whyte Hall: a Look at F.I. Pines New Community Center
Stephanie Stone, Wins Miss Fire Island 2007
Bella's 25th Anniversary Show
Miss Bianca Leigh Returns to the Tides with a Generous Selection of Songs
Charity Puts in Late Season Appearance at Tides, with Guests Renée Flaming & Jason "Liza" Cosmo
Cherry's Holds Festive Christmas Party
The Virgin Mary Takes the Tides
Porsche Sings Late-September Marathon Show
Johnny Pool & Friends Raise Funds to Fight Prostate Cancer
Shequida Closes Season at Tides with Song & Whitney Houston 'Tribute'
Singer Sherry Vine and Porn's Rod Barry Headline Tides' Unusual "Drag/Strip" Bill
Climax of Cherry's Season Is its Early Halloween Party
Charity Hosts Season Finale Chockfull of Guest Stars
Film Festival Probes Relationships, Sex, Drag, & Horror
Matt Baney Celebrates Homecoming Queens, the Grove's Living "Legends"
Evil Conceals Pain and the Good Justify Wrong in Knotty "Dying Gaul" by Island Rep
Arts Project Celebrates Lorraine Michels' Photography
Matt Rosenblum & John Piazza Celebrate 30 Years Together, Peter Romano & Wynn Tucker Celebrate 60
Grove Writers Dowling, Clancy & Hollibaugh Present Varied Work, Creative & Political
Rose Levine, Consummate Showperson, Struts Stuff Anew in "Lullaby of Broadway"
Performers & Contemporaries Salute Jeanne Skinner at 90
What a Summer It Was!-Nature Surrounds Us on Fire Island
Miss Fire Island Winners Entertain in Dynamic Show
Harpist José Plays Island Breeze
Grove's Glen Boles Celebrates 94th Birthday
Coss Concludes Season of Singing at Island Breeze
Gimmi & Marianne Hoffa's Tides Tea
PREVIOUS EDITIONS
Community Association Honors Grove's Tirado, Tavis & DeSantis
Hundreds Gather By Pines Harbor On Saturday Evenings
Desire! Pines Mardi Gras Continues An Annual Tradition
Arts Project Shouts Hooray for Hollywood at Annual Benefit Casino
Labohn Lovingly Sends Up Dames and Damsels in Dazzling Doctor's Fund Show
Versatile Jade Esteban Estrada Celebrates Our History in "ICONS"
Bella Celebrates 25 Years of Ice Palace Shows
At Lavish Benefit, Concerned Women Raise Funds to Fight Breast Cancer
Cherry Grove Holds 58th Annual Art Show
Grovettes Quickly Trounce NYPD Team in Cherry Bowl Volleyball Tournament
Fire Department Raises Funds at 14th Annual Pancake Breakfast
Businesses Thank the Grove with Fireworks Display
Shapiro Sisters' Tea
Grove Hosts Fire Island Black-Out Weekend - August 10-12, 2007
Brandon & Ray Serve up Back to Back Helpings of "Broadway at the Beach"
Barbara Ann Levy & Peter Downes Lead Walking Tour of Grove Art
Tommy Femia, Voice Throbbing, Brings Judy Garland Back to Life
Miss Sweetie Returns to the Tides
Grove Postmistress Jeanne Skinner's Family & Friends Celebrate Her 90th Year
Rodney Giles Shares His "Brokeback" Obsession
NYC Gay Men's Chorus Brings Its Strayhorn Salute to the Pines
Ariel Sinclair & Porsche Welcome Summer in Ice Palace Double-Header
Grove Queen Lola, Escorted by Mr. FI Leather Diego, Leads Joyous Pines Invasion in Memory of Violet Silver
Island Rep Probes Devotion, Deceit & Dysfunction in Intense English Play
Grove Stars Take the Stage in Star-Spangled, Action Packed "USO Show"
Cherry Grove Is Bursting with Pride at 9th Annual Parade
Bella and Guests Give Fine First Show of Season
Irish Queens Invade
Sybil Bruncheon Hosts Super Bingo
Cherry's Welcomes Singer Trai La Trash Back to the Grove
Nathan & Viscoli Limn Endearing Stein & Toklas in Win Wells Play
Vaughan & Co. Dazzle in 9th "Ocean Aires"
Tom Castele Tells "Fire Island Stories" through Photos at Sip 'n' Twirl - Fire Island Pines
Pines Welcomes Us into Its Kitchen, as Grove Had Invited Us to Take a Taste
Brandon Cutrell & Ray Fellman Field a Festive First Night of "Broadway at the Beach"
Grove's Pet-Loving Stars Turn Out to Benefit PAWS
Fire Island Nature's Own Spring Awakening
Drag Tag Sale Provides Bargain Finery for Invaders, Raises Funds for Imperial Court
Pizzeria's Frank Beautifies Grove Dock
Effects of Violet Silver to Benefit Grove Garden Club
A Blessing on Your House
PAWS Reports Funds Raised at Ice Palace Benefit
Cherry's Celebrates Donna Bianco's Retirement from NYPD
Our Flags Are Proudly Flying
Queen Lola Hosts Tea at the Tides
Celebrating BMG's Birthday at the Bistro
Cherry Grove Recalls Losses at Memorial Day Service
New York City Gay Men's Chorus Will Help Inaugurate Fire Island Pines' New Whyte Hall
Lola Galore Is Enthusiastically Acclaimed as Grove's New Homecoming Queen
Grove Enjoys a Bustling First Saturday Night of Season, with Grove Hotel's Golden Anniversary Celebration a Highlight
Henry Sterling's Oceanside Deck Sale Benefits PAWS
Pianist Jack Aaronson Presides at the Tides
Hotel Hosts Season's First 'Bring Your Own Meat'
Porsche Kicks Off Memorial Day Festivities with Flair in Season's First Show
Early Summer Ferry Schedule Starts Thursday, May 24th
Spring Thaw in a Fire Island Paradise
Diego Vargas Is Mr. FI Leather 2007, Pines' Mark Is Mr. Meat Rack
Ice Palace Holds Opening Night Festivities
Arts Project of Cherry Grove Announces '07 Summer Schedule at Annual In-Town Party
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UPCOMING EVENTS
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WILL CLARK PRESENTS
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GAY TRAVELS
• The Gay Games in Chicago: A Gay Guide to What’s Hot in the Windy City
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• Costa Rica: A Gay Tropical Paradise
• Cape Town: The Gay Man's New Years Playground
• Gay-Friendly Peru Beckons You
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TALES OF THE BEACH:
INTERVIEWS
The Grove's
Dominick Desantis : give us a glimpse of the past.
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Donnie Russo : One most well known and loved people.
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Frankie Cocktail :
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LOCAL & LGBT COMMUNITY LINKS
• Cherry Grove Community Association
• Fire Island Pines Property Owners Association
• Cherry Grove Fire Department
• Fire Island Pines
• Arts Project of Cherry Grove
• OutProfessionals
• FireIsland.com
• CherryGrove.com
• As The Grove Turns
• New York City LGBT Community Center
• Commercial Closet
• Human Rights Campaign
• Empire State Agenda
• Gay Journalists of America
• LAMBDA GLBT Community Services
• Gay Men's Health Crisis
• New York City Gay Men's Chorus
• GLAAD
• Heritage of Pride
• NYC Gay & Lesbian Anti-Violence Project
• Pro Gay Jobs
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OBITUARIES & MEMORIALS
February 2008
Dan Lanning
January 2008
Bob (Bo) Perillo
Heath Ledger
December 11, 2007
Allan Bérubé
December 7, 2007
Mel Cheren
December 5, 2007
Bob Kohler
November 28, 2007
Eric Rebitsky
November 27, 2007
Jane Rule
October 25, 2007
Thomas D. "Dan" Chavers
October 20, 2007
Gary Collins
August 10, 2007
Grove's Alfred (Freddy) Scarfone Dies in Florida after Long Illness
June 10, 2007
Dune Point's Dutch Wavering Dies
June 5, 2007
William J. McGraw
May 26, 2007
Bill "Violet" Silver
Grove Loses Bill "Violet" Silver, Artist & Wild Cherry Publisher. Bill "Violet" Silver, who had been for many years a longtime survivor of AIDS, passed away at Beth Israel Hospital's hospice care unit, in Manhattan, on May 26, 2007.
May 21, 2007
Philip Williams
Cherry Grove and New York City's Philip Williams, life partner of Peter B, died suddenly of a heart attack, at his apartment in Chelsea, on May 21.
Spring 2007
Vaunessa Vale
April 18 2007
Lucia Sutera
March, 2007
Activist Marc Rubin Is Dead at 74
February 18, 2007
Early Activist Barbara Gittings, 75, Dies in Philadelphia
RECOMMENDED READING
Cherry Grove, Fire Island: Sixty Years in America's First Gay and Lesbian Town
by Esther Newton
• Winter on Fire Island limited availability, unknown binding.
• Welcome to Fire Island: Visions of Cherry Grove and the Pines by Jack Nichols, hardcover.
• Dark Wind: A True Account of Hurricane Gloria's Assault on Fire Island by Jon Jiler, all editions.
The Men of Fire Island
present Hot Cookin
• A House on the Ocean, a House on the Bay by Felice Picano, hardcover.
• Escape from Fire Island!: A Date with Destiny Adventure by Jim English, paperback.
• Fire Island: In Color by Jeffrey Richards, all editions.
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