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New Orleans, Rebounding , Holds Third Mardi Gras Since Katrina
by Bruce-Michael Gelbert with Joseph Saporito

WHILE SOME neighborhoods in New Orleans are undeniably still scarred by the devastating and destructive effects of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, three and a ...
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PHOTO REPORT
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People and Pets | Invasion '07

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CHERRY GROVE 2008
Van Ness, Santoro & Galarneau To Be Honored BY CGCAI
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FIRE ISLAND PINES & GROVE
Rob Ferri Hosts Tides' Leather Tea & Dungeon Party
BOOK RELEASE
The Advocate Guide to Gay Men’s Health and Wellness by Frank Spinelli, M.D.
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COMMUNITY HONORS
Grove Friends Honor Amelia Migliaccio's 48 Years of Community Service
MUSICAL
"What's the Point?" Scores Points with Pointed Commentary

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FIPAP "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas"



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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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Epiphany On Fire Island - 2007: With The Winter Weather Unseasonably Mild...
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UPCOMING EVENTS


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WILL CLARK PRESENTS
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THE QUEST:
Desperately Seeking My New Dress.
They are fierce. They compete for Miss Fire Island and Home Coming Queen. Their makeup is flawless, and their wigs are... 
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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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Guatemala’s Gay Sensibility

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:




The Birth and Life of Cherry Grove: Before and After the 1938 Great Hurricane.




The Saga of the Invasion of Fire Island Pines
The story behind this festive and annual event.




A Pictorial Review: Old images tell us the history about our great past.



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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