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Jackie Hoffman is on Fire! (Island)” at the Ice Palace

By Jeannie Lieberman

“The kvetching continues, the whining will go on” promised the motor mouthed, mobile faced, manic purveyor of blue tinged Jewish flavored humor

Kismet Drag Show

photos and text by Jeannie

The crowd ebbed and flowed through the long show but all left happy, proving a little drag goes a long way in Kismet!

Oceanaires “Sweet Sixteen” Scintillating Summer Solstice
sparked by Fireworks

by Jeannie Lieberman
photos by Carlos Loyola de Auxier

HELLO DOLLY at the Pines

By Jeannie Lieberman

Season finale filled Whyte Hall to the rafters with irrepressible joy and
cheers for Nicole LaFountaine as the perfect Dolly and a superb cast and crew

PAWS ANNUAL BENEFIT at the Ice Palace

“Everybody Go Rescue a Dog Tomorrow” was the battle cry as the stars once again came out to save the animals

by Jeannie

Liza at the Palace – the Ice Palace!!!
with the excellent Alan Cumming
possibly the best of all shows ever at Cherry Grove!

Text & photos by Jeannie

16th Annual Doctor’s Fund Benefit
INSIDE CHERRY GROVE
ILLUSIONS and DELUSIONS
….OF, BY and FOR GROVITES
By Jeannie
Photos by Jeannie with a very appreciated generous assist from Bruce Michael Gelbert

Pride River Crossing

A community easily as interesting and involving as its inspiration Spoon River Anthology presented by The Fresh Fruit International Festival of LGBT Arts and Culture celebrated its 10th Anniversary

By Joel Benjamin

COMEDY IS KING AT CLUB KISMET !!!
fun event returns after 5 years to great reception

  Photos text by Jeannie

Terese Genecco sings Elvis Presley at The Arts Project of Cherry Grove

 Photo credit Denise Dell Harbin

Paper Tiger II “Staircase to Nowhere”,

a play by Fair Harbor resident Ron Scott Stevens, makes a New York debut.

The Music of McNight

Sharon McNight Creates Cabaret at Cherry Grove

SONGS LAUGHTER & SURPRISES

A Marvelous, Magical Evening captures the colorful craziness and cleverness of the circus

text and photos by Jeannie

THE KISMET KOLUMN

PASTRIES PAINTINGS & PARTIES

THE ROARING 20’S THE 14th ANNUAL DOCTOR’S FUND BENEFIT Flappers, bathtub gin and the Black Bottom

photos and text by Jeannie

Matt Baney’s “Legends III, Superstar Barbie”

Ice Palace hosts a dazzling “Night at the Oscars” as Arts Project’s Season’s End Ball

LOVE LOST & WHAT I WORE
personal memories triggered by Off Broadway show by Jeannie Lieberman

Jim Speake, Fire Island Star, performs at Don't Tell Mama in NYC by Joel Benjamin for Theaterscene.net

PASTA NIGHT AT THE KFD '09...YUM!

HOLLYWOOD CONFIDENTIAL
Photos by Jeannie

KOVERING KISMET
STREET SHOTS
BREAST CANCER FUNDRAISER
‘OOL HOUSE PARTY
BOOK ‘ N BAKE SALE

Hooray for Hollywood II: COBRA TALKS DALY DOESN’T
13 is lucky for the annual Doctor's Fund Benefit show and Director Donald Labohn hasn’t lost his Midas touch This is Hollywood, Grove style where gender and preference is never taken for grantede

KFD COMEDY NIGHT IN KISMET by Tom Licari photos by Bradlee

SURPRISE PARTY for BIRTHDAY , MBA GRAD Thiarra
photos
by Jeannie

HOLLYWOOD EXPRESS ROARS THROUGH THE GROVE DE MARCO DANCES! KRADLES SINGS!

by Jeannie

FIRE ISLAND SUN PLAYS AMONG THE STARS ’09 THEATER AWARDS WINNERS AND NOMINEES: IT’S ALL OVER BUT THE MEMORIES
Ocean Aires Eleven – Classical Goes to the Movies
by Sherri Rase
A PRETTY PAUSE AT PALACE FOR PAWS
Grove benefit a treat
KISMET FIRE DEPT INSTALLATION DINNER & CRUISE ‘09
...and a little gambling
THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT!!!
Pines goes Legit with FORUM Grove Spoofs FAVORITE THINGS
Liberté, Egalité, Jacqueline Jonée
“SORDID LIVES” CHRONICLES LIFE AS WE KNOW IT
thought provoking stuff for a late summer evening.
text & photos by Sherri Rase
A DAY AT THE GROVE FROM THE SUBLIME TO THE SEDUCTUVE : CREOLE COOKING AT THE BISTRO; CROWN COMPETITION AT CHERRY'S
Pianist Henry Wong Doe at the Pines by Isaac Vaughn
Cherry Grove Loves “I Love New York”
by Sherri Rase
KISMET KOMEDY NIGHT III ROCKS THE HOUSE
by Jeannie
ISLAND REPERTORY THEATRE COMPANY : “CONFESSIONS OF A MORMON BOY” thru July 13
by Sherri Rase
Ocean Aires Rated X – Ten Times is Better
by Sherri Rase
BROADWAY ON THE BEACH
Malcolm Gets & Melissa Errico combine voices in Fire Island Pines new theater
by Jeannie
ARTS PROJECT SEASON ENDS IN SPECTACULAR PIRATE BALL
Photos and text by Jeannie
DIVIDING THE ESTATE
It is not very likely that you will see a finer, funnier or more enjoyable play on or off Boradway this season
by Simon Saltzman
BEST LITTLE WHOREHOUSE IN TEXAS THRIVES IN THE PINES
Sold Out Performances in New Whyte Hall
Photos and Text by Jeannie Lieberman
The Legends Live On
Text & Photos by Sherri Rase
Grease Skids Into Broadway
By Victor Gluck
BROADWAY'S NEWEST MUSICAL : XANADU - Despite the mindless drivel onstage the show seems to be thriving. Go figure!
By Elliot Rush
"ICONS Volume 1" Brings World History to Arts Project of Cherry Grove
by Sherri Rase
ISLAND REP'S "DAPPLES AND GRAYS" A WINNER
by special correspondent Jack Twist
11th ANNUAL DOCTORS FUND BENEFIT: DAMES, DAMSELS & DUMB BLONDES
RODNEY GILES SHARES HIS LOVE AFFAIR WITH BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN
INVASION '07
The New Face of Patriotism
USO - BACKSTAGE TOUR and THE SHOW
MUSINGS ON THE MUSICALS : LOOK BACK AND AHEAD
By Jeannie Lieberman
Kismet Komedy Club 07
"Gertrude Stein and a Companion"
Iconic Pair Come to Life in Arts Project of Cherry Grove production
by Jack Twist
USO SHOW AT GROVE JUNE 30th - 7pm & 10pm
OCEANAIRES: CLASSICAL EVENING IN CHERRY GROVE
By Jack Twist
Straight Talk on Some Straight Plays
By Jeannie Lieberman
Cherry Grove Elects a New Homecoming Queen
Two Boys In A Bed On A Cold Winter's Night. The Island Repertory Theatre delivers a taut, haunting emotional journey.
Reviewed by Jeannie Lieberman
PANZI & PHILOMENA MEET FRANKENSTEIN: A MADCAP MUSICAL MELANGE OF MANIC MONSTERS
photos and text by Jeannie
Kismet School teacher/Karate Expert is Author of Four Books About Dragons and Wolves : Where will you be 400 years in the future???
Shopping
by Tony Manzo
"REALITY" COMES TO FIRE ISLAND : THE VIEWS ON ONE OCEAN VIEW
TWO BOYS IN A BED ON A COLD WINTER'S NIGHT by James Edwin Parker. Starring international recording artist/actor Paul Lekakis. Directed by Obie-Award winning actor/playwright/director David Drake. The Island Repertory Theatre Company. September 1 thru 17 Tides Playhouse, Cherry Grove Tickets
Jacqueline Jonee: Born on the 4th of Jonee with James Followell and Uptown Express at the Grove French Pastry with Red White & Blue Icing
by Jeannie Lieberman
Is gender a fact we are born with or a more complicated identity that we are all searching to discover? 4 original one-act plays will tackle these gender and sexuality issues
Jacqueline Jonee - Returns to Palace Sunday July 30 9PM
KISMET KOMEDY KLUB ROCKS
Kismet's First Ever Professional Entertainment/Fundraiser
Beyond Therapy Tantalizes at the Tides
APPLAUSE FOR PAWS: Annual Fundraiser a Success Despite Weather
By Jeannie Lieberman
TONY WINNERS : JERSEY BOY and runner up DROWSY CHAPERONE
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE AMERICAN MUSICAL???
by Jeannie Lieberman
Rehabilitation through the Arts

From Sing Sing to Broadway "conversations from the inside" from the voices of prisoners of Sing Sing, Woodbourne and Fishkill, an extraordinary evening of shocking reality and, most of all, hope.
OUT WITH THE OLD, IN WITH THE NEW HOMECOMING QUEEN
Handicapping the Tonys - By Jeannie Lieberman