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Letters to the editor:

THE BEST PHOTOS ! Love your July 4th parade pictures.  Barbara Leeds

Congratulations Jeannie,  You are incredible and inspiring.   Keep going girl...you are a great asset to the island.  Best Rae

You never miss much...yes, I did snap up the one & only ' Songs to Offend...' by Mc Night that fun evening. Good write up!  
Charity

disappointed in Sharon's review.. At least our audience loved her...J
 
You never miss much...yes, I did snap up the one & only ' Songs to Offend...' by Mc Night that fun evening. Good write up!

Your Fire Island Sun is the best webzine ever. I look forward to reading it throughout the summer. It thrills my Cherry Grove heart to read all the info about our "brother/sister" communities on Fire Island.
Diana D.

Dear Jeannie Lieberman: I just want to thank you again for the article you wrote and please let people know the book can also be ordered on line at www.blurb.com. Your article made me feel like a million bucks, I can never thank you enough love you, Barb

Jeannie can't wait for each issue, not just for my community but for an overview of Fire Island. a picture is worth 1000 words and your site is like a Pictionary! Dan

Jeannie, I wanted to personally thank you for your kind words regarding Cirque du So Gay! Once again you critiqued an event in CG with the emphasis on volunteerism (it is amateur community theater after all) and your review is written with accuracy, literacy and focus on the pure entertainment value of the show. Also; wanting to wish you L'Shana Tova. A healthy, prosperous and joyful 5771 to you, Ruthie (Bun Ma) LOL

This is unbelievable - you have done an INCREDIBLE job writing, photographing and generally getting the site up and out on a constant basis! you are great!!!!!! -- louise hamilton

Hi Jeannie I have got to tell you. You do a GREAT job on that site and I will be looking at it more often. I am really impressed at how well it is done and can not believe how much work you put into it Robert J. Phillips Home Mortgage Consultant

As always, a whimsical and lovely commentary on our efforts in our annual benefit show. Super shots too! Thanks dear, Charity

Dear Jeannie Thank you for your lovely review of our show. After I read Mr. Evans review I was going to give up the theatre. I'm sure that John is very pleased too. Thanks Thanks Thanks Bill Perez

Hi Jeannie, I want to thank you for all the wonderful coverage you give to us here in the Grove! I always enjoy looking at your site. Best, Frank Borsas aka Margo

I just spent a pleasant hour looking thru your latest newsletter.  Time well spent!  It was a lot of fun, very informative, and you captured much of the happy spirit behind  the various stories and festivities.
 
Thanks for all your good work--keep bringin' it on -- Bob Freiberg!

Jeannie, I am truly astounded by your project. It is a historical chronicle of a segment of life at the turn of this century. And photographer as well. How often is it updated? What happens during the winter months? What equipment must you now have? Who makes the changes in the website, you or the web designer? Whomever does a fine job. How do you set advertising rates and has it been at least break even? I wish you considerable good fortune. Keep up the good work, Merle

I received the wonderful Webzine you've put together...loved it...especially since the F.I. News is a monthly now. I got the one about the new Surf's Out, and subscribed to your 'zine... Wish i was there...but may be in late August.
Richard Watherwax
Key West
Kismet Veteran since 1965

Nice edition. I'm so pleased to see all the advertisers you have. You clearly have worked very hard to get The Sun to be a first class publication. Congratulations!!!
Keep up your good work. Roz S.

Thanks for the fun write up on PAWS benefit darling...also enjoyed your take on Tony's.
Charity

Hi Jeannie: Thank you for the lovely review of Ocean Aires.
I appreciate your kind words regarding my work both as designer and singer. Good to see you there looking terrific and back on your feet.
All best, George

THE BEST PHOTOS ! Love your July 4th parade pictures.
- Barbara Leeds

Nice coverage of Invasion Day lady...tons of photos! Thanx!
- CHARITY
Life's an adventure, dress accordingly.


It all looks great.
If you were being paid for the value of your talent-----I'd marry you for your money.
- Don Pippin

Your Royal HRM:
Had to congratulate you, what an excellent piece of writing, I think it ,was Gearing up for the Weekend, funny, clever and warm.
XX
-  Tom

If it weren't for you, Jeannie, I would be adrift in a sea of know-nothing. Good work on Joel and the Monarchs.  ). Thank you, and thanks again for the ongoing excellent work.
-  Bobby

Have a great winter. Enjoyed your Summer communications.
-  Andrei

Well, thank you so much for the colorful and witty take on our show of shows this Summer. I had no idea you were even there, as I couldn't see you at there in the dark, nor downstairs in our dressing rooms w/ camera and notebook in hand, as always in the past. I was @ the Shapiro's only yesterday morning and mentioned how odd you not being there, and Sylvia said you were in the audience. After reading your column, I now see why you didn't appear post show. I'm so glad you braved the difficulty of the trip to bountiful after all my dear.
Hugz n luv,
-  Charity

Very kind words and quite amazing photos considering your circumstances that night.
xo,
-  Martha

Jeannie...it looks fantastic! Souns even better than it did in person! Well done...hope the ticks are out of your head!
-  Denise Dell Harbin

Great reviews Jeannie! Thank you so much!!
-  George McGarvey

WONDERFRUL REVIEW OF CHITA'S SHOW..
XXX,
-  JOHN

Jeannie:
All editions have been great, this one in particular.
Great recap. Thank you.
-  Elizabeth

Thanks Jeannie for all your hard work and time
-  Rose & Vic Liotta

Jeannie:
I'm so glad to see you are back in publication. I missed your superb unique writing, and scent for a great story!
Best of luck to you.
-  Beth Glaser

Thank you for filling the huge news void - once again!
See you in September.
-  Cheryl -from Bulkhead #5

Welcome back!
-  André

Congratulations on finally getting Hugh O'Brien into cyberspace - where he will have plenty of room!
-  Stan

Nice coverage of Bobby F.’s going away party.
-  Thanks, A.

The most charming piece of journalism I think I have ever read! I love that even the byline is a first name. What a joyous celebration of a life, Arlene! I had no idea about the volleyball.
-  Julie Lasky


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HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!


Last Look at Kismet from the last ferry, November


Flooding at Ocean Beach Dec. 9, 2014.
         Photo Credit: Ian Levine


Photo credit: Tanya Fuchs

Say “good bye” to our deer before probable FINS slaughter this winter
(see article)


These guys are OK so far
Photo credit Cherrygroveguys.com


Gather Round The Tree
Photo by Karen


Did you know the sun sets on the ocean in Winter
Photo by miggie


Waiting to welcome us back
Photo by cherrygroveguys.com

Thank you all for the happenings I have tried to record
 of the past season
This last issue is devoted to some of events of the post season:
Kismet’s Firehouse Pasta Dinner

Grove’s Miss Fire Island contest

FINS interim Deer Management Report

Kismet’s Halloween party

Pine’s Into The Woods show

Kismet Octoberfest

Thanks for the memories………

Jeannie Lieberman, publisher


Into the Woods
Photos and text by Jeannie Lieberman

The latest rage on stage and screen had its first of this season’s revivals at the Pines!

Kismet Halloween 2014
Photos by Jeannie & Dennis W

Freezing, driving rain and frigid winds could not defeat our annual party (Only Sandy trumped us)

NPS & FINS Deer Management (Murder) Plan and Environmental Impact Statement
by Jeannie Lieberman

After over 3 months to “analyze” a mere 1600 comments from the public, a conclusion will be reached in January. Among the most grievous elements is the punishment by death of any deer exhibiting a lack of fear of humans.

KISMET'S ANNUAL PASTA DINNER

Text and Pictures by Jeannie

Despite Columbus Day weekend's icy rain neighbors and friends renewed contact and all went well.

MISS FIRE ISLAND 2014
by Jeannie

a dress designer's phantasmagoria as sequined and feathered creations magnificently shown off by long legged beauties strutted their stuff

KISMET OCTOBERFEST – A Socio-Culinary Triumph
Photos by Jeannie

Most extraordnary food served to the best people!

KISMET 2014 - A LOOK BACK

Have a great winter!
Jeannie

Demi Tasse’s DEJA VU
A Tribute To Las Vegas

By Jeannie
photos by Daniel McKernan
script snippets by Matt Baney


Grove Arts Project's end of season stunner worth the wait!

A HOT NIGHT IN THE OLD TOWN!
PARTY TIME AT THE OUT

Photos by Jeannie

Joyce Rogers Goes to the Kinky Boots Ball & Cherry's Halloween Party

Saltaire Summery

by Hugh O’Brien

Fall Birthdays Spark Kismet's Post Season:
Helen, Joanne, Alice, Myrna, Frank


Memorial for David Bullock
10/5/14 at Quinn’s Pub

photos by Jeannie

David was very movingly eulogized by long-term friends from both inside and outside the Cherry Grove community.

Networking in the Sun

by Bradlee White


The Humane Society of the United States is asking recipients to respond to FINS with support for fertility control (Immunocontraception) instead of their lethal options for deer population management.

2014 Kaye Kismet Mixed Up Unisex Doubles (held Saturday, 8/30/14)
By Joe Barbosa
Photos by Jeannie


KISMET VOLLEY BALL Tournament
By Elliot

CONVERSATION WITH JOSEPH VIETRI
Director US Army Corps of Engineers National Planning Center For Coastal and Storm damage
North Atlantic Division
In response to New York Times op ed article on Beach Replenishment Project



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

West Islip Breast Cancer Coalition's Annual Fundraiser a mega 3 part event

by Bradlee White

PREPARATION THE NIGHT BEFORE
by Jeannie

Tennis WIBCC Fund Raiser

by Bradlee White

Kan Jam Beach Tournament

by Bradlee White

Managing Our Deer

text and photos by Bradlee White

FINS was tasked by NPS to create a Deer Management Program. The results are disturbing

Arthur Lem Memorial Snapper Tournament

by Bradlee White

One of Kismet’s pioneers, a mentor to generations of children whom he taught to fish

Kathy Najimy “Lift Up Your Skirt” at Ice Palace ICONS

by Sherri Rase
photos by Jeannie


“imagine what we could be if we weren’t continually patching up the holes the world puts in us, telling us we’re wrong, or bad"

Kismet's Annual Guacamole/Margarita contest

by Bradlee White

There were over 10 versions of guacamole - some with home made chips and 15 of Margaritas from as many houses

AN INTERVIEW WITH FIRE ISLANDER MARILYN HOROWITZ: AUTHOR OF THE BOOK OF ZEV

There is something magical about the island. It is also where I do my best writing. I worked on my current novel out here for two summers

Saltaire Jogathoners run away with trophies, applause

By Hugh O’Brien

Long Island Newsday - 17 fire departments put out blaze in Fire Island Pines

Kismet Fire Chief quoted in article

Linda Lavin & Billy Stritch at Fire Island's Cherry Grove

By Jeannie Lieberman

The duo set the bar high for elegant entertainment

Kismet's Duck Races

by Bradlee White

Taste of Kismet

by Bradlee White

Fire Island Dune Rebuilding Plan Moves Forward

by Timothy Bolger on August 11, 2014

Memorial for Bob Freiberg
longtime and long loved Kismet resident

by Jeannie and Bradlee

THE ANNUAL MAGGIE FISCHER MEMORIAL
GREAT SOUTH BAY CROSS BAY SWIM

Text & Photos by Jeff Schou

93 swimmers started the race – and all 93 completed this year’s swim!

Endangered piping plovers enjoy a baby boom this summer in Rockaway

BY Lisa L. Colangelo NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Sunday, August 10, 2014, 2:00 AM

Twelve nesting pairs of the endangered birds successfully raised about 25 fledglings this year — five times the 2013 amount.

The Fire Island Dance Festival
Now in its 20th Year
Shatters Fundraising Record with $533,860

By Jeannie Lieberman

Produced by and benefiting Dancers Responding to AIDS a program of Broadway Cares/equity Fights AIDS

Saltaire Details Market Plans

By Timothy Bolger

THE LAST PICTURE SHOW???
LABOHN’S 18th ANNUAL DOCTOR'S FUND BENEFIT SHOW:
SCENES FROM THE CUTTING ROOM FLOOR
MAY BE HIS LAST

by Jeannie Lieberman
Photos by Daniel McKernan

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!

The Fire Island Ocean Beach Replenishment (FIMI) Project Status and Beach Scraping

the latest best guess is that we will get sand on the beach in the fall of 2015

LINDA EDER LAUNCHES NARDICIO’S ICON SERIES at the ICE PALACE

By Jeannie Lieberman
Photos by Jeannie


From ballads to blues to bouncy pop the audience joyously rode that trip with her

KISMET KAPERS

By Bradlee White

HISTORY IS MADE
39th INVASION POSTPONED: SAME TIME SATURDAY


By Jeannie Lieberman
Photos by Jeannie


Oceanaires “Sweet Sixteen” Scintillating Summer Solstice
sparked by Fireworks

by Jeannie Lieberman
photos by Carlos Loyola de Auxier



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Jeanne Lieberman is editor of Theaterscene.com