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