Shirley Ritenour Provides Pure Pleasure with CD “Both Sides Now”
Shirley Ritenour - photo by Joseph R. Saporito
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By Bruce-Michael Gelbert
Singer Shirley Ritenour (www.SHIRLEYRITENOUR.com) so impressed listeners in recent Arts Project of Cherry Grove show “Hollywood Bound” that it’s no surprise that she is striking as well in her classy CD “Both Sides Now,” a mélange of music theater, film, and pop songs, some familiar and some rare, Read more
Shequida Celebrates Her Birthday with Ice Palace Show
Shequida - photo by Joseph R. Saporito
Source: www.fireislandqnews.com
By Bruce-Michael Gelbert
Shequida, a triple Leo, celebrated her birthday with her show at the Ice Palace on July 27. DJ Chuck assisted. Among the numbers Shequida sang were “Whatever Lola Wants,” from “Damn Yankees,” as “Whatever Shequida Wants,” and a raucous adaptation of “I who have nothing.”
Brandon & Ray End July with a Star-Studded ‘Bway @ the Beach’
Kenny Holcomb, Emily McNamara, Daniel Lincoln, Ray Fellman, Ben Cameron, Carey Anderson, Brandon Cutrell & Joey Chancey - photo by Bruce-Michael Gelbert
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By Bruce-Michael Gelbert
Singer Brandon Cutrell and pianist Ray Fellman, hosts of “Broadway at the Beach,” on Monday nights at the Ice Palace, offered a particularly star-studded edition of the show on July 27. Read more
Dirty Martini Headlines Nardicio ‘Magnum’ Party
contest- Richard, Shealita Baby, Ben Andrews & Bianca Del Rio - photo by Bruce-Michael Gelbert
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By Bruce-Michael Gelbert
Who but Dirty Martini, burlesque queen extraordinaire, would think to do a striptease to an Yma Sumac song for a gay male audience? Read more
APCG Mounts a Casino Fit for Royalty with ‘Casino Royale’
Casino Royale staff - photo by Bruce-Michael Gelbert
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By Bruce-Michael Gelbert
The Arts Project of Cherry Grove’s (APCG) annual casino fundraiser, held this year on July 25 and 26, had “Casino Royale”-after Ian Fleming’s first James Bond thriller Read more
Sherry, Jackie, Spickie & More on a Tuesday in the Grove
Sherry Vine, Spickie Hilton & Jackie Dupree - photo by Bruce-Michael Gelbert
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By Bruce-Michael Gelbert
Singers Sherry Vine and Jackie Dupree, with Spickie Hilton, and their guests entertained the Grove audience royally, at the Ice Palace and at Cherry’s, for four hours on July 21. Read more
Bway @ the Beach, Season 4’s 5th Night Features Fantastic Voices Aplenty
Emily McNamara, Ray Fellman& Brandon Cutrell - photo by Joseph R. Saporito
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by Bruce-Michael Gelbert
The July 20 edition of singer Brandon Cutrell and pianist Ray Fellman’s Broadway at the Beach, at the Grove Hotel’s Ice Palace, featuring professional and local talent aplenty, Read more
We Care, AIDS Benefit at Cherry’s, Raises $3,100
Dan Schlageter, Gusty Winds, Spickie Hilton, Jackie Dupree, Philomena, Nikki Starr & Panzi - photo by Bruce-Michael Gelbert
Source: www.fireislandqnews.com
By Bruce-Michael Gelbert
Cherry’s bartenders Mike Salinari and Rich Parisi organized We Care, a successful and enjoyable benefit for Gay Men’s Health Crisis (GMHC), New York City’s more than a quarter-of-a-century-old AIDS services organization, on July 19, Read more
Sharon Gless Gets QFest Gay Icon Award
Sharon Gless receives GayIcon Award - photo by Karen Cornell
Source: www.newyorkqnews.com
by Bruce-Michael Gelbert
Actor Sharon Gless received Philadelphia QFest’s Gay Icon Award at the East Coast premiere of Wendy Jo Carlton’s film “Hannah Free,” in which Gless stars, on July 19 at the Prince Music Theater. Carlton’s film is based on Claudia Allen’s play of the same name. Sherri Rase reviewed the new film in these pages last week.
Dee Mosbacher Receives Barbara Gittings Award at QFest “Training Rules” Screening
Dee Mosbacher receives Award - photo by Karen Cornell
Source: www.newyorkqnews.com
by Bruce-Michael Gelbert,
Activist filmmaker and co-director and -producer of “Training Rules” Dee Mosbacher was presented with Philadelphia Q Fest and Equality Forum’s Barbara Gittings Award, named for the late veteran activist, at a QFest screening of Mosbacher and Fawn Yacker’s film at the Prince Music Theater on July 18. Sherri Rase reviewed “Training Rules” in these pages last week.
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