Robert Bonanno 6/13/23 Robert Bonanno 6/13/23

Cherry Grove People- Michael Fesco

Michael Fesco was a creator. In the summer of 1969 this Broadway chorus boy between gigs found himself managing what was being referred to as the Boom Boom room in Cherry Grove. Within a month found himself running the whole complex That he would name The Ice Palace…

Robert Bonanno 2/20/23 Robert Bonanno 2/20/23

DJ Chris Camuso

As a resident DJ in Fire Island Pines for over 20 years DJ Chris Camuso brings an encyclopedia of knowledge of dance music to the floor weekly during season. In addition he creates our Halloween decor for the annual end of season Halloween party.

Robert Bonanno 9/28/22 Robert Bonanno 9/28/22

Fire Island DJ Steven Oliveri

DJ Steven Oliveri started his DJ career when he turned 23 playing all of the clubs on Long Island. His residency on Fire Island has a long history beginning in Cherry Grove at The Ice Palace and The Monster…

Robert Bonanno 8/2/22 Robert Bonanno 8/2/22

Souvenirs Fire Island: 1970’s The Photography of Meryl Meisler

Meryl Meisler is an American photographer. In the 1970s she photographed in New York City nightclubs and in the 1980s she photographed residents of Bushwick, Brooklyn, while working as a public school teacher there. She also frequented Fire Island where she photographed and captured the era of the 1970’s.

Robert Bonanno 2/2/22 Robert Bonanno 2/2/22

Fire Island Pines People- Lance Ferris

After a visit in 1979 to Fire Island , a young Lance Ferris arrived on his own in 1980 fresh from Sheepshead Bay Brooklyn. Taking a guide book he got his ticket on the Long Island Railroad and made his way out to Sayville. There he boarded a ferry to Cherry Grove. He had been to all the bars in NYC including Ice Palace 57. At 17 he had just left High School and was determined to get a job bartending at the Ice Palace in Cherry Grove, and so he did…

Robert Bonanno 12/31/21 Robert Bonanno 12/31/21

Fire Island Celebrity history- Carol Channing

As a good friend to Broadway composer Jerry Herman actress Carol Channing had special access to Fire Island. From her early visits in the 1960’s to her last to Cherry Grove in 2013 she made herself at home here.

Robert Bonanno 8/22/21 Robert Bonanno 8/22/21

DJ Jim Burgess

Jim Burgess was a disco record mixer and New York DJ of the 1970s, and has been commonly referred to as one of the hottest DJ’s and Remixers of the Disco era.

Robert Bonanno 8/16/21 Robert Bonanno 8/16/21

Souvenirs Cherry Grove Edition 2021- 2022

An Annual event held in the Pines Celebrating the Tea Dance and the music of the era’s. In 2021 & 22 we go back to our roots to the Ice Palace in Cherry Grove with DJ Robbie Leslie.