One of the new films that is part of the 2023 installment of the “ALL ARTS Artist in Residence Is by James Whiteside the superstar dancer/choreographer of New York’s American Ballet Theatre. This multi-talented artist has co-directed his debut silent modern film DAYTRIPPER with Kylie Juggert. It’s a love story set on the sandy beaches … Continue reading
Award-winning queer filmmaker ANDREW AHN (Driveways, Spa Nght) has just released stills from his highly anticipated new movie FIRE ISLAND. This modern-day rom-com inspired by Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice set in Fire Island Pines centers around two best friends who set out to have a legendary week-long summer vacation with the help of … Continue reading
Joel Kim Booster is really having fun this summer, and all of us at Queerguru are loving it all (and we must admit, him too) First he wrote and starred in Andrew Ahn’s delightful and intoxicating FIRE ISLAND which is THE queer rom-com of the summer. It was actually based on Joel Kim’s own … Continue reading
An exciting new exhibit that makes an important contribution to queer history is about to open in St Petersburg , Florida this week . In conjunction with Fire Island Pines Historical Preservation Society, photographer Meryl Meisler is presenting FIRE ISLAND a celebration of 1970s Gay Culture on the gay mecca that is … Continue reading
The New-York Historical Society is about to launch an exhibit of SAFE/HAVEN: GAY LIFE IN 1950s CHERRY GROVE. This OUTDOOR photographic Exhibit will give an intimate look at one of the first gay beach towns in the United States. It explores mid-20th-century gay life in Fire Island’s remote hamlet of Cherry Grove, located on … Continue reading