Get an introduction to what we'll be exploring in the QUEER GROVE docuseries.
We explore how island was formed in 1690, we'll discover who were the first inhabitants of this land and how Fire Island and Cherry Grove got their names.
We'll discuss the power of connecting to our queer lineage and how honoring those who came before us, can improve our experience in the space today.
Guests include: Kir Beaux, Jeremy Dennis and Warren McDowell.
Jeremy Dennis is a contemporary fine art photographer, an enrolled Tribal Member of the Shinnecock Indian Nation in Southampton, NY, and the founder and lead artist of Ma’s House & BIPOC Art Studio, Inc., a nonprofit art space and residency program on the Shinnecock Reservation dedicated to uplifting Indigenous and BIPOC artists.
Warren McDowell, former publisher of The Fire Island Tide, has been pondering the mystery of how Fire Island got its name all his life. Many myths, legends and theories have been proposed, and Warren presents them all in his book Fire Island Saga. He turned his newspaperman’s eye to every old map he could find and the result is an eye-catching cartographic, geographic and social history of a barrier beach.