Renowned fine arts photographer Susan Kravitz has published a coffee table book Mascara, Mirth & Mayhem that chronicles — and honors — the the famous protest and now annual Fire Island event known as the Invasion of the Pines.
The Invasion, the story goes, began in 1976 when a member of the Cherry Grove community dressed in drag was denied service at a restaurant in the more affluent and conservative Fire Island Pines.