‘Wait List: A Love-ish Story’ Screening at Bellmore Movies

From LONG ISLAND – by Ann Parry (ann-parry.com)
December 5, 2024 – leave a reply – POST IN PROGRESS

‘Wait List: A Love-ish Story’ live screening & Q&A

There was lots of love, on and off-screen, at the buoyant live screening of the rom-com “Wait List: A Love-ish Story” at Bellmore Movies.

• BEC FORDYCE – portrays Lisa Chase

Bellmore, New York, U.S. November 18, 2025. Actress BEC FORDYCE, who co-stars as character Lisa Chase, is at the live screening of the feature film ‘Wait List: A Love-ish Story’ at Bellmore Movies. (© Ann Parry, annparry.com)

The feature film’s co-stars are BEC FORDYCE, who plays 40-something writer Lisa Chase, and TRAVIS GRANT, who plays 20-something artist Carter Morgan, the childhood friend of Lisa’s adopted son.

Bellmore, New York, U.S. November 18, 2025. L-R, DEBRA MARKOWITZ, EJ ACOSTA, and JOHN MAREAN are at the live screening of ‘Wait List: A Love-ish Story’ at Bellmore Movies. Markowitz is Writer, Director, and Co-Producer; Acosta plays character Denny Chase; and Marean is Cinematographer and Co-Producer. (© Ann Parry, annparry.com)

“Wait List: A Love-ish Story” is an Intention Films and Media, LLC, film by powerhouse DEBRA MARKOWITZ.

Markowitz and JOHN MAREAN co-own the company and are the film’s co-producers. Markowitz is also the screenwriter and director, and Marean is the cinematographer.

• TRAVIS GRANT – portrays Carter Morgan

Bellmore, New York, U.S. November 18, 2025. Actor TRAVIS GRANT, who co-stars as Carter Morgan, participates in the Q&A held after the ‘Wait List: A Love-ish Story’ live screening at Bellmore Movies. (© Ann Parry, annparry.com)

Markowitz first wrote it as a one-act comedy about an unexpected hook-up between Lisa and Carter. But when Debra imagined what might happen if they weren’t just a one-night fling, it inspired her to write the script for “Wait List: A Love-ish Movie.”

• KIM DIRECTOR – portrays Ally

Bellmore, New York, U.S. November 18, 2025. Actress KIM DIRECTOR (The Deuce) is at the live screening of the feature film ‘Wait List: A Love-ish Story’ that she plays the character Ally in. (© Ann Parry, annparry.com)

• ABILGAIL HAWK – portrays a friend of Lisa’s

Bellmore, New York, U.S. November 18, 2025. Actress ABIGAIL HAWK (Blue Bloods) is at the live screening of the feature film ‘Wait List: A Love-ish Story’ that she plays a character in. (© Ann Parry, annparry.com)

• SCREENING

Bellmore, New York, U.S. Nov. 18, 2025. A scene from the screening of “Wait List: A Love-ish Story’ shows, L-R, TRAVIS GRANT, who portrays Carter Morgan, and KATE BRADY, who portrays his girlfriend Diane. The scene was shot at Soul Brew cafe in Bellmore in 2024. (© Ann Parry, annparry.com)

• Q&A: Moderator Donna Drake with Debra Markowitz & cast members

Bellmore, New York, U.S. November 18, 2025. L-R, DONNA DRAKE of The Donna Drake Show, DEBRA MARKOWITZ, and actors BEC FORDYCE, TRAVIS GRANT, and ABIGAIL HAWK are among the Q&A participants after the screening of ‘Wait List: A Love-ish Story” at Bellmore Movies (© Ann Parry, annparry.com)

FEATURE PHOTO (top of post): Bellmore, New York, U.S. November 18, 2025. L-R, actors BEC FORDYCE, TRAVIS GRANT, and KIM DIRECTOR are among those participating in the Q&A after the screening of the film ‘Wait List: A Love-ish Story.’ The event was held at Bellmore Movies on Long Island. (© 2025 Ann Parry)

related post: Filming Wait List: A Love-ish Movie on Long Island, March 29, 2024

‘Wait List: A Love-ish Story’ Screening: my PHOTO GALLERY

Wait List: A Love-ish Story • IMDB

Intention Films and Media

The Donna Drake Show, CBS: liveituptvshow.com

Bellmore Movies

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The Art Guild: Looking In, Looking Out

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From LONG ISLAND – by Ann Parry (ann-parry.com)
October 14, 2025

T.A.G.’s Doorways Frames & Windows exhibit, The Art Guild
Exhibit on view through Oct. 25, 2025

Looking at artists, art, & their fans

Attending The Art Guild’s ‘Doorways, Frames & Windows: Looking In or Looking Out’ reception was an inspiring, fun opportunity to get more familiar with my new NIKKOR Z 24-70mm f/2.8 S II lens on my Nikon Z8.

Manhasset, New York, U.S. October 5, 2025. DAWN DE LEO points to the photograph she purchased, Mike DiRenzo’s “Greeting the New Dawn,” at The Art Guild’s Doorways, Frames & Windows Reception. (© 2025 Ann Parry/AnnParry.com)

• JUROR & AWARDS

SEUNG LEE, the Juror of Awards

Manhasset, New York, U.S. October 5, 2025. SEUNG LEE, the Juror of Awards, poses next to his mixed media on canvas “Children Refuge,” during The Art Guild’s Doorways, Frames & Windows Reception. Click: Sueng Lee with his art (© 2025 Ann Parry/AnnParry.com)

Seung Lee presented awards to:

• First Place – Lonely Optimism – PAM GRAFSTEIN
• Second Place – Through the Window of Time – ALICE RIORDAN
• Third Place – Ivory – JULIA CARPIO

Honorable Mention:

• November, 14th Ave – ALAN KLEIN
• Portals II – KEVIN LONG
• Cuisines – JOAN STEVENS

Manhasset, New York, U.S. October 5, 2025. PAM GRAFSTEIN poses near her photograph “Lonely Optimism,” the First Place winner, during The Art Guild’s Doorways, Frames & Windows Reception. (© 2025 Ann Parry/AnnParry.com).

Manhasset, New York, U.S. October 5, 2025. At left, PAM GRAFSTEIN chats about her photograph “Lonely Optimism,” which won First Place, with a fellow guest during The Art Guild’s Doorways, Frames & Windows Reception. (© 2025 Ann Parry/AnnParry.com). Click: wider view of art on display

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Manhasset, New York, U.S. October 5, 2025. KEVIN LONG poses next to his collage “Portals II,” an Honorable Mention winner, at The Art Guild’s Doorways, Frames & Windows Reception. (© 2025 Ann Parry/AnnParry.com)

Manhasset, New York, U.S. October 5, 2025. At right, ALICE RIORDAN, poses next to her oil painting “Through the Window of Time,” the Second Place winner, during The Art Guild’s Doorways, Frames & Windows Reception. Click: Alice Riordan outdoors (© 2025 Ann Parry/AnnParry.com)

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Manhasset, New York, U.S. October 5, 2025. L-R, President SHELLEY HOLTZMAN and one of the exhibiting member artists are chatting during The Art Guild’s Doorways, Frames & Windows Reception. (© 2025 Ann Parry/AnnParry.com)

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Manhasset, New York, U.S. October 5, 2025. DAVID WOLLIN, a Board Member of The Art Guild, poses next to his photograph “Home in Venice,” at TAG’s Doorways, Frames & Windows Reception. (© 2025 Ann Parry/AnnParry.com)

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Manhasset, New York, U.S. October 5, 2025. At left, DAVID ROSE talks with a fellow guest at The Art Guild’s Doorways, Frames & Windows Reception. Rose’s photograph “The Dress” is at top center. (© 2025 Ann Parry/AnnParry.com)

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Manhasset, New York, U.S. October 5, 2025. MARC JOSLOFF poses next to his graphite drawing “Cat with Plants,” at The Art Guild’s Doorways, Frames & Windows Reception. (© 2025 Ann Parry/AnnParry.com)

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Manhasset, New York, U.S. October 5, 2025. JOHN MICHEALS attends The Art Guild’s Doorways, Frames & Windows Reception, where his photograph “Closed for the Season” is on display. Click: Micheals with his photograph. (© 2025 Ann Parry/AnnParry.com)

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Manhasset, New York, U.S. October 5, 2025. L-R, DIANE LUGAR, a Board Member of The Art Guild, and KATIE BELLOMO, the Gallery Director of TAG, attend its Doorways, Frames & Windows Reception. Bob Stuhmer’s marker, pen & ink illustration “Homesick” is on wall at lower left. (© 2025 Ann Parry/AnnParry.com) Click: Lugar and her photograph of cat at window, “White on White”

• THE ART GUILD

TAG continues to grow its wide range of art offerings, including:

• adult classes & kids classes
• summer camps
• workshops
• exhibitions – call to artists
• events: foto Thursdays – lectures

• FEATURE PHOTO (at top of post): Manhasset, New York, U.S. October 5, 2025. HEATHER SCHWARTZ, Assistant Director of The Art Guild, is walking behind the entrance doorway during TAG’s Doorways, Frames & Windows Reception. (© 2025 Ann Parry/AnnParry.com)

T.A.G.’s Doorways, Frames & Windows: my Photo Gallery

The Art Guild: theartguild.org

ARTISTS’ LINKS+
• Matt Bodkin: mbodkin.com
• Julia Carpio: instagram.com/juliac.art
• Dawn De: @howabouthuntington • #howabouthuntington
• William Grabowski: williamgrabowski.com
• Pam Grafstein: pamgrafsteinphotography.com
• Lisa Grossman: facebook.com/lisa.k.grossman
• Shelley Doppelt Hotzman: shelleyholtzman.com
• Randy Ilowite: randyimages.com/portfolios/people.html
• Marc Josloff: josloffgalleries.com
• Alan Klein: alanklein.com
• Seung Lee: seungleeart.com
• Kevin Long: instagram.com/kevycuts
• Diane Lugar: dianelugerdesign.com
• John Micheals: johnmicheals.com
• Alice Riordan: spotonartgallery.com/collections/artist-alice-riordan
• Joan Stevens: facebook.com/joan.stevens1
• Bob Stuhmer: bobstuhmer.com
• David Wollin: davidwollin.com

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• CLICK: Photo I used to create the below GIF

Manhasset, New York, U.S. Oct. 5, 2025. DIANE LUGAR attends The Art Guild reception for its ‘Doorways, Frames & Windows: Looking In or Looking Out’ juried exhibition. (© 2025 Ann Parry, annparry.com)

Remembering Astronaut Jim Lovell

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From LONG ISLAND – by Ann Parry (ann-parry.com)
Sept. 26, 2025

“You’re all, by the way, all astronauts. You’re on a spaceship called Earth. And we have limited resources. So we have to learn how to live and to work with those resources and other people.” – Jim Lovell at Kennedy Space Center Visitors Complex, July 27, 2004

On August 7, 2025, when I heard NASA astronaut Jim Lovell, the Commander of Apollo 13, died that day, it immediately brought back me back to when l had the incredible luck to attend his lecture at Kennedy Space Center twenty-one years earlier.

• VIDEO 1: Jim Lovell 2004: In the beginning; “Lost Moon”:

Being at the right place – the space center – and time – the afternoon of July 27, 2004 – to catch Jim Lovell’s lecture is one of the most serendipitous points of my life.

My husband Len and I were on a cruise and had the choice to go either to Disney World or the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex that day. Of course, this space nerd picked KSC.

Garden City, New York, U.S. Sept. 25, 2025. An armrest from LM-7 “Aquarious” removed upon reaching Earth prior to re-entry is on display at The Cradle of Aviation Museum. It is the only remaining piece of the Apollo 13 Lunar Module. Plaque inscription: “A PART OF AQUARIUS, LM-7 RETURNED TO GAEC PERSONNEL IN APPRECIATION FOR A JOB WELL DONE. FROM THE APOLLO 13 CREW JAMES A. LOVELL, JOHN L. SWIGERT, FRED W. HAISE” (© 2025 Ann Parry/AnnParry.com)

Soon after we arrived at the center, we spotted a big sign announcing, in words to this effect:

Captain James A. Lovell , Jr., Commander of Apollo 13, is speaking here this afternoon, to celebrate the 10th Anniversary of the release of Lost Moon: The Perilous Voyage of Apollo 13, which he co-authored with Jeffrey Kluger

Following the lecture, Lovell will sign hardcover copies – bought at the KSC Gift Shop – of that book, which the 1995 movie Apollo 13 was based on.

I could hardly believe it!

• VIDEO 2: Jim Lovell 2004: Rocket Safety, Wernher von Braun:

We got on line early enough to get seats, thank goodness. As I remember it, the lecture hall was not all that big. But I could be wrong and remember feeling such a strong speaker-audience connection because Lovell was so personable, so warm, so engaging.

I captured only parts of Lowell’s speech because my camcorder was low on something, though I can’t remember if it was battery power or storage space. So I’d record only a few minutes at a time. And, oh dear, yes, the videos are shaky, since I was usually looking at Lovell, not the screen.

• VIDEO 3: Jim Lovell 2004: Vomit Comet Toilet Tests:

After Jim Lovell’s fascinating, funny, thought-provoking presentation was over, he invited us all to follow him out to the hall and over to the book signing area.

Our seats were near the aisle next to the door, so Len and I were one of the first ones behind Lovell.

But I couldn’t take a place at the front of, or anywhere on, the line because earlier I had unfortunately decided to buy the book right after the lecture, instead of before it. And we didn’t have time to buy the book and then wait on the quickly growing line before getting on the bus to return to the ship.

But I wasn’t heart-broken by the lost opportunity once I realized I was so much luckier to see and tape Jim Lovell’s lecture than unlucky to miss getting him to sign a copy of Lost Moon: The Perilous Voyage of Apollo 13.

FEATURE IMAGE (at top of post): Photo-illustration created using photo of a “Captain James A. Lovell, Jr. March 25, 1928 – August 7, 2025” sign next to looseleaf binder visitors can write a message on, at Cradle of Aviation Museum. Garden City, New York, U.S. Sept. 25, 2025. (© 2025 Ann Parry/AnnParry.com)

Cradle of Aviation Museum/Jim Lovell: my PHOTO GALLERY

Video Showcase – Jim Lovell at Kennedy Space Center 2004: vimeo.com/showcase/11826271

Cradle of Aviation Museum: cradleofaviation.org

James A. Lovell: nasa.gov/former-astronaut-james-a-lovell

Kennedy Space Center: kennedyspacecenter.com

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Garden City, New York, U.S. Sept. 25, 2025. A large sign with “Apollo 13: Houston, we have a problem” related photos, forms and info is on display at The Cradle of Aviation Museum. (© 2025 Ann Parry/AnnParry.com)

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