Saturday, September 2, in Schaumberg, Illinois — at Schaumberg Fest.

Friday, November 10, in Kansas City, Missouri — a fundraiser for Operation Iraqi Children. For tickets, call 816-531-4701 or send an e-mail to OICINFO@PTPI.ORG.

Gary’s renown as a voiceover artist — from ads for Cadillac to animated features such as the upcoming Open Season — is well-known, but now he’s lending this talent to yet another worthy cause. Gary is narrating public service announcements for My Good Deed, a nonprofit encouraging Americans to honor the fifth anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks by performing one good deed.

You can see some of the national ads on the My Good Deed website.

A nice write-up by the AP here.

Some fantastic pictures by Annie, who was fortunate enough to attend:

(If you belong to the gsinise list, you can view the rest of Annie’s photos here.)

Thanks, Annie!

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Several sources are reporting that 34-year-old actress Claire Forlani is joining the cast of CSI: New York for at least four episodes as a love interest for none other than Mac Taylor. She is listed in the IMDB as “Dr. Peyton Driscoll.”

Let’s hope this bodes well for a greater emphasis on character-driven stories this season.

The TNT network is launching a new broadband service called “DramaVision” starting August 15. This initiative will make a wide array of its archive original programming available. “George Wallace” is expected to be among the offerings, although no dates have been set. (Note to The Powers that Be: This doesn’t get you off hook for the DVD.)

A special DVD edition of The Green Mile will be released on November 14. There’s no indication of Gary’s participation, but for fans of this film, this set looks like it will be something special.

The release date has been bumped to October 17, but you can now pre-order CSI: New York season 2 at Amazon.com. The preorder price is $45.99, discounted from the retail price of $64.99.

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Matt Ross was kind enough to advise us that his blog at blappers.com has extensive coverage of the LDB at Casino Rama. The posts are all on the main page for now, and should be in the July 2006 archive after they scroll off. Go down to “Lt. Dan Band Live Report #1″ and read up from there.

Thanks for the heads up, Matt!

Very positive coverage from The Daily Times (Ottawa, IL) here and here.

We received an email from Shayla, who reports the band was “awesome” and the crowd was great.

Also, demonstrating his continued committment to veterans’ issues, Gary is scheduled to appear this weekend at the Disabled American Veterans‘ convention this weekend in Chicago.

Our friends at TV Shows on DVD have a list of extras that will be featured on the DVD release of CSI:NY season 2. Check it out here.

We’ll post a pre-order link just as soon as it’s available.

Gary and the Lt. Dan Band will be performing a concert for soldiers at Fort Carson, Colorado on August 12.

As always, we’d love pictures and/or reports from anyone who attends — sinisefans at sinisefans.org.