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The next Algonquin Round Table Walking Tour will be on Saturday, Sept. 26, at noon. Advance tickets are onsale now, or buy them on the walk, $20 per person. The Algonquin Round Table comes alive in the only New York walking tour devoted to the famed literary group. The 2-hour walk celebrates Franklin P. Adams,…
We are happy to pass on the news that there is another new Dorothy Parker play coming to New York. The Portable Dorothy Parker Written by Annie Lux Directed by Lee Costello Performed by Margot Avery The New York International Fringe Festival Venue #11 64 East 4th Street New York, NY 10003 (212) 505-6757 IATI…
Our Parkerfest 2015, held July 25, made a nice summer return to Flute, which where we held the first gathering sixteen years ago. Since 1999 a lot has been changed, but the old speakeasy that was once Texas Guinan’s Club Intime still seems like a throwback to a different era. Our partners in Wit’s End,…
A new play based on the work of Dorothy Parker is opening in June at the Hollywood Fringe Festival in Los Angeles. Might As Well Live: Stories By Dorothy Parker will open June 6 at the Acme Theatre at The Complex. It is written by Adam Scott Weissman. “Dorothy Parker once said the first thing…
Kristin Clark, president of the Seattle Chapter of the Dorothy Parker Society, has been running a book club since 2013. The group meets the first Sunday of the month at the landmark Hotel Sorrento. She sent us her list of books the group has read, or will be reading. These are worth reading for any…
The Algonquin Hotel sent us the information about the live music coming to the hotel in May. Here’s the press release: Live music at The Algonquin has been a long tradition starting in 1939 when the hotel welcomed Vienna-born singer, Greta Keller, and Cy Walter at the piano as the first performers in the hotel’s…