Summer is almost over. You need a nice cocktail party to wrap things up over Labor Day weekend. Let the others spend their time fighting mosquitoes and annoying family relations, YOU want a Jazz Age party with tasty cocktails! Well, Wit’s End and the Dorothy Parker Society have rescued you on Saturday night, August 30….
Author: Kevin Fitzpatrick
I'm a writer and sightseeing guide. I'm the author and editor of seven books tied to New York history. I started the Dorothy Parker Society in 1999 with friends at the Algonquin Hotel.
New Ring Lardner Book Out Aug. 29
We are really excited that the Library of America is bringing out on August 29 the collected works of one Mrs. Parker’s friends and contemporaries, Ring Lardner. The publisher provided an advance copy and it’s a beautiful collection and a must-have for anyone that enjoys humor. Ring Lardner Stories & Other Writings has all of…
Celebrate Mrs. Parker’s Birthday on Aug. 22
We are happy to announce that for Dorothy Parker’s birthday, Thursday, Aug. 22, we are going to celebrate Parkerfest for the second year in a row at the New York Distilling Company in Brooklyn! And since this is the 120th anniversary of Mrs. Parker’s birth in Long Branch, New Jersey, the Shanty (attached to the…
Toast upcoming Dorothy Parker cocktail book with drinks at the Algonquin Hotel on May 31
The iconic Manhattan writer and wit Dorothy Parker will be toasted with the cocktails she adored so much at a special book announcement celebration at the Blue Bar at the legendary Algonquin Hotel on Friday, May 31, 2013, from 5 to 7 p.m., for UNDER THE TABLE: A DOROTHY PARKER COCKTAIL GUIDE, by Kevin C….
May 25 Walking Tour and Monthly Speakeasy Party
Are you looking for a dose of the vintage lifestyle in May that goes beyond a movie theatre? read on! Live 1920s jazz. Vintage cocktails. Period attire and dancing. Don’t miss the monthly Dorothy Parker Society and Wit’s End party, Saturday, May 25, featuring Svetlana Shmulyian and the Delancey Five. The party is at Flute…
First Walking Tour of 2013 is March 30
The snow is (almost) gone so it is time to start the walking tour season again. The first one is Saturday, March 30. Meet in the lobby of the Algonquin Hotel at Noon. The Algonquin Round Table comes alive in the only New York walking tour devoted to the famed literary group. The 2-hour walk…