It is time for another party with our friends at Wit’s End. The Jazz Age Craze is calling all flappers and gents! Flute Midtown 205 West 54th St Saturday, February 26 at 7:00pm-Midnight It’s that time of year again- it’s the Wit’s End 2nd anniversary party! Join us in celebrating the beginning of our third…
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.
Cleaning Up the Audio Collection for the DPS
We are going to be cleaning up the audio collection for the Dorothy Parker Society over the next couple of months. Many of the files are RealAudio files from 2000, and are being converted to MP3. We have the biggest online collection of Dorothy Parker reading her work, as well as rare interviews found no…
Teaneck Staged Reading Unites Parker & Kaufman Onstage
A press release came in today announcing a staged reading that will unite two frenemies onstage. Mrs. Parker and George S.K. is on the way. The info on what looks like a fun show to catch: New Jersey audiences will get a rare glimpse into the inner workings of theater with the world premiere of…
Dorothy Parker Named to New York State Writers Hall of Fame
The Dorothy Parker Society learned today that Mrs. Parker has been named to the New York State Writers Hall of Fame, and will be inducted in a ceremony on April 1 in Albany at the Empire State Book Festival. The DPS kind of made a stink last year when Mrs. Parker was passed over in…
Al Hirschfeld Chair Rolls Over to NYPL
David Leopold, archivist of the Al Hirschfeld Foundation, says that if the great illustrator didn’t draw your caricature in the 20th Century, you pretty much didn’t matter. Dorothy Parker had her likeness dipped in Hirschfeld ink several times, illustrations that appear today on the covers to Complete Stories and Not Much Fun: The Lost Poems…
Wit’s End Brings Back Jazz Babies Jan. 29
Wit’s End, the best vintage party in town, is back with another year of fun times, cocktails, big parties and live music. Join us for the first installment of Wit’s End in 2011! We’re back from our holiday break, and have an amazing lineup for you to keep things hot in the January chill! Saturday,…