Author: Kevin Fitzpatrick

Robert Benchley was Dorothy Parker’s best friend, we all know that. And the Robert Benchley Society is the best friend of the DSPNY. David Trumbull, ringleader of the RBS, tipped us off to a production in North Truro, Mass. Girls Who Wear Glassses: The Wicked Wit and Wisdom of Dorothy Parker information here; the next…

Trace the footsteps of Dorothy Parker, Robert Benchley, Harpo Marx and the rest of the Algonquin Round Table on a walking tour that visits where the “Vicious Circle” lived, drank, played and worked. The Algonquin Round Table Walking Tour is Sunday, Aug. 22, 2004, 12-2 pm. The date is also Mrs. Parker’s birthday. All the…

Parkerfest 2004 is Oct. 1-3. Tickets are now on sale. For all info click here. To see what happened last year, click here. Don’t miss these fun events! This is the same weekend as The New Yorker Festival AND New York is Book Country! www.dorothyparker.com

A federal appeals court has vacated an injunction that took Dorothy Parker Complete Poems off the shelves for alleged copyright violations, ruling that the judge who barred sales of the book had abused his discretion. A unanimous panel of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said a preliminary injunction against a creative work is…

We all know Dottie was born in New Jersey. Now you can see the place, as we add 20 photos from West End, NJ. Her birthday is coming up on August 22. The DPSNY is having a walking tour and birthday party on the same day. See the photos from West End. www.dorothyparker.com

Spin magazine has a review of a new album by a female hip-hop trio from Long Island, called Northern State. They are getting a good buzz in NYC. Someone in the group, comprised of Hesta Prynn, DJ Sprout and Guinea Love, is a Dorothy Parker fan. Guinea Love raps on “The Man’s Dollar”: I’m like…