Author Marion Meade has a reading/book signing to promote her new work Bobbed Hair and Bathtub Gin on Thursday, June 10, 7:30 p.m. at Barnes & Noble (Broadway and 82nd). The book, about Dorothy Parker, Edna Ferber, Zelda Fitzgerald and Edna St. Vincent Millay during the Twenties, came out last month. We are arranging a…
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.
Algonquin to Close for Renovations
The DPSNY was sent a press release today from the Algonquin Hotel about the big changes happening this month. Here it is: Matilda The Cat Takes Long-Awaited Vacation: The Algonquin Hotel Undergoes $3 Million Restoration & Closes For First-Time in 102 Years Legendary Hotel to Refurbish All Public Spaces & Guestrooms New York, NY —…
Walking Tour is Sunday, 5/23
As we previously announced, the Round Table walking tour is this Sunday. It begins at Noon at the Algonquin, 59 W. 44th Street. All the info is here. We are walking rain or shine. We will wrap up about 2 pm back in the Round Table for lunch. Bring some friends, there is unlimited space…
“Bobbed Hair” Out Today; Reading Wednesday 5/19
As we told you last month, author Marion Meade has scheduled two readings/book signings to promote her new work Bobbed Hair and Bathtub Gin. The book, about Dorothy Parker, Edna Ferber, Zelda Fitzgerald and Edna St. Vincent Millay during the Twenties, came out today from Nan A. Talese/Doubleday. Read a story about it here. The…
Boop-Boop-A-Doop in June
On Tuesdays June 1st and 8th at 9:00pm, Cindy Ball returns to Don’t Tell Mama as Helen Kane in Boop-Boop-A-Doop Girl! This musical romp through the “Era of Wonderful Nonsense†pays tribute to Helen Kane, the baby-voiced vaudevillian who booped her way to stardom in 1927 and later inspired the cartoon character Betty Boop. Ms….
Princess Leia and Mrs. Parker
Finally a Star Wars connection to Dorothy Parker. Carrie Fisher is taking part in a reading of Parker work on June 8 in Los Angeles. It took Liz Smith to break the news that the Drama Dept., a New York-based organization that launches Broadway shows, is holding the event. The group had a similar fundraiser…