The Dorothy Parker Society chapter in the City of Angels hosted its first holiday event. As chapter prez Adrienne Crew reports: “Here’s a picture of the gang at the Beverly Wilshire as we celebrated the end of the year with a few drinks. Kenneth Branagh stalked us through the night–he followed us into both of…
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The Dorothy Parker Society Service Project: Helping Kids in Hell’s Kitchen
Not many are aware of how much time Dorothy Parker devoted to social justice causes and community work. It is in this spirit that in 2008 the Dorothy Parker Society undertook its first community service project. Our project is the first and third Wednesdays of each month (through June) at the Duncan Center Police Athletic…
The Road to Ruin Opens this Week
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyJkStj16vc We are happy that DPS member William Zeffiro has his new musical opening this week. The Road to Ruin is a throwback to the old musicals of the 1920s. The 1928 Exploitation Musical has “sex, bad mommies, worse daddies, bottled water and Christians conspire to bring down Little Sally Canfield, ‘The Nicest Girl at…
Happy Birthday, Mrs. Parker
William Zeffiro, who wrote The Road to Ruin and is an officer in the Dorothy Parker Society, composed this song in 2008 and performed it at the birthday party we held for Dottie in August. Happy Birthday, Mrs. Parker was recently recorded, and is presented here for you to enjoy. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MRS. PARKER Words…
Jazz Lawn Party Photos and Video
We finally have photos and video clips of the Lawn Party on Governors Island from a few weeks ago. It was such a fun time. There were hundreds of people there. The music was fantastic, the vintage outfits classy, and the atmosphere of the old island was special. There is going to be another 2-day…
Los Angeles DPS Chapter Launch
It is fitting that a chapter of the Dorothy Parker Society launches in Los Angeles this month. Mrs. Parker spent about 30 years going back and forth from New York to Hollywood when she was a screenwriter. Her houses there were not small, and neither were her paychecks. The highlight of her career was the…