The first 2012 Algonquin Round Table Walking Tour will take place just after the hotel completes a multi-million dollar renovation and refurbishment. Saturday, May 26, Noon-2 p.m. Location: Algonquin Hotel, 59 W. 44th St (bet 5th and 6th Avenues). Cost: $20 per person. Walk in the footsteps of the Vicious Circle in the only walking…
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Walk in Dorothy Parker’s Footsteps on April 28 Walking Tour
The campaign to get Dorothy Parker into the New York City subway system’s Poetry in Motion program will be part of the walking tour on April 28, with the launch event on April 30 in Brooklyn at the New York Distill Co. (home to Dorothy Parker American Gin). The walking tour and the launch night…
Monthly Party April 28 Features Baby Soda
We have a really terrific monthly party planned for this month. As you may be aware, the Dorothy Parker Society doesn’t have meetings, it has parties. This month’s party promises to be extra amazing. Wit’s End and the Dorothy Parker Society invite you to celebrate the social life of the Jazz Age with Baby Soda!…
Noel Coward One Acts in NYC
We got this message from DPS member Shela Xoregos about 1920s-1930s Noel Coward one acts that are being performed around the city in April and May. Dorothy Parker fans would probably be interested in New York. The dates (* = free): April 25 at 6:00 PM Yorkville Library*, 222 East 79 Street (2/3 Avenues) Manhattan…
Live Video Chat About Parker’s NYC on March 29
The Dorothy Parker Society is pleased to announce that it has been picked to be the first literary society to have a live book talk on Shindig, a new customized video chat space for live events. We will be connected globally via webcam online, and can interact and participate in a live talk about Dorothy…
Upper West Side Walking Tour March 31
Announcing the Dorothy Parker’s Upper West Side Walking Tour, Saturday, March 31, 12:00 p.m. Meet at Riverside Park, West 72nd Street and Riverside Drive (at Eleanor Roosevelt) Walk is led by Kevin C. Fitzpatrick, author of A Journey into Dorothy Parker’s New York and president of the Dorothy Parker Society. See more than a dozen…