The Dorothy Parker Society is a major fan of the New York Public Library. We have to say that no other library system in the world can touch it. We have two favorite branches: The Mid-Manhattan Branch, which houses the largest circulating collections of the entire NYPL, and the 1902 Yorkville Branch, which is the…
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Monthly Wit’s End Party Feb. 25 with The Hot Sardines
Wit’s End and the Dorothy Parker Society invite you to celebrate the Social Life of the Jazz Age with Hot Jazz from The Hot Sardines! Saturday, Feb. 25, 7pm-Midnight Flute Midtown, 205 West 54th Street, near Broadway Come in your finest 1920s & 1930s vintage or vintage inspired evening attire and celebrate in style with…
Ten Year Lunch Screens with Director at MoMa
Every February, The Museum of Modern Art presents Oscar’s Docs, an annual collaboration between the Academy Film Archive and MoMA’s Department of Film Oscar winners in the categories of Best Documentary Feature and Best Documentary Short Subject. This February, they will screen Aviva Slesin’s Academy Award winning documentary, The Ten Year Lunch: The Wit and…
NoirFest Coming to Santa Monica Jan. 14
We got a message from DPS member Helen K. Garber in Los Angeles about NoirFest Santa Monica 2012. She is a photographer. It sounds just like what you’d expect from a Noir event, and would be good for Los Angeles area fans. The reception takes place during Photo LA weekend, when the international photographic community…
Final Walking Tour of 2011 is Dec. 4
Come out to the last walking tour of 2011! Algonquin Round Table Walking Tour Sunday, Dec. 4, Noon-2 p.m. Location: Algonquin Hotel, 59 W. 44th St (bet 5th and 6th Avenues) Cost: $20 Walk in the footsteps of the Vicious Circle in the only walking tour dedicated to the city’s greatest literary friends. See the…
“Excuse My Dust” at the Metropolitan Room in NYC
We are late to the party to post this press release. The show is Monday night, Nov. 28. Anyone will get a $5 discount if they mention “Poem” when they make their reservations. From the press release: Excuse My Dust, a sparkling cabaret show starring the lovely Ms. Sandy Bainum, will return to the Metropolitan…