I’m sorry, but the March 29 walking tour has been cancelled. The next walking tour is Saturday, April 12. Info here.
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Montreal Singer Records Dorothy Parker-themed Album
We’ve been following the progress of Myriam Gendron in Montreal. This month, the Canadian singer-songwriter released an album based on Dorothy Parker verse. Not So Deep as a Well is a co-release by Feeding Tube Records and Mama Bird Recording Company. She licensed the material from Mrs. Parker’s estate. The Parker poems that are on…
Incredible 1920s Documentary Discovered
A new video surfaced recently that’s just sensational to watch for anyone that adores the 1920s and the Algonquin Round Table era. It is called New York in the Twenties, and first aired on American TV in 1961. This has to be one of the best videos of the era. The amount of home movies…
Make A Video, Win a Copy of Under the Table
Do you want to win an autographed copy of Under the Table: A Dorothy Parker Cocktail Guide from author Kevin Fitzpatrick? Of course you do! I will give away a book to the first three people to make a video of themselves mixing their favorite cocktail, while at the same time reciting their favorite Dorothy…
Brooklyn and the Algonquin Round Table
I wanted to write about Brooklyn and the Algonquin Round Table today, because the Brooklyn Book Festival is on Sunday. I’ll be there talking about my new book at Booth 158 with Jamie Brenner. While Dorothy Parker never had a love nest in Brooklyn, or tried to jump off the Brooklyn Bridge, there are five…
Remember 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington
Reading biographies of Dorothy Parker, you’ll see why she left her estate to Dr. Martin Luther King, a man she never met. By some accounts, Dr. King, when informed he had been named the beneficiary in her will in 1967, had no idea who Dorothy Parker was. However, a careful reading of Dorothy Parker’s life…