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Be sure to see the Parkefest 2000 page for more details about the weekend of Aug. 4-5. If you’re waiting to RSVP, do it soon. We’re going to Flute and the Gonk! I was at Universal Studios Florida earlier this month on business, and was surprised to see a replica of the Garden of Allah,…

Parkerfest 2000 is going to be bigger and better than last year with the announcement that the Algonquin Hotel is onboard for a real Round Table luncheon banquet. We visited the hotel and it is hosting the luncheon on Saturday (Aug. 5). Here is the plan for the weekend: Friday Night (Aug. 4) at Flute…

This was sent in by Kamian, who is the Secretary of the DPSNY and one of the founding members. Enjoy! “My friend Kirsten and I heard about this drinking game that I think you will find funny. While watching Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle, one must drink when…” she says ‘love’ she says ‘death’…

Another wacky day in the online auction world. A handbill from about 1938 or 1939 — with Dorothy Parker’s name on it — sold on eBay Monday for $59. It is from a Greenwich Village street fair to benefit the Spanish Refugees Relief Campaign, which is probably why Dottie loaned her name to be the…

The Dorothy Parker Society of New York has announced the dates for Parkerfest 2000. This is our second annual event. Mark your Palm Pilots for Aug. 4-5, 2000, in Manhattan (of course). More information will be available as the weeks go by. Until then, see the Parkerfest 2000 information page and take the survey; we…

Online auction fever is driving up the price of signed first editions. This isn’t news. But the record-breaking price for a signed Dorothy Parker first edition on Ebay was set this month. On March 14, an Oklahoma collector auctioned off a signed edition of Parker’s 1936 greatest hits package Not So Deep As A Well…