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…
Mid-Manhattan Branch of NYPL to Read Parker Fiction
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…
Joyce Carol Oates Beats Dorothy Parker Out of NJ Hall of Fame
On February 10, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie announced the 11 new members of the state hall of fame and once again Dorothy Parker was passed over. The class of 2012 nominees had Parker running in the “general” category among nine others. Author Joyce Carol Oates, winner of the National Book Award and two O….