New page on the site, The Gallery. It is where all oddball Parker items are going to be gathered. First on the page are a 1975 TV Guide Article about a Parker TV movie, and Two Parker Autographs. Have a look. www.dorothyparker.com
Parker Updates from Coast to Coast
There hasn’t been many updates lately to the site, mainly due to the Parker Society having meetings at Yankee Stadium. But with the World Series drawing near, we take time to add some great new items to Dot City. From time to time we get mail about Mrs. Parker and her life in Pennsylvania. So…
Pennsylvania Postcards & Leg It To Louisville
Just to tease you Dotheads Dept. — a Parker fan in Bucks County, Pennsylania, promises to take and send photos in of some of Dottie old hangouts in her neck of the woods. Stay tuned to Dot City! Another Dorothy Parker play is about to hit the boards, this time in Bourbon Country. October 7,…
Theatre Scene: Such A Pretty Little Picture
Is it the fall weather? There are three prime Dorothy Parker productions going up in the next six weeks in the Big Apple, the Sun Belt, and the Blue Grass State. Parker No. 1: The first production will find Dottie fans on a trek to the mega-cool, lets-get-pierced-and-drink-cheap Lower East Side of Manhattan. Every couple…
List Lovers
We got a wonderful message to the Web site this week from Melanie Rigney, editor of Writer’s Digest magazine. It looks like another Millenium list is coming out, and Dorothy Parker is on it. Hopefully, she cracked the Top Ten! Ms. Rigney writes: “Writer’s Digest in its November issue will list the 100 Best Writers…
Don’t Miss Magazine
What do Dorothy Parker and Ben Affleck have in common? They are both sharing the cover of the October 1999 Vanity Fair. Dottie is the subject of an excellent story by Christopher Hitchens which delves into one side of Mrs. Parker that the casual fan may not be aware of: her deep belief in civil…
Auction Action
The savvy Dothead knows that online auctions are a great place to track down rare books and collectibles. Prowling through Ebay and Amazon.com auctions, who knows what rare First Editions of Sunset Gun will pop up? This past week saw the auction of a reputed “Dorothy Parker autograph” from 1951 on Chateau Marmont letterhead. Bids…
More Parkerfest Photos Online
There are some new photos online from Parkerfest. Many people have asked if we are going to make the event an annual affair. It looks like we will, the response has been very good… www.dorothyparker.com
Hollywood Is Here
We used Labor Day to labor on the site. Now visit the Hollywood Pages with some of Dorothy Parker’s former residences and hangouts. This is supposed to be a New York site, but I could not pass up the great photos sent in by Kurt VanderSluis from L.A. Really cool to have more new locales…
Debut of Parkerfest a Success
The first event put on by the Dorothy Parker Society of New York was a day that began with shoes and ended with sore feet. Parkerfest was a daylong event held Aug. 28 in Manhattan. A combination walking tour, cocktail party and evening theater show, the event drew a terrific group of more than three…