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From Boats to Speakeasies, A Brief History of Parkerfest

Posted on August 3, 2021August 3, 2021 by Kevin Fitzpatrick

The upcoming 2021 Parkerfest has given me the opportunity to look back at the events that the Dorothy Parker Society has held in the past, starting in 1999. After few hours of looking at old photos in the archives–people with cigarettes in hand indoors–and reviewing the “recaps” of past Parkerfest soirees–yes we chartered a yacht…

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Algonquin Round Table Centennial Summer

Posted on June 12, 2019 by Kevin Fitzpatrick

The Algonquin Hotel is not going to let the centennial of the first luncheon of the Algonquin Round Table pass without notice. The national literary landmark has planned an entire summer of events to celebrate the Vicious Circle, which began as a welcome home roast for critic Alexander Woollcott in June 1919. To mark the…

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Algonquin Party Held for Dorothy Parker Mink Coat

Posted on April 13, 2017July 31, 2021 by Kevin Fitzpatrick

Several of the backers of the Kickstarter crowd funding campaign to purchase one of Dorothy Parker’s mink coats came together last weekend for a party at the Algonquin Round Table. These were the folks who pledged enough money to actually wear Mrs. Parker’s mink; model Dandy Dillinger was the first. It was an early morning…

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Summer Weekly Walking Tours

Posted on June 20, 2016July 9, 2016 by Kevin Fitzpatrick

To answer the demand for walking tours, they are going to be held weekly in July and August this summer. Beginning July 11, there will be a Monday Dorothy Parker Upper West Side Tour weekly at Noon. Starting on July 15 will be the 3:00 PM “Robert Benchley-Dorothy Parker Summer Friday” every Friday. Advance tickets…

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Dorothy Parker and screenplay, about 1936.

Toast To Dorothy June 7 on Anniversary

Posted on June 6, 2016 by Kevin Fitzpatrick

The forty-ninth anniversary of Dorothy Parker’s death is Tuesday, June 7. We will be marking the occasion in New York at the Blue Bar of the Algonquin Hotel, 59 W. 44th Street, from 5-7:00 p.m. If you can’t join us, a raise a glass or read a poem wherever you may. The 1967 front-page obituary…

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Matilda

Cat Adoption Van Returning to Algonquin

Posted on May 11, 2016 by Kevin Fitzpatrick

Dorothy Parker loved animals, as all true fans know. So we always like to celebrate whenever the Algonquin Hotel brings out Matilda for any event, and Monday, May 16 is a good one. The Mayor’s Alliance for NYC’s Animals will have a cat adoption truck parked in front of the hotel in honor of the…

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Dawn Powell and Dorothy Parker

Dorothy Parker-Dawn Powell Walking Tour June 26

Posted on May 3, 2016May 3, 2016 by Kevin Fitzpatrick

Celebrate two of New York’s greatest fiction writers on a walking tour to trace their footsteps in the neighborhoods they made famous: Dorothy Parker and Dawn Powell. See their homes and haunts on a walk that begins at the landmark Algonquin Hotel and ends in Greenwich Village. The tour starts at Noon on Sunday, June…

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Algonquin Round Table Walking Tour April 30

Posted on April 7, 2016April 12, 2016 by Kevin Fitzpatrick

The first public walking tour of 2016 will be on April 30 at Noon at the Algonquin Hotel. The Algonquin Round Table comes alive in the only New York walking tour devoted to the famed literary group. The 2-hour walk celebrates Dorothy Parker, Robert Benchley, George S. Kaufman, Harpo Marx, Edna Ferber, Franklin P. Adams,…

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Algonquin Round Table Walking Tour Sept. 26

Posted on August 31, 2015May 3, 2016 by Kevin Fitzpatrick

The next Algonquin Round Table Walking Tour will be on Saturday, Sept. 26, at noon. Advance tickets are onsale now, or buy them on the walk, $20 per person. The Algonquin Round Table comes alive in the only New York walking tour devoted to the famed literary group. The 2-hour walk celebrates Franklin P. Adams,…

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Algonquin Hotel Brings Live Jazz to Lobby

Posted on April 1, 2015May 3, 2016 by Kevin Fitzpatrick

The Algonquin Hotel sent us the information about the live music coming to the hotel in May. Here’s the press release: Live music at The Algonquin has been a long tradition starting in 1939 when the hotel welcomed Vienna-born singer, Greta Keller, and Cy Walter at the piano as the first performers in the hotel’s…

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