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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…
The launch party for The Algonquin Round Table New York: A Historical Guide, by Kevin Fitzpatrick, was held at the Algonquin Hotel. There were many VIP guests, the descendants of the Vicious Circle: the great-nieces of Dorothy Parker, the grand-daughter of Murdock Pemberton, the nephew of Arthur Sullivan, the grandson of Deems Taylor, and the…
While researching my book The Algonquin Round Table New York: A Historical Guide, I uncovered a lost 1952 radio show recorded inside the Algonquin Hotel, The Tex and Jinx Show. Among the guests are owner Ben Bodne, Broadway librettist Alan Jay Lerner, and screenwriter-author Anita Loos. It’s an amazing time capsule of the hotel, at…
The Noël Coward & Dorothy Parker Societies Invite You to a Private Party at the Algonquin Hotel. The Algonquin Hotel Celebrates The Return Of The Legendary Round Table With A Dinner Followed By A Cabaret Performance In The Oak Room!! Tuesday, September 9, 2014 6:30 PM 59 W. 44th Street Between Fifth and Sixth avenues…
August 22 is Dottie’s birthday, and we always celebrate it in a style that would befit her. We have two events in two Boroughs that are open to all. Our third annual Dorothy Parker Birthday Party at the New York Distilling Company will be Thursday, Aug. 21, at 6-9pm. Of course, this is where Dorothy…
Here is the spring walking tour schedule. (Note the March 29 walk is cancelled): Dorothy Parker’s Upper West Side Walking Tour Saturday, April 12 Noon-2:00 PM, Riverside Park and West Seventy-second Street Visit Dorothy Parker’s neighborhood and walk in her footsteps to her former apartments, haunts, school and more. See one of the most beautiful…