I wanted to write about Brooklyn and the Algonquin Round Table today, because the Brooklyn Book Festival is on Sunday. I’ll be there talking about my new book at Booth 158 with Jamie Brenner. While Dorothy Parker never had a love nest in Brooklyn, or tried to jump off the Brooklyn Bridge, there are five…
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Algonquin Round Table Walking Tours Sept. 28, Oct. 26
There will be two Algonquin Round Table Walking Tours, on Saturday, Sept. 28, and Saturday, Oct. 26. 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, Heywood…
May 25 Walking Tour and Monthly Speakeasy Party
Are you looking for a dose of the vintage lifestyle in May that goes beyond a movie theatre? read on! Live 1920s jazz. Vintage cocktails. Period attire and dancing. Don’t miss the monthly Dorothy Parker Society and Wit’s End party, Saturday, May 25, featuring Svetlana Shmulyian and the Delancey Five. The party is at Flute…
First Walking Tour of 2013 is March 30
The snow is (almost) gone so it is time to start the walking tour season again. The first one is Saturday, March 30. Meet in the lobby of the Algonquin Hotel at Noon. The Algonquin Round Table comes alive in the only New York walking tour devoted to the famed literary group. The 2-hour walk…
Walking Tour Schedule 2013
These are the dates for the walking tours for the first half of 2013: Saturday, March 30: Algonquin Round Table Walking Tour Saturday, April 27: Dorothy Parker’s Upper West Side Tour Saturday, May 25: Algonquin Round Table Walking Tour Saturday, June 29: Dorothy Parker’s Upper West Side Tour All walks start at Noon and are…
Vicious Circle Walking Tour Sept. 29
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, Heywood Broun, Harold Ross, Robert Sherwood, Marc Connelly and the rest of the Vicious Circle. The Algonquin Round…