The campaign to get Dorothy Parker into the New York City subway system’s Poetry in Motion program will be part of the walking tour on April 28, with the launch event on April 30 in Brooklyn at the New York Distill Co. (home to Dorothy Parker American Gin). The walking tour and the launch night…
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Monthly Wit’s End Party Feb. 25 with The Hot Sardines
Wit’s End and the Dorothy Parker Society invite you to celebrate the Social Life of the Jazz Age with Hot Jazz from The Hot Sardines! Saturday, Feb. 25, 7pm-Midnight Flute Midtown, 205 West 54th Street, near Broadway Come in your finest 1920s & 1930s vintage or vintage inspired evening attire and celebrate in style with…
Nov. 3 Talk at New York Public Library
I’ve spoken at a lot of libraries, but never at the New York Public Library. Please join me for a special event, my talk “A Journey into Dorothy Parker’s New York” as part of the NYPL at Nite series. The details: New York Public Library Mid-Manhattan Library 40th Street and Fifth Avenue 6th Floor Thursday,…
Halloween Party on Oct. 29 at Flute Midtown
We are very happy to announce that our friends from Wit’s End are continuing the tradition of fantastic Halloween parties. The vintage attire is de rigueur, and you must have a costume to attend. Our friend and fellow DPS member Bliss Blood is performing with the Moonlighters; they are fantastic. Here is the info: The…
Dorothy Parker Day Returns to Long Branch Oct. 2
LONG BRANCH — To call her a “humorist” and a “wit” doesn’t even begin to capture the essence of Dorothy Parker — and to think of her as the quintessential New Yorker only reminds us that she was a daughter of Long Branch; born 118 years ago in a West End summer cottage. One of…
Parkerfest 2011 Dates Set
We have been holding the annual Parkerfest since 1999; we are going to be having a two-day affair this month. Mark your calendars for Sunday, Aug. 21, and head to Governors Island on the free ferry to the Jazz Age Lawn Party run by Michael Arenella and his Dreamland Orchestra. On Monday, Aug. 22, to…