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…
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Dorothy Parker’s Los Angeles Tour Dec. 14
Hollywood’s Golden Age comes alive during a special bus tour of Los Angeles locations connected to Dorothy Parker, New York’s wittiest woman who had a 30-year screenwriting career. The tour is open to the public; it begins and ends at Book Soup, 8818 W. Sunset Blvd (note bus pickup is across the street at old…
Sad Demise of Dorothy Parker’s Uncle on the Titanic
The sinking of the RMS Titanic 100 years ago this week has been generating headlines for days. The disaster also had a huge impact on the life of Dorothy Parker, who lost her uncle in the tragedy at sea, an event that in some small way contributed to the declining health of her father. Reading…
Letter Writing Campaign Begins: Save Dorothy Parker’s House
The news that one of Dorothy Parker’s childhood homes could be demolished (first reported by Leslie Albrecht) is now leading to a letter writing campaign. On Friday, the New York Times also wrote about the old house at 214 West 72nd Street. It’s been on the website since 1998. The owners of the building was…
Visit Dorothy Parker’s Upper West Side
Special event: “Dorothy Parker’s Upper West Side” on Saturday, Nov. 12. Meet at Riverside Park, West 72nd Street and Riverside Drive (at Eleanor Roosevelt) at 12 p.m. Walk is led by Kevin C. Fitzpatrick, author of A Journey into Dorothy Parker’s New York and president of the Dorothy Parker Society. See more than a dozen…
Cleaning Up the Audio Collection for the DPS
We are going to be cleaning up the audio collection for the Dorothy Parker Society over the next couple of months. Many of the files are RealAudio files from 2000, and are being converted to MP3. We have the biggest online collection of Dorothy Parker reading her work, as well as rare interviews found no…