The monthly Dorothy Parker Society party is on a roof! Wit’s End™ presents Mike Davis and the New Wonders at St. Cloud in the Knickerbocker Hotel, Saturday, April 30, 2016. The first Wit’s End party in 7 years to be held outdoors! Advance tickets onsale. Dance to 1920s jazz, enjoy cocktails, and wear your best…
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Algonquin Hotel Brings Live Jazz to Lobby
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…
Noël Coward & Dorothy Parker Societies at the Algonquin Hotel Sept. 9
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…
Monthly Party August 30 Salute to Josephine Baker
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Dandy Wellington presents Tuesday Night Social, with Cocktail Guide Signing
Dorothy Parker loved good food and cocktails, so it makes sense to celebrate in her style with a fantastic night in New York at the glamorous Hotel Chantelle with drinks, dinner, live jazz – and her cocktail guide on the table. I’m going to be signing copies of Under the Table: A Dorothy Parker Cocktail…
Montreal Singer Records Dorothy Parker-themed Album
We’ve been following the progress of Myriam Gendron in Montreal. This month, the Canadian singer-songwriter released an album based on Dorothy Parker verse. Not So Deep as a Well is a co-release by Feeding Tube Records and Mama Bird Recording Company. She licensed the material from Mrs. Parker’s estate. The Parker poems that are on…
Red Hook Ramblers to Play January Party
The Dorothy Parker Society doesn’t have meetings, it has parties. And our first one of 2014 is going to be a great one. We are back with another fun night with Wit’s End! Saturday Night, Jan. 25, Celebrate the Jazz Age! Come to the former speakeasy Flute Midtown, 205 West 54th Street (near Broadway). Our…
Monthly Party to Feature Molly Ryan on Sept. 29
The last Saturday of every month, January-October, the Dorothy Parker Society has a party with Wit’s End, the only 1920s vintage social society & dance enthusiasts in New York. After all, the DPS does not have meetings, it has parties. In September we are back with another Jazz Age soiree with the fantastic female vocalist,…
Parkerfest 2012: From Gin to Scandals
Parkerfest 2012 was a smashing success all due to the fact that all four unique events had a fantastic turnout. Spread over four days, August 22 to August 25, the Dorothy Parker Society was tickled to see so many old friends and new faces come to our events. Since the DPS was launched in 1999…
Monthly Party April 28 Features Baby Soda
We have a really terrific monthly party planned for this month. As you may be aware, the Dorothy Parker Society doesn’t have meetings, it has parties. This month’s party promises to be extra amazing. Wit’s End and the Dorothy Parker Society invite you to celebrate the social life of the Jazz Age with Baby Soda!…