Official Dorothy Parker Site Since 1998
The new chapter of the Dorothy Parker Society is up and rolling in Los Angeles. An officer’s meeting was held at the venerable and famous Chateau Marmont recently. With a “no photos, please” policy we do not get any cocktail action inside. But from all accounts, Adrienne and Brian of L.A. and visitors Kate and…
Attention fans of cartoons: The Dorothy Parker Society is hosting an event at the Algonquin Hotel that will draw seven notable cartoonists to celebrate the publication of Sex and Sensibility: Ten Women Examine the Lunacy of Modern Love…in 200 Cartoons. Liza Donnelly, who has been a cartoonist at The New Yorker since 1982, edits the…
Dorothy Parker never really had a great cover for any of her books until almost 40 years after her death. Now that hard work by Seth, the amazing Canadian artist who created the 2006 Portable Dorothy Parker cover with French flaps, has been rewarded. The Design Museum in London (on Shad Thames, which I think…
The first Algonquin Round Table Walking Tour of the year will be Sunday, March 30. Meet at Noon at the hotel on West 44th Street. Cost is $15 per person. All info here. www.dorothyparker.com
The Plaza Hotel opened to the public last weekend, so we paid a visit. Not to stay the night, or eat in the Palm Court. It was jammed with tourists. The Times said that the owners spent $400 million on renovations, which is why it was closed for three years. It was supposed to open…
The Bergen Record across the river in New Jersey put on its site today a multimedia package for Black History Month about Dorothy Parker. It ties into the nice column written by Lawrence Aaron that is in today’s paper. Reading this, it reminds me that Mrs. Parker belongs in the New Jersey Hall of Fame.