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I recently acquired a rare Dorothy Parker photo I had never seen in more than 20 years of collecting. I was familiar with the image, because a similar one is on a dust jacket (The Poetry and Short Stories of Dorothy Parker, Modern Library) and it appears it was taken moments apart. This image is…
The Dorothy Parker Society and Wit’s End had a fantastic debut at St. Cloud at the Knickerbocker Hotel on January 30, 2016. Michael Arenella performed a sublime show of authentic jazz. We saw the crowning of Miss Art Deco, Dandy Dillinger. We raffled off a dinner at Charlie Palmer at the Knick. The rooftop was…
The launch party for The Algonquin Round Table New York: A Historical Guide, by Kevin Fitzpatrick, was held at the Algonquin Hotel. There were many VIP guests, the descendants of the Vicious Circle: the great-nieces of Dorothy Parker, the grand-daughter of Murdock Pemberton, the nephew of Arthur Sullivan, the grandson of Deems Taylor, and the…
I recently found a video clip that shows the Algonquin Hotel when it was just three years old. It is in the collection of the U.S. Library of Congress, and was filmed in 1905 from the roof of the old New York Times Building on 42nd Street. I was searching for photos of the Hipprodrome…
We got a message from DPS member Helen K. Garber in Los Angeles about NoirFest Santa Monica 2012. She is a photographer. It sounds just like what you’d expect from a Noir event, and would be good for Los Angeles area fans. The reception takes place during Photo LA weekend, when the international photographic community…
We finally have photos and video clips of the Lawn Party on Governors Island from a few weeks ago. It was such a fun time. There were hundreds of people there. The music was fantastic, the vintage outfits classy, and the atmosphere of the old island was special. There is going to be another 2-day…