With St. Patrick’s Day just around the corner, let’s remember the crossover Ireland-New York poem Dorothy Parker wrote for March 17. This was written 96 years ago when Dorothy was 28 years old and a member of the Algonquin Round Table. This gem, published March 16, 1922, in the old Life, came out when Dorothy…
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Audio Collection Update, Hear Mrs. Parker
The audio collection of Dorothy Parker reading her own work, plus some other pieces, are now migrated to the new server. Dorothy Parker made two full-length LP recordings of her work: 1956: Her first LP is from Spoken Arts, An Informal Hour with Dorothy Parker (Spoken Arts 726). 1964: Verve asked her to read her…
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…
Great American Poets Day in the Catskills Celebrates Parker
It’s Dorothy Parker Day in the Catskill Mountains! Come out to Bright Hill Press & Literary Center. It’s in Treadwell, a hamlet located within the town of Franklin in Delaware County, New York. Saturday, August 23, 12-5:30 PM Bright Hill Literary Center 94 Church St. Treadwell, NY 13846 Bright Hill’s Second Great American Poets Day…
2 Boroughs Required to Celebrate Mrs. Parker’s Birthday
August 22 is Dottie’s birthday, and we always celebrate it in a style that would befit her. We have two events in two Boroughs that are open to all. Our third annual Dorothy Parker Birthday Party at the New York Distilling Company will be Thursday, Aug. 21, at 6-9pm. Of course, this is where Dorothy…
Parker Posey, Hope Davis, Other Stars to Read Dorothy Parker Stories on May 21
One of New York’s best cultural spots is Symphony Space, on the Upper West Side just around the corner from where Dorothy Parker once resided. So it’s special that Symphony Space decided to remember the former neighborhood resident with an evening of her best short stories, read by stars of stage and and screen. On…