Official Dorothy Parker Site Since 1998
Celebrate Halloween with the life of Dorothy Parker. The walking tour of her homes and haunts on the Upper West Side will be offered Thursday, Oct. 31, at Noon. We visit about 15 places related to the life of young Dorothy Rothschild, her family, and her lifestyle. See her school and where Dottie walked her…
New York will remember the 125th anniversary of Dorothy Parker’s birthday with two events open to the public on Wednesday, August 22. She was born Dorothy Rothschild on Aug. 22, 1893, in Long Branch New Jersey. A walking tour of her Upper West Side neighborhood will be held from 3:00-5:00 p.m. Then the festivities transfer…
There is going to be a lot more chances for you and your friends (and dogs!) to take the Dorothy Parker walking tour. It will be offered every Wednesday starting at 3:00 p.m. and continuing into the spring and fall. We had such a good turnout last week, 11 people, but most felt switching from…
The first public walking tours of 2018 will be in January and February, and will continue into the spring weekly. The walks are led by Kevin C. Fitzpatrick, author of The Algonquin Round Table New York and A Journey into Dorothy Parker’s New York. Algonquin Round Table Tour Mondays, meet at the Algonquin Hotel 10:45,…
To answer the demand for walking tours, they are going to be held weekly in July and August this summer. Beginning July 11, there will be a Monday Dorothy Parker Upper West Side Tour weekly at Noon. Starting on July 15 will be the 3:00 PM “Robert Benchley-Dorothy Parker Summer Friday” every Friday. Advance tickets…
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…