Every February, The Museum of Modern Art presents Oscar’s Docs, an annual collaboration between the Academy Film Archive and MoMA’s Department of Film Oscar winners in the categories of Best Documentary Feature and Best Documentary Short Subject. This February, they will screen Aviva Slesin’s Academy Award winning documentary, The Ten Year Lunch: The Wit and…
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Jenny Award Winners for Dorothy Parker Video
http://youtu.be/ks_yGPqt7v0 We have a winner and first and second runners-up in our video contest, to ask Dorothy Parker fans to create their own YouTube videos of their favorite Parker pieces. The Jennifer Award (nickname: The Jenny) goes to the video that got the most views between August 1 and Oct. 31, 2011. The top three…
Watch the Video Contest Entries
In August, we included a link to a charming YouTube video by a young Dorothy Parker fan reading a couple of poems. It was very popular, but one former member didn’t like it very much. So this gave us the idea to ask Dorothy Parker fans to create their own YouTube videos of their favorite…
Ghosts on West 44th Street?
I’ve been leading walking tours that start and end in the Algonquin Hotel for about 13 years. Many people have asked me if the hotel is haunted, or if Dorothy Parker’s ghost is ever spotted roaming the hallways. I have to say, I don’t think it is possessed, but there have been several people who…
Deadline Extended for Jenny Award Videos
In August we announced the Jenny Award video campaign. We are now extending the deadline for submission to Oct. 31. Make your best Dorothy Parker video and win some prizes! Get it up now! All information here.
Video Killed the Poetry Star
In our August e-newsletter (which has returned after a 7-month hiatus) this month, I included a video clip, on a whim, that I found charming. This is what I wrote: “Poem of the Month: This month, we have two: Unfortunate Coincidence and Theory. However, instead of reprinting them here (because you should own Complete Poems…