Here is the spring walking tour schedule. (Note the March 29 walk is cancelled): Dorothy Parker’s Upper West Side Walking Tour Saturday, April 12 Noon-2:00 PM, Riverside Park and West Seventy-second Street Visit Dorothy Parker’s neighborhood and walk in her footsteps to her former apartments, haunts, school and more. See one of the most beautiful…
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Dorothy Parker’s Los Angeles Tour Dec. 14
Hollywood’s Golden Age comes alive during a special bus tour of Los Angeles locations connected to Dorothy Parker, New York’s wittiest woman who had a 30-year screenwriting career. The tour is open to the public; it begins and ends at Book Soup, 8818 W. Sunset Blvd (note bus pickup is across the street at old…
Los Angeles December 12-14 Events for Parker Fans
Dorothy Parker spent 30 years off and on living and working in Los Angeles. That’s reason to celebrate for the book tour for Under the Table: A Dorothy Parker Cocktail Guide for upcoming events in Los Angeles. A fantastic local podcast this week, hosted by Richard Schave and Kim Cooper, You Can’t Eat the Sunshine:…
Brooklyn and the Algonquin Round Table
I wanted to write about Brooklyn and the Algonquin Round Table today, because the Brooklyn Book Festival is on Sunday. I’ll be there talking about my new book at Booth 158 with Jamie Brenner. While Dorothy Parker never had a love nest in Brooklyn, or tried to jump off the Brooklyn Bridge, there are five…
Algonquin Round Table Walking Tours Sept. 28, Oct. 26
There will be two Algonquin Round Table Walking Tours, on Saturday, Sept. 28, and Saturday, Oct. 26. The Algonquin Round Table comes alive in the only New York walking tour devoted to the famed literary group. The 2-hour walk celebrates Dorothy Parker, Robert Benchley, George S. Kaufman, Harpo Marx, Edna Ferber, Franklin P. Adams, Heywood…
May 25 Walking Tour and Monthly Speakeasy Party
Are you looking for a dose of the vintage lifestyle in May that goes beyond a movie theatre? read on! Live 1920s jazz. Vintage cocktails. Period attire and dancing. Don’t miss the monthly Dorothy Parker Society and Wit’s End party, Saturday, May 25, featuring Svetlana Shmulyian and the Delancey Five. The party is at Flute…