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March 9, 2014
Third Annual Food Book Fair Returns to Brooklyn April 25-27
I am going to be talking about cocktails and Dorothy Parker, along with my book Under the Table: A Dorothy Parker Cocktail Guide, at a fantastic event in Brooklyn. My event with other authors is on Saturday, April 26, time and place TBD. Below is the press release about the Third Annual Food Book Fair:
More than 20 events, 200 books, and over 60 visionaries at a three-day celebration at the Wythe Hotel in Williamsburg; pop-up bookstore to open April 18
On April 25, the annual Food Book Fair re...
January 17, 2014
Red Hook Ramblers to Play January Party
Wit’s End January 2014
The Dorothy Parker Society doesn’t have meetings, it has parties. And our first one of 2014 is going to be a great one. We are back with another fun night with Wit’s End! Saturday Night, Jan. 25, Celebrate the Jazz Age! Come to the former speakeasy Flute Midtown, 205 West 54th Street (near Broadway). Our band this month is the Red Hook Ramblers, one of the hottest of the hot jazz bands in the city. They are incredible to see live. Our hostess is showgirl Kita St Cyr, sta...Parker Show Returns to South Africa with Longer Run
Emily Child
In 2008 we interviewed actress-playwright Emily Child about her South Africa show based on Dorothy Parker material. We are happy to report she is back, with a longer run with an updated version of her show. Below is the press release about A Certain Lady.Directed by Gregory Karvellas and performed by Emily Child, A Certain Lady is based on the short stories of Dorothy Parker (with thanks to the NAACP for the use of Mrs. Parker’s work). The show will run at Alexander Bar, 76 Strand...
January 15, 2014
Incredible 1920s Documentary Discovered
A new video surfaced recently that’s just sensational to watch for anyone that adores the 1920s and the Algonquin Round Table era. It is called New York in the Twenties, and first aired on American TV in 1961.
Marc Connelly was an original member of the Algonquin Round Table.
This has to be one of the best videos of the era. The amount of home movies found in the piece is amazing. Among the 1920s celebrities included in it are Heywood Broun, Enrico Caruso, Charlie Chaplin, John Held, Jr., Gert...December 19, 2013
The Tattooed Ballerinas to perform Dorothy Parker in Brooklyn
The Tattooed Ballerinas
A group of dancers will be debuting a new piece in Brooklyn, New York, on January 30, 2014. I Wish I Could Drink Like A Lady is the brainchild of Hattie Mae Williams, who leads the troupe, the Tattooed Ballerinas. The company formed under the direction of Hattie in 2003. The performance is at the Iron Dale Theater in Fort Greene, as part of the FLICfest, a program of feature-length modern dance. Hattie (aka HMW) spoke to us about what the show is about, and the inspirat...December 6, 2013
Dorothy Parker’s Los Angeles Tour Dec. 14
Dorothy Parker and screenplay, about 1936.
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 Tower Records, 8801 W. Sunset Blvd). The two-hour tour encompasses stops at the former site of the Garden of Allah, the Player’s Club, and Mrs. P...
November 28, 2013
Los Angeles December 12-14 Events for Parker Fans
Under the Table: A Dorothy Parker Cocktail Guide
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: The Esotouric Podcast , has as their guest Adrienne Crew, president of the Los Angeles Chapter of the Dorothy Parker Society. Adrienne...October 23, 2013
Book Launch Parties, Signings, Events for Under the Table
Here are dates for launch events tied to Under the Table: A Dorothy Parker Cocktail Guide for author Kevin Fitzpatrick. The full details are posted here on Goodreads.
10/26 Party, Flute Midtown, New York
11/5, Launch Party, Algonquin Hotel, New York
11/9, Party & Book Signing, Doc Holliday’s, New York
11/19, Launch Party, The Shanty, Brooklyn
11/20, Talk & Signing, Long Branch Free Public Library, Long Branch, NJ
11/20, Party & Book Signing, The Mix Lounge, Long Branch, NJ
12/12, Talk, Book Signing,...
Make A Video, Win a Copy of Under the Table
Do you want to win an autographed copy of Under the Table: A Dorothy Parker Cocktail Guide from author Kevin Fitzpatrick? Of course you do!
I will give away a book to the first three people to make a video of themselves mixing their favorite cocktail, while at the same time reciting their favorite Dorothy Parker poem or quotation. Make it and post it to any of your social media platforms and email the link here. You don’t need to be Quentin Tarantino or Woody Allen. Have fun with it.
The rules:...
September 19, 2013
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 members of the Vicious Circle with strong ties to the Borough.
I’ve been giving my Algonquin Round Table Walking Tours for almost 15 years (the next is Sept. 28), and one thing I love talking a...
