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Algonquin Hotel Gut Renovation Moves Bar, Reconfigures Lobby
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Algonquin Hotel Gut Renovation Moves Bar, Reconfigures Lobby

In the most extensive renovation in many decades, the Algonquin Hotel is underway with a major overhaul that has removed the bar, restaurant, front desk, and ceiling. The Round Table is gone, and so is the perch that Hamlet had … Read the rest

August 21, 20201 Min Reading
1939 Radio Broadcast with Broun, Perelman, Powell, Thurber
History, News

1939 Radio Broadcast with Broun, Perelman, Powell, Thurber

Listen to the voices of some of the most popular New York authors of the 1930s, all with a tie to The New Yorker. The all-star radio cast includes Heywood Broun, S.J. Perelman, Dawn Powell, and James Thurber. The … Read the rest

May 26, 2020May 26, 20201 Min Reading
Vicious Circle Virtual Tours Begin April 3
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Vicious Circle Virtual Tours Begin April 3

I’ve turned the Algonquin Round Table walking tour into a virtual tour. I supply the tour, you can watch with friends and family, and try out your best wisecracks on each other. Plus we can cover a lot more ground … Read the rest

April 1, 2020April 1, 20201 Min Reading
Bedtime with the Algonquin Round Table
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Bedtime with the Algonquin Round Table

For those trapped indoors now there is relief coming from 1920: Weekly “Bedtime with the Algonquin Round Table” to be held on live video conference via Zoom, hosted by Kevin C. Fitzpatrick, author of The Algonquin Round Table New York: … Read the rest

March 27, 2020April 15, 20201 Min Reading
Radio Pioneers of the Algonquin Round Table
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Radio Pioneers of the Algonquin Round Table

When I was compiling the material for my book, The Algonquin Round Table New York: A Historical Guide, I was struck by the group’s versatility. I’d originally believed the group, which met from 1919 to about 1927, was the … Read the rest

January 14, 2020January 14, 20201 Min Reading
The Flop of 1934, Divided By Three Fails to Find an Audience
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The Flop of 1934, Divided By Three Fails to Find an Audience

Eighty-five years ago the Algonquin Round Table members Peggy Leech and Bea Kaufman were licking their wounds after their debut collaboration flopped on Broadway. The two friends worked for about a year on a drama that failed to succeed. Divided … Read the rest

December 13, 2019December 13, 20191 Min Reading
117 Years Ago Today 1st Guests Arrived at the Algonquin Hotel
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117 Years Ago Today 1st Guests Arrived at the Algonquin Hotel

Today is the anniversary of the opening of the Algonquin Hotel in 1902. Guests 117 years ago checked into the newest hotel on the block, located at No. 59-63 West Forty-fourth Street. When the Vicious Circle launched a century ago … Read the rest

November 22, 2019December 13, 20191 Min Reading
Classic Woollcott Letter Turns 85 Years Old
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Classic Woollcott Letter Turns 85 Years Old

One of the greatest keepers of correspondence of the Algonquin Round Table was the man who the group formed around, Alexander Woollcott. Of all 30 members of the Vicious Circle, only he had his letters posthumously published. One of his … Read the rest

November 10, 2019November 9, 20191 Min Reading
History, News

Video From Talk About Vicious Circle Women

For the centennial of the first meeting of the Algonquin Round Table, author Kevin C. Fitzpatrick presented a brief talk at the Algonquin Hotel. He presented the women of the Vicious Circle–the ones not named Dorothy Parker and Edna Ferber. … Read the rest

September 15, 2019November 9, 20191 Min Reading
Al Hirschfeld Podcast Celebrates Round Table Century
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Al Hirschfeld Podcast Celebrates Round Table Century

Kudos to David Leopold and Katherine Marshall-Eastman, co-hosts of the excellent Al Hirschfeld Century Podcast. The new episode celebrates the centennial of the Algonquin Round Table, which began in June 1919. There is currently the third annual Hirschfeld gallery … Read the rest

August 16, 2019August 16, 20191 Min Reading
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Algonquin Round Table New York: A Historical Guide (Lyons Press)
Algonquin Round Table New York: A Historical Guide (Lyons Press)
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The Algonquin Round Table by Natalie Ascencious.

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