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Algonquin Round Table New York by Jane Kratochvil

News

Lucasfilm and Me

It seems like an alternate reality that I am in some way linked to Lucasfilm. Around 20 years ago, Lucasfilm reached out to me, to see if I would be a talking head in a mini-documentary about the Algonquin Round Table. Why? […]

Kevin FitzpatrickJanuary 7, 2025January 7, 2025

Research

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. This has to be […]

Kevin FitzpatrickMarch 24, 2015

Books

TV Interview Tapes at Algonquin Hotel

I had the pleasure to be interviewed by reporter Andrew Whitman, the anchor and senior political correspondent for RNN FiOS1. We didn’t talk politics, just the legacy of the Algonquin Round Table. It was perfect to sit at the Round Table and […]

Kevin FitzpatrickFebruary 21, 2015March 2, 2015

Books

Hell’s Kitchen Birthplace of The New Yorker, and Bathtub Gin Recipe

This is a book trailer for my new one, The Algonquin Round Table New York: A Historical Guide. And since I made it about Jane Grant, Harold Ross, and Alexander Woollcott, I thought I’d post this recipe. It’s from my earlier work, […]

Kevin FitzpatrickFebruary 17, 2015March 4, 2015

Exploring

Visiting the Graves of Sara and Gerald Murphy

Today I visited the graves of Gerald Murphy (1888-1964) and Sara Wiborg Murphy (1883-1975) in South End Cemetery, East Hampton, Long Island, New York. Nearby are their sons Baoth Murphy (1919-1935) and Patrick Murphy (1920-1937). The inscription on Sara’s gravestone reads “…and […]

Kevin FitzpatrickDecember 26, 2014November 7, 2021

Books

Book Trailer for the Algonquin Round Table New York

Take a video tour of Colts Neck, New Jersey, the birthplace of writer Alexander Woollcott. A founding member of the Algonquin Round Table, Woollcott was a writer, critic, and broadcaster, who also dabbled in acting.

Kevin FitzpatrickNovember 23, 2014February 17, 2015

Books

Dorothy Parker Complete Broadway for Her Birthday

This Friday is Dorothy Parker’s birthday, and the Dorothy Parker Society is having parties in New York and the Catskills to celebrate. But a recent review of the new book Dorothy Parker Complete Broadway, 1918-1923, makes me want to recommend it as […]

Kevin FitzpatrickAugust 20, 2014March 4, 2015

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