Historical Society to Look at the Jazz Age of the 1920s and 1930s in Doylestown

DOYLESTOWN, PA—A lecture series by the Doylestown Historical Society will look at the artists and celebrities of the Jazz Age of the 1920s and 1930s who spent time in Doylestown nearly 100 years ago.

The July 30 presentation will feature guest speaker Kevin Fitzpatrick, President of the Dorothy Parker Society and Dorothy Parker family representative. Parker was a well-known writer and poet who spent time in Doylestown in the 1930s and beyond. Parker wrote for publications like the New Yorker and worked on movies like “A Star is Born.”

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While Parker was known for participating in the Algonquin Round Table, a gathering of New York intellectuals, she and her husband bought a house in Pipersville and spent time 20 years in Doylestown beginning in the late 1930s. Parker is said to have seen movies in what is now the County Theater and to have stayed in the Doylestown Inn while work was being done on her house.

(More information on Parker’s time in the Doylestown area is online.)

Fitzpatrick is expected to talk about Parker’s time in the Doylestown area, which was a regular destination for writers and artists from New York City and beyond. The presentation will also feature a speakeasy cocktail demonstration and jazz from the 1920s and 1930s.

The event will be held on July 30 at 6 p.m. in the Doylestown Historical Society Barn Gallery at 56 South Main Street. Tickets are $16 in advance and $20 at the door.

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