“Women Laughing” Maine Screening With Liza Donnelly & Heather Cox Richardson In Conversation
Liza Donnelly & Kathleen Hughes’ documentary about The New Yorker‘s women cartoonists, Women Laughing will be screened at the Lincoln Theater in Damariscotta, Maine, August 20th.
Ms. Donnelly will be in conversation that evening with historian, Heather Cox Richardson.
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Reel Of Interest…Alan Dunn
From Modernlivingla on Instagram, this very short “Reel” spotlighting Alan Dunn.
Mr. Dunn’s A-Z:
Alan Dunn (self portrait from Meet the Artist) Born in Belmar, New Jersey, August 11, 1900, died in New York City, May 20, 1974. New Yorker work: 1926 -1974 Key collections: Rejections (Knopf, 1931), Who’s Paying For This Cab? (Simon & Schuster, 1945), A Portfolio of Social Cartoons ( Simon & Schuster, 1968). One of the most published New Yorker cartoonists (1,906 cartoons) , Mr. Dunn was married to Mary Petty — together they lived and worked at 12 East 88th Street, where, according to the NYTs, Alan worked “seated in a small chair at a card table, drawing in charcoal and grease pencil.”
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Book Tour of Interest
The Two Saddest Kitchens authors have posted the days and events for their upcoming book. Pub day is October 6 2026.
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