NEA chairman to speak at Sept. 28 NPC breakfast

Jane Chu, the chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, will outline her plans for its 50th anniversary activities at a National Press Club Newsmaker Breakfast on Sep. 28.

The eleventh chairman of the NEA, Chu will use her talk to launch a number of initiatives, including “Mapping Creativity for the Future.”

The Press Club breakfast begins at 9 a.m. Chu’s talk will begin at 9:30 a.m., followed by a question-and-answer session that ends at 10:30 a.m. The cost of breakfast admission is $23 for NPC members and $37 for non-members. Tickets must be purchased at time of reservation and are available here.

NPC members who wish to attend the pre-breakfast reception must RSVP separately to V[email protected] no later than 48 hours before the event. Space may be limited. You must have a paid reservation to the breakfast to attend the VIP reception.

If you have a question for Chu, please email it to [email protected] before 1 p.m. on the day before the breakfast with CHU in the subject line.

Upcoming luncheons:

August 12 – Rev. John Richard Bryant, Senior Bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church
August 18 – Mitch Landrieu, New Orleans Mayor