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All about the Arts on Member Marilou Donahue's website
February 2, 2011
Members are invited to peruse Member Marilou Donahue's Artistically Speaking website, which was updated on February 1: http://artisticallyspeaking.tv/
Read MoreSilent Cal Speaks: Was it the Alferd Packer burger? Find out here.
January 31, 2011
This Week in National Press Club History January 30, 1912: Secretary of State Philander Knox at the Club’s first “Hobby Night’ asserts that accurate newspaper reporting is of great value in diplomacy. January 30, 1997: Senate Democratic Party minority leader Tom Daschle and House minority leader…
Read MoreDinner & a Movie: Usher in the Chinese New Year with Raise the Red Lantern
January 31, 2011
Raise the Red Lantern will be shown in honor of Chinese New Year at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 3, in the McClendon Room during Dinner and a Movie Night. Raise the Red Lantern is an adaption by Ni Zhen of the 1990 novel Wives and Concubines by Su Tong. Set in the 1920s, the film tells the story of a…
Read MoreInspiration On Demand: Visit the NPC's Friedheim Library
January 28, 2011
Book of Note: Member Connie Lawn's updated autobiography You Wake Me Each Morning is available to borrow from the Eric Friedheim National Journalism Library at the National Press Club. Lawn launched the book at the Club in April "with many timely stories and lessons to inspire all journalists,…
Read MoreC'mon, Guess! What do John Cosgrove and John F. Kennedy have in common?
January 27, 2011
This Week in National Press Club History: January 24, 1972: Gloria Steinem, editor of Ms. Magazine, tells a Club luncheon that women still are not taken seriously, and women in business are unlikely to be put in positions of authority over men. January 26, 1938: Eleanor Roosevelt becomes a member…
Read MoreOn Your Mark: 5K Race Committee seeks members
January 25, 2011
Are you an avid runner, inspired by the challenge of completing in a 5K, or have a background in corporate marketing and fundraising? If so, you may have a spot on the Press Club's 5K "Beat the Deadline" 5K Run/Walk slated for June. Once again, fitness guru Tony Horton, creator of P90X, will…
Read MoreWashington Post Spy Talk Columnist Addresses Young Members, Feb. 15
January 21, 2011
Washington Post Spy Talk columnist Jeff Stein will join the National Press Club's Young Members group for cocktails and conversation at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 15. A former Army Intelligence officer in Vietnam, Stein has spent years as an investigative reporter, digging into the shadowy world of…
Read MoreApply for Ford Presidential Foundation Print Awards
January 20, 2011
The Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation is accepting nominations for its 2010 print journalism awards for reporting on the presidency and on national defense. Applications must be received by March 4. For details, go to: www.geraldrfordfoundation.org/awards-grants/journalism-prizes -- Ken…
Read MoreThis Week In National Press Club History
January 19, 2011
January 16, 1975: William Broom is sworn in as the Club’s sixtieth president by President Gerald Ford, the first time in six years that a U.S. president visits the Club. January 21, 2004: Sheila Cherry is sworn in as the Club’s first African-American president. This Week in National Press Club…
Read More5K Race Committee Seeks Members
January 19, 2011
Are you an avid runner, inspired by the challenge of completing in a 5K, or have a background in corporate marketing and fundraising? If so, the National Press Club's 5K "Beat the Deadline" 5K Run/Walk Committee may have a spot for you. Once again, fitness guru Tony Horton, creator of P90X, will…
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