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Friends, Romans, Press Club members: Shakespeare Theatre offers NPC discount
March 30, 2012
Shakespeare Theatre is offering National Press Club members 30% off of all non-premium seats to Strange Interlude, which is running at Sidney Harman Hall now through April 29, 2012. To purchase tickets, please call the Box Office at 202-547-1122, option 1 with promotion code: PRESS or go online to…
Read MoreNPC members offered special access to Shen Yun cast at Kennedy Center this weekend
March 29, 2012
Celebrate the Cherry Blossom Centennial with a show 5,000 years in the making at the Kennedy Center Opera House on Friday at 7:30 p.m., Saturday at 1:30 p.m. or 7:30 p.m. or Sunday at 1:30 p.m. Based in New York, Shen Yun Performing Arts presents traditional Chinese culture in a brilliant blend of…
Read MoreMember Sarah Gray wins 2012 Cicero Speechwriting Award
March 28, 2012
NPC Member Sarah Gray and colleague Rachel Crowell co-wrote a speech that won the 2012 Cicero Speechwriting Award for Best-Written Speech by a non-profit organization. The Cicero Speechwriting Awards honor speechwriters for their contribution to the public conversation. Judged by experts in…
Read MoreDinner and George Clooney: "The Descendants" at the Reliable Source, April 5
March 27, 2012
NPC Members are invited to watch the Oscar-nominated film "The Descendants" starring George Clooney at a Dinner & a Movie event 7 p.m. Thursday, April 5 in the Reliable Source's McClendon Room. Dinner and drinks may be purchased from the Reliable Source. Members and their guests may attend free…
Read MoreConnect with fellow members at Meet the Press Club event April 19
March 26, 2012
Did you know that the Club features an exclusive, member only, networking event every other month? Please join us for the next edition of Meet the Press Club at 6 p.m. Thursday, April 19 in the McClendon room. Reserve your spot by sending an email to Sarah Driggs at [email protected]. Meet the…
Read MoreThis Week in National Press Club History: Nehru, Gandhi, Gandhi and Sing Along with FDR
March 26, 2012
March 26, 2002: Actor Tony Curtis celebrates the arts at a National Press Club luncheon. March 29, 1933: Singers Morton Downey and John Charles Thomas perform at an evening event at the Club. Thomas sings an FDR favorite, “Home On The Range.” Roosevelt is the first president to speak at a Club…
Read MoreNew member Allison Priebe Brooks honored with "Golden Halo"
March 26, 2012
Evidence emerged at the Belle Haven Country Club last week that good works may have a genetic component. New NPC member Allison Priebe Brooks, daughter of 2011 Berny Krug Award winner Lou Priebe, accepted "The Golden Halo Award" from Alexandria's Campagna Center at the Belle Haven Country Club on…
Read MoreJournalists, communicators can apply for Asia Society's fellows program
March 26, 2012
The Asia Society seeks nominations and applications for the 2012-13 Bernard Schwartz Fellows Program (Spring/Summer 2012 to Summer 2013). The Bernard Schwartz Fellows Program seeks to contribute to a better understanding of policy challenges and opportunities related to Asia in the international…
Read MoreSilver Owls to honor former Club presidents on April 26
March 22, 2012
The "long, gray line" of former National Press Club and Washington Press Club presidents will be honored at the April 26 Silver Owls "hoot" in the Ballroom. The event will salute the 32 surviving ex-presidents of the NationalPress Club and 10 surviving ex-presidents of the old WPC, which merged…
Read MoreClinton advisor to speak April 3 at Club's 'Social Media 4 Social Good' series
March 22, 2012
Alec Ross, senior advisor for innovation to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, will be the featured guest in the second installment of the National Press Club’s “Social Media 4 Social Good” series on Tuesday, April 3 at 7 p.m.. Ross was named in 2010 as one of 50 Politicos to Watch by Politico,…
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