Member News
Memorial Service for Former Member Spaccarelli
September 22, 2010
A memorial service for a former NPC member Marcelo Spaccarelli is at 8 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 28, at the Sacred Heart Church, 16501 Annapolis Road, Bowie, Md.Spaccarelli was the Washington reporter for the Vatican newspaper during the 1970s and 1980s. -- Tom O'Day, [email protected]
Read MoreFlu Shots Oct 21; $25
September 22, 2010
Flu shots will be administered from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 21, in the Winners' Room. The price is $25; Medicare Part B will be honored. The shots are available to NPC members, their guests and staff. All participants must register by the sign-up sheet located at the NPC front desk or in…
Read MoreClub Members Invited to O'Rourke-Buckley Event in NYC Sept. 27
September 22, 2010
As a Club member, you benefit by having reciprocity at clubs all over the world. One of these, the Overseas Press Club of America (in New York City), encourages our members who live in New York or who travel there to attend their events. This is coming up: Satirist P.J. O’Rourke, author of "Don't…
Read MoreVisit Annapolis Oct. 23: Take a Cruise, Tour the Naval Academy; $65
September 22, 2010
The International Correspondents Committee has organized a daylong trip to Annapolis, Md., on Saturday, Oct. 23. The $65 fee covers round-trip transportation on a luxury coach and a cruise aboard the Woodwind Schooner. The trip will feature: A two-hour cruise from the waterfront into the…
Read MoreProposed Change to Club Constitution Would Add Non-Voting Representative of Library
September 20, 2010
The NPC Board voted Sept. 14 to recommend the CLub membership approve a change in the Constitution to add the president of the Eric J. Friedheim National Journalism Library Board as an ex-officio member of the National Press Club Board of Governors. Club nembers will vote on the proposed amendment…
Read MorePub Quiz, 7 pm Sept. 23
September 20, 2010
Pub Quiz, the Press Club's monthly team trivia event, is back from a one-month summer break at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 23, in the Truman Lounge. The team trivia evening will feature round prizes along with hot food and cold drinks. Top prizes include a $50 gift certificate to the Fourth Estate…
Read MoreIf You Don't See the Wire for a While, Please Let Us Know
September 20, 2010
From time to time we at the Wire hear from members that because of email changes on their end or ours (we recently changed to a new email vendor), they are not receiving their Wire. Of course we need that feedback to keep the information coming your way, so do not hesitate to contact the Wire at…
Read MoreBoard Proposes Streamlined Membership Categories; Club Votes 6 pm Oct. 8
September 16, 2010
The Board of Governors voted Sept. 14 to recommend that the Club membership approve changes in the Constitution and Bylaws to streamline and rationalize the Club's membership category structure. The membership will be asked to vote at the fall membership meeting at 6 p.m. Friday, Oct. 8. The new…
Read MoreFall Hoot to Celebrate C-SPAN, 6:30 pm Oct 21
September 15, 2010
The Silver Owls will look at three decades of C-SPAN telecasts of the Club’s luncheons at the Fall Hoot, 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 21. Tickets are $35. The initial Oct. 7, 1980, telecast featured Federal Communications Commission Chairman Charles Ferris and was followed immediately by a call-in to a…
Read MoreBaltimore Center Club Becomes NPC Reciprocal Club
September 14, 2010
The Center Club in downtown Baltimore has been added to the list of clubs that offer NPC members reciprocal membership. NPC members will have dining privileges at the Center Club's three restaurants and access to the Center Club's business center. The Center Club is on Baltimore’s Inner Harbor…
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