Owls' next hoot is a magical Friday dinner
A pair of magicians will entertain the National Press Club’s Owls during the cocktail hour preceding their hoot on Friday, Dec. 13, a periodic dinner celebration of the Club’s longest-tenured members.
One of the magicians, Danny Selnick, is becoming an Owl this year. The other is Dwight Redman, who specializes in close-up illusions. The reception starts at 5:30 p.m. with passed hors d'oeuvres and a cash bar in the Ballroom, followed by dinner at 6:30 p.m.
The program begins at about 7:15 p.m., and features recognition of new Owls and the presentation of the 2024 Order of the Owl to 58-year member Llewellyn King, who also is keynote speaker.
The cost of the three-course dinner and two glasses of wine are $70 for members and $80 for guests. Please buy your tickets ASAP so the Club staff can plan for the event. All Club members are welcome to attend.
The menu is as follows:
Salad: Endive, blue cheese, spinach, walnuts and pomegranate seeds
Main course: Chicken piccata, mushroom risotto and ginger-garlic feta green beans
Dessert: Apple french tart
This year, there is a sizable cohort of new Owls, members who have reached 25 consecutive years or more of membership in the Club.
There are two members, John Corr and Lawrence O’Rourke, who have reached Platinum status (60 years of membership) and 10 who are Golden Owls (50 years of membership). They are Linda Adler, Thomas Condon, Samuel Gilston, John Grasser, Julian Josephson, Gerald Krell, Paul Lockwood, Ann Hume Loikow, Mary Kay Quinlan and Thomas Trueblood.
There are 54 new Silver Owls, who have roosted at the Club for 25 years.
They are John Ashford, Jill Barr, Herman Bouma, Edward Earl Brighton, Jere Broh-Kahn, J. William Buff, Patrick Butler, Nicholas Christakos, Vince Crawley, Daniel Dayton, Campbell DeMallie, John Donnelly, Igor Eberstein, Fariborz Fatemi, Elliot Feldman, Tegan Flynn, Robert Glenn, William Grigg, Charlotte Grimes, George Hagerty, Susan Heavey, Bernard Heiler, Alice Hirsch, Michael Jennings, Lisa Jorgenson, Gilbert Kaplan, Angela Greiling Keane, John Keeney, Robert Knox, Adam Konowe, Donald Kozusko, Ralph Krause, Daniel Kubiske, Richard Lee, Ann Carey McFeatters, Joe Motheral, Yori Okuda, Frederick Peters, Gemma Puglisi, John Rahming, Frederick Reis Jr., Kurt Riegel, Greg Rosenbaum, Daniel Selnick, Joseph Sendry, Debra Silimeo, Matt Small, Ruth Stanat, Peter Stanton, Gene Tighe, Mary Ann Treger, Robert Vanasse, Barbara Wamsley and David Wenkert.