Silver Owls plan Silver Anniversary Hoot for Saturday, Nov. 5 at noon

The National Press Club’s Silver Owls will celebrate their Silver Anniversary with a Hoot in the Holeman Lounge starting at High Noon on Saturday, Nov. 5.

The new hour and venue for the Hoot responds to requests for a time more convenient for our 700-plus members.

The Council of Wisest Owls voted unanimously for a Fall Hoot that would echo the days when the bar hummed on Saturdays. There’ll be food, drink, music by the Ricky Alexander Early Bird Jazz Trio and memories, with Owlish songs old and new, by the Owls’ Quartet: Austin Kiplinger, Don Larrabee, Doug Turner and Art Wiese.

The event will honor the founding father and long-time Head Hoot, Bernie Goodrich, and Senior Past President of the Club, John Cosgrove, who succeeded Bernie in 2002. We’ll also welcome newly-elected Head Hoot Arthur Wiese, Club president in 1979, and the latest inductees into the Silver and Golden Owls.

The price of admission and a super lunch is $25, preceded by a cash bar reception with tasty treats. The Fall Hoot is open to all Club members and guests. Wise owls should make reservations promptly by calling 202-662-7501 or email [email protected].