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NPC Luncheon with Natalie Cole
GRAMMY® Winner Natalie Cole to Speak on Hepatitis C at Luncheon, Oct. 19 GRAMMY® award winning entertainer Natalie Cole, daughter of singing legend Nat King Cole, will address a Press Club Speakers luncheon on Wednesday, Oct. 19. Ms. Cole, diagnosed with chronic hepatitis C in 2008, is lending her voice to Merck and the American Liver Foundation’s national public health initiative, Tune In to Hep C. Cole will visit Washington, D.C., to meet with leading patient advocates and will address the National Press Club to help elevate the discussion around chronic hepatitis C and encourage others…
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NPC Speaker News Conference with Secretary Hilda Solis
U.S. Labor Secretary Hilda Solis will sit down with NPC President Mark Hamrick for an hour-long interview to discuss the employment situation and job creation in the U.S. ahead of Labor Day and the election season on Tuesday, Aug. 30. Sec. Solis was confirmed as Secretary of Labor in February 2009 and has helped implement major facets of the Obama administration’s American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, such as increasing and extending unemployment benefits, providing training for workers in need of new skills and helping to create jobs in clean energy and health IT. While the administration…
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ZUMBA! With Certified Instructor Nicolle Brown
NPC members and guests are invited to dance away the pounds at a Zumba class on July 22nd at 6:30 p.m. in the Holeman Lounge. Zumba certified instructor, Nicolle Brown, will lead us in the latest Zumba moves that combine Latin, Hip-Hop and Indian dancing to a driving beat. The cost is $5 for members and $10 for non-members and guests of members. All fitness levels are welcome. Participants must sign a waiver to take the class. Register Today!!
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"Scenes from the Suburbs" Film Screening
On June 30, 2011, at 7 pm in the Holeman Lounge, the Young Members committee is showing the film "Scenes from the Suburbs." Acclaimed director Spike Jonze teamed with the wildly-popular indie rock band Arcade Fire to create a 30-minute short film inspired by their critically acclaimed album, the Suburbs, and its themes of war and coming of age in suburbia. Co-written by Jonze & Arcade Fire’s Win Butler & Will Butler, this companion piece to the album follows the narrator, living in a suburban dystopia, trying to piece together fragmented memories from when he was a teenager, and his…
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NPC Luncheon with Brent Scowcroft and the Gerald R. Ford Journalism Awards
Gen. Brent Scowcroft, former National Security Advisor to President Gerald Ford and George H.W. Bush, will assess the foreign policy challenges facing the Obama Administration during a National Press Club Speakers Luncheon on June 14. His speech will follow the 24th annual Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation Journalism Awards presentations for distinguished reporting on the presidency and national defense. Gen. Scowcroft, who assisted President Barack Obama in selecting his national security team, has advised presidents on military and security issues since Richard Nixon's administration…
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General Membership Meeting
A General Membership Meeting of the National Press Club will be held at 12 noon, Friday, May 13, in the Holeman Lounge. Officers will report on the Club’s operations since the last meeting. In addition, changes in the Articles of Incorporation to reflect that retired members serve on the Board of Governors will be considered. Here is the meeting agenda: 1. Meeting called to order (President Mark Hamrick) 2. Approval of the January 21 General Membership Meeting Minutes (Joel Whitaker) 3. Membership Report (Angela Greiling Keane) 4. Treasurer's Report (Myron Belkind) 5. President’s Report (…
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NPC Luncheon with Gary Sinise
Gary Sinise, who stars as Det. Mac Taylor in the CBS television series “CSI: New York,” will announce the formation of The Gary Sinise Foundation at a National Press Club luncheon address on Thursday, June 30. The Gary Sinise Foundation serves the nation by honoring service members, veterans, first responders, their families, and those in need by supporting unique programs designed to entertain educate, inspire, strengthen, and build communities. Sinise, who received an Academy Award nomination for Best Support Actor for his portrayal of Lt. Dan in the Oscar-winning film “Forrest Gump,” will…
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Documentary Screening of "Lift Up"
Lift Up A documentary about Haiti, directed by Huguens Jean and Philip Knowlton. After last year's earthquake, Huguens Jean and his brother Clifford Muse returned to Haiti to honor their grandfather who died a month after the quake. Their film tells the stories of Haitians coping with the aftermath of the quake. www.liftupmovie.com
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Author and former Guardian Editor Alan Rusbridger to Discuss New Book with Washington Post Exec. Editor Marty Baron
Livestream will begin 12/7 at 1:00pm ET. Alan Rusbridger, the storied long-time former editor-in-chief of The Guardian will discuss his new book “Breaking News: The Remaking of Journalism and Why it Matters Now,” in conversation with Washington Post Executive Editor Marty Baron, at a National Press Club Journalism Institute luncheon on Friday, Dec. 7 in the National Press Club's Holeman Lounge. Doors open at 12pm. Lunch is scheduled to begin at 12:30 with the program scheduled to run from 1-2pm. Tickets are $25 for National Press Club members and $39 for the general public. When…
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