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It's a Wonderful Life: A Radio Play
The National Press Club will close 2020 by presenting a 'radio play' version of the classic story "It's a Wonderful Life" on New Year's Eve at 7 p.m. ET. The cast of the one-hour "radio play" is comprised of Club members including former presidents Mark Hamrick, Angela Greiling Keane, Jeff Ballou and Gil Klein, along with Board of Governors members Debra Silimeo, Danny Selnick and Mark Schoeff, Jr. Professional broadcasters and Club members Dan Raviv, Barbara Porter, Sam Litzinger, Irv Chapman and Ken Mellgren are also in the cast, along with members Marc Wojno, Maureen…
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Inauguration of Lisa Matthews - 114th President of the National Press Club
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Lisa Nicole Matthews, Assignment Manager of U.S. Video for the Associated Press, was elected the 114th president of the National Press Club, The World's Leading Professional Organization for Journalists™, on Friday, December 4, 2020. Over the course of her long career in journalism, Matthews has received two Edward R. Murrow Awards – one in 2002 for outstanding coverage of the events on September 11, 2001 and her second in 2010 for Video Continuing Coverage of the Economy. Matthews also received the AP's Oliver S. Gramling Spirit Award for service to clients in 2004. Born on Andrews Air Force…
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A Call for Tribunals to Prosecute Acts of Genocide and Atrocities Committed By ISIS
Who Ambassador-at-Large Morse H. Tan, Office of Global Criminal Justice, U.S. Department of State Ambassador-at-Large Kelley Currie, Office for Global Women's Issues, U.S. Department of State Ambassador Emily Haber, German Ambassador to the United States Commissioner Nadine Maenza, US International Religious Freedom Commission Matthew Daniels, JD, PhD, Founder, Universal Rights Academy Jacqueline Isaac, Vice President, Roads of Success State Secretary Tristan Azbej, State Secretariat for the Aid of Persecuted Christians and…
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Blues Alley Jazz Series featuring Shacara Rogers with Chris Grasso (Virtual Event)
Blues Alley Jazz is pleased to announce the launch of its acclaimed “Monday Night Jazz” series, streaming live from the National Press Club in Washington, DC. Blues Alley Jazz is America’s oldest, continuously operating jazz supper club, located in our nation’s capital. For the past fifty-five years Blues Alley Jazz has been serving the finest in jazz entertainment and creole cuisine in America. With in-person gatherings prohibited due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Blues Alley has partnered with the historic National Press Club to live stream performances to viewers around the world, as well as…
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Blues Alley Jazz Series featuring Paul Bailey (Virtual Event)
Blues Alley Jazz is pleased to announce the launch of its acclaimed “Monday Night Jazz” series, streaming live from the National Press Club in Washington, DC. Blues Alley Jazz is America’s oldest, continuously operating jazz supper club, located in our nation’s capital. For the past fifty-five years Blues Alley Jazz has been serving the finest in jazz entertainment and creole cuisine in America. With in-person gatherings prohibited due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Blues Alley has partnered with the historic National Press Club to live stream performances to viewers around the world, as well as…
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Blues Alley Jazz Series featuring Eric Felten Jazz Orchestra (Virtual Event)
Blues Alley Jazz is pleased to announce the launch of its acclaimed “Monday Night Jazz” series, streaming live from the National Press Club in Washington, DC. Blues Alley Jazz is America’s oldest, continuously operating jazz supper club, located in our nation’s capital. For the past fifty-five years Blues Alley Jazz has been serving the finest in jazz entertainment and creole cuisine in America. With in-person gatherings prohibited due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Blues Alley has partnered with the historic National Press Club to live stream performances to viewers around the world, as well as…
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Blues Alley Jazz Series featuring Dave Chappell & Friends (Virtual Event)
Blues Alley Jazz is pleased to announce the launch of its acclaimed “Monday Night Jazz” series, streaming live from the National Press Club in Washington, DC. Blues Alley Jazz is America’s oldest, continuously operating jazz supper club, located in our nation’s capital. For the past fifty-five years Blues Alley Jazz has been serving the finest in jazz entertainment and creole cuisine in America. With in-person gatherings prohibited due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Blues Alley has partnered with the historic National Press Club to live stream performances to viewers around the world, as well as…
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Blues Alley Jazz Series featuring Christie Dashiell (Virtual Event)
Blues Alley Jazz is pleased to announce the launch of its acclaimed “Monday Night Jazz” series, streaming live from the National Press Club in Washington, DC. Blues Alley Jazz is America’s oldest, continuously operating jazz supper club, located in our nation’s capital. For the past fifty-five years Blues Alley Jazz has been serving the finest in jazz entertainment and creole cuisine in America. With in-person gatherings prohibited due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Blues Alley has partnered with the historic National Press Club to live stream performances to viewers around the world, as well as…
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An evening with the Smithsonian’s choreographer-in-residence Dana Tai Soon Burgess
Join us for a lively discussion with Dana Tai Soon Burgess, poet laureate of Washington dance and founder of the DTSB Dance Company. The one-hour program hosted by the International Correspondents Committee will be moderated by National Press Club President, Lisa Matthews. Burgess will talk about the role of modern dance in the current social justice conversation, as well as how dance can be used as a tool of soft diplomacy. Burgess will share his experience as a cultural ambassador for the U.S. State Department for over two decades. The program will include a video demonstration and a…
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Non-Fungible Tokens for Photography
Financial services and technology lawyer Lee Schneider joins National Press Club members for a discussion about Non-Fungible Tokens for Photography. Schneider is general counsel of blockchain software company block.one, co-hosts the Appetite for Disruption podcast, and is contributing editor for the Chambers and Partners FinTech Practice Guide. He will discuss the basics of NFTs and blockchain technology on which it's based, and their relevance to photography on Tuesday, May 18 at 11 a.m.; Zoom link provided after advance registration. Questions? Contact Photo Team co-chair Alan Kotok at…
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