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Fourth Estate Restaurant New Year's Eve celebration cancelled
The Fourth Estate Restaurant's New Year's Eve celebration has been cancelled due to a lack of responses. The restaurant will be open on Monday, Dec. 31, from 11:30 am until 2:30 pm, with its regular menu.
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Here's what to look forward to at the Club in early 2013
With 2012 fast drawing to a close, here's a peek at some of the Club events taking place early in the new year. Jan. 21 -- Presidential inauguration. Executive Chef Susan Delbert is preparing special dishes for members and their guests in the Reliable Source, where extra TV sets are being set up to watch the festivities. Reserve at 202-662-7443 or [email protected] Jan. 26 -- Club presidential inauguration. "Game On: A Black Tie Tailgate" will celebrate incoming Club President Angela Greiling Keane, transportation reporter for Bloomberg News, fan of the Green Bay Packers and Girl Scout Gold Award…
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This week In National Press Club history
Dec. 25, 1991: President Mikhail Gorbachev steps down, bringing an end to the Soviet Union. A series of speeches at the National Press Club between 1988 and 1991 forecast the end of the Cold War. In July 1988, Soviet Marshal Sergei Akhromeyev announces that Hungary and Poland are free to leave the Soviet Bloc. In November 1989, Polish Solidarity leader Lech Walesa declares the Iron Curtain “is no more.” And Russia’s first elected president, Boris Yeltsin, in June 1991 speaks for only five minutes, but answers many questions ranging from his personal religions views to the Soviet Union’s…
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Dave Barry to discuss new book at Club
Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist and best-selling author, Dave Barry, will discuss his new book "Insane City" at 1 pm on Feb. 1 at the Club. A book signing will follow the discussion. Registration is required at www.press.org/events/barry. Tickets are free for NPC members and $5 for the general public. This event is a fundraiser for the National Press Club Journalism Institute. No outside book will be permitted. The author will only sign books purchased through the Club. Barry is a former syndicated humor columnist whose work appeared in more than 500 newspapers in the United States and…
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Video of South Africa Night honoring Nelson Mandela on NPC website
A video of the Nov. 26 South Africa night program honoring Nelson Mandela is now available on the Club's website at http://press.org/news-multimedia/videos/south-africa-night. The video opens with a performance of a traditional South African gumboot dance by the Taratibu Youth Association from Mount Rainier, Md., and features recollections by former NPC president Gil Klein of Mandela’s appearance at an NPC luncheon on Oct. 7, 1994; the evening’s keynote speech by South African Ambassador Ebrahim Rasool; and the remarks Edward Perkins, the first U.S. black ambassador to South Africa; and…
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Ring in the New Year with lower prices at the Fourth Estate Restaurant
The Fourth Estate restaurant is hosting a New Year's Eve Dinner on Monday, Dec. 31, with seatings at 6:30 pm and 8:30 pm. To celebrate the 2012 presidential election, the restaurant will charge the same prices as in 2008, the year of the previous election. Members will pay $55 and nonmembers $65 for a three- course prix fixe menu. Wine pairings can be added for an additional $20. Reservations are due by Friday, Dec. 28, by calling 202-662-7638. The menu: Starters:Jumbo Shrimp Cocktail with Fresh Horseradish Sour Cream Sauce.Chicken and Veal Country Pate, Toast Points, Pickled Sweet Onions…
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Whole Foods CEO to speak on new book
John Mackey, co-funder and chief executive officer of Whole Foods Market, will discuss his new book, "Conscious Capitalism: Liberating the Heroic Spirit of Business," on Feb. 5 at 6:30 p.m. in the Ballroom. A book signing will follow the discussion. Mackey's book focuses on companies, such as Whole Foods, Trader Joe’s, Wegmans, Costco and the Container Store, that have purposes beyond simply maximizing profits. Registration is required at www.press.org/events/wholefoods. Tickets are free for Club members and $5 for the general public. The author will only sign books purchased through the…
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Dave Barry to discuss new book `Insane City' Feb. 1 at Journalism Institute fundraiser
Pulitzer-Prize winning columnist and New York Times-bestselling author Dave Barry will discuss his new book, "Insane City," on Feb. 1 at 1 p.m. in the Conference Rooms. A book signing will follow the discussion. Registration is required at www.press.org/events/barry. Tickets are free for NPC members and $5 for the general public. The author will only sign books purchased through the National Press Club. Dave Barry is a humor columnist. For 25 years he was a syndicated columnist whose work appeared in more than 500 newspapers in the U.S. and abroad. In 1988 he won the Pulitzer Prize for…
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Muslim commission on human rights to discuss women's, children's issues Dec. 13
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation’s (OIC) Independent Permanent Human Rights Commission (IPHRC) is the first Muslim commission on human rights, making the rights of women and children its top priority. During a Newsmaker beginning at noon Thursday, Dec. 13, in the club's Zenger Room, IPHRC members will discuss the work being done by the commission to support human rights and women’s rights, in particular in countries that have not always effectively protected women’s rights. This is the first appearance of this newly created group in Washington. The OIC is the second-largest…
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NPC Institute offers database, spreadsheet training in January
The NPC Journalism Institute is diving back into data journalism in early 2013 with four new classes – two for spreadsheets and two for databases. The database class will be taught by David Donald, data editor at the Center for Public Integrity, who has taught journalists all over the country how to extract great stories from piles of data. The spreadsheet classes will be taught by JoElla Straley from NPR's research library. The classes will be held from 9 a.m. to noon in the Bloomberg Room on a succession of Monday mornings starting Jan. 7 and skipping the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. So…
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