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Drink Wine, Order Wine to Help the Library, 6-9 pm Oct. 23
Taste wines from Argentina, France and Spain at "Ink & Drink," a benefit for the Eric J. Friedheim National Journalism Library at the National Press Club, from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, Oct. 23 in the ballroom. William-Harrison Imports will pour more than 60 wines for you to taste. Representatives from the Embassy of Argentina will also attend to answer your questions about Argentina's wine country. Donation to attend the tasting is $10 in advance, $15 at the door. Bell Wine Shop will offer the wines for you to order by the bottle or the case at a sharp discount on Friday night only. Bell will…
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Halloween Costume Night & Fund-raiser 7:30 pm Oct. 30; $15 in Advance
Join old Hollywood stars for the "HallowScreen" Halloween Benefit Gala from 7:30 to 11 p.m. Friday, Oct. 30. Local indie-rock band Deleted Scenes and DJ Matt Spangler will provide spook-tacular musical entertainment, and Alisa Parenti, an award-winning anchor for MarketWatch Radio Network, will emcee the event. The Washington National Opera will also perform. Enter the costume contest for the best old Hollywood get-up for a chance to take home the evening’s grand prize. Price of admission includes one drink ticket for a complimentary beverage, an array of ghoulish appetizers, a NPC swag bag,…
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Journalism Courage Honored 7 pm Oct. 26
2009 Courage in Journalism Award winners: Iryna Khalip of Belarus, reporter and editor in the Minsk bureau of Novaya Gazeta Agnès Tailé of Cameroon, media consultant and former reporter for Canal 2 International, radio and television Jila Baniyaghoob* of Iran, freelance reporter and editor-in-chief of the Web site Kanoon Zanan Irani (Iranian Women's Center) The 2009 Lifetime Achievement Award winner is Amira Hass, a reporter and columnist for Ha'aretz Daily, a newspaper based in Tel Aviv. "These remarkable journalists have chosen to report the news in three countries where pursuit of…
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This Week in National Press Club History
Oct. 25, 1996: Former Communist Party Secretary General Mikhail Gorbachev talks about the state of affairs in Russia following the disintegration of the Soviet Union in 1991, resulting in part from his political and economic reforms (glasnost and perestroika). Oct. 29, 1929: "Black Tuesday" -- the fourth (and most devastating) day the stock market crashed, leading to the Great Depression and new financial troubles for the National Press Club. October 1936: His Eminence Eugenio Cardinal Pacelli, the Vatican’s Secretary of State, signs the Club’s Gold Book after lunch and writes, “My…
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Pulitzer Prize Photos to be Presented at Noon, Oct. 28
A trilogy of Pulitzer Prize-winning photos taken by Ron Edmonds, recently retired AP senior White House photographer, will be presented to the NPC on Wednesday, Oct. 28, at noon. Edmonds will add his Pulitzer photos to the Club's growing collection when he speaks to the NPC Photography Committee in the Zenger Room. Edmonds' photos of the Reagan assassination attempt in 1981 won the 1982 Pulitzer Prize for spot news photography.Edmonds' photos will be hung in the Club along with other Pulitzer photos taken by Max Desfor, Steve Crowley, Joe Marquette and Scott Applewhite. The Pulitzers are…
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Risk Reporting Seminars Postponed
The NPC Professional Development Committee's Risk Reporting seminars, originally scheduled for Oct. 26-28, have been postponed and will be rescheduled. For more information contact the committee's chairwoman, Susan Heavey at [email protected]
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Veterans, Artists to Introduce Film on WWII African-American Soldiers 10 am Oct. 29
Veterans and producers and writers of a documentary chronicling the contributions of African American soldiers in World War II will preview the film at a Newsmaker at 10 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 29, in the Holeman Lounge. "Choc'late Soldiers from the USA" is an untold story of African-American soldiers in wartime England, a place where many of them, for the first time, experience equality and what it was truly like to be an American. The film explores their journey, their mettle under combat and their exceptional courage. Clips of the film will be shown. Panel participants will include Mary…
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Halloween Costume Party, 7:30 pm Oct. 30; $15 for Members in Advance
Join old Hollywood stars for the "HallowScreen" Halloween Benefit Gala from 7:30 to 11 p.m. Friday, Oct. 30. Advance tickets are $15 for NPC members, $20 for non-members. Night-of tickets are $25. RSVP to http://npchalloween.eventbrite.com Washington National Opera's Generation O will host a raffle and ticket giveaway during the event. Local indie-rock band Deleted Scenes and DJ Matt Spangler will provide spook-tacular musical entertainment, and Alisa Parenti, an award-winning anchor for MarketWatch Radio Network, will emcee. Enter the costume contest for the best old Hollywood get-up for a…
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Rutherford Wine Dinner Nov. 4; $70 for Members
Rutherford Wine Co. wines will be featured at a Fourth Estate Wine Dinner at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 4. Tickets are $70 for members and their guests, $93 for non-members. The event includes a reception and five-course dinner with five featured wines. The reception will kick off at 6:30pm with a Rutherford Ranch Sauvignon Blanc and passed hor d'eouvres. The dinner menu includes seared black sea bass with panzanella salad, porcini mushroom soup, pork tenderloin wrapped in proscuitto, and short ribs in a huckleberry sauce. Dessert is chocolate triumph. These dishes are served with Lander…
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Digging through Campaign Disclosures, 9 a.m. Nov 9; Free for Members
Bob Biersack, coordinator of the Federal Election Commission's website improvement initiative, will explain the new formats for dowloading data files at 9 a.m. Monday, Nov. 9, in the NPC Bloomberg Training Center He will also demonstrate how to use the FEC's new Disclosure Data Blog, which was created to increase the exchange of information between the site’s managers and users. The session, sponsored by the NPC Eric Friedheim National Journalism Library's Professional Development Committee , is free for NPC members, $10 for non-members. Contact Nicole Nottingham at nnottingham@press…
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