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"Lives of Others" at Dinner & Movie, 7 pm Nov. 5
"The Lives of Others" will be shown at Dinner & Movie, 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 5, in the McClendon Room. The movie synopsis: East Berlin, November 1984. Five years before its downfall, the former East-German government ensured its claim to power with a ruthless system of control and surveillance. Party loyalist Captain Gerd Wiesler hopes to boost his career when given the job of collecing evidence against the playwright Georg Dreyman and his actress girlfriend. What he didn't anticipate was that submerging oneself into the world of the the target also changes the surveillance agent.…
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Rutherford Wine Dinner Tonight; $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 6:30 p.m. with a Rutherford Ranch SauvignonBlanc and passed hor d'eouvres. The dinner menu includes seared blacksea bass with panzanella salad, porcini mushroom soup, pork tenderloinwrapped in proscuitto, and short ribs in a huckleberry sauce. Dessert is chocolate triumph. These dishes are served with Lander…
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Review of Club Art Presented at Hoot
The Fall Hoot of the Silver Owls (long-time Club members) Oct. 29 featured a revealing reminder of the Club's archival treasures, notably Norman Rockwell's "Visit to a Country Editor." in a power point documentary assembled by Owls' Vice-chair, Don Larrabee, and Club Archivist Marlene Justsen. Larrabee announced that as a result of the sale of the painting Phryne, with most of the proceeds donated to the Eric Friedheim National Journalism Library , the Owls had authorized a donation of $2,400 from the Phryne fund for transcribing 20 oral histories of former Club presidents and jourrnalism…
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Israeli Embassy Night Postponed
Due to a conflict for the ambassador of Israel, H.E. Michael Oren, the Nov. 11 Embassy Night is postponed. The Embassy said the date will be rescheduled.
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Young Members Meeting 7 pm Nov. 10
The next YMs@NPC (Young Members Committee) meeting is at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 10, on the mezzanine. (Not Monday, as the committee previously announced.) Under discussion: Pub Quiz (Nov. 12), and Cocktails with Champions (Dec. 14), along with the rest of the schedule finishing out 2009 for the YMs. For more information, please contact committee chairwoman Abeer Abdalla at [email protected]
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Applications Due Nov. 20 for January Journopalooza
A heavy thump of rock and roll will break through the chill of DC’s darkest winter days when stage lights come up for Journopalooza II in the National Press Club Ballroom on Friday, Jan. 8, 2010, and journo-bands are needed. Applications are due Nov. 20. The Club is welcoming submissions from solo artists, rappers, or bands playing funk, crunk, country, hiphop, habanera, bluegrass, zydeco, reggaeton, jazz, blues, pop, or any variety of fusion. The only rule -- all acts for the second annual Journopalooza must have at least 50% of their members working in (or laid off from) the professional…
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This Week in National Press Club History
Nov. 8, 1995: Shirley Povich, former Washington Post sports editor and columnist, receives the Fourth Estate Award. Nov. 10, 2004: Placido Domingo, enor and general director of the Washington Opera, addresses a Luncheon about the state of that high art and his efforts to make it accessible to more people Nov. 12, 1991: Former Supreme Court Chief Justice Warren Burger says “No television in the Supreme Court, forever.” Nov. 12, 1996: Martha Stewart, entrepreneur and editor of Martha Stewart Living magazine says at a Press Club event that she loves the stock market and outlines her plans for…
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Senate Historian Offers Tips on Doing Oral Histories, 6 pm Tonight
Planning to interview your grandparents about the day they met, or that close family friend who was the sole eyewitness to an event that forever changed world history? Before you reach for that tape recorder, come to a program on conducting effective oral histories at 6 p.m. Monday, Nov. 9. Senate Historian Donald Ritchie, author of "Doing Oral History: A Practical Guide," will cover the dos and don'ts in conducting effective oral histories. The talk will now be in the Zenger room. Seating is still available, but very limited. Please RSVP to the National Press Club Archives at (202) 662-7598…
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Member's Play about King Solomon, 8 pm Nov. 13
"The Last Days of King Solomon," a play by NPC member Anthony Gallo, will be presented at 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 13, in the Murrow Room. Gallo says the two-act “black comedy ” is about doubt and faith during the latter days of Solomon, long-time ruler of militarily and economically powerful Israel . The legendary monarch, who holds together a diverse nation by shrewd domestic and foreign marriages, has lost God’s favor. He is the laughing stock of the nation because he supposedly can not even see the temple he built. Foreign countries wait to attack the borders, and the twelve tribes of Israel…
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Senate Historian Gives Tips on Oral History Interviews
Oral histories should be transcribed as quickly as possible and include indexes, an expert on oral histories said during a presentation at the Club Nov. 9. Senate historian Don Ritchie coached the would-be interviewers to ask open-ended questions whenever possible but to be prepared with more specific follow-up questions, especially to pursue unexpected answers. Ritchie is the author of "Doing Oral History: A Practical Guide" and six other books, four of which are about Washington journalism. The Club has collected some 150 oral interviews. Only a handful has been transcribed, making it…
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