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Club Closed Monday for Holiday; Fourth Estate Open Saturday
The Fourth Estate Restaurant will be open and serving brunch and dinner on Saturday, Feb. 13. The entire Club will be closed on Monday, Feb. 15, in celebration of Presidents' Day.
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Glenlivet Scotch Dinner 6:30 pm March 15, $70
Five Glenlivet scotches, aged from 12 to a 21 years, will be offered in the Fourth Estate Restaurant at 6:30 p.m. Monday, March 15. Tickets are $70 for members and their guests; $93 for non-members. The evening will begin with a reception featuring a 12-year-old scotch and prosciutto wrapped, goat cheese stuffed Medjool dates, mini reuben sandwiches, and smoked salmon and dill cream cheese triangles. Executive Chef Susan Delbert will prepare a four-course dinner featuring blue cheese soup with crab and herb croutons that will pair with Glenlivet's 15-year scotch. Seared scallops on pea-and…
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Play Postponed from Today
The staging of "Lincoln and God" scheduled for Friday, Feb. 12, is postponed until April due to inclement weather.
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Canon Rep at Photo Committee Meeting, Noon Feb. 17
Mike Sheras, Canon representative, will speak at the Photo Committee luncheon meeting at noon Wednesday, Feb. 17, at noon, in the McClendon Room. Sheras will talk about cameras that combine both still and video capabilities. These cameras should be of interest to journalists who are expected to write and also to shoot both photos and video. Sheras will also talk briefly about using flash techniques in low-light settings. All are welcome to attend, and no reservations are required; however, seating is limited in the McClendon Room.
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NPC: A Place for News and .... Romance
Donald J. Frederick remembers clearly that day in January 1966 when Windsor P. Booth was inaugurated as the new president of the National Press Club. It was snowy weather, not unlike the kind Washington has been experiencing recently. Frederick, a writer-editor at the National Geographic, had been looking forward to the inauguration of Booth, his boss, and the head of the National Geographic wire service. But he was also excited because his girlfriend was visiting from Montreal. They had met while studying abroad at the University of Madrid, Spain, and stayed in touch after returning home…
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"Wild Swans" at Books & Brunch, Noon Feb. 20
INSIDE THE CLUBPosted by Sylvia Smith - 02/16/2010 | Email the editor"Wild Swans" at Books & Brunch, Noon Feb. 20Books & Brunch will meet at noon Saturday, Feb. 20, in the Fourth Estate Restaurant to discuss “Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China” by Jung Chang. The book traces China’s violent 20th century history with the stories of Chang’s grandmother, her mother, and herself through the end of warlords’ control of China, the Japanese occupation, the civil war that the Communists control, through the Cultural Revolution, which turned the author from a dedicated Communist into a…
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This Week in National Press Club History
Feb. 14, 1912: Magician and escape artist Harry Houdini visits the National Press Club. Feb. 16, 1961: Actor James Stewart has a casual dinner at the Club. This Week In Press Club History is brought to you by the History and Heritage Committee, which is dedicated to preserving and revitalizing the Club’s history through displays, panel discussions and lectures, and interviewing members as part of the Club’s oral history project. For additional information on the Club’s rich history, contact the Club’s archives. For more information on upcoming History and Heritage Committee sponsored…
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Events Committee Meets 6:30 pm Feb. 23
Events Committee will meet at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 23, on the mezzanine.
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YMs Happy Hour Recruitment, 7 pm Feb. 22
Come one, come all to the Young Member Happy Hour recruitment drive at 7 p.m. today (Feb. 22) in the McClendon Room. Special for the Young Members: If you bring a friend who is a potential member, you both get a drink on the house. This is a great chance for you and your friends to hear about the exciting things happening at the Club for the YMs as well.
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Democracy Transformation Topic of Newsmaker, 4 pm March 9
The Bertelsmann Foundation will release and discuss the 2010 English-language edition of the Bertelsmann Transformation Index at a Newsmaker at 4 p.m. Tuesday, March 9. The BTI measures the progress made by 128 "transition" countries toward democracy and a market-oriented economy. Hauke Hartmann and Sabine Donnerwill present the material.
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