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Comic superhero creator Al-Mutawa to screen new animated series, 7 p.m. Thursday
The Kuwaiti creator of a the first comic superheroes based on an Islamic archetype will screen highlights from a new animated series and discuss the superheroes at 7 p.m. Oct. 6 in the Murrow Room, or as we like to call it in comic land, the Hall of Justice. The event, sponsored by the Young Members Committee features Dr. Naif Al-Mutawa, the Kuwaiti clinical psychologist and creator ofcomic superheroes known as THE 99. Dr. Al-Mutawa discuss why making it available in the United States is proving to be the greatest challenge of all. Dr. Al-Mutawa is also the subject of WHAM! BAM! ISLAM!, an…
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Meet Jefferson Master Distiller at Bourbon Dinner, Oct. 18: Reserve now!
This popular event event returns for a second year! Jefferson's Bourbon Master Distiller Trey Zoeller will guide you through a tasting featuring three bourbons, including the Presidential, and a rye during a multi-course bourbon dinner at the Fourth Estate Restaurant at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 18. The evening begins with a reception featuring a bourbon cocktail and includes a signed bottle of Jefferson Small Batch Bourbon signed by Zoeller (a $42 retail value). Malt Advocate calls Jefferson's "superbly balanced, sophisticated and very drinkable. An outstanding whiskey." Chef Susan Delbert…
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TMZ.com celeb news founder Harvey Levin to address NPC luncheon, Oct. 24
Harvey Levin, the creator of the celebrity news website TMZ.com and executive producer of the entertainment television news magazine TMZ-TV will discuss how the show and website changed how people get entertainment and political news at a National Press Club Speakers Luncheon Monday, October 24. Founded in 2005, TMZ.com is one of the most-cited entertainment news sources and was named “one of the coolest websites” by Time magazine and the “Breakout Blog of 2007” by Newsweek. The letters TMZ stand for the "thirty-mile zone,” referencing the studio zone within a 30-mile radius of downtown…
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Environmental activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Maathai, 2005 NPC luncheon speaker, dies of cancer
Kenyan environmental activist Wangari Muta Maathai, the first African woman to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, died of cancer Sunday in a hospital Nairobi. She was 71. Maathai, who founded the Green Belt Movement in 1977 to protect and revitalize Kenya's forests, spoke at the National Press Club on May 14, 2005, shortly after winning the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize. Maathai's Greenbelt Movement employed many of Africa's poorest people to plant more than 40 million trees and shrubs. Maathai, also an advocate of good governance in Africa, served as a member of the Kenyan parliament and as an…
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Family Research Council's Perkins on "values voters": What do they want in a presidential candidate? 9 a.m. Sept. 27
Tony Perkins, Family Research Council(FRC) president, will explain what “values voters” want in a presidential candidate at a National Press Club Newsmaker at 9 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 27. In early October, the Council's political advocacy arm, FRC Action, will host most of the major candidates for the Republican presidential nomination as speakers on the subject of family values in the 2012 election.
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UN agency accused of 'exploiting' Palestinian refugees, 'enabling' Hamas
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian refugees in the Middle East is not doing the job for which it was created, according to two experts who spoke at a Sept. 19 Newsmaker. Mordechai Kedar, a research associate of the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies at Israel's Bar Ilan University, and David Bedein, president of the Center for Near East Policy Research in Jerusalem and Jerusalem bureau chief of the Israel Resource News Agency, said that far from helping Palestinian refugees, the agency "exploits" them and "enables" what they described as the "Hamas-led"…
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Singer Natalie Cole leads fight against Hepatitis C, Oct. 19 luncheon
Grammy-award winning entertainer Natalie Cole, daughter of singing legend Nat King Cole, will address a National Press Club luncheon on Wednesday, Oct. 19. Cole, diagnosed with chronic Hepatitis C in 2008, is lending her voice to Merck and the American Liver Foundation’s national public health initiative, Tune In to Hep C. Cole will visit Washington to meet with leading patient advocates and encourage others to take action against chronic Hepatitis C. Hepatitis C is a liver ailment often referred to as the “silent disease” because it can be in the body for decades without apparent symptoms.…
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A White House slice? Cain to address Oct. 31 luncheon
Herman Cain, former Godfather's Pizza chief executive and candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, will address a National Press Club luncheon on Monday, Oct. 31. Cain said in a recent Republican debate that he'd bring a sense of humor to the White House because "America is too uptight." Cain will discuss why he thinks his skills as a businessman make him the best choice for president. Lunch will be served in the Holeman Lounge at 12:30 p.m., with the speech beginning at 1 p.m. and ending at 2 p.m. Tickets cost $18 for Club members, $29 for guests of members and $36 for general…
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Last Day to register for 'Using Research to Guide Your Advocacy Strategy'
Using opinion research to unlock the key to winning your advocacy effort is the subject of a Get PR Smart Workshop, "Using Research to Guide Your Advocacy Strategy," scheduled for Friday, Sept. 16 at 9 a.m. in the Fourth Estate Restaurant at the National Press Club. The cost for the 90-minute session in the "Get PR Smart" series is $45 for Club members and $55 for non-members. To obtain the code for the NPC member discount, please contact Joshua Funk at [email protected]. To see a calendar of the series and register, please visit www.press.org/prsmart. The series will cover a variety of topics…
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NPC schedules social media classes for Sept. 28, Sept. 29, Oct. 19, Oct. 20
The National Press Club plans to offer classes on social media Sept. 28, Sept. 29, Oct. 19 and Oct. 20. Each class is one hour and 15 minutes. Sign up for as many as will fit your schedule. The fee is $25 per class for NPC members and $50 per class for non-members. Register at http://bit.ly/6f1yyA or by contacting Beth Shankle at [email protected] or 202-662-7509. The classes will be held in the 13th floor Bloomberg Center for Electronic Journalism next to the library. Sept. 28 and Oct. 19: 9:30 to 10:45 a.m. - Social Media Tools11 a.m. to 12:15p.m. - Advanced Google Search Techniques1:30 to…
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