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Friday the 13th is a lucky day for prime rib lovers
Guarantee your good luck with a perfectly prepared prime rib at the Fourth Estate restaurant's Prime Rib Night on Friday, April 13. Diners will enjoy garlic-roasted prime rib on the bone served with Yorkshire pudding horseradish cream sauce and a spinach soufflé. Members pay $27; non-members $32. Diners are seated from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 pm. Reservations are required 24 hours in advance to assure prime rib, but some may be available for walk-in diners. Call 202-662-7638 or email [email protected] to reserve. The Fourth Estate restaurant is on the 13th floor of the National Press…
Type: News
Tick, tock: Last chance to enter your work for the Joseph D. Ryle Award for excellence in writing on geriatrics
The National Press Club wants to honor your best work on problems facing the elderly with the Joseph D. Ryle Award for excellence for writing on the problems of geriatrics. This award honors excellence and objectivity in coverage of the problems faced by the elderly. It is named in honor of Joseph D. Ryle, a longtime National Press Club member who left an endowment for the award. The award for print/online work has a first-place prize of $750. Entries must be postmarked by April 2. Details of the contest can be found here. Inside Edition won top honors last year for its reporting on insurance…
Type: News
Egyptologist who found cancer in a mummy to explain what ancient remains add to modern science, April 23
Dr. Salima Ikram, head of the American University in Cairo's Egyptology department, will speak on Egyptology's contribution to modern science and will address the state of the nation's antiquities post revolution at a Newsmaker press conference at 4 p.m. Monday, April 23. Ikram was in the news recently because of her role in the discovery of prostate cancer in a 2,200-year-old Egyptian mummy, which suggested the genetic origins of the disease.
Type: News
NPC's own 'Mr. Baseball' Paul Dickson plans to discuss Bill Veeck at April 24 book event
Paul Dickson, the National Press Club's resident baseball expert plans to discuss his new book Bill Veeck: Baseball’s Greatest Maverick at a National Press Club Book and Author event April 24 at 6:30 p.m. Dickson is the author of more tha 50 books, including The Dickson Baseball Dictionary, which is now in its 3rd printing. He also has written books about American history and his book The Bonus Army: An American Epic was the basis of a PBS documentary Bill Veeck was one of the most colorful baseball owners in history. He integrated the American League when he signed Larry Doby in 1947. Some…
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Mind/body health pioneer Deepak Chopra, M.D. to talk on the healing power of spiritual solutions at April 4 luncheon; book signing to follow
Internationally-known mind-body physician Deepak Chopra, MD., will discuss the healing power of spiritual solutions at a National Press Club luncheon on April 4. The luncheon will coincide with publication of his latest book, Spiritual Solutions: Answers to Life’s Greatest Challenges. Copies of the book will be available for sale and signing immediately following the luncheon. A leading advocate of mind/body/spiritual healing, Dr. Chopra has written more than 65 books—19 of which made the New York Best Sellers list; his books have been published in 85 languages. Founder of the Chopra…
Type: News
Save the Date: Hear Louis Armstrong’s Final Recorded Trumpet Performance, April 27
What if your favorite musician could return from the great beyond and play one last set that would, for a moment, make his music live again? And what if the music were new – something you have never heard before? It would be a moment to savor. If that musician is Louis Armstrong, the greatest trumpeter of all time, your dreams are about to come true. On Friday, April 27th officials from the National Press Club, Smithsonian Folkways Recordings and the Louis Armstrong Foundation will announce their agreement to release a recording made on January 29, 1971 in the Ballroom of the National Press…
Type: News
Interior Secretary Salazar talks on offshore drilling, gas prices at April 24 luncheon
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, who oversees all U.S. offshore oil and gas drilling, will speak to a National Press Club luncheon on Tuesday, April 24. Salazar will discuss gas prices, offshore drilling and other energy-related issues. With gasoline prices approaching $4 a gallon in much of the country, the Obama administration and Salazar in particular are under pressure to boost U.S. oil production. The Interior Department this week said it plans to allow companies to do seismic mapping surveys off the Atlantic coast to determine what oil and gas exists in that area. Environmentalists,…
Type: News
IRS commissioner to speak on the future of taxes, April 5 or T-Day minus 10
Doug Shulman, the 47th Commissioner of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service, will speak at a National Press Club Luncheon on Thursday, April 5. Now in his final year of a five-year term, Shulman will provide his perspective as the nation’s tax deadline approaches in a speech titled “Looking Back and Looking Forward for the Nation’s Tax System.” Shulman, who oversees collecting $2.4 trillion in tax revenue, has emphasized the necessity of maintaining a balance between taxpayer service and tax enforcement. His stated goals for the IRS are improving service to make voluntary compliance easier for…
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Spend spring in the Baltics on upcoming NPC trip; Last call for reservations
Don't miss your opportunity to experience the Baltic Republics. The Travel Committee invites NPC members, their guests and friends to travel through Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia from May 19 to May 30. The trip cost is $3,195 per person double, and $675 single supplement. Price includes roundtrip air, first-class hotels, great sightseeing, daily breakfast, and more. The reservation window closes soon so call Richard Meyer at 703-356-6884 to secure your place.
Type: News
Stop procrastinating! The National Press Club journalism contest deadline is nearly here
It's last call for entries to the National Press Club’s annual journalism contest. The deadline is April 1, but since that falls on a Sunday this year, entries postmarked on Monday April 2 will be accepted. The contest seeks the best in breaking news, political reporting, regional reporting on Washington, international coverage, online reporting, consumer reporting and newsletter journalism. It also includes a group of awards for areas as diverse as the news industry, aerospace and the airline industry, problems facing the elderly and humor writing. Have your best work recognized by one of…
Type: News