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Expert to analyze next steps for Obamacare, 10 am July 16
Joel White, president of the Council for Affordable Health Coverage, will explore developments in health care and entitlements at a Newsmakers news conference at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, July 16, in the Zenger Room. A former congressional staffer, White will address how Obamacare will impact health coverage and premiums, issues that businesses and federal and state governments are facing in implementing the Affordable Care Act and reforms left unfinished by the law.
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Documentary depicts Chinese citizen-reporters illuminating economy's downside, 6 pm July 15
The National Press Club's Press Freedom Committee, Reporters Without Borders, POV and the New America Foundation will host a screening of "High Tech, Low Life" followed by a discussion with the filmmaker and a panel of experts at 6 p.m. Monday, July 15, at the Club. The film follows two of China's first citizen-reporters, as they document the underside of the country's rapid economic development. A search for truth and fame inspires young vegetable seller "Zola" to report on censored news stories from the cities, while retired businessman "Tiger Temple" makes sense of the past by chronicling…
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Centers for Disease Control director slated for Sept. 10 luncheon
Thomas R. Frieden, M.D., director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, will report on major health issues and challenges at a Tuesday, Sept. 10, National Press Club luncheon. The date was incorrectly reported as Sept. 12 in previous editions of the Wire. A part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services since 1946, CDC is charged with protecting public health and safety via the control and prevention of disease, injury and disability. It focuses on infectious disease, food-borne pathogens, environmental health, occupational safety and health and health promotion. The…
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Club member Tom Young discusses new book, "The Warriors," 6:30 p.m. July 16
National Press Club member Tom Young will discuss his new book, "The Warriors," at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 16,in the Club conference rooms. A book signing will follow the event. Registration is required. Click here to register. Tickets are free for Club members and $5 for the public. This event is a fundraiser for the NPC Journalism Institute. No outside books permitted. "The Warriors" tells the story of Lt. Col. Michael Parson, newly appointed safety officer at Kyrgyzstan air base, who is relieved to have the relatively laid-back assignment after seeing combat action. But on his second day…
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Belafonte highlights human rights in developing world at 1983 luncheon
This Week In National Press Club History July 7, 1983: Harry Belafonte, popular singer and social activist, speaks about human rights in the developing world at a National Press Club luncheon. Over the years, many other entertainers, including singer-songwriter John Denver, hip-hop star Chris ”Ludacris” Bridges, folk singer Joan Baez, and pop and R & B singer Dionne Warwick, have brought attention to pressing social issues, including literacy, world hunger, genocide, and AIDS, at the Club. July 12, 1984: The irrepressible Howard Cosell previews the upcoming Los Angeles Summer Olympics…
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Horton, Gonzalez tapped as NPC 5K co-marshals, Sept. 7
Tony Horton, international fitness trainer and author, will once again serve as the celebrity race marshal for the 16th annual "Beat the Deadline" NPC 5K on Sept. 7. Erika Gonzalez, local NBC4 reporter and anchor, will join Horton as co-race marshal of this year’s race, which benefits education and diversity in journalism. The race will start at 7:30 a.m. at the corner of 14th and F streets. N.W. Horton will lead a pre-race warm-up with his P90X® Home Fitness program at 7:15 a.m. The race will be followed by the NPC Health & Fitness Fair, pancake breakfast and awards ceremony. Cash prizes…
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Austrian priest to promote optional celibacy, ordination of women, 10 am July 22
The Rev. Helmut Schuller, an Austrian Catholic priest and a leader in the church reform movement, will call for fundamental changes in the world's largest Christian denomination at a National Press Club Newsmaker at 10 a.m., Monday, July 22, in the Zenger Room. Schuller, co-founder of The Preachers’ Initiative, a growing international organization of thousands of priests and deacons, will explore the group's “Call to Disobedience.” The organization advocates optional celibacy for priests; opening the priesthood to married men and to women; transparency in Church governance, especially with…
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Equinox restaurant culinary team presents dinner at Fourth Estate, Sept. 25
Husband and wife culinary team Todd Gray and Ellen Kassoff Gray of Washington's acclaimed Equinox restaurant will showcase recipes from their new cookbook at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 25 in the National Press Club's Fourth Estate Restaurant. Todd Gray, an award-winning chef, teamed with his wife, Ellen Kassoff Gray, an award-winning restaurateur, to create "The New Jewish Table", featuring updated, modern takes on traditional Jewish fare. The multi-course meal will feature extraordinary recipes from the cookbook, including a pistachio-crusted lamb loin and a pumpkin risotto with wild mushrooms. To…
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Kick off America’s Birthday with Jazz Night at the Fourth Estate
Enjoy great jazz with fabulous food at the Fourth Estate restaurant on Wednesday, July 3 as part of the Club's ongoing "Jazz Night" series in partnership with Blues Alley, Georgetown's iconic musical venue. Music is provided by members of the renowned Blues Alley Youth Orchestra. The musicians, including some graduates of top Washington, D.C. conservatories, are among the most talented instrumentalists in the area. The musicians will be play from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. during dinner as background music. There is no cover charge and the restaurant's regular a la carte menu is available. To reserve…
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Photojournalist Marty Katz offers tips for tricky tango photos
Marty Katz, a photojournalist whose work appears in The New York Times, The Washington Post and publications worldwide, spoke Wednesday, June 26 to the Photo Committee. Using pictures from a weekly Sunday tango dance at Freedom Plaza on Pennsylvania Avenue, Katz explained the challenges of dance photography with tricky lighting conditions. Describing the venue as the "ultimate camera challenge", he outlined the difficulties of capturing moving dancers as the sun sets on them, while still illuminating the brightly lit Capitol in the distance. Most amateurs wish to get the dancers in the…
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