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Celebrate New Year's Eve at the Fourth Estate
The Fourth Estate Restaurant will offer an a la carte menu on Tuesday with seatings at 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. Starters, $10. Your choice of: Winter green salad, pear, pomegranate seeds, feta cheese, spiced pecans and pomegranate vinaigrette, Appetizer plate: Two jumbo shrimp, smoked salmon avocado toast and Swiss chard fritter, cocktail sauce and dill crème fraiche, Warm lobster bisque, truffle Parmesan croutons and fresh herbs. Entrées, $35. Your choice of: Steamed cracked king crab leg, drawn butter, almond couscous (or Old Bay fries) and tropical papaya-mango red pepper slaw, Prosciutto…
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Learn about polling at webinar on Jan. 15
The American Association for Public Opinion Research is holding a free webinar on election polling on Wednesday, Jan. 15, at the National Press Club. The webinar will be held at 11 a.m. and is free to Club members. AAPOR is a professional association that promotes best practices and integrity in conducting, analyzing and reporting public opinion research. To register for the webinar, click here. Topics to be covered include AAPOR’s 2016 election evaluation, best practices for covering primary and general election polls, potential pitfalls ahead of primary season, margins of error, and what…
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WNBA commissioner to speak at Club March 3
As the Washington Wizards seek to defend their Women's National Basketball Association title, the league's commissioner, Cathy Engelbert, will speak at a National Press Club Headliners luncheon on Tuesday, March 3. Engelbert, who became commissioner on July 17, will announce her goals for the league and discuss the nexus between sports and health. She oversees the league’s day-to-day business and basketball operations. Lunch will be served in the Ballroom at 12:30 p.m. Remarks begin at 1 p.m., followed by a question-and-answer session ending at 2 p.m. Tickets cost $25 for Club members (…
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Cuisine of Tunisia coming to the Club, Jan. 29
The Fourth Estate Restaurant will feature a menu of Tunisian cuisine on Wednesday, Jan. 29. The dinner will come from the cookbook, "Discovering Tunisian Cuisine" by Judy Hallet, a documentary filmmaker-turned-author. She first discovered Tunisian food as a Peace Corps volunteer and returned to the country 50 years later with her husband Stanley, an architecture professor who had been asked to overhaul the architectural design curriculum at a private university in Tunis. Over the next three years, the Hallets made several months-long trips to Tunisia. The cookbook was co-authored by Raoudha…
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Club closed Wednesday for Christmas
The National Press Club will be closed Wednesday for Christmas Day.
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Reserve now: WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert, Mystics coach and championship trophy to visit Club, tomorrow
Cathy Engelbert, commissioner of the Women's National Basketball Association, will speak at a National Press Club Headliners Luncheon tomorrow, Tuesday, March 3. Engelbert, who became commissioner on July 17, will announce her goals for the league and discuss the nexus between sports and health. She oversees the league’s day-to-day business and basketball operations. She will be joined on the head table by Mystics Coach Mike Thibault and Monumental Sports managing partner Sheila C. Johnson. The 2020 season begins in May with the Washington Mystics trying to defend their first WNBA title.…
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NPC members invited to webinar on election polling, Jan. 15
National Press Club journalists covering the 2020 election are invited to a free webinar on election polling from the American Association for Public Opinion Research. The webinar, "Accuracy in election polling: Lessons from 2016 for covering 2020," will be held at 11 a.m. Jan. 15 and is free to Club members. AAPOR is a professional association that promotes best practices and integrity in conducting, analyzing and reporting public opinion research. To register for the webinar, click here. Topics to be covered include AAPOR’s 2016 election evaluation, best practices for covering primary and…
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National Press Club to hold moment of silence Oct. 2 to mark first anniversary of the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi
The National Press Club will hold a moment of silence in observance of the first anniversary of the murder of Saudi journalist and Washington Post Global Opinions contributing columnist Jamal Khashoggi on Wednesday, Oct. 2, at 10 a.m. Khashoggi, who was openly critical of Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in his columns for The Washington Post, was ambushed by 15 Saudi government officials inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul and killed on Oct. 2, 2018. The Club posthumously awarded Khashoggi its John Aubuchon Freedom of the Press citation. Club President Alison Fitzgerald…
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100 authors under one roof: 42nd annual NPC Book Fair set for Friday, Nov. 1
One hundred authors -- and their books -- will be under one roof at the National Press Club, just in time for the gift-giving season. Navigate national politics and history, whisk your way to tasty treats, or laugh with your little one during the 2019 Book Fair and Authors’ Night on Friday, Nov. 1. Book Fair guests can shop titles and meet the authors behind incredible nonfiction and fiction tales in more than a dozen genres. It’s your chance to mingle with your favorite author and discover new ones, including Jason Rezaian, "Prisoner;" Marlin Fitzwater, "Calm Before the Storm;" Dorothy…
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Plaintiff in LGBTQ workplace rights case to speak at Club following oral arguments at Supreme Court, Oct. 8
Gerald Lynn Bostock, the plaintiff in BOSTOCK v. CLAYTON COUNTY, Ga., who was fired from his job as a county child welfare services coordinator when his employer learned he joined a gay recreational softball league, will discuss his case at a National Press Club Headliners press conference at the Club on Oct. 8 immediately following oral arguments at the U.S. Supreme Court. This event will take place at 1 p.m. in the Club’s First Amendment Lounge, and is open to credentialed media and members of the National Press Club; however, registration is required. Please click here to register.…
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