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Can your fellow journos act? Find out when NPC members and McLean Drama Co. actors join for an evening of dramatic plays, Nov. 9
The National Press Club, in association with the McLean Drama Company(MDC), will host the premiere performance of “NPC/MDC Theater,” featuring a series of three award-winning, ten-minute plays performed by Club members alongside actors and directors from the McLean Drama Company. This spirited event will be held in the Cosgrove Lounge on Friday, Nov. 9, at 6 p.m. The small ensemble cast of Club members and MDC actors will be directed by Carol Arthur of Studio Theater/MDC and Andrew Quilpa- The Coil Project/ MDC. This will be a casual evening of drinks, conversation and…acting! Scheduled in…
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Acclaimed presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin discusses "Leadership in Turbulent Times" at NPC Luncheon today
On the eve of the 2018 midterm elections, world-renowned presidential historian and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Doris Kearns Goodwin will share her seventh and latest book, “Leadership in Turbulent Times,” at a National Press Club Headliners Luncheon on Monday. In her book, Goodwin revisits the four presidents she has studied most closely – Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Lyndon B. Johnson – to explore the shared traits, values, and abilities that afforded each of these men the opportunity to sit in the country’s highest office, and provide a modern-day road…
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All that reading will make you hungry! Reserve your spot at the Annual Book Fair Roast Beef Buffet, tonight
National Press Club members and their guests are invited to the Annual Book Fair and Author Night Roast Beef Buffet on Friday, Nov. 2. The buffet opens at 5:30 p.m. in the Reliable Source. Stop in for a hearty meal either before or after you visit the Club's popular pre-holiday book fair. The price of the Roast Beef Buffet is $25 for Club members and $32 for non-members, plus tax and gratuity. Reservations are encouraged because this event usually sells out. Please contact us at 202-662-7443 or e-mail at [email protected] Please note: There will be no Taco Night due to NPCJI Annual Book Fair and…
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Last chance to reserve your space at 5-course Penfolds dinner with iconic Australian wines, Nov. 13
Kick off the 175th anniversary year of legendary Australian winemaker Penfolds at a five-course dinner featuring some of winery's iconic wines on Tuesday, Nov. 13, at The Fourth Estate. Penfolds' global wine ambassador Zoe Warrington will travel from Australia to guide us through these extraordinary wines. Tickets are limited so click here to reserve now. Tickets are available on both the National Press Club website and Eventbrite. Tickets cost $95/single; $180/couple with a 15% discount for Club members ($80.75/$161.50). Members must be signed in to receive the discount. The evening begins…
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Panel to brief reporters on 25th Amendment, impeachment and law around Mueller investigation, Nov. 15
A group of top constitutional scholars, including a former White House counsel and a Watergate prosecutor, will brief reporters on the legal issues tied to special counsel Robert Mueller's ongoing probe at a National Press Club Headliners panel at 10 a.m. Nov. 15 in the Bloomberg Room. Democratic takeover of either house of Congress will intensify the scrutiny around President Trump. Panelists will consider questions including: What would Democrats do with subpoena power if they win the House, the Senate or both?Will the Democrats attempt to impeach the president?Can a sitting president be…
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NPC in History: FDR gets his Club membership card
For its 25th anniversary bash on May 29, 1933 – the Silver Jubilee – the National Press Club invited President Franklin Roosevelt to be the guest of honor at the black-tie event less than three months after he was inaugurated. As was customary, the Club wanted to present the new president of the United States with his membership card. Every president since Woodrow Wilson had been a Club member – and they all paid their dues, like any other member (a tradition that lasted through President Kennedy). As you can see from the accompanying photo, Roosevelt accepted the special silver-engraved…
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Experience Georgian food and wine at the Fourth Estate, Nov. 14
Russian poet Alexander Pushkin once wrote, "Every Georgian dish is a poem." Taste what he meant at a five-course Georgian meal featuring the recipes from Darra Goldstein's "The Georgian Feast" at a cookbook and wine dinner on Nov. 14 in the Fourth Estate Restaurant. Goldstein is the Willcox B. and Harriet M. Adsit Professor of Russian, Emerita, at Williams College and founding editor of Gastronomica: The Journal of Food and Culture. She is the award-winning author of five cookbooks and has consulted for the Council of Europe on ways to use food to promote tolerance and diversity. To…
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Marvin Kalb to present his new book, “Enemy of the People,” Nov. 15
In his latest book, “Enemy of the People: Trump’s War on the Press, the New McCarthyism, and the Threat to American Democracy,” Marvin Kalb pulls from recent history to prove that the great American experiment would suffer certain failure if not for a free and vigorous press. Kalb will explain how he arrived at this conclusion and sign copies of his book at a National Press Club Headliners event on Thursday, Nov. 15, at 6:30 p.m.in the conference rooms. The event will feature a discussion with the author, an audience question-and-answer session and a book signing. Tickets are $5 for Club…
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White House photographers to tell what it takes to produce presidential images, Oct. 29
Picture in your mind the president of the United States. Any president. More than likely, that picture is the result of an image captured by news media or official staff photographers. A group of current and recent White House media and staff photographers will tell what it takes to produce those images in a National Press Club program called Photographing the President, on Monday, Oct. 29, at 6:30 p.m., a project of the Club's Photography Committee and World Press Photo DC. Registration for Photographing the President is free for Club and World Press Photo DC members and guests, but tickets…
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Club Institute draws big sponsors for Fourth Estate Award Gala, Nov. 29
The National Press Club Journalism Institute, the Club’s non-profit affiliate, has collected nearly $50,000 in sponsor donations so far for this year’s Fourth Estate Award Gala. The annual event serves as a fundraiser for the Institute and celebrates journalistic achievement and press freedom. This year’s Gala will be Thursday, Nov. 29, beginning with a reception in the Holeman Lounge at 6:30 p.m., followed by the dinner and awards program in the ballroom at 7 p.m. Club members can purchase up to two tickets at the discounted rate of $195 per person. Other tickets, including those for non-…
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