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Friday last day to submit author applications to NPC Book Fair
The Washington region’s premiere holiday book event, the National Press Club Book Fair, is back for its 40th year and will accept author applications through 5 p.m., this Friday, Sept. 29. Applications received after the deadline will not be reviewed. All literary genres are considered, however self-published books and books only available in e-format will not be accepted. The application fee of $75 for Club members and $150 for non-members is due and payable upon acceptance to the Book Fair. Authors are expected to be available for the…
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C-SPAN Video Library training, Oct. 10: Search, clip, share 30 years of video
Learn how to search, clip, and share 30 years' worth of digitized C-SPAN video at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 10, in the National Press Club's Bloomberg Room. In the class, C-SPAN's Social Media Senior Specialist Jeremy Art will demonstrate how to research, fact check, illustrate and inspire your reporting using the network's extensive archives of digitized video. There is no charge for the event, which will last until 10:30 a.m., but reservations are required. Reserve your ticket online. C-SPAN's online archive contains more than 230,000 hours of easily searchable public affairs video, freely…
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NEW TIME TODAY: Rep. Tim Ryan to look at Opioid "Emergency" and Graham-Cassidy Bill, today at 2 p.m.
Rep. Tim Ryan, (D-Ohio), co-chair of the House Addiction Treatment and Recovery Caucus, plans to join three front-line health care workers at a National Press Club Headliners Newsmaker event on Monday, Sept. 25 at 2 p.m. to discuss the opioid crisis and what they see as the lack of parity between mental health and physical health care. They will call for action by Congress and the Trump Administration and will offer their reaction to the Senate Finance Committee hearing on the Graham-Cassidy bill earlier in the day. This Headliners Newsmaker event, to be held in the Club's Bloomberg Room, is…
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Author and retired educator analyzes divided America on latest NPC Podcast Update-1
In his new book “Divided We Fall,” David Sonius argues that it takes an informed and empowered public to keep America great. In this edition of the National Press Club's Update-1 podcast, Sonius tells Broadcast/Podcast Team member Irv Chapman that the president isn't as powerful as many Americans think and that many members of Congress withhold their opinions on issues that are politically risky to discuss. He also believes it’s a myth that Americans are overtaxed, saying most people think they’re overtaxed because the tax system in inequitable. Sonius also says the political divides in the U…
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Spelling Bee on Tuesday, Get your tickets today (or at the door)
The National Press Club Spelling Bee will be held tomorrow, Tuesday, Sept. 26 in the Ballroom. Doors will open at 6 p.m. and the program will begin at 7:15 p.m.. You can purchase tickets by clocking here. Tickets will also be available at the door. Confirmed contestants on the Politicians Team are: · Rep. Don Beyer (D-Va.) · Rep. Scott Peters (D-Calif.) · Rep. Suzanne Bonamici (D-Ore.) · Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) · Rep. Ted Deutch (D-Fla.) · Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.) Those confirmed in the press corner are: · 2016 champion Art Swift (…
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Don Larrabee Memorial Service This Saturday at NPC
Family and friends are invited to attend a celebration of the life of longtime National Press Club member and former president Don Larrabee on Saturday, Sept. 23, at 12:30 p.m., in the National Press Club's Holeman Lounge. Click here to read more about Larrabee and his contributions to the National Press Club.
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Get your tickets ahead of Tuesday's NPC Spelling Bee; also available at the door
Be sure to secure your tickets ahead next Tuesday’s always amusing National Pres Club Spelling Bee. The Bee will match up the Press vs. Politicians in a friendly competition to become the Club’s new Spelling Bee champ. Last year’s winner Art Swift (Gallup) will begin the show by challenging the 2017 Scripps National Spelling Bee champ Ananya Vinay to a one-on-one spelling match. The first such Spelling Bee was held in 1913, with newly elected President Woodrow Wilson in the audience for the inaugural showdown. The Press vs. Politicians Spelling Bee was reinstituted on its 100th anniversary in…
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Save the dates for two culinary adventures at The Fourth Estate: Cuisine of Turkey, Nov. 1; Jewish cooking guru Joan Nathan, Dec. 5
Culinary adventure abounds at the Fourth Estate this autumn with two cookbook author dinners. International food writer Robyn Eckhardt and photographer David Hagerman will take you on a journey through Turkey with their cookbook, "Istanbul & Beyond," at a multi-course wine dinner on Wednesday, Nov. 1. Menu to be announced soon. “Turkey touches four bodies of water and share borders with Bulgaria, Greece, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Azerbaijan, Armenia and Georgia…this results in not a nation united by one cuisine, but an array of culinary regions that make it one of the most gastronomically…
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Kornheiser, Wilbon Fourth Estate Dinner will also recognize WHCA and Mexico press corps Wednesday, Oct. 4
Tickets are still available for the 2017 National Press Club Fourth Estate Award dinner honoring Tony Kornheiser and Michael Wilbon on Wednesday, Oct. 4th. Kornheiser and Wilbon, co-hosts of ESPN’s "Pardon the Interruption" will be the 45th recipients of the Club’s most esteemed prize and the first joint recipients. They will be toasted (and roasted) by friends and colleagues Bob Woodward, Donald Graham, Maury Povich and John Skipper during the gala dinner. Club members can purchase up to two tickets for $175 each. Other tickets, including those for non-members, cost $225 each. Reservations…
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Chris Matthews, host of MSNBC's 'Hardball', to discuss new book at NPC Headliners Book Rap Wednesday, Nov. 8
Chris Matthews, host of MSNBC’s ‘Hardball’ plans to share his new book, Bobby Kennedy: A Raging Spirit, at a National Press Club Headliners Book Rap on Wednesday, Nov. 8, at 6:30 p.m. in the Club’s Conference Rooms. Tickets are $5 for Club members and $10 for the general public. Tickets and book are available by clicking here. Books will also be available for purchase at the event, no outside books or memorabilia are permitted. Publisher Simon & Schuster describes Matthews’ latest book as “a revealing portrait of Robert F. Kennedy that gets closer to the man than any book before. Drawing…
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