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Did You Know? Use the Club at night or on Saturday and you get free or discounted parking
All members of the National Press Club receive complimentary evening and weekend parking at the PMI garage on G Street when they spend at least $20 at the Reliable Source or Fourth Estate restaurants. Members who are using any of the other Club facilities at night or on Saturday can purchase a discounted parking sticker for $5 at the front desk Complimentary and discounted parking is available starting at 5 p.m. on weekdays and all day Saturday. The parking sticker will not be valid if you park any time before 5 p.m. on weekdays. The PMI parking garage is located on G Street between 13th and…
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Today is deadline for requesting absentee ballot to vote in Club election
Today (Friday, Dec. 4) is the last day members can request absentee ballots to vote in the Club’s annual election of officers and members of the Board of Governors. Requests for absentee ballots must be placed in writing. To request an absentee ballot, submit an email to [email protected] or by post, addressed to the National Press Club’s Membership Department. Please request that the absentee ballot be mailed to your home address. The ballot cannot be mailed to a business address. Online voting opened on Nov. 30 and concludes at 3 p.m. EST on Thursday, Dec. 10. Members can cast an online…
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Club members offered discount at interactive media TV training workshop, Jan. 8
Are you an expert in your field? Do you think you’re good enough to be a panelist on TV? Stop dreaming and find out how to make it happen. You’ll have that opportunity by participating in an interactive TV workshop in the National Press Club’s Broadcast Operations Center on Friday, Jan. 8. The workshop’s sponsor, Reel Media Group, a media training organization, has invited Club members to attend at a 15% discount. The workshop will cover: -The first step to getting on TV as the go-to expert that you don’t know about-Political Season 101 – Get inside a political pundit’s head-Discover what it…
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Reliable Source unveils new menu items; check them out
There’s more reason than ever to make the Club’s popular Reliable Source restaurant the place to be when you eat out: Much of the menu at both lunch and dinner is new. The most popular items at lunch, prepared daily fresh daily by Executive Chef Susan Delbert and her staff, remain the hot buffet and healthy-choice salad bar. But both will include savory new choices. If you order off the menu at either lunch or dinner, you can choose from such new items as fried calamari salad, sticky tamarind apricot chicken, crab cakes platter, New York strip steak, Middle Eastern pizza and the world's best…
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Fun, food laughter on tap for Club's annual Children's Holiday Party, Dec. 12
The holiday season is fast approaching. Amid all the bustle, don’t forget to make your reservations to attend the National Press Club's annual Children Holiday Party on Saturday, Dec. 12, from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. As always, there will be lots of fun, food and laughter -- for kids and adults alike. Tickets are only $10 each, and must be purchased in advance. To reserve, click here.
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'Get It Online' lunch discussion tomorrow to tackle PR measurement
Topic of the next "Get It Online" lunch discussion series is “Smart PR Measurement for the Digital Age” tomorrow, Dec. 4, in the Games Room. PR practitioners have more measurement tools than ever before -- so many, that they don't know what to do with most of them. And no matter how good a tool is, you still need smart people using it in a smart way, to derive the most benefit. In this session, you will learn the basics of good PR measurement and, conversely, the seven deadly sins of bad measurement. We’ll discuss and how to differentiate between fact and fiction in the measurement context…
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Member receives French prize for book on terrorism, a day before Paris attacks
Club member Phillppe-Joseph Salazar received one of France’s most prestigious literary awards for non-fiction, the Prix Bristol des Lumières, in Paris on Nov. 12, barely a day before the terrorist attack in the city. The timing of the prize propelled his book, “Paroles Armées, with the subtitle (in French) “How to Understand and Combat Terrorism,” to widespread mention in media coverage of the attack. Special editions of newspapers cited it on their front pages, and it was featured in “war room” radio and television programs. The book has had four printings, and a new edition is scheduled in…
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Annual Holiday Buffet, Jazz Night to combine for special evening at Reliable Source, Dec. 17
The Club’s annual Holiday Buffet dinner on Thursday, Dec. 17, is reason enough to plan spend the evening of Thursday, Dec. 17, at the Reliable Source restaurant. But this year an added attraction – jazz – will make it even more of a not-to-be-missed event. The combination Holiday Buffet-Jazz Night evening will start at 5:30 p.m. when the flavorful buffet dinner, featuring holiday bash cuisine, becomes available. Then, at 6:30 p.m., the Greater U Street Jazz Collective, which has drawn enthusiastic audiences at previous Reliable Source Jazz Nights, will begin its performance in the Truman…
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Discount tickets available for 'Oliver,' 'Akeelah and the Bee' at Arena Stage
Arena Stage is offering National Press Club members and their guests a special 15-percent discount off tickets to its current productions of "Oliver!" and "Akeelah and the Bee." Club Members can purchase tickets by clicking here or calling 202-488-4380. Please use the promo code HOLIDAY15
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Member Janice Law to be a featured author at University Club Book Fair
Club member Janice Law, author of nonfiction "American Evita: Lurleen Wallace," a biography of America’s third woman governor, will be one of the featured authors at the annual University Club Book Fair from 5:30 p.m.- 8 p.m. this Wednesday, Dec. 3. The event, to be held at the University Club, 1135 16th St. NW, is free and open to the public. No reservations required.
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