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NPC Professional Development Committee to meet Tuesday, July 14
The NPC Professional Development Committee will meet on Tuesday, July 14, at 9:30 a.m. in the Games Room.
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July Pub Quiz Thursday July 9 at 7:30 p.m.
They say you learn something new every day, but when you come to National Press Club Pub Quiz, you learn many new things. You also have an opportunity to win great prizes, put your knowledge to the test make new friends and enjoy yourself. The next Pub Quiz will take place in the Reliable Source's Truman Lounge at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, July 9. Veteran Pub Quiz emcee Marc Wojno will lead a fun-filled evening of levity, knowledge and prizes. What kind of prizes? There’s only one way to find out. Gather a team of four (at least one teammate must be a Club member) and participate. Space fills up…
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JOB POSTING: Reporter / Assistant Editor, Latin America Advisor
A Washington-based think tank, the Inter-American Dialogue engages our network of global leaders to foster democratic governance, prosperity, and social equity in Latin America and the Caribbean. Together, we work to shape policy debate, devise solutions, and enhance cooperation within the Western Hemisphere. Seventeen Dialogue members served as presidents of their countries, and more than three dozen have served at the cabinet level. For five consecutive years, the University of Pennsylvania has ranked the Dialogue among the top U.S. think tanks, and last year London’s Prospect Magazine…
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Order information for Crab Fest Buffet Thursday, July 30
The annual Crab Fest Buffet comes back on Thursday, July 30 starting at 5:30 p.m. in the Reliable Source. Members and their guests are invited to sample the crabs at this member-favorite event. What a great way to celebrate summer 2015! The Crab feast is $40 per person for members and $50 for nonmembers plus tax and gratuity. Reservations are encouraged because this event has sold out in the past. We will soon announce the menu for the Annual Crab Fest Buffet. Purchase tickets here.
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Club Closed Friday and Saturday
The club will be Closed Friday, July 3 and Saturday, July 4 for Independence Day holidays. The next edition of Wire will be on Monday, July 6. There will be no brunch or dinner service in the Fourth Estate Restaurant on Saturday. Please come visit on Monday July 6, or any time after.
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Summer BBQ/Jazz Event a Success
National Press Club members and their guests enjoyed cool jazz, great food and good drinks Thursday night at the Reliable Source Summer BBQ and Jazz event. Attendees commented favorably about the food and the music, especially Louis Priebe, Chairman of the House Committee who with his wife was celebrating his 49 years of marriage. They said "the food was delicious and the jazz with the Greater U Street Collective Jazz band was fantastic". Seventy-five people enjoyed the buffet and another 25 came just to listen.
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Did you know your spouse or domestic partner can be a member of the National Press Club for just $10 a month?
The membership is perfect for spouses and domestic partners who are journalists, communications professionals or those who enjoy attending Club events. The membership includes nearly all of the same privileges offered to other members including use of both restaurants, the fitness center, the library and the business center. In addition, Spouse/Partner members can serve on or chair any of the Club’s committees and attend events at the member price. To set up the membership for your spouse or domestic partner go here. The annual cost for the Spouse/Partner membership is $120 and is pro-rated.…
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This week In National Press Club history
June 16, 2015: Actor Gary Sinise, familiar to audiences as Lt. Dan in the 1995 movie “Forrest Gump” and for his starring role in “CSI-NY,” tells a Club Speakers breakfast that his long commitment to military families and veterans is "the most rewarding mission I’ve had in my life. We’ve been at war for the past fourteen years,” he reminded the attendees, and “the emotional trauma” alone experienced by veterans “is at epidemic proportions.” June 22, 1966: James Meredith addresses a Club Luncheon while recuperating from buckshot wounds sustained in Mississippi during his March Against…
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Law releases biography, "American Evita: Lurleen Wallace"
Janice Law’s sixth book, a just-released biography, "American Evita: Lurleen Wallace" (AE:LW), profiles America’s third woman governor (1967-68), and the first in Alabama - during the most violent years of Civil Rights confrontations. Astoundingly, when Lurleen Wallace died in 1968, Ralph Abernathy, a Martin Luther King Jr. top lieutenant, released a statement publicly praising her,“A dark shadow has been cast across the horizon of America by the death of the Honorable Governor Lurleen Wallace.” Her husband, George Wallace, famously vowed “Segregation forever.” Public admiration by a black…
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Toastmasters to meet June 22
The Toastmasters Club will meet in the Games Room at 7 p.m., Monday, June 22. Toastmasters is a great way to hone your public speaking skills. Drop in and see what it’s about! Questions? Contact Angela Bradbery at [email protected] or 202-588-7741.
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