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Register your Virtual Pub Quiz 2.0 team by noon Thursday, May 21
The National Press Club’s *Virtual* Pub Quiz 2.0 is on for Thursday, May 21, at 7 p.m. via Zoom. You'll need to register yourself or your team ahead of the big event. Deadline to register is noon that day. Have you picked a clever name for your team yet? Don't delay. Getting all this done ahead will make the evening move along much more smoothly than it went during our first *Virtual* Pub Quiz last month. E-mail the names and e-mail addresses of your teammates – along with that clever team name – to Laura Coker at [email protected]. Don’t have a team? No problem. Just register yourself – and…
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Interested in crime fiction? Join chat with author, ex-cop David Swinson May 27
Del Wilber, a member of the National Press Club board, will be hosting a Zoom conversation with David Swinson, the author of an acclaimed series of books about a private detective named Frank Marr, who struggles with addiction and doing the right thing. Swinson is a former DC cop who brings his experience and expertise to fiction. He is also a hell-of-a-writer, Wilber says. The conversation is Wednesday, May 27, at 8:30 p.m. Crime fiction author David Swinson Wilber profiled Swinson for a feature in Washingtonian magazine in 2016. To join the conversation, email Del Wilber: delwilber3@…
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Simplify your weekend, make these decadently delicious cookies
Sometimes it doesn’t pay to over-think things. A cookie treat remembered from childhood may still be pretty good even if the combination of ingredients hits the adult palate in a different way. As our tastes — and sensibilities about carbohydrate overload — mature, portion size can control the damage of indulgence. This recipe for Outrageous cookies uses a lot of readily available grocery store staples, even in this time of empty shelves. It is also shockingly easy to assemble. But the results have a long shelf life. And because these are bar cookies, portion sizes can be quite small. Or, if…
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Need a remote intern this summer?
National Press Club member Joe Starrs, journalism program director at The Fund for American Studies in Washington, is looking for journalists willing to host a remote intern this summer. The students are available for eight weeks in June and July and can do research, writing and other projects as interns for as little as 10 hours a week or as much as 30 hours a week. The students participating in this program are all undergraduates and are from schools across the U.S., where they are journalism and communications majors. This summer will be very different for most, and maybe in particular for…
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Next Virtual Pub Quiz May 21: Some team construction required
Coming soon, the National Press Club’s monthly pub quiz, on Thursday, May 21, at 7 p.m. via Zoom. Register here for the event. This “NPC Virtual Pub Quiz 2.0” will be the second Club online pub quiz, hosted by the Events Committee. We promise it will be bigger, more entertaining -- and more streamlined. We learned a lot from last month’s “beta” version. To better enhance the online pub quiz experience and get the games started sooner, we learned it’s best to get your team organized ahead of game night. Once you, your friends and fellow Club members have registered on Eventbrite, simply follow…
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Recreate Club Taco Bar at home for Friday's Virtual Taco Night
On Friday, May 15, the National Press Club Events Committee is staging an unprecedented Zoom event for all to celebrate all things TACO. "Mesfin and Mike" -- Reliable Source manager and Club president, respectively -- will be the Masters of Ceremony; Club member and president of the National Latino Farmers & Ranchers Trade Association, Rudy Arredondo, will perform traditional Latin American guitar pieces and provide atmosphere; and I will assist you in making a virtual cocktail together, a Chile-Lime Mango Margarita. Since we can't hang out on the 14th floor, you'll have to get your…
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'Shattered' authors Jon Allen, Amie Parnes talk 2020 election, May 20
Del Wilber, National Press Club board member, will be hosting a series of virtual book and current events conversations in the coming weeks. Any Club member is welcome to join, ask questions, learn something new.
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Club member Victoria Gaither loses three members of extended family to COVID19
Leslie Leake, 76, (left), great aunt of Club member Victoria Gaither, (right), died April 30 of COVID-19. She is one of three family members to succumb to the virus in one month. National Press Club member Victoria Gaither, freelance broadcaster and photo journalist, returned to her hometown of Washington, D.C., after five years in New Zealand, just as the novel coronavirus began its peak assault on the city. Among its earliest victims were three members of Gaither's extended family. Within two weeks in April, COVID-19 claimed the lives of three members of the Leake family, a fixture on…
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It's Friday. Do you know where Club's “Virtual Taco Night” will be?
The National Press Club’s 113th President Michael Freedman and Reliable Source Manager Mesfin Mekonen will host “Virtual Taco Night" at 5:30 p.m. Friday, May 15. The event, sponsored by the Club's Events Committee, will feature Club member and president of the National Latino Farmers & Ranchers Trade Association Rudy Arredondo performing traditional Latin American guitar pieces. Club executive chef Susan Delbert will also demonstrate how to make the delectable Mango Chile-Lime Margarita (recipe below). Club members are encouraged to buy drink ingredients in advance to prepare the drink…
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Pavlova: Egg whites star in this dramatic dish
This weekend is a perfect opportunity to celebrate with a special sweet treat that looks like a party -- or a beautiful ballet -- on a plate. Just as symbols of Americana are "Mom and apple pie," other cultures also have their touchstones. In Australia, it is the Pavlova, a meringue like confection that is elegant, light, and surprising. Purportedly named after the Russian ballerina Anna Pavlova, this is Australia’s national dessert. Every Aussie baker has his or her secret to successful “marshmallow in the middle.” Pavlova has few ingredients and they are all pantry staples, so you're…
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