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Talk travel writing with Freelance Committee at July 31 breakfast
Join the National Press Club's freelance journalists to talk about travel writing on Tuesday, July 31 breakfast. Please note that the date has been changed from Thursday due to Columnist Bill Raspberry’s memorial. The group meets at 8:45 a.m. in the McClendon room on the 14th floor and will discuss how to write and pitch travel and adventure stories. Please RSVP to Peggy Orchowski, committee chairperson, at [email protected].
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Get your bid in by July 27 for President's Suite at U.S. Open tennis tournament
Bidding for two tickets in the United States Tennis Association President’s Suite at the 2012 U.S. Open closes at 5 p.m. Friday, July 27. The winning bid will also include lunch and a behind-the-scenes tour of Arthur Ashe Stadium. Don’t miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to experience competitive tennis at the highest level. Click here for details.
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RSVP today for July 27 Olympics kick off viewing; new link available
Join the National Press Club in waving the USA flag as the London 2012 Olympic Games kick off Friday, July 27, with an exciting Opening Ceremony that is scheduled to include a Paul McCartney performance. The Club will be airing NBC's coverage starting at 7:30 p.m. In honor of the host nation, the menu for the evening will be fish and chips. Beer, wine and soft drink choices will be available. Dinner will begin at 6:30 p.m. The price is $20 for members and $30 for guests. The member code is Olympic. Please RSVP by Thursday, July 26, by clicking here.
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Date change for freelance meeting on travel writing, 8:45 am July 31
The National Press Club Freelance Committee will meet at 8:45 a.m. Tuesday, July 31, in the McClendon Room to talk about travel writing. The date has been changed due to the memorial service for columnist William Raspberry. Experienced Club members will discuss who, what, when, how and maybe even where to pitch travel and adventure stories. RSVP Peggy Orchowski, Freelance Committee chair,[email protected].
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Club member stages Lincoln play
National Press Club member Anthony Gallo will have his play, "Lincoln and God," presented by the Greenbelt Arts Center and the Seventh Street Playhouse over the next two weekends. The two-act drama examines President Abraham Lincoln's conflict with men andGod through his defeats, triumphs, and tragedies during the Civil War on the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation. Performances will be held in the historic Greenbelt Arts Center July 27-29 and Aug. 3-5. For more information, contact Gallo at [email protected].
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Actress Elizabeth Taylor promotes AIDS research at Club, 1996
This Week In National Press Club History July 22, 1996: Actress Elizabeth Taylor returns to the National Press Club as an outspoken leader for many years in the fight against AIDS. A founder of the American Foundation for AIDS Research, and the Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation, she speaks about the need to provide disadvantaged people with AIDS in this country and around the world with better drugs and care, and how more people can be prevented from contracting HIV. July 25, 1991: Friends of the National Journalism Library is established as a 501©3 organization to support the library and…
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Questions about Member survey? Send them here: [email protected]
Thank you to the many of you who have already completed the National Press Club member survey that should have arrived in your e-mail box last week. The correct e-mail address for questions about the survey is [email protected]. Please e-mail us also if you haven't received the survey. Your opinion is important and will be kept confidential. This is your once-every-five-years chance be part of the Club's opinion-gathering work as we write our next strategic plan and make decisions about Club priorities and spending. Please make sure your voice is heard by clicking on the link in your survey e…
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Get a behind-the-scenes glimpse of "Club Rewind" at Photo Committee meeting, noon July 25
Vija Udenans, director of the National Press Club Broadcast Operations Center, will give a behind-the-scenes look at how the "Press Club Rewind"--the weekly video review of Club events--is produced at the next meeting of the Club's Photography Committee at noon, Wednesday, July 25, in the McClendon Room. Click here to see a recent edition of "Rewind." All Club members and their guests are welcome; however, space is limited. No reservations are necessary. After her luncheon talk, Udenans will conduct a tour of the Club's Broadcast Operations Center (BOC), located on the fourth floor of the…
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Haver carries on family tradition of culinary, customer service excellence at Fourth Estate
Olivia Haver, the new manager of the Fourth Estate Restaurant at the National Press Club, grew up in and around restaurants. The daughter of a chef, she absorbed her father's passion for food and customer customer service and lived in a home where excellence in food preparation was the norm. Her father helped develop and nurture a palette for food prepared correctly and eschewed limiting his child’s food exposure to kid-only food choices. It is a deep seated memory for Haber and something she aspires to emulate. Haver comes to the Club after earning a degree in music from Penn State…
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Club launches member survey
Check your email inboxes for the National Press Club member survey that should have arrived there yesterday. This is your once-every-five-years chance to be part of the Club's opinion-gathering work, as we write our next strategic plan and make decisions about Club priorities and spending. Your opinions will be kept confidential and aggregated with those of your fellow Club members to help make the Club the best place it can be. Please make sure your voice is heard by clicking on the link in your survey e-mail and completing it, which should take 10-15 minutes. To show our appreciation, when…
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