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This week in National Press Club history
January 13, 2006: The National Press Club opens its Broadcast Operations Center. January 15, 1971: The National Press Club votes 27 to 56 to admit women, after a lengthy struggle. Twenty-four women are sworn in several months later, including Katherine Graham, whose father, Eugene Meyer, and husband, Philip Graham, had been members, and Sarah McClendon, an active newswoman in Washington for twenty-seven years. January 17, 1969: President Lyndon B. Johnson chooses the Club for his farewell address to the nation as chief executive. His autograph in the guest registry disappears almost…
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Did You Know: Keeping That 'Exercise More' New Year's Resolution at NPC
Did you know that the National Press Club has a full-time, professional trainer to help you with your fitness needs? Terry Davis is available to assist you with all the equipment featured in the Club's Fitness Center and will design your own personal workout plan. The best part is: Terry’s services and expertise are complimentary. To make an appointment with Terry, email [email protected] or call him directly at 202-662-7520. Please send an email to [email protected] for more information about your membership benefits.
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Member communication leaders can dine and discuss issues June 24
The National Press Club Communications and Marketing Committee cordially invites you to the second Senior Communicators Roundtable Dinner, Wednesday, June 24, in The Winners’ Room at the Fourth Estate restaurant. Senior communications leaders can join peers to discuss current topics they face in their function and profession at the dinner. By sharing concerns, ideas, approaches and strategies, they will help each other be more effective in their roles and organizations. A three-course dinner with wine will be served for $50 per person. A cash bar at 6 p.m. will precede dinner at 7 p.m.…
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Did you know the W Hotel offers you a discount?
Did you know that members can book a discounted room at The W Hotel? Members receive 20 percent off the daily rack rate. To reserve a room, please click here and select The W Hotel discount offer. The W Hotel is located just one block from the Club and is the perfect place to stay whether attending a Club event or hitting the town for the evening. For more information about your membership benefits please send an email to [email protected].
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Jazz and barbecue celebrate summer in the Reliable Source Thursday
National Press Club members and their guests are invited to a Summer BBQ Buffet Thursday, June 25 at 6:30 p.m. Come enjoy your favorite food and a return performance of the Greater U Street Jazz Collective. Domestic, imported beers and wine will be available to compliment your dinner. The price of the buffet is $25 for Club members and $35 for guests. Please purchase tickets here. Menu: SoupTortilla Soup (chicken stock) Salads:Red potato salad with sour cream and deviled eggs Roasted red peppers, tomatoes and sweet onions Red cabbage buttermilk coleslaw with peanuts Cucumber, fresh pea,…
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Enter your memorable images in the Club Members' 16th Annual Photo Exhibit
Entries in the 16th Annual National Press Club Members' Photography Exhibition are due by Friday, Aug. 14, 2015. The exhibition, sponsored by the Photography Committee, is open to all Club members and will be displayed in the Club lobby Aug. 26 through September. Entries may be submitted to the Membership Office beginning Monday, Aug. 3. There will be a sign-in sheet to register your photos with contact information, including your membership number. It is important to note that this is a photo exhibition, not a contest, and it is not juried. Photo Submission Rules: --Photos must be taken by…
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Build your speaking skills with Toastmasters at the National Press Club
Would you like to enhance your communication effectiveness and take your journalistic skills to greater heights? Get rid of those “uhms” and “ahs”? Tame your nerves when you speak in front of people? If so, consider joining the National Press Toastmasters Club. The National Press Toastmasters Club meets on the 13th floor of the Press Club at 7 p.m. on the second and fourth Mondays of each month. The next meeting is Monday, June 22. Drop in and see what it’s about! For less than the cost of three weekly cups of coffee, the Toastmasters program can help you enhance your public speaking presence…
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SPJ invites Club members to discussion on drones, privacy, media; June 17
Prying eyes in the sky or news you can use? Join the Society of Professional Journalists D.C. chapter at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, June 17 for a panel discussion about the First Amendment, privacy and other implications of news-media use of drones. The Specialized Information Publishers Association plans to host the event at the Software & Information Industry Association, the parent of the Specialized Information Publishers Association, at 1090 Vermont Ave. NW, in the sixth-floor boardroom: Admission is $5 for SPJ and National Press Club members, $10 for the public. Because space is…
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Eleanor Herman reigns at Book Expo America 2015
National Press Club member Eleanor Herman, a bestselling author and member of the NPC's Book & Author Committee, was quite a sensation at this year’s Book Expo America (BEA) held at Jacob Javits’ Center in New York City on May 28-31. Herman appeared at BEA to promote and sign copies of her first historic-fiction young-adult novel, Legacy of Kings: Blood of Gods and Royals published by Harlequin Teen. Dressed in a splendid white and gold gown, Herman alternately signed and sipped from her golden rhyton, an exact replica of a royal 5th-Century drinking cup. Her autograph line was an…
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Did You Know? Free parking available when members dine at the National Press Club
All members of the National Press Club receive complimentary evening and weekend parking at the PMI garage on G Street when they dine at the NPC's Reliable Source or Fourth Estate restaurants. Members who are using any other Club facility 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 on 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 14th Streets…
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