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Get started early on St. Patrick's Day celebrating at Reliable Source on March 14
Members of the National Press Club and their guests are invited to a pre-St. Patrick’s Day buffet and celebration on Thursday, March 14, starting at 5:30 p.m. for special food and music, and a performance by popular guitarist Mat Palombo at 6:30 p.m. The price of the buffet is $25 for Club members and $30 for nonmembers plus tax and gratuity.Reservations are encouraged for this typically sold-out event. Please contact 202-662-7443 or e-mail [email protected]. Menu Appetizers Fresh & smoked seafood, fennel and potato chowder Irish soda bread Salads Irish red potato salad with olives,…
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NPC's Events Team seeks new members for initial meeting on March 5 at 5:30 p.m.
The Events Team is actively seeking contributors to help make the National Press Club a fun and informative place to be. The first meeting under its new leadership is scheduled for Tuesday, March 5, at 5:30 p.m. in the Cosgrove Lounge of the Reliable Source. If you are interested in joining, please come by. If you can’t make the meeting, please still feel free to offer ideas using this online form and let us know when you are available. We have few ideas in the works already but we welcome other activities. If you want to submit an idea to organize and produce, please use the same online form…
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Club member Waterfield plans to publish history about London at war
Larry Waterfield, a 38-year member of the National Press Club, is looking forward to seeing his book, Metropolis at War: London, published in New York and London, Feb. 28. "Here was terror on a grand scale," Waterfield wrote, explaining that we may live in the "age of terror" but in World War II, London, the biggest city in the world at the time, faced five years of terror bombing, terror rockets, the threat of invasion, occupation, starvation and a submarine blockade that cut off food and supplies. The city struggled on, the huge newspapers printed, the movie studios made films, the BBC…
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Maritime archaeologist plans to describe WWI German attacks off East Coast, March 14
Tane Casserley, a specialist in deepwater archaeology and sunken warships, plans to speak at an American Legion Post 20 meeting open to all National Press Club members at noon Thursday, March 14, in the McClendon Room. A research coordinator for NOAA’s Monitor National Marine Sanctuary, Casserley will describe German submarine attacks along the U.S. East Coast during World War I. May 1918, when the German submarine U-151 started sinking ships off North Carolina, marked the first time since the War of 1812 that a hostile naval force entered U.S. waters Casserley has led archeological…
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Celebrate tonight with special Presidents Day food, drink at Reliable Source
The National Press Club will celebrate Presidents Day with special food and cocktails on Thursday, Feb. 21, starting at 5:30 p.m. in the Reliable Source. Reserve at 202-662-7443 or email [email protected]. Salute the Presidents Food Trump fried mac & cheese balls (6) $10 Lyndon Johnson barbeque sliders(4) $10 JFK clam chowder (bowl) $7 The Donald meatloaf sandwiches with fried mac & cheese balls or H.W.Bush corn pudding $18 Jimmy Carter baked shrimp and cheese grits $22 Bill Clinton chicken and cheese enchiladas $18 Dessert Ronald Reagan honey baked apples $8 The Reliable Source…
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Club members can buy $10 tickets to NYT panel on technology and infrastructure, Feb. 27
The New York Times will hold a TimesTalks panel discussion titled “New Technology & America’s Infrastructure” Wednesday, Feb. 27, at 6:30 p.m. at the Carnegie Institution for Science, 1530 P. St., N.W. National Press Club members can buy tickets for $10 rather than the standard $20 here. Cecilia Kang, technology reporter at the Times, will explore how technological innovations can help revitalize America’s fraying infrastructure. Will tech advances such as driverless cars, automated freight, high-speed passenger rail and smart power grids lead a transformation of our roads, bridges, rails…
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Mark your calendar for Reliable Source special activities for December
Here is a list of special activities in the Reliable Source bar for December: Tuesday, Dec. 4: Monthly NPC Members Happy Hour – Truman Lounge – 5:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Friday, Dec. 7: NPC Election Night Party – 7:30 p.m. – Reliable Source Thursday, Dec. 13: NPC Pub Quiz – Truman Lounge - 7:00 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 20: Annual Holiday buffet and jazz night celebration – 5:30 p.m. – Reliable Source
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NPC members invited to attend free lunch to discuss local journalism and democracy, Nov. 29
Corporate decisions to slash newsroom budgets across the country are forcing new thinking about the viability of local journalism in America. Why does it matter? Because information is power, and an uninformed public is ill prepared to participate in a democracy. National Press Club member Sarah Pytalski of Burness Communications invites fellow Club members to attend a luncheon discussion to explore the unique value of local community journalism, its link to a vibrant democracy, and innovative solutions for fighting back against an agenda intent on starving the public of information. The…
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Discuss issues of the day at Communicators' Roundtable Dinner, Nov. 15
The National Press Club Communicators Team invites Club members – both journalists and professional communicators – to our next Communications Roundtable Dinner Thursday, Nov. 15. Join us for a lively discussion on current topics that we all face in our function and profession. By sharing our concerns, ideas, approaches and strategies, we help one another be more effective in our roles for our organizations. These quarterly dinners are held in the Winners’ Room in the Fourth Estate restaurant. A three-course dinner with wine is served for $58 per person with a cash bar at 6 p.m., followed by…
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Remember Atari? Play classic games with fellow Club members, Nov. 15
Compete with National Press Club members and guests in a variety of old school games at the Cosgrove Lounge at 6 p.m. on Nov. 15. Order drinks as you play a variety of board games (including a satirical 90’s curiosity Outrageous Journalists, inspired by the O.J. Simpson trial), card games and old-school video games (from the Atari 80s to the Sony PlayStation 90s) hooked up to the lounge’s big screen. Bring your own games if you like. This event is free. No registration required. For more information, contact Emily Wilkins at [email protected] or Allegra Harpootlian at [email protected].…
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