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Holiday Hoot to feature whistling champion, festivities, Nov. 30
The National Press Club Silver Owls Fall Hoot this year will be the Silver Owls Holiday Hoot, a gala party at 6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 30, to kick off the holiday season. The Holiday Hoot is open to all Club members and their guests for $35 per person. Reservations are required and can be made online or by telephone at 202-662-7501. It will be a memorable evening of entertainment, fun, surprises, and good fellowship. Headlining the entertainment will be Chris Ullman, "The Happy Whistler," a four-time international whistling champion who includes among his credit a performance for President…
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Marine Corps head of public affairs to address American Legion Post 20, Nov. 14
Brigadier General William Seely III, USMC, director of the Office of Marine Corps Communications, will be guest speaker at a luncheon meeting of American Legion Post 20 at 12 noon on Tuesday, Nov. 14, in the McClendon Room. General Seely will address the Marine Corps' public affairs priorities and challenges. The speaker portion of the meeting is open to all Press Club members. General Seely oversees Marine Corps public affairs, including media and community relations. A 28-year Marine Corps veteran, his many operational deployments have included four tours of duty in Iraq. A graduate…
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Help lead the Club! Election petitions due Oct. 27
It's nearly time for National Press Club elections. If you'd like to be among the volunteers who lead the Club, consider running for a Club office or the Board of Governors. The deadline for submitting an election petition and acquiring the appropriate member signatures is Friday, Oct. 27 at 5 p.m. For more information about Club elections, click here.
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Love books? Volunteer at the National Press Club Book Fair, Nov. 10
The National Press Club's 40th annual Book Fair needs volunteers to escort authors, greet customers, hand out bags and help out wherever needed when book lovers descend on the ballroom on Friday, Nov. 10. The book fair runs from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. The volunteer will work either the 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. shift or the 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. shift so volunteers will have plenty of time to do their own shopping. Volunteer will either be assigned to a section of the room to assist the authors in any way needed or at the entry door to greet people and hand out bags. Volunteers receive free entry to…
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Fill your November calendar with Happy Hours, Pub Quiz and Taco Nights at the Reliable Source
The Reliable Source has a number of special activities on tap for November: Thursday, Nov. 2: Young Members Happy Hour – 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the Truman Lounge Friday, Nov. 3: First Friday Taco Night - 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the Reliable Source Thursday, Nov. 9: NPC Pub Quiz Night – 7 p.m. in the Truman Lounge Thursday, Nov. 10 – NPC Institute Annual Book Fair & Authors' Night Buffet/Roast Beef buffet night – 5:30 p.m. Reliable Source (No Taco Night due to Roast Beef buffet.)
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Dues increase approved at NPC General Membership Meeting
National Press Club members voted at the General Membership Meeting Oct. 13 to increase membership dues by $1 per month. By unanimous voice vote, members who belong to the category of working journalists or communicators agreed to pay an additional $12 annually beginning in 2018. In 2016, membership agreed to increase dues by $2 per month. While the Club paid off its debt in 2013 and has a healthy revenue stream, the increase in dues will cover basic costs of the Club from keeping on the lights to paying the staff, Club Treasurer Ferdous al-Faruque said at the meeting. The dues increase…
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Attention education reporters! Apply for the newly created Education Week Gregory M. Chronister Journalism Fellowship
A new fellowship named for Education Week's Gregory M. Chronister will award up to $10,000 a year to support enterprise or investigative reporting on pre-K-12 education. Editorial Projects in Education's Education Week Gregory M. Chronister Journalism Fellowship will be awarded annually to an enterprising journalist in support of a reporting project that illuminates a significant issue in pre-K-12 education. The fellowship, open to early-career, midcareer and veteran journalists, is intended to be completed while the recipient continues his or her regular employment. It will provide financial…
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Washington tour guide to present a dramatic reading of Dorothy Parker's work, Oct. 18
Member Janice Law invites all Club members to a presentation on two-time Oscar nominee (screenwriting 1937, 1947) and acerbic wit Dorothy Parker (1893-1967) at noon on Wednesday, Oct. 18 in the McClendon Room. Elaine Flynn, a Washington D.C. tour guide whose avocation is researching Parker, will do a “dramatization” as Parker and read from Parker’s work. The free program is sponsored by five-year-old American Women Writers National Museum, a nonprofit found by Law. For questions or reservations, email [email protected] or see www.americanwomenwritersnationalmuseum.org.
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Club members receive discount to National Geographic photography events, Oct. 13, 17
National Press Club members can receive a $5 discount using the code NGPHOTO to two upcoming Nat Geo Live at National Geographic's Grosvenor Auditorium, 1600 M Street N.W. First, on Friday, Oct. 13, hear from National Geographic magazine Editor at Large for Photography Michael “Nick” Nichols, who will discuss his techniques on wildlife photography. Tickets and other details are available online. Then, on Tuesday, Oct. 17, hear from wildlife and conservation photojournalist Florian Schulz about his multi-year quest to document the Arctic. Tickets and other details are available online.
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Upcoming Books & Brunch discussions to focus on journalism, Oct. 21, Nov. 18
The National Press Club's Books and Brunch group will discuss books about journalists at its next two Saturday meetings at the Fourth Estate restaurant. Both discussions will begin at noon and generally last an hour or so. On Oct. 21, the group will discuss “Mary McGrory: The Trailblazing Columnist Who Stood Washington on Its Head” by John Norris. Amazon.com says of the book: “Before there was Maureen Dowd or Gail Collins or Molly Ivins, there was Mary McGrory. She was a trailblazing columnist who achieved national syndication and reported from the front lines of American politics for five…
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