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Reserve now: Reliable Source brings the beach to us with annual Crab Feast, July 30
Members and their guests are invited to the National Press Club's annual Crab Feast Thursday, July 30 at 5:30 p.m. in the Reliable Source. The Crab fest is $40 per person for members and one guest and $50 for other non-members, plus tax and gratuity. Reservations at this link are encouraged because this event has sold out in the past. The menu has now been set: Chesapeake hard shell crabs, steamed and seasoned with Old Bay.Melted butter, vinegar and extra Old Bay seasoning will be available. On the buffet: Corn on the cobBaked tri-color beans with baconMaryland Fried Chicken on the bone…
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Celebrate journalistic excellence Wednesday, July 29 at the National Press Club
Plan a night of celebrating the best in journalism -- the National Press Club's 42nd Annual Journalism Awards dinner on Wednesday, July 29 -- one of the Club’s highlight events of the year. The winners of the John Aubuchon Press Freedom Award will be honored at the dinner. The Aubuchon award recognizes those whose work has demonstrated the courage that lies at the heart of a free press. The club will give American freelance reporter Austin Tice, who has been detained in Syria since 2012, and Jason Rezaian, a Washington Post reporter detained in Iran, Aubuchon Press Freedom awards at the…
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Author of Techno Thriller on World War III, a Cyberwar, to Speak Thursday, July 16
Peter W. Singer, co-author of a newly released World War III techno thriller that is sending chills through the Pentagon, will speak at the National Press Club Thursday, July 16. Singer, a senior fellow at the New America Foundation, will address a noon meeting of NPC American Legion Post 20 on "Ghost Fleet: A Novel of the Next World War." All NPC members are invited to attend speaker portions of Post meetings. Singer was Director of the Center for 21st Century Security and Intelligence at the Brookings Institution before joining New America and is the author of acclaimed non-fiction books…
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Member's Lincoln Play this weekend and next in Greenbelt
National Press Club member Anthony Gallo's play, "The Springfield Boys” will be presented by the Greenbelt Arts Center over the next two weekends. The production marks the first time in theatrical history that a non-Caucasian actor will perform the role of Abraham Lincoln. This two-act dramedy traces from 1837 to 1891 (26 years after the Lincoln assassination) the historically significant relationship among Abraham Lincoln, his very closest friend Joshua Fry Speed, and Lincoln's law partner William H. (Billy) Herndon. Both Speed and Herndon played important roles in the legacy of the 16th…
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Did you know that the National Press Club features networking events for members?
Please join your colleagues for "Press and PR Pub" starting at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, July 21 in the First Amendment Lounge located on the 13th floor of the National Press Club. Tickets are $5 for members and $10 for non-members. Space is limited, so please reserve your spot by registering at this link. Press and PR Pub is specifically designed as a forum for journalists and communicators to network and establish business contacts. For more information about your membership benefits, please send an email to [email protected].
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The challenge of being Italy’s first – and only – female rabbi - discussion Thursday, Aug. 13
Rabbi Barbara Aiello –- who serves Jews across Europe as an advocate for Pluralistic Judaism –- will address the challenges of serving as Italy’s first and only female rabbi at a Newsmakers news conference on Thursday, Aug. 13 at 10 a.m. in the Zenger Room. In many parts of the Jewish world –- notably in the U.S., Canada, Great Britain and in Israel itself –- the number of female rabbis is increasing dramatically. Several rabbinical schools now boast classes that are 60 percent female. But as rabbi of the first active synagogue in Italy’s southernmost region, Calabria, Rabbi Aiello has faced…
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This Week In National Press Club History
July 7, 1983: Harry Belafonte, popular singer and social activist, speaks about human rights in the developing world at a luncheon. He appears again at a newsmaker event a decade later, one of many entertainment figures who come to the National Press Club to add their support to solutions for global problems of literacy, hunger, the environment, and nuclear weapons. July 7, 2010: Venus Williams, tennis champion and business woman, tells a sellout luncheon that “sports will teach you how to compete, how to fight back, how to win. Sports is the ultimate way to build confidence … any athlete…
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Washington Caps Coach: New roster additions fan hopes for playoff breakthrough
Fans of the Washington Capitals, frustrated in recent years over the team’s failure to advance beyond the early rounds of the National Hockey League playoffs, can hope for better things during the 2015-2016 season, Coach Barry Trotz intimated during a National Press Club luncheon speech July 8. Although stopping short of predicting outright improvement over the 2014-15 squad, which lost to he New York Rangers in the second round of the playoffs after finishing second in the regular-season standings, Trotz said the team is “moving in the right direction” toward its ultimate goal –- winning the…
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Job Posting - Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in Washington
Opening: Editor/Media Liaison, Press Division — starting August 2015 Employer: Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office (TECRO) in the United States 4201 Wisconsin Avenue, NW Washington, D.C. 20016 Salary: starting at $28,593/year Benefits: Health and dental; U.S. federal holidays and R.O.C. (Taiwan) national holidays. Deadline: Thursday, July 16, 2015 Who we are: The Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office (TECRO) is the representative mission of the Republic of China (Taiwan) to the United States. Our role is…
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Arts Funding
The NEA chairman's appearance comes a week after the Bush administration had presented a draft NEA reauthorization bill to the House Education and Labor subcommittee on Postsecondary Education. Controversy was continuing over limitations on NEA funding of indecent or obscene art. However, the Bush administration reauthorization request contained no content restrictions.
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