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Prepare for census releases on income, insurance coverage, 9:30 am Sept. 7
The U.S. Census Bureau will release a host of new data on the nation’s poverty, income and health insurance coverage throughout September. Get prepared with a special Data Diving session on Friday, Sept. 7, from 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. in the Zenger Room with representatives from the Bureau who will explain how the agency collects, tabulates and organizes the data used for its findings. The class is free for National Press Club members and $10 for non-members. Register here. Members must login to view the code for free registration. The class will walk you through the Census Bureau’s Current…
Type: News
Taiwan's minister of culture so speak on Taiwan-China relations
Minister of Culture Lung Yingtai of Taiwan will speak on the soft power of Taiwan and mainland China relations at a Newsmaker Wednesday, August 29 at 3 p.m.
Type: News
Gallo play to be performed at Kennedy Center
Anthony Gallo's play, "The Botticelli Cruise," will be performed at the Kennedy Center's Page-to-Stage Festival Saturday, Sept. 1 at 1 p.m. in the Terrace Theater. Admission is free. This two-act drama depicts four peculiar characters on a luxurious but dangerous cruise off the east coast of Africa.
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Panel Says America's school systems fail the test of racial equality
A five-member panel of educational experts concluded at an Aug. 23 Newsmaker that the nation has failed to achieve racially integrated schools. Housing patterns are a major reason, said Alex Medler, vice president for policy and advocacy of the National Association of Charter School Authorizers. "Housing is one of the most segregated things in America. Choice of schools comes by where you live." Mary Filardo, Executive Director of the District of Columbia's 21st Century School Fund, said she "works largely with urban issues and school choice continues to be an issue. We look at student…
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Seven journalists to air convention warm-up live from Truman Lounge Friday
Julie Mason, White House reporter and now host of the SiriusXM™ radio program "Press Pool," will host "Politics Straight Up" live from the Press Club's Truman Lounge Friday, Aug. 24,from 7-9 p.m. This convention warm-up show will feature casual conversations with seven journalists. The show will air live only on POTUS (Politics of the United States for the People of the United States) on SiriusXM channel 124. Mason will chat it up with the following distinguished guests: Kate Anderson Browser, White House reporter for Bloomberg News; Eleanor Clift, writer/reporter for Newsweek and Daily Beast…
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Spouse/partners club membership $10 a month
Your spouse or domestic partner can be a member of the National Press Club for $10 a month. The Spouse/Partner membership includes nearly all the same privileges offered to all the other categories of membership including use of both restaurants, the fitness center, the library and the business center. In addition, Spouse/Partner members can serve on or chair any of the club’s committees. To set up the membership for your spouse or domestic partner, please email [email protected] or call 202-662-7511. The annual cost for the Spouse/Partner membership is $120 and is pro-rated. There are no…
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See “Red Hot Patriot: The Kick-Ass Wit of Molly Ivins” and meet Kathleen Turner, Sept. 13
Join the National Press Club Journalism Institute at Arena Stage for an evening of theater and a private conversation after the performance with Academy Award nominee Kathleen Turner. Light refreshments will be served. Turner brings her sizzling blend of sensuality and intelligence to the bravado of newspaper columnist Molly Ivins. A dyed-in-the-wool liberal from deep in the heart of Texas, Ivins’ rapier wit made her one of America’s highest-regarded columnists, satirists and beloved rabble rousers. The incomparable Turner “excels," Variety magazine says, in this searing, 75-minute show that…
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Veteran reporters to broadcast from Truman Lounge Friday, Aug. 24
Join veteran reporter Julie Mason for a very casual conversation over drinks in the Truman Lounge Friday, Aug. 24,7-9 p.m. "Politics Straight Up" is a discussion by great reporters over a couple of drinks, the kind of conversation only available at the National Press Club and on POTUS - Politics of the United States for the People of the United States - on SiriusXM channel 124. For two hours, uninterrupted by commercials, Julie and a rotating list of some of the best political journalists in the business talk the 2012 election on the eve of the political conventions. Listen on your SiriusXM…
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Return from the Contadora Meeting
Type: Media
Maraniss to toast Woodward
David Maraniss, The Washington Post associate editor, will toast his Post colleague, Bob Woodward, at the Fourth Estate Award dinner Friday, Sept. 21. Maraniss, like Woodward, is a Pulitzer Prize winner. Other Post executives who will pay tribute to Woodward are publisher Katharine Weymouth and Donald Graham, CEO and chairman of the Washington Post Co. Through Sept. 14, club members may buy two tickets for $125 apiece. Other tickets are $200 apiece. Tickets are available here or by calling the event line at 202-662-7501. Woodward is the 40th recipient of the Fourth Estate Award, the National…
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