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Halloween Costume Night & Fund-raiser 7:30 pm Oct. 30; $15 in Advance
Join old Hollywood stars for the "HallowScreen" Halloween Benefit Gala from 7:30 to 11 p.m. Friday, Oct. 30. Local indie-rock band Deleted Scenes and DJ Matt Spangler will provide spook-tacular musical entertainment, and Alisa Parenti, an award-winning anchor for MarketWatch Radio Network, will emcee the event. The Washington National Opera will also perform. Enter the costume contest for the best old Hollywood get-up for a chance to take home the evening’s grand prize. Price of admission includes one drink ticket for a complimentary beverage, an array of ghoulish appetizers, a NPC swag bag,…
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Audio of Ken Burns Luncheon Now Available
The audio of the NPC Luncheon featuring documentary filmmaker Ken Burns is available on the Club web site: http://www.press.org/activities/radio.cfm He spoke just as his new six-part PBS series on the national parks premiered. More than six years in the making, "National Parks: America's Best Idea" combines a rich narrative of the people who came up with the idea for preserving lands open to all with spectacular images of these natural wonders captured on film.
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Drink Wine, Order Wine to Help the Library, 6-9 pm Oct. 23
Taste wines from Argentina, France and Spain at "Ink & Drink," a benefit for the Eric J. Friedheim National Journalism Library at the National Press Club, from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, Oct. 23 in the ballroom. William-Harrison Imports will pour more than 60 wines for you to taste. Representatives from the Embassy of Argentina will also attend to answer your questions about Argentina's wine country. Donation to attend the tasting is $10 in advance, $15 at the door. Bell Wine Shop will offer the wines for you to order by the bottle or the case at a sharp discount on Friday night only. Bell will…
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Ron Edmonds to Present Pulitzer Photos at Noon, Oct. 28
Ron Edmonds, recently retired AP senior White House photographer, will present copies of his trilogy of Pulitzer Prize-winning photos to the NPC when he speaks to the Photography Committee at noon on Wednesday, Oct. 28, in the Zenger Room. Edmonds' photos of the Reagan assassination attempt in 1981 won the 1982 Pulitzer Prize for spot news photography. The photos will hang on the NPC's walls. Edmonds will also talk about his photography career, including his 28-year tenure with the Associated Press. For the AP, Edmonds covered the White House, summits, inaugurations, shuttle launches,…
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Ron Edmonds to Present Pulitzer Photos at Noon, Oct. 28
Ron Edmonds, recently retired AP senior White House photographer, will present copies of his trilogy of Pulitzer Prize-winning photos to the NPC when he speaks to the Photography Committee at noon on Wednesday, Oct. 28, in the Zenger Room. Edmonds' photos of the Reagan assassination attempt in 1981 won the 1982 Pulitzer Prize for spot news photography. The photos will hang on the NPC's walls. Edmonds will also talk about his photography career, including his 28-year tenure with the Associated Press. For the AP, Edmonds covered the White House, summits, inaugurations, shuttle launches,…
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Book on Iran at Nov. 21 Books & Brunch
"The Ayatollah Begs To Differ: The Paradox of Modern Iran" by Hooman Majd,an Iranian-American writer who is the grandson of an ayatollah andthe son of an Iranian diplomat, will be the subject of the next Books &Brunch at noon Saturday, Nov. 21, in the Fourth Estate Restaurant. Selected by The Los Angles Times and The Economist as among the best booksof 2008, "The Ayatollah Begs to Differ" is in paperback with apreface that contains observations by Majd about the disputed June 2009election based on his visit to Iran as a journalist in the period leading upto the vote. The Los Angeles Times…
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Halloween Costume Night & Fund-raiser 7:30 pm Oct. 30; $15 in Advance
Join old Hollywood stars for the "HallowScreen" Halloween Benefit Gala from 7:30 to 11 p.m. Friday, Oct. 30. Local indie-rock band Deleted Scenes and DJ Matt Spangler will provide spook-tacular musical entertainment, and Alisa Parenti, an award-winning anchor for MarketWatch Radio Network, will emcee the event. Enter the costume contest for the best old Hollywood get-up for a chance to take home the evening’s grand prize. Price of admission includes one drink ticket, an array of ghoulish appetizers, an NPC swag bag and automatic entry to win exclusive door prizes. There will also be a cash…
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Rutherford Wines at Wine Dinner Nov. 4; $70 for Members
Rutherford Wine Co. wines will be featured at a Fourth Estate Wine Dinner at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 4. Tickets are $70 for members and their guests, $93 for non-members. The event includes a reception and five-course dinner with five featured wines: Rutherford Ranch Napa Sauvignon Blanc 2007, Lander Jenkins Chardonnay 2008, Scott Estate Pinot Noir 2007, Lander Jenkins Cabernet 2007 and Rutherford Ranch Reserve Cabernet 2005. Rutherford's mid-Atlantic region manager will discuss five featured wines, which fall under three brand names: Lander Jenkins, Scott Estates and Rutherford Ranch. For…
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Just How Contemporary is the PR Industry?
Public relations is widely viewed as a contemporary development, but PR executive and lecturer Shelley Spector begs to differ. As founder of the Museum of Public Relations (www.prmuseum.org), based at Baruch College in New York, Spector’s extensive collection of artifacts, books and video interviews shows that PR can be traced back thousands of years with roots in psychology and other social sciences. NPC member Adam Konowe spoke with Spector, whose museum was recently profiled by the New York Times (www.nytimes.com/2014/09/15/business/media/museum-to-hone-image-of-the-p…), about the…
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This Week in National Press Club History
Oct. 19, 1973: Walter Cronkite is awarded the National Press Club’s first Fourth Estate Award, the Club’s most prestigious honor for lifetime achievement in journalism. Oct. 20, 2005: Jazz trumpeter and educator Wynton Marsalis addresses a luncheon on Hurricane Katrina and the need for more relief in New Orleans.This Week in National Press Club History is brought to you by the History Committee, which is dedicated to preserving, and revitalizing the Club’s history through displays, panel discussions and lectures, as well as interviewing members as part of the Club’s long-standing oral…
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