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Pratchett depends on muse for good ideas
Whenever author Sir Terry Prachett needs a good idea, he counts on the "Goddess of Writers." The imagined deity always helps with some timely coincidence, Pratchett said at an Oct. 14 National Press Club Book Rap. One example was when he needed a name for the “5th horseman.” He was at a parade and float by Soak Milk passed by. Reflected in a window, he saw Soak backwards, Kaos, and that became the character's name. Prachett entered the Club ballroom to a standing ovation and kept the capacity audience, estimated at nearly 500, enthralled for more than an hour in wide-ranging talk. Prachett…
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Was 'the Ricky' invented at the National Press Club: Prohibition trivia answers revealed
Members who could not attend the National Press Club's 1920’s-themed Speakeasy presented by the Events Committee on Oct. 3 in the Reliable Source can still join in the fun by taking the Prohibition trivia quiz. The quiz was originally featured as a contest at the Speakeasy event, and was subsequently published in the Oct. 13 NPC Wire. Test your Washington, D.C., Prohibition knowledge here and then check answers below. 1. What date did the 18th Amendment proclaiming Prohibition, take effect?b. Jan. 17, 1920 2. About how many speakeasies were in Washington, D.C., during Prohibition?c. 3,…
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Transportation Secretary LaHood pushes jobs bill to help transportation
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said passage of President Barack Obama’s jobs bill is a “no brainer” in his Oct. 13 luncheon speech at the National Press Club. The jobs bill would create thousands of new jobs and allocate $50 billion for roads, bridges and transportation and $10 billion for an infrastructure bank, LaHood said. “There’s no better example of a traditionally bipartisan issue than transportation,” he said. “There’s no such thing as a Democratic or Republican bridge.” The infrastructure challenges are enormous, LaHood said. “America’s roads are so choked with congestion that…
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Joan Walsh Cassedy dies
Joan Walsh Cassedy, a member of the National Press Club since 1994, died Oct. 6. She lived in Bethesda. Cassedy was a senior associate of Plexar Consulting Group, former associate publisher at King Publishing Group and former president of the American News Women's Club. She was preceded in death by her husband, Brian, and a brother. She is survived by two daughters, a grandson and nine siblings. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at the Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament, Western Avenue, at Quesada St., NW in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, Oct. 13 at 11 a.m.
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Volunteers needed for National Press Club's 34th annual Book Fair & Authors' Night
Volunteers are needed for the 34th annual National Press Club Book Fair scheduled for Tuesday, Nov. 15, from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the Club's ballroom. If you would like to volunteer for this year's Book Fair, please contact Joseph Luchok, volunteer coordinator, at [email protected]. Most volunteers work with specific authors to ensure they have their needs met. A few volunteers will be asked to work the entry doors, welcome and direct people from the elevators, and help with other specific areas. A current list of 80-plus authors scheduled to be at this year's Book Fair with their…
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National Press Club Speakeasy successfully evades detection by authorities
Zoot-suit and flapper-costumed National Press Club members and their guests packed into the Truman Lounge and Reliable Source as the Club was turned into a 1920’s-era Speakeasy Oct. 3. Shades were drawn, lights dimmed, and doors shut tight to prevent the “prohis” from detecting a strong and sultry performance of jazz-era standards by The Maureen Mullaney quintet, or the secret members-only poker game that was played in the Game Room. The Club’s Events Committee presented the event in honor of NPC Luncheon Speaker Ken Burns’s newest documentary, “Prohibition”, which premiered recently on PBS.…
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Members need to RSVP to attend luncheon receptions
Members of the National Press Club who wish to attend future Speakers Luncheon VIP receptions must now RSVP to Havilah Ross at least one day before an event. Ross is available via e-mail at [email protected] or by phone at 202-662-7584. There will be no admittance to the VIP reception without a previous RSVP. There may also be space limitations due to the room size therefore reservations for the VIP will be taken on a first-come-first-serve basis.
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Events Committee plans tour of Smithsonian's National Museum of American History
The National Press Club's Events Committee plans to host a family-friendly tour of the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History on Saturday, Nov. 5 at 10 a.m. The museum is located at 12th and Constitution Avenue, NW, in Washington, D.C. The tour and lunch, open to all ages, will explore history in a child-friendly setting. A narrated tour of the museum will be available from a museum staff member who is also a Club member. The Exhibits include: -- "Invention at Play" is an entire play house of puzzles, matching games, fun problems and challenging activities for children from…
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Silver Owls plan Silver Anniversary Hoot for Saturday, Nov. 5 at noon
The National Press Club’s Silver Owls will celebrate their Silver Anniversary with a Hoot in the Holeman Lounge starting at High Noon on Saturday, Nov. 5. The new hour and venue for the Hoot responds to requests for a time more convenient for our 700-plus members. The Council of Wisest Owls voted unanimously for a Fall Hoot that would echo the days when the bar hummed on Saturdays. There’ll be food, drink, music by the Ricky Alexander Early Bird Jazz Trio and memories, with Owlish songs old and new, by the Owls’ Quartet: Austin Kiplinger, Don Larrabee, Doug Turner and Art Wiese. The event…
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