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Members get discount for Washington National Opera
The National Press Club has partnered with the Washington National Opera as a member of its Spring 2011 Affinity Program. Club members will receive a 10 percent discount on all weekday opera performances and a 25 percent discount on select dates to the following productions. Iphigenie en Tauride featuring Placido DomingoMay 6-28, 2011Save 25 percent on May 9, 2011 Don PasqualeMay 13-27, 2011Save 25 percent on May 16, 2011 Purchase discounted tickets by visiting www.dc-opera.org/account and entering the following source code: DIVA. You will be required to create an account if you do not have…
Type: News
NPR's "All Things Considered" Co-Host Talks About Reporting From North Korea
What challenges do journalists face when reporting from a secretive regime like North Korea? National Public Radio's Mary Louise Kelly recently visited North Korea to cover the 70th anniversary of the country's founding. She referred to her official guide as a "one-man journalism prevention service." Broadcast/Podcast Committee member Tom Young spoke with her about practicing journalism in a country that tries to place strict controls on all information going in and out.
Type: Media
IRS Chief: Taxes still due April 18, even if government shuts down
Even if Congressional negotiators fail to break their fiscal 2011 federal budget impasse in time to avoid a potential government shutdown, Americans still will be responsible for filing their federal income tax returns by the April 18 deadline, the commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service said at a National Press Club luncheon on April 6. "The most important thing I can communicate is: ‘File your tax return,'" IRS chief Douglas Shulman told the audience three days before much of the government could shutter. Although IRS would not have not have a “full complement of operations” should a…
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Labor leader predicts government shutdown
A national labor leader predicted that the government will shutdown at the end of the week at an April 5 Newsmaker. John Gage, president of the American Federation of Government Employees, AFL-CIO, and a 25-year veteran of the labor movement, said shuttering the government could be a good thing. "If it takes a government shutdown for a serious discussion, maybe that’s what needs to happen," he said. He also accused certain members of Congress of imposing their beliefs on targeted government agencies. "It is a hoax. It has not thing to do with the deficit, it’s an ideological victory game,"…
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Club welcomes 24 new members
The Board of Governors approved the following applications for membership: Journalist: Laura Haim – Canal Plus, White House Correspondent – U.S. Bureau Chief; Paul Hughes – Bloomberg News; Barbara Cochran – University of Missouri, Professor; Alexander X. Mooney – The National Journalism Center, Executive Director; Ivan Semeniuk – Nature Publishing Group, Chief of Correspondents Journalist Young Member: Shirin Yaseen – Radio Sawa, Radio Broadcaster; Timothy Warren – Warren Communications News, Reporter; Kasra Nazarl Kangarll – Need To Know News, Economics Reporter; Ching-Yi Chang – Phoenix TV…
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Members get discount for Washington Ballet
Club members can purchase premium orchestra seats for $50 each to The Washington Ballet’s production of Le Corsaire. This special price is $75 off face value. Le Corsaire (The Pirate), a swashbuckling adventure of pirates, pashas and slave girls, opens Wednesday, April 6, and runs through Sunday, April 10, at the Kennedy Center’s Eisenhower Theater. Internationally-regarded repetituer Anna-Marie Holmes restages her Emmy Award-winning interpretation for The Washington Ballet company premier. For tickets, call 202-467-4600 or go to http://kennedy-center.org/calendar/index.cfm?fuseaction=…
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AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka headlines May 20 luncheon
Richard Trumka, president of the AFL-CIO, will address the National Press Club at a luncheon on Friday, May 20. Trumka was elected president of the AFL-CIO in September 2009, after serving 15 years as the secretary-treasurer of the nation’s largest federation of unions, with more than 12 million members. Previously, he served as president of the United Mine Workers of American, a post to which he was elected at age 33 in 1982. Trumka leads his organization at a time when the union movement is facing a number of challenges. Union membership in the United States has been on a steady decline,…
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Actress Audrey Hepburn charms luncheon crowd in 1989
This Week In National Press Club History April 7, 1989: Actress Audrey Hepburn discusses her recent trips to Africa as UNICEF goodwill ambassador at a sold-out luncheon, and answers questions from an adoring crowd with wit and charm. This Week in National Press Club History is brought to you by the History & Heritage Committee, which preserves and revitalizes the Club’s history through displays, panel discussions, lectures and the oral history project. For more information on History & Heritage Committee activities or to join the committee, contact Bill Hickman [email protected].
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Members can sign up for prescription drug savings
National Press Club members who do not have health insurance or who pay for their own prescriptions under a high-deductible policy may want to consider a MedRxSave for Affinity Groups, a new pharmacy savings plan from the Club’s health insurance advisor, Affinity Group Underwriters. Members pay a one-time activation fee of just $5.00 and can save hundreds of dollars per year on their prescriptions. For more information, go to www.affinitybenefits.com/npc or call 877-673-9797. No-cost, no-obligation advice and quotes on all types of health, life, disability and travel insurance are also…
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New house rule limits payment delays
When using National Press Club facilities, Club members have two choices: Pay in cash or charge purchases to a house account. In the past, members have been considered “current” as long as the balance in their house account has not exceeded $250. Some members have “gamed the system,” maintaining a constant balance of $249, while most members pay their charges every month. Effective April 1, under a policy approved by the Board of Governors at its March meeting, any member whose balance is not cleared within 90 days will lose house-charging privileges and the account will be referred to the…
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