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Robert Steck, NPC Golden Owl, dies at 70
Robert N. Steck, 70, a Silver Owl member of the National Press Club, died March 9 at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in West Roxbury, Mass., after a long battle with cancers attributed to Agent Orange exposure during the Vietnam War. He was a communications consultant, college professor and speechwriter who lived in Washington, D.C., from 1986 to 2012, often spending time at his favorite book store, Politics and Prose. He had lived most recently in Boston. Mr. Steck was director of executive communications for Fannie Mae from 1986 to 1989 and wrote speeches for Dun &…
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Powerful documentary on veteran re-integration to get D.C. premiere at Club May 18
The Washington, D.C., premiere of the new documentary, "That Which I Love Destroys Me," followed by a panel discussion will take place Monday, May 18, at 7 p.m. in the National Press Club Ballroom. The film screening is free and open to the public, but registration is required Refreshments will also be served. To register, click here. “That Which I Love Destroys Me” offers a candid look at veteran re-integration issues through the eyes of two Special Operations veterans -- Tyler Grey and Jayson Floyd – and charts their journey as they rebuild relationships after coming home. The panel…
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Say hello to Club's newest members
Please extend a warm National Press Club welcome to the following new members who have joined the Club during March: Rachel Smolkin (CNN Politics), Mehmet Cakir (Turkish Radio & TV), Arjund Wickramasinghe (freelance), Tom Linthicum (Capital News Service), Robin Hamilton (Tribune Television Station/The CW), Lottie Joiner (The Crisis Magazine), Mark Bost (W-USA 9), Jonathan Broder (Newsweek). Cynthia Carter (FDA News), Thomas Wilmer (NPR Affiliate), Brittany Martin (Dallas Morning News), Janet Staihar (Associated Press), Marc Willis (U.S. Food and Drug Administration), Kathleen Turner (U.S…
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Club softball team invites interested players to preseason happy hour April 2
Interested in playing for the National Press Club softball team? If so, please join the team at a preseason happy hour on Thursday, April 2, starting at 5:30 p.m. in the Club's Games room. Coach John Domen and team members will be there to answer questions. The Club plays in the Metropolitan Media League, and there is no cost to be on the team. The season opens April 11 and runs through the end of June. If you can't make it to the happy hour, but want to learn more about the softball team, please send an email to Domen at [email protected].
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Review of First Year of Bush Administration
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Celebrate the cherry blossoms -- they're coming -- at the Reliable Source
Even though the blossoms may be late arriving this year -- trust us, they'll soon be popping -- Washington's famed Cherry Blossom Festival is in full swing. That's one more reason to come downtown and one more reason to make the Club’s popular Reliable Source restaurant the place to be when you eat out. At both lunch and dinner, the food is terrific and the prices reasonable. The most popular items, prepared fresh daily by Executive Chef Susan Delbert and her staff, remain the hot buffet and healthy choice salad bar. Both now include new choices. If you order from the menu, you can choose…
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Washington Post Editorial Cartoonist Tom Toles to headline Spring Hoot May 1
Tom Toles, editorial cartoonist for The Washington Post, will display both his musical and cartooning skills at the Silver Owls Spring Hoot on Friday, May 1, at the National Press Club. Toles, who won a 1990 Pulitzer Prize for his editorial cartoons and has been at the Post since 2002, is also the leader of a band known as the "Suspicious Package." Toles will first lead his band at the Hoot and then relate how he comes up with an idea and then draws his award-winning cartoons. Before coming to the Post, Toles drew editorial cartoons for The Buffalo News, The Buffalo Courier-Express and The…
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For a magical evening, come to the Club April 27
Reserve your seat now for the annual Spring magic show produced by the Society of American Magicians, Assembly 23. Five magicians will perform family-friendly magic in the National Press Club's conference rooms starting at 7 p.m., Monday, April 27. Another magician will do walk around magic in the Reliable Source for diners who want to get a bite before the show. The show is free, but please let us know if you are coming by calling 202-662-7501 (no e-mails please.) To reserve a table at the Reliable Source, call 202-662-7443 or go to the Club’s website, www.press.org.
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Catch the Nationals' 2015 home opener at the Club April 6
The Nats are back! Opening day is Monday, April 6, and the six large HD TVs in the Club's Truman Lounge will be turned to the game starting at 4 p.m. Watch Max Scherzer take on the New York Mets and enjoy traditional baseball food, $3 beers, house wines and $7 specialty cocktails, plus the full Reliable Source menu and happy hour specials. For additional information, contact Events Committee Chair Joan Coyle at [email protected]
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Henry Paulson, former Treasury secretary, is guest at April 17 Book Rap
Henry Paulson, former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, will discuss his new book “Dealing with China: An Insider Unmasks the New Economic Superpower” in a conversation with Andrea Mitchell, veteran NBC News Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent, at National Press Club Book Rap scheduled for 12 noon, Friday, April 17,in the Holeman Lounge. Registration is required. Tickets are $5 for National Press Club members, $10 for the public. A light lunch will be served. In “Dealing with China,” Paulson draws on his unprecedented access to China’s political and business elite to detail the creation,…
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