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Raise your glass and toast the New Year at the Fourth Estate restaurant
Join in the celebration! The Fourth Estate restaurant will host a gala New Year’s Eve dinner Wednesday, Dec. 31 -- no better way to close out the old year and ring in the new. Celebrate with tantalizing dishes such as warm potato leek soup, lobster tail and certified Angus strip steak and -- for dessert -- New York-style cheesecake with fresh berries. There will be two seatings - the first at 6:30 p.m. and the second at 8:30 p.m. Cost to National Press Club members is $100 per couple, nonmembers $120 per couple, for a three-course prix fixe menu (tax and gratuity not included). Along with…
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Give the gift of the National Press Club for the holidays
You know how great it is to have drinks with friends and co-workers at the National Press Club. Now you can give that great experience to use throughout the New Year. Just stop by the front desk at the Club and tell the receptionist you want to order a gift card for the holidays. We have pre-loaded $50 cards, or you can have us make a custom card for you. The gift cards are ideal for your friends and sources who are members, but they can also be used by anyone at the Fourth Estate Restaurant on the 13th floor. Do all your holiday shopping at the National Press Club -- a perfect way to…
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Club member Dell'Orto examines immigration coverage on latest NPC podcast
National Press Club member and author Giovanna Dell'Orto discusses the challenges of covering immigration from the southern borders of the European Union and the United States in the latest edition of Update-1, the National Press Club podcast. Dell'Orto a journalism professor and former Associated Press immigration reporter, and member of the National Press Club, speaks in the podcast about how media coverage of immigration challenges is often too narrowly focused and fails to take into account the cultural, political, and economic factors behind mass migration. Dell'Orto teaches…
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Food, drink, jazz, conviviality -- a can't miss combination at Holiday Buffet Dec. 11
Great food! Great drinks! Great jazz! Great company! They're all in store for you and your guests when the Club hosts its Annual Holiday Buffet and Jazz Night in the Reliable Source restaurant on Thursday, Dec. 11. The event not only will feature special holiday-themed food, but also the return of the Great U Street Jazz Collective, a group that performed at the Reliable Source Jazz Night in July of this year. Back by popular demand of Club members, the group will perform in the adjacent Truman Lounge during the buffet beginning at 6:30 p.m. Also available are special cocktails to…
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NPR icons are guests at next 'Kalb Report' Dec. 9
Five of the biggest names in NPR will join host Marvin Kalb on the next edition of "The Kalb Report" at the Club, Tuesday, Dec. 9, at 8 p.m. Steve Inskeep, Mara Liasson, Scott Simon, Susan Stamberg and Nina Totenberg will talk with Kalb about the craft and impact of NPR, the art of storytelling and the magic of radio. Each week an average of more than 27 million people tune in to NPR programming, placing listenership at near-record highs. In this digital age, what is the secret of America’s original electronic medium? Seats are free, but limited. National Press Club members should reserve by…
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Media suppression growing in Latin America, report publishers from Ecuador, Venezuela
Two publishers from Ecuador and Venezuela said Tuesday that there is suppression of the media in their countries and one warned that it is spreading into other Latin American nations “like an epidemic.” Miguel Henrique Otera, owner and publisher of El Nacional in Venezuela, said that in a 14 year period there had been more than 1,400 assaults on his newspaper and staff. One person who was arrested — and identified by authorities as acting “spontaneously” — served a mere one hour in jail. Otera and Carlos Perez Barriga, owner and publisher of El Universo in Ecuador,spoke at a National Press…
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Tickets still available for Leonsis-Bettman luncheon Friday
A limited number of tickets remain for the Friday, Dec. 5, National Press Club luncheon with National Hockey League Commissioner Gary Bettman and Monumental Sports CEO Ted Leonsis. Bettman and Leonsis will discuss the growth of the NHL and the outdoor 2015 Winter Classic game slated to take place at Nationals Park on Jan. 1. Bettman has served as NHL Commissioner since 1993. Before coming to the NHL, he served as senior vice president and general counsel to the National Basketball Association. Under his leadership NHL revenues have grown from $400 million in 1993 to over $3 billion. He also…
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This Week in National Press Club History: Prince Albert, Jesse Jackson, Carl Lewis, Nat 'King' Cole
November 30, 2009: His Serene Highness Prince Albert ll of Monaco in a sold-out appearance at a Club luncheon urges the international community to take bolder action against climate change and other global environmental threats. He warns that “our survival ultimately is at stake and that "we will have to travel, consume, work and live in a different way” if we do not act. He says his foundation supports “over a hundred and twenty projects all over the world. Some are directly operational, others aim to raise awareness among populations or aid scientific research.” His great-great…
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UVA president cancels Monday Club luncheon appearance amid controversy
University of Virginia President Teresa Sullivan has canceled her appearance at a National Press Club luncheon, which was set for Monday, Dec. 1, amid the controversy surrounding allegations of rape at a university fraternity. "Given recent events at the University of Virginia, combined with the fact that many of our students, faculty and staff have been away for Thanksgiving break, President Sullivan is canceling her scheduled appearance before the National Press Club," Anthony P. de Bruyn, a university spokesman, said in a statement. "During this extraordinary and difficult time for UVA,…
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Mid-year Budget & Economic Review
The director of OMB discusses the budget for fiscal year 1990 beginning in October. In May Congress and the White House agreed on a budget resolution that would create a 100 billion dollar deficit. The budget meets Gramm-Rudman-Hollings deficit reduction guidelines for the year.
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