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Eleanor Herman reigns at Book Expo America 2015
National Press Club member Eleanor Herman, a bestselling author and member of the NPC's Book & Author Committee, was quite a sensation at this year’s Book Expo America (BEA) held at Jacob Javits’ Center in New York City on May 28-31. Herman appeared at BEA to promote and sign copies of her first historic-fiction young-adult novel, Legacy of Kings: Blood of Gods and Royals published by Harlequin Teen. Dressed in a splendid white and gold gown, Herman alternately signed and sipped from her golden rhyton, an exact replica of a royal 5th-Century drinking cup. Her autograph line was an…
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Did You Know? Free parking available when members dine at the National Press Club
All members of the National Press Club receive complimentary evening and weekend parking at the PMI garage on G Street when they dine at the NPC's Reliable Source or Fourth Estate restaurants. Members who are using any other Club facility at night or on Saturday can purchase a discounted-parking sticker for $5 at the front desk. Complimentary and discounted parking is available starting at 5 p.m. on weekdays and all day on Saturday. The parking sticker will not be valid if you park any time before 5 p.m. on weekdays. The PMI parking garage is located on G Street between 13th and 14th Streets…
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American Defense Needs and Priorities
Secretary Cheney's appearance came as Congress considered the 1991 defense budget. The administration's defense budget request had been criticized for increasing spending in the wake of improved relations with the Soviet Union. Cheney acknowledged the possibility of "victory in the cold war" but argued against "radical reductions" in military spending.
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NPC Newsmakers Committee plans discussion of effectiveness of digital investigations
The NPC's Newsmakers Committee is planning a discussion on email investigations and recovery at the National Press Club in the Bloomberg Room at 2 p.m. on June 16. Like all Newsmaker events, this press conference is free and open to Press Club members and credentialed media. No advance registration is required. Digital investigations are crucial to discovering the truth about virtually any event and email is at the heart of any investigation. Recent cases in Washington are revolving around email files from the IRS to the State Department. At the Newsmakers event, an expert panel plans to…
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Former NPC president praised by niece, Washington Post
Former National Press Club President Judy Grande received praise first from her niece, pop singer Ariana Grande, and then from her former colleagues at the Cleveland Plain Dealer's Washington Bureau in the Washington Post’s Reliable Source column on June 8. Ariana tweeted about Judy as she derided “a culture that focuses on her dating life instead of her music and identifies her in terms of her relationships,” wrote Emily Heil. “The singer noted that she came from a ‘long bloodline of female activists,’ including her Aunt Judy, who the singer boasted was the first Italian-American female…
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Tickets still available for Press Club breakfast featuring Gary Sinise, June 16 at 8:30 a.m.
Award-winning actor and humanitarian Gary Sinise plans to address a National Press Club Speakers Breakfast on Tuesday, June 16 at 8:30 a.m. Breakfast will be served at 8:30 a.m., with remarks beginning at 9 a.m., followed by a question-and-answer session ending at 10 a.m. Tickets cost $23 for Press Club members (NPC Members may purchase two tickets at this rate) and $37 for all other non-member tickets.To register for this event click here. For questions, please email [email protected] or call(202)662–7501. Tickets must be paid for at the time of purchase. Sinise plans to discuss his…
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This Week in NPC History: Club sponsors off-the-record luncheon for Wilkie in 1940
June 5, 2012: On display in the National Press Club lobby is the gold-finished aluminum Olympic torch carried by NPC member Tony Culley-Foster for the United States across the borders of Counties Londonderry and Tyrone, Northern Ireland. In the spring of 1980, Culley-Foster became the only person in history to run the 1,234-mile circumference of Ireland, averaging under seven minutes a mile for 39 miles a day. June 11, 1927: The Press Club holds a reception for the most famous aviator in the world, Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh, shortly after his solo trans-Atlantic flight. The Club at that…
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Actor Matt Dillon plans to address Myanmar refugee crisis at Press Club, June 11
Oscar-nominated actor and screenwriter Matt Dillon plans to discuss his recent visit to western Myanmar and reports of a humanitarian crisis among the Muslim ethnic minority, known as the Rohingya refugees, at an NPC Speakers Newsmakers event, Thursday, June 11 at 9 a.m. at the National Press Club. The event will be held in the NPC's Fourth Estate. Remarks will begin promptly at 9 a.m., followed by a question-and-answer session. Press Club members and credentialed journalists may attend. One of the first celebrities to spotlight the plight of the Rohingyas, Dillon toured the region at the…
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Events Committee schedules Pub Quiz for tonight, June 11, 7:30 p.m., Truman Lounge
It’s time to get that left side of your brain in shape for an evening of trivia, food, drinks and prizes. The National Press Club Pub Quiz will take place tonight, June 11 in the Reliable Source's Truman Lounge at 7:30 p.m. Gifts and prizes await those who like to unleash their inner Cliff Clavin and showcase their knowledge on anything and everything -- from movies and ‘80s music to sports and politics. Sponsored by the NPC Events Committee, Pub Quiz is a great opportunity to gather with friends over food and drinks and to meet new friends and members. Veteran Pub Quiz emcee Marc Wojno plans…
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Lawn updates memoir, celebrates at Broadcast Committee book party
A crowd of journalists, friends and associates strode into the National Press Club conference rooms on May 21 to celebrate Connie Lawn’s fourth update of You Wake Me Each Morning. Jeff Mason of Thomson-Reuters and Margaret Talev speaking on behalf of the White House Correspondence Association regaled Lawn with remarks on her role in Washington, D.C. and the White House. Lawn also spoke. The event was co-sponsored by the NPC's Broadcast Committee. A longtime Press Club member, Lawn writes about her career as a White House reporter since 1968 and the struggles of her one woman news bureau,…
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