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2014 Club stickers have arrived – check your mail
Dear Fellow Members, Thank you for your continued support and membership to The National Press Club. By now you should have received your 2014 membership sticker in the mail. Once you receive the sticker, make sure to affix it to the bottom right corner of your membership card and be sure to have your card with you the next time you visit the Club. If you have not yet received your sticker in the mail by March 28, or for those or you who have not yet paid your dues, please contact the Club’s membership office at 202-662-7511, or e-mail at [email protected]. Sincerely, Marc A.…
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Learn about Club’s Broadcast Operations Center at Photo Committee meeting, noon, March 26
Looking for a great studio and broadcast professionals for your video projects? If so, you might want to consider using the National Press Club's Broadcast Operations Center (BOC). The BOC offers full-service broadcast studios on the 4th floor of the Press Building (Suite 480). Jake Serwer, the Club's business development executive, will outline the unique services the BOC offers at a luncheon meeting of the Club’s Photography Committee on at noon on Wednesday, March 26, in the McClendon Room. After lunch, Serwer will conduct a tour of the BOC. All Club members and their guests are…
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Get tips on the freelance trade at Truman Lounge series, 6 pm, March 25
Need help getting started freelancing? Want to network with other freelancers? Looking for tips on how to find the best markets, negotiate a contract, set rates and promote your brand? You’ll find that and more at a new series of casual get-togethers sponsored by the Freelance Committee. These occasional soirees in the Club’s Truman Lounge are informal discussions of various topics of interest to freelancers. Our first soiree is Tuesday, March 25, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. The topic: How to start a freelance career. There will be several experienced freelancers on hand to share how they got their…
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Magicians set to appear at Club, April 16
It’s time once again for the annual magic show sponsored by the Society of American Magicians Assembly 23. This year’s show will be held at 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, April 16, in the National Press Club conference rooms. Five magicians will perform family-friendly magic in the onference rooms. 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 662-7501 (no e-mails please.) To reserve a table at the Reliable Source, call 662-7443 or go to the Club’s website.…
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March overnight room specials from the Harvard Club of Boston
If you are visiting Boston this month, the Harvard Club of Boston has an unbeatable new discounted room rate: Stay overnight from Tuesday, March 25, through Monday, March 31, for just $179 per night (plus tax) for Reciprocal Club Members! You'll be hard-pressed to find a better overnight room rate at any Boston area hotels. For more information, or to make reservations, please call our Front Desk at 617-536-1260. Be sure to mention this offer when making your overnight room reservations! (Special Rate applies to Standard Rooms, good for new bookings only and based on availability.)
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Actress Marlo Thomas featured at afternoon book rap on May 2
Join us at the National Press Club for a special afternoon book rap on May 2 at 12:00 p.m. featuring Marlo Thomas. Thomas will talk about her new book "It Ain't Over... Till It's Over: Reinventing Your Life - and Realizing Your Dreams - Anytime, at Any Age." A book signing will follow the discussion. This is a ticketed event and registration is required here. All attendees must have a ticket. This event is a fundraiser for the NPC Journalism Institute. Books must be purchased through the NPC. No outside books or memorabilia permitted. All sales are final. We’ve heard it all before:“If at…
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Get it Online: Google Glass demonstration Friday, April 4
NPC member Thomas Sanchez, a Google Explorer, will give a show-and-tell with his new pair of Google Glass and discuss how the new wearable computer has the power to shape the future. To the naked eye, Google Glass appears to be an ordinary pair of eyeglasses or sunglasses, but it has computing power and functions similar to a smartphone. With the lenses acting as tiny computer displays, users can check email and calendars, search the web, listen to music and even make video calls. The "Get It Online" lunch series is open to National Press Club members free of charge. Lunch may be purchased in…
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Noted neurosurgeon Ben Carson to speak at NPC luncheon on May 28
Dr. Ben Carson, noted neurosurgeon and author of the new book "One Nation: What We Can All Do to Save America's Future," will be the guest speaker at a National Press Club luncheon on May 28. Dr. Carson was director of pediatric surgery at Johns Hopkins University Hospital until he retired last year. In 2008, he was awarded the Medal of Freedom by President George W. Bush, and has received 38 honorary degrees and dozens of merit citations. He now works as a columnist, author and speaker. Dr. Carson finished third, with 9 percent, in the 2016 Republican presidential straw poll conducted at the…
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Death of NPC Member John Oravec
John R. Oravec, a veteran of the Washington Star and AFL-CIO News and a Silver Owl member of the National Press Club, died Tuesday morning, March 18. He was 83 and lived in Rockville, Md. Often called "Teal" by friends and family, he joined the NPC in 1985 and loved to discuss politics and current events with colleagues at the Club, especially on Friday nights. And he enjoyed telling colorful stories, including about his Catholic upbringing and days as a mischievous altar boy. Oravec served as an Air Force photographer during the Korean War and subsequently had what he described as "not a bad…
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March 26 Anthony Williams Newsmaker CANCELLED
The March 26 event featuring Pennsylvania Democratic State Senator and leading Philadelphia Mayoral candidate Anthony Williams has been cancelled. Williams bowed out, citing a change in travel plans. He was originally scheduled to speak at a NPC Newsmakers news conference.
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