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Meet King Peggy of Ghana, Miss Ghana USA at World Cup viewing, 5 pm June 16, First Amendment Lounge
The 2014 World Cup may be played in Brazil, but the best place to follow the action is right here in the heart of the nation’s capital at the National Press Club. Watch Team USA’s first match -- against Ghana -- on June 16 in the First Amendment Lounge. Doors will open at 5 p.m., with the game starting at 6 p.m. The event will feature two special guests, King Peggy of Otuam, Ghana, and Miss Ghana USA, Alice Gyamfi. The event is open to the public. Tickets are available for $15 per person, $10 if you are a Club member. Take a culinary trip to Brazil with our assorted menu of Brazilian…
Type: News
Certified Angus Beef and Duckhorn wine dinner to be rescheduled for October
The Certified Angus Beef and Duckhorn wine dinner scheduled for Tuesday, June 17, will be rescheduled for October. A new date will be announced in The Wire. Tickets for the fall event will go on sale Aug. 1. Preference will be given to ticket holders from the event this week.
Type: News
Club members tour Battle of the Wilderness site
Civil War historian Don Pfanz addressed 48 Club members and guests participating in the 10th annual Civil War battlefield trip on June 7 to the Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Park. It was the fourth in the Club’s series of Civil War sesquicentennial visits to nearby Civil War battlefields. Pfanz, a retired National Park Service ranger, expertly guided the group through the May 5-6, 1864, Battle of the Wilderness, and the subsequent May 8-21 Spotsylvania engagement. Last month, the National Park Service held a commemoration of the 150th anniversary of both battles, which marked…
Type: News
Obituary for George Embrey
George Allen Embrey, 81, a 48-year member, of Nags Head, N.C., died June 5. Embrey graduated from Ohio State University in 1955 with a BA in Journalism-Editorial and was commissioned a lieutenant in the Army Armor Corps, serving eight years, two active. On the staff of the Columbus Dispatch, Embrey variously wrote military, education and gas and oil stories. He served as City Hall reporter for nearly five years and covered state government as well. In 1966, he joined the Dispatch Washington Bureau, where he served for 29 years until his retirement in 1995. He covered every presidential…
Type: News
Bakshian receives arts criticism award
Aram Bakshian, Jr. received the first place award in the arts criticism category from the Society of Professional Journalists at its June 11th Annual Deadline Awards Dinner at the Club
Type: News
National Press Club Announces Winners of Annual Press Freedom Award
An Illinois reporter fighting prosecutorial pressure to disclose the identity of a confidential source and a Bahraini photographer sentenced to a decade in jail effectively because he did his job--these are the winners of the National Press Club's 2014 John Aubuchon Press Freedom Award. Each year, the club honors two recipients of the award, one foreign and one domestic, who have demonstrated through their work the principles of press freedom and open government. The award is named after the late John Aubuchon, a former NPC president who championed press freedom. For 2014, the Club has…
Type: News
Director Shyamalan finds five keys to unlock inner city schools
Film director M.Night Shyamalan described two different schools at the National Press Club Luncheon June 11. The first provided an “incredibly vibrant” environment, where students recognized Shyamalan and wanted to talk to him about his work.In the other school – an inner city one – he saw metal detectors, locked doors and bars on every classroom. The theater had burned down. The kids were treated like animals. “They kind of recognized me and then said, ‘That’s not possible,’” Shyamalan said. “It’s very symbolic about what has been done to these kids.” The 1999 Oscar-nominated director of "…
Type: News
Mezzanine, McClendon Room and Games Room available to members without rental fees
Did you know that members can reserve specific spaces without paying room rental? The McClendon Room, the Games Room and the Mezzanine of the Reliable Source are available to members as venues for meetings, cocktail parties and other special occasions. The spaces are located on the 14th floor of the National Press Club. Reservations are free for Club members, but members are required to purchase food and drinks in exchange for use of the rooms. Audio-visual equipment, such as flat-screen TVs, and high speed wireless internet access are available for rental. Please contact Mesfin Mekonen…
Type: News
National Press Club to Russian Authorities: Find Those Who Ordered Journalist's Murder
Following the sentencing this week of five men convicted of murdering a Russian investigative reporter in 2006, the National Press Club urged authorities in Russia to go further and uncover the individuals who ordered the contract killing. Anna Politkovskaya, known for her hard-hitting reporting that revealed Kremlin corruption and human rights abuses, was found shot to death in her apartment elevator in October 2006. In the ensuing years, the Russian government has been criticized by press freedom groups for moving too slowly in its investigation into her assassination. A Russian judge…
Type: News
Strategic & Conventional Forces
The chairman of the House Armed Services Committee discusses the major issues facing America's strategic and conventional forces.
Type: Media