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Club softball team advances to second weekend of playoffs
The National Press Club softball team is on an unprecedented run through the Metropolitan Media Softball League Playoffs, moving on to the second day for the first time in team history after beating 6-seeded USA Today, 7-5, and then upending the 2-seed Washington Post, 5-3, on June 29. The Club never trailed in either game, and now advances to play top-seed Comcast Sports Net at 9 a.m. Saturday, July 13. We didn't hit like our usual, explosive selves yesterday, but we generate just enough offense. Outstanding defense around the field, and especially from Sophia Cope, as well as gritty…
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Johnstone releases new novel featuring protagonist journalist, Club member
National Press Club member Bill Johnstone has launched his third novel, Waiting for the Storm to Pass, about the adventures of investigative journalist Mike McCabe. The plot is set in Washington, and the hero, like the author, is a member of the Club, where some of the scenes in the book are set. Two teenagers lured to the bright city lights of New York and a corpse washed up on the D.C. waterfront are two incidents that weave a tale of crime, greed and violence and trigger an investigation by the intrepid reporter Mike McCabe, U.S. editor for the London Daily Herald. The novel is available…
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South Korean Elections
Type: Media
National Press Building purchased for $167.5 million in 2011
This Week In National Press Club History June 30, 2011: The National Press Building is bought this week for $167.5 million by affiliates of AEW Capital Management L.P. and Quadrangle Development Corp from the previous owner, Quadrangle, which continues to manage the property. There is no change in the Press Club’s decades-long lease of the top two floors. June 30, 2010: Newly discovered photos by two Washington journalists of the famous 1925 Scopes “trial of the century” are shown at a Photography Committee luncheon in the McClendon Room by Smithsonian archivist and writer Marcel LaFollette…
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Equinox restaurant culinary team presents dinner at Fourth Estate, Sept. 25
Husband and wife culinary team Todd Gray and Ellen Kassoff Gray of Washington's acclaimed Equinox restaurant will showcase recipes from their new cookbook at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 25 in the National Press Club's Fourth Estate Restaurant. Todd Gray, an award-winning chef, teamed with his wife, Ellen Kassoff Gray, an award-winning restaurateur, to create "The New Jewish Table", featuring updated, modern takes on traditional Jewish fare. The multi-course meal will feature extraordinary recipes from the cookbook, including a pistachio-crusted lamb loin and a pumpkin risotto with wild mushrooms. To…
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AFP photo chief to discuss freelance war photography at Photo Committee meeting, noon, July 10
Mladen Antonov, director of photography for North America, Agence France-Presse (AFP), will discuss "The Year of Freelance War Photographers" at a luncheon meeting of the National Press Club Photography Committee at noon, July 10, in the McClendon Room. Antonov will first describe the services of AFP, including how the photo service produces 3,500 or more news images each day. He will then explain the specifics of financing, security, logistics and access for freelance photographers working in war zones, such as Syria, Libya, Mali and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Antonov will also…
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Discovery's Hendricks offers roadmap for entrepreneurs
Entrepreneurs have to go "all in" to find success, Discovery Communications founder Rick Hendricks told a National Press Club audience on Thursday, June 27. Hendricks, executive chairman of Discovery Communications, in conversation with award-winning TV anchor Paula Zahn, discussed his book “A Curious Discovery: An Entrepreneur’s Story.” He said he wrote the book to give people an understanding of entrepreneurship and provide them a roadmap for turning dreams into reality. Hendricks first became curious about space and science from reading “Tom Corbett, Space Cadet” stories as a child. When…
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Deadline fast approaching for NPC members’ photo exhibit
Grab your camera, take some great shots that will impress your family, friends, colleagues, and Club visitors, and then enter them in the 14th Annual NPC Members’ Photography Exhibit. Each member who submits photos will be automatically entered in a drawing for a chance to win a $100 NPC gift card, which can be used to purchase anything at the Club: A delicious dinner at the Fourth Estate restaurant, tickets to an NPC luncheon, NPC souvenirs or dinner and drinks at the Reliable Source restaurant. The drawing will be held at the Members’ Photo Exhibit reception on Tuesday, Sept. 3, from 6:30…
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Grab your mallets! It's Crab Fest, July 25 in the Reliable Source
Members and their guests are invited to attend the annual Crab Fest Buffet Dinner in the Reliable Source at 5:30 p.m., Thursday, July 25. This special all-you-can-eat buffet is $19 per person, not including tax and gratuity. Get ready to have a fun and challenging evening breaking the crabs apart! Enjoy succulent crabs from Maryland's Eastern Shore. The complete menu is posted below. Members are encouraged to contact at 202-662-7443 or email [email protected] to make reservations, as we expect a sold out event. Hard Shell Crabs, Steamed with Old Bay seasoningother seasonings: melted butter,…
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Rep. Gutierrez lauds Latino history film, pushes immigration reform
As the Senate weighed the immigration overhaul it passed June 27, Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-Ill, told a National Press Club audience that Congress needs a deeper understanding of the varied Latino experience in America. Gutierrez' remarks came during the June 26 screening of “Harvest of Empire: The Untold Story of Latinos in America." The documentary, he said, communicates in words and images aspects of immigration he sometimes finds difficult to communicate in congressional committee meetings. “This is the story I want my daughters to know and that I want my grandson to learn,” he said, of the…
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