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Books & Brunch to discuss "Interior Chinatown" tomorrow
Books & Brunch will meet via Zoom at noon Saturday, June 19, to discuss ""Interior Chinatown" by Charles Yu. To RSVP and receive a Zoom link, please email Fay Ludicello at [email protected]. Those who RSVP should expect to receive the Zoom invitation at 9 a.m. on June 19. "Interior Chinatown," a New York Times bestseller and winner of the 2020 National Book Award for Fiction, tells the story of Willis Wu, who sees himself as "Generic Asian Man" until he stumbles into the spotlight and discovers a wider world than he has ever known. The Washington Post called it "one of the…
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Texas congressmen to speak on behalf of Austin Tice, July 1
Reps. Al Green, D-Texas, and Michael McCaul, R-Texas, will call on the Biden administration to bring home detained journalist Austin Tice at a National Press Club Headliners event Thursday, July 1, at 11 a.m. Green and McCaul have been steadfast advocates for Tice, speaking out for him on the floor of the House on several occasions and circulating Dear Colleague letters in the House. They will give remarks on the current situation, call on the administration to bring Tice home and take questions from the press. National Press Club Headliner events are open to credentialed journalists, members…
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Conversations with Correspondents: Geoffrey Cain on China's 'Perfect Police State'
Join us on Friday, July 16 at 12 p.m. for this virtual event. Click here to register.
Geoffrey Cain, an award-winning foreign correspondent and National Press Club member, will discuss his new book “The Perfect Police State: An Undercover Odyssey into China's Terrifying Surveillance Dystopia of the Future” at a virtual event at 12pm on Friday, July 16. Click here to register Blocked from facts and truth, under constant surveillance, surrounded by a hostile alien police force: Xinjiang’s Uyghur population has become cursed, oppressed, outcast. Most citizens cannot discern between enemy and friend. Social trust has been destroyed systematically. Friends betray each other, bosses…
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Photo Team to hear photographer and activist Nancy Shia
D.C. community photographer and activist Nancy Shia will talk about her acclaimed Out My Window photo collection at the next National Press Club Photography Team meeting on Thursday, July 15 at 11:30 am in the Cosgrove Lounge. The Out My Window collection chronicles Shia's 40 years living in D.C. at Ontario Road and Columbia Road NW, and the changes taking place in the Adams Morgan and surrounding neighborhoods over that time. Shia will display and talk about the photos in her collection, and how she combines photography and community work. Participants are invited to stay for a self-funded…
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Hear live jazz from Blues Alley at the Club
Members may enjoy Blues Alley’s legendary jazz programing this Monday, June 21, in the ballroom of the National Press Club, at 8 p.m. Purchase tickets here. There will be drinks and lite fare available for purchase at the event. Blues Alley has been offering streaming-only concerts from the Club during the pandemic. Monday’s program is the first Blues Alley event before a live audience, which is possible now that pandemic restrictions have lifted. Here is a chance to hear great jazz at the Club.
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History team holds historic meeting
From left, top row: David Anderson, Carol Bennett, D.J. Caufield, Archivist Jeff Schlosberg, Jan Zastrow, Menachem Wecker, Bottom: Ed Grosvenor, Gil Klein, Mike Freedman. The National Press Club’s History & Heritage team made its own history June 15. It is the first team to meet in the Reliable Source after the Club began to reopen for in-person services following the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Club co-ed softball team has some roster spots, welcomes spectators
Feeling better about getting out in the world after your COVID-19 self-isolation? Want to play some Saturday morning softball to ease back into activities with less stringent social distancing? The National Press Club co-ed softball team heads into the second weekend of the 2021 Metropolitan Media Softball League season with a 1-1 record. The Saturday, June 26, double-header starts at 10:30 a.m. at Aspen Hill Park in Montgomery County, Maryland. Opponents are first CNN, then Al Jazeera. There is still room for players on the roster. Women players especially are needed so there are enough when…
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Gadfly reporter McClendon, Navy sub rescue, Midway hero to be topics at Post 20 meeting, June 24
Gadfly journalist Sarah McClendon, the Navy's little-known submarine rescue capability, and a hero of the Battle of Midway will be discussed at a virtual meeting of the National Press Club's American Legion Post 20 on Thursday, June 24, at 7 p.m. Short presentations will be made by the following Post 20 members: Post Historian Easter Thompson will discuss the life and times of Sarah McClendon, after whom the Club's McClendon Room -- Post 20's meeting place -- is named. An Army veteran, McClendon was Post 20 commander 1990-91,1995-96. She is the only female commander in the 102-year history…
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Judges needed to help select Club diversity scholarship recipient on June 26
The National Press Club Scholarship Awards Team needs your help! We will be judging applicants for the 2021 Julie Schoo Award for Diversity in Journalism on Saturday, June 26. The NPC's scholarship awards have been life-changing for past recipients, and you can contribute to that experience by helping review these entries. We are going to decide winners virtually in Zoom groups. Judges will receive a set of online applications to read during the week leading up to June 26. The judging will be conducted over a two-hour period the morning of June 26. The Diversity in Journalism Award, named for…
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Celebrate America's birthday with a complete lobster kit for two
Celebrate America's birthday with a complete lobster kit for two from the National Press Club online store. Kits are $120 and include cooking instructions and a serving pan. A kit can be prepared in the oven. Appetizer Four all-beef hot dog pigs in a blanket Four macaroni and cheese balls The Fireworks Two 1½ pound Maine lobsters ½ pound butter for melting; lemon wedges Components for Lobster bake: corn; potatoes, Merguez lamb sausages, carrots, pearl onions Served with: coleslaw and NPC chef's famous cornbread NPC Members receive a 15% discount using coupon code Member at check out.…
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