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Club member invites fellow NPC members to see her entry in Alexandria art show
National Press Club Member Carol Morgan invites fellow NPC members to a closing reception for an art show in which she has an entry, at the Art League Gallery in Alexandria, Virginia, on Thursday, April 28, from 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. She will be there, and you can talk to her about her bas relief, "Dance of the Nurses' Aides," that is on exhibit with works by other artists. The theme of the show, "Screen Dream," is works inspired by movies and TV’s "stories, images, writers, actors, directors, and/or musical themes." Morgan said her artwork suggests the TV program "M*A*S*H." Incidentally, you…
Type: News
NPC Luncheon: SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher
Fran Drescher – actress, writer, director, and labor leader -- spoke at a National Press Club Headliners luncheon on April 25, 2022. Drescher delivered a speech on the intersection of labor, sustainability, and health. Drescher was elected president of SAG-AFTRA in September 2021. A two-time Emmy- and Golden Globe-nominated actor for her portrayal as Fran Fine on CBS’s hit series, The Nanny, Drescher also wore many hats as creator, executive producer, writer and director. A 21-year cancer survivor, Drescher founded the Cancer Schmancer Movement, which is dedicated to educating, motivating,…
Type: Media
Communicator, Journalist Roundtable meets in-person at April 28 dinner
The National Press Club Communicators Team invites Club members – both communicators and journalists – to our next Communicator and Journalist Roundtable Dinner at 6:30 p.m., Thursday, April 28, in the Zenger Room. We have returned to in-person events featuring a three-course dinner with wine served for $62 per person. Cash bar reception begins at 6:30 p.m., followed by dinner at 7 p.m. To reserve your seat, register online. Join us for another lively discussion with Club members on current topics that we face in our function and profession. By sharing our concerns, ideas, approaches and…
Type: News
Spiraling health care costs can be contained by healthier lifestyles, 'Nanny' star Drescher says
SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher and National Press Club President Jen Judson share a laugh at the April 25, 2022, luncheon at which Drescher promoted healthy living as the way to reduce health care costs. Photo: Joe Luchok As long as health care costs continue to spiral out of control, the country’s “only hedge against financial collapse” is for individuals to get healthy and stay that way, actress Fran Drescher told a National Press Club Headliners luncheon on April 25. The health care system in the United States is a “sick care system in which we wait until people get sick and try to…
Type: News
NPC Newsmaker: Dr. Anthony Fauci, NIAID
This newsmaker will now be virtual-only.
As the coronavirus pandemic enters a new phase and with mask mandates in question, Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases will speak to the National Press Club on April 29 about what direction the virus may take us this summer and beyond. Fauci has been the leading public health voice during COVID-19 pandemic and is the chief medical advisor to President Biden. As the leader of NIAID, Fauci has a long and distinguished career having led the federal response to most of the major disease outbreaks over the last 40 years including HIV/AIDS, Ebola…
Type: Event
Last chance to buy Inaugural Gala tickets for May 6
There’s still time to purchase tickets for the 2022 Inauguration Gala for Jen Judson as president of the National Press Club. Sales end at the close of business on Monday, May 2. Tickets cost $100 for Club members and $125 for the general public and are on sale online. Judson will be ceremoniously inaugurated as the 115th president of the Club on Friday, May 6. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. for a cocktail reception, a dinner and the program will begin at 7:30 p.m. She will be toasted and roasted by Mike Gruss, editor-in-chief of Sightline Media Group, as well as Mitch Zuckoff, Boston University…
Type: News
In the book, Holder, chairman of the National Democratic Redistricting Committee, and Koppelman describe three dramatic fights for the right to vote, first by white men, then by white women, and finally by African Americans, and the ways the right to vote has lost ground since. The book ends with a plan for reversing voter suppression, and transforming undemocratic institutions such as the Senate, the Electoral College and the Supreme Court. You must register to attend the event. CALENDAR LINK GOES HERE. To submit a question for the speakers, email [email protected] with VOTE in the…