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American Legion Post 20 Meeting
Military Attache to Discuss U.S./Canada Alliance and Global Security
The Canadian Forces' Public Affairs Attache to Washington speaks at the next meeting of the National Press Club's American Legion Post. Lieutenant Colonel Jennifer Stadnyk plans to discuss with Post 20 the enduring U.S./Canada alliance, our long history of military cooperation, and the pivotal role this relationship plays in North American and global security. She'll also describe the coordinated communication that goes on across the world's longest undefended border. The luncheon meeting takes place on Wednesday, Nov. 13 at noon in the McClendon Room. All Press Club members are invited.…
Type: Event
Pub Quiz returns Thursday
Pub Quiz resumes at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 12, in the Truman Lounge. Gather your fellow members and friends, form a team of no more than six people, and eat, drink, play trivia and perhaps win prizes as well. If you don't have a team, come anyway and you'll be added to someone else's. There’s no need to RSVP, but space fills up quickly, so please call Mesfin Mekonen at 202-662-7443 or email [email protected] to tell him that you are coming. Pub Quiz is sponsored by the Events Team and the questions come to us from Brainstormer Trivia.
Type: News
Club will show Tuesday's presidential debate on big screen TV
The National Press Club will show the presidential debate between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris beginning at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 10, in the Fourth Estate Room. Snacks and drinks will be available for purchase as the debate is broadcast on our big screen. The event is open only to Club members and their guests.
Type: News
NPC Headliners: Brooke Shields, President of the Stage Actors' Union
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Brooke Shields, a model, an actor, a best-selling author, the CEO of a new company, and now labor leader, will speak at a National Press Club Headliners luncheon on Thursday, September 12 at 12:30 p.m. Shields will discuss the intersection of labor and support for the arts. This year has been a big year for Shields. She was elected president of the 51,000-member Actors’ Equity Association, the national union for actors on the live stage and stage managers, in May of this year. In June she launched a new company, Commence. She also starred in one of Netflix’s 10 most watched films of 2024, "…
Type: Event
Club awards Lewis Scholarship to Ohio student
The National Press Club, the world’s leading professional organization for journalists, has chosen Zora Shakhan of Pickerington, Ohio, as the recipient of its Lewis Scholarship for Fall 2024. The scholarship provides housing and a $4,000 stipend to support a student journalist of color interning at a Washington media outlet. Shakhan has accepted a fall internship with SiriusXM. A rising senior at Wittenberg University, she impressed the scholarship team with her outstanding academic background, strong work samples, and passion for innovative storytelling. Zora Shakhan This summer, Shakhan…
Type: News
The event begins at 12:30 p.m. with lunch in the ballroom. The program begins at 1 p.m. National Press Club members may purchase up to two tickets for the discounted $25 member rate. Non-member tickets cost $45. Purchase tickets online. Club members must be signed in to receive the member price. Shields, who has appeared on Broadway, Off-Broadway, in regional theatre and film and TV, plans to use her platform as the head of a union of stage performers and managers to advocate for the arts and more arts funding, not only in major cities, but in communities across the United States. This year…
Actors' Equity head Brooke Shields to speak on intersection of arts, labor at Thursday's Headliners luncheon
Actor-turned-union leader Brooke Shields will speak at a National Press Club Headliners luncheon at 12:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 12. Shields, a model, actor, best-selling author, CEO of a new company, and now leader of the Actors Equity union, will discuss the intersection of labor and support for the arts.
Type: News
Join us for a hoos who event! Your fellow talon-ted Golden and Silver Owls will flock with old friends -- and new -- at the NPC Owls Social on Sept. 18. Click here to register. The happy hour is open to all National Press Club members who have achieved Golden (50 years) or Silver (25 years) Owl status. Nesting begins at 5:30 pm in the Truman Lounge. Bird watchers will be trying to spot the Silver Owls Head Hoot. Owl be seeing you there!