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Stella now on draft in Reliable Source for limited time
Attention thirsty National Press Club members! A tap takeover has occurred at the Reliable Source bar. For a limited time, the Belgian Pilsner Stella Artois will be available on tap. It will be offered for lunch, happy hour, and dinner exclusively in the Reliable Source. A glass will cost $3.55 during Happy Hour, and $5.09 at the regular price.
Type: News
Club members to get discount for May 4 dinner honoring Club member Susan Page
National Press Club members are invited to attend The American News Women’s Club All-Star Evening of Excellence honoring Club member Susan Page of USA Today on Thursday, May 4, at 6:30 p.m. Page will receive the Club's Excellence in Journalism award for 2017. Club members pay a discounted price of $185 per seat or $350 per couple to attend the dinner. To order tickets, click here. The dinner, to be held at the Club, benefits scholarships for aspiring journalists. Page is being recognized for her lifetime of groundbreaking professional accomplishments. Other icons in her field who have…
Type: News
Snippet #24: World War ll canteen
Snippet #24: "World War Two Canteen: The National Press Club was transformed into an Allied military canteen on Saturdays during World War Two. Huge throngs of servicemen soaked up free beer and hot dogs, served by senators, Cabinet members and Pentagon brass, along with the occasional movie star. One Saturday the entire Supreme Court turned out. Vice President-elect Harry Truman was famously photographed in 1945 playing the canteen's upright piano with starlet Lauren Bacall perched above him. It happened at the National Press Club--where news is made in the nation's capital." This snippet is…
Type: News
Headliner event plans tribute to Ella Fitzgerald on April 27
The National Press Club plans to host Grammy Award-winning jazz singer Patti Austin at a special Headliner event in the Club’s Fourth Estate Restaurant on Thursday, April 27, at 5 p.m. The event is free but reservations are encouraged by clicking here. Austin, who has won acclaim for her interpretation of the music of Ella Fitzgerald, plans to discuss the importance of jazz to American culture and diplomacy, and perform some of Fitzgerald’s music at the event. In her long career, which began in the 1950’s at the age of four on the Apollo Theater stage, Austin has worked closely with artists…
Type: News
35% off tickets for Arena Stage’s Smart People, now through May 7
Arena Stage is offering National Press Club members 35 percent off Smart People for select dates now through May 7. To purchase tickets, click here or call 202-488-3300. For the discount, please use promo code: SMARTPEOPLE35. Smart People is showing at the Kreeger Theater. Here’s the synopsis: “Do our belief systems stem from our environment, or are some prejudices hard-wired into us? With barbed wit, Lydia R. Diamond (Stick Fly) explores the unavoidable nature of cultural bias and other sticky subjects in the controversial and fiercely funny new play Smart People. Four intellectuals — a…
Type: News
Tonight: NPC Book Rap to feature `House of Cards’ screenwriter
An executive producer and screenwriter for the Netflix series ‘House of Cards’, John Mankiewicz, plans to join Laura Caldwell and Jerry Miller at a National Press Club Book Rap on Monday, May 1, at 6:30 p.m. in the Club’s conference rooms to discuss Anatomy of Innocence: Testimonies of the Wrongfully Convicted. The Book Rap features a discussion with the principals, an audience question-and-answer session, and a book signing. Tickets are $5 for Club members and $10 for the public. To purchase tickets and copies of the book, please click here. Books will also be available for purchase at the…
Type: News
Member of British parliament to discuss Syria at May 9 Newsmaker
Lady Caroline Cox, the Baroness Cox of Queensbury and a senior member of the United Kingdom’s House of Lords, plans to discuss her efforts to bring humanitarian relief to Syria at a National Press Club Newsmaker press conference on Tuesday, May 9, at 10 a.m. in the Club's Bloomberg Room. This news conference is open to credentialed media and Club members, free of charge. Baroness Cox was recently in Aleppo, Syria, meeting with aid organizations and political groups while the city was being bombed. During her time in Syria, she met with civilians who had been attacked. As a member of the House…
Type: News
A career in writing: From journalism to fiction
Tom Young is a former Associated Press broadcast editor and reporter who has leveraged an accomplished military and commercial aviation career to write fiction and non-fiction. In the latest episode of Update-1, National Press Club Broadcast/Podcast Team member Adam Konowe asks Young about making the jump from journalism to fiction, as well as his perspective on media coverage of global conflicts and commercial airline incidents. Young also shares his approach to writing fiction and what would-be authors should know before they try their hand at it. Update-1 is produced by Mike Hempen. In…
Type: News
Marine Corps public affairs director to to address Club’s American Legion Post on Tuesday
Marine Corps Brig. Gen. William Seely III, director of the Office of Marine Corps Communications, will address the Club's American Legion Post 20 on Tuesday. The event will begin at noon in the McClendon Room. Seely oversees Marine Corps public affairs, including media and community relations. A 28-year veteran, his many operational deployments have included four tours of duty in Iraq. A graduate of American University, he received his commission through the Navy ROTC program at George Washington University.
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Sample Irish cuisine and Irish whiskey on Thursday
Whiskey from three Irish distilleries and a menu of Irish food will be served at the National Press Club on Thursday. The event, co-sponsored by the Club's International Correspondents and Events teams and the Embassy of Ireland, begins at 6:30 p.m. in the Winners Room. The drinks will come from the Teeling, Tullamore Dew and Glendalough distilleries. The food will come from Executive Chef Susan Delbert and include: Irish Potato Bites (small new red potatoes with cheddar and corned beef) Salmon and crab roulades (like pinwheels with horseradish sour cream, salmon, parsley and crab, rolled and…
Type: News