The National Press Club

Applications for participation in the 2010 National Press Club Mentoring
Program are due Thursday, April 15.

As of this week, 10 members have applied to be mentees and five to be mentors. Experienced journalists and PR pros who are willing to donate time to help young communicators develop are especially welcome.

This is a one-year commitment aimed at benefiting members at all stages of their careers. The program is open to journalists and PR professionals.

Once matches are made, mentors will be given a copy of the mentee's

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Tickets are selling quickly for Journopalooza, the journalism fund-raiser set to rock the ballroom starting at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 8.

Four DC media bands including NPC members and journalists from The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, McClatchy, Reuters, The Washington Post and others will be playing for the Eric Friedheim National Journalism Library, Reporters Without Borders and the Committee to Protect Journalists.

Tickets to see Dirty Bomb, Charm Offensive, Nobody's Business and Suspicious Package can be purchased at www.journopalooza.com.

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The Travel Committee will host a reception at 7 p.m. on Thursday, April 22, for Club members and guests.

Come learn about 2010 trips, including a Bermuda cruise; Paris; a riverboat cruise in Burgundy; Budapest/Cracow/Prague; Laos and Burma; and Buenos Aires. Trips being considered for 2011 include Scotland; Berlin and Dresden; Tibet and China; Calgary and the Canadian Rockies; Morocco; and Moscow/St. Petersburg. Suggestions from attendees also will be discussed and refreshments served.

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Fish fingers, hot dogs and other kid friendly foods will be on the Reliable Source menu for Magic Night on Wednesday, April 14.

Kids can also order mac and cheese, spaghetti, chicken tenders and chocolate and vanilla sundaes prior to the show, which begins at 7:30 p.m. To reserve a table at the Reliable Source, call 662-7443 or email rs@press.org .

Seven magicians from the Society of American Magicians Assembly 23 will perform in the conference rooms.

The show is free, but please let us know if you are coming by calling 662-7501. No emails please.

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Steamed 1 1/4-pound lobsters will be served in the Fourth Estate Restaurant at dinner today, Wednesday, March 31. The price is $25 for members and their guests, $30 for non-members.

The lobsters will be served with drawn butter and a choice of oven-roasted potatoes or fries and coleslaw or green salad.

Diners are seated from 5:30 to 8:30 pm. Reservations are required 24 hours in advance to assure service, but some may be available to walk-in diners. Call 202-662-7638 or email fourthestate@press.org to reserved.

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A half-day conference on understanding the evolving relationship between PR and the media is at 8:30 a.m. Friday, April 9, in the Holeman Lounge. The cost is $155 for members and $185 for non-members.

Reserve at www.press.org/prsmart

This conference will help you discover the ways PR pros and reporters are interacting with social media, as well as teach you how to enhance your media relationships by intersecting with journalists where they are most likely to be found.

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"Ice Age," a computer-animated film directed by Carlos Saldanha and Chris Wedge, will be shown in the McLendon Room at 7 p.m. on Thursday, April 1.

The story follows three Paleolithical mammals attempting to return a lost human baby to its parents.

Order dinner while you watch the movie, and stay to enjoy the complimentary milk and cookies.

If you have suggestions for the next Dinner and a Movie night, contact Jennifer DePaul at jennifer.depaul@gmail.com

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Iranian photojournalist Hasan Sarbakshian, whose home country refused to renew his press pass, will discuss the experience and his work at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 30, in the First Amendment Lounge.

Since losing his ability to work in Iran, Sarbakshian moved to the DC area.

This is the first of the Freedom of the Press Series, an event aimed at allowing international reporters speak out about their experiences trying to report in their home country.
This event is free and open to the public an.

If you have any questions, please contact Evan Sweetman at ecsweetman@gmail.com

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Six beers from Dogfish Head Brewery will be featured at a five-course dinner in the Fourth Estate Restaurant at 6:30 p.m. Monday, May 10. The cost is $70 for members and $93 for non-members.

Reception: 60 Minute IPA -- intensely hopped, citrus, East Coast IPA. Hors d'oeuvres are Grafton cheddar cheese profiteroles, wild mushroom phyllo triangles, miniature reubens, and Indian pizza.

Salad: Aprihop -- soft, velvety tone of apricot. Served with a salad of frisse, radicchio and spring mix, mang, oranges, dried apricots, red onions, almonds and citrus vinaigrette.

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March 1939: Ambassador of Czechoslovakia Vladimir Hurban tells the Club of the capture of his country by the Nazis.

March 29, 1966: India ’s Prime Minister Indira Gandhi speaks on increasing Sino-Soviet tensions.

April 1, 1983: Zambia President Kenneth Kaunda addresses a Press Club luncheon.

This Week in National Press Club History is brought to you by the History and Heritage Committee, which is dedicated to preserving and revitalizing the Club’s history through displays, panel discussions and lectures, as well as interviewing members as part of the Club’s oral history project.

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