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Get your performance ready for karaoke night Thursday, Aug. 17
July 28, 2017
Join the National Press Club's Events Team in the Cosgrove Lounge on Thursday, Aug, 17, from 5:30 p.m.- 9:30 p.m. for a night of karaoke. This event is free for members and $10 for non-members, who must be invited by a Club member to participate. Register online.
Read MoreGet those entries ready for annual NPC members' photo exhibit
July 26, 2017
It's time to get your two best photos printed and mounted for the 18th annual National Press Club members' photo exhibit. Entries will be accepted from July 31 to Aug. 11. The exhibit is the Club's annual celebration of visual storytelling by its members. The exhibit runs in September in the Club's…
Read MoreReliable Source events in August
July 26, 2017
Tuesday, Aug. 1 -- Young Members Happy Hour, 5:30 – 8:30 p.m. - Truman Lounge Thursday, Aug. 1 0-- Pub Quiz, 7 p.m. – Truman Lounge. CANCELLED Thursday, Aug. 17 -- Karaoke, 5:30 p.m. – Cosgrove Lounge
Read MoreTuesday's Communicators Breakfast to talk about educational videos
July 24, 2017
Maggie Dewane will share her experience and thought process on making an educational video that captures (and keeps) the attention of our society at Tuesday's Communicators breakfast. The breakfast will start at 8 a.m. in the Cosgrove Lounge, with a complimentary continental breakfast available for…
Read MoreFill your hot summer nights with cool events at the Reliable Source
July 23, 2017
The Reliable Source will host the following events in August: Tuesday, Aug. 1: Young Members happy hour – 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the Truman Lounge Thursday, Aug. 10: NPC Pub Quiz night – 7 p.m. in the Truman Lounge Thursday, Aug. 17: Karaoke night – 5:30 p.m. in the Cosgrove Lounge
Read MoreToastmasters meets Monday in McClendon Room
July 23, 2017
The National Press Club chapter of Toastmasters will meet Monday at 7 p.m. in the McClendon Room. At its last meeting, the Toastmasters vice president of education conducted a mock radio interview about one of her favorite charities, Dress for Success. The NPC Toastmasters Club meets the second and…
Read MoreConversations with visiting Chinese journalism students on Thursday
July 22, 2017
The Young Members Team will host an informal gathering at 6:30 p.m. Thursday in the Cosgrove Lounge with nine students visiting Washington from Tsinghua University, the Communications University of China and other prominent journalism schools to participate in the USA Summer Journalism Training…
Read MoreFuneral for former NPC President David Hess to be held Saturday in Ohio
July 22, 2017
Former National Press Club President David Hess will be remember in a graveside ceremony with military honors at 11 a.m. Saturday at Forest Lawn Cemetery on E. Broad Street in Columbus, Ohio. Hess's wife, Dorothea, and his two children, Laura Cary Hess and Daniel Robert Hess, are also buried in…
Read MoreIt's a field trip! Visit a reciprocal club in Baltimore, Aug. 5
July 22, 2017
The National Press Club Events Team invites Club members on a "field trip" to the Center Club in downtown Baltimore in the heart of the Inner Harbor on Saturday, August 5 at 5 p.m. The Center Club is a nearby location where National Press Club members enjoy reciprocal club privileges. Members who…
Read MoreMember discount: Club’s own Peter Lovenheim to teach narrative non-fiction writing this fall
July 21, 2017
They say the truth is stranger than fiction! This fall you can head back to class and work with the National Press Club’s own Peter Lovenheim, an award-winning author, to craft your own truths or the remarkable true stories around you into rich, compelling narratives. Lovenheim’s course, Narrative…
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