Member News
Celebrate first day of summer with barbecue and jazz at Reliable Source, June 22
June 14, 2017
Next Thursday, June 22, will mark the first full day of summer. And the Club's Reliable Source restaurant will celebrate it appropriately -- with its festive annual Summer Barbecue accompanied by cool jazz provided by the Greater U Street Jazz Collective. Dinner, featuring barbecued chicken and…
Read MoreClub member travels to Antarctica to tell climate change story from penguin’s perspective
June 13, 2017
A new National Press Club member who recently traveled to Antarctica to make a video about climate change doesn’t mince words in her reaction to President Donald J. Trump’s move to pull the United States out of the Paris climate agreement. “I think it’s a shameful and pathetic decision,” said…
Read MoreToastmasters to meet tonight, 7 p.m.
June 12, 2017
With three speeches on the agenda it's bound to be a lively night at tonight's monthly meeting of the National Press Club's Toastmasters group at 7 p.m. in the McClendon Room. Titles of the speeches by members of the group are "Bad News Bucs," "Believe in Yourself," and "Elevate to Motivate." Come…
Read MoreClub's annual Civil War battlefield trip heads to Brandy Station, Va., July 15
June 11, 2017
Brandy Station, near Culpeper, Va., site of the largest cavalry battle of the Civil War, will be the destination for the National Press Club’s 13th annual Civil War battlefield trip on Saturday, July 15. Club members and guests will depart by bus from the National Press Building at 8:30 a.m.,…
Read MoreBooks & Brunch to discuss ‘Germs, Guns and Steel” this Saturday, June 17
June 11, 2017
The National Press Club's Books & Brunch group will meet at noon this Saturday, June 17, in the Fourth Estate restaurant to discuss "Germs, Guns and Steel" by Jared Diamond. Diamond won the 1998 Pulitzer Prize for general nonfiction for the book. The National Geographic Society produced and…
Read MoreFormer Club President Gil Klein tells tales from the NPC history vault on June 15
June 9, 2017
Hear 30 years of National Press Club history as former President Gil Klein talks about what he's learned in three decades. The event takes place at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, June 15, in the Cosgrove Lounge. The event is free for members and their guests. Drink specials and complimentary appetizers will…
Read MoreClub members to participate in Congressional softball game June 21
June 5, 2017
Four Club members, Abby Livingston of the Texas Tribune, Lynn Sweet of the Chicago Sun-Times, Shawna Thomas of Vice News and Sarah Wire of the Los Angeles Times, will be part of the journalists' team when they take on female members of Congress in the annual Congressional Women's Softball Game on…
Read MoreSummer BBQ with a side of jazz comes to Club June 22
June 1, 2017
The Reliable Source is hosting a summer BBQ with a performance by the Greater U Street Jazz Collective on Thursday, June 22. Special summer food and drink will be served starting at 5:30 p.m., with the Jazz Collective performing beginning at 6 p.m. in the Truman Lounge. Food and drink menu to be…
Read MoreCheer on fellow NPC members at Congressional Women's Softball Game June 21
June 1, 2017
Are you ready for some softball? Club members Abby Livingston of the Texas Tribune, Lynn Sweet of the Chicago Sun-Times, Shawna Thomas of Vice News and Sarah Wire of the Los Angeles Times will take the field as part of the reporters' team at the annual Congressional Women's Softball Game on…
Read MoreMeet the teams at First Friday Taco Night June 2
May 30, 2017
National Press Club team leaders will be on hand in the Cosgrove Lounge on Friday, June 2, from 6-8 p.m. as part of First Friday Taco Night. For those looking to meet the teams, chat with Adam Konowe of the Broadcast/Podcast Team, Joan Coyle of the Communications Team, Jackie Kasuya of the Events…
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