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Reliable Source plans First Friday Taco Night – Cinco De Mayo!
May 5, 2017
The calendar makes it easy for this month’s First Friday Taco Night: It’s Cinco De Mayo! Executive Chef Susan Delbert plans to treat us to a Tres Leche cake, and The Reliable Source has created some special cocktails to go along with National Press Club members' taco bar. All cocktail are $8 plus…
Read MoreCouncil on Foreign Relations President Haass to analyze global challenges, May 8
May 5, 2017
Richard Haass, president of the Council on Foreign Relations and author of "A World in Disarray: American Foreign Policy and the Crisis of the Old Order," plans to join members of the National Press Club for a breakfast roundtable on Monday, May 8, at 8 a.m. in the McClendon Room. Club members can…
Read MoreD.C. United offers NPC members discounted tickets to May 6 game at RFK
May 5, 2017
The D.C. United soccer team is offering National Press Club members, family and friends discounted tickets and unique experiences to the May 6 game at RFK Stadium. Purchase tickets by clicking here. For any questions, contact NPC member Carl Ericson at [email protected] or D.C. United rep Christopher…
Read MoreHistory Snippet: Did the Club play a role in launch of Korean War?
May 4, 2017
"Korea and the Club": It's a dubious honor, but some historians credit the National Press Club with a role in launching the Korean War. That's because Secretary of State Dean Acheson, in a 1950 address to the Club outlining the American "defense perimeter" in the Far East, made no mention of Korea…
Read MoreClub members to get discount for May 4 dinner honoring Club member Susan Page
May 3, 2017
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…
Read MoreNPC Toastmasters meets in McClendon Room, 7 pm May 8
May 3, 2017
Did you know that Pablo Casals discovered Bach’s Cello Suites on a dusty shelf in a Barcelona music store 1889? Casals was just 13 years old at the time and he would spend the next 12 years mastering the suites before performing them in public. A National Press Club Toastmaster recently gave a…
Read MoreFormer NPC President Mark Hamrick named SABEW President
May 1, 2017
Former National Press Club President Mark Hamrick, Washington bureau chief and senior economic analyst at Bankrate.com, has been named president of the Society of American Business Editors and Writers (SABEW), an organization of business journalists. Hamrick joined the SABEW Board of Governors in…
Read MoreMay events in the Reliable Source
May 1, 2017
Friday, May 5, Cinco de Mayo celebration starting at 5:30 p.m. in the Reliable Source. Special drinks will be available for this occasion. Thursday, May 11, Pub Quiz night at 7 p.m. in the Truman Lounge.
Read MoreGuthrie to be inducted in Special Libraries Association Hall of Fame
May 1, 2017
Larry Guthrie, 21-year member of the National Press Club, is being inducted into the Hall of Fame of the Special Libraries Association at their annual conference in Phoenix in June. He has been a law librarian at the firm Covington & Burling for 22 years. He serves on the History and Heritage…
Read MoreToday is take your kids to LUNCH day
April 27, 2017
Today is Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day. Well, they'll want lunch, right? So will you. Where better than where you eat lunch -- The Fourth Estate at the National Press Club. Show them some history and treat them to a special meal. This menu will be featured in the Fourth Estate for…
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