Free Speech After Charlie Hebdo and “The Interview”

When Thursday, January 29, 2015 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM Location Los Angeles Press Club @ Steve Allen Theater 4773 Hollywood Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90027 Registration Free Tickets Free to LA Press Club Members Free Event for Members Non-Member Tickets Registration is closed Has anything changed on how we look at the first amendment after the attack on Charlie Hebdo in Paris and the cyber attack on Sony? Join us for an interesting conversation at Los Angeles press club. Panelists: Patrick Chappatte — He is the famous Pakistan-born Lebanese-Swiss…

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Purple Party! Remembering Louise Monaco

When Wednesday, January 28, 2015 7:00 PM – 9:30 PM Location Los Angeles Press Club @ Steve Allen Theater 4773 Hollywood Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90027 Registration RSVP Registration is closed On January 15 the world became a little bit less purple. On this day Louise Monaco, Los Angeles Press Club’s super volunteer, passed away after a short illness. Many of you knew her as the Purple Lady, for the way she “purplefied” everything she touched. If there were flowers on the table, they were purple; if she brought you…

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KTLA’s Cher Calvin joins the LAPC board of directors

Friday, January 23, 2015 6:07 PM Cher Calvin anchor at KTLA’s award-winning 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. nightly newscasts. Before her current role, Cher co-anchored the weekend evening news, as well as KTLA’s morning show, where she won an Emmy in 2005. She has also picked up three Golden Mike Awards: two for best public affairs program, “Access L.A.,” and one for the “KTLA 5 Morning News.”

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Purple party for Louise Monaco

Friday, January 23, 2015 4:56 PM On January 15 the world became a little bit less purple. On this day Louise Monaco, Los Angeles Press Club’s super volunteer, passed away after a short illness. Many of you knew her as the Purple Lady, for the way she “purplefied” everything she touched. If there were flowers on the table, they were purple; if she brought you a gift, it was wrapped in purple paper. She drove a purple car, wore purple clothes, purple shoes, jewelry and her signature round, purple glasses.…

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Free Speech After Charlie Hebdo and “The Interview”

Friday, January 23, 2015 4:50 PM Has anything changed on how we look at the first amendment after the attack on Charlie Hebdo in Paris and the cyber attack on Sony? Join us for an interesting conversation at Los Angeles press club. Panelists: Patrick Chappatte — He is the famous Pakistan-born Lebanese-Swiss cartoonist, simply known as Chappatte. He draws a twice-weekly cartoon in the Opinion section of The International New York Times. Over the years, he has collaborated with editorial cartoonists in conflict-ridden countries with the goal of promoting dialogue…

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LGBTs In The News: Allies: We Couldn’t do it without you.

When Thursday, January 22, 2015 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM Location Los Angeles Press Club @ Steve Allen Theater 4773 Hollywood Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90027 Registration RSVP Free Event Registration is closed LGBTs In The News and Los Angeles Press Club Presents a Special Live Panel Engagement discussing and Honoring Allies in the Movement for LGBT Equality: “Allies: We Couldn’t do it Without You.” Featuring an all-star panel: Gloria Allred, famed civil rights attorney, television personality and extraordinary ally of LGBTs across America and around the world. – Ms.…

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Black History Month Celebration

Thursday, January 15, 2015 12:25 PM The New, Multimedia One-Man Show, Ghost in the House, starring Tony Todd (Candyman) to be followed by a conversation about race in America, moderator: Brian Watt. Before Barack Obama and MLK, before Jackie Robinson, Paul Robeson and Medgar Evers, before Malcolm X and Muhammad Ali, before Ferguson and “I can’t breathe”– there was Jack Johnson, the first African-American Heavyweight Boxing Champion who defied the powers that be. Ghost in the House recounts the racism and vindictiveness of White America against a man whose talents…

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Daniel Pearl Award to Charlie Hebdo

Daniel Pearl Award to Charlie Hebdo The Los Angeles Press Club is proud to announce that the 2015 Daniel Pearl Award for Courage and Integrity in Journalism will go to Charlie Hebdo.   “We are deeply honored. Of course, we’ll accept,” said Gerard Biard, Editor-in-Chief of Charlie Hebdo. “No act of terrorism can stop freedom of speech. Giving the Daniel Pearl Award to Charlie Hebdo is a strong message to that effect,” said LA Press Club President Robert Kovacik of NBC4 Southern California. Since 2002 the Los Angeles Press Club…

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Daniel Pearl Award to Charlie Hebdo

Monday, January 12, 2015 9:17 AM HOLLYWOOD, CA January 12, 2015: The Los Angeles Press Club is proud to announce that the 2015 Daniel Pearl Award for Courage and Integrity in Journalism will go to Charlie Hebdo. “We are deeply honored. Of course, we’ll accept,” said Gerard Biard, Editor-in-Chief of Charlie Hebdo. “No act of terrorism can stop freedom of speech. Giving the Daniel Pearl Award to Charlie Hebdo is a strong message to that effect,” said LA Press Club President Robert Kovacik of NBC4 Southern California. Since 2002 the…

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