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Hoffman Center Offers Genealogy Course

Genealogy expert, Karen Martin, to teach class in January

Thanks for the interest, registration is closed, another class will be offered in the future.

The Hoffman Center will host a four-week “Introduction to Family History” course in January. Class sessions will be held on Tuesdays, Jan. 10, 17, 24 and 31, from 2:00 to 3:30 p.m. in the Hoffman House Studios next to the Manzanita Library. The tuition will be $40 for all four classes.

Instructor Karen Merrill Martin has been doing genealogy research for over 20 year. She holds a Certificate in Genealogical Studies from the National Institute of Genealogical Studies affiliated with the University of Toronto.

Martin published her first family history book in 2010 and was recently named first runner-up in a family history writing contest sponsored by Family Tree Magazine and Abbott Press.

“Family history can be many things,” said Martin. “From ‘I just want to put a scrapbook together of these old photos,’ to a scholarly text with footnotes and charts, to a novelized version of an ancestor’s life story.”

This class will offer students ideas on where to start, and help them decide where to go from there. Topics will include organizing files, protecting documents, researching vital records, making courthouse trips, and finding online resources.

“We will also discuss how to keep track of your family and your research either by hand or computer,” said Martin. “Whether you are a beginner or someone with more experience, there will be lots to learn in this class.”

For more information, contact Martin directly at kmmartin@nehalemtel.net.  Download the Genealogy_Class_Registration_Form here.

 

 

Film Series Offers Russian Documentary on April 23rd

The Hoffman Center’s Manzanita Film Series will present the ground-breaking 1929 Russian documentary film “Man with a Movie Camera” Saturday, April 23 at 7:30 p.m. Admission will be $7. Refreshments will be available.

Written and directed by Dziga Vertov, the work documents urban life in the early Soviet Union. “This playful film is at once a documentary of a day in the life of the Soviet Union, a documentary of the filming of said documentary, and a depiction of an audience watching the film,” said commentator George S. Davis. “The film anticipates many of the techniques used (over) 50 years later in Koyaanisqatsi (1982).”

“The Cinematic Orchestra,” a British electronic/jazz group, created a soundtrack for the film.

Film Series leader Jonathan Feder will offer commentary before and after the presentation.

The Hoffman Center is located at 594 Laneda Ave. in Manzanita.

Churchill Readings at the Hoffman Center

Staged reading of Churchill speeches on November 14

The Hoffman Center in Manzanita will present an evening of readings from the speeches of Winston Churchill, Sunday, Nov. 14 at 7 p.m.

 Most of the addresses were made to the British and American people between 1938 and 1941, when the balance of power in the world was threatened by Nazi Germany. Churchill’s father was British, his mother American, and in his talks he called on both peoples to respond to the threat.

 Readers will be Dave Bell, Lynn Hadley, Stewart Martin, Peter Nunn, Ahna Ortiz, Margaret Page and Richard Speer.

 “Many feel these are the words that saved western civilization. They are surely among the most honored and respected in the history of the English language,” said director Richard Speer. “I hope that all will take from the readings an appreciation of the heroism and courage of the man who made them and the people who first heard and then responded to them.”

 Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, famed politician, statesman and orator, served as Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1940 to 1945, and from 1951 to 1955. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1953. Ten years later, he became the first person named an Honorary Citizen of the United States.

Admission to the event will cost $10 and tickets will be sold at the door.