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Short film festival returns to
Hoffman Center for the Arts
MANZANITA — The Hoff-
man Center for the Arts’
Manzanita Film Series will
screen The Best of the 43rd
Northwest Filmmakers’
Festival at 7:30 p.m. Friday,
Jan. 27. Admission will be
$5 and refreshments will be
available.
The collection of eight
short films was selected by
the Northwest Film Center
of Portland from its annual
juried festival. The films
were made in Oregon, Wash-
ington, Montana and British
Columbia. Total running
time is 72 minutes.
The films are:
• “Modern Dark” by
Audrey Hall of Livingston,
Montana. A young man
attempts to view the uni-
verse through a childhood
telescope but is met with
the challenges of his earthly
world.
• “Canned Fit” by Wood-
ruff Laputka of Portland.
Internationally renowned
sound artist Christine
Shorkhuber uses an array of
nontraditional instruments to
create minimalist melodies.
• “Censored” by Isaiah
Corey of Seattle. A man’s
life is forever changed
when his roommate intro-
duces him to a product he
never knew existed or even
needed.
• “Antipodes Rising”
by Georg Koszulinski of
Seattle. Traveling through a
mountain tunnel in Alaska
becomes a portal for an al-
ternate vision of the Pacific
Northwest.
• “Here Nor There” by
Julia Hutchings of Vancou-
ver, B.C. Nothing is what it
seems to be when an inves-
tigator arrives at a funeral to
speak with the family whose
body he supposedly found.
• “Primal Flux” by Joan
Gratz of Portland. Colors
and shapes shift and morph
as images emerge and
disperse in a play on the
nature of conscious and un-
conscious communication.
• “Ranger” by Sandra
Ignagni and Trevor Meier of
Vancouver, B.C. The Cana-
dian vessel M.V. Northern
Ranger has traveled the
narrow straits and unpredict-
able weather of the remote
Labrador coastline for the
last 30 years.
• “Me is Being Great”
by Marshall Granger of
Missoula, Montana. When
relationships end among the
confusions of growing up,
one might be able to recon-
nect to personal identity and
be set free.
The Manzanita Film
Series is a program of the
Hoffman Center. Films are
screened monthly through-
out the year.
American Legion Crab and
Oyster Feed set for Jan. 28
ROSBURG, Wash. — Members
of the American Legion Post
in Deep River, Washington,
are making preparations for
their annual Crab and Oyster
Feed. This year, the event will
take place on Jan. 28 at the
Rosburg Hall.
“This is not one of those
crab dinners where customers
are run in to eat and then run
out as fast as possible to make
way for another group of
diners,” said Post Command-
er Ken Elliott. “Our patrons
receive an entire evening of ac-
tivities that include: happy hour;
a meal of crab, all-you-can-eat
oysters, baked beans, potato
salad, cole slaw and garlic bread;
a raffle; and a dance.”
The cost for the event is
$28 per person. The cost for
those wanting to attend just the
dance is $5.
Happy hour is scheduled
from 6 to 7 p.m. with the meal
beginning at 7 p.m. The raffle
begins at 8:30 p.m. followed
by the dance at 9 p.m. Seating
is on a first-come basis, so, as
the long-time patrons know, it
is best to get to the hall when
the doors first open shortly
before 6 p.m.
This year, there are 30 to 35
items in the raffle that include
a Weatherby 300 Winchester
Magnum rifle, jewelry, tools
and more
The popular King Brothers
Band from Longview, Wash-
ington will once again provide
music for the dance.
This annual event is the
major fundraiser for the Amer-
ican Legion Post’s activities
supporting veterans, their fam-
ilies, students and community
members in need.
Ticket sales are limited
to 200 to make sure there is
comfortable seating for every-
one. There are still a limited
number of tickets available for
those who haven’t yet obtained
theirs and can be purchased
through Mike Mouliot
(360-795-3333), Ken Elliott
(360-465-2274), Dale Rose
(360-465-2234) or Nick Nikki-
la (360-465-2595). For those
who are unable to be present
but want to participate in the
raffle, tickets can be purchased
from Mouliot. Winners don’t
have to be present as long as
their tickets are filled out and
legible.
Sou’Wester Lodge puts on
Winter Workshop Series
Workshop topics
cover personal
wellness, yoga and
creative writing
SEAVIEW, Wash. — The
Sou’Wester Lodge is putting
on a Winter Workshop Se-
ries this season.
The series kicks off Sat-
urday, Jan. 21 with a Prose
Writing Workshop with
Portland musician and writer
Nick Jaina. The workshop
will take place from 10 a.m.
to noon and costs $30.
Jaina has composed
soundtracks for feature
films, plays and ballets. He
is co-founder and musical
director of the Satellite
Ballet and Collective in New
York City, which has fea-
tured dancers from the New
York City Ballet, Ten Hairy
Legs and Juilliard. His latest
album, “Brutal Lives,” is out
on Fluff & Gravy Records.
Jaina’s first book, “Get It
While You Can,” is a mem-
oir about a love of music
and the world. The book was
a finalist for the 2016 Ore-
gon Book Award for creative
nonfiction.
The second workshop,
led by Lara Pacheco, will
take place from 10 a.m.
to 2 p.m. Feb. 4. Pacheco
will discuss the medicinal
virtues of plants that help
support the immune system
during the cold/flu season.
The workshop will involve
a guided herbal plant walk
and an elderberry syrup and
fire cider demo and tasting.
Cost is a sliding scale of $10
to $20. Participants should
bring a sack lunch/snacks,
pen and paper, and suitable
outdoor gear.
Pacheco is a musician
and clinical herbalist in
Portland who runs Seed &
Thistle Apothecary. She
is also co-founding the
Seasonal Wellness Clini, a
pop-up clinic to serve the
low-income community in
her neighborhood.
Ivy Ross Ricci will lead
the third workshop, Yoga:
Service & Self-Care, taking
place 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Feb. 11. The workshop costs
$20, and participants should
bring a yoga mat, journal
and pen.
In this workshop, par-
ticipants will examine how
self-care leads to service and
vice versa. It will involve
meditation, reflection, con-
nection and yoga.
Ricci is a nationally
recognized yoga teacher,
musician and youth develop-
ment activist who incorpo-
rates philosophy, poetry,
humor and storytelling into
accessible yoga practices,
songs and social service.
On Feb. 18, Portland
holistic nutritionist and well-
ness coach Elyssia Schaeffer
will lead a Winter Vitality
Workshop. Learn how to use
food, herbs, self-care rou-
tines, breathwork and yoga
to support your body during
the winter. The workshop
will include homemade chai,
snacks and a 30-minute yoga
nidra session.
The workshop will take
place from 10 a.m. to noon
and costs $15. Participants
should bring a yoga mat, a
blanket and wear comfort-
able and warm clothing.
On March 4, A.M.
O’Malley will lead a work-
shop on Experiments in
Writing and Zine-Making.
This workshop will consist
of two hours of generative
writing and then two hours
of zine making. It takes
place from 10 a.m. to 2
p.m., costs $40 each, and
is aimed at students age 15
and older. Students should
bring a notebook and writing
utensil.
O’Malley lives in
Portland, where she is the
executive director of the
Independent Publishing
Resource Center. Her writ-
ing has appeared in Nailed
magazine, Poor Claudia
and The Burnside Review
among other publications.
“Expecting Something Else”
is her first full-length poetry
memoir out on University of
Hell Press.
On March 25, Melissa
Favara will lead a workshop
on Experimental Memoir
Creative Nonfiction and
Zinecraft. The workshop
will take place from 10
a.m. to 2 p.m., and cost is
$30 plus a $5 material fee.
There is also an optional free
meet-and-green at 7:30 p.m.
March 24 and an optional,
$25 follow-up session from
10 a.m. to 1 p.m. March 26
for teens and older.
In this workshop, par-
ticipants will type creative
responses to experimental
nonfiction and memoir
prompts on vintage manual
typewriters.
Students will spend time
focused on short memoir
and other nonfiction writing.
Participants will be provided
with writing prompts and
their own vintage manu-
al typewriter for creating
one-of-a-kind zine artifacts
for their favorite creative
writing pieces.
Favara writes creative
nonfiction, poetry and
fiction; collects typewriters;
teaches writing and literature
at Clark College; and curates
the 1,000 Words reading
series. She writes the zine
teen sleuth and more.
To RSVP for any of the
workshops in the Winter
Workshop Series, call the
Sou’wester Lodge’s front
desk at 360-642-2542 or
email souwesterfrontdesk@
gmail.com. The Sou’Wester
Lodge is located at 3728 J
Place.