First Tuesday Talks Lecture series
The First Tuesday Talks Lecture Series features speakers from various backgrounds, locations, and professions. Topics center around Oregon’s South Coast history, ranging from book signings to folk tales and more! This monthly program takes place every month except for January and July. Doors open at 5:30 pm and each lecture will begin at 6:00 pm.
March 3, 2026
6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Karen Caverly-Molineaux is history PhD candidate and independent historian from
Klamath Falls who is writing her dissertation entitled Sister Exhibitor: Reconceptualizing Oregon Women Theater Owners of the Silent Era. Karen’s work examines the complexities of
being an early 1900s-woman theater owner in a male-dominated society and industry. She has written for the Oregon Historical Quarterly and is a member of the Western Association of
Women Historians. She presented her work at WAWH conferences in 2024 and 2025 and is honored to feature her dissertation work on Oregon women theater owners in the silent era at the Coos History Museum. She will give an overview of her work and focus the presentation of her findings on film exhibitor, businesswoman, and entrepreneur, Mrs. Elizabeth A. Hartman of Bandon. Hartman operated the Rex (formerly the Orpheum), Grand, and Hartman Theaters from the early 1910s through 1936, when the majority of downtown Bandon was destroyed by fire.
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Admission
FREE | In-person CHM members (and guests depending on membership level)
$7 | In-person non-members
$3 | Youth
2026 First Tuesday Talks
Harv Schubothe | Cape Arago Audubon Society | April 7
Sue Demarinis | The Stationmasters Wife | May 5
South Coast Pride | June 2
Bob Bailey | The Estuary Over the Years | August 4
Lionel Youst | In All the Wars | September 1
Jeanne & Steve Woods | Piloting the Coos Bay Bar | October 6
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