18th annual
FisherPoets Gathering
February 27 - March 1, 2015
We've checked the oil, fired her up and a lot of blue smoke is coughing from the FisherPoets Gathering stack. We'll be running on all cylinders here shortly.
Our delightful and varied venues are back on board: the Wet Dog Cafe, the Voodoo Lounge, the Columbian Theater, the Astoria Event Center, Fort George Brewery's Lovell Showroom, Clemente's restaurant, KALA gallery and the Columbia River Maritime Museum.
FisherPoet Gathering buttons will still be $15 and good, like always, to all venues and workshops all weekend. Students 18 years and under can come for free. We'll have buttons for sale at each venue and at the FisherPoets Gathering gearshack beginning at noon Friday February 27.
Expect performances from scores of fisherpoets Friday and Saturday nights and lots of company. Saturday morning we'll have writing and issues-related workshops, tours of old canneries and working fishing boats. Saturday afternoon we'll have film at the Columbian Theater and our Story Circle at the Astoria Event Center. Our bookstore, the Gearshack, will be open all weekend for fans to check out their favorite fisherpoets' books and cds or to bid on silent auction items or to sit on on the occasional musicians' jams there. Stay late for the annual Poetry Contest finale and for open mic and for dancing. Sunday morning we'll say "farewell" at the Astoria Event Center with a little Gospel sing just for fun followed by something very short from those what want to.
We'll keep a list below of fisherpoets who'll join us in 2015. If you don't find your name, and you hope to come, contact us pretty quick.
2015 Fisherpoets
Tele Aadsen, Bellingham WA
Maryna Ajaja, Port Townsend WA
Dave Atcheson, Sterling AK
Fred Bailey, Gabriola Island BC
Harlan Bailey, Martinez CA
Rich Bard, Vashon WA
Lou Beaudry, McCall ID
Gordon Bok, Camden ME
Moe Bowstern, Portland OR
Joel Brady-Power, Bellingham WA
Jon Branshaw, Westport WA
Jon Broderick, Cannon Beach OR
Max Broderick, Cannon Beach OR
Abigail Calkin, Gustavus AK
Wayne Chimenti, Port Townsend WA
Nancy Cook, Astoria OR
Dave Densmore, Astoria OR
Pat Dixon, Olympia WA
Margaret Doyle, Orcas Island WA
John Elliott, Saltspring Island BC
Maria Finn, Sausalito CA
Erin Fristad, Port Townsend WA
Mary Garvey, Seaview WA
John Haggerty, South Bend WA
Lorrie Haight, Long Beach WA
Patty Hardin, Long Beach WA
Hannah Heimbuck, Homer AK
Meezie Hermansen, Kasilof AK
Tom Hilton, Portland OR
Robin Hoffmeister, Cordova AK
Paul Holmberg, Palmer AK
Will Hornyak, Portland OR
Vicki Horton, Olympia WA
Holly Hughes, Indianola WA
Mary Jacobs, Ophir OR
Cary Jones, Eugene OR
James Kasner, Eugene OR
Gary Keister, Port Townsend WA
Marcia King, Kauai HI
Rich King, Kauai HI
RJ Kopchak, Cordova AK
Hobe Kytr, Astoria OR
Elena Lansing, Salem OR
Phil Lansing, Boise ID
Elijah Lawson, Seattle WA
Geno Leech, Chinook WA
Alan Lovewell, Monterey CA
Irene Martin, Skamokawa WA
Dennis McGuire, Cordova AK
Pat McGuire, Cordova AK
Ron McDaniel, Sulphur Springs AR
Buck Meloy, Bellingham WA
Lara Lee Messersmith-Glavin, Portland OR
Joel Miller, Portland OR
Lloyd Montgomery, Wasila AK
Annie Orr, Port Townend WA
John Palmes, Juneau AK
Niel Pfundt, Bellingham WA
Don Pepper, Alert Bay BC
Jen Pickett, Jyväskylä Finland
Bob Powell, Tarpon Springs FL
Dano Quinn, Seattle WA
Doug Rhodes, Craig AK
Brian Robertson, Powell River BC
Steve Schoonmaker, Kasilof AK
Rob Seitz. Los Osos CA
Shanghaied on the Willamette, Portland OR
Jay Speakman, Gearhart OR
Emilie Springer, Homer AK
Clem Starck, Dallas OR
Victoria Stoppiello, Nehalem OR
Toby Sullivan, Kodiak AK
Jeff Stonehill, Seattle WA
Sean Talbot, Portland OR
Jim Toteff, Kalama WA
Ray Troll and the Ratfish Wranglers, Ketchikan AK
Brad Warren, Seattle WA
Mariah Warren, Sitka AK
Kelley Watson, Port Townsend WA
Clark Whitney, Soldotna AK
Steve Willard, Marblehead MA
George Wilson, Portland OR
Hillel Wright, Denman Island BC
Anna Young, Cordova AK
Our delightful and varied venues are back on board: the Wet Dog Cafe, the Voodoo Lounge, the Columbian Theater, the Astoria Event Center, Fort George Brewery's Lovell Showroom, Clemente's restaurant, KALA gallery and the Columbia River Maritime Museum.
FisherPoet Gathering buttons will still be $15 and good, like always, to all venues and workshops all weekend. Students 18 years and under can come for free. We'll have buttons for sale at each venue and at the FisherPoets Gathering gearshack beginning at noon Friday February 27.
Expect performances from scores of fisherpoets Friday and Saturday nights and lots of company. Saturday morning we'll have writing and issues-related workshops, tours of old canneries and working fishing boats. Saturday afternoon we'll have film at the Columbian Theater and our Story Circle at the Astoria Event Center. Our bookstore, the Gearshack, will be open all weekend for fans to check out their favorite fisherpoets' books and cds or to bid on silent auction items or to sit on on the occasional musicians' jams there. Stay late for the annual Poetry Contest finale and for open mic and for dancing. Sunday morning we'll say "farewell" at the Astoria Event Center with a little Gospel sing just for fun followed by something very short from those what want to.
We'll keep a list below of fisherpoets who'll join us in 2015. If you don't find your name, and you hope to come, contact us pretty quick.
2015 Fisherpoets
Tele Aadsen, Bellingham WA
Maryna Ajaja, Port Townsend WA
Dave Atcheson, Sterling AK
Fred Bailey, Gabriola Island BC
Harlan Bailey, Martinez CA
Rich Bard, Vashon WA
Lou Beaudry, McCall ID
Gordon Bok, Camden ME
Moe Bowstern, Portland OR
Joel Brady-Power, Bellingham WA
Jon Branshaw, Westport WA
Jon Broderick, Cannon Beach OR
Max Broderick, Cannon Beach OR
Abigail Calkin, Gustavus AK
Wayne Chimenti, Port Townsend WA
Nancy Cook, Astoria OR
Dave Densmore, Astoria OR
Pat Dixon, Olympia WA
Margaret Doyle, Orcas Island WA
John Elliott, Saltspring Island BC
Maria Finn, Sausalito CA
Erin Fristad, Port Townsend WA
Mary Garvey, Seaview WA
John Haggerty, South Bend WA
Lorrie Haight, Long Beach WA
Patty Hardin, Long Beach WA
Hannah Heimbuck, Homer AK
Meezie Hermansen, Kasilof AK
Tom Hilton, Portland OR
Robin Hoffmeister, Cordova AK
Paul Holmberg, Palmer AK
Will Hornyak, Portland OR
Vicki Horton, Olympia WA
Holly Hughes, Indianola WA
Mary Jacobs, Ophir OR
Cary Jones, Eugene OR
James Kasner, Eugene OR
Gary Keister, Port Townsend WA
Marcia King, Kauai HI
Rich King, Kauai HI
RJ Kopchak, Cordova AK
Hobe Kytr, Astoria OR
Elena Lansing, Salem OR
Phil Lansing, Boise ID
Elijah Lawson, Seattle WA
Geno Leech, Chinook WA
Alan Lovewell, Monterey CA
Irene Martin, Skamokawa WA
Dennis McGuire, Cordova AK
Pat McGuire, Cordova AK
Ron McDaniel, Sulphur Springs AR
Buck Meloy, Bellingham WA
Lara Lee Messersmith-Glavin, Portland OR
Joel Miller, Portland OR
Lloyd Montgomery, Wasila AK
Annie Orr, Port Townend WA
John Palmes, Juneau AK
Niel Pfundt, Bellingham WA
Don Pepper, Alert Bay BC
Jen Pickett, Jyväskylä Finland
Bob Powell, Tarpon Springs FL
Dano Quinn, Seattle WA
Doug Rhodes, Craig AK
Brian Robertson, Powell River BC
Steve Schoonmaker, Kasilof AK
Rob Seitz. Los Osos CA
Shanghaied on the Willamette, Portland OR
Jay Speakman, Gearhart OR
Emilie Springer, Homer AK
Clem Starck, Dallas OR
Victoria Stoppiello, Nehalem OR
Toby Sullivan, Kodiak AK
Jeff Stonehill, Seattle WA
Sean Talbot, Portland OR
Jim Toteff, Kalama WA
Ray Troll and the Ratfish Wranglers, Ketchikan AK
Brad Warren, Seattle WA
Mariah Warren, Sitka AK
Kelley Watson, Port Townsend WA
Clark Whitney, Soldotna AK
Steve Willard, Marblehead MA
George Wilson, Portland OR
Hillel Wright, Denman Island BC
Anna Young, Cordova AK
