2016 FisherPoets Gathering
Special Events Schedule
Friday, February 26 Special Events
FisherPoets Gearshack
1254 Commercial St
1 to 10 p.m.
Silent auction open for bids
Fisherpoets’ CDs, books and gear for sale.
Clatsop Community College, Towler Hall 207
Noon to 1:30 p.m.
Writing workshop with fisherpoet Toby Sullivan, CCC Poetry Club and Rain Magazine staff. All are welcome. Host Alison Ruch.
FisherPoets Gearshack
1254 Commercial St
2 to 3 p.m.
Lost at Sea: Remembering the Victims of the F/V Investor Murders
Brittany Retherford answers questions about her photo/essay exhibition honoring the skipper, family and crew who perished, tragically and mysteriously, in 1982.
Columbian Theater
3:15 to 4:30 p.m.
Films at the FisherPoets Gathering
Aboard Homeshore – Deckhand Chris Grundberg’s film takes us to Southeast Alaska for the salmon season aboard the classic SE Alaska seiner. Host skipper Jim Kyle.
Work is Our Joy – The rich heritage and history of Columbia River gillnetters is captured in this lovely documentary. Host Hobe Kytr
Tanglenet – This brief film goes aboard a Columbia River gillnetter to demonstrate the effective steps gillnetters take while harvesting hatchery runs, to assure the survival of wild salmon.
Imogen Gallery
4 to 7 p.m.
Artist reception with commercial fisherman/photographer Corey Arnold
Fish-Work
Commercial fishing in Bristol Bay, the Bering Sea and Northern European waters.
Exhibit continues 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, then through March 8.
Look for Corey’s photos projected against Astoria buildings Friday and Saturday evenings.
WineKraft
4 to 5 p.m.
Open mic.
Drop in with a few friends and give your stuff a try. All are welcome.
KALA
10 p.m. to midnight
Fifth Annual FisherPoets Dance
DJ host Dinah Urell invites us back for more rock, new wave and country. Cocktails, too.
Saturday, February 27 Special Events
Pier 39
9 a.m. to noon
Open Boat aboard the Coldstream – Dave Densmore
Step aboard a working fishing boat. C’mon in and have a cup of coffee.
9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Hanthorn Cannery Museum
Enjoy a self-guided tour of the oldest cannery on the Columbia River. Have a cup at Coffee Girl while you’re there.
FisherPoets Gearshack
1254 Commercial St.
10 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Fisherpoets’ chapbooks, CDs, art for sale.
Silent auction closes at 4 p.m.
Columbia River Maritime Museum
10 to 11:15 a.m.
Protecting the Columbia from Fossil Fuel Export – Brett VandenHeuvel, Columbia Riverkeeper (Ford Room)
The nation’s largest oil, coal and gas export terminals are proposed on the lower Columbia. Discuss plans to stand up for the Columbia.
Knots workshop – Dano Quinn (Kern Room)
Make yourself useful around boats. Once you learn a bowline you’ll wonder how you lived without it.
Songwriting Workshop: The Didliest Catch – John Palmes (Barbey Maritime Center)
Enjoy encouragement and suggestions from fisherpoet songwriters.
11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.
Protecting the Sea that Feeds Us – Brad Warren, Global Ocean Health (Ford Room)
Learn how a working group of fishermen, tribes and seafood-dependent communities are effectively championing intelligent carbon pollution policies.
Writing a FisherPoet Community Poem – Erin Fristad and Pat Dixon (Kern Room)
Join in writing the first-ever Fisher Poet Community Poem. It starts with you…and soon it’s everyone.
Our creation will be read before the on-site poetry contest and posted on the FPG website.
Singing and Shanty Workshop - Mary Garvey (Barbey Maritime Center)
Who wouldn’t want to sing along with Mary and friends? Or simply listen.
Baked Alaska
12:30 to 2:00 p.m.
FisherKids and Alaska Salmon – Emilie Springer
Stories, interviews and activities with kids and families about life on beaches and boats.
KALA
1 to 2 p.m.
Artist reception with documentary photographer Karen Ducey.
Karen’s photos capture the true grit of life at sea, informed by her decade as a commercial fisherman in Alaska. With music by John Van Amerongen.
FisherPoets Gearshack
1254 Commercial St.
2 to 3 p.m.
Lost at Sea: Remembering the Victims of the F/V Investor Murders
Brittany Retherford answers questions about her photo/essay exhibition honoring the skipper, family and crew who perished, tragically and mysteriously, in 1982.
Astoria Event Center
1:30 to 3 p.m.
Story Circle – Jay Speakman
Commercial fishing veterans tell tales, true mostly, of adventure or tedium working on the water.
KALA
3 to 4:30 p.m.
Columbia Riverkeeper Gathering – Elizabeth Terhaar
An informal drop-in reception with Riverkeeper staff to discuss protecting and restoring the mighty river. Riverkeeper will provide light snacks.
Columbian Theater
3:15 to 4:30 p.m.
Films at the FisherPoets Gathering
Aboard Homeshore – Deckhand Chris Grundberg’s film takes you to Southeast Alaska for the salmon season aboard the classic SE Alaska seiner. Host skipper Jim Kyle.
Work is Our Joy – The rich heritage and history of Columbia River gillnetters is captured in this lovely documentary. Host Hobe Kytr
Tanglenet – This brief film goes aboard a Columbia River gillnetter to demonstrate the effective steps gillnetters take while harvesting hatchery runs, to assure the survival of wild salmon.
WineKraft
4 to 5 p.m.
Open mic.
Drop in with a few friends and try your new stuff out. All are welcome.
Sunday, February 28 Special Events
Astoria Event Center
9 to 10 a.m.
Harmony Singing Workshop and Friendly Gospel Sing – John Palmes and friends
Three part harmony practice with surprisingly pleasant results followed by our traditional gospel sing, just for fun.
10 a.m. to noon
FisherPoets Gathering Farewell Mic
A very brief farewell read from lots of lingering fisherpoets.
Cannon Beach Arts Association Gallery
4 to 6 p.m.
One last, invited reading in south county.
Special Events Schedule
Friday, February 26 Special Events
FisherPoets Gearshack
1254 Commercial St
1 to 10 p.m.
Silent auction open for bids
Fisherpoets’ CDs, books and gear for sale.
Clatsop Community College, Towler Hall 207
Noon to 1:30 p.m.
Writing workshop with fisherpoet Toby Sullivan, CCC Poetry Club and Rain Magazine staff. All are welcome. Host Alison Ruch.
FisherPoets Gearshack
1254 Commercial St
2 to 3 p.m.
Lost at Sea: Remembering the Victims of the F/V Investor Murders
Brittany Retherford answers questions about her photo/essay exhibition honoring the skipper, family and crew who perished, tragically and mysteriously, in 1982.
Columbian Theater
3:15 to 4:30 p.m.
Films at the FisherPoets Gathering
Aboard Homeshore – Deckhand Chris Grundberg’s film takes us to Southeast Alaska for the salmon season aboard the classic SE Alaska seiner. Host skipper Jim Kyle.
Work is Our Joy – The rich heritage and history of Columbia River gillnetters is captured in this lovely documentary. Host Hobe Kytr
Tanglenet – This brief film goes aboard a Columbia River gillnetter to demonstrate the effective steps gillnetters take while harvesting hatchery runs, to assure the survival of wild salmon.
Imogen Gallery
4 to 7 p.m.
Artist reception with commercial fisherman/photographer Corey Arnold
Fish-Work
Commercial fishing in Bristol Bay, the Bering Sea and Northern European waters.
Exhibit continues 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, then through March 8.
Look for Corey’s photos projected against Astoria buildings Friday and Saturday evenings.
WineKraft
4 to 5 p.m.
Open mic.
Drop in with a few friends and give your stuff a try. All are welcome.
KALA
10 p.m. to midnight
Fifth Annual FisherPoets Dance
DJ host Dinah Urell invites us back for more rock, new wave and country. Cocktails, too.
Saturday, February 27 Special Events
Pier 39
9 a.m. to noon
Open Boat aboard the Coldstream – Dave Densmore
Step aboard a working fishing boat. C’mon in and have a cup of coffee.
9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Hanthorn Cannery Museum
Enjoy a self-guided tour of the oldest cannery on the Columbia River. Have a cup at Coffee Girl while you’re there.
FisherPoets Gearshack
1254 Commercial St.
10 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Fisherpoets’ chapbooks, CDs, art for sale.
Silent auction closes at 4 p.m.
Columbia River Maritime Museum
10 to 11:15 a.m.
Protecting the Columbia from Fossil Fuel Export – Brett VandenHeuvel, Columbia Riverkeeper (Ford Room)
The nation’s largest oil, coal and gas export terminals are proposed on the lower Columbia. Discuss plans to stand up for the Columbia.
Knots workshop – Dano Quinn (Kern Room)
Make yourself useful around boats. Once you learn a bowline you’ll wonder how you lived without it.
Songwriting Workshop: The Didliest Catch – John Palmes (Barbey Maritime Center)
Enjoy encouragement and suggestions from fisherpoet songwriters.
11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.
Protecting the Sea that Feeds Us – Brad Warren, Global Ocean Health (Ford Room)
Learn how a working group of fishermen, tribes and seafood-dependent communities are effectively championing intelligent carbon pollution policies.
Writing a FisherPoet Community Poem – Erin Fristad and Pat Dixon (Kern Room)
Join in writing the first-ever Fisher Poet Community Poem. It starts with you…and soon it’s everyone.
Our creation will be read before the on-site poetry contest and posted on the FPG website.
Singing and Shanty Workshop - Mary Garvey (Barbey Maritime Center)
Who wouldn’t want to sing along with Mary and friends? Or simply listen.
Baked Alaska
12:30 to 2:00 p.m.
FisherKids and Alaska Salmon – Emilie Springer
Stories, interviews and activities with kids and families about life on beaches and boats.
KALA
1 to 2 p.m.
Artist reception with documentary photographer Karen Ducey.
Karen’s photos capture the true grit of life at sea, informed by her decade as a commercial fisherman in Alaska. With music by John Van Amerongen.
FisherPoets Gearshack
1254 Commercial St.
2 to 3 p.m.
Lost at Sea: Remembering the Victims of the F/V Investor Murders
Brittany Retherford answers questions about her photo/essay exhibition honoring the skipper, family and crew who perished, tragically and mysteriously, in 1982.
Astoria Event Center
1:30 to 3 p.m.
Story Circle – Jay Speakman
Commercial fishing veterans tell tales, true mostly, of adventure or tedium working on the water.
KALA
3 to 4:30 p.m.
Columbia Riverkeeper Gathering – Elizabeth Terhaar
An informal drop-in reception with Riverkeeper staff to discuss protecting and restoring the mighty river. Riverkeeper will provide light snacks.
Columbian Theater
3:15 to 4:30 p.m.
Films at the FisherPoets Gathering
Aboard Homeshore – Deckhand Chris Grundberg’s film takes you to Southeast Alaska for the salmon season aboard the classic SE Alaska seiner. Host skipper Jim Kyle.
Work is Our Joy – The rich heritage and history of Columbia River gillnetters is captured in this lovely documentary. Host Hobe Kytr
Tanglenet – This brief film goes aboard a Columbia River gillnetter to demonstrate the effective steps gillnetters take while harvesting hatchery runs, to assure the survival of wild salmon.
WineKraft
4 to 5 p.m.
Open mic.
Drop in with a few friends and try your new stuff out. All are welcome.
Sunday, February 28 Special Events
Astoria Event Center
9 to 10 a.m.
Harmony Singing Workshop and Friendly Gospel Sing – John Palmes and friends
Three part harmony practice with surprisingly pleasant results followed by our traditional gospel sing, just for fun.
10 a.m. to noon
FisherPoets Gathering Farewell Mic
A very brief farewell read from lots of lingering fisherpoets.
Cannon Beach Arts Association Gallery
4 to 6 p.m.
One last, invited reading in south county.
