Friday, February 24, 2017 Special Events
FisherPoets Gearshack
1184 Commercial St.
10 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Fisherpoets’ CDs, books and gear for sale.
Silent auction. Bids close Saturday at 4 p.m.
Hanthorn Cannery Museum
Pier 39
Enjoy a self-guided tour of the oldest existing processing plant on the Columbia. Have a cup at Coffee Girl while you’re there.
Columbian Theater
2:15 to 3 p.m.
Two short films, “Siblings at Sea” by Charlie Ess and “We Eat Fish” an Inside Passage Waterkeepers film by Kendall Rock, take you gill netting in Cook Inlet and give you yet another reason to eat wild salmon.
WineKraft
3 to 5 p.m.
Open Mic. Drop in with a few friends and give your stuff a try. All are welcome.
Columbian Theater
3:15 to 4:30 p.m.
Commercial Fishermen for Bristol Bay has an update on the proposed Pebble Mine and Bristol Bay’s threatened future, w/Elizabeth Herendeen and Melanie Brown featuring images by fisherman photographer Corey Arnold
Imogen Gallery
4 to 6 p.m.
Enjoy a welcome reception for fisherpoets and fisherman artist George Wilson.
“Uganik Bay,” watercolors from a season fishing on Kodiak Island, continues 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday and Sunday 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
11th and Marine
Mesmerize yourself watching photographer Corey Arnold’s projections on a city wall tonight.
KALA
10 p.m. to midnight
DJ host Dinah Urell invites you back to shake your boots at FisherPoets Dance Club and late night cocktails.
Saturday, February 25, 2017 Special Events
FisherPoets Gearshack
1184 Commercial St.
10 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Fisherpoets’ CDs, books and gear for sale.
Silent auction. Bids close Saturday at 4 p.m.
Hanthorn Cannery Museum
Pier 39
Enjoy a self-guided tour of the oldest existing processing plant on the Columbia. Have another cup at Coffee Girl while you’re there.
Barbey Maritime Center
10 to 11:15 a.m.
“Act Locally to Stand Up for your Resource,” Global Ocean Health w/Brad Warren and guests. Learn how fishermen are leading the way to combat ocean acidification and climate impacts by building strong state policies to reduce carbon pollution.
Barbey Maritime Museum
10 to 11:15 a.m.
“Handy Knot Tying & Splicing” w/ Dano Quinn. Make yourself useful around boats. Once you learn a bowline you’ll wonder how you lived without it.
Pier 39
10 to 11:15 a.m.
“The Diddliest Catch,” a community songwriting support group w/John Palmes, Jon Broderick and friends. Let’s see if we can write a song together.
Barbey Maritime Center
11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.
“Healthy Rivers of Our Future.” Save Our Salmon w/Sam Mace and Columbia Riverkeeper w/Brett VandenHeuvel discuss plans to stand up for the Columbia Basin as the Snake and Columbia rivers face threats from dams and fossil fuel.
Barbey Maritime Center
11:30 a.m.to 12:45 p.m.
“Exploring the Underbelly of the Whale We Call Memoir,” a creative non-fiction workshop w/Clatsop Community College writing teacher Nancy Cook. Bring a true tale, or just writerly curiosity, and put it to paper. No experience necessary.
Pier 39
11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.
“Ballads and Shanties” w/Mary Garvey and Dick Holdstock. Who wouldn’t want to sing along with these two legends and their friends? Or, come just to listen?
Astoria Event Center
1:30 to 3:00 p.m.
Story Circle, hear commercial fishing veterans tell tales, true mostly, of adventure or tedium working on the water, hosted by Jay Speakman.
Columbian Theater
2:15 to 3 p.m.
Two short films, “Siblings at Sea” by Charlie Ess and “We Eat Fish” an Inside Passage Waterkeepers film by Kendall Rock, take you gill netting in Cook Inlet and give you yet another reason to eat wild salmon.
WineKraft
3 to 5 p.m.
Open Mic. Drop in with a few friends and give your stuff a try. All are welcome.
KALA
3 to 4:30 p.m.
Stop in at the artist’s reception. “Deep Blue,” part visual memoir of winter on the Bering Sea, part raw contemplation of blueness, by Nancy Cook. Choose an ocean non-profit to benefit from sales there.
Columbian Theater
3:15 to 4:30 p.m.
“Songs and Poems with Columbia Riverkeeper.” w/ Joseph Stevenson. Sing songs, hear poems and make plans to work together to protect the mighty Columbia River and the waters we love.
11th and Marine
Mesmerize yourself watching photographer Corey Arnold’s projections on a city wall again tonight.
Columbian Theater
9:45 to 11 p.m.
Ray Troll and the Ratfish Wranglers in concert. One fish, two fish, dead fish, blue, they wish you was a ratfish, too. Expect extravagance.
WineKraft
10 p.m.
Singers’ Gathering. Looking for a place to sing together with friends? Didn’t get enough at the ballads and shanties workshop this morning? Stop in.
Astoria Event Center
10:30 p.m.
On-site poetry contest. 2017 rules will be announced by MCs at venues. Everyone wearing a 2017 FPG button is eligible to compete. You’ve got one. Have a go. Audience applause helps determine which winning poem is posted on the fisherpoets.org website.
Sunday, February 26, 2017 Special Events
Astoria Event Center
9 to 10 a.m.
Harmony Singing workshop and Friendly Gospel Sing. John Palmes and friends lead a three-part harmony practice with surprisingly pleasant results, followed by the traditional gospel sing, just for fun.
Astoria Event Center
10 a.m. to noon
FisherPoets Gathering Farewell Mic. A very brief farewell read from lots of lingering fisherpoets.
FisherPoets Gearshack
1184 Commercial St.
10 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Fisherpoets’ CDs, books and gear for sale.
Silent auction. Bids close Saturday at 4 p.m.
Hanthorn Cannery Museum
Pier 39
Enjoy a self-guided tour of the oldest existing processing plant on the Columbia. Have a cup at Coffee Girl while you’re there.
Columbian Theater
2:15 to 3 p.m.
Two short films, “Siblings at Sea” by Charlie Ess and “We Eat Fish” an Inside Passage Waterkeepers film by Kendall Rock, take you gill netting in Cook Inlet and give you yet another reason to eat wild salmon.
WineKraft
3 to 5 p.m.
Open Mic. Drop in with a few friends and give your stuff a try. All are welcome.
Columbian Theater
3:15 to 4:30 p.m.
Commercial Fishermen for Bristol Bay has an update on the proposed Pebble Mine and Bristol Bay’s threatened future, w/Elizabeth Herendeen and Melanie Brown featuring images by fisherman photographer Corey Arnold
Imogen Gallery
4 to 6 p.m.
Enjoy a welcome reception for fisherpoets and fisherman artist George Wilson.
“Uganik Bay,” watercolors from a season fishing on Kodiak Island, continues 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday and Sunday 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
11th and Marine
Mesmerize yourself watching photographer Corey Arnold’s projections on a city wall tonight.
KALA
10 p.m. to midnight
DJ host Dinah Urell invites you back to shake your boots at FisherPoets Dance Club and late night cocktails.
Saturday, February 25, 2017 Special Events
FisherPoets Gearshack
1184 Commercial St.
10 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Fisherpoets’ CDs, books and gear for sale.
Silent auction. Bids close Saturday at 4 p.m.
Hanthorn Cannery Museum
Pier 39
Enjoy a self-guided tour of the oldest existing processing plant on the Columbia. Have another cup at Coffee Girl while you’re there.
Barbey Maritime Center
10 to 11:15 a.m.
“Act Locally to Stand Up for your Resource,” Global Ocean Health w/Brad Warren and guests. Learn how fishermen are leading the way to combat ocean acidification and climate impacts by building strong state policies to reduce carbon pollution.
Barbey Maritime Museum
10 to 11:15 a.m.
“Handy Knot Tying & Splicing” w/ Dano Quinn. Make yourself useful around boats. Once you learn a bowline you’ll wonder how you lived without it.
Pier 39
10 to 11:15 a.m.
“The Diddliest Catch,” a community songwriting support group w/John Palmes, Jon Broderick and friends. Let’s see if we can write a song together.
Barbey Maritime Center
11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.
“Healthy Rivers of Our Future.” Save Our Salmon w/Sam Mace and Columbia Riverkeeper w/Brett VandenHeuvel discuss plans to stand up for the Columbia Basin as the Snake and Columbia rivers face threats from dams and fossil fuel.
Barbey Maritime Center
11:30 a.m.to 12:45 p.m.
“Exploring the Underbelly of the Whale We Call Memoir,” a creative non-fiction workshop w/Clatsop Community College writing teacher Nancy Cook. Bring a true tale, or just writerly curiosity, and put it to paper. No experience necessary.
Pier 39
11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.
“Ballads and Shanties” w/Mary Garvey and Dick Holdstock. Who wouldn’t want to sing along with these two legends and their friends? Or, come just to listen?
Astoria Event Center
1:30 to 3:00 p.m.
Story Circle, hear commercial fishing veterans tell tales, true mostly, of adventure or tedium working on the water, hosted by Jay Speakman.
Columbian Theater
2:15 to 3 p.m.
Two short films, “Siblings at Sea” by Charlie Ess and “We Eat Fish” an Inside Passage Waterkeepers film by Kendall Rock, take you gill netting in Cook Inlet and give you yet another reason to eat wild salmon.
WineKraft
3 to 5 p.m.
Open Mic. Drop in with a few friends and give your stuff a try. All are welcome.
KALA
3 to 4:30 p.m.
Stop in at the artist’s reception. “Deep Blue,” part visual memoir of winter on the Bering Sea, part raw contemplation of blueness, by Nancy Cook. Choose an ocean non-profit to benefit from sales there.
Columbian Theater
3:15 to 4:30 p.m.
“Songs and Poems with Columbia Riverkeeper.” w/ Joseph Stevenson. Sing songs, hear poems and make plans to work together to protect the mighty Columbia River and the waters we love.
11th and Marine
Mesmerize yourself watching photographer Corey Arnold’s projections on a city wall again tonight.
Columbian Theater
9:45 to 11 p.m.
Ray Troll and the Ratfish Wranglers in concert. One fish, two fish, dead fish, blue, they wish you was a ratfish, too. Expect extravagance.
WineKraft
10 p.m.
Singers’ Gathering. Looking for a place to sing together with friends? Didn’t get enough at the ballads and shanties workshop this morning? Stop in.
Astoria Event Center
10:30 p.m.
On-site poetry contest. 2017 rules will be announced by MCs at venues. Everyone wearing a 2017 FPG button is eligible to compete. You’ve got one. Have a go. Audience applause helps determine which winning poem is posted on the fisherpoets.org website.
Sunday, February 26, 2017 Special Events
Astoria Event Center
9 to 10 a.m.
Harmony Singing workshop and Friendly Gospel Sing. John Palmes and friends lead a three-part harmony practice with surprisingly pleasant results, followed by the traditional gospel sing, just for fun.
Astoria Event Center
10 a.m. to noon
FisherPoets Gathering Farewell Mic. A very brief farewell read from lots of lingering fisherpoets.
