2019 FisherPoets Gathering
Special Events Schedule
(rev 2/22/19) downloadable pdf
Friday, February 22 Special Events
FisherPoets Gearshack
1312 Commercial St.
noon to 10 p.m.
Admission buttons and fisherpoets’ chapbooks, CDs and art. Silent Auction opens. Bids close at 4 p.m. Saturday.
Pier 39
all day
Hanthorn Cannery Museum self-guided tour of the oldest existing fish processing plant on the Columbia. Mug up at Coffee Girl while you’re there.
Imogen Gallery
10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
“Tides,” watercolors by George Wilson. Artist reception at 4 p.m.
South Bay Wild Seafood Market
11 a.m. to 9 p.m.
“Astoria Marine Construction Company,” photos of the historic shipbuilding site by Veronica Kessler and fisherpoet Pat Dixon.
Astoria Visual Arts Gallery
noon to 5 p.m.
“Traditional Japanese Folk Art of the Sea: Gyotaku/Fish Printing,” by Duncan Berry and contemporary NW artists.
Patriot Hall, Clatsop Community College
12:45 to 2 p.m.
“Line Handling: Mooring a Poem to Sound,” with Peter Munro. Play with line length and line break to make your poem tasty in the mouth, tuneful in the ear.
WineKraft
2 to 4 p.m.
“Open Mic.” Everyone welcome. Drop in with friends and have a short go.
Patriot Hall, Clatsop Community College
2:15 to 3:30 p.m.
“Getting the Slack Out of your Lines,” with Jon Broderick. Practice crafting sentences that lay easy alongside each other.
Studio 11
2 to 4 p.m.
Gyotaku: Japanese Fish Print Making,” with Duncan Berry. Create a traditional fish print from albacore or salmon.
($25 materials fee. Sign up at the FPG Gearshack or here in advance.)
Columbian Theater
3 to 4:15 p.m.
“You Can’t Make This Stuff Up,” with former Bering Sea skipper Jack Molan. Video, photos and stories from four decades fishing up there.
Pier 39
3 to 4:15 p.m.
“Clean Waters, Clean Air: Protecting Your Fishery,” with Brad Warren and Julia Sanders of Global Ocean Health. Major proposals to cut carbon pollution will fly or flop in Salem and Olympia within a few weeks. Politicians are listening. Make your voice count.
Imogen Gallery
4 to 6 p.m.
Artist reception for George Wilson.
11th and Marine Dr.
all evening
"Horse Seining on the Columbia." Projection of forgotten footage from 1939, restored by Jeff Daly. A world premier.
Voodoo Lounge
10 p.m.
Larry Kaplan plays ballads from New England and beyond.
KALA
10 p.m. to 1 a.m.
Annual FisherPoets Dance with DJ Dinah Urell. Come on back and shake your boots. Late night cocktails.
Columbian Theater
10:30 to 11:30 p.m.
“Poetry at the Line: the second annual - and improved - FisherPoets Slam,” with Jon Broderick. Eight fisherpoet contestants go cork for cork.
Saturday, February 23 Special Events
Pier 39
all day
Hanthorn Cannery Museum self-guided tour of the oldest existing fish processing plant on the Columbia. Enjoy the Fisherman’s Breakfast at Coffee Girl while you’re there.
Studio 11
9 to 11 a.m.
“Gyotaku: Japanese Fish Print Making,” with Duncan Berry. Create an original fish print from albacore or salmon.
($25 materials fee. Sign up at the FPG Gearshack or here in advance.)
Imogen Gallery
10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
“Tides,” watercolors by George Wilson.
FisherPoets Gearshack
1312 Commercial St.
10 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Admission buttons and fisherpoets’ chapbooks, CDs and art. Silent Auction bids close at 4 p.m.
Barbey Maritime Center
10 to 11:15 a.m.
“Poetry Out Loud: Speaking a Poem,” with Clem Starck and Ron McDaniel. Exploit your unique voice to better connect with a listening audience.
Pier 39
10 to 11:15 a.m.
“Knot Tying and Line Splicing,” with Dano Quinn. Learn a new skill. Once you know a bowline, you’ll wonder how you lived without it.
South Bay Wild Seafood Market
11 a.m. to 9 p.m.
“Astoria Marine Construction Company,” photos of the historic shipbuilding site by Veronica Kessler and fisherpoet Pat Dixon.
Barbey Maritime Center
11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
“So, the Queen Owns All the Salmon?” with Fulbright scholar Julie Brown. Fishing history, traditions and superstitions in the Scottish Highlands and Islands.
Pier 39
11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
“Singers’ Circle,” with Mary Garvey. Sing shanties and ballads along with the Lower Columbia’s favorite singer and friends.
Astoria Visual Arts Gallery
noon to 5 p.m.
“Traditional Japanese Folk Art of the Sea: Gyotaku/Fish Printing,” by Duncan Berry and contemporary NW artists.
Columbian Theater
noon to 1:15 p.m.
"The Good Fight: Protecting Bristol Bay from the Proposed Pebble Mine," with
Elizabeth Herendeen, Melanie Brown and Georgeanna Heaverley of Commercial Fishermen for Bristol Bay. Learn the latest developments in the Pebble permitting process and engage in the US Army Corps of Engineers’ draft Environment Impact Statement comment period. Why not submit some fish poetry as a comment?
Columbian Theater
1:30 to 3:00 p.m.
“Story Circle,” with Jay Speakman. Hear commercial fishing veterans tell authentic stories, true mostly, about adventure and tedium working on the water.
Barbey Maritime Center
2 to 3:15 p.m.
“The Strength of the Tides is Hers Also,” with Elma Burnham. Celebrate, support and empower women who work on the water. Share experiences, set goals, join the conversation. All are welcome.
Studio 11
2 to 4 p.m.
“Gyotaku: Japanese Fish Print Making,” with Duncan Berry. Create an original fish print from albacore or salmon.
($25 materials fee. Sign up at the FPG Gearshack or here in advance.)
WineKraft
2 to 4 p.m.
“Open Mic.” Everyone welcome to have a short go.
Columbian Theater
3:15 to 4:30 p.m.
“You Can’t Make This Stuff Up,” with former Bering Sea skipper Jack Molan. Video, photos and stories from four decades fishing up there.
11th and Marine Dr.
all evening
"Horse Seining on the Columbia>" Projection of forgotten footage from 1939, restored by Jeff Daly. A world premier.
Columbian Theatre
10 to 11 p.m.
Ray Troll and the Ratfish Wranglers continue in concert.
Liberty Theatre
10:30 p.m.
“Umpteenth Annual On-Site FisherPoetry Contest.” The 2019 rules will be announced by MCs at evening venues during the Gathering. Everyone wearing a 2019 FPG button is eligible to compete. Got one? Have a go.
WineKraft
10:00 p.m. to close
“Singers’ Gathering.” Didn’t get enough at the workshop this morning? Still feel like singing together with friends? Stop in.
Sunday, February 24
Pier 39
9:15 to 10 a.m.
FisherPoets Gathering Harmony Gospel Sing. Just for fun.
10 a.m. to noon
FisherPoets Gathering Farewell Mic." A very brief farewell read from lots of lingering scheduled fisherpoets.
Special Events Schedule
(rev 2/22/19) downloadable pdf
Friday, February 22 Special Events
FisherPoets Gearshack
1312 Commercial St.
noon to 10 p.m.
Admission buttons and fisherpoets’ chapbooks, CDs and art. Silent Auction opens. Bids close at 4 p.m. Saturday.
Pier 39
all day
Hanthorn Cannery Museum self-guided tour of the oldest existing fish processing plant on the Columbia. Mug up at Coffee Girl while you’re there.
Imogen Gallery
10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
“Tides,” watercolors by George Wilson. Artist reception at 4 p.m.
South Bay Wild Seafood Market
11 a.m. to 9 p.m.
“Astoria Marine Construction Company,” photos of the historic shipbuilding site by Veronica Kessler and fisherpoet Pat Dixon.
Astoria Visual Arts Gallery
noon to 5 p.m.
“Traditional Japanese Folk Art of the Sea: Gyotaku/Fish Printing,” by Duncan Berry and contemporary NW artists.
Patriot Hall, Clatsop Community College
12:45 to 2 p.m.
“Line Handling: Mooring a Poem to Sound,” with Peter Munro. Play with line length and line break to make your poem tasty in the mouth, tuneful in the ear.
WineKraft
2 to 4 p.m.
“Open Mic.” Everyone welcome. Drop in with friends and have a short go.
Patriot Hall, Clatsop Community College
2:15 to 3:30 p.m.
“Getting the Slack Out of your Lines,” with Jon Broderick. Practice crafting sentences that lay easy alongside each other.
Studio 11
2 to 4 p.m.
Gyotaku: Japanese Fish Print Making,” with Duncan Berry. Create a traditional fish print from albacore or salmon.
($25 materials fee. Sign up at the FPG Gearshack or here in advance.)
Columbian Theater
3 to 4:15 p.m.
“You Can’t Make This Stuff Up,” with former Bering Sea skipper Jack Molan. Video, photos and stories from four decades fishing up there.
Pier 39
3 to 4:15 p.m.
“Clean Waters, Clean Air: Protecting Your Fishery,” with Brad Warren and Julia Sanders of Global Ocean Health. Major proposals to cut carbon pollution will fly or flop in Salem and Olympia within a few weeks. Politicians are listening. Make your voice count.
Imogen Gallery
4 to 6 p.m.
Artist reception for George Wilson.
11th and Marine Dr.
all evening
"Horse Seining on the Columbia." Projection of forgotten footage from 1939, restored by Jeff Daly. A world premier.
Voodoo Lounge
10 p.m.
Larry Kaplan plays ballads from New England and beyond.
KALA
10 p.m. to 1 a.m.
Annual FisherPoets Dance with DJ Dinah Urell. Come on back and shake your boots. Late night cocktails.
Columbian Theater
10:30 to 11:30 p.m.
“Poetry at the Line: the second annual - and improved - FisherPoets Slam,” with Jon Broderick. Eight fisherpoet contestants go cork for cork.
Saturday, February 23 Special Events
Pier 39
all day
Hanthorn Cannery Museum self-guided tour of the oldest existing fish processing plant on the Columbia. Enjoy the Fisherman’s Breakfast at Coffee Girl while you’re there.
Studio 11
9 to 11 a.m.
“Gyotaku: Japanese Fish Print Making,” with Duncan Berry. Create an original fish print from albacore or salmon.
($25 materials fee. Sign up at the FPG Gearshack or here in advance.)
Imogen Gallery
10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
“Tides,” watercolors by George Wilson.
FisherPoets Gearshack
1312 Commercial St.
10 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Admission buttons and fisherpoets’ chapbooks, CDs and art. Silent Auction bids close at 4 p.m.
Barbey Maritime Center
10 to 11:15 a.m.
“Poetry Out Loud: Speaking a Poem,” with Clem Starck and Ron McDaniel. Exploit your unique voice to better connect with a listening audience.
Pier 39
10 to 11:15 a.m.
“Knot Tying and Line Splicing,” with Dano Quinn. Learn a new skill. Once you know a bowline, you’ll wonder how you lived without it.
South Bay Wild Seafood Market
11 a.m. to 9 p.m.
“Astoria Marine Construction Company,” photos of the historic shipbuilding site by Veronica Kessler and fisherpoet Pat Dixon.
Barbey Maritime Center
11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
“So, the Queen Owns All the Salmon?” with Fulbright scholar Julie Brown. Fishing history, traditions and superstitions in the Scottish Highlands and Islands.
Pier 39
11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
“Singers’ Circle,” with Mary Garvey. Sing shanties and ballads along with the Lower Columbia’s favorite singer and friends.
Astoria Visual Arts Gallery
noon to 5 p.m.
“Traditional Japanese Folk Art of the Sea: Gyotaku/Fish Printing,” by Duncan Berry and contemporary NW artists.
Columbian Theater
noon to 1:15 p.m.
"The Good Fight: Protecting Bristol Bay from the Proposed Pebble Mine," with
Elizabeth Herendeen, Melanie Brown and Georgeanna Heaverley of Commercial Fishermen for Bristol Bay. Learn the latest developments in the Pebble permitting process and engage in the US Army Corps of Engineers’ draft Environment Impact Statement comment period. Why not submit some fish poetry as a comment?
Columbian Theater
1:30 to 3:00 p.m.
“Story Circle,” with Jay Speakman. Hear commercial fishing veterans tell authentic stories, true mostly, about adventure and tedium working on the water.
Barbey Maritime Center
2 to 3:15 p.m.
“The Strength of the Tides is Hers Also,” with Elma Burnham. Celebrate, support and empower women who work on the water. Share experiences, set goals, join the conversation. All are welcome.
Studio 11
2 to 4 p.m.
“Gyotaku: Japanese Fish Print Making,” with Duncan Berry. Create an original fish print from albacore or salmon.
($25 materials fee. Sign up at the FPG Gearshack or here in advance.)
WineKraft
2 to 4 p.m.
“Open Mic.” Everyone welcome to have a short go.
Columbian Theater
3:15 to 4:30 p.m.
“You Can’t Make This Stuff Up,” with former Bering Sea skipper Jack Molan. Video, photos and stories from four decades fishing up there.
11th and Marine Dr.
all evening
"Horse Seining on the Columbia>" Projection of forgotten footage from 1939, restored by Jeff Daly. A world premier.
Columbian Theatre
10 to 11 p.m.
Ray Troll and the Ratfish Wranglers continue in concert.
Liberty Theatre
10:30 p.m.
“Umpteenth Annual On-Site FisherPoetry Contest.” The 2019 rules will be announced by MCs at evening venues during the Gathering. Everyone wearing a 2019 FPG button is eligible to compete. Got one? Have a go.
WineKraft
10:00 p.m. to close
“Singers’ Gathering.” Didn’t get enough at the workshop this morning? Still feel like singing together with friends? Stop in.
Sunday, February 24
Pier 39
9:15 to 10 a.m.
FisherPoets Gathering Harmony Gospel Sing. Just for fun.
10 a.m. to noon
FisherPoets Gathering Farewell Mic." A very brief farewell read from lots of lingering scheduled fisherpoets.
