2020 FisherPoets Gathering
Special Events Schedule
Special Events Schedule
Friday, February 28
FisherPoets Gathering 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 Workers' 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.
"Fish Work: The Archives." Photography by Corey Arnold. Show runs through March 10.
Astoria Visual Arts Gallery
noon to 5 p.m.
"Creatures of the Deep." Traditional Gyotaku fish prints by Duncan Berry. Also art from ghost gear by Shelby Silver. Show runs through March 7.
Patriot Hall, Clatsop Community College
12:45 to 2 p.m.
Creative Writing. "Getting the Slack Out of Your Lines" Practice crafting sentences that lay easy alongside each other. With Jon Broderick.
Columbian Theater
1 to 2:30 p.m.
"Fish & Men." Darby Duffin and Adam Jones's documentary describes the effect of global industrial fishing on coastal communities from Gloucester to San Diego and offers appetizing alternatives that could save family fisheries.
WineKraft
2 to 4 p.m.
"Open Mic." Everyone welcome. Host Rebecca Kraft invites you to drop in with friends and have a short go.
Patriot Hall, Clatsop Community College
2:15 to 3:30 p.m.
Songwriting. "The Diddliest Catch: From Parody to Profundity." With John Palmes, Rich King and friends.
Patriot Hall, Clatsop Community College
2:15 to 3:30 p.m.
Performing. "Poetry Out Loud: Speaking a Poem." Exploit your unique voice to better connect with a listening audience. With Clem Starck and Ron McDaniel.
Columbian Theater
3 to 4:30 p.m.
"The Wild." Mark Titus's intimate documentary examines the potential effects of the proposed Pebble Mine on the environment, communities and individuals.
Columbian Theater
10:30 p.m.
"Poetry at the Line." Our third annual fisherpoetry slam among the best and the merely reckless. Eight fisherpoets go cork for cork. MC Jon Broderick.
KALA
10:30 p.m.
Annual FisherPoets Dance. DJ. Cocktails. Host Dinah Urell invites you and your friends to dance the night away.
Saturday, February 29
South Bay Wild
9 to 10:30 a.m.
"Speed BS Circle: Hasty sessions for the social media age." Discuss and implement techniques to make you a better BS'er in a speed dating format. Coffee and donuts provided but no electronic devices allowed. With Rob Seitz.
Studio 11
9 to 11 a.m.
Gyotaku Fish Printing: (advanced registration required) Duncan Berry leads participants through this traditional Japanese fish printing process. This year he brings new subjects including gull wings, a large octopus, razor clams, Dungeness crab and more.
Pier 39
all day
Hanthorn Cannery Workers' Museum. Enjoy a self-guided tour of the oldest existing fish processing plant on the Columbia. Mug up at Coffee Girl while you're there.
Barbey Maritime Center
10 to 11:15 a.m.
"English Shipwrecks." Scholar Julie Brown presents fascinating clues from a 400 year-old skeleton, a captain's scribbled notes and the remains of Henry VIII's Royal Navy Flagship Mary Rose, offering insight to Shakespeare and more.
Pier 39
10 to 11:15 a.m.
Singing Circle. Shake the old pier's rafters. Join Mary Garvey and Mark Lovewell to belt out maritime chanties and ballads new and old.
Columbian Theater
10 to noon
"The Wild." Mark Titus's intimate documentary examines the potential effects of the proposed Pebble Mine on the environment, communities and individuals. Followed by a discussion led by Commercial Fishermen for Bristol Bay and the Bristol Bay Regional Seafood Development Association.
Barbey Maritime Center
11:30 a.m. to 12:25 p.m.
"Reefnetting: A Traditional Technique Lives On." This unique salmon fishery, originally developed by Salish Sea people, is still practiced near Lummi Island and parts of the San Juans. Long-time reefnetter Pete Granger brings video, models, hands-on activities and stories to his workshop.
Pier 39
11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.
Knots and Splicing. Once you learn a short-splice, bowline, sheet bend and clove hitch, you'll wonder how you got along without them. Jon Broderick and friends welcome all ages.
Clatsop County Heritage Museum
11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.
"Sea Grant: Current Projects and Recent Successes." Oregon State University's Sea Grant supports dynamic, inventive and flexible approaches to meet the needs of coastal communities in changing natural and social environments through research, public outreach and education. Amanda Gladics shows how.
Columbian Theater
12:15 to 1:45 p.m.
"Fish & Men." Darby Duffin and Adam Jones's documentary describes the effect of global industrial fishing on coastal communities from Gloucester to San Diego and offers appetizing alternatives that could save family fisheries.
Studio 11
1 to 3 p.m.
Gyotaku Fish Printing: (advanced registration required) Duncan Berry leads participants through this traditional Japanese fish printing process. This year he brings new subjects including gull wings, a large octopus, razor clams, Dungeness crab and more.
Barbey Maritime Center
1 to 2:15 p.m.
"The Life and Songs of E. Gale Huntington." Learn about this legendary fisherman, farmer, poet and gravedigger of Martha's Vineyard MA and the volumes of traditional sea songs he collected and recorded. With New England singer/songwriter Larry Kaplan.
Clatsop County Heritage Museum
1 to 2:15 p.m.
Global Ocean Health. Brad Warren and Dan Mulholland bring an update on ocean research, news from Salem and Olympia about bills to reduce pollution, and a vision for healthy oceans.
WineKraft
2 to 4 p.m.
"Open Mic." Everyone welcome. Host Rebecca Kraft invites you to drop in with friends and have a short go.
Columbian Theater
2:30 to 4 p.m.
"Story Circle." MC Jay Speakman invites Karl Marlantes, Dermot McCann, Marilyn Dreher and Larry Thormahlen to tell personal stories, true mostly, of terror and tedium working on the water.
Astoria Visual Arts Gallery
3 to 5 p.m.
Reception for artist Duncan Berry. Demonstration of traditional Gyotaku fish printing and its history at 3:30 p.m.
WineKraft
10:15 p.m.
Singers Gathering. Didn't get enough ballads and chanties at this morning's workshop? Join Mary Garvey, Mark Lovewell and other friends for a late sing around until host Rebecca Kraft says it's time to go home.
Liberty Theatre
10:30 p.m.
The Umpteenth Annual On-Site Poetry Contest
Everyone with a FPG 2020 event button is welcome to have a try. Rules will be announced Friday at Gathering venues.
Sunday, March 1
Pier 39
9:15 to 10 a.m.
FisherPoets Gathering Gospel Harmony Sing. Just for fun.
10 a.m. to noon
FisherPoets Gathering Farewell Mic. A very brief farewell read from lots of lingering scheduled fisherpoets.
FisherPoets Gathering 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 Workers' 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.
"Fish Work: The Archives." Photography by Corey Arnold. Show runs through March 10.
Astoria Visual Arts Gallery
noon to 5 p.m.
"Creatures of the Deep." Traditional Gyotaku fish prints by Duncan Berry. Also art from ghost gear by Shelby Silver. Show runs through March 7.
Patriot Hall, Clatsop Community College
12:45 to 2 p.m.
Creative Writing. "Getting the Slack Out of Your Lines" Practice crafting sentences that lay easy alongside each other. With Jon Broderick.
Columbian Theater
1 to 2:30 p.m.
"Fish & Men." Darby Duffin and Adam Jones's documentary describes the effect of global industrial fishing on coastal communities from Gloucester to San Diego and offers appetizing alternatives that could save family fisheries.
WineKraft
2 to 4 p.m.
"Open Mic." Everyone welcome. Host Rebecca Kraft invites you to drop in with friends and have a short go.
Patriot Hall, Clatsop Community College
2:15 to 3:30 p.m.
Songwriting. "The Diddliest Catch: From Parody to Profundity." With John Palmes, Rich King and friends.
Patriot Hall, Clatsop Community College
2:15 to 3:30 p.m.
Performing. "Poetry Out Loud: Speaking a Poem." Exploit your unique voice to better connect with a listening audience. With Clem Starck and Ron McDaniel.
Columbian Theater
3 to 4:30 p.m.
"The Wild." Mark Titus's intimate documentary examines the potential effects of the proposed Pebble Mine on the environment, communities and individuals.
Columbian Theater
10:30 p.m.
"Poetry at the Line." Our third annual fisherpoetry slam among the best and the merely reckless. Eight fisherpoets go cork for cork. MC Jon Broderick.
KALA
10:30 p.m.
Annual FisherPoets Dance. DJ. Cocktails. Host Dinah Urell invites you and your friends to dance the night away.
Saturday, February 29
South Bay Wild
9 to 10:30 a.m.
"Speed BS Circle: Hasty sessions for the social media age." Discuss and implement techniques to make you a better BS'er in a speed dating format. Coffee and donuts provided but no electronic devices allowed. With Rob Seitz.
Studio 11
9 to 11 a.m.
Gyotaku Fish Printing: (advanced registration required) Duncan Berry leads participants through this traditional Japanese fish printing process. This year he brings new subjects including gull wings, a large octopus, razor clams, Dungeness crab and more.
Pier 39
all day
Hanthorn Cannery Workers' Museum. Enjoy a self-guided tour of the oldest existing fish processing plant on the Columbia. Mug up at Coffee Girl while you're there.
Barbey Maritime Center
10 to 11:15 a.m.
"English Shipwrecks." Scholar Julie Brown presents fascinating clues from a 400 year-old skeleton, a captain's scribbled notes and the remains of Henry VIII's Royal Navy Flagship Mary Rose, offering insight to Shakespeare and more.
Pier 39
10 to 11:15 a.m.
Singing Circle. Shake the old pier's rafters. Join Mary Garvey and Mark Lovewell to belt out maritime chanties and ballads new and old.
Columbian Theater
10 to noon
"The Wild." Mark Titus's intimate documentary examines the potential effects of the proposed Pebble Mine on the environment, communities and individuals. Followed by a discussion led by Commercial Fishermen for Bristol Bay and the Bristol Bay Regional Seafood Development Association.
Barbey Maritime Center
11:30 a.m. to 12:25 p.m.
"Reefnetting: A Traditional Technique Lives On." This unique salmon fishery, originally developed by Salish Sea people, is still practiced near Lummi Island and parts of the San Juans. Long-time reefnetter Pete Granger brings video, models, hands-on activities and stories to his workshop.
Pier 39
11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.
Knots and Splicing. Once you learn a short-splice, bowline, sheet bend and clove hitch, you'll wonder how you got along without them. Jon Broderick and friends welcome all ages.
Clatsop County Heritage Museum
11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.
"Sea Grant: Current Projects and Recent Successes." Oregon State University's Sea Grant supports dynamic, inventive and flexible approaches to meet the needs of coastal communities in changing natural and social environments through research, public outreach and education. Amanda Gladics shows how.
Columbian Theater
12:15 to 1:45 p.m.
"Fish & Men." Darby Duffin and Adam Jones's documentary describes the effect of global industrial fishing on coastal communities from Gloucester to San Diego and offers appetizing alternatives that could save family fisheries.
Studio 11
1 to 3 p.m.
Gyotaku Fish Printing: (advanced registration required) Duncan Berry leads participants through this traditional Japanese fish printing process. This year he brings new subjects including gull wings, a large octopus, razor clams, Dungeness crab and more.
Barbey Maritime Center
1 to 2:15 p.m.
"The Life and Songs of E. Gale Huntington." Learn about this legendary fisherman, farmer, poet and gravedigger of Martha's Vineyard MA and the volumes of traditional sea songs he collected and recorded. With New England singer/songwriter Larry Kaplan.
Clatsop County Heritage Museum
1 to 2:15 p.m.
Global Ocean Health. Brad Warren and Dan Mulholland bring an update on ocean research, news from Salem and Olympia about bills to reduce pollution, and a vision for healthy oceans.
WineKraft
2 to 4 p.m.
"Open Mic." Everyone welcome. Host Rebecca Kraft invites you to drop in with friends and have a short go.
Columbian Theater
2:30 to 4 p.m.
"Story Circle." MC Jay Speakman invites Karl Marlantes, Dermot McCann, Marilyn Dreher and Larry Thormahlen to tell personal stories, true mostly, of terror and tedium working on the water.
Astoria Visual Arts Gallery
3 to 5 p.m.
Reception for artist Duncan Berry. Demonstration of traditional Gyotaku fish printing and its history at 3:30 p.m.
WineKraft
10:15 p.m.
Singers Gathering. Didn't get enough ballads and chanties at this morning's workshop? Join Mary Garvey, Mark Lovewell and other friends for a late sing around until host Rebecca Kraft says it's time to go home.
Liberty Theatre
10:30 p.m.
The Umpteenth Annual On-Site Poetry Contest
Everyone with a FPG 2020 event button is welcome to have a try. Rules will be announced Friday at Gathering venues.
Sunday, March 1
Pier 39
9:15 to 10 a.m.
FisherPoets Gathering Gospel Harmony Sing. Just for fun.
10 a.m. to noon
FisherPoets Gathering Farewell Mic. A very brief farewell read from lots of lingering scheduled fisherpoets.