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coast & Out about weekend February 25, 2016 arts & entertainment 4 8 10 22 NOTES FROM THE EDITOR COASTAL LIFE Time for the FisherPoets Gathering! Fishing for poetry Rob Seitz learned early how to find words to describe his work THE ARTS True to her roots and music Fisherpoet Mary Garvey has always felt close to the water FEATURE ‘The salt of the earth’ The 19th annual FisherPoets Gathering takes place this weekend DINING Mouth of the Columbia New Garden Asian Cuisine is a hidden gem in the Carousel Mall STEPPING OUT....... .............................................................. 5, 6, 7 FISHERPOETS PROGRAM....... ............................................ 13 to 20 CW MARKETPLACE........ ....................................................... 24, 25 CROSSWORD........... ....................................................................27 GRAB BAG ....... ..........................................................................31 Find it all online and more! COASTWEEKEND.COM www.coastweekend.com features full calendar listings, keyword searches and easy sharing on Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest. coastweekend.com | facebook.com/coastweekend | twitter.com/coastweekend on the cover Fred Bailey, of Gabriola Island, British Columbia, reads his poetry inside the Voodoo Room during last year’s FisherPoets Gathering. Photo by Joshua Bessex COAST WEEKEND EDITOR: REBECCA SEDLAK DWIGHT CASWELL CONTRIBUTORS: COAST WEEKEND PHOTOS: JOSHUA BESSEX MARILYN GILBAUGH NANCY McCARTHY LYNETTE RAE McADAMS MATT LOVE To advertise in Coast Weekend, call 503-325-3211 or contact your local sales representative. © 2016 COAST WEEKEND week’s Coast ing three times, and I have to say I’m looking forward to my fourth festival with antic- ipation. The combination of labor-intense, blue-collar work stories with literary form is en- lightening and inspiring. At the Gathering, speak- <RXFDQ¿QGWKHSURJUDPRQ ers on stage tell many stories throughout the weekend: trag- Pages 13 to 20. With its own cover, the pro- edies and triumphs, homesick- JUDPERWK¿WVVQXJO\LQ&RDVW ness, weather woes, fast friend- Weekend and is a middle pull- ships and hard work. Audiences out section readers can remove. listen to limericks about new ,WZLOOKHOS¿VKHUSRHWIDQVHDV- boats, poems about the call of ily navigate their way around the sea, stories of heartache and the various venues and special events of the 19th annual Gath- ering, which runs Friday, Sat- urday and Sunday, Feb. 26, 27 and 28 in downtown Astoria. Pull the program out to car- ry with you as you traverse the Gathering from venue to ven- ue. Or, keep it in Coast Week- end and read up on all the fun events happening in the region this weekend between sets of ¿VKHUSRHWU\ For an introduction to the Gathering, make sure you don’t miss the Coast Weekend cover story on Page 10, which lays out some history and what Gathering-goers can expect this year. I’ve attended the Gather- Rebecca Sedlak COAST WEEKEND EDITOR rsedlak@dailyastorian.com There’s an endless array of stories to hear and activities to enjoy. You don’t have to do WKHPDOO²WKHUHDUH¿VKHU- poets at this year’s Gathering, after all. But that lively variety makes this festival something truly special. Coast Weekend welcomes comments and contributions from readers. New items for publication consideration must be submit- ted by 10 a.m. Tuesday, one week and two days before publication. To submit an item, contact Rebecca Sedlak See story on Page 10 ADVERTISING MANAGER: BETTY SMITH This Weekend, is a special edition (and a large one!). We’ve once again partnered with the FisherPoets Gathering WR EULQJ \RX WKH RI¿FLDO 2016 FisherPoets Gathering program. loneliness, and bawdy rhymes. And all of it focuses on the art RI¿VKLQJ One thing that’s striking about this event is the variety of experiences attendees can get from it. Depending on which venue you visit, on which QLJKW DQG ZKLFK ¿VKHUSRHWV are on stage, the feelings, mood and over-arching experience you walk away with can differ from that of your neighbor. Are you part of the dark crowd in the Voodoo Room? Do you enjoy the bustle of the Wet Dog Cafe? What about the intimacy of KALA? Or perhaps you listen on KMUN 91.9 FM, broadcast live from the Astoria Event Center. Are you going to tour Dave Dens- more’s boat? Or do you want to turn your own hand to writ- ing in the on-site poetry con- test? Phone: 503.325.3211 Ext. 217 or 800.781.3211 Fax: 503.325.6573 E-mail: rsedlak@dailyastorian.com Address: P.O.Box 210 • 949 Exchange St. Astoria, OR 97103 Coast Weekend is published every Thursday by the EO Media Group, all rights reserved. No part of this publication can be reproduced with- out consent of the publisher. Coast Weekend appears weekly in The Daily Astorian and the Chinook Observer. February 25, 2016 | coastweekend.com | 3
