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Submitted photo by Pat Dixon Kathy Stack, of Saltspring Island, British Columbia, will emcee Friday at the Fort George Lovell Showroom and perform during the 9 p.m. set Saturday at the Astoria Event Center. Submitted photo “Fight or Flight” by Corey Arnold, part of his photography show “Fish-Work” about commercial fishing at Imogen Gallery. FISHERPOETS GATHERING Photo by Joshua Bessex People listen to fisherpoetry inside the Astoria Event Center at the 2015 FisherPoets Gathering. Continued from Pg. 10 Investor Murders” curated by Brittany Retherford. The 1982 murder of eight people aboard the Investor is Alaska’s most notorious unsolved case. Rether- ford, a freelance journalist, spent years investigating and interviewing surviving family members, and then created an ex- hibit to remember the lives of the victims. The traveling show also explores the im- pacts of this unexplained violence on the Alaskan ¿shing community. The photo- graphs will be on display at the FisherPo- ets Gathering Gearshack, located at 1254 &ommercial 6t., where ¿sherpoets’ &'s, books, buttons and gear are sold. In addition to the readings and music, a number of special events are planned. There’s a silent auction at the Gearshack. Fisherpoet Toby Sul- livan will teach a writing workshop at &&&. 'eckhand &hris Grundberg’s ¿lm, ³Aboard +omeshore,” about the southeast Alaska salmon season aboard a seiner, will be shown at the &olumbian, as will ³:ork is 2ur Joy,” about the heritage and history of Columbia River gillnetters, and ³Tanglenet,” a brief ¿lm showing the techniques used by gillnetters to as- sure survival of wild salmon. There’s a Friday night dance at KALA and a tour of a working ¿shing boat Satur- day morning (for those who survive the previous night). There will be songwriting workshops, knot work- shops, singing and shanty work- shops, and a whole lot more. Venues for evening readings open at 5 p.m. sharp, and you may ¿nd it bene¿cial to choose the venue by the size of the crowd, rather than who’s reading, and to get your seat ASAP. ³It’s not possible to see all the high- liners,” Jon Broderick says, ³but ev- ery venue has a terri¿c show. :e’re really careful about that.” Trouble is, the Saturday night au- dience for all venues topped 1,200 last year. As you might expect, Brod- erick compares it to ¿shing. ³<ou never know how many ¿sh you’re going to catch,” he laments, ³but if it’s bigger than last year, where am I going to put all those ¿sh"” Where: Astoria, various venues When: Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 26, 27 & 28 Admission: $15 buttons are good for all venues and work- shops all weekend long. Get yours at the FPG Gearshack, 1254 Commercial St. Students 18 and younger are free. Photo by Joshua Bessex Jeff Stonehill, of Seattle, Washington, will read at 6 p.m. Friday at the Columbian Theater and at 6 p.m. Saturday at the Astoria Event Center. February 25, 2016 | coastweekend.com | 11
