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.
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