What’s new at the 2016 FisherPoets Gathering
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Shanghaied on the Willamette will perform at 8 p.m. Friday at the Fort George Lovell
Showroom and at 9 p.m. Saturday at KALA.
The Fort George Lovell Showroom is a performance-focused fi sherpoet venue open to
minors and serving beer and wine to patrons 21 and older.
Dave Densmore, of Astoria, reads a poem chastising young, cocky fi shermen during a per-
formance at the Astoria Event Center at last year’s FisherPoets Gathering.
This isn’t new: This year’s
FisherPoets Gathering is the
biggest ever. Again.
The schedule is deckloaded
with favorite familiar voices
and a lot of fresh new ones.
Some of them sing. Sarah
Jane Braund and her muddy
bottom boys Caleb Billmei-
er and Matt Williams join
us from Nushagak, Alaska.
Down from Sitka comes Belly
Meat, with Ernie Eggleston,
Ted Howard and Gary Gouker.
Larry Kaplan brings his bal-
lads from the East Coast, and
Mark Alan Lovewell brings
shanties. Todd Overby and
his crew, Ryan and Kyle Lutz,
Jim Reiter and Alana Kan-
saku-Sarmiento, bring original
music from closer to home.
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away. Sarah Treadwell from
Massachusetts. Alaskans An-
juli Grantham from Kodiak,
Scott McCallister and Louis
Flora from Juneau, Libby Fer-
rara from Girdwood, Brittany
Retherford from Craig.
From California, David
Beveridge; from Washington,
Karen Ducey, Sophie Elan, Pe-
ter Munro and Jim Kyle; and
from Oregon, Doreen Dahl,
Duncan Berry, Heather Talbot
and Henry Hughes join us on
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while, Native American sto-
ryteller and poet Ed Edmo is
with us.
The Astoria Event Center, from which
KMUN broadcasts live both nights, boasts
the most seats, raised theater seating in
the back and a big stage.
To assure room for all who
might come, the Columbian
Theater has opened its doors
and offered its cozy seats as a
reading venue this year. You
can catch “Kung Fu Panda”
another night.
Emilie Springer invites
families and children to the
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Gathering at Baked Alaska
Saturday at 12:30 p.m.
Corey Arnold will be pro-
jecting photographs from his
“Fish-Work” show on Astoria’s
buildings Friday and Saturday
nights. We’ve wanted to do
something like this for years.
WineKraft offers its river
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our open mic venue this year and
invites you to invite some friends
to join you and come have a go.
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tion for the FisherPoets Gear-
Photo by Alex Pajunas
Irene Martin, of Skamokawa, Washington, is a fi sherwoman, writer, and board member of
Salmon for All and the Columbia River Maritime Museum. She will read during the 6 p.m.
set Friday night at the Columbian Theater, and during the 7 p.m. set Saturday at KALA.
shack, that pop-up bookstore
that relies each year on the
generosity of an Astoria land-
lord, this year Kyle Johnson.
Drop by 1254 Commercial.
The rest of the 2016 Fish-
erPoets Gathering should feel
familiar to folks who’ve been
with us a while. But, like so
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will be like no other. We’re
glad you’re here.
FisherPoets Gathering 2016 Thanks its Silent Auction Donors
Come by the FisherPoets Gathering Gearshack at 1254 Commercial St. and have a look.
Bidding starts at 1 p.m. Friday, Feb. 26 and ends at 4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 27
Andy Ciers
Astoria Cargo
Astoria Coff eehouse & Bistro
Astoria Co-op Grocery
Astoria-Warrenton Chamber of Com-
merce
Author Sibyl James
The Blue Scorcher Bakery & Cafe
Bridgewater Bistro
Buoy Beer Co.
Cannery Pier Hotel
Clatsop County Historical Society
Columbia River Eco Tours
Columbia River Maritime Museum
Columbia Riverkeeper
Commercial Street Antiques
Dave McMacken/Ratz & Co.
Fernhill Glass
FinnWare
Fisherman Suites at Pier 39
Fishpeople Seafood
Forsythea
Fort George Brewery
The Fox & The Fawn
Fulio’s Pastaria
Gimre’s Shoe Store
The Glam Tram
Godfather’s Books
Laughing Duck Digital Pond Photog-
raphy
Hotel Elliott
Imogen
In the Boudoir
KMUN
Myhrrmade Jewelry
Northwest Wild Products
Old Town Framing
Photographer Roger Dorband
Purple Cow Toys
Sen. Betsy Johnson
Studio 11
Sweater Head
Trillium Woodworks & Metal Art
WineKraft
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