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FEBRUARY 23, 2017 // 3 & OUT ABOUT NOTES FROM THE EDITOR It’s time for the 20th annual FisherPoets Gathering This week’s Coast 2017 FisherPoets Gathering program. You can find the pro- gram on Pages 13 to 20. With its own cover, the program both fits snugly in Coast Weekend and is Weekend, is a special edition (and a large one!). We’ve once again partnered with the FisherPoets Gathering to bring you the official coast INSIDE THIS ISSUE weekend a middle pull-out section readers can remove. It will help fisherpoet fans easily navigate their way around the various venues and special events of the 20th annual Gathering, which runs Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 24, 25 and 26 in downtown Astoria. Pull the program out to carry with you as you tra- verse the Gathering from venue to venue. Or, keep it in Coast Weekend and read up on all the fun events happening in the region this weekend between sets of fisherpoetry. 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 ex- COAST WEEKEND EDITOR REBECCA SEDLAK COAST WEEKEND PHOTOS DANNY MILLER arts & entertainment ADVERTISING MANAGER BETTY SMITH ON THE COVER CONTRIBUTORS DAN HAAG DWIGHT CASWELL PATRICK WEBB LYNETTE RAE MCADAMS Renee Ahre, of Astoria, reads a poem titled “Damn Sea Lions” at the Astoria Event Center at last year’s FisherPoets Gathering. PHOTO BY JOSHUA BESSEX See story on Page 10 4 COASTAL LIFE A teen fi sherpoet Ilwaco teenager captures life afl oat in poetry FEATURE To advertise in Coast Weekend, call 503-325-3211 or contact your local sales representative. © 2017 COAST WEEKEND Coast Weekend welcomes comments and contributions from readers. New items for publication consider- ation must be submitted by 10 a.m. Tuesday, one week and two days before publication. 10 ‘Truly deep’ 12 THE ARTS TO SUBMIT AN ITEM ‘Vital to the human experience’ 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 22 20th annual FisherPoets Gathering hits Astoria Two fi shers create art out of their work DINING Mouth of the Columbia Find heavenly cornbread at Chinook restaurant FURTHER ENJOYMENT MUSIC CALENDAR .....................5 SEE + DO....................................8, 9 CROSSWORD..............................27 CW MARKETPLACE..................24 GRAB BAG...................................30 Find it all online! CoastWeekend.com features full calendar listings, keyword search and easy sharing on social media. Coast Weekend is published every Thursday by the EO Media Group, all rights reserved. No part of this publication can be reproduced without consent of the publisher. Coast Weekend appears weekly in The Daily Astorian and the Chinook Observer. pect this year. I’ve attended the Gathering four times. The combination of labor-in- tense, blue-collar work stories with literary form is enlightening and inspir- ing. At the Gathering, speakers on stage tell many stories throughout the weekend: tragedies and triumphs, home- sickness, weather woes, fast friendships and hard work. Audiences listen to limericks about new boats, poems about the call of the sea, stories of heartache and loneliness, and bawdy rhymes. And all of it focuses on the art of fishing. One thing that’s strik- ing about this event is the variety of experiences attendees can get from it. Depending on which venue you visit, on which night, and which fisherpo- ets are on stage, the feel- ings, mood and over-arch- ing 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, broad- cast live from the Astoria Event Center. Are you go- ing to watch films at the Columbian Theater? Or do you want to turn your own hand to writing in the on-site poetry contest? There’s an endless array of stories to hear Rebecca Sedlak COAST WEEKEND EDITOR rsedlak@dailyastorian.com and activities to enjoy. You don’t have to do them all — there are 90-some poets at this year’s Gath- ering, after all. But that lively variety makes this festival something truly special.
