THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2019 // 3
SCRATCHPAD
Catch the briny
brilliance of FisherPoets
By ERICK BENGEL
COAST WEEKEND
T
his issue of Coast Week-
end is devoted to the 22nd
FisherPoets Gathering,
with two profi les — Sierra Golden
and Tom Hilton (pages 4 and 8,
respectively) — a full feature
(Page 9) and an eight-page pro-
gram insert for Gathering-goers
(pages 11 through 18).
FisherPoets is the quintes-
sential Astoria happening — the
salty, hardscrabble marine lifestyle
given voice in story and verse. The
coast
men and women who come before
us this weekend, at venues like
the Liberty Theatre and Voodoo
Room, report on a way of life most
of us will never experience, and
their Gathering offers a take on
their industry as no other event can
do. Their tales are by turns glo-
rious and gripping, hilarious and
absurd, touching and poignant.
We hope you enjoy our pre-
views of these most mesmerizing
performances, and we urge you to
catch a few of these poets in the
fl esh — fresh from the water, in all
their briny brilliance. CW
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
weekend
arts & entertainment
ON THE COVER
‘Salt of the
Earth,’ a
painting by
Drea Frost.
Drea Frost
Drea Frost’s painting ‘Today’s Catch.’
COAST WEEKEND EDITOR
ERICK BENGEL
CALENDAR COORDINATOR
SUE CODY
CONTRIBUTORS
RYAN HUME
BARBARA LLOYD McMICHAEL
PATRICK WEBB
JONATHAN WILLIAMS
DREA FROST
See story on Page 9
THE ARTS
4
‘The Slow Art’
8
Voice of the Lower Columbia
9
Fisherpoet Sierra Golden publishes poetry collection
COASTAL LIFE
Fisherpoet Tom Hilton captures bygone language
FEATURE
FisherPoets Gathering
Get hooked on shared stories and the spoken word
FURTHER ENJOYMENT
MUSIC CALENDAR .....................6
CROSSWORD ...............................7
BOOKMONGER ........................ 19
CW MARKETPLACE.......... 21, 22
SEE + DO ............................. 26, 27
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