Fisher Poets
12th Annual
Gathering
Feb. 27 & 28, March 1 2009
Photos by Pat Dixon
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Photo by Pat Dixon
Photo by Jeff Wallen
Photo by Jeff Wallen
Photo by Jeff Wallen
Fisher Poets '09 At A Glance: Saturday: Sunday: Minors are permitted in Baked Alaska all evening, and other reading venues
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Fisher Poets Gathering 2009 The Fisher Poets Gathering (FPG) is again expecting more than 70 fishing and maritime industry people from several states and British Columbia to bring their original poems, stories and songs to Astoria. This year's event is on February 27, 28 and March 1. Along with several local music groups who also have strong fishing-industry ties, they will present their readings and music at this 12th annual two-evening program. "Fisher Poetry" comes from experiences living and working in the industry, and ranges in writing style from fast-moving rhyming couplets to crafted free verse or literary prose, and includes poems, songs, short stories, personal memoirs and essays, along with art. Four downtown Astoria venues offer reading space, so a good number of fans can join the lively ambiance of the event as audience, said Florence Sage of Astoria, a 12-year FPG producer. Audience comes from the local area, the northwest region and points around the country to hear these original writings and oral accounts based on the hard-working vocation of fishing and making a living at sea. For FPG 2009, the Baked Alaska restaurant (foot of 12th Street) joins the Astoria Event Center (9th and Commercial), the Wet Dog Cafe (foot of 11th St.) and the VooDoo Room at the Columbian Theater (11th and Marine Dr.) as a reading venue Friday and Saturday evenings, beginning at 5 p.m. The popular "VooDoo Mike," a fishermen's hosted open mike, is in the intimate VooDoo Room both evenings from 7 p.m. The VooDoo Room also hosts late-night music both nights. Documentaries of fishing-industry issues are planned at the Columbian Theater both days from 3:15 p.m. Evening reading venues all have food and drink service. All venues are donated. Event buttons are available throughout the event for a $5/day or $10/weekend donation, and are available Friday and Saturday from 3:00 p.m. through both evenings at the Columbian Theater box office; at the Gear Shack during open hours (Friday 4 to 10 p.m. and Saturday noon to 10 p.m.), during the Saturday morning workshops at the Maritime Museum and Baked Alaska; Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning during the events at the Astoria Event Center. There is no further donation required for FPG events. Enamel patron pins are also available to support the Gathering. FPG 2009 Participants Mary Jacobs, Kodiak, AK Ron McDaniel, Sulphur Springs, AR John Elliott, Saltspring Island, B.C. Bert Bender, Atascadero CA Bob Powell, Tarpon Springs, FL Phil Lansing, Boise, ID Curt Olson, Broadus, MT Beerman Creek String Band, Astoria, OR Jon Campbell, Narragansett, R.I. Frank Caldwell, Port Angeles, WA "Red Gold," film by Travis Rummel & Ben Knight, Telluride, CO
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