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Food web hosts Farmer-Chef Connect WARRENTON — Local food producers and area chefs will come together on Monday, Feb. 27 for the annual Farmer-Chef Connect sponsored by North Coast Food Web. This year the event will take place from 1 to 3 p.m. at the CCA Regional Food Bank, located at 2010 SE Chokeberry Ave. in Warrenton. More and more, area restaurants are working to feature locally produced
products on their menus. With new farms springing up each year, food producers are looking to expand their markets. Each winter, just as farmers are getting ready to plant, North Coast Food Web invites both groups to come together to find out what chefs would like to buy and to introduce them to what is available right here at home. “It’s really just an efficient networking opportunity,” says food web board
member Merianne Myers. “Farmers, ranchers, fishermen, cheese makers — all kinds of food producers can make connections with new markets and make decisions about the upcoming season. Essentially, we provide a space for that to happen and then get out of the way.” “This event fits neatly into our mission to ‘cultivate healthy communities and a vibrant economy through food and agriculture,’” Myers added.
Find jazz stylings in Seaside SEASIDE — The Lighthouse Jazz Society will present the 34th annual Seaside Jazz Festival on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 24, 25 and 26. The three-day music extravaganza will feature 14 bands rotating in five different venues all located in the heart downtown Seaside. Three venues will be at the Seaside Civic and Convention Center, and the other two venues are the Seaside Elks and the Best Western Ocean View Resort. Four of the five venues will have dance floors, and there will be a listening-only venue in the Riverview Room at the convention center. The Seaside Jazz Festival aims to present the highest caliber of jazz performers. This year’s lineup includes traditional jazz band High Sierra, Tom Rigney & Flambeau, Cornet Chop Suey, Uptown Lowdown Jazz Band, Ivory and Gold, Dan Levinson’s Roof Garden Jass Band, Black Swan Jazz Band, Bob Draga with Friends, Jacob Miller and The Bridge City Crooners, Dave Bennett and The Memphis Speed Kings, Bob Schulz’s Frisco Jazz Band and Blue Street. There will be a special kick-off party Thursday, Feb. 23 at the Seaside Elks, featuring the music of Dave Bennett and The Memphis Speed Kings. The kick-off party is already sold out. The festival starts at 2 p.m. Friday at the convention center. On Saturday, music starts at 10 a.m. and continues until 11 p.m. The Sunday schedule starts at 9:30 a.m. with two free gospel sets open to the public at the convention center. During the gospel services, a offering is collected, and proceeds will be donated to the Food 4 Kids Back Pack Program.
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Jacob Miller and The Bridge City Crooners will bring sounds straight out of the 1920s.
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Tom Rigney and Flambeau will perform several times throughout the weekend at the Seaside Jazz Festival.
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Four of the five venues will offer dance floors for attendees to enjoy.
The Seaside High School Jazz Ensemble will also perform a set at 1:30 p.m.
Sunday in the Necanicum Room at the convention center. The Jazz Ensemble is always a hit with attendees. Tickets for the festival can be purchased in advance by calling 1-866-345-6257 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. During the festival weekend, tickets are available starting at 10 a.m. Friday at the convention center. A free shuttle will be available during festival hours and will regularly rotate to the different jazz sites. Food and beverages will be available at all of the venues. For more information and the full schedule, visit www. jazzseaside.com
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It’s time for the 20th annual FisherPoets Gathering This week’s Coast
2017 FisherPoets Gathering program. You can find the program on Pages 13 to 20. With its own cover, the program both fits snugly in Coast Weekend and is
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arts & entertainment ON THE COVER 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
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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 traverse 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-
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pect this year. I’ve attended the Gathering four times. The combination of labor-intense, blue-collar work stories with literary form is enlightening and inspiring. At the Gathering, speakers on stage tell many stories throughout the weekend: tragedies and triumphs, homesickness, 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 striking about this event is the variety of experiences
attendees can get from it. Depending on which venue you visit, on which night, and which fisherpoets are on stage, the feelings, mood and over-arching 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, broadcast live from the Astoria Event Center. Are you going 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
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and activities to enjoy. You don’t have to do them all — there are 90-some poets at this year’s Gathering, after all. But that lively variety makes this festival something truly special.
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Fourth-generation fisher’s secret is revealed Ilwaco teen captures sights, sounds and smells of life afloat
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sixth sense,” said Taylor. “When you are sitting inside the boat, the wind Taylor Young’s family had no idea will start to whistle through a crack in he had a secret. something. The wind will be blowing, All was revealed at a parents’ conthe seas are being rough. I look at my ference at Ilwaco High School. surroundings and will write it down … John and Johanna Taylor were Sometimes, I look at a picture then put shocked — but delighted — to learn two and two together.” their 17-year-old son was a poet. And Teacher Glinert serves as his dilia good one, according to his language gent editor; she appreciates Taylor’s arts teacher, Jill Glinert. trust in her critical feedback about the The teenager’s work will be showhand-written words that describe dancased at the 2017 FisherPoets Gathergers faced by the “fishermen brothering in Astoria. hood” in poems called “Mayday” and Organizers like Jon Broderick are “Deep Blue Sea.” pleased, too. His initial writing skills developed “He’s probably the youngest guy on from class projects; both acknowledge the schedule this year,” he said. “We’ve the words flow more smoothly now it’s had high-school-age fisherpoets in the a choice not a chore. “It was fantastic past, but Taylor is the first scheduled to see the transformation,” Glinert participant who wasn’t even born when recalled. “He went fishing and came the FisherPosts Gathering back with books filled with began. I thought it might be poems. He would say, ‘What fitting to celebrate our 20th ‘YOU CAN did I think of this?’ You annual with a new fisherpoet ALMOST can almost feel the motion about that age himself.” the boat and the sea and FEEL THE of Taylor Young, an IHS smell the salt air. I started to MOTION realize his poetry was able senior, started dabbling in OF THE poetry to help a friend who to carry me off to visualize BOAT was having dating issues. the ocean.” That morphed into writing His parents sparkle with AND THE about what he knows best: comparable enthusiasm SEA AND fishing. when they gather around SMELL THE the dining room table The Youngs are a at SALT AIR.’ their Ilwaco home to chat. multi-generational commercial fishing family. John “We are very proud of — Jill Glinert, Taylor grew up in Pelican, him,” said John Taylor, Ilwaco teacher Alaska, learning from his 45, during a break from talking about own father and grandfacrabbing out of Westport, Taylor Young’s ther. That makes Taylor a Washington. “We had no poetry fourth-generation fisher. idea,” he said, thinking He’s even named Taylor back to that IHS parent Bay for an Alaska locale. conference. “We went to His brother Joshua, 7, is about the age the school, and the teacher was raving Taylor was when he started fishing. about his writing skills.” Taylor has accompanied his father to His mom, Johanna, feels similarly Alaska on the Falcon, a 59-foot vessel about the way they found out. It was they sail north from Seattle most sumat the end of his junior year. “He had mers. The sights, sounds and smells of not shared anything with me. I am long-lining for black cod and halibut in awe — it’s amazing,” she said. “It inspire him to put pencil to paper. makes me emotional, not knowing “Sometimes they come to me and that he did this. I was, like, ‘Wow! I’m can be triggered by suggestions, or amazed.’” something can set it off. It’’s like a After his poetry appearance this By PATRICK WEBB
MAYDAY Blistering winds, Freezing sprays, The sound of an engine. Sounds of men yelling, Seeing their tears Tears of sorrow, Realizing they have one more trip. The sound of Mayday, Mayday, Mayday, Mayday. The dropping of lines and pots For a moment of peace, Praying they are found Praying they come home in one piece. Sailors putting their jobs on hold To save the crew of sinking vessels. The word Mayday will haunt fishermen forever That’s the one word they fear: Mayday, Mayday, Mayday. month, Taylor is looking forward to playing centerfield during his final IHS baseball season and graduating in June. He likely will work toward an associate’s degree at Clatsop Community College before he applies for a marine biology program, possibly at the University of Alaska-Juneau, then a career outdoors. “I could not work behind a desk,” he said. He can expect a good crowd cheering him on when he shares his work at the FisherPoets Gathering. “I have told everybody about it,” said his dad.
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At 17, Taylor Young of Ilwaco, Washington, will be the youngest fisherman performing his work at the FisherPoets Gathering in Astoria. The Ilwaco High School student was encouraged by his teacher. Now he fills notebooks with hand-written poetry.
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Ilwaco teenager Taylor Young is pictured in the hold of a crabbing vessel, learning his craft.
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IN THE COLUMBIA-PACIFIC REGION Thursday, Feb. 23
David Drury 6 p.m., Bridgewater Bistro, 20 Basin St., Astoria. David Drury plays guitar.
Basin Street NW 6 p.m., Bridgewater Bistro, 20 Basin St., Astoria, 503-325-6777. Dave Drury on guitar, Todd Pederson on bass and friends perform mainstream jazz.
Ellen Whyte Band 6 p.m., The Birk, 11139 Hwy. 202, Birkenfeld, 503-755-2722, $10. Ellen Whyte Band performs jazz and blues merging rhythm-n-blues and pop.
Senior Center Jam 6:30 p.m., Astoria Senior Center, 1111 Exchange St., Astoria, 503-468-0390. String band, bluegrass and country.
George Coleman 6 p.m., Shelburne Inn, 4415 Pacific Way, Seaview, Wash. George Coleman plays pop, jazz, folk and rock music..
Floating Glass Balls 7 p.m., Bill’s Tavern, 188 Hemlock St., Cannon Beach. Bluegrass, Caribbean, folk, swing and country. Pretty Gritty 7 p.m., Adrift Hotel, 409 Sid Snyder Drive, Long Beach, Wash., 360-6422311. Country, rock, blues and soul.
Friday, Feb. 24 Seaside Jazz Festival 2 p.m., Seaside Convention Center, 415 First Ave., Seaside, 866-345-6257, all ages. The Seaside Jazz Festival features top performers of traditional and contemporary jazz; check website for full schedule. David Drury 6 p.m., Bridgewater Bistro, 20 Basin St., Astoria. David Drury plays guitar. Thistle & Rose 6 p.m., Seasons Café, 255 Hemlock St., Cannon Beach, 503-436-1159. Thistle and Rose perform originals, folk and Americana from the 70s and 80s. Tom Trudell 6 p.m., Shelburne Inn, 4415 Pacific Way, Seaview, Wash., 360-642-4150. Tom Trudell plays jazz piano. Wes Wahrmund 6 p.m., The Bistro, 263 Hemlock St., Cannon Beach, 503-436-2661. Wes Wahrmund plays light jazz and original tunes on guitar Maggie & the Cats 6:30 p.m., Sweet Basil’s Café, 271 Hemlock St., Cannon Beach, 503-4361539, 21 +. Maggie and the Cats play Creole, jazz, blues and soul music.
Maggie & the Cats 6 p.m., Sweet Basil’s Café, 271 Hemlock St., Cannon Beach, 21 +. Wes Wahrmund 6 p.m., The Bistro, 263 Hemlock St., Cannon Beach.
Sea Strings Friday, Feb. 24 3 p.m. Ilwaco Timberland Library, 158 First Ave. N., Ilwaco, Wash., 360-642-3908, all ages. Enjoy an afternoon of music from a variety of genres as Sea Strings, a duo of Janet and Bill Clark, performs duets on the fiddle, mandolin, tenor guitar and bass. John Sparrow 7 p.m., WineKraft, 80 10th St., Astoria, 503-468-0206, 21 +. Songwriter John Sparrow plays Americana. Open Mic & Jam 7 p.m., Pacific Pearl Bistro, 111 Broadway, Seaside. All styles welcome to jam with the Tim Kelly Blues Band. Red & Ruby 7 p.m., McMenamins Sand Trap, 1157 Marion Ave., Gearhart, 503-717-8150. A swing and jazz duo. The Stomptowners 7 p.m., Cannon Beach History Center, 1387 Spruce St., Cannon Beach, 503436-9301, $15. The Stomptowners play Celtic, Americana and folk. Grupo Condor 7:30 p.m., Birkenfeld Theatre, 75 Nehalem St., Clatskanie, 503-7283403, $14 to $18. Folk music ensemble Grupo Condor plays lively Latin American music.
Moody Little Sister 8 p.m., Public Coast Brewing Co., 264 3rd St., Cannon Beach, 503-436-0285. Moody Little Sister mixes 60s rock music, country and soulful blues. Evening Bell 9 p.m., Adrift Hotel, 409 Sid Snyder Drive, Long Beach, Wash. Evening Bell plays edgy honky tonk music.
Saturday, Feb. 25 Seaside Jazz Festival 9 a.m., multiple venues, Seaside, 866345-6257, $15 to $95, all ages. Seaside Jazz Festival features traditional and contemporary jazz. Troll Radio Revue 11 a.m., Fort George Brewery, 1483 Duane St., Astoria, 503-325-0010, $2. KMUN 91.9 FM and KTCB 89.5 FM offer a live variety show featuring Beerman Creek String Band, the Troll and guests.
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Mr. B 7 p.m., American Legion, 1315 Broadway, Seaside, 503-738-5111, 21 +. Mr. B plays classic rock-n-roll music. Niall 7 p.m., WineKraft, 80 10th St., Astoria, 21 +. Niall Carroll plays pop, classic rock and folk music with vocals on guitar and harmonica. Bruce & Band 8 p.m., Port of Call, 894 Commercial St., Astoria, 503-325-4356, 21 +. An evening of original Texas roadhouse rock and continual soiree. Moody Little Sister 8 p.m., Public Coast Brewing Co., 264 3rd St., Cannon Beach, 503-436-0285. Evening Bell 9 p.m., Adrift Hotel, 409 Sid Snyder Drive, Long Beach, Wash. Evening Bell plays edgy honky tonk music.
Sunday, Feb. 26 Jazz Gospel 9:30 a.m., Seaside Convention Center, 415 First Ave., Seaside, 866-345-6257, free, all ages. Gospel opens the final day of the Seaside Jazz Festival featuring performances by Black Swan with Marilyn Keller and Blue Street with Sherrie Colby.
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Richard T. & Friends 11:30 a.m., Bridgewater Bistro, 20 Basin St., Astoria. Richard T. and friends performs a repertoire of blues. The Forty Fours 2 p.m., The Birk, 11139 Hwy. 202, Birkenfeld, 503-755-2722, $10. The Forty Fours are a Los Angeles-based band playing blues, roots and rock. Skadi Freyer 6 p.m., Bridgewater Bistro, 20 Basin St., Astoria. Skadi Freyer plays piano. Silver Lake 66 7 p.m., Adrift Hotel, 409 Sid Snyder Drive, Long Beach, Wash. Silver Lake 66 is the duo Maria Francis and Jeff Overbo, who combine tight harmonies and sharp guitar work steeped in classic country, rock and blues.
Monday, Feb. 27 Burgers & Jam 6 p.m., American Legion, 1216 Hemlock St., Cannon Beach, 503-436-2973. Silver Lake 66 7 p.m., Adrift Hotel, 409 Sid Snyder Drive, Long Beach, Wash.
Tuesday, Feb. 28 Brian O’Connor 5:30 p.m., Shelburne Inn, 4415 Pacific Way, Seaview, Wash. Acoustic jazz guitarist Brian O’Connor plays a mix of jazz standards. Blind Pandas 7 p.m., Adrift Hotel, 409 Sid Snyder Drive, Long Beach, Wash. Blind Pandas play acoustic folk and blues.
Wednesday, March 1 Thistle & Rose 5 p.m., The Bistro, 263 Hemlock St., Cannon Beach. Austin Quattlebaum 7 p.m., Adrift Hotel, 409 Sid Snyder Drive, Long Beach, Wash. Austin Quattlebaum plays Americana and southern acoustic folk-grass music.
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Welcome butterflies to the coastal prairie NCLC seeks volunteers for stewardship day set for Saturday
STEWARDSHIP DAY
WARRENTON — To thrive in the coastal prairie of the Clatsop Plains, native butterflies need particular plants to feed on at all stages of their lives. They also need sturdy plants where they can shelter on windy days. Continuing its restoration efforts in the coastal prairie, North Coast Land Conservancy is seeking volunteers to help plant a windbreak around its largest test plot in its Reed Ranch Habitat Reserve in Warrenton. A stewardship day event will be held at the reserve from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 25. Thanks in part to volunteers’ previous efforts planting early blue violets and seeding with additional species, native plants are beginning to thrive in the test plot. To encourage butterflies to visit the prai-
SKAMOKAWA, Wash. — The Friends of Skamokawa will reopen Redmen Hall on Saturday, March 4. The first event of the year will be the Antique and Vintage Sale, to be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. March 11 and 12. This year, the sale will be held across the highway from Redmen Hall in the Skamokawa Resort’s Conference
10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 25 Reed Ranch Habitat Reserve, Warrenton NCLCtrust.org rie to feed and reproduce, NCLC will be planting spirea, crabapple, twinberry and other native plants in the topsoil mounded around the edge of the test plot. If you’d like to help, contact NCLC Stewardship Director Melissa Reich at 503-738-9126 or melissar@nclctrust.org to let her know you’re coming and to get directions to the site. Wear sturdy boots and gloves. All equipment will be provided. Bring drinking water and lunch or snacks; there are no toilets or potable water on site. Dogs are not allowed on NCLC properties. Visit NCLCtrust.org for more details.
Take part in upcoming antique, vintage sale Room. Locals are invited to participate in this event by clearing out their attics and offering their “oldies but goodies” for sale. If you have items that could be considered antique or vintage that you would like to sell, contact Pam Emery at 360795-0884 in the early evening and she will set you up. There are differently sized tables and spaces available.
TAPA holds auditions for comedy ‘Funny Money’
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TILLAMOOK — The Tillamook Association for the Performing Arts, in partnership with Cyndi Lewis of Rob Trost Real Estate, announces auditions for the comedy “Funny Money.” Written by Ray Cooney, and directed by Becki Wilhelm, this hilarious madcap farce needs a cast of six men and two women with excellent comedic timing and ages ranging from 30 to 50ish.
The show will open April 28 and run through May 13. Auditions will be held at Oregon Coast Dance Center, 106 Main Ave., at 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 24 and again at 3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 25. Audition packets are available at the Tillamook County Library’s main branch, and on www.tillamooktheater.com. For more information, call 503-8426336.
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Yoga fest draws aficionados from around the nation Christen Allsop leads seventh annual festival By R.J. MARX
CANNON BEACH — In a city that values aesthetics, fitness and the spiritual, the Cannon Beach Yoga Festival appeals to devotees of all three. The seventh annual festival arrives Feb. 24 to 27 as a result of a grant from the Tourism and Arts Commission to the Friends of Haystack Rock. More than 200 visitors are expected for classes, workshops and concerts at Tolovana Hall, Cannon Beach Chamber Hall, Hallmark Resort and Tolovana Inn. Christen Allsop of Cannon Beach Yoga Arts founded and manages the festival, which she described as offering round-robin shuttles, scenic strolls, shopping and “lovely places to fall into for a lovely meal.” And don’t forget the yoga. “We’ve invited some world-renowned teachers on the yoga teaching and conference circuit,” Allsop said. Featured instructors include Judy Gudmestad, Aadil Palkhivala, Alan and Sarah Finger and Sarahjoy Marsh. “They’re people I’ve worked with and really
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Julie Gudmestad, a certified Iyengar yoga teacher and physical therapist.
Julie Yanko models at a yoga figure drawing class. The class will be taught again this year by Cannon Beach’s David Kinhan.
hold in high regard,” Allsop said. “They’re hand-picked because I want to have the best people coming from a number of different fields.” Classes focus on poses, alignment, energy work and the psychology of yoga. Meditation, philosophy, dance and art as well are integrated into the weekend events. Allsop’s brother, Cannon Beach artist and teacher David Kinhan, offers Saturday and Sunday classes in figure drawing.
yoga at the studio. “When my husband and I moved here 25 years ago, our daughter went to Fire Mountain School, then Broadway and Seaside High School.” A yoga teacher for 15 years, Allsop opened Cannon Beach Yoga in 2011. “Yoga’s grown so much over the last 10 years; now there’s actually a chance to sustain a yoga studio yearround,” she said. The studio on North Hemlock will offer a central hub for all of the festival
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“We’re offering a well-rounded scope that will allow something for everyone,” Allsop said. “I’m a firm believer if you put yourself in front of the best teacher, you’re going to get something wonderful from that teacher. That’s why I think it’s important for even beginners to study with masters.” Yoga has a long tradition in Cannon Beach, Allsop said. “There have been lots of great teachers who
have come through Cannon Beach,” Allsop said, including festival presenter Sarahjoy Marsh, teaching “Yoga for the Right Brain” and “Restorative Yoga” among other classes. A third of the attendees are teachers themselves, Allsop added. Allsop’s parents bought a home in Cannon Beach in 1978. Her husband, Mark Allsop, is the owner of North Coast Mechanical. Daughter Lauren Allsop — known as Lolly — teaches
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COA S T W Friday, Feb. 24
Saturday, Feb. 25 and affection is not entirely lost in a world of greed and dishonesty.
Thursday, Feb. 23 History & Hops 6 p.m., Seaside Brewing Co., 851 Broadway, Seaside, 503-738-7065. Seaside Museum and Seaside Brewing presents Jerry Sutherland who will give a talk on “Calvin Tibbets: Oregon’s First Pioneer.”
PBL Tournaments 8 a.m., Seaside, Warrenton, Astoria, 503-717-4308. Enjoy the excitement of the annual Pacific Basketball League tournaments held at schools in Seaside, Warrenton and Astoria.
8 a.m., Cannon Beach Yoga Arts, 251 Hemlock St., Cannon Beach, 503-440-1649, $190 to $375. The annual Cannon Beach Yoga Festival offers workshops, meditation, music and health/wellness treatments; multiple venues, registration required.
10 a.m. to 11 p.m., various venues, Astoria, $15, students under 18 free. The FisherPoets Gathering is a celebration of the commercial fishing industry in poetry, prose and song.
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7 p.m., Fort George Lovell Showroom, 426 14th St., no cover, all ages. Guest speakers Robin Cangie and Seth Tichenor presents the Philosofarian conversation “Does History Repeat Itself?” Seating is limited.
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Yoga Festival 6 a.m., Cannon Beach Yoga Arts, 251 Hemlock St., Cannon Beach, 503-440-1649. The annual Cannon Beach Yoga Festival offers workshops, meditation, music and health/ wellness treatments; multiple venues, registration required.
“A Sting in the Tale” 7 p.m., Barn Community Playhouse, 1204 Ivy Ave., Tillamook, 503-842-7940, $10 to $15. TAPA presents “A Sting in the Tale,” a witty, comedy thriller
that follows two playwrights who were once successful crime writers and are now struggling to write their next hit show. “Bye Bye Birdie” 7 p.m., Seaside High School, 1901 Holladay Drive, Seaside, 503738-5586, $4 to $8, all ages. “Bye Bye Birdie: A Musical Comedy” is a family friendly musical loosely based on Elvis’ journey into the Army in the 1950s. TAPA Auditions 7 p.m., Oregon Coast
Dance Center, 106 Main Ave., Tillamook, 503-842-6336. TAPA will cast six men and two women for its upcoming spring comedy “Funny Money;” auditions packets available. “The Curious Savage” 7 p.m., NCRD Performing Arts Theater, 36155 9th St., Nehalem, 503-368-7008, $15. “The Curious Savage” is an entertaining and fanciful comedy, giving the audience a feeling that kindness
7 p.m., ASOC Playhouse, 129 Bond St., Astoria, 503-325-6104, $5, all ages. Rudyard Kipling’s “The Jungle Book” explores the relationship between the human world and the animal world through a collection of fables using animals in a human manner to give moral lessons. Film Screening 7:30 p.m., Hoffman Center, 594 Laneda Ave., Manzanita, 503-368-3846, $5. Manzanita Film Series presents a selection of 12 films created by teens from the Pacific Northwest for the Fresh Film Northwest program; running time is 60 minutes.
Backyard Pruning 10 a.m., Columbia Pacific Heritage Museum, 115 Lake St., Ilwaco, Wash. WSU Master Gardeners will give a talk on “Backyard Pruning for Fruit Trees and Berries.” COASST Training 10 a.m., Arch Cape
Fire Hall, 72979 Hwy. 101, Arch Cape, 206221-6893. Coastal Observation and Seabird Survey Team (COASST) offers a beached bird training session: learn to collect data, identify species and more; registration required. FisherPoets Gathering 10 a.m. to 11 p.m., multiple venues, Astoria, $15, students under 18 free. The FisherPoets Gathering is a celebration of the commercial fishing industry in poetry, prose and song.
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Stewardship Day 10 a.m., Reed Ranch Habitat Reserve, Warrenton, 503-738-9126. NCLC is seeking volunteers to help plant a windbreak for native butterflies at the reserve; call to sign up and directions.
FOTF Equine Show 9 a.m., Clatsop County Fairgrounds, 92937 Walluski Loop, Astoria, 503-325-4600. The equine show is designed to encourage and recognize novice show riders of any age, showing in Western tack and apparel; points are awarded in English, Western, showmanship, trail, halter and lead line.
Documentary Screening 10:30 a.m., Neptune Theatre, 809 Ocean Beach Blvd., Long Beach, Wash., 360-642-9300, all ages. WellSpring Community Network will host a free screening of “Resilience: The Biology of Stress and the Science of Hope;” run time is 60 minutes.
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“The Jungle Book” 2 p.m., ASOC Playhouse, 129 Bond St., Astoria, 503-325-6104, $5 to $10, all ages. Rudyard Kipling’s “The Jungle Book” explores the relationship between the human world and the animal world through a collection of fables using animals in a human manner to give moral lessons. TAPA Auditions 3 p.m., Oregon Coast
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T W E E K E N D C A L E N DA R Sunday, Feb. 26 Dance Center, 106 Main Ave., Tillamook, 503-842-6336. TAPA will cast six men and two women for its upcoming spring comedy “Funny Money;” auditions packets available. “A Sting in the Tale” 7 p.m., Barn Community Playhouse, 1204 Ivy Ave., Tillamook, 503-842-7940, $10 to $15. TAPA presents “A Sting in the Tale,” a witty, comedy thriller that follows two playwrights who were once successful crime writers and are now struggling to write their next hit show. “Bye Bye Birdie” 7 p.m., Seaside High School, 1901 Holladay Drive, Seaside, 503738-5586, $4 to $8, all ages. “Bye Bye Birdie: A Musical Comedy” is a family friendly musical loosely based on Elvis’ journey into the Army in the 1950s.
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“The Curious Savage” 7 p.m., NCRD Performing Arts Theater, 36155 9th St., Nehalem, 503-368-7008, $15. “The Curious Savage” is an entertaining and fanciful comedy, giving the audience a feeling that kindness and affection is not entirely lost in a world of greed and dishonesty.
Yoga Festival 6 a.m., Cannon Beach Yoga Arts, 251 Hemlock St., Cannon Beach, 503440-1649. The annual Cannon Beach Yoga Festival offers workshops, meditation, music and health/wellness treatments; multiple venues, registration required. FisherPoets Gathering 9 a.m., multiple venues in Astoria, $15 to $20. The FisherPoets Gathering is a celebration of the commercial fishing industry in poetry, prose and song; check website for schedule.
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Labyrinth Presentation 11 a.m., St. Catherine’s Episcopal Church, 36335 Hwy. 101, Nehalem, 503-314-7318, free. Karin Temple will talk about the Labyrinth as a spiritual practice and how it has been incorporated into the congregation and community. “A Sting in the Tale” 2 p.m., Barn Community Playhouse, 1204 Ivy Ave., Tillamook, 503-842-7940, $10 to $15. TAPA presents “A Sting in the Tale,” a witty, comedy thriller that follows two playwrights who were once successful crime writers and are now struggling to write their next hit show.
Monday, Feb. 27
“The Curious Savage” 2 p.m., NCRD Performing Arts Theater, 36155 9th St., Nehalem, 503-368-7008, $15. “The Curious Savage” is an entertaining and fanciful comedy, giving the audience a feeling that kindness and affection is not entirely lost in a world of greed and dishonesty.
Yoga Festival 9 a.m., Cannon Beach Yoga Arts, 251 Hemlock St., Cannon Beach, 503-440-1649. The annual Cannon Beach Yoga Festival offers workshops, meditation, music and health/wellness treatments; multiple venues, registration required.
“The Jungle Book”
Farmer-Chef Connect
2 p.m., ASOC Playhouse, 129 Bond St., Astoria, 503-325-6104, $5 to $10, all ages. Rudyard Kipling’s “The Jungle Book” explores the relationship between the human world and the animal world in a human manner to give moral lessons. FOTF Equine Show 4 p.m., Clatsop County Fairgrounds, 92937 Walluski Loop, Astoria, 503-325-4600. The equine show is designed to encourage and recognize novice show riders of any age, showing in Western tack and apparel; points are awarded in English, Western, showmanship, trail, halter and lead line. PBL Tournaments 7 p.m., Seaside, Warrenton, Astoria, 503-717-4308. Enjoy the excitement of the annual Pacific Basketball League tournaments held at schools in Seaside, Warrenton and Astoria.
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1 to 3 p.m., CCA Regional Food Bank, 2010 SE Chokeberry
Ave., Warrenton. The North Coast Food Web invites area farmers and local chefs to meet and network at this free annual event. Peninsula Players Annual Meeting 6:15 p.m., River City Playhouse, 127 Lake St., Ilwaco, Wash., 360665-0028. Enjoy soup and ice cream, vote for board members and learn about this Long Beach Peninsula-based theater group.
Tuesday, Feb. 28 Community Dance 7:30 p.m., Astoria Arts & Movement Center, 342 10th St., Astoria, 503-791-5657, $2 to $10. The Bar-K Buckaroos will play country music and Western swing for a community country swing dance.
Past to Present
10:30 a.m., Columbia River Maritime Museum, 1792 Marine Drive, Astoria, 503-325-2323, $5. Past to Present lecture series features MAS archaeologist Scott Williams presenting “Lost Castaways & Mystery Shipwrecks on the Oregon Coast.” Documentary Screening 3 p.m., Hoffman Center, 594 Laneda Ave., Man-
zanita, 503-368-3846, $5. The Art of Aging/ Dying series presents the film “Speaking of
Dying,” followed by a discussion led by Claudia Johnson and Lane deMoll.
Wednesday, March 1 Angora Hiking Club
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1 p.m., meet at the 6th Street parking lot
(between 6th and 7th streets, Marine Drive and the trolley tracks), Astoria, 503-791-4123.
Melanie Ryan will lead an easy walk along the Astoria Riverwalk east.
Thursday, March 2 “Bye Bye Birdie” 7 p.m., Seaside High School, 1901 Holladay Drive, Seaside,
503-738-5586, $4 to $8, all ages. “Bye Bye Birdie: A Musical Comedy” is a family
friendly musical loosely based on Elvis’ journey into the Army in the 1950s.
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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.
Larry Kaplan, from Essex, Connecticut, plays a song on guitar during last year’s FisherPoets Gathering. Hear him perform 6 p.m. Friday at Wet Dog, 8 p.m. Friday at the Voodoo Room and around 8:40 p.m. Saturday at the Voodoo.
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The 20th annual FisherPoets Gathering celebrates oral traditions and the human experience By DAN HAAG
n the days of commercial fishing gone by, men and women would anchor alongside one another before the season got underway and read to one another over radios when fishing was slow or during late nights at the cannery. Driven by a desire to revive and sustain this oral tradition, kindred spirits decided to congregate in Astoria once a year on the last weekend in February to present original work.
It was dubbed the FisherPoets Gathering. Going on 20 years, the annual festival has evolved into a way for the close-knit commercial fishing community to honor one another through poems, stories and song.
A wide reach
Astoria remains proud of its fishing heritage. Established near the mouth of the Columbia River, the city was the hub of commercial salmon fishing in the 19th and early 20th centuries. With thousands of resident fishermen and scores of canneries lining the
river, the town became synonymous with the salmon industry. The FisherPoets Gathering — which takes place Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 24, 25 and 26 across 10 Astoria venues — honors that history, as well as those still plying cold ocean waters to make a living. Besides poetry recitations and storytelling, the weekend will feature films, workshops and live music. During this three-day celebration, audiences are given a rare, precious insight into the culture of the contemporary fishing community.
The Gathering’s oral tradition combines old-school fishermen and a new generation of poets and audiences, and it has evolved into a vibrant art form. The festival retains the character of yesteryear while discussing more modern themes relating to the fishing industry such as sustainability, concerns about the fishing industry’s future, and its relationship with the modern, often unyielding demands of the 21st century.
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Continued from Pg. 10 2017 marks the 20th year of the FisherPoets Gathering in Astoria, and it shows no signs of slowing down. Not only does the festival bring together renowned fisherpoets and musicians from around the North Coast, it also welcomes talented fisherpoets from all points of the compass such as Alaska, California, Hawaii, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Idaho and British Columbia. With its rise in imminence, it has garnered plenty of media attention, having been featured in media both national and international, including The New York Times, Smithsonian Magazine, the Wall Street Journal, NBC and the BBC. The U.S. Library of Congress has recognized the FisherPoets Gathering as a “Local Legacy” project, and the event has even spawned a genre, fisherpoetry. Hobe Kytr, director at Salmon For All, was involved in documenting many of the stories from now-deceased fisherman when he was on staff at the Columbia River Maritime Museum. The resulting audio-visual program was a national award-winner from the American Association of State and Local History. “It was the first real opportunity to get an inside look at the gillnet fishery,” he says. Pretty heady stuff for an event whose original intention was largely to give farflung friends a chance to gather in one spot. In all, close to 100 participants are expected in 2017 — up from about 40 at the original 1998 gathering. “It speaks to the connection commercial fisherman have to their work and one another,” says event founder Jon Broderick.
‘Unique and relatable’
The festival program includes a wide variety of performances including original songs, essays, riddles and poems. Each piece is delivered by men and women determined to keep the oral tradition alive while illustrating the abiding love they feel for a life that can be at once heartbreaking and rewarding. Above all, the Gathering is a chance for participants and audiences to enjoy the opportunity to connect and reflect as they listen to poetry. Broderick says the closest parallel comes from Western cowboy culture, where ranch hands would gather in the bunkhouse after hours of long, hard work and swap stories. “It’s a chance to bring kindred spirits together and tell stories about the work they love,” he says. The idea of celebrating work is part of what draws people to attend the event, despite the majority of them never having set foot on a commercial fishing vessel. “Their stories are human stories, set in an
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People watch video shot by Portland-based photographer Corey Arnold projected on a building during last year’s FisherPoets Gathering. Arnold will return this year.
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FisherPoets Gathering organizers Jay Speakman, left, and Jon Broderick will emcee and perform together Friday at the Astoria Event Center and Saturday at the Liberty Theater. Speakman will also lead a Story Circle at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the Astoria Event Center, where commercial fishing veterans tell tales about their work.
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Jeff Stonehill, of Seattle, Washington, reads his poetry last year at the Fort George Lovell Showroom. This year he will perform around 9:30 p.m. Friday at the Voodoo Room and during the 8 p.m. set Saturday at Wet Dog Cafe.
environment that is familiar yet unfamiliar,” says Joanne Rideout, General Manager at Astoria’s KMUN Coast Community Radio. “Their stories are intriguing, unique and relatable, all at the same time.” Stories heard at the FisherPoets Gathering can range from comedic to somber. There are graphic accounts of death and peril at sea, legends of buried treasure, melancholy love songs of a sailor, odes to herring scales, and musings on the thoughts of various marine creatures. “Everything you hear is real,” Kytr says, adding that people are often struck by the realization that fisherman are “truly deep.” “Occasionally I’ll talk to one, and they’ll say, ‘Well, I’m just a dumb fisherman,’” he says. “My response is always ‘I’ve never met a dumb fisherman.’” Rather than being intimidated by the festival’s material, laypeople have the change, Rideout says, to come away with not only a deeper understanding of what commercial fishermen deal with but also how it might be applied to their own lives. “They can learn about loss, strength in adversity, longing, triumph, failure. What it means to be human,” she says. “The stuff
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Last year, Anjuli Grantham, of Kodiak, Alaska, talked about growing up fishing on the west side of Kodiak Island at the Astoria Event Center.
of human experience, set in a challenging environment.”
A new generation
As the event hits 20 years, Broderick is not worried that enthusiasm will fizzle out any time soon, despite the fact that the fishing industry generally laments a lack of younger skippers. In fact, he says, a new generation of fisherpoets is already making their voices heard, something that pleases Broderick immensely. “I think if all the old guys just stepped aside today, the gathering would go on without missing a beat,” he says. Kytr, a musician, has been involved in the gathering since its inception and performs original songs. He likes what he sees for its future, not only at the event but in the profession. He sees it in the Columbia River gillnet fishery, at meetings with the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, and at Salmon For All. “We see an astonishing number of young fishermen, and most of us say, ‘I had no idea!’” he says. With that in mind, local support for the FisherPoets Gathering takes on a deeper
‘THEIR STORIES ARE HUMAN STORIES, SET IN AN ENVIRONMENT THAT IS FAMILIAR YET UNFAMILIAR.’ importance. Broderick says support has been there from day one and is only growing stronger. “I’ve never had to twist anyone’s arm in this community to help,” he says. “It’s always been ‘yes.’” Rideout agrees and feels that Coast Community Radio’s role as an arts and information organization with a community service mission makes it a good fit at the festival. Coast Community Radio will broadcast live both nights from 6 to 10 p.m. from the Astoria Event Center, streaming on KMUN 91.9 FM, KTCB 89.5 FM and online at coastradio.org “When we do this event we are showing off one of the gems of our community,” she says, adding that with KMUN’s broadcast and streaming ability, people all over the world can and do listen. More than anything, the event is meant to be fun. “It’s the highlight of my year,” Kytr says. “And I’m certainly not the only one in town who says that.”
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‘Vital to the human experience’ Two fishers continue to create art out of their working lives
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By DWIGHT CASWELL
For 400 years, George Wilson’s family has fished commercially out of Portknockie, on Scotland’s Moray Firth. He followed into the family business, and he also went to art school. Moe Bowstern studied creative writing and journalism at Northwestern University in Illinois, then became a commercial fisher just to show the men that a woman could do the work. She also became a poet, and when, in 2008, her zines were exhibited at Peacock Visual Arts in Aberdeen, Scotland, she met the artist they called “fisherman George.” Within weeks they were a couple. “The circus came to town, and I ran away with it,” says Wilson. Bowstern says she and Wilson are “open to each other’s schedules.” They collaborate on productions of the Paper Eclipse Puppet Company (yes, they do shadow puppet shows too). When Wilson is exhibiting his paintings, she provides support for him, and when she’s overwhelmed as a fisherpoet, he provides the help she needs. This month, you can see Wilson’s paintings at Imogen Gallery and hear Bowstern read her poetry at the FisherPoets Gathering. Wilson’s paintings are small watercolor jewels (the largest are 7-by-9 inches). Many are almost monochromatic, evocative of mist and rain, a background out of which a blue boat may materialize, or a green island, a smudge of dawn, or a red roof at a fish camp. Skiffs ands birds are small in an Alaskan landscape that is suggested more than represented. One might expect the size of the paintings to limit these landscapes, but Wilson manages to authentically convey the scale. The works are like Chinese and Japanese paintings, which Wilson has studied, in which form is more
Hear Moe Bowstern emcee at the Fort George Lovell Showroom Friday evening Feb. 24. On Saturday, Feb. 25, hear her read her work around 5:30 p.m. at the Astoria Event Center and around 8:30 p.m. at the Wet Dog Cafe.
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“Shearwaters, Uganik Island” a watercolor on paper by George Wilson.
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View watercolors by artist and fisherman George Wilson at Imogen Gallery, and hear poetry by writer and fisherwoman Moe Bowstern at various downtown Astoria venues during the FisherPoets Gathering.
important than perspective. “I like their quality and simplicity,” he says,”the way a landscape can be translated into a painting so it all fits together in shapes.” All of the watercolors in the Imogen show “Uganik Bay” were painted during seven weeks in the summer of 2016 when Wilson worked setting nets on Kodiak Island’s Uganik Bay in Alaska. Most of them were painted during his spare time in the fading light after a day’s fishing. “It was the first time I’d concentrated on art since art school,” says Wilson, “It was my first art residency.” Bowstern took her first job in commercial fishing in 1986, at the age of 18, and was told that she would never make it. Four
ARTIST RECEPTION ‘Uganik Bay’ 4 to 6 p.m. Friday, Feb. 24 Imogen Gallery 240 11th St., Astoria years later, a freshly minted writer without a job, she decided to go back to Alaska “to prove those guys wrong,” she says. “I like being challenged on so many levels.” She wrote her first fishing poem in 1990, while working as a deckhand. In 1995 Bowstern fished her first six-month season, living in a
rented “leaky hovel” that attracted a number of musicians and artists. She kept an “art box” in the tiny entry to the hovel, and all visitors were asked to either take or leave a piece of art. When the season ended, she took the contents home with her as inspiration for her first zine, XTRA TUF NO. 1. In 1998, Bowstern read her work at the first FisherPoets Gathering. Today, most of her writing goes into her zines, and much of her time is spent reciting her poetry at one venue or another. “When I’m fishing, a lot of stuff is happening in my head,” Bowstern says. “It’s a long season and a small boat, so I write poems and sometimes songs.” Like Wilson, she has combined art and com-
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“Across the Bay,” a watercolor by George Wilson.
mercial fishing. “Fishing is such a visceral experience,” she says. “In a time when people are building bigger houses and spending more time inside them, we’re exposing people to the outside, to simplicity. It eases people.” Bowstern has written poems since childhood, and Wilson still remembers the thrill he felt when his first drawing, done at the age of 5, was tacked to the wall by a teacher. Decades later, the two are still creating art out of their working lives, writing and painting in the certainty that, as Bowstern puts it, “art is vital to human experience.”
F i s h e r P o e t s G at h e r i n g CELEBRATING COMMERCIAL FISHING AND ITS COMMUNITY THROUGH STORY, POETRY AND SONG
Astor ia, Or egon
February 24, 25 & 26, 2017
R eadings Music Stor ies Films Open Mic wor kshops Auction Artwork by Ray Troll & Grace Freeman
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Welcome to the 2017
FisherPoets Gathering
As humans we’re wired for stories. There’s something within us that loves a tale with heroes and bad guys, with humor and heartbreak, with grand adventures and scary dark places. Stories are the oldest and still the most common art form on earth. A good story will quiet the background noise in your mind, dim the blinking lights of the present moment, and take you to another place and time. If the story is well told, indeed, you may find yourself laughing or crying or having the daylights scared out of you, or even suddenly feeling that same fog of joy and vulnerability you had the first time you fell in love. These days, most of us get our stories from movies or books or songs on our iPhones. On the last weekend in Febru-
The stories come live and unfiltered, straight from the hearts of men and women who have gone down to the sea in ships and come back to tell the tale.
ary, the stories come live and unfiltered, straight from the hearts of men and women who have gone down to the sea in ships and come back to tell the tale. Some of the performers may have spent a single season, or even just one day, trying to catch fish for money. Some have spent decades staring into the weather beyond the sight of land. But greenhorn or ancient mariner, all their tales come from the sea, and the sea remains the wildest and most mysterious place on earth. Some of the stories at the Gathering will break your heart or haunt you on the drive
Don’t forget your entry button!
Where:
The FisherPoets Gathering Gearshack, 1184 Commercial St. Buttons are also available in advance at: • Old Town Framing, 1287 Commercial St. • The Fox and the Fawn, 1008 Commercial St., • KMUN’s Tillicum House, 1445 Exchange St., • The Wet Dog Café, 144 11th St., • Astoria-Warrenton Chamber of Commerce, 111 Marine Drive, • And during the Gathering at all venues.
When:
FPG Gearshack is open 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Friday, Feb. 24 and 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 25. Closed Sunday.
Why:
Event button guarantees entry all weekend at all venues.
Price:
$15 per button Students under age 18 get in free.
home. But not all. It takes a lot of humor and horsing around to get through a long salmon season or a winter in the Bering Sea, and you’ll hear that side of the fishing life, too. Some of the stories will stretch the bounds of credibility, ever so slightly. But all of them are true in the truest sense because they come from the deepest human experience, and all of them are worth hearing. When the last poet or reader or musician walks off the stage, you will be glad you came. If it’s your first Gathering, you will wish it wasn’t. The Gathering is not strictly about the performances though, and it’s not a private party for mariners only. In some ways it’s like the old fur trapper rendezvous on the Missouri River: a once-a-year chance for fishermen from both coasts and Alaska to see old friends and make new ones in a community that is usually scattered and separated by large distances. But it’s also about welcoming non-mariners into a warm wheelhouse and sharing the experience of being alive and being a fisherman with them. The weekend includes workshops on knot tying, poetry, and song writing. There are film showings, tours, a dance, and, on Saturday night, an open, on-site poetry contest where everyone gets to write a poem and read it on stage. So come on down. Be thinking about that poem you might write. We’ll see you there. Toby Sullivan Kodiak, AK
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John Elliott of Saltspring, British Columbia, will read at 9 p.m. Friday at the Voodoo Room and during the 7 p.m. hour Saturday at KALA.
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FisherPoets Gathering Special Events Friday, Feb. 24 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. FisherPoets Gearshack 1184 Commercial St. Fisherpoets’ CDs, books and gear for sale. The silent auction opens for bids; bids close 4 p.m. Saturday. Hanthorn Cannery Museum Pier 39 Enjoy a self-guided tour of the oldest existing processing plant on the Columbia. Have a cup at Coffee Girl while you’re there. 2:15 to 3 p.m. Columbian Theater Two short films – “Siblings at Sea” by Charlie Ess and Inside Passage Waterkeepers film “We Eat Fish” by Kendall Rock – take you gillnetting in Cook Inlet and give you yet another reason to eat wild salmon. 3 to 5 p.m. WineKraft Open Mic. Drop in with a few friends and give your stuff a try. All are welcome.
with Elizabeth Herendeen and Melanie Brown featuring images by fisherman photographer Corey Arnold. 4 to 6 p.m. Imogen Gallery Enjoy a welcome reception for fisherpoets and fisherman-artist George Wilson. “Uganik Bay,” an exhibition of watercolors from a season fishing on Kodiak Island, continues 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. 11th Street and Marine Drive Mesmerize yourself by watching Portland-based photographer Corey Arnold’s projections on the wall of a building tonight.
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Saturday, Feb. 25 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. FisherPoets Gearshack 1184 Commercial St. Find fisherpoets’ CDs, books and gear for sale. The silent auction continues; bids close 4 p.m. Saturday. Hanthorn Cannery Museum Pier 39 Enjoy a self-guided tour of the oldest existing processing plant on the Columbia. Have another cup at Coffee Girl while you’re there. 10 to 11:15 a.m. Barbey Maritime Center “Act Locally to Stand Up for your Resource” workshop by Global Ocean Health with Brad Warren and guests. Learn how fishermen are leading the way to combat ocean acidification and climate impacts by building strong state policies to reduce carbon pollution. 10 to 11:15 a.m. Barbey Maritime Museum “Handy Knot Tying & Splicing” workshop with Dano Quinn. Make yourself useful around boats. Once you learn a bowline you’ll wonder how you lived without it.
3:15 to 4:30 p.m. Columbian Theater Commercial Fishermen for Bristol Bay has an update on the proposed Pebble Mine and Bristol Bay’s threatened future,
10 p.m. to midnight KALA DJ host Dinah Urell invites you back to shake your boots at FisherPoets Dance Club and late night cocktails.
Sunday, Feb. 26
results, followed by the traditional gospel sing, just for fun.
10 to 11:15 a.m. Pier 39 “The Diddliest Catch,” a community songwriting support group with John Palmes, Jon Broderick and friends. Let’s see if we can write a song together.
9 to 10 a.m. Astoria Event Center Harmony Singing workshop and Friendly Gospel Sing. John Palmes and friends lead a three-part harmony practice with surprisingly pleasant
10 a.m. to noon Astoria Event Center FisherPoets Gathering Farewell Mic. A very brief farewell read from lots of lingering fisherpoets.
11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. Barbey Maritime Center “Healthy Rivers of Our Future” workshop. Save Our Salmon with Sam Mace and Columbia Riverkeeper with Brett
VandenHeuvel discuss plans to stand up for the Columbia Basin as the Snake and Columbia rivers face threats from dams and fossil fuel. 11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. Barbey Maritime Center “Exploring the Underbelly of the Whale We Call Memoir” is a creative non-fiction workshop with Clatsop Community College writing teacher Nancy Cook. Bring a true tale, or just writerly curiosity, and put it to paper in this writing workshop. No experience is necessary. 11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. Pier 39 “Ballads and Shanties” with Mary Garvey and Dick Holdstock. Who wouldn’t want to sing along with these two legends and their friends? Or, come just to listen. 1:30 to 3 p.m. Astoria Event Center Story Circle: Hear commercial fishing veterans tell tales, true mostly, of adventure or tedium working on the water, hosted by Jay Speakman. 2:15 to 3 p.m. Columbian Theater Two short films – “Siblings at Sea” by Charlie Ess and Inside Passage Waterkeepers film “We Eat Fish” by Kendall Rock – take you gillnetting in Cook Inlet and give you yet another reason to eat wild salmon. 3 to 5 p.m. WineKraft Open Mic. Drop in with a few friends and give your stuff a try. All are welcome. 3 to 4:30 p.m. KALA Stop in at an artist’s recep-
tion for the art exhibition “Deep Blue” – part visual memoir of winter on the Bering Sea, part raw contemplation of blueness, by Nancy Cook. Choose an ocean nonprofit to benefit from sales there. 3:15 to 4:30 p.m. Columbian Theater “Songs and Poems with Columbia Riverkeeper” with Joseph Stevenson. Sing songs, hear poems and make plans to work together to protect the mighty Columbia River and the waters we love. Evening 11th Street and Marine Drive Mesmerize yourself watching photographer Corey Arnold’s projections on a city wall again tonight. 9:45 to 11 p.m. Columbian Theater Ray Troll and the Ratfish Wranglers in concert. One fish, two fish, dead fish, blue, they wish you was a ratfish, too. Expect extravagance. 10 p.m. WineKraft Singers’ Gathering. Looking for a place to sing together with friends? Didn’t get enough at the ballads and shanties workshop this morning? Stop in. 10:30 p.m. Astoria Event Center On-site poetry contest. The 2017 rules will be announced by emcees at evening venues during the festival. Everyone wearing a 2017 FPG button is eligible to compete. You’ve got one. Have a go. Audience applause helps determine which winning poem is posted on the fisherpoets.org website.
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The FisherPoets Gathering thanks its 2017 supporters Clatsop Community College for 20 years of abiding, visionary staff support and for equipment, KMUN Coast Community Radio for bookkeeping, for being our non-profit home, for promotion, and for broadcasting live Friday and Saturday nights, The Daily Astorian for donating, since 2013, the publishing, printing and distribution of our programs, The City of Astoria for its $3000 grant from the Arts and Cultural Fund to Promote Tourism Warrenton High School students for their $1000 CommuniCare grant through the Harold and Arlene Schnitzer CARE Foundation, Readership supporters for their $250 grants including Oregon Sea Grant, Jamie Jones and Katie Wood, Coffee Girl, Salmon For All, Englund Marine, and Fishhawk Fisheries, The Astoria-Warrenton Chamber of Commerce for national and regional press releases, The Oregon Folklife Network for its partnership and documentation support, Mimi Rose for donating space for the 2017 FisherPoets Gearshack, The Astoria Riverwalk Inn and the Cannery Pier Hotel for donating rooms to the FPG, Columbia Coffee Roaster for providing hot joe at the Gearshack and Farewell Mic, Our venues the Wet Dog Café, the Voodoo Room, the Columbian Theater, Fort George Brewery and Public House, the Astoria Event Center, KALA, the Liberty Theater, Pier 39, the Columbia River Maritime Museum and WineKraft for inviting us all in, Friends and businesses who donated to our silent auction, Volunteers who grease the FPG gears and, as always, Our fisherpoet friends who come, sometimes from very far away and always mostly on their own dime, to gather this weekend in Astoria with us.
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The crowd at the Astoria Event Center is eager for more fisherpoetry at the FisherPoets Gathering.
Navigating the 2017 FisherPoets Gathering
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This weekend every fisherpoetry fan will face the same pickle that every skipper faces during the season when a radio partner announces that fishing’s pretty good somewhere he or she isn’t. But every fisherpoetry fan can relax. There are no wrong choices at the FisherPoets Gathering. Whether you hunker down like a setnetter or race around like a nervous herring seine skipper, you’ll find reason to enjoy any of the FisherPoets Gathering evening venues. There’s a great evening waiting for fans and poets at each of them. The Wet Dog Café, alternately raucous and rapt, has been the spiritual home of the FisherPoets Gathering since the beginning in 1998. The Wet Dog seats 250 fans and offers its own beers and local, wild seafood and shellfish. Minors are welcome until 10 p.m. The Voodoo Room – intimate, quirky and often crowded – seats fewer than it sometimes holds and offers pizza and drinks to fisherpoet fans over 21. Everyone loves to read at the Voodoo. The Columbian Theater, cozy yet spacious, the site of so many quintessentially Astorian events, offers beer, wine and simple eats and seats 250 in nostalgic comfort. Minors are welcome. 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. Minors
are welcome always. KALA, host of the annual FisherPoets Dance, this year on Friday night, seats about 70 in an intimate but lively setting and offers a full bar for fans this weekend. Minors are allowed. At Fort George Brewery’s Lovell Showroom fans can enjoy wine or Fort George’s own brew with their fisherpoetry in a performance-focused venue. Minors are welcome, here, too. If you haven’t gotten your button elsewhere, pick it up at he FisherPoets Gathering Gearshack, 1184 Commercial St. Show your support for the FisherPoets Gathering and buy an enameled highliner pin or celebrate our 20th annual in a Ray Troll T-shirt. Wear these with pride. We get underway sooner than you think. You might start with a self-guided visit to the Hanthorn Cannery Museum at Pier 39. Mug yourself up at 10 a.m. at Coffee Girl ,and enjoy the river as it rolls beneath you. Back at the Gearshack, have a bid at something quirky or tasty or useful among this year’s Silent Auction items. Browse fisherpoets’ books and CDs. Before you take a seat for Friday evening’s fisherpoetry drop in at the Columbian Theater where, at 2:15 p.m., a couple of short fisherpoet films take you fishing. If you miss Friday’s show you can try again Saturday afternoon. From here on, you’ll have to make some choices. At the Columbian Theater you could inform yourself about
the proposed Pebble Mine and the threat it poses to Bristol Bay’s watersheds. Or you could see how open mic is going at WineKraft. Have a read yourself. You’ll miss a chance to visit with artist George Wilson at Imogen’s welcome reception, but that’s how fishing is. You can’t catch them all. Between venues, stop at 11th Street and Marine Drive for a while to enjoy Corey Arnold’s arresting projections on the wall. You might find yourself lingering there longer than you’d planned. Evening readings begin most places at 5 p.m. You can chase your favorite fisherpoets all over town if you want to or sit tight and hear some pleasant surprises. Every venue is a good one every hour. When evening readings have wrapped up, head over to KALA for the annual dance party. If you stay late, though, you might have trouble getting up in time for Saturday morning’s openers. The Gearshack is opening at 10 a.m. Saturday, a little earlier than before. But you can come back later because you’ve got three workshops to choose from at 10 a.m. and three more at 11:30 a.m. At the Barbey Maritime Center or at Pier 39 inform yourself further on the health of our Columbia and Snake rivers and of the ocean itself. Decide how to respond intelligently. Or simply learn how to tie a couple of really useful knots. Or tackle your own stories at the creative writing workshop, or write a song or sing all sorts of them
at the song writing and singing workshops. Mid-afternoon, visit the Event Center to enjoy a pleasant earful at the annual Story Circle where it doesn’t take much coaxing to draw a good tale from veteran fishermen and women. Then at the Columbian Theater join a festive rally to protect the Columbia, or, at KALA, celebrate Nancy Cook’s exhibit with her, or, at WineKraft, gather your courage, bring a few friends and read something of your own. And if, after the Saturday night readings, you’re ready to have a go at a bigger stage, bring it to the umpteenth annual on-site poetry contest. Don’t be shy. It’s a gathering, not a slam. Or enjoy Ray Troll and the Ratfish Wranglers in eccentric multi-media concert at the Columbian. Or head over to WineKraft and join the singers gathering there. Or maybe the Voodoo will let us linger for an open mic there. Stickin’ and stayin’? We’ll see you Sunday morning at the Event Center. There’ll be coffee. Arrive a little early and practice three-part harmony with us before a short, friendly gospel sing, followed by a lot of short, friendly fisherpoems as we say so long until next year. You won’t catch it all, but you’ll have a great weekend with us at the FisherPoets Gathering. Thanks for coming. – Jon Broderick Cannon Beach, OR
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FisherPoets Gathering Evening Schedule – Friday, Feb. 24 ASTORIA EVENT CENTER
Emcees: Jon Broderick and Jay Speakman 5 p.m. Curt Olson and Abigail Martin, Broadus MT Danny Keyser, Astoria OR Annie Howell-Adams, Friday Harbor WA 6 p.m. Ryan and Kyle Lutz, Portland OR Pat Dixon, Olympia WA Phil Lansing, Boise ID 7 p.m. John Palmes, Juneau AK Billie Delaney, Port Townsend WA Kirk Lombard, San Francisco CA 8 p.m. Jon Broderick, Cannon Beach OR and Jay Speakman, Gearhart OR Wilfred Wilson, Delta BC RK and Cherry Rice, Long Beach WA 9 p.m. The Brownsmead Flats, Astoria OR Tom Hilton, Astoria OR Don Pugh, Snohomish WA Erin Fristad, Port Townsend WA
KALA
Emcees: Toby Sullivan and Meezie Hermansen 5 p.m. Abigail Calkin, Gustavus AK John Hagerty, Seaside OR Buck Meloy, Bellingham WA 6 p.m. Joel Brady-Power, Bellingham WA Lorrie Haight, Long Beach WA David Bean, Portland OR 7 p.m. Jon Branshaw, Westport WA Mary Garvey, Seaview WA Tele Aadsen, Bellingham WA 8 p.m. Meezie Hermansen, Kasilof AK Rich Bard, Vashon WA Maria Dosal, King Cove AK 9 p.m. Will Hornyak, Portland OR Cary Jones, Eugene OR Max Broderick, Cannon Beach OR Toby Sullivan, Kodiak AK 10 p.m. Annual FisherPoets Dance
COLUMBIAN THEATER
Emcees: Ron McDaniel and Rich King 5 p.m. Mark Allen Lovewell, Martha’s Vineyard MA Brittany Retherford, Craig AK Alan Lovewell, Santa Cruz CA 6 p.m. Wayne Chimenti, Port Townsend WA Ed Edmo, Portland OR Maggie Bursch, Homer AK 7 p.m. Rich King, Kilauea HI Steve Schoonmaker, Kasilof AK Taylor Young, Ilwaco WA 8 p.m. Clem Starck, Dallas OR Shanghaied on the Willamette, Portland OR Vicki Horton, Port Townsend WA 9 p.m. Sean Talbot, Portland OR Matt Williams, Redmond OR and Elma Burnham, Bellingham WA Heather Talbot, Portland OR Ron McDaniel, Sulphur Springs AR
VOODOO ROOM
Emcees: Harlan Bailey and Lou Beaudry 5 p.m. Jerre Wills, Homer AK David Beveridge, Chico CA Hobe Kytr, Astoria OR 6 p.m. Jen Pickett, Brussels, Belgium Mark Alan Lovewell, Martha’s Vineyard MA Amy Grondin, Port Townsend WA 7 p.m. Harlan Bailey, Martinez CA Doreen Dahl, Roseburg OR Steve Willard, Marblehead MA 8 p.m. Pat Dixon, Olympia WA Larry Kaplan, Essex CT Duncan Berry, Otis OR 9 p.m. John Elliott, Saltspring Island BC Lou Beaudry, McCall ID Jeff Stonehill, Seattle WA Dennis Knagin, Sedro Woolley WA
FORT GEORGE LOVELL SHOWROOM
Emcees: Moe Bowstern and Mariah Warren 5 p.m. Patty Hardin, Long Beach WA Phil Meehan, Portland OR Lloyd Montgomery, Cordova AK 6 p.m. Irene Martin, Skamakowa WA Jim Toteff, Kalama WA Holly Hughes, Indianola WA 7 p.m. Mariah Warren, Sitka AK Geno Leech, Chinook WA Alana Kansaka-Sarmiento, Portland OR 8 p.m. Rob Seitz, Los Osos CA Art Anderson, San Francisco CA Peter Munro, Kenmore WA 9 p.m. Ray Troll, Ketchikan AK Lara Messersmith-Glavin, Portland OR Moe Bowstern, Portland OR
WET DOG CAFÉ
Emcees: Doug Rhodes and Dano Quinn 6 p.m. Larry Kaplan, Essex CT Dennis McGuire, Cordova AK Pat McGuire, Cordova AK 7 p.m. Doug Rhodes, Craig AK Brad Warren, Seattle WA Jeffrey Kahrs, Edmonds WA 8 p.m. Joel Miller, Portland OR Anna Young, Cordova AK Gary Keister, Port Townsend WA 9 p.m. Dano Quinn, Seattle WA Mary Jacobs, Ophir OR Peter “Spud” Siegel, Portland OR and friends
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FisherPoets Gathering Evening Schedule – Saturday, Feb. 25 ASTORIA EVENT CENTER
Emcees: Rob Seitz and Tele Aadsen 5 p.m. Toby Sullivan, Kodiak AK Mary Jacobs, Ophir OR Moe Bowstern, Portland OR 6 p.m. Hobe Kytr, Astoria OR Geno Leech, Chinook WA Wayne Chimenti, Port Townsend WA 7 p.m. Rob Seitz, Los Osos CA Vicki Horton, Port Townsend WA Alana Kansaka-Sarmiento, Portland OR 8 p.m. Doug Rhodes, Craig AK Mary Garvey, Seaview WA Steve Schoonmaker, Kasilof AK 9 p.m. Mariah Warren, Sitka AK Rich King, Kilauea HI Tele Aadsen, Bellingham WA John Haggerty, Seaside OR 10:30 p.m. On-site Poetry Contest
KALA
Emcees: Erin Fristad and Brad Warren 5 p.m. Dennis Knagin, Sedro Woolley WA Nancy Cook, Astoria OR Annie Howell-Adams, Friday Harbor WA 6 p.m. Anna Young, Cordova AK Wallace McDonald, Petersburg AK Steve Willard, Marblehead MA 7 p.m. Brad Warren, Seattle WA John Elliott, Saltspring Island BC Holly Hughes, Indianola WA 8 p.m. John Palmes, Juneau AK Dano Quinn, Seattle WA Taylor Young, Ilwaco WA 9 p.m. Erin Fristad, Port Townsend WA Ryan and Kyle Lutz, Portland OR David Beveridge, Chico CC Duncan Berry, Otis OR
COLUMBIAN THEATER
Emcees: Will Hornyak and Lorrie Haight 5 p.m. Patty Hardin, Long Beach WA Abigail Calkin, Gustavus AK David Bean, Portland OR 6 p.m. John Palmes, Juneau AK Pat McGuire, Cordova AK Dennis McGuire, Cordova AK 7 p.m. Arthur Anderson, San Francisco CA Kirk Lombard, San Francisco CA Lou Beaudry, McCall ID 8 p.m. Will Hornyak, Portland OR Lorrie Haight, Long Beach WA Hobe Kytr, Astoria OR 9 p.m. Jerre Wills, Homer AK Rich Bard, Vashon WA Ray Troll and the Ratfish Wranglers, Ketchikan AK in concert to 11 p.m.
VOODOO ROOM
Emcees: Sierra Golden and Lara Messersmith-Glavin 5 p.m. Wilfred Wilson, Delta BC Phil Meehan, Portland OR Irene Martin, Skamakowa WA 6 p.m. Sean Talbot, Portland OR Heather Talbot, Portland OR Joel Brady-Power, Bellingham WA 7 p.m. Sierra Golden, Seattle WA Cary Jones, Eugene OR Maria Dosal, King Cove AK 8 p.m. John Copp, Portland OR Billie Delaney, Port Townsend WA Larry Kaplan, Essex CT 9 p.m. Gary Keister, Port Townsend WA Danny Keyser, Astoria OR Lara Messersmith-Glavin, Portland OR
FORT GEORGE LOVELL SHOWROOM
Emcees: Buck Meloy and Tom Hilton 5 p.m. Jay Speakman, Gearhart OR and Jon Broderick, Cannon Beach OR Curt Olson and Abigail Martin, Broadus MT Max Broderick, Cannon Beach OR 6 p.m. Matt Williams, Redmond OR Buck Meloy, Bellingham WA Elma Burnham, Bellingham WA 7 p.m. Jen Pickett, Brussels, Belgium Rich King, Kilauea HI Tom Hilton, Astoria OR 8 p.m. Ed Edmo, Portland OR Mark Alan Lovewell, Martha’s Vineyard MA Amy Grondin, Port Townsend WA 9 p.m. Alan Lovewell, Santa Cruz CA Joel Miller, Portland OR Toby Sullivan, Kodiak AK
WET DOG CAFÉ
Emcees: Pat Dixon and Jon Branshaw 5 p.m. Rob Seitz, Los Osos CA Doreen Dahl, Roseburg OR Ron McDaniel, Sulphur Springs AR 6 p.m. Alana Kansaka-Sarmiento, Portland OR Jim Toteff, Kalama WA Harlan Bailey, Martinez CA 7 p.m. Jon Branshaw, Westport WA RK and Cherry Rice, Long Beach WA Shanghaied on the Willamette, Portland OR 8 p.m. Phil Lansing, Boise ID Jeff Stonehill, Seattle WA Moe Bowstern, Portland OR 9 p.m. Don Pugh, Snohomish WA Pat Dixon, Olympia WA The Brownsmead Flats, Astoria OR
LIBERTY THEATER
Emcees: Jay Speakman and Jon Broderick
7 p.m. Jon Broderick, Cannon Beach OR and Jay Speakman, Gearhart OR Maggie Bursch, Homer AK Geno Leech, Chinook WA 8 p.m. Jeffrey Kahrs, Edmonds WA Lloyd Montgomery, Cordova AK Peter Munro, Kenmore WA 9 p.m. Ron McDaniel, Sulphur Springs AR Meezie Hermansen, Kasilof AK Peter “Spud” Siegel, Portland OR and friends
FEBRUARY 23, 2017 // 19
Cathy
‘See yon hyeuk?’ says Cathy. ‘Yon’s ma life.’ Three-quarters of an inch of steel, Barbed at the hyeutter, bent, It glitters Like a jewel.
Tiny. Cathy, six stone, volatile as petrol, Wiry, lean, Puts on her shawl. Pleased to see you, kettle on, Deaf as a sharpening stone To every sound Except the wireless static crackle From the boat, A little whirlwind, She pegs the sheets out in the back yard, Scrubs the step, stirs the pan, Swabs the floor: ‘When fetther hord it was Another girl He slammed the door. Aye, but He couldn’t dae wi’oot dowters, ye kna.’ Cathy, bent Beneath the creel: Home from the mussel beds, the limpet pool; Six stone of haddocks haa’ked aroond Reed Raa’, Husband, in-laws, tugging at her, kin Needing her care, Mussels to skeyn, The boat to launch, lines to bait, claes to poss, Sons to bear; Cathy, bent with pains, Years; busy as a sanderling, Never still, Down the harbour with the barrow, eyes Blue as the Coquet, bright As steel, As hard, as sharp, as necessary As a fish-hook To the house, the men; Cathy, without whom A coble could not go to sea — as vital to it As diesel, or the wind. — Katrina Porteous, Beadnell, Northumberland, England (from Two Countries, Bloodaxe Books. 2014.)
What’s new at the 2017 FisherPoets Gathering If only fishing seasons were like this, each one the biggest yet. Who’s even had time to count all the fisherpoets joining us for the 20th annual FisherPoets Gathering? Not us. We’ve deckloaded seven venues with them, though, and welcome the new voices among us, young and old, come from far and near. From Alaska, Maggie Bursch, Maria Dosal and Jerre Wills join us for the first time. Kirk Lombard has come up from San Francisco. Abigail Martin joins her dad from Broadus, Montana. Washington sends us Elma Burnham, Amy Grondin, Annie Howell-Adams, Jeffrey Kahrs, Dennis Knagin, Don Pugh and Kendall Rock. Phil Meehan has come over from Portland. From here near the mouth of the Columbia Danny Keyser, RK and Cherry Rice, and Taylor Young have stopped by. We’ve had to start at 5
p.m. to get us all aboard. The Liberty Theater has invited us in Saturday night to be sure there is room enough for fisherpoet friends and fans. Like almost always, the FisherPoets Gearshack has a new address. This year we thank Mimi Rose for giving us 1184 Commercial for the weekend. We’re no longer wrestling there with old credit card machines and can thank Amanda Gladics for introducing us to 21st century technology at the cashier’s desk. You’ll find, among scores of inviting items at the silent auction and books and CDs by your favorite fisherpoets, Ray Troll’s terrific art on our 20th annual FisherPoets Gathering poster and T-shirts. Since space was limited this year at the Columbia River Maritime Museum, we’ve wandered down to Pier 39 Saturday morning for some of our workshops.
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Ed Edmo of Portland will read during the 6 p.m. set Friday at Columbian Theater and at 8 p.m. Saturday at Fort George.
There’s parking for most of you who aren’t taking an early walk. You won’t find Cold Stream tied up for a visit this year, unfortunately. Though she’s in good shape, Dave Densmore’s been in the shipyard himself. You might see him crutching around on a new ankle, a poem or two sticking out his back pocket.
Don’t bump him. In addition to extending open mic hours to 3 to 5 p.m. both nights at WineKraft, we’ve finagled an invitation from Rebecca Kraft to singers and their friends to gather there starting at 10 p.m. Saturday night. It could become a tradition. We’ve included in the program a lovely poem by fisherpoet Katrina Porteous who joined us a few years ago clear from England, which she sent this week with her good wishes for our 20th annual Gathering. Cathy celebrates a hard-working woman like those others we know, like us. See how it sounds aloud. Maybe ask George Wilson to read it for you. The rest of the 2017 FisherPoets Gathering should feel familiar to folks who’ve been with us awhile. We’re glad you’re here and look forward to spending the weekend with you, maybe the best ever. Again.
FisherPoets Gathering thanks its silent auction donors Come by the FisherPoets Gathering Gearshack at 1184 Commercial St. and have a look. Bidding starts at 1 p.m. Friday, Feb. 24 and ends at 4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 25. Astoria Business Equipment Company Adagio Astoria Coffeehouse & Bistro Astoria Co-op Grocery Astoria Holiday Inn Express Astoria-Warrenton Chamber of Commerce Baked Alaska restaurant Bank of the Pacific Blue Scorcher Bakery Bridgewater Bistro Brownsmead Flats Cannery Bunkhouse at Pier 39 Cannery Pier Hotel Cargo
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Mariah Warren of Sitka, Alaska, will emcee Friday at the Fort George Lovell Showroom.
Carol Newman Carruthers restaurant Clatsop County Historical Society Coast Community Radio Columbia River Coffee Roaster Columbia River Eco Tours Columbia River Maritime Museum
Columbia Riverkeeper Commercial St. Antiques Copper River Fleece Fernhill Glass Finn Ware Fishpeople Seafood, Duncan Berry Forsythea Fort George Brewery Four Winds Canvas Works Fulio’s Pastaria Gimre’s Shoes Gulley’s Butcher Shop Hotel Elliott Icicle Seafoods, Larsen Bay AK Imogen Gallery In the Boudoir Jill McVarish, artist Josephson’s Specialty Seafood Products LaRee Johnson & Andy Ciers Lightbox Photographic Gallery
Lost Art Originals Lucy Barna Jewelry Maiden Astoria Myhermade Design Mary Davies Meg B Jones Jewelry Old Town Framing Pat Dixon Photography Purple Cow Toys Ratz and Co., artist Dave McMacken Ray Troll Rogue Ales Public House Senator Betsy Johnson Sesame And Lily Skipanon Brand Seafood Studio 11, Jamie Boyd Studio 11, John Clark Sweater Heads Ted Messing Victoria and Anthony Stoppiello Warrenton Deep Sea Market Wild Product Seafood
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AVA welcomes new residency writers
Join a community country dance
ASTORIA — Michael and Momo Meow are the Astoria Visual Arts North Coast Writer’s Retreat’s newest writers-in-residence. The fourmonth residency runs through April 30. The Meow team has been working on an illustrated fantasy/science fiction novel for several years. “The novel shows how technology can hypnotize us,” says Michael Meow, “and the harm that can be caused when we neglect those around us.” The story follows Daisy, a girl whose parents abandon her for a virtual world. “It is very exciting work,” said AVA Board President Lisa Smith. “Michael and Momo hope their residency will result in completion of the book and, soon after, acceptance by a publisher. We will be keeping fingers crossed for them. In the meantime, we’re planning a reading from the novel, with
Bar-K Buckaroos lead the way Feb. 28 at AAMC
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A portrait of Michael and Momo Meow.
an exhibition of some of its illustrations, for early spring.” AVA’s North Coast Writer’s Retreat writer-in-residence program offers local and visiting writers an opportunity to launch new endeavors, revise works in progress, or conclude longstanding projects. The program seeks to provide writers with writing time and space in an idyllic setting. AVA’s PierLoft
Studio, at the base of 11th Street, features panoramic views of downtown Astoria and the Columbia River. AVA W-i-R is designed to encourage the creative, intellectual and personal growth of both emerging and established writers. A public reading of a sample of their work by the selected writers before the end of their W-i-R session is a requirement of the residency. All writers are eligible; however, the residency does not include overnight accommodations, and out-of-town writers must make arrangements on their own. For more information, visit: http://www.astoriavisualarts. org/north-coast-writers-retreat. html Astoria Visual Arts was founded in 1989 as a nonprofit membership organization to enhance, strengthen and promote the arts in the greater Astoria area.
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The Bar-K Buckaroos will play county Western music for a community dance Feb. 28.
The Bar-K Buckaroos will play traditional Western swing dance music in the style of Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys. The band is made up of North Coast musicians, featuring Brad Griswold on rhythm guitar, Dave Quinton on bass, Richard Thomasian on lead guitar, Tom Peake on drums and John Orr on pedal steel.
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Chinook restaurant offers handsome interior, heavenly cornbread Review and photos by MOUTH OF THE COLUMBIA
COLUMBIA RIVER ROADHOUSE
The Opening Soon sign sat in front of the Columbia River Roadhouse for months, so long folks began to doubt it. Eventually a reassurance was tacked on: “Really!” Indeed, renovation of the building that would house the Chinook restaurant took much, much longer than expected. What began in October 2014 and was thought to be in the home stretch toward the end of 2015 finally opened late last summer. And while a significant portion of that time-consuming work was in replacing the building’s creaky electrical and plumbing, fabrication of the interior was equally extensive. The Roadhouse is replete with custom metal work. The chairs, tables and bar — as well as so many little flourishes — are hand-welded. The walls and ceilings are coated in corrugated metal siding. Coat racks and door handles are cobbled together from wrenches and hammers. License plates and gas station memorabilia dot the walls. Edison light bulbs dangle from light fixtures made of old car parts. Reflecting the many blazing neon signs and flat-screen TVs, all of it is gleaming, both raw and buffed, heavy and slick. Creating the menu, one imagines, was less arduous. Joining Castaway’s Seafood Grille and Stormin’ Norman’s, the Columbia River Roadhouse is ownership’s third restaurant on the Long Beach Peninsula. The fare mostly dovetails with the vintage highway theme — big, meaty throwbacks. It’s familiar. I overheard one customer inquire if this was a chain, related to a Roadhouse-themed joint in Salem where folks toss shells of free peanuts on the floor. While there are free peanuts at the Columbia River Roadhouse, there is no
782 U.S. Highway 101, Chinook, Washington Rating: 360-777-8223 HOURS: 11:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily PRICE: $$ – Both good and lacking values SERVICE: Friendly, easygoing VEGETARIAN / VEGAN OPTIONS: Pescatarian? Nary a veggie burger. DRINKS: Full bar
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The Columbia River Roadhouse in Chinook, Washington, is replete with custom metal work.
association. “The peanuts are on the house,” a server said, “but not on the floor.” It’s also worth a mention that while there is a full bar, the place is family friendly. (Along with a cheeky gift shop, an adjacent wing hosts 15-odd pinball machines.) To be sure: This “Road House” is a far cry from Patrick Swayze’s. The menu is big. It feels like there’s a lot to choose from, though the options aren’t especially broad. There are sandwiches, burgers, seafood, steaks and so on. Some dishes are marked with icons: the chili pepper, of course, supposes a “Southern kick of heat”; the RH designation, a server explained, meant the dish was specially made in-house. I figured I’d stick mostly to RHs. Among them is Fall-off-theBone BBQ Ribs, which are served with the “signature RH Bourbon BBQ Sauce.” I wasn’t hungry enough for a full rack ($23.99) nor a half ($18.99). I zeroed in on the “Lite Bites” section of the menu, which offered three ribs and two sides for $12.99, and wouldn’t require an after-dinner nap. For sides I went with the Fried Okra and Broccolini and Squash. To my delight, a piece of Cornbread with Honey Butter was tossed in by the kitchen. I like to think the kitchen
The Mouth tried the Lite Bites version of ribs, which came with three ribs, broccolini, squash, cornbread and fried okra.
shepherded me in a direction the servers didn’t, as the cornbread absolutely made the meal. It was critical, buttressing the plate’s comfort — like pillow top on a mattress. The fried okra were crispy, a vegetable alternative to tater tots. The broccolini and squash were sopped with butter. The ribs themselves — and there were four rather than three — were hardly falling off the bone. But the crusted edges appropriated something nearing jerky, which I found enjoyable in its own right. The Roadhouse’s own barbecue sauce was easy, neither too spicy nor too sweet. Really it was the cornbread that was most irresistible, the ideal counterpart to the fatty meats and elemental veggies, a crumbly, simple, lightly sweet, spongy bread, with butter and honey on top and bottom. I found no such value, character or comfort in either the Po Boy ($13.99) or Tex-Mex Blackened Fish Tacos ($14.99). The Po Boy, which I had with prawns, came “dressed,” i.e., with lettuce and tomato. Should you want the more familiar version you’re free to make it yourself — slaw and pickles came on the side. But even after reconfiguration, the
sandwich was lacking. To call the doughy, un-crusted bread a “French baguette” is more than a stretch. Moreover, it was just plain bland — with none of the slurpy, tangy, messy goodness I look for in the Creole classic. While off the mark, at least the Po Boy came with a side of thick steak fries. At $15 a la carte the Tex-Mex Blackened Fish Tacos neared highway robbery. The cod did have a slight char, but there wasn’t a whole lot of it. To be sure: We’re talking about two just-larger-than-street-style tacos on white corn tortillas with a heap of with a mango salsa. You might recognize the salsa— cubed mango, red onions, cilantro and a few potent slices of jalapeño — from the Roadhouse’s sister restaurant, Castaway’s Seafood Grille. In ensuing trips I returned to red meat. The burger was ... a burger. With a pre-formed patty, the bun — which was similar to the one on the Po Boy — made better sense here. Otherwise, it was nothing out of the ordinary. The Meatloaf ($15.99), a blend of beef, pork and veal, was home-style. Like an iPhone-sized brick, the loaf was really salty,
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light on herbs, onions and bread-y filler. Along with a nice bit of caramelization and darkened edges, the top and bottom were coated with strips of bacon. (Not wholly, as the menu suggested, “bacon wrapped.”) Served on a platter with cornbread and choice of sides, I found myself, with Creamy Mac-N-Cheese and Yukon Gold Mashed Potatoes, adrift in a sea of basic, starchy, buttery salts. Once again though, that cornbread, flecked with whole, supple kernels — was what I couldn’t get enough of. After my meal I lingered, sipped a beer, and appreciated the handiwork and the elbow grease that the welders put into the Roadhouse’s handsome interior. And while ownership of this growing peninsula conglomerate were clearly willing to invest in building a handsome restaurant, significant portions of the menu longed for that same personal touch.
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Go for the king of English street food: fish and chips By THE CULINARY INSTITUTE OF AMERICA
Thanks to our global food community, we have more opportunities than ever to sample cuisines from the farthest corners of the world. Even in America’s smallest towns, food lovers are exploring traditional Indian, Ethiopian or Spanish tapas restaurants, and we’re constantly on the hunt for our new favorite. As our palates grow accustomed to savory spices and tongue-numbing chiles, it’s easy to forget the classics of our close friends just across the pond. With their quirky names like Bubble
and Squeak, Bangers and Mash, and Toad-in-the-Hole, we love traditional English pub fare for its comfort food appeal. When we think of classic English food, our minds wander to freshly made sausage, creamy potatoes and rich gravy. But maybe the most iconic dish is the king of street food: fish and chips. The Culinary Institute of America’s recipe for Fish and Chips gets right to the point. Flaky, tender cod in a crispy batter, served alongside twice-fried potatoes. For the perfect complement to the richness of the dish, we’ve added an herby
Fish and Chips Start to finish: 1 hour Servings: 4 2 pounds of skinless and boneless cod or hake fish Oil, as needed for frying Tempura Batter (recipe follows) Dipping Sauce (recipe follows) All-purpose flour, as needed Chips (recipe follows) Clean the fish and cut it into 3-inch x 1.5-inch rectangles. Heat the oil in a deep fryer to 350 degrees F. As the oil is heating, prepare tempura batter and dipping sauce. Place all-purpose flour into a sealable plastic bag. Place a piece of fish into the bag and shake it until the flour completely coats the fish. Dip the fish in flour to coat it and shake off excess flour and dip it into the batter. Remove the fish using tongs and briefly let any excess batter drip off. Carefully lower the battered fish into the hot oil. When it starts to bubble, release it. Cook until golden brown, approximately 5 to 7 minutes. Place on a paper towel to soak up excess oil. Serve hot with chips and dipping sauce.
dipping sauce that is creamy and tangy, thanks to white wine vinegar and capers. In the fish and chip world, a common debate lies in the choice between cod and haddock. Both are flaky white fish, with similar flavors and textures. Haddock may be slightly more flavorful, and a bit drier in texture, but both are excellent options. One consideration to keep in mind is that the Monterrey Bay Aquarium’s Seafood Watch (which advises on ocean-friendly choices when purchasing seafood) considers Pacific cod caught in Alaska to be a more sustainable option than
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Tempura Batter Makes 4 servings 3 eggs, beaten 1 pint sparkling water 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon baking powder Mix all ingredients in a bowl large enough to dip the pieces of fish. Set aside. Dipping Sauce Makes 4 to 6 servings 1 cup mayonnaise 1/2 cup sour cream
3 tablespoons chopped tarragon or chopped thyme 3 tablespoons parsley 2 tablespoons minced shallot 1 tablespoon lemon juice 1 tablespoon white wine vinegar 2 teaspoons finely chopped capers 3 finely chopped white anchovy fillets Tabasco, to taste Salt, to taste Mix all ingredients together in a bowl.
haddock in general. Our all-purpose fish batter is kept crisp and airy with the addition of sparkling water. You’ll love the crunch in contrast to the buttery fish, but it is also perfectly suited as a coating for chicken or vegetables. Try it on sliced sweet potatoes, onions, and even Brussels sprouts. To ensure a crispy exterior that isn’t too greasy, keep the batter as cold as possible and whisk it right before use. If you’re craving something green on your plate, fish and chips are seamlessly paired with sweet green peas (mash them for a classic English touch).
Chips Makes 4 servings 6 russet potatoes, peeled and cut into 5-inch x ½-inch rectangles Oil, as needed for frying Pinch of salt, and as needed for seasoning Rinse, drain and dry the potatoes thoroughly. (Alternatively, the potatoes may be held in cold water until ready to cook. Dry them thoroughly before cooking, or the oil will splatter when they are added to it.) Heat the oil in a large cast-iron skillet or a 14-inch wok, preferably one with a handle, over high heat until it reaches 300 degrees F. Add the potatoes, and reduce the heat to medium. Cook for approximately 15 minutes, gently jiggling the pan from time to time. Do not stir, to avoid breaking the fries. Remove the fries from the oil. Increase the heat of the oil to 375 to 400 degrees F. Add the fries back into the oil, stirring occasionally, and cook until golden brown, approximately 10 minutes. Transfer to paper towels to drain briefly. Season with salt and serve immediately.
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Hear the diverse folk music of Latin America at Clatskanie concert CLATSKANIE — The Clatskanie Arts Commission will present Grupo Condor, a touring folk music ensemble representing traditional styles of Spanish-speaking America, for a performance Friday, Feb. 24. The concert will take place at 7:30 p.m. at Clatskanie’s Birkenfeld Theatre, located at 75 S. Nehalem St. Grupo Condor’s concerts focus on the blend of Spanish, Native American and African influences that have created the tri-cultural art form of Latin American music. The band combines high-energy entertainment with multicultural and educational information and exploration. The band has traveled throughout the U.S., Canada, Mexico and Europe. Members of Grupo Condor are natives of Mexico and Peru and are currently residents of Oregon. The ensemble is dedicated to the preservation of their musical heritage, culture and traditions. The instruments used by Grupo Condor are comprised of three groups: • the string family of
Spanish influence, including the guitar, charango and ronroco; • the flute family of American influence, including the quenas, zampoñas and antaras; and • percussion instruments of both African and American influences, including the bombo leguero, chaj-chas, palo de lluvia and tambor de agua. During the concert, band members discuss the instrument names and origins between songs, giving the audience a more extended spectrum of the music itself and emphasizing the importance that each culture contributes to the music. Tickets are $18 for adults, $16 for seniors age 60 and older and students, and $14 for children age 12 and under. Seating is limited. Tickets are available at Hump’s Restaurant in Clatskanie. They may also be reserved at will-call by calling Elsa Wooley at 503728-3403 or 503-338-9770. Tickets will also be available at the ticket booth, which opens at 7 p.m. the night of the performance.
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Beachwatchers and birders wanted Peninsula Players set meeting Arch Cape training to be held Feb. 25 ARCH CAPE — The Coastal Observation and Seabird Survey Team will deliver one free training in Arch Cape on Saturday, Feb. 25. COASST volunteers help make a difference for the environment by collecting data on beach-cast carcasses of marine birds on a monthly basis to establish the baseline pattern of beached bird mortality on North Pacific beaches. Data collected helps address important marine conservation issues and protect marine resources. Through an interactive,
hands-on workshop, trainees will become acquainted with the custom COASST field guide, Beached Birds, and have a chance to try out their newly acquired identification skills on seabird species common to the North Pacific. The COASST training provides volunteers with the tools to monitor for potential changes in the marine environment and promote stewardship of local marine resources. COASST is a citizen science project of the University of Washington in partnership with state, tribal and federal agencies, environmental organizations, and community groups. COASST believes citizens of coastal communities are essential scien-
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ILWACO, Wash. — The annual meeting of the Peninsula Players will take place 6:15 p.m. Monday, Feb. 27 at the River City Playhouse, located at 127 Lake St. The theater is across the street from the Ilwaco Post Office. Board members will be elected. Soup and ice cream will be served at the meeting. Anyone interested in
learning more about the Long Beach Peninsula-based theater group is invited to attend. Those attending will hear about opportunities for volunteering with board positions, backstage help, building maintenance and other needs. The group has existed for 12 years and stages a series of shows in Ilwaco featuring
community actors, including a musical, a one-act play evening, a murder mystery play and other productions. For more information, contact Rita Smith at 360665-0028. The theater group is currently rehearsing the family musical “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown” for performances in March and April.
TAPA presents ‘A Sting in the Tale’ Playwrights’ perfect murder has dire consequences in comedic thriller TILLAMOOK — The Tillamook Association for the Performing Arts will present the witty and comedic thriller “A Sting in the Tale,” a play written by Brian Clemens and Dennis Spooner, directed by Chris Chiola, and produced by Diane Cross. In “A Sting in the Tale,” once-successful crime playwrights Nigel Forbes and Max Goodman are struggling to write their next hit show. While trying to come up with new plot ideas, Forbes’ wife, Ann, barges into the room, complaining bitterly about their lack of inspiration and their drain on the bank account. Feeding off the animosity of Ann’s nagging, Forbes and Goodman start writing the perfect murder — of Ann. But when the writing of the new play and reality get confused, their secretary Jill gets accidentally murdered. Star-struck detective Berry arrives and gets mixed up in the mess. Who is the body in the trunk? Who gets buried under the guest house? You’ll have to come see to find out.
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“A Sting in the Tale” opened Feb. 17 and runs through March 5. Friday and Saturday evening shows begin at 7 p.m., with matinees at 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 26 and March 5. New to the stage is Steve Lewis, who is cast as playwright Forbes. His onstage writing partner Goodman is played by John Pickering, who is new to TAPA but brings much theater experience. Anita O’Hagan plays Nigel’s wife, Ann. O’Hagan was most recently in last summer’s TAPA hit “Vanya, Sonia, Marsha & Spike.” Playing Jill, the secretary, is TAPA’s Val Braun, while Richard Coon, another TAPA veteran plays Detective Berry. Tickets for this production are on sale now.
Tickets are $15 per person, and children 12 and under are $10. Reserved seating is available through Diamond Art Jewelers, located at 307 Main St. in Tillamook, or call 503-842-7940 for reservations. For more information, email info@ tillamooktheater.com This production is presented with support from Yo Time Frozen Yogurt and Krazy Kat Publishing. Celebrating over 35 years in Tillamook, TAPA is a nonprofit community theater dedicated to providing high-quality performing arts experiences through entertainment, education and community participation. TAPA’s Barn Community Playhouse is located at 1204 Ivy St.
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ILWACO, Wash. — Learn the secrets of pruning. On Saturday, Feb. 25, Pacific County master gardeners will sponsor their first 2017 workshop, Backyard Pruning for Fruit Trees and Berries, at the Columbia Pacific Heritage Museum in Ilwaco. Pruning is vital to plant health and reinvigorates
plants. Now is the time to effectively prune ahead of spring. At this workshop, taking place from 10 to 11:30 a.m., participants will learn to prune effectively and safely. Attendees should dress for the weather. After the workshop, join master gardeners as they practice pruning outdoors in the museum’s native plant Discovery Garden, located behind the museum’s parking lot. The museum is located on 115 SE Lake St.
The Washington State University Extension Service’s Master Gardeners of Pacific County continue their fifth year of sponsoring a series of gardening workshops in conjunction with the Columbia Pacific Heritage Museum. The intent of this joint venture is to renovate and maintain a Pacific County master gardener garden at the museum. For more information, contact Elena Righettini at mrighettini@yahoo.com
ASTORIA — Each year, approximately 40 Oregon winemakers enter their wines in the Crab, Seafood & Wine Festival wine competition, the results of which are highly anticipated. If you can’t wait for the April festival to find out who the winners are, then you should attend UnWined, an Astoria-Warrenton Area Chamber of Commerce event that lets guests sip and savor award-winning wines immediately following the wine competition.
UnWined takes place 5:30 to 8 p.m. March 4 in the Paulson Pavilion and McTavish Room, located upstairs in the Liberty Theater, at 1203 Commercial St. At UnWined, guests get the chance to mingle with the wine judges to learn more about Oregon wine. Guests can sample wines and delicious appetizers while listening to live music by violinist Rory Holbrook. Best of Show for red and white wines will be announced, and attendees will
be encouraged to cast their vote for the People’s Choice Award. Tickets are on sale for $35 and include a commemorative glass, 10 wine tastes and catered appetizers. This is a 21-and-old event. Purchase tickets online at oldoregon.com or at the chamber of commerce office, 111 W. Marine Drive. Contact Event Coordinator Kelsey Balensifer at kelsey@oldoregon.com or 503-325-6311 if you’d like to volunteer at the event.
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Seaside High School presents ‘Bye Bye Birdie’ By KATHERINE LACAZE FOR EO MEDIA GROUP
It’s the late 1950s. Rock ’n’ roll idol Conrad Birdie, who has been drafted into the U.S. Army à la Elvis Presley, is preparing to leave for the military by working alongside his managers to stage a public farewell kiss with a randomly selected all-American teenage girl. What follows, according to cast members of Seaside High School’s production of “Bye Bye Birdie,” is a humorously dramatic, fun frolic featuring high-energy music, extensive choreography and a plotline of “everything going all wrong at the same time and kind of resolving,” senior Zeynep Payzanoğlu said. The play, written by Michael Stewart with music by Charles Strouse and lyrics by Lee Adams, begins in New York City. Rosie Alvarez and Albert Peterson, Birdie’s managers at Almelou Music Corp., concoct their scheme involving the rock singer and choose 15-year-old Kim McAfee as
the lucky girl to receive his goodbye kiss. The troupe, accompanied by Albert’s possessive mother, then head to Kim’s hometown of Sweet Apple, Ohio, and turn it upside down with raucous publicity, music and drama. “You see a lot of emotions all together — from Rosie, from Kim, from Conrad, from Albert,” said Payzanoğlu, an exchange student from Turkey who plays Rosie. “Everybody’s sort of happy, sad, angry, and they’re all happening at the same time. I think it is what makes this play really fun to act.” The cast of 17 has been rehearsing for a couple months under the directorship of English teacher LeeAnn Schmelzenbach, whose first experience directing was the high school’s 2016 musical “Urinetown.” The production also includes a technical crew of seven people and a four-person band, featuring musicians Bill Siewart, Julie Smith, Max Strozzi and Drew Weil. According to cast members, the show promises audiences a good time
with lots of spunk, comedy, intrigue and especially memorable music. They agreed “Honestly Sincere” is one of the best songs in the production. Sophomore Majestik De Luz, who plays one of the Elvis-style heartthrob’s many fangirls, added, “Our dedication to Conrad Birdie is pretty extreme, so I think that’s probably a good aspect of the play.” Another comical aspect, according to senior Adam Morse, who plays Albert, is the love story between his character and Rosie — and how Albert’s mother tries to get in the way using guilt-tripping and other manipulative tactics. In general, the students anticipate the audience will enjoy themselves as much as the cast has during the rehearsal process. De Luz said one of her favorite aspects of the overall experience has been “growing as a cast and really bonding with each other, just backstage or sitting out (in the cafeteria), waiting for our next part.” “We’ve really grown and made a lot of solid friendships,” she said. The process has present-
‘BYE BYE BIRDIE’ 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Feb. 24, 25, March 3 and 4 7 p.m. Thursday, March 2 Seaside High School 1901 N. Holladay Drive, Seaside 503-738-5586 $8 General admission $6 Honored citizens, children under 12 $4 High school students ed multiple opportunities for the students to develop as performing artists, as well. De Luz, an accomplished singer, is trying her hand at acting for the first time. “In choir, we did a lot of musical-type things, like singing and dancing, but acting was just a whole new step that I learned,” she said. Morse had to learn to waltz for one of his numbers. Payzanoğlu is strengthening her public singing ability.
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The cast for Seaside High School’s production of “Bye Bye Birdie” is preparing for the show to open Feb. 24. Other performances will be held Feb. 25 and March 2, 3 and 4.
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From left, senior Zeynep Payzanoğlu, sophomore Jack Stapleton and sophomore Chance Giguiere practice choreography for a song from “Bye Bye Birdie” during a rehearsal Feb. 8.
As for sophomore Seth Trevino, who plays Conrad Birdie, the challenge is portraying a flirtatious womanizer. “It’s not what I am at all,” he said. The cast also had to become comfortable with how the show subtly reflects the time period’s positive and negative aspects, including segregation, discrimination and misogyny. “It’s naturally in the play,” which was written in the 1950s, Payzanoğlu said. “We realized it while we were going through it.” Adapting to complex roles and the negative social trends reflected in the play, however, are part of what makes acting an art form requiring practice and dedication.
“Once you’re in costume, you’re really able to engage your character,” De Luz said. And when everything comes together, the auditorium goes quiet and the lights turn on, Payzanoğlu added, “It’s just magical for me.” Seaside High School’s production of “Bye Bye Birdie,” presented in arrangement with Tams-Whitmark Music Library Production, will take place Feb. 24 and 25 and March 2, 3 and 4. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., and the show starts at 7 p.m. General admission is $8 per person. Honored citizens and children 12 and younger are admitted for $6 and high school students for $4. For more information, call the school at 503-738-5586.
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Sharon Amber to lead drawing class History & Hops explores early pioneer Calvin Tibbets Youth-focused class to be held SEASIDE — The next History & Hops free local history lecture will focus on early pioneer Calvin Tibbets and will take place at 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 23 at Seaside Brewing Co., located at 851 Broadway. Calvin Tibbets, an obscure stonemason, ventured to Oregon Country in 1832 with the goal of settling Oregon by Americans and making it part of the United States. The only Americans in Oregon before Tibbets had been explorers, fur trappers, scientists and sailors. Tibbets’ perseverance set the stage for fellow Americans — first missionaries, then retiring mountain men and finally wagon-train pioneers — who eventually arrived in such great numbers that they overwhelmed all British claims to Oregon. Unfortunately, Tibbets died soon after achieving his goal, and all that he had done to achieve it faded into the shadows of Oregon history. Portland author Jerry Sutherland will focus on the Wahoni Milling Company, a grist mill located where Seaside now meets Gearhart that
Tuesdays in March at Tolovana Hall
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“Calvin Tibbets: Oregon’s First Pioneer” by Jerry Sutherland.
was created in 1845 by Tibbets and his neighbors Elbridge Trask, Tom Owens, William Perry and Edward Williams. Sutherland will invite questions and attempt to bring history forward by placing historical landmarks on today’s landscape. Sutherland spent two years scouring archives and visiting Calvin Tibbets’ haunts across Oregon, expanding on material collected by his father, Art Sutherland. His work culmi-
Portlander Jerry Sutherland researched historical figure Calvin Tibbets and makes the case for him being Oregon’s first pioneer in his new book.
nated in the book “Calvin Tibbets: Oregon’s First Pioneer.” History & Hops is a series of local history discussions hosted by the Seaside Museum on the last Thursday of each month at Seaside Brewing Co. The Seaside Museum and Historical Society is a non-profit educational institution with the mission to collect, preserve and interpret materials illustrative of the history of Seaside and the surrounding area.
Explore art, performance of Spaceness SEAVIEW, Wash. — The Sou’Wester Lodge will host the third annual Spaceness event Friday to Sunday, Feb. 24 to 26. Spaceness is a celebration of time, space and the unknown through experimental art, media and performance. Each year Spaceness takes over the Sou’Wester as well as the adjacent forest, seashore and wild spaces. The event is free and open to all ages. Examples of past Spaceness projects: • sculptural performance-based work, where small packages of food wrapped in parachutes were
launched from a cannon — visitors had to run to catch their lunch, • a replica of the monolith from “2001: A Space Odessey” was installed mysteriously on the beach, • a geodesic dome filled with hammocks and inflatable hot tubs was provided for all visitors to use, • a dance interpretation of sci-fi classic “Invasion of the Bodysnatchers” was performed, • a handpainted Roswell Crash Site Photo Booth was installed with a handmade alien crafted by a local puppet maker,
• an artist held a roundtable reading of the play “Macbeth” as if written by Philipp K. Dick. Spaceness is curated and organized by Portland artists Julia Barbee, Matt Suplee and Alison Jean Cole and has been awarded funding by the Precipice Fund, Calligram Foundation, the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, and the Portland chapter of the Awesome Foundation. The Sou’wester Lodge is lcoated at 3728 J Place. For more information, call 360642-2542 or email souwesterlodge@gmail.com
CANNON BEACH — Renowned artist and jewelry store owner Sharon Amber is offering a youth-oriented drawing class Tuesdays throughout the month of March. The series is designed for budding artists of middle school age and above. Lifelong learners (aka adults) are encouraged to enroll as well, either to sketch alongside their children or to expand their own creative toolboxes. The curriculum comes from Amber’s days as a volunteer, teaching at her son’s middle school. No prior experience is necessary. “I learned how to get kids to who had no art lessons interested in what they’re doing,” Amber says. Particularly, she enjoyed finding ways to engage with students who weren’t sure of themselves, or who had yet to engage with their own creativity. “My goal is to make the class more accessible to people who aren’t trained in art,” Amber says. “And to those who don’t know that art is accessible to all of us.”
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Cannon Beach jewelry maker Sharon Amber will lead a weekly drawing class at Tolovana Hall this March.
With pencil drawing, the class explores shading, perspective and more. “We will do little bit about art theory,” Amber says. “Once you know the theory then you can break the rules.” “Drawing is about observing,” she adds, “both what’s inside of you and out.” The class will meet at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday evenings throughout the month of March at Tolovana Hall, 3779 S. Hemlock St. The first class will be free for all, and classes will remain free for school-aged students. (For adults, classes will be $5.) Class size is limited. RSVP to secure a spot by emailing tolovanaartscolo-
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Urban wineries bring a new vibe to the wine scene By STEVE SINKLER FOR EO MEDIA GROUP
Suddenly, Portland has become one of the hottest wine regions in Oregon. While Portland is technically inside the Willamette Valley, the wineries located there don’t have their tasting room surrounded by acres of beautifully manicured vineyards to add to the experience. Instead, these urban wineries typically work out of cinder-block buildings with roll-up garage doors opening to their industrial-looking tasting room. The vibe can range from energetic to frenetic, but it’s always fun. Two of my favorite urban wineries, Angel Vine and D’Anu, make their precious beverages at Urban Crush, located in Portland at 2025 SE Seventh Ave. Winemakers Ed Fus (Angel Vine) and Joe Williams (D’Anu) have worked together for years to make wines that complement each other. Angel Vine is the only Pacific Northwest winery focusing on zinfandel. Fus sources his fruit from some of the most well-known vineyards in the Columbia Valley, including Stonetree and LeCollines vineyards. I really enjoy Angel Vine’s red blend The Hellion, which is a delicious blend of primitivo, petit sirah and zinfandel. Named after one of his daughters, The Hellion is big, bold and unapologetic. If you’re grilling a ribeye, you might find The Hellion is a wonderful companion.
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The D’Anu lineup offers more classic Oregon selections, such as pinot gris, chardonnay and pinot noir, with wines that hail more from Washington, such as sangiovese and cabernet sauvignon. D’Anu’s 2014 chardonnay earned double gold medal recognition from judges at the Savor Northwest 2016 wine competition, held here in Cannon Beach. This food-friendly chardonnay delivers tropical fruit flavors with a soft mouthfeel and would be a wonderful paired with Dungeness crab. Another of the hottest Portland urban wineries is the Teutonic Wine Company, located at 3303 20th Ave. SE. Teutonic is known for its crisp Mosel-style white wines, but the winery also offers a selection of Burgundian-influenced pinots. My current favorite is Teutonic’s Battle of the Cracken pinot noir, which is a delicate fruit-forward pinot. This wine would be a perfect companion with grilled salmon or portobello.
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Teutonic’s Battle of the Cracken pinot noir is a delicate fruit-forward pinot.
If you haven’t visited an urban winery yet, you should definitely do so. I’ve had people tell me it’s not the same as going to a winery with vineyards. While that is true, don’t hold that against urban wineries. If you’re a beer drinker, when was the last time you went to a brewery surrounded by acres of hops? For those of you who drink gin, rum or tequila, does your favorite distillery have sugar cane or agave growing out back? Probably not. So, don’t hold urban wineries to a different standard. These downtown producers of liquid nirvana just might knock your socks off. Steve Sinkler is the owner of Puffin Wines and The Wine Shack in Cannon Beach. He writes a monthly column about wine in the Cannon Beach Gazette.
Prolific in all temperate and cold regions of the Northern Hemisphere, with more than 300 species worldwide, willows grow alongside streams and creek beds and throughout wetland areas — basically anywhere the soil stays moist. Here on the coast, where rain is frequent and water ubiquitous, multiple species within this large family all feel right at home. Although only one species, Salix discolor, can technically claim the common name “pussy willow,” most scientific discussions, including this one, use the term to refer not to a specific tree or shrub, but rather, to the life stage of flowering that occurs for almost all willows. In this phase, every branch of the plant forms multiple budlike structures, called catkins, which are actually tightly packed arrangements of individual blossoms. Each blossom is accompanied by its own set of soft, silvery hairs; when pressed together, they create a kind of velvety overlay, which helps blanket and protect sensitive reproductive parts as they develop underneath. As catkins mature, they open to reveal either pollen-covered anthers (male plants), or sticky stigmas (female plants), and are reliant upon insects for
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A sure sign that spring is on the way, pussy willows, which are members of the genus Salix, can be found in abundance throughout the Columbia-Pacific region.
pollination. Lacking brightly colored flowers, which would act as attractors, they secrete a strong, pungent nectar instead, and this viscous liquid becomes a literal lifesaver for hungry bees that awaken in late winter, when food is scarce. Willows grow quickly and are easy to propagate; historically, they have been used by many cultures. In early times, the strong yet pliable branches were woven into baskets and furniture and also fashioned into nets for fishing. In ancient Greece and Egypt, the leaves were steeped in hot water and taken to break a fever. Native Americans
chewed on the stalks and stems of young plants to relieve pain. In 1828, the active compound in willow bark, salicylic acid, was isolated in its crystalline form by a French pharmacist; almost 60 years later, it was developed into the drug we know today as aspirin. A true harbinger of spring, pussy willows start blooming locally in late February and make a wonderful uplifting bouquet. Whether you plan to source them from the florist or your own backyard, take note: The time will soon be right to get out there and grab ‘em by the catkins.
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