Friday, February 7 – 7:00pm
107 W. Main St. – Enterprise
Free Admission
The next Fishtrap Fireside takes place Friday, February 7 at Fishtrap’s event space on Main Street in Enterprise. Fireside also streams online at Fishtrap.org. The event features readings from two Wallowa County favorites, Robin Pace and Jon Rombach, plus a special guest from neighboring Union County, Gregory Rawlins.
Fireside is a monthly reading series designed to feature diverse voices of local writers. Each month offers a fresh look at what people of the West are thinking about and writing down. Since the program launched in 2013, more than 150 Wallowa County writers have stepped up to the podium or logged on virtually to share their work. Audiences have enjoyed a variety of storytelling including poems, fiction, history, humor, memoir, sci-fi fantasy, essay, travelogue, food stories, comedy, and much more.
Fishtrap Fireside takes place in Fishtrap’s new event space, the historic Bowlby Building on Main Street in Enterprise. Admission is free although donations are always welcome. For those who can’t make it to Enterprise, anyone anywhere can take in Fireside online at Fishtrap.org and on Fishtrap’s YouTube Channel.
February’s Fishtrap Fireside is sponsored by Diane Daggett / Ruby Peak Realty
More on the featured readers for February below:
Gregory Rawlins
Gregory Rawlins was born in lush and rainy Port Orchard, Washington, and when he wasn’t building forts or popping wheelies, he was marveling at the beauty of the natural world. Through a love for poetry and theatre, Rawlins began writing and performing his homespun songs in the mid 2000s, and hasn’t looked back– recording 15 full-length albums– including “Pale Marble Movie” and “Ma”– two drastically different albums, released this past December 6th. From folk to hard rock to experimental, nothing seems off the table for exploration. “I see so many parallels between going for a hike and wandering through the studio searching for an untapped wilderness of expression,” says the artist. “Both places replenish me, give me joy, and are (for the most part) good for my health.” Rawlins also teaches Language Arts and Drama at North Powder Charter School.
Robin Pace
Robin Pace is a weaver of many things. Words, water, time, and one day maybe even textiles. She grew up splitting time between the rural high deserts of Nevada during the school year and Wallowa county on her Gram’s farm (also known as “never never land”) in summers. In college she created her own degree, which combined Psychology, Public health, and was centered around American Sign Language. After graduation thanks to the suggestion of a dear friend, Robin began working for Winding Waters River Expeditions. Thirteen years later, she has only grown more captivated by the power of waters and the depths they carve. If you find Robin in the county she might be dancing, sewing boats, or laughing with friends. Otherwise she’s down river, writing by headlamp, sweeping the canyon for story, and popping up a mighty fine kitchen on the banks.
Jon Rombach
Jon Rombach was a columnist in the Chieftain for a while there. His composting toilet essay, “Dealing With It,” was published in Mother Earth News, Utne Reader and Rhetorical Contexts: Readings for Writers. A book project titled, “I Don’t Know How Deep the River Is Right Here: Testimony of a Whitewater Rafting Guide,” has been on slow simmer for years and the title is currently about as long as the whole draft.