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Lodge Closed to Public


The Lodge will be closed to the public while we host Fish Trap. However, nightly readings on the lawn are open to the public. Please visit Fish Trap’s website for a detailed schedule of events: https://fishtrap.org/


Monday, July 10 – First Day of Summer Fishtrap!
2:00-4:00pm – Check-In
4:00pm – Welcome to Summer Fishtrap
4:30-5:30pm – Workshop Orientation
5:30-7:00pm – Dinner


Tuesday, July 11
6:00am – Sunrise with
Craig Childs
7:00-9:00am – Breakfast
9:00am-Noon – Morning Writing Workshops
Noon-2:00pm – Lunch
1:00-3:00pm – Youth Activities
1:30 – 3:00pm – Poet Laureate Panel Moderated by
Robert Stubblefield. Panelists:Anis MojganiRena PriestKim Stafford 
4:00-5:00pm – Open Mic Readings
5:00-7:00pm – Dinner


Wednesday, July 12
6:00am – Sunrise with
 Craig Childs
7:00-9:00am – Breakfast
9:00am-Noon – Morning Writing Workshops
Noon-2:00pm – Lunch
1:00-3:00pm – Youth Activities
1:30pm – Craft Talk with
Karen Auvinen – Living Memory:
Techniques for Making the Dim Past a Vivid Present
3:00-4:00pm – Maxville Heritage Interpretive Center – 100th Anniversary
Join Maxville Heritage Interpretive Center’s founder and executive Director Gwen Trice to discuss the work of storytelling and place making. Maxville Oregon was a segregated logging community in Northeast Oregon between 1923 and 1933, existing when state laws prevented Black people from living, working, and owning land in Oregon. Gwen will discuss how Maxville Heritage Interpretive Center is working to reimagine Maxville as a generational space which recalls the history of the site and seeks to make an inclusive space for continued historical process.
4:00-5:00pm – Open Mic Readings
5:00-7:00pm – Dinner



Thursday, July 13
6:00am – Sunrise with
 Craig Childs
7:00-9:00am – Breakfast
9:00am-Noon – Morning Writing Workshops
Noon-2:00pm – Lunch
1:00-3:00pm – Youth Activities
1:30 – 3:00pm – Generations Panel moderated by
 Shannon McNerney. Panelists: Roberto Ascalon – JaNay Brown-Wood – Jamie Ford – Luis Alberto Urrea
3:00-4:00pm – A discussion on
Debra Magpie Earling’s new book, The Lost Journals of Sacajawea with the Josephy Center for Arts and Culture’s Library Director and Fishtrap co-founder, Rich Wandschneider.
4:00-5:00pm – Open Mic Readings
5:00-7:00pm – Dinner



Friday, July 14
6:00am – Sunrise with
 Craig Childs
7:00-9:00am – Breakfast
9:00am-Noon – Morning Writing Workshops
Noon-2:00pm – Lunch

1:30-3:00pm – Youth Showcase

3:00-4:00pm – Fishtrap Fellows Reading
4:00-5:00pm – Open Mic Readings
5:00-7:00pm – Dinner