by Portia Choi | Nov 19, 2023 | Events, Features, Future Events, Poems
A SPECIAL HOLIDAY FIRST FRIDAY OPEN MIC AT DAGNY’S 1600 20th Street 6:00 PM – DECEMBER 1, 2023 Communal Singing of Seasonal Songs and Sharing of Poems – ******* Come and perform your own or your favorite seasonal poems, words or music, for 5 minutes. ...
by Portia Choi | Oct 25, 2023 | Future Events
NOVEMBER 3RD FIRST FRIDAY OPEN MIC AT DAGNY’S FEATURING DAVID NILE CHASE Chase will be performing poems from his book, “Patchwork Poems,” containing poetry on an array of different topics and perspectives like an array of disparate cloth patches on the cover of an...
by Portia Choi | Oct 15, 2023 | Events, Future Events, Poems
SPECTACULAR SATURDAYS ARE HERE AGAIN! SPECTACULAR SATURDAY OPEN MIC – OCTOBER 21, 2023 – 6 PM ON ZOOM Join us this Saturday October 21st for Open Mic Poetry! Share your original poetry for 5 minutes – You may also share a favorite poem from someone...
by Portia Choi | Oct 11, 2023 | Events, Interviews, Poems
Interview with Catherine Abbey Hodges, First Friday Open Mic at Dagny’s, September 1, 2023 Interview by: Carla Joy Martin The back room at Dagny’s was packed at First Friday Open Mic on September 2, 2023. Catherine Abbey Hodges shared her lovely poetry and then the...
by Portia Choi | Oct 5, 2023 | Events, Interviews, Poems
Interview with Diane Lobre, First Friday Open Mic at Dagny’s – August 4, 2023 By: Carla Joy Martin There was an intimate gathering at Dagny’s Coffee Shop on Friday, August 4, 2023. We enjoyed poetry performances from Shelley Evans, Diane Lobre, Carla Joy...
by Portia Choi | Sep 28, 2023 | Future Events
FIRST FRIDAY OPEN MIC – OCTOBER 6, 2023 – 6:00 P.M. FEATURING SHELLEY J. EVANS “Making life rhyme until the bells chime” Shelley will share her poetry for the first 15-20 minutes, then the Open Mic will commence Sign-ups at 5:50 p.m. Light refreshments...
by Portia Choi | Sep 7, 2023 | Future Events
SPECTACULAR SATURDAYS ARE BACK!SPECTACULAR SATURDAY OPEN MIC – SEPTEMBER 16, 2023 – 6 PM ON ZOOM Share your original poetry for 5 minutes – You may also share a favorite poem from someone who has inspired you! Portia & Carla Joy will host this...
by Portia Choi | Aug 24, 2023 | Future Events
FIRST FRIDAY OPEN MIC AT DAGNY’S SEPTEMBER 1st, 2023 AT 6 PM PRESENTS: CATHERINE ABBEY HODGES POETRY AND THE PRACTICE OF TIME TRAVEL DAGNY’S COFFEE SHOP 1600 20TH STREET – CORNER OF 20TH AND EYE STREET SIGN UPS AT 5:50 PM Catherine will share her fascinating...
by Portia Choi | Aug 16, 2023 | Events, Interviews, Poems
Familiar faces and many new folks gathered round for the First Friday Open Mic at Dagny’s on July 7, 2023. The evening’s special format allowed each performer to share a poem written by someone else that inspired them, as well as performing their own work. ...
by Portia Choi | Aug 10, 2023 | Events, Featured Poet, Poems
LEE HERRICK COMES TO BAKERSFIELD Lee Herrick, the current poet laureate of California, gave a wonderful writer’s workshop at the Beale Library in Bakersfield on Saturday, July 29, 2023. There was a gathering of folks of all ages and backgrounds sitting at tables in...
