by Portia Choi | Dec 28, 2024 | Events, Featured Poet, Future Events, Pictures
CHANGE OF VENUE! WILL BE HELD ON ZOOM AT 6 PM – FRIDAY January 3rd (Dagny’s has unexpected building problems out of our control) FOR A ZOOM LINK, For information email: Kern Poetry! BOBBY PARAMO WILL STILL BE OUR FEATURED POET! Here’s to adapting and...
by Portia Choi | Nov 26, 2024 | Events, Features, Future Events, Poems
> DAGNY’S OPEN MIC – NEW TIME – >5 PM – 6:45 PM < – 12/6/24< NEW SPECIAL TIME! 5:00 – 6:45 pm Sign ups at 4:50 pm HOLIDAY FIRST FRIDAY OPEN MIC – AT DAGNY’S DECEMBER 6, 2024 If you like, stick around to hear an...
by Portia Choi | Nov 11, 2024 | Events, Features, Future Events, Poems
ZOOM POETRY OPEN MIC – SPECTACULAR SATURDAY November 16 – 6 PM PT – SHARE POEMS Have you written a poem that needs to breathe? Do you wish your words to take a life of their own? You have an opportunity to make your poems become ALIVE! JOIN US...
by Portia Choi | Oct 28, 2024 | Events, Interviews, Poems
Interview with Bobby Paramo, from First Friday Open Mic at Dagny’s on October 4, 2024 By: Carla Joy Martin There was a stalwart crew of poets and friends who attended this month’s Open Mic in the backroom of Dagny’s Coffee Shop. Participants were encouraged to share...
by Portia Choi | Oct 24, 2024 | Events, Future Events, Poems
FIRST FRIDAY, November 1st, 2024 AT 6 PM – OPEN MIC AT DAGNY’S Featuring Jorge Guillen with Musico Arturo Marquez about: “The Story is the Journey, the Journey is the Story” SIGN-UP AT 5:50 PM Share 5 minutes of your original poetry, songs, visual art!...
by Portia Choi | Oct 10, 2024 | Events, Features, Future Events, Poems
SPECTACULAR SATURDAY POETRY OPEN MIC ON ZOOM – OCTOBER 19, 6 – 7 PM PST ORIGINAL POEMS FOR UP TO 5 MINUTES * * * Have you been blessed by the arrival of a new poem in your mind? Have you found an old poem that surprised you, how good it is? Bring your...
by Portia Choi | Oct 4, 2024 | Events, Features, Future Events, Interviews, Poems
Interview with Saxon Cross-Peavler – Dagny’s First Friday Open Mic – September 6, 2024 By: Carla Joy Martin We had a full house and many new faces interspersed with the old and familiar friends at Dagny’s – all gathered to honor Samuel Rain...
by Portia Choi | Sep 27, 2024 | Events, Future Events, Poems
IN PERSON – Open Mic – Friday October 4, 2024 Starts 6PM Poetry, Spoken Word and Music. Original creations for 5 min. AND/OR A person can read or perform a favorite poem words or songs that are in the Public...
by Portia Choi | Sep 14, 2024 | Events, Features, Future Events, Poems
It’s that time again! SPECTACULAR SATURDAY! SEPTEMBER 21st on ZOOM – POETRY OPEN MIC at 6 PM (PDT) THEME: AUTUMN LEAVES FALLING SHORTER DAYS CRISP COOL AIR WINTER COMING or write about whatever is on your mind! – To join the Open Mic, respond to this...
by Portia Choi | Sep 1, 2024 | Events, Featured Poet, Features, Interviews, Kern County Poet
Interview with Samuel Rain Benjamin, Kern County Poet Laureate 2024-2026 A formal announcement was made on Friday, April 5th, 6 PM at Dagny’s Coffee in Bakersfield To name Samuel Rain Benjamin as the Kern County Poet Laureate 2024-2026 Interview with Samuel...
