by Portia Choi | May 18, 2022 | Events, Poems
Spectacular Saturday May 21st Announcement and Zoom Link Calling all poets and creative people! Share your voice! Portia and Carla are hosting Spectacular Saturday Open Mic on Zoom, This Saturday, May 21, 2022 at 6:00 p.m. You may perform your original...
by Portia Choi | May 15, 2022 | Events, Interviews, Poems
First Friday Open Mic on February 4, 2022 For another evening of poetry, poets gathered to share their creations virtually. The poets included Carla Martin, Chris Nielsen, Christopher Robert Craddock, Jill Egland, Portia Choi, Sandra Hughes, and Shelley Evans. The...
by Portia Choi | May 7, 2022 | Poems
A transformative new publication, The WASTELAND The Wasteland is an exciting new publication by and for our community. It is a “collaborative project made up of local artists and writers from Bakersfield and the surrounding Kern County communities.” Its “goal is...
by Portia Choi | Apr 29, 2022 | Events, Interviews, Poems
In-person First Friday Open Mic returns to Dagny’s Coffee! After two years as a virtual event, First Friday Open Mic (FFOM) was held in-person at Dagny’s Coffee on April 1, 2022. The event occurred on the first day of National Poetry Month. The host for the Open...
by Portia Choi | Apr 11, 2022 | Events, Poems
Poets and Friends, As part of National Poetry Month (April), there will be another Open Mic on Spectacular Saturday, April 16, 2022 at 6:00 PM by ZOOM. Portia Choi and Carla Martin will co-host the virtual event. You may perform your original poem or song for...
by Portia Choi | Mar 28, 2022 | Events
Unleashed meets at 6:00 p.m. on the first Thursday of the month at Dagny’s. All forms of art are encouraged – spoken word, music, visual art, dance, performance art, comedy, acting, storytelling, and whatever else you might think of as art. Unleashed is hosted by...
by Portia Choi | Mar 28, 2022 | Events
Your Poem on the Writers of Kern Blog April is National Poetry Month if you’d like to include a poem in our blog for that month, please send an original poem. Established poets, emerging poets, and would-be poets all have the possibility of being published...
by Portia Choi | Mar 19, 2022 | Events, Poems
Hello Poets and Friends, To celebrate National Poetry Month – April the First Friday Open Mic will be IN PERSON on April 1, 2022. Event starts at 6:00PM at Dagny’s Coffee 1600 20th (Corner of 20th and Eye St) Bakersfield 93301. Poetry, Spoken Word and...
by Portia Choi | Mar 16, 2022 | Events, Poems
Hello All, Since 2016, I have edited an annual themed anthology featuring work by writers in and around Kern County. The first anthology was Writing the Drought, followed by Writing Work, Writing Flora/Fauna, Writing Sound, and Writing Fields. Writing Fields was...
by Portia Choi | Feb 24, 2022 | Events, Interviews, Poems
Kern Poetry First Friday Open Mic, January 7, 2022 For the first Open Mic of the New Year (2022) we enjoyed wonderful poetry and a time of sharing. Two of the performers had participated in poetry open mic a decade ago, at Russo’s Bookstore at the Marketplace. The...
