Upcoming Poetry Events in January 2017

by | Dec 28, 2016 | Events

[Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”25″ gal_title=”fan forum gallery”]   Story by Portia Choi   The First Friday Open Mic on January 6, 2017 will feature The Bakersfield Fan Forum.   The event will start at 6:00 pm at Dagny’s Coffee located...

Open Mic: December 2016

by | Dec 14, 2016 | Featured Poet, Pictures

[Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”22″ gal_title=”open mic december 2016″] The Open Mic for December 2016 featured Yaritza I. Castro. Castro has been an active member of the poetry community and has performed at the Open Mic several times. She read...

Featured Poet: Yaritza I. Castro

by | Nov 30, 2016 | Featured Poet, Pictures

[Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”19″ gal_title=”Yaritza Featured”] Story by Portia Choi Photos by Martin Chang Yaritza I. Castro is another poet who found a place to express her writing at First Friday Open Mic at Dagny’s Coffee.  She started...

November Open Mic 2016

by | Nov 10, 2016 | Events, Pictures

[Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”16″ gal_title=”November 2016″]   Story by Portia Choi There was extraordinary excitement at the First Friday Open Mic on November 4.  There was a standing-room only crowd.  That wasn’t all.  There have been...

October Open Mic 2016

by | Nov 2, 2016 | Events, Pictures

[Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”15″ gal_title=”Open Mic oct. 2016″] These were photos taken at Dagny’s on October 7th 2016. The featured poets were Heavy Vinyl who performed their new song “Rock and Roll Beauty Queen” and between...

Featured Poet: Mateo Lara

by | Oct 27, 2016 | Featured Poet, Pictures

[Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”14″ gal_title=”Mateo featured”] Mateo Lara performs his poems regularly at the First Friday Open Mic at Dagny’s for over a year. He has recently published his first collection of poetry, “Keta-Miha and Other Poems.”...