by Portia Choi | Jul 29, 2017 | Events, Pictures, Poems
[Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”50″ gal_title=”Open Mic July 7, 2017″] First Friday Open Mic Story by Alex Victoria Photos by Ezekiel Espanola Like too many other Bakersfield summer days, the heat had not abated going into the afternoon, but...
by Portia Choi | Jul 20, 2017 | Events, Pictures
Story by Portia Choi Photographs by Martin Chang and Portia Choi [Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”49″ gal_title=”Second Chances”] A new charter school in Bakersfield, Foundation For Second Chances, had poetry as part of their developing leadership...
by Portia Choi | Jul 12, 2017 | Events
By Martin Chang Photos provided by Nancy McCallion Nancy McCallion and Danny Krieger will be performing at Sheridan House on July 14. Call 661-371-6118 for information. Suggested donation is 10 to 20 dollars. They perform a mix of traditional folk music and...
by Portia Choi | Jun 27, 2017 | Events, Pictures
[Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”47″ gal_title=”First Friday June 2017″] Story by Portia Choi Photos by Martin Chang At the June 2 open mic, Norma Camorlinga performed her poems before moving to the East Coast. She has been performing...
by Portia Choi | Jun 14, 2017 | Events, Pictures
[Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”46″ gal_title=”Brendan”] By Martin Chang and Portia Choi Photos by Portia Choi and Martin Chang When Brendan Constantine shopped at big box stores, he saw the same word over and over. “I was shopping at a place like...
by Portia Choi | Jun 1, 2017 | Events, Pictures
[Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”45″ gal_title=”May 2017 Open Mic”] Story by Portia Choi Photographs by Ezekiel Espanola The councilman, Andrae Gonzalez, came to the open mic on May 5, 2017. He represents the Bakersfield downtown area that includes...
by Portia Choi | Apr 29, 2017 | Events, Featured Poet
[Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”41″ gal_title=”April 2017 Open Mic”] First Friday April 7 features Diana Ramirez and Thomas Lucero Story by Portia Choi Photographs by Ezekiel Espanola Event hosted by Kevin Shah...
by Portia Choi | Apr 19, 2017 | Events
[Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”40″ gal_title=”Juan Felipe Herrera”] Story by Portia Choi Photograph by Ezekiel Espanola There is excitement in the auditorium. The first Latino to be named...
by Portia Choi | Apr 12, 2017 | Events, Features
(Katie Collins & Assemblyman Vince Fong) For the first time, Katie Collins, represented Kern County at the Poetry Out Loud competition held in Sacramento. The competition lasted two days and began on Sunday, March 12. Forty-four students competed from all over...
by Portia Choi | Mar 13, 2017 | Events, Featured Poet, Interviews, Pictures, Poems
[Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”38″ gal_title=”March 2017 Open Mic”] Shanna O’Brien was the featured performer at the Open Mic on March 3. The Open Mic is held at Dagny Coffee, downtown Bakersfield, every First Friday at 6:00 pm. O’Brien has...
