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...
by Portia Choi | Mar 2, 2017 | Events, Featured Poet, Interviews, Poems
[Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”37″ gal_title=”Valley Poets Night”] Night of Poetry at Levan Center, Bakersfield College The “movers and shakers” of poetry were together to read poems of nationally acclaimed poets at the Levan Center on February...
by Portia Choi | Feb 12, 2017 | Events
[Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”36″ gal_title=”Valley Poets Highlight”] Don Thompson, the first Poet Laureate of Kern County, is hosting an event on February 16, 2017 at the Norman Levan Center for the Humanities on the Bakersfield College campus....
by Portia Choi | Jan 20, 2017 | Events, Pictures
[Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”33″ gal_title=”poetry out loud 2017″] Story by Portia Choi with Contributions by Martin Chang There was a first time event in poetry for Kern County on January 18, 2017. It was the Poetry Out Loud competition in...
by Portia Choi | Jan 11, 2017 | Events, Pictures
[Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”28″ gal_title=”day of poetry”] by Portia Choi The day was dawning when I arrived at Dagny’s Coffee at 6:55 am. The front door was locked, and there were workers inside with dim lights. When the main lights went on...
by Portia Choi | 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...
by Portia Choi | Dec 7, 2016 | Events, Featured Poet, Pictures
[Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”21″ gal_title=”Dana Gioia”] By Portia Choi, with contributions by Martin Chang Photos by Martin Chang On December 1, 2016 the California Poet Laureate, Dana Gioia, was the presenter at the December Room of the...
by Portia Choi | Nov 23, 2016 | Events, Pictures
[Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”18″ gal_title=”don at writers of kern photos by greg d. cook”] Story by Portia Choi Photos by Greg D. Cook Don Thompson, the Kern County’s first-ever Poet Laureate, spoke at the Writers of Kern (WOK) meeting on...
by Portia Choi | Nov 17, 2016 | Events, Pictures
[Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”17″ gal_title=”fan forum gallery”] story by Portia Choi November 7, 2016 was the opening of The Bakersfield Fan Forum at the Todd Madigan Gallery at California State University Bakersfield. It is being...
