Valley Poets February 16 at Levan Center

by | 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....

Poetry Out Loud 2017

by | 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...

Day of Poetry

by | 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...

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...

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...