by Portia Choi | Aug 19, 2025 | Events, Featured Poet, Future Events, Poems
MATEO LARA IS THE FEATURED POET FOR FIRST FRIDAY OPEN MIC AT DAGNY’S SEPTEMBER 5TH AT 6 PM Mateo Lara is a binary Latino poet from Bakersfield, California. They run Blastbones poetry events. Mateo will share their verse for the first 15-20 minutes, then...
by Portia Choi | May 31, 2025 | Events, Featured Poet, Interviews, Pictures, Poems
Interview with Catherine Abbey Hodges – First Friday Open Mic at Dagny’s, May 2, 2025. By: Carla Joy Martin Catherine Abbey Hodges performed her exquisite poetry for us, accompanied by her husband, Rob Hodges, on cello. Listeners were blessed by the melodic...
by Portia Choi | Apr 26, 2025 | Events, Featured Poet, Future Events, Poems
Free and open to the public! FIRST FRIDAY POETRY OPEN MIC – MAY 2, 2025 AT 6 PM Featuring: CATHERINE ABBEY HODGES reading poems from newly published book, Empty Me Full, accompanied by Rob Hodges on cello. Dagny’s Coffee Shop 1600 20th Street, Corner of...
by Portia Choi | Mar 27, 2025 | Events, Featured Poet, Future Events, Kern County Poet, Poems
APRIL IS NATIONAL POETRY MONTH! APRIL 4th – 6 pm – First Friday Open Mic at Dagny’s Featuring: SAMUEL RAIN BENJAMIN – Kern County Poet Laureate “open mind open heart, the thoughts of Dark Man Blues” Sharing his latest work for the first 15-20...
by Portia Choi | Feb 22, 2025 | Events, Featured Poet, Future Events, Poems
FIRST FRIDAY OPEN MIC AT DAGNY’S – MARCH 7, 2025 AT 6 PM LisaAnn LoBasso – FEATURED POET A creative spirit who adds much to our town, hosting performances & coffee at NX cafe, LisaAnn is a poet of renown, writing sensitive verse that will...
by Portia Choi | Jan 24, 2025 | Events, Featured Poet, Future Events, Poems
Free and open to the public! FIRST FRIDAY POETRY OPEN MIC – FEBRUARY 7, 2025 AT 6 PM Featuring: CATHERINE ABBEY HODGES reading poems from newly published book, Empty Me Full, accompanied by cello. Dagny’s Coffee Shop 1600 20th Street, Corner of Eye Street...
by Portia Choi | Dec 28, 2024 | Events, Featured Poet, Future Events, Pictures
CHANGE OF VENUE! WILL BE HELD ON ZOOM AT 6 PM – FRIDAY January 3rd (Dagny’s has unexpected building problems out of our control) FOR A ZOOM LINK, For information email: Kern Poetry! BOBBY PARAMO WILL STILL BE OUR FEATURED POET! Here’s to adapting and...
by Portia Choi | Sep 1, 2024 | Events, Featured Poet, Features, Interviews, Kern County Poet
Interview with Samuel Rain Benjamin, Kern County Poet Laureate 2024-2026 A formal announcement was made on Friday, April 5th, 6 PM at Dagny’s Coffee in Bakersfield To name Samuel Rain Benjamin as the Kern County Poet Laureate 2024-2026 Interview with Samuel...
by Portia Choi | Aug 28, 2024 | Events, Featured Poet, Features, Future Events, Poems
Kern Poetry Open Mic – Friday September 6, 2024 6PM at Dagny’s Coffee – 1600 20th STREET Featuring Samuel Rain Benjamin Poet Laureate of Kern County 6 PM – SIGN-UP AT 5:50 PM Share 5 minutes of your original poetry, songs, visual art! Light...
by Portia Choi | Apr 18, 2024 | Events, Featured Poet, Features, Future Events, Kern County Poet, Poems
2 OPEN MICS IN ONE! ZOOM SPECTACULAR SATURDAY – APRIL 20, 2024 WE ARE THE WORLD 4 pm Pacific Time – We will be joined by poets from the UK and across the US – all are welcome! 6 pm Pacific Time – Our usual Open Mic time – Poets from many...
