by Portia Choi | Nov 2, 2025 | Events, Featured Poet, Poems, video
Video – Open Mic – October 3, 2025 – at Dagny’s Coffee Video with included Poets – First Friday Open Mic at Dagny’s, October 3, 2025. Kern Poetry Open Mic at Dagny’s Coffee October 3, 2025 at 6pm Carla Joy Martin is the featured poet. Our...
by Portia Choi | Nov 2, 2025 | Events, Featured Poet, Interviews, Kern County Poet, Poems
Interview with Carla Joy Martin, featured poet at Dagny’s Open Mic on Friday, October 3, 2025 By: Portia Choi Carla Joy Martin shared poetry with us from The Coffee Café, her second chapbook. Other participants in the evening’s Open Mic were: Q. What are two of the...
by Portia Choi | Sep 23, 2025 | Events, Featured Poet, Features, Poems
OCTOBER 3, 2025 – 6 PM – KERN POETRY OPEN MIC at DAGNY’S PRESENTS: CARLA JOY MARTIN Conversations, Connections & Community:A Cornucopia of Coffee Cafe Customers Carla Joy will share excerpts from her new chapbook, THE COFFEE CAFE Meet the unique...
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...
