by Portia Choi | Dec 1, 2019 | Events, Featured Poet, Interviews, Poems
First Friday: Open Mic, November 1, 2019 Featuring Annis Cassells. Annis Cassells was the featured poet at the First Friday Open Mic at Dagny’s Coffee on Nov 1, 2019, she read from her book of poetry, You Can’t Have It All. Even though the event was over a year...
by Portia Choi | Jun 13, 2018 | Featured Poet, Pictures, Poems
Story by Portia Choi Photographs by Ezekiel Espanola LisaAnn LoBasso was the featured poet in April 2018. LoBasso has performed in California and nationally. She has performed as a featured poet with past California Poet Laureate Al Young and also in...
by Portia Choi | Jun 8, 2018 | Featured Poet, Pictures, Poems
Story by Portia Choi Photograph (at council meeting) by Ezekiel Espanola Don Thompson is the inaugural Poet Laureate of Kern County. It is a well-deserved recognition of a poet who has written about the south San Joaquin region for four decades. Thompson is a...
by Portia Choi | May 28, 2018 | Featured Poet, Pictures, Poems
Tim Vivian Brandon T. Beckett Bradley Christopher R. Craddock Chris Nielson Carla Martin Chris Cantankerous Dylan Gary Kneu Jose M. Lopez Jay Squires Mandy A Kaelah Stevens K. Chu & E. May Pawn Michael Charles Owen Mateo Lara Samantha Nichols Story by Portia Choi...
by Portia Choi | Mar 20, 2018 | Featured Poet, Interviews, Kern County Poet, Pictures, Poems
Liz Graynolds Emma Scott Shanna O'brien Michelle Moreno Tony O'brien Serenity Thomas Brill Emma Scott Mandy Anderson Elizabeth Privett Carla Martin Chris Nielson Elisha Risingz Caleb Fraley Alexander Victoria Quin Ellis Bodhi Samantha Nichols...
by Portia Choi | Dec 5, 2017 | Events, Featured Poet, Interviews, Pictures, Poems
Story by Shanna O’Brien Photos by Ezekiel Espanola It’s such a pleasure to see so many creative folks come out to support Kern Poetry First Friday open mic night at Dagny’s. As usual the room was full of artists and electric with energy as regulars and...
by Portia Choi | Oct 30, 2017 | Featured Poet, Interviews, Kern County Poet, Pictures, Poems, Uncategorized
Mateo Lara (1) Andrew Sanchez Caleb Coley Catherine David T DonThompson (1) Greg Stanley Hector Oseguera Helen Evangelista (1) Jimmy Borja JoseandJunior Kevin Shaw Mandy Anderson (1) Nikola Hermosilla (1) Ron McGowan (1) Samantha Nichols (1) Shanna O'Brien (1) Shelley...
by Portia Choi | Apr 29, 2017 | Events, Featured Poet
First Friday April 7 features Diana Ramirez and Thomas Lucero Story by Portia Choi Photographs by Ezekiel Espanola Event hosted by Kevin Shah The two featured poets, Diana Ramirez and Thomas Lucero, performed poetry in the “spoken...
by Portia Choi | Apr 20, 2017 | Featured Poet
Poetry, A Vital Part of Life By Annis Cassells “Today is ‘Poem in Your Pocket’ Day,” I announced to the woman I’d just met at my assigned table at the Women’s Business Conference. “May I read you a poem?” I asked, whipping a piece of paper from my...
by Portia Choi | Mar 13, 2017 | Events, Featured Poet, Interviews, Pictures, Poems
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 performed since 1980. A few of the places were the Mandarin Hotel in Singapore and MGM...
