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...
by Portia Choi | Mar 2, 2017 | Events, Featured Poet, Interviews, Poems
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 16, 2017. Each of the presenting local poets read a poem by another nationally known poet...
by Portia Choi | Feb 8, 2017 | Featured Poet, Features, Pictures
Tony O’Brien was the featured poet at First Friday Open Mic on February 3, 2017. O’Brien is also a photographer and a jazz musician. He melded his talents of being a poet and a photographer for his performance. At the open mic, he had participants hold up...
by Portia Choi | Jan 11, 2017 | Featured Poet, Pictures, Poems
story by Portia Choi On the First Friday of January 2017, the featured poets at Dagny’s Coffee were Joseph Mosconi, Barry Michael and Maryah Paige Chester. They read from their poetry books which were in themselves a work of art. Each book was unusual and unique in...
by Portia Choi | Jan 5, 2017 | Featured Poet, Interviews, Pictures, Poems
Story by: Martin Chang Photos by: Greg D. Cook and Martin Chang top box photo provided by Chris Fendt Chris Fendt is inspired by different aspects of life. For Fendt, a chance meeting with a stranger, his favorite music, or quiet moments in Bakersfield, can...
by Portia Choi | Dec 21, 2016 | Featured Poet, Pictures
photos by Greg D. Cook story by Portia Choi Ara Shirinyan was the last guest poet of the Bakersfield Fan Forum at California State University Bakersfield (CSUB) Todd Madigan Gallery. He performed at the gallery on November 30, 2016. Shirinyan is a poet,...
