by Portia Choi | Apr 29, 2017 | Events, Featured Poet
[Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”41″ gal_title=”April 2017 Open Mic”] First Friday April 7 features Diana Ramirez and Thomas Lucero Story by Portia Choi Photographs by Ezekiel Espanola Event hosted by Kevin Shah...
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
[Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”38″ gal_title=”March 2017 Open Mic”] 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...
by Portia Choi | Mar 2, 2017 | Events, Featured Poet, Interviews, Poems
[Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”37″ gal_title=”Valley Poets Night”] 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...
by Portia Choi | Feb 8, 2017 | Featured Poet, Features, Pictures
[Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”35″ gal_title=”February Open Mic”] 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...
by Portia Choi | Jan 11, 2017 | Featured Poet, Pictures, Poems
[Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”27″ gal_title=”open mic january 2017″] 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...
by Portia Choi | Jan 5, 2017 | Featured Poet, Interviews, Pictures, Poems
[Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”26″ gal_title=”chris fendt”] 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...
by Portia Choi | Dec 21, 2016 | Featured Poet, Pictures
[Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”23″ gal_title=”ara shirinyan”] 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...
by Portia Choi | Dec 14, 2016 | Featured Poet, Pictures
[Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”22″ gal_title=”open mic december 2016″] The Open Mic for December 2016 featured Yaritza I. Castro. Castro has been an active member of the poetry community and has performed at the Open Mic several times. She read...
by Portia Choi | Dec 7, 2016 | Events, Featured Poet, Pictures
[Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”21″ gal_title=”Dana Gioia”] By Portia Choi, with contributions by Martin Chang Photos by Martin Chang On December 1, 2016 the California Poet Laureate, Dana Gioia, was the presenter at the December Room of the...