Julie Jordan Scott featured at Open Mic, January 5, 2018

by Portia Choi | Mar 20, 2018 | Featured Poet, Interviews, Kern County Poet, Pictures, Poems

      [Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”108″ gal_title=”Open Mic Jan 5,2018″] Story by Walter Stormont Photos by Ezekiel Espanola It’s 5 p.m. at Dagny’s Coffee Company in the heart of Bakersfield.  It’s Friday… First Friday.  The...

First Friday Open Mic – November 3, 2017 features Jeremy Casabella

by Portia Choi | Dec 5, 2017 | Events, Featured Poet, Interviews, Pictures, Poems

[Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”101″ gal_title=”November 2017 Open Mic”] 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...

October Open Mic Night 2017 features Catherine Abbey Hodges

by Portia Choi | Oct 30, 2017 | Featured Poet, Interviews, Kern County Poet, Pictures, Poems, Uncategorized

[Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”99″ gal_title=”October 2017 Open Mic”] First Friday Open Mic – October 6, 2017,  features Catherine Abbey Hodges Story by Shanna O’Brien Photos by Ezekiel Espanola Kern Poetry First Friday open mic at Dagny’s was...

Diana Ramirez and Thomas Lucero Featured at Open Mic

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...

Poetry, A Vital Part of Life by Annis Cassells

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...

Open Mic- Shanna O’Brien Featured

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...

Night of Poetry at Levan Center, Bakersfield College

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...

February Open Mic Features Tony O’Brien

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...

First Friday Open Mic January 6, 2017

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...

Featured Poet: Chris Fendt

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...