by Portia Choi | Mar 11, 2024 | Events, Future Events, Poems
THE SUN IS BACK! WINTER IS OVER! LET’S CELEBRATE SPRING – IT’S SPECTACULAR SATURDAY! MARCH 16th on ZOOM – POETRY OPEN MIC at 6:00 pm THEME: New growth, gardening, seed planting, new life, blossoming, longer days….. Come share your poems celebrating SPRING...
by Portia Choi | Feb 23, 2024 | Events, Future Events, Poems
FIRST FRIDAY OPEN MIC AT DAGNY’S – MARCH 1, 2024 – 6:00 PM Featuring – CYN BERMUDEZ Reading from her latest poetry collection, Inverse Function Cyn will share her insightful poetry for the first 15-20 minutes, Then Open Mic will commence! Share up...
by Portia Choi | Feb 10, 2024 | Events, Future Events, Poems
The sun is shining, our valley has been watered, time to celebrate! NEXT SATURDAY NIGHT – SPECTACULAR SATURDAY ZOOM POETRY OPEN MIC! February 17, 6:00 pm – Hosted by Carla Joy and Portia Come share you latest original poetry for 5 minutes with our...
by Portia Choi | Jan 26, 2024 | Events, Future Events, Poems
FIRST FRIDAY POETRY OPEN MIC – FEBRUARY 2, 2024 Featuring the poetry of SUZANNE WELLER “The Musicality of Nature, Poetry and Music” Suzanne has a doctorate in French Literature from UCLA. She reads her melodious verse in both French and English. Her poems are...
by Portia Choi | Jan 13, 2024 | Events, Future Events, Poems
NEXT SATURDAY! – BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND! SPECTACULAR SATURDAY ZOOM OPEN MIC SATURDAY, JANUARY 20, 2024 AT 6 PM Come join our happy gathering of poets, Sharing their original works for 5 minutes – And if we have time, we can read some more! RESPOND TO THIS...
by Portia Choi | Dec 20, 2023 | Events, Featured Poet, Future Events, Kern County Poet, Poems
CELEBRATE THE NEW YEAR WITH VERSE! JAN 5TH, 2024 – FIRST FRIDAY OPEN MIC AT DAGNY’S – 6 pm FEATURING KERN COUNTY’S INAUGURAL POET LAUREATE DON THOMPSON: “Some poems to remind us that metaphor matters” Don will read his poetry for 15-20 minutes Then...
by Portia Choi | Nov 19, 2023 | Events, Features, Future Events, Poems
A SPECIAL HOLIDAY FIRST FRIDAY OPEN MIC AT DAGNY’S 1600 20th Street 6:00 PM – DECEMBER 1, 2023 Communal Singing of Seasonal Songs and Sharing of Poems – ******* Come and perform your own or your favorite seasonal poems, words or music, for 5 minutes. ...
by Portia Choi | Oct 25, 2023 | Future Events
NOVEMBER 3RD FIRST FRIDAY OPEN MIC AT DAGNY’S FEATURING DAVID NILE CHASE Chase will be performing poems from his book, “Patchwork Poems,” containing poetry on an array of different topics and perspectives like an array of disparate cloth patches on the cover of an...
by Portia Choi | Oct 15, 2023 | Events, Future Events, Poems
SPECTACULAR SATURDAYS ARE HERE AGAIN! SPECTACULAR SATURDAY OPEN MIC – OCTOBER 21, 2023 – 6 PM ON ZOOM Join us this Saturday October 21st for Open Mic Poetry! Share your original poetry for 5 minutes – You may also share a favorite poem from someone...
by Portia Choi | Sep 28, 2023 | Future Events
FIRST FRIDAY OPEN MIC – OCTOBER 6, 2023 – 6:00 P.M. FEATURING SHELLEY J. EVANS “Making life rhyme until the bells chime” Shelley will share her poetry for the first 15-20 minutes, then the Open Mic will commence Sign-ups at 5:50 p.m. Light refreshments...