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...
by Portia Choi | Sep 7, 2023 | Future Events
SPECTACULAR SATURDAYS ARE BACK! SPECTACULAR SATURDAY OPEN MIC – SEPTEMBER 16, 2023 – 6 PM ON ZOOM Share your original poetry for 5 minutes – You may also share a favorite poem from someone who has inspired you! Portia & Carla Joy will host this...
by Portia Choi | Aug 24, 2023 | Future Events
FIRST FRIDAY OPEN MIC AT DAGNY’S SEPTEMBER 1st, 2023 AT 6 PM PRESENTS: CATHERINE ABBEY HODGES POETRY AND THE PRACTICE OF TIME TRAVEL DAGNY’S COFFEE SHOP 1600 20TH STREET – CORNER OF 20TH AND EYE STREET SIGN UPS AT 5:50 PM Catherine will share her fascinating...
by Portia Choi | Jul 28, 2023 | Future Events
FIRST FRIDAY OPEN MIC — AUGUST 4TH – 6 PM DAGNY’S COFFEE SHOP – 1600 EYE STREET HERE’S YOUR SECOND CHANCE! SHARE A POEM BY YOUR FAVORITE POET ALONG WITH YOUR ORIGINAL WORK! Or just read your own, or another’s poem – you choose! 5-7 MINUTES EACH...
