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Interview with Portia Choi, Featured Poet at First Friday Open Mic at Dagny’s, May 5, 2023

Interview with Portia Choi, Featured Poet at First Friday Open Mic at Dagny’s, May 5, 2023

by Portia Choi | Jul 12, 2023 | Events, Featured Poet, Interviews, Poems

Interview with Portia Choi, Featured Poet at First Friday Open Mic at Dagny’s, May 5, 2023   By: Carla Joy Martin At First Friday Open Mic on May 5, 2023, Portia shared poems from her Chapbook, Sungsook Korean War Poems and we learned more about the Korean War. I...
First Friday Open Mic – April 7, 2023 – Interview with Matthew Woodman – Featured Poet

First Friday Open Mic – April 7, 2023 – Interview with Matthew Woodman – Featured Poet

by Portia Choi | May 10, 2023 | Events, Featured Poet, Interviews, Kern County Poet, Poems

Interview with Matthew Woodman – Featured Poet – First Friday Open Mic – April 7, 2023 By: Carla Joy Martin Matthew Woodman, our Kern County Poet Laureate, was our featured performer for First Friday Open Mic on April 7, 2023.  He shared poems from...
Spectacular Saturday Zoom Open Mic April 15, 2023 – Interviews with Anna Marco & Tanya Dixon

Spectacular Saturday Zoom Open Mic April 15, 2023 – Interviews with Anna Marco & Tanya Dixon

by Portia Choi | May 10, 2023 | Events, Interviews, Poems

Interviews with Anna Marco & Tanya Dixon – Spectacular Saturday Zoom Open Mic April 15, 2023 By: Carla Joy Martin We had a delightful time of sharing poems and discussion at our Spectacular Saturday Zoom Open Mic on April 15, 2023. Participants were Chris...
National Poetry Month April Fool’s Day Poem at Dagny’s – Poems & Lindsay Sharp’s Interview

National Poetry Month April Fool’s Day Poem at Dagny’s – Poems & Lindsay Sharp’s Interview

by Portia Choi | Apr 30, 2023 | Events, Features, Interviews, Poems

Poems & Lindsay Sharp’s Interview for National Poetry Month April Fool’s Day Poem at Dagny’s To celebrate National Poetry Month in Bakersfield, poets gathered at 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on April Fool’s Day at Dagny’s Coffee Shop, encouraged to...
First Friday Open Mic, March 3, 2023 – Interview with Nelson Varon

First Friday Open Mic, March 3, 2023 – Interview with Nelson Varon

by Portia Choi | Apr 30, 2023 | Events, Features, Interviews, Poems

Interview with Nelson Varon from First Friday Open Mic, March 3, 2023   Video: A full house gathered at Dagny’s to hear Nelson Varon sing his original tunes with his keyboard. By: Carla Joy Martin A full house gathered at Dagny’s to hear Nelson Varon sing his...
Spectacular Saturday, February 18, 2023 – Interview with Leah Jaymes Truitt

Spectacular Saturday, February 18, 2023 – Interview with Leah Jaymes Truitt

by Portia Choi | Apr 29, 2023 | Events, Features, Interviews, Poems

Interview with Leah Jaymes Truitt, Spectacular Saturday, February 18, 2023 A happy group of poets gathered for our Spectacular Saturday Open Mic on February 18, 2023.  The participants were Jill England, Tamara Hattis, Richard Aguirre, Leah Truitt, Irene Sinopole and...
First Friday Open Mic at Dagny’s February 3, 2023 – Interview with Samuel Rain Benjamin

First Friday Open Mic at Dagny’s February 3, 2023 – Interview with Samuel Rain Benjamin

by Portia Choi | Apr 19, 2023 | Events, Featured Poet, Interviews, Poems

Interview with Samuel Rain Benjamin, featured performer at First Friday Open Mic at Dagny’s on February 3, 2023   Video 1 – Samuel Rain Benjamin  – Poem 1 – Samuel Rain Benjamin, featured performer at First Friday Open Mic at Dagny’s Coffee on...
First Friday Open Mic at Dagny’s, January 6, 2023 – Interview with Jill Egland

First Friday Open Mic at Dagny’s, January 6, 2023 – Interview with Jill Egland

by Portia Choi | Feb 6, 2023 | Events, Featured Poet, Interviews, Poems

Interview with Jill Egland, First Friday Open Mic at Dagny’s, January 6, 2023 A large group of poetry-lovers met to welcome in the New Year together at Dagny’s on January 6, 2023.  We were thrilled by Jill Egland’s reading of her epistolary poems – and her...
Spectacular Saturday Zoom Open Mic, June 18, 2022 – Interviews

Spectacular Saturday Zoom Open Mic, June 18, 2022 – Interviews

by Portia Choi | Jan 24, 2023 | Events, Interviews, Poems

Spectacular Saturday Zoom Open Mic, June 18, 2022 Interviews with Jill Egland, Virginia Liascos and Irene Sinopole By Carla Joy Martin Folks from far and wide assembled for our Spectacular Saturday Zoom Open Mic on the 3rd Thursday evening of the month of June, 2022....
First Saturday Open Mic at Dagny’s, October 1, 2022

First Saturday Open Mic at Dagny’s, October 1, 2022

by Portia Choi | Dec 11, 2022 | Events, Featured Poet, Interviews, Poems

First Saturday Open Mic at Dagny’s, October 1, 2022 Interview with Don Thompson, Featured Poet for Kern Poetry at Dagny’s Open Mic on October 1, 2022. Including an interview with Nelson Varon, who also performed that evening. By: Carla Joy Martin A festive evening was...
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