by Christopher Nielsen | Oct 27, 2026 | Events, Features, news
DAGNY’S 30th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION! This Thursday, October 29, 2026 • 3pm – 8 pm 3 – 5 pm—KERN POETRY will be gathering in the backroom! For INFORMAL POETRY SHARING, TASTY TREATS & CAMARADERIE! PARKING LOT JUST NORTH OF DAGNY’S—LIVE MUSIC/BAND!...
by Christopher Nielsen | Oct 26, 2026 | Events, Featured Poet, news, Poems
FIRST FRIDAY OPEN MIC AT DAGNY’S – NOVEMBER 6, 2026 Featuring: THOMAS BRILL trying to find beauty in a shipwrecked world. Open Mic will commence after Thomas’s 15-20 minutes sharing of verse You may share up to 5 minutes original poetry, art, or...
by Christopher Nielsen | Oct 26, 2026 | Events, news, Poems
UPCOMING KERN POETRY EVENTS AT DAGNY’S All events are free & open to the public! 11/6 – OPEN MIC AT DAGNY’S – Friday 6pm – 7:30 pm – 20th & Eye StreetFeatured Poet: Thomas Brill – Trying to find beauty in a shipwrecked world....
by Christopher Nielsen | Sep 17, 2026 | Events, Featured Poet, Features, Kern County Poet, news
KERN COUNTY POET LAUREATE: PORTIA CHOI UPCOMING EVENTS: Monday, September 21 – INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE — Portia Choi shares her original Peace Poem at ceremony: 6-7pm Peace Pole at Sister Cities Garden at 605 18th Street — near Mill Creek Park. Did you know...
by Christopher Nielsen | Aug 25, 2026 | Events, Featured Poet, Features, Kern County Poet, news, Poems
KERN POETRY FIRST FRIDAY OPEN MIC AT DAGNY’S – SEPTEMBER 4th AT 6 PM Featuring: Kern Poetry’s Portia Choi, Christopher Nielsen & Carla Joy Martin These poets will share a poem each & brief history of Kern Poetry Open Mic will commence around...
by Christopher Nielsen | Jul 7, 2026 | Events, Featured Poet, Features, Kern County Poet, news
Dr. Portia Choi Named Kern County Honorary Poet Laureate (from The Arts Council of Kern Media Release) The Arts Council of Kern made the recommendation and on June 16, The Kern County Board of Supervisors appointed Dr. Portia Choi as Honorary Poet Laureate,...
by Portia Choi | Jul 1, 2026 | Events, news, Pictures, Poems
Art Photos and Poetry from June 13th, 2026 – SaturdayPoets Writing Together at Dagny’s 2ND SATURDAY POETS WRITING TOGETHER AT DAGNY’S Let’s Write Poems With Kern Poetry! Hosts – Portia Choi, Carla Joy Martin & Suzanne Weller Dagny’s Coffee1600 – 20th (Corner...
by Portia Choi | Jun 4, 2026 | Events, Kern County Poet, news
Andrew Robert Sanchez Andrew was born in Santa Maria, CA, June 17, 1945. He died on April 7, 2026 in Bakersfield at the age of 80. He was a proud U.S. Army veteran. Andrew participated with 82nd Airborne during the Dominican Revolution in 1965, and served with the 7th...
by Portia Choi | May 31, 2026 | Features, news, Poems
Kern Poetry – Recent Poet’s Publications Our Kern Poetry Poets have published recent poetry books! • We will have new posts on each book soon. Carla Joy Martin – “A Coffee Café” (2025) – On Amazon Christopher Nielsen –...
by Portia Choi | Oct 3, 2025 | Features, news
Kern County Open Mic – Facebook Page Thomas Brill (fellow poet) started a Facebook Page GroupKERN COUNTY OPEN MIC “This is a site for posting open mics anywhere in Kern County.My goal is to update the community on where open mics for poetry and music are taking...
