Kern County National Poetry Month

by | Mar 28, 2017 | news

THERE’S MORE: On April 8, Saturday, April 4:00-5:15 pm, there is a Webinar with Catherine Abbey Hodges on Writing and Revision,https://www.picatic.com/CatherineAbbeyHodgesRevision. On April 20, Thursday, 5:30pm, Don Thompson, K.C. Poet Laureate, will present his...

U.S. Poet Laureate to speak at B.C. March 29

by | Mar 22, 2017 | news

  Story by Giovanni Lopez with contribution by Portia Choi  (Photos of Jack Hernandez by Giovanni Lopez and Juan Felipe Herrera by Blue Flower Arts) Juan Felipe Herrera, the current (and first Latino) United States Poet Laureate, will be speaking on “Surveillance,...

Nancy Edwards Honored

by | Jan 25, 2017 | Interviews, Kern County Poet, news, Poems

Story by Portia Choi Nancy Edwards passed away on January 5, 2017.  Nancy was a poet.  She was also a professor of English at Bakersfield College from 1968-2009. When poets and friends of poets were informed of her passing, there was a profound sense of loss. This...

Words Come to life

by | Sep 21, 2016 | news

By Martin Chang At the Metro Galleries, the Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) of Kern County will hold a Words Comes to Life event on October 6 from 5:30-9:30pm. CASA of Kern County calls the event “A powerful and colorful evening that will bring awareness to...

Open Mic Featured Poet: Fidel A. Martinez

by | Aug 31, 2016 | news

Martinez will be the featured poet at the Open Mic at Dagny’s. Dagny’s is located at 1600 20th Street (corner of 20th and Eye St.) on First Friday September 2nd. Open mic Starts at 6:00pm; sign-up for open mic is 5:50pm. Fidel A. Martinez is the author of...