by Portia Choi | Jan 6, 2026 | Events, Features, Pictures, Poems, video
Review with Photos & Video Video Participant Poets in the evening’s Open Mic were: DECEMBER 5, 2025 – 6 PM – KERN POETRY OPEN MIC at DAGNY’S: Holiday Celebration with Poetry, Spoken Word and Music Let’s celebrate the arrival of cooler...
by Portia Choi | Jan 5, 2026 | Events, Features, Pictures, Poems
Review with Photos Participant Poets in the evening’s Open Mic were: NOVEMBER 7, 2025 – 6 PM – KERN POETRY OPEN MIC at DAGNY’S: FIRST FRIDAY POETRY OPEN MICFEATURING ULYSSES FRUGUGLIETTI — A non-binary Poet residing in Bakersfield,...
by Portia Choi | May 31, 2025 | Events, Featured Poet, Interviews, Pictures, Poems
Interview with Catherine Abbey Hodges – First Friday Open Mic at Dagny’s, May 2, 2025. By: Carla Joy Martin Catherine Abbey Hodges performed her exquisite poetry for us, accompanied by her husband, Rob Hodges, on cello. Listeners were blessed by the melodic...
by Portia Choi | Dec 28, 2024 | Events, Featured Poet, Future Events, Pictures
CHANGE OF VENUE! WILL BE HELD ON ZOOM AT 6 PM – FRIDAY January 3rd (Dagny’s has unexpected building problems out of our control) FOR A ZOOM LINK, For information email: Kern Poetry! BOBBY PARAMO WILL STILL BE OUR FEATURED POET! Here’s to adapting and...
by Portia Choi | Jul 17, 2018 | Events, Pictures, Poems
[Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”119″ gal_title=”Flora and Fauna”] By Walter Stormont Photos by Ezekiel Espanola Flora: the Yucca Plant, the Golden Poppy, the Giant Sequoia and the Kern County Larkspur. Fauna: the Roadrunner, the Kit Fox, the...
by Portia Choi | Jun 13, 2018 | Featured Poet, Pictures, Poems
[Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”115″ gal_title=”Open Mic April 2018″] Story by Portia Choi Photographs by Ezekiel Espanola LisaAnn LoBasso was the featured poet in April 2018. LoBasso has performed in California and nationally. She has...
by Portia Choi | Jun 8, 2018 | Featured Poet, Pictures, Poems
Story by Portia Choi Photograph (at council meeting) by Ezekiel Espanola Don Thompson is the inaugural Poet Laureate of Kern County. It is a well-deserved recognition of a poet who has written about the south San Joaquin region for four decades. Thompson is a...
by Portia Choi | May 28, 2018 | Featured Poet, Pictures, Poems
[Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”112″ gal_title=”March 2018 Open Mic”] Story by Portia Choi Photos by Ezekiel Espanola The featured poet for the Open Mic in March 2018 was Tim Vivian. Vivian is a professor of Philosophy & Religious studies. He...
by Portia Choi | Apr 2, 2018 | Interviews, Kern County Poet, Pictures, Poems
[Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”110″ gal_title=”Open Mic Feb 2, 2018″] Story by Shanna O’Brien Photos by Ezekiel Espanola Dagny’s was packed again this month at our February Kern Poetry open mic. More and more poets and...
by Portia Choi | Mar 20, 2018 | Featured Poet, Interviews, Kern County Poet, Pictures, Poems
[Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”108″ gal_title=”Open Mic Jan 5,2018″] Story by Walter Stormont Photos by Ezekiel Espanola It’s 5 p.m. at Dagny’s Coffee Company in the heart of Bakersfield. It’s Friday… First Friday. The...
