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...
by Portia Choi | Mar 8, 2018 | Interviews, news, Pictures, Poems, video
Story by Portia Choi Video provided by Anke Hodenpijl There was poetry at the Women’s March in January 2018, Bakersfield, California. Anke Hodenpijl recited two poems in front of a crowd to enthusiastic response. Her performance was on video. Hodenpijl was...
by Portia Choi | Jan 21, 2018 | Interviews, Pictures, Poems
[Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”104″ gal_title=”Poetry on Wooden Walls, Angel Island”] Story by Portia Choi Photographs by Ellen Quon Poetry is an important part of my life. It was by writing poems that I was able to express my...
by Portia Choi | Dec 5, 2017 | Events, Featured Poet, Interviews, Pictures, Poems
[Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”101″ gal_title=”November 2017 Open Mic”] Story by Shanna O’Brien Photos by Ezekiel Espanola It’s such a pleasure to see so many creative folks come out to support Kern Poetry First Friday open mic night at...
by Portia Choi | Oct 30, 2017 | Featured Poet, Interviews, Kern County Poet, Pictures, Poems, Uncategorized
[Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”99″ gal_title=”October 2017 Open Mic”] First Friday Open Mic – October 6, 2017, features Catherine Abbey Hodges Story by Shanna O’Brien Photos by Ezekiel Espanola Kern Poetry First Friday open mic at Dagny’s was...
by Portia Choi | Aug 15, 2017 | Events, Interviews, Kern County Poet, Pictures, Uncategorized
[Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”51″ gal_title=”Open Mic August 4, 2017″] First Friday Open Mic – August 4, 2017 Story by Shanna O’Brien Photos by: Christina Noel It was so much fun covering the hostess position for Portia at the August 4,...
by Portia Choi | Jul 29, 2017 | Events, Pictures, Poems
[Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”50″ gal_title=”Open Mic July 7, 2017″] First Friday Open Mic Story by Alex Victoria Photos by Ezekiel Espanola Like too many other Bakersfield summer days, the heat had not abated going into the afternoon, but...
