by Portia Choi | Jul 20, 2017 | Events, Pictures
Story by Portia Choi Photographs by Martin Chang and Portia Choi [Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”49″ gal_title=”Second Chances”] A new charter school in Bakersfield, Foundation For Second Chances, had poetry as part of their developing leadership...
by Portia Choi | Jun 27, 2017 | Events, Pictures
[Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”47″ gal_title=”First Friday June 2017″] Story by Portia Choi Photos by Martin Chang At the June 2 open mic, Norma Camorlinga performed her poems before moving to the East Coast. She has been performing...
by Portia Choi | Jun 14, 2017 | Events, Pictures
[Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”46″ gal_title=”Brendan”] By Martin Chang and Portia Choi Photos by Portia Choi and Martin Chang When Brendan Constantine shopped at big box stores, he saw the same word over and over. “I was shopping at a place like...
by Portia Choi | Jun 1, 2017 | Events, Pictures
[Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”45″ gal_title=”May 2017 Open Mic”] Story by Portia Choi Photographs by Ezekiel Espanola The councilman, Andrae Gonzalez, came to the open mic on May 5, 2017. He represents the Bakersfield downtown area that includes...
by Portia Choi | May 26, 2017 | Pictures
[Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”43″ gal_title=”Art & Poetry”] Story by Portia Choi Photographs by Ezekiel Espanola It was a celebration of the arts in the sculpture garden of The Arts Council of Kern on April 21, 2017. There was art inspired...
by Portia Choi | May 17, 2017 | Interviews, Pictures, Poems
The taste of a grape and the fragrance of a crushed mint leaf, help writers to compose poems. On April 10, Portia Choi facilitated a workshop on “Writing Poems of Awe and Wonder” at the Art and Spirituality Center of Dignity Health, 2215 Truxtun Avenue. Choi had the...
by Portia Choi | Mar 13, 2017 | Events, Featured Poet, Interviews, Pictures, Poems
[Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”38″ gal_title=”March 2017 Open Mic”] Shanna O’Brien was the featured performer at the Open Mic on March 3. The Open Mic is held at Dagny Coffee, downtown Bakersfield, every First Friday at 6:00 pm. O’Brien has...
by Portia Choi | Feb 8, 2017 | Featured Poet, Features, Pictures
[Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”35″ gal_title=”February Open Mic”] Tony O’Brien was the featured poet at First Friday Open Mic on February 3, 2017. O’Brien is also a photographer and a jazz musician. He melded his talents of being a poet...
by Portia Choi | Jan 20, 2017 | Events, Pictures
[Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”33″ gal_title=”poetry out loud 2017″] Story by Portia Choi with Contributions by Martin Chang There was a first time event in poetry for Kern County on January 18, 2017. It was the Poetry Out Loud competition in...
by Portia Choi | Jan 11, 2017 | Events, Pictures
[Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”28″ gal_title=”day of poetry”] by Portia Choi The day was dawning when I arrived at Dagny’s Coffee at 6:55 am. The front door was locked, and there were workers inside with dim lights. When the main lights went on...
