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...
by Portia Choi | Jan 11, 2017 | Featured Poet, Pictures, Poems
[Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”27″ gal_title=”open mic january 2017″] story by Portia Choi On the First Friday of January 2017, the featured poets at Dagny’s Coffee were Joseph Mosconi, Barry Michael and Maryah Paige Chester. They read from their...
by Portia Choi | Jan 5, 2017 | Featured Poet, Interviews, Pictures, Poems
[Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”26″ gal_title=”chris fendt”] Story by: Martin Chang Photos by: Greg D. Cook and Martin Chang top box photo provided by Chris Fendt Chris Fendt is inspired by different aspects of life. For Fendt, a chance...
by Portia Choi | Dec 21, 2016 | Featured Poet, Pictures
[Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”23″ gal_title=”ara shirinyan”] photos by Greg D. Cook story by Portia Choi Ara Shirinyan was the last guest poet of the Bakersfield Fan Forum at California State University Bakersfield (CSUB) Todd Madigan...
by Portia Choi | Dec 14, 2016 | Featured Poet, Pictures
[Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”22″ gal_title=”open mic december 2016″] The Open Mic for December 2016 featured Yaritza I. Castro. Castro has been an active member of the poetry community and has performed at the Open Mic several times. She read...
