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...
by Portia Choi | Dec 7, 2016 | Events, Featured Poet, Pictures
[Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”21″ gal_title=”Dana Gioia”] By Portia Choi, with contributions by Martin Chang Photos by Martin Chang On December 1, 2016 the California Poet Laureate, Dana Gioia, was the presenter at the December Room of the...
by Portia Choi | Nov 30, 2016 | Featured Poet, Pictures
[Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”19″ gal_title=”Yaritza Featured”] Story by Portia Choi Photos by Martin Chang Yaritza I. Castro is another poet who found a place to express her writing at First Friday Open Mic at Dagny’s Coffee. She started...
by Portia Choi | Nov 23, 2016 | Events, Pictures
[Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”18″ gal_title=”don at writers of kern photos by greg d. cook”] Story by Portia Choi Photos by Greg D. Cook Don Thompson, the Kern County’s first-ever Poet Laureate, spoke at the Writers of Kern (WOK) meeting on...
by Portia Choi | Nov 17, 2016 | Events, Pictures
[Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”17″ gal_title=”fan forum gallery”] story by Portia Choi November 7, 2016 was the opening of The Bakersfield Fan Forum at the Todd Madigan Gallery at California State University Bakersfield. It is being...
by Portia Choi | Nov 10, 2016 | Events, Pictures
[Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”16″ gal_title=”November 2016″] Story by Portia Choi There was extraordinary excitement at the First Friday Open Mic on November 4. There was a standing-room only crowd. That wasn’t all. There have been...
by Portia Choi | Nov 2, 2016 | Events, Pictures
[Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”15″ gal_title=”Open Mic oct. 2016″] These were photos taken at Dagny’s on October 7th 2016. The featured poets were Heavy Vinyl who performed their new song “Rock and Roll Beauty Queen” and between...
