by Portia Choi | Aug 28, 2024 | Events, Featured Poet, Features, Future Events, Poems
Kern Poetry Open Mic – Friday September 6, 2024 6PM at Dagny’s Coffee – 1600 20th STREET Featuring Samuel Rain Benjamin Poet Laureate of Kern County 6 PM – SIGN-UP AT 5:50 PM Share 5 minutes of your original poetry, songs, visual art! Light...
by Portia Choi | Aug 10, 2024 | Events, Future Events, Poems
POETRY OPEN MIC – SATURDAY AUGUST 17th on ZOOM – at 6 pm A NEW SCHOOL YEAR IS ABOUT TO BEGIN! LET’S CELEBRATE – IT’S SPECTACULAR SATURDAY! THEME: Learning, wisdom, teachers, guides Come share your poems celebrating THE SCHOOL OF LIFE – or...
by Portia Choi | Jul 26, 2024 | Events, Features, Future Events, Poems
BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND! AUGUST 2, 2024 – FIRST FRIDAY OPEN MIC AT DAGNY’S 1600 20th STREET – CORNER OF EYE & 20th 6 PM – SIGN-UP AT 5:50 PM Share 5 minutes of your original poetry, songs, visual art! THEME: SUMMER DAYS, SUMMER HAZE Light...
by Portia Choi | Jun 11, 2024 | Events, Future Events, Kern County Poet, Poems
POETRY & CONCERT THIS SAT 6/15 AT WORLD RECORDS Check this out! POETRY plus BLUES CONCERT! THIS SATURDAY, JUNE 15TH – 7:30 PM OUR KERN COUNTY POET LAUREATE – SAMUEL RAIN BENJAMIN Performing his passionate verse OPENING FOR ELVIN BISHOP & THE BIG...
by Portia Choi | Jun 2, 2024 | Events, Future Events, Poems
THE PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN! Thanks for letting us know you want an Open Mic in June! FRIDAY, JUNE 7, 2024 AT 6 PM SPECIAL SUMMER OPEN MIC AT DAGNY’S – COME WRITE WITH US! Community Poems creation with Carla Joy – followed by Open Mic! Come early...
by Portia Choi | Apr 29, 2024 | Events, Future Events, Poems
FIRST FRIDAY OPEN MIC – MAY 3, 2024 Featuring the dynamic poetry of GENIECE TREVINO “Exposing the art of resilience and growth through shared words” _______________________ Geniece is one of this year’s Kern County Poet Laureate candidates – – an...
by Portia Choi | Apr 18, 2024 | Events, Featured Poet, Features, Future Events, Kern County Poet, Poems
2 OPEN MICS IN ONE! ZOOM SPECTACULAR SATURDAY – APRIL 20, 2024 WE ARE THE WORLD 4 pm Pacific Time – We will be joined by poets from the UK and across the US – all are welcome! 6 pm Pacific Time – Our usual Open Mic time – Poets from many...
by Portia Choi | Mar 26, 2024 | Events, Featured Poet, Features, Future Events, Kern County Poet, Poems
News for our Kern Poetry Community: THE ARTS COUNCIL OF KERN PRESS EVENT A select committee of professors, professional poets and community members have the honor of naming: SAMUEL RAIN BENJAMIN Poet Laureate of Kern County, 2024-2026 Qualifying nominees also include...
by Portia Choi | Mar 11, 2024 | Events, Future Events, Poems
THE SUN IS BACK! WINTER IS OVER! LET’S CELEBRATE SPRING – IT’S SPECTACULAR SATURDAY! MARCH 16th on ZOOM – POETRY OPEN MIC at 6:00 pm THEME: New growth, gardening, seed planting, new life, blossoming, longer days….. Come share your poems celebrating SPRING...
by Portia Choi | Feb 23, 2024 | Events, Future Events, Poems
FIRST FRIDAY OPEN MIC AT DAGNY’S – MARCH 1, 2024 – 6:00 PM Featuring – CYN BERMUDEZ Reading from her latest poetry collection, Inverse Function Cyn will share her insightful poetry for the first 15-20 minutes, Then Open Mic will commence! Share up...
