by Portia Choi | May 31, 2025 | Events, Featured Poet, Interviews, Pictures, Poems
Interview with Catherine Abbey Hodges – First Friday Open Mic at Dagny’s, May 2, 2025. By: Carla Joy Martin Catherine Abbey Hodges performed her exquisite poetry for us, accompanied by her husband, Rob Hodges, on cello. Listeners were blessed by the melodic...
by Portia Choi | May 29, 2025 | Events, Future Events, Poems
SUMMER SCHEDULE FOR POETRY OPEN MICS AT DAGNY’S: FRIDAY JUNE 6 AT 6 PM FRIDAY AUGUST 1 AT 6 PM NOTE: There will be no Open Mic on Friday, July 4th – – – FIRST FRIDAY POETRY OPEN MIC AT DAGNY’S Suggested Summer Themes: HEAT and/or WATER...
by Portia Choi | May 15, 2025 | Events, Features, Future Events, Poems
SUMMER’S ALMOST HERE! – LET’S CELEBRATE! SPECTACULAR SATURDAY – MAY 17th – 6 pm – ZOOM POETRY OPEN MIC To get your link, reply to our email! Share up to 5 minutes of your original verse SPECIAL EVENT – PRESENTING OUR COMMUNITY...
by Portia Choi | May 5, 2025 | Events, Features, Future Events, Poems
OFFICIAL HAIKU WRITING TOGETHER SATURDAY MAY 10TH – 11:30am – 1:30pm DAGNY’S COFFEE SHOP WE HOPE TO DO THIS ONE SATURDAY A MONTH! Won’t you add your inspirations to our verse? See you at: Dagny’s Coffee Shop 1600 20th Street, Corner of Eye Street...
by Portia Choi | Apr 26, 2025 | Events, Featured Poet, Future Events, Poems
Free and open to the public! FIRST FRIDAY POETRY OPEN MIC – MAY 2, 2025 AT 6 PM Featuring: CATHERINE ABBEY HODGES reading poems from newly published book, Empty Me Full, accompanied by Rob Hodges on cello. Dagny’s Coffee Shop 1600 20th Street, Corner of...
by Portia Choi | Apr 16, 2025 | Events, Features, Future Events, Poems
Saturday Haiku Writing together has been postponed – we will send out new date and time soon! APRIL POETRY MONTH UPCOMING EVENT ! WRITING HAIKU TOGETHER – SATURDAY, APRIL 26TH – 11:30 am – 1:30 pm Facilitators: Suzanne Weller &...
by Portia Choi | Apr 16, 2025 | Events, Features, Future Events, Poems
SPECTACULAR SATURDAY POETRY OPEN MIC – ON ZOOM – SAT APRIL 19TH AT 6 PM To get your link, simply reply HERE – (by email) April Is Poetry Month! JOIN US FOR INSPIRING WORDS AND FOOD FOR THE SOUL! SHARE 5 MINUTES OF ORIGINAL...
by Portia Choi | Mar 27, 2025 | Events, Featured Poet, Future Events, Kern County Poet, Poems
APRIL IS NATIONAL POETRY MONTH! APRIL 4th – 6 pm – First Friday Open Mic at Dagny’s Featuring: SAMUEL RAIN BENJAMIN – Kern County Poet Laureate “open mind open heart, the thoughts of Dark Man Blues” Sharing his latest work for the first 15-20...
by Portia Choi | Mar 12, 2025 | Events, Future Events, Poems
SPECTACULAR SATURDAY ZOOM OPEN MIC IN 3 DAYS! MARCH 15TH AT 6 PM SHARE UP TO 5 MINUTES OF YOUR ORIGINAL MATERIAL! RESPOND TO THIS HERE – (by email) BY SATURDAY AT 4 PM TO RECEIVE A LINK! MORE UPCOMING EVENTS: Carla Joy Martin – featured poet at Kern Valley...
by Portia Choi | Feb 22, 2025 | Events, Featured Poet, Future Events, Poems
FIRST FRIDAY OPEN MIC AT DAGNY’S – MARCH 7, 2025 AT 6 PM LisaAnn LoBasso – FEATURED POET A creative spirit who adds much to our town, hosting performances & coffee at NX cafe, LisaAnn is a poet of renown, writing sensitive verse that will...
