by Portia Choi | Jun 10, 2025 | Events, Poems
RESILIENCE – OPEN MIC – SATURDAY JUNE 28 2:30 PM – 5:30 PM The Index Books & BlastBones Events Proudly Present RESILIENCE HOST: MATEO LARA Performances By: Natalie Lockard Alex Acord Percy Wyatt Simona Valentine Ulysses Fruguglietti John Perez...
by Portia Choi | Jun 9, 2025 | Interviews, Poems
Interview with Ulysses Fruguglietti – First Friday Open Mic at Dagny’s, May 2, 2025 By: Carla Joy Martin Ulysses shared two poems with us at our lively Open Mic. Here is the first poem: Anxiety Hey just a quick note for this crowd I’m not really good at speaking...
by Portia Choi | Jun 9, 2025 | Events, Future Events, Poems
SATURDAY JUNE 14 – 11:30 AM – 1:30 PM WRITING POETRY TOGETHER AT DAGNY’S PORTIA CHOI, SUZANNE WELLER & CARLA JOY MARTIN – HOSTS COMPOSING PEACE POEMS for International Day of Peace, which is on September 21, 2025 – Worried about the...
by Portia Choi | Jun 4, 2025 | Events, Future Events, Poems
ANOTHER POETRY OPEN MIC FOR BAKERSFIELD! THURSDAY JUNE 12 – 7PM – 9 PM HOSTED BY OUR VERY OWN BOBBY PARAMO – Frequent performer at Dagny’s on First Friday Open Mics BRING YOUR VOICE, BRING YOUR VIBE MODERN GIGI GALLERY 901 18TH STREET...
by Portia Choi | Jun 4, 2025 | Events, Future Events, Poems
JUNE 21st – 6 pm (PT) – SPECTACULAR SATURDAY ZOOM POETRY OPEN MIC What’s new in your creative world? Looking forward to an hour spent with friends, old & new To get your link, reply to our email! Share up to 5 minutes of your original...
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...