by Portia Choi | Aug 24, 2018 | Events, Poems
[Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”123″ gal_title=”Open Mic May 2018″] Story by Portia Choi Photos by Chris Nielsen Thomas Brill was the featured poet at the May 2018 Open Mic at Dagny’s Coffee. He has written about 1000 poems over the years....
by Portia Choi | Aug 18, 2018 | Events, Poems
[Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”121″ gal_title=”Childrens open mic April 2018″] Story by Walter Stormont Photos by Ezekiel Espanola In the Children’s Section of the Beale Memorial Library there is a colorful little amphitheater that people...
by Portia Choi | Jul 17, 2018 | Events, Pictures, Poems
[Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”119″ gal_title=”Flora and Fauna”] By Walter Stormont Photos by Ezekiel Espanola Flora: the Yucca Plant, the Golden Poppy, the Giant Sequoia and the Kern County Larkspur. Fauna: the Roadrunner, the Kit Fox, the...
by Portia Choi | Jun 13, 2018 | Featured Poet, Pictures, Poems
[Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”115″ gal_title=”Open Mic April 2018″] Story by Portia Choi Photographs by Ezekiel Espanola LisaAnn LoBasso was the featured poet in April 2018. LoBasso has performed in California and nationally. She has...
by Portia Choi | Jun 8, 2018 | Featured Poet, Pictures, Poems
Story by Portia Choi Photograph (at council meeting) by Ezekiel Espanola Don Thompson is the inaugural Poet Laureate of Kern County. It is a well-deserved recognition of a poet who has written about the south San Joaquin region for four decades. Thompson is a...
by Portia Choi | May 28, 2018 | Featured Poet, Pictures, Poems
[Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”112″ gal_title=”March 2018 Open Mic”] Story by Portia Choi Photos by Ezekiel Espanola The featured poet for the Open Mic in March 2018 was Tim Vivian. Vivian is a professor of Philosophy & Religious studies. He...
by Portia Choi | Apr 2, 2018 | Interviews, Kern County Poet, Pictures, Poems
[Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”110″ gal_title=”Open Mic Feb 2, 2018″] Story by Shanna O’Brien Photos by Ezekiel Espanola Dagny’s was packed again this month at our February Kern Poetry open mic. More and more poets and...
by Portia Choi | Mar 20, 2018 | Featured Poet, Interviews, Kern County Poet, Pictures, Poems
[Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”108″ gal_title=”Open Mic Jan 5,2018″] Story by Walter Stormont Photos by Ezekiel Espanola It’s 5 p.m. at Dagny’s Coffee Company in the heart of Bakersfield. It’s Friday… First Friday. The...
by Portia Choi | Mar 8, 2018 | Interviews, news, Pictures, Poems, video
Story by Portia Choi Video provided by Anke Hodenpijl There was poetry at the Women’s March in January 2018, Bakersfield, California. Anke Hodenpijl recited two poems in front of a crowd to enthusiastic response. Her performance was on video. Hodenpijl was...
by Portia Choi | Feb 16, 2018 | Uncategorized
[Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”106″ gal_title=”Dec 2017 Open Mic”] Story by Portia Choi Photograph by Ezekiel Espanola The Open Mic on December 1 featured “Purple-mountain Wood-gatherer” and “ Beautiful Rock.” There was beautiful classical...
