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...
by Portia Choi | Feb 10, 2024 | Events, Future Events, Poems
The sun is shining, our valley has been watered, time to celebrate! NEXT SATURDAY NIGHT – SPECTACULAR SATURDAY ZOOM POETRY OPEN MIC! February 17, 6:00 pm – Hosted by Carla Joy and Portia Come share you latest original poetry for 5 minutes with our...
by Portia Choi | Jan 26, 2024 | Events, Future Events, Poems
FIRST FRIDAY POETRY OPEN MIC – FEBRUARY 2, 2024 Featuring the poetry of SUZANNE WELLER “The Musicality of Nature, Poetry and Music” Suzanne has a doctorate in French Literature from UCLA. She reads her melodious verse in both French and English. Her poems are...
by Portia Choi | Jan 13, 2024 | Events, Future Events, Poems
NEXT SATURDAY! – BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND! SPECTACULAR SATURDAY ZOOM OPEN MIC SATURDAY, JANUARY 20, 2024 AT 6 PM Come join our happy gathering of poets, Sharing their original works for 5 minutes – And if we have time, we can read some more! RESPOND TO THIS...
by Portia Choi | Jan 13, 2024 | Events, Interviews, Poems
Interview with David Nile Chase – First Friday Poetry Open Mic at Dagny’s – November 3, 2023 David Nile Chase took us on a journey from the turbulent 1960s to the tumultuous 2020s as he recited his poems by heart. Other Open Mic participants were Jill...
by Portia Choi | Dec 20, 2023 | Events, Featured Poet, Future Events, Kern County Poet, Poems
CELEBRATE THE NEW YEAR WITH VERSE! JAN 5TH, 2024 – FIRST FRIDAY OPEN MIC AT DAGNY’S – 6 pm FEATURING KERN COUNTY’S INAUGURAL POET LAUREATE DON THOMPSON: “Some poems to remind us that metaphor matters” Don will read his poetry for 15-20 minutes Then...
by Portia Choi | Nov 19, 2023 | Events, Features, Future Events, Poems
A SPECIAL HOLIDAY FIRST FRIDAY OPEN MIC AT DAGNY’S 1600 20th Street 6:00 PM – DECEMBER 1, 2023 Communal Singing of Seasonal Songs and Sharing of Poems – ******* Come and perform your own or your favorite seasonal poems, words or music, for 5 minutes. ...
