by Portia Choi | Oct 13, 2016 | Events, Pictures
[Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”13″ gal_title=”Words Come to Life”] By Martin Chang “Words Come to Life” was an event held to benefit CASA and celebrate the poetry and art of Kern County. In her opening remarks Diana Ramirez,...
by Portia Choi | Sep 29, 2016 | Events, Featured Poet, Pictures
[Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”9″ gal_title=”Kate Durbin”] By Martin Chang Like many others in America, Kate Durbin found herself fascinated by the world of Reality television. As a poet, Durbin began to watch with a closer eye. From the way...
by Portia Choi | Sep 8, 2016 | Events, Pictures
[Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”8″ gal_title=”open mic September 2016″] On September 2, Fidel A. Martinez was the featured poet. He read from his books of poetry: Factory Lights (2013), An American Mythology (2011), Ghost Stories from the...
by Portia Choi | Aug 31, 2016 | Events, Pictures
photos by Martin Chang [Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”7″ gal_title=”Summer 2016 open mic”] In June and July of 2016 the poets of Bakersfield came to Open Mic. They had an opportunity to performs more of their poetry these two...
by Portia Choi | May 17, 2016 | Events, Pictures
[Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”6″ gal_title=”donlaurate”] Photos by Martin Chang In 2016, Don Thompson was selected as the first Poet Laureate of Kern County. Thompson has written poems about Kern County for fifty years. He is...
