Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
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Join us for the first viewing of a new short video that commemorates the 70th anniversary of the devastating 1952 Tehachapi earthquake that destroyed downtown Tehachapi. The date and time of 4:52 a.m., July 21, 1952 was seared into the minds of Tehachapi residents for decades. Even today, old timers have stories to tell about the most devastating event in Tehachapi history, an earthquake of such magnitude that it was felt throughout the state, from San Diego to Northern California. It was the...
Work on the redesign of the Errea Garden is nearing completion. A portion of the original garden was lost to a new owner several years ago and the Heritage League was given a new portion of land behind the Errea House. For three years, work has been ongoing to redesign and repurpose the garden, enclosed by a new wooden fence enclosing the garden. Mary Cunningham volunteered to be the chairperson and has worked for three years on redesigning and doing much of the work herself, assisted by Board...
On Saturday, November 27, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the Errea House porch, 311 S. Green St., Tehachapi, there will be a sale of vintage Christmas items collected over a 50 to 60-year period. There are many large mechanized Christmas figures made before the "computerized" era and some require electricity to operate. There are also other, smaller Santa figures, stuffed bears and tree ornaments. Many of these Christmas items were contributed by museum board member Rich Erdman. After the death of...
The Tehachapi Heritage League will hold several special Christmas events this year. To help celebrate we will publish our “Christmas Around the World” booklet featuring traditions, customs and recipes from the United Kingdom. We will include the winning sketches of the Christmas sketch contest in the booklet. “Christmas Around the World” booklets will be on sale at the Tehachapi Museum and Errea House Museum beginning Dec. 3. Christmas sketch contest There are four age divisions in the sketch...
The Errea House garden on Green Street in Tehachapi is undergoing major changes and some projects are beyond the capabilities of the not-so-young volunteers that help the Heritage League Museum on a monthly basis. A cry for help went out and was answered by our local chapter of the Boy Scouts of America. Under the leadership of Scout Leader Zack Powell, two members of his troop volunteered to dig up and stack pavers and move a large mound of rocks into gabion cages to form a wall. Garrett...
After being closed for more than a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Tehachapi Museum and Errea House will reopen on Saturday, June 19 from noon to 4 p.m. They will continue to be open Saturdays from noon to 4 p.m. In July the schedule will expand to Saturdays and Sundays, and eventually Friday will be added to the schedule. On 4th of July the museums will open early at 11 a.m. Cupcakes will be served on the Errea House porch at 1 p.m. to celebrate the 48th birthday of the Tehachapi...
On Saturday, December 5, the Tehachapi Heritage League is holding a Pop Up sale in the Errea Garden at 11 a.m. There will be an array of items for Holiday gifts. Available will be tea cups planted with succulents, handmade Christmas stockings, goats' milk soaps, Blue Oak coffee, Moessner jams, irradiated green glass, Christmas decorations, stocking stuffers, collectibles and, of course, a wonderful silent auction item, a sleigh carved by local wood carvers, Don Kordes and his daughter, Janice Po...
Following the guidelines of the California Department of Public Health and the City of Tehachapi, the Tehachapi Museum and the Errea House Museum will be closed until further notice. The situation will be reassessed on April 12. At that time, depending on the extent to which the Coronavirus has spread or been contained, a decision will be made to either extend or end the closure. The Tehachapi Heritage League looks forward to better days, when we can again provide a quality museum experience to...
In spite of an early spring this year, a new exhibit in the Textile Gallery features warm winter clothing for children and adults, featuring fur items from the museum’s collection. One exhibit features two children’s jackets in rabbit fur with tiny mittens and a hat with a tiny mouse. The children’s coats are accompanied by a mother’s dress in black with rabbit fur along the collar. A mink jacket with an evening dress, an ermine cape, and a Persian lamb collar with matching muff complet...
Several new exhibits will be installed for February First Friday at the Tehachapi Museum. A new exhibit in the Textile Gallery will feature warm winter clothing for children and adults, featuring fur items from the museum’s collection. Another new exhibit features clocks from local clock collector Lynn Mazie. It features many of the smaller clocks from her collection. She began collecting in the early 1970s when she saw a mantle clock that reminded her of the clock in her childhood home. That c...
For Jan. 3 First Friday, join us at the Tehachapi Museum for champagne and appetizers to kick off the New Year! The Christmas decorations will still be up and all Christmas items will be on sale, including Christmas jewelry. Other selected merchandise discounted, also. Special exhibits include a display of gnomes collected by Sheryl Bovi. The fanciful gnomes are shown in many different settings. They were sculpted by Dr. Thomas Fetzer Clark, known as Tom Clark, a native of Elizabethtown, North...
For the Dec. 6 First Friday, the Tehachapi Museum will feature several new exhibits, along with the opening of "Christmas Around the World," this year featuring Italy. Each year the Museum features Christmas customs and traditional foods from countries around the globe. Festivities start on First Friday and continue until Sunday, Dec. 22. On First Friday traditional Italian appetizers and cookies will be served along with wine and champagne from 5 to 8 p.m. Each year a small booklet is produced...
A new exhibit of fanciful gnomes will open on First Friday, Nov. 1 at the Tehachapi Museum. The collectible figures are shown in many different settings, including several created for Christmas. They were sculpted by Dr. Thomas Fetzer Clark, known as Tom Clark, a native of Elizabethtown, N.C. He trained in sculpture at Roberts School of Art in Aberdeen, Scotland, the Museum School of Art in Boston, Mass., and at City and Guilds of London School of Art. Gnomes are legendary creatures found...
On Saturday, Oct. 5, Fred Fickert and his wife Anne visited Tehachapi for the opening of the Fickert Exhibit at the Errea House Museum and for the dedication of a plaque commemorating the historic Fickert Ranch Cemetery in Bear Valley Springs. The exhibit in one of the bedrooms at the Errea House features a walnut Victorian bed and dresser from the old ranch house, along with many photos of the Fickert family, going back to the current Fred Fickert's great grandfather, the original Frederick...
A new exhibit on the Fickert family of Bear Valley will open on Saturday, Oct. 5 at noon in the Errea House Museum at 311 S. Green St. For a preview of the exhibit, the Errea House will be open for First Friday on Oct. 4 from 5 to 8 p.m. A brief history is included, as well as photos of the family, the ranch and the development of Bear Valley Springs. Victorian furniture from the Fickert ranch house, tools and other artifacts will be included in the exhibit. Fred Fickert will be present on...
A collection of matchbooks in the Community Case and Native American artifacts will be featured for September First Friday on Sept. 6 from 5 to 8 p.m. Matchbooks have been around since 1892 when Joshua Pusey patented the idea of paper matches. The tips were dipped in a solution of sulphur and phosphorus and stapled to a piece of cardboard. The Diamond Match Company promptly purchased Pusey’s patent. In 1894, a company salesman named Henry Traute got his first order for 10 million matchbooks f...
The Tehachapi Museum is featuring a collection of matchbooks in the Community Case for August First Friday on Aug. 2 from 5 to 8 p.m. Matchbooks have been around since 1892 when Joshua Pusey patented the idea of paper matches. The tips were dipped in a solution of sulphur and phosphorus and stapled to a piece of cardboard. The Diamond Match Company promptly purchased Pusey's patent. In 1894, a company salesman named Henry Traute got his first order for 10 million matchbooks featuring ads for...
Due to the holiday weekend, the Tehachapi Museum will not be open in July for First Friday. We will resume First Friday in August. For the July 4 weekend, the Museum will be open on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday from noon to 4 p.m. In addition, the Museum will be open on the 4th of July from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. to celebrate the Museum’s 46th birthday. Birthday cake and lemonade will be served on the Errea House porch at 1 p.m. Please join us!...
Join us at the Tehachapi Museum on Friday, June 7 for First Friday. A new exhibit on the Prohibition era will be opening celebrating the roaring 20s, a confluence of women's right to vote, the prohibition of alcohol and a booming economy. It's just what the nation needed after the gloom of WWI. In addition, Gene Stirm's series of paintings titled "Lilac Houses" will be exhibited. He features three historic houses with their lilac bushes in full bloom, painted in an impressionist style. The...
First Friday on May 3 will feature the jewelry of Linda Turco at the Tehachapi Museum. Linda has been fascinated with the artistry of jewelry, beadwork in particular, since childhood. Her background as a graphic designer helped to shape her color and design ideas. After she and her husband retired to Tehachapi, her love of beadwork flourished. Linda's designs range from hand-woven beaded necklaces, bracelets and earrings, to focal stone cabochons surrounded by elaborately beaded bezels and rope...
First Friday on April 5 at the Tehachapi Museum will feature the opening of a new exhibit of carved wood objects by the Tehachapi Mountain Carvers club. The club, originally started by 15 people who were involved in woodcarving classes offered through the Parks and Recreation Department in 2001, applied to be a chapter of the California Carvers Guild. TMC was chartered as CCB Chapter 62. In 2010, a new woodcarving class was started at the Tehachapi Senior Citizens Center. An enthusiastic group...
Join us on March 1 from 5 to 8 p.m. for First Friday at the Tehachapi Museum. A new exhibit opening in March highlights the 50th Anniversary of the Tehachapi Community Theater. Programs, posters and costumes from the past 50 years will be featured. TCT now performs in the BeeKay Theatre, a beautifully restored venue that allows for professional quality plays and musicals. The year-long celebration culminates in a Gala to be held in October. Several continuing exhibits will be ending this month,...
Most Tehachapi residents know Main Street Tehachapi from the many fun and entertaining events that bring residents and out of towners to the historic downtown area, such as the upcoming Wine and Chocolate Walk, the Ugly Sweater Wine Walk in November, the newest wine walk, Sip Sip Hurray, coming up in June and the Summer Farmers Market. Recently MST has provided $20,000 in grants to Downtown businesses for façade improvements and repainting. Last year $5,000 was donated to assist the City with...
Join us on Feb. 1 from 5 to 8 p.m. for First Friday at the Tehachapi Museum and start your Valentine celebration early. Vintage Valentine cards will be featured, along with candy boxes, tins and special Valentine-themed appetizers will be served. Continuing exhibits include a display of the pottery of Mata Ortiz, a region of NW Chihuahua, Mexico featuring a portion of the collection of sisters Mary Cunningham of Tehachapi and Gianna Ranuzzi of Berkeley. Many of the items were purchased in Mata...
On First Friday in January the Tehachapi Museum will feature several continuing exhibits from 5 to 8 p.m. Refreshments will be served. The Community Case features a display of the pottery of Mata Ortiz. The Mata Ortiz region of NW Chihuahua, Mexico has a pre- Columbian history as a trade and cultural crossroads between its site of Paquime and the cultures of central Mexico and the Hohokam, Anasazi and Mogolion people of what is now the American Southwest. The dream of one man started an...
