Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
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On First Friday, Oct. 2, from 5-8 P.M. at Gallery 'n' Gifts, featured guest artist, Jenny Zur will open our minds to the possibilities awaiting the artist in each and every one of us. After a glorious trip to Spain, Zur stated "I have fallen in love with Salvador Dali. Three artists captured my heart and I was forever changed. Their bold experimentation, colorful and rich exploration of styles and materials inspired me to grow wings and explore Tehachapi's beautiful birds with paint, canvas and...
A wonderful and worthy event is coming to Bakersfield and everyone is cordially invited. The 5th Annual Bakersfield Military Ball is just around the corner. The Ball is sponsored by the Military Order of the Purple Heart, Kern County Chapter 604, with all proceeds assisting veterans. Enjoy an evening of dining and dancing, while benefitting our local veterans in need. Veterans and the public alike, are invited to the Ball, being held Saturday, Feb. 14 at the Bakersfield Marriott, Convention...
Miracles and Christmas stories come in multifaceted varieties. Some earth shattering, some seemingly miraculous, and some quietly slip into our lives, all being of great value to those affected. This Christmas story began 44 years ago and came full circle this past December. It began during the Vietnam War. Yes, I know, there are those wanting it referred to as a "conflict". It was not. Ask the men and women who were part of that so-calledconflict and you will hear the word, war. Paul, as an...
Time to get out the boots, mittens, hats and warm coats. Winter in Tehachapi is just around the corner and with it comes the wonderful time of the year when everyone is shopping for the holidays. The best part is, shopping in Tehachapi can make the experience actually pleasurable. No big-box stores and no long and tedious lines. Park the car and off you go on a short jaunt, without the hassle of large parking complexes and huge malls to navigate. The local shops of Tehachapi provide the customer...
It has been an exciting year at Gallery 'n' Gifts, with a number of wonderful guest artist programs. The Gallery celebrated their 35th anniversary in September and they have an extraordinary artist lined up for October's First Friday. Sculptor, Leon Leigh was born, raised and received his education in London. At an early age he designed custom furniture for the family business, while pursuing his degree in art. His artistic education continued as he worked as a stonemason, honing his skill at...
Gallery 'n' Gifts goal is always to have First Friday in Tehachapi be something special. Photo contests, Youth Art contests, Guest Artists and Christmas Boutiques are always exciting and well received. With the 35th Anniversary of Gallery 'n' Gifts on the horizon, it was decided to approach this special month with special artists. It seemed apropos to honor the in-house Fine Arts members during this anniversary month of celebration, beginning Friday, Sept. 5. The Fine Arts room, at the Gallery,...
On Saturday, Sept. 13 at 10 a.m., TVAA’s Gallery ‘N Gifts will once again host a Coffee with the Artist. For September, TVAA’s 35th anniversary month, Shirley Given, pine needle and gourd artist, will be the featured guest. Approximately eight years ago, Given attended a three-hour session in pine needle basketry because of a desire to mend her grandmother’s sewing basket. She soon realized that her interest in pine needle work far exceeded the repair of the precious basket and devoted herself...
A GranFondo is likened to one of those giant (serves 4-6) sundaes, offered in ice cream shoppes. To begin, the sundae glass is the incredible mountain scenery. To this, one would add several large scoops of ice cream or participants ranging from professionals to 80 year-old tourists. In lieu of hot fudge, pineapple and caramel toppings, you add mechanical and medical support, feeding and hydration stations and bring traffic to a screeching halt. Sprinkle with lots of enthusiasm and supportive...
You read it correctly. Visit Fossil Falls in the late fall or early spring, as it is 45 miles north of Ridgecrest, east of US 395 and can be hotter than, well you know where. To clear any possible misconceptions, there are no water falls at Fossil Falls. Over the last 100,000 years the flow from the Owens River, fed by rain and snow was sufficient to form a connected systems of lakes, in the area now known as Mojave Desert basin. Some 20,000 years ago, lava, from volcanic eruptions in the area,...
Want to do something different this summer? Maybe something you have entertained, in thought, but never pursued? Could it be a part of you would like to learn more about art? Say photography, oil, watercolor, drawing, pottery or animation, just to name a few. Now, here’s the phrase so often heard by those who think they cannot successfully pursue the arts. “I can’t even draw a straight line, much less paint, etc. etc. etc.” First and foremost, being able to draw a straight line is not necessa...
Word is out, as you may have heard by now, "First Friday" at Gallery 'n' Gifts for July will be "First Saturday" on July 5. Barbecues, tailgate parties and fireworks displays are going to take precedence on July 4, as well they should, as our Country celebrates the adoption of the Declaration of Independence, signed 238 years ago. Saturday a house full of company awakens looking for the festivities to continue. Although hard to follow an act like the 4th of July, Gallery 'n' Gifts will be open...
It is said, "put it out to the universe and it shall come to you". Colleen Kohnen did just that and was elated, when offered a wonderful gift for Kohnen's Bakery. She had often thought a piano would be nice to have in the bakery, but nothing seemed to come her way, until one day, Hester and Daniel Botha, stopped in for coffee. The Daniel's owned a beautiful Steinway & Sons piano, but had moved to a smaller home, with little room for such a grand piano, nor did their daughters have room for the...
Gallery 'n' Gifts, First Friday, June 6 from 5 – 8 p.m., will feature Stephen Lee. A photographer, Lee is a newcomer to GNG and enjoys the warm family-coop atmosphere of the local art community. Lee has lived in Tehachapi more than 20 years and his primary passion is capturing the natural beauty of God's creations. The Eastern Sierras, including Alabama Hills and the area around Bishop, have resulted in some of his most prized works. The abundance of California wildflowers gives him the o...
True, Gilroy has the Garlic Festival, but Bakersfield is hosting the Second Annual Nut Festival, Saturday, June 7, at the historic Kern County Museum. In 2009 Bob Price, an editor with the Bakersfield Californian, wondered why Kern County, a major agricultural area, did not have an agricultural festival. The seed was planted (yes, pun intend) and a group of local businesses and civic leaders met to discuss the possibility, but plans were shelved due to economic hard times. Sheryl Barbich and...
Many Tehachapi residents have been to The Cat House or Feline Conservation Center, in Rosamond but newcomers may not have heard about it and there may be those long-time residents who have not heard about it, also. Guess the point here is it is such a wonderful place, it seemed a reminder of its proximity to Tehachapi might be timely. The Exotic Feline Breeding Compound/Feline Conversation Center, located on Hwy 14, will be hereon in referred to as the EFBC/FFC or compound. Acronyms can be...
Gallery 'n' Gifts will feature the Tehachapi Fiber Frogs for the month of May, with a reception in their honor being held, First Friday, May 2 from 5-8 p.m. What is a Fiber Frog, one might ask? Affectionately known as Tehachapi's Fiber Frogs, a group formed a couple of years ago as an exploration project. Spinners, knitters and other fiber related related artists came together to share ideas and information. Fiber Art consists of natural or synthetic fibers and other components The focus is on...
Enjoy music? Ever give any thought to driving on a musical road? Probably not, yet our neighboring city of Lancaster has boasting rights to just such an attraction. There are musical roads in Japan, South Korea and Holland but Lancaster, to date, claims fame to the only one in the United States. The summer of 2008, a commercial sponsored by Honda Motor. Co., Inc. built the musical road on Avenue K in Lancaster. Grooves were cut in the road on a quarter-mile strip. The cuts were engineered to...
Tehachapi Valley Arts Association is thrilled to feature local artist, Chris Paschke of Designs Ink Art, for the First Friday event, Mar. 7 at Gallery 'n' Gifts. Paschke's love of calligraphy and letters began when she took her first calligraphy class as her final college elective before graduation. She stated she was then hooked for life. Interesting how decisions such as deciding on an elective in order to complete our course of study, seeming of little significance, at the time can take us...
Photographers, on your mark, get set, snap! TVAA is sponsoring the eighth annual photo contest this February. Who knows, you may get that once-in-a-lifetime shot and take home the Best of Show cash award. Gallery 'n' Gifts will be accepting photo submissions from Jan. 27 to Feb. 3. Submissions are $5 each and each entrant may submit up to seven photos. Photos will be exhibited in the Fine Arts Room at Gallery 'n' Gifts from Feb. 7 to 25. A special First Friday Artists Reception will be held...
Do you know about the wonderful facility we have acces to in Bakersfield? How many remember a time when a time when a library checked out books, period? Great for pleasure reading, school research paper, etc. That was about it. Next time you are in Bakersfield and have some spare time, visit the Beale Memorial Library, located at 701 Truxtun Ave. Bakersfield, CA. It is amazing what is available to the public and the convenience of the hours. The Mission Statement reads: Kern County Library...
Artist-Sculptor Rodolfo Perez-Moreno, who recently relocated from Ohio, will be the feature artist at Gallery 'n' Gifts in January. The First Friday Reception will be Jan. 3 from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Gallery. Perez-Moreno enjoys working with the complexity of the human form, in his paintings and sculptures. His nudes are tasteful and liquid-like. A sense of serenity and harmony exude from the sculptures. He is originally from Costa Rica, an alumni of the Universidad Nacional Costa Rica and a...
