Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
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Thursday, May 9 from 4 to 7:30 p.m. is the first Farmers Market of 2019. Main Street Tehachapi Farmers Market is one of Tehachapi's favorite events, giving you an opportunity to shop for fresh produce, baked goods and more while you enjoy downtown. Each week, the entertainment will feature favorite local bands and musicians, organized by Fiddler's Crossing. Produce vendors will be on the west side of Green Street and food, craft, art and other vendors will be on the east side. All vendor items...
A dedication ceremony will be held in Centennial Plaza on Green Street to commemorate the installation of a series of plaques pointing out historical facts about Tehachapi. The dedication on Tuesday, May 7 at 11 a.m. will introduce the public to a short walking tour along Green Street that gives interesting facts about local history. The project is the result of a partnership between the Tehachapi Heritage League, Main Street Tehachapi and the City of Tehachapi. Research for the plaques was...
Friends of the Tehachapi Depot (FOTD) held a big "thank you" dinner and award ceremony on Tuesday evening at the Depot Railroad Museum, 101 W. Tehachapi Blvd. The FOTD volunteers who work so hard throughout the year were feted with a fun social hour, a wonderful meal catered by Moessner Farms and heartfelt thank you talks by grateful members of the Museum's Board of Directors. Along with the celebration of the volunteer's good work, service pins were awarded to those who reached important...
Tehachapi Mountain Roller Hockey has been making preparations for the upcoming 2019 season and evaluations have been set for the weekend of May 4 and 5. TMRH is a nonprofit, travel club team that practices in Tehachapi but travels to places like Calabasas, Hollywood, Santa Maria, etc., to play in a summer series of roller hockey tournaments. Age divisions range from 4 to 16 years old; prior skating or knowledge of hockey is not required. All players will be placed on a team in their proper age group and will be able to improve through weekly...
Don't miss this rare opportunity to hear Luther Girado and his sister Lucille Girado Hicks, the last fluent-speaking Kawaiisu Indians, tell stories and engage in discussion in Nuwä, the language of the Tehachapi Indian people. A similar event sold out last year, so make your reservation early. The event, co-sponsored by the Tehachapi Heritage League and the Kawaiisu Language and Cultural Center, will feature Lucille and Luther telling traditional Kawaiisu stories, with English interpretation...
Andre and Gina Colon decided to move to Tehachapi after a visit to friends here. They enjoyed the visit so much that they decided to stay overnight and then eventually move. Andre said that the weather and the sense of community he found here helped them make the final decision. They had lived in Bakersfield for three or four years where Andre pursued his programming and web design business and Gina studied to be a Realtor while managing two popular Facebook pages in Bakersfield. "Bakersfield...
The Tehachapi American Legion Auxiliary Unit 221 held a Good Deed Award ceremony before their regularly scheduled meeting on Wednesday, April 17 at the Veterans Memorial Building. The American Legion Auxiliary Children and Youth Committee established the Good Deed Award in 2002 to honor the youth in our communities who have made a positive difference and who have lived up to the Auxiliary motto, "In the spirit of service, not self." Honored this year were Layla Lujan and Milo Lujan for being...
Is coming to a library near you. That's right, Star Wars Day is coming to the Tehachapi Library on May the Fourth. (Get it? May the Fourth, May the Force...) And we're all invited to visit several of the worlds of that galaxy. Attendees from the youngest padawans to venerable Jedi Masters like Yoda will find themselves traveling between planets like Tatooine, Dagobah and Hoth. They will be able to visit the Death Star and the Forest Moon of Endor. And at each location there will be activities...
Have a Heart Humane Society invites you to help celebrate Give Big Kern! Give Big Kern is, “One day to celebrate the giving spirit of Kern County!” It is designed to bring all of Kern together as one community, raising dollars and volunteer hours for local nonprofits through a 24-hour, crowd-funding campaign. The event takes place on Tuesday, May 7 in our Rescued Treasures shop/adoption center. We will have a “Gone to the Dogs” hot dog lunch. A donation to Give Big Kern will get you a free hot dog and soda. To top off the lunch we will have a...
Charles White, president of Tehachapi Heritage League, spoke recently to members and friends of the American Association of University Women. He used a series of photographs to show the transition of Tehachapi through the years. He began with a picture of a group of Kawaiisu Indians who lived here before the railroad was built and concluded with a picture of the new hospital. The pictures were selected from the Tehachapi Museum's extensive collection. In appreciation for the presentation, AAUW...
It’s time to get your tickets for the Summit Singers concert on May 11. They’re now available from any of the singers, or from the Treasure Trove, Radio Shack and Tehachapi Furniture. As always, tickets are $10 per adult or $25 per family (two adults, plus all children). Of course, we’ll gladly sell you a ticket at the door, but it’s so much more convenient for you to get them in advance and not wait in line. The concert is at 7 p.m., and we think you’ll enjoy the variety of music, which wil...
Tehachapi Community Theatre will present an adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s famous novel, “Little Women” in September. Director Monica Nadon is seeking men and women ranging in age from 13 – 70 years old to fill the following roles of this classic play: Female roles include: Jo, Meg, Amy, Beth, Marmee (Mrs. March), Hannah and Aunt March. Male roles include Father (Mr. March), Laurie, John Brooke and Professor Bhaer. The play spans four years’ time. Jo, Meg and Amy must be able to play mature young ladies in the final scene. The part of H...
The Antelope Valley forms the center of the largest aerospace test and training area in the world ... home to the U.S. Air Force, Army, Navy, NASA and commercial test and training facilities. The so-called “Aerospace Valley” encompasses some of the most innovative and leading-edge aerospace companies in the world. As a result, the valley is known as a Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) “hot spot.” It’s appropriate then, that the Antelope Valley Chapter of the International Test and Evaluation Association is co-hostin...
Windows 7 nagging Microsoft won't stop supporting Windows 7 (Win7) until January of next year, but Win7 machines will soon start seeing popup messages warning of the end of support. After support ends, Win7 computers will be increasingly vulnerable to security problems. Developers will eventually leave those old PCs behind and stop writing software that works on Win7, as we've seen with Windows XP. The popup window has a nice picture of an old laptop with the Win7 background and the following...
Rachel Siegfried created a flower farm in 2008. She grows seasonal flowers and arranges them for weddings and special events. In her book “The Flower Box” she shares 60 beautiful photos of flowers, along with useful information and tips. Arranging flowers for the home or an event can be a most joyous activity, from seed to bloom to vase. Just feast on the photos if your garden is not yet planted for the year. Remember in small spaces, even one pot can produce beautiful blooms. Perhaps Mary Len...
[Scroll down for Part 1] In the April 13 edition of The Loop newspaper, we invited readers to use their creativity and join in on adding to our serial story, “Valley of Light.” Part 1 is written to give you a running start. We are hoping for your imaginative ideas, where the story can take unexpected and interesting turns. There is still time. Send us what you have and let us decide! Rules: You must give us your name in your submission and the submission must be no longer than 500 words. It can...
Fiddlers Crossing has presented a wide-range of acoustically-based music during its nine years in Downtown Tehachapi. From traditional folk styles to contemporary acoustic pop, Americana, country, acoustic blues, Celtic, bluegrass and, recently, jazz, soul and R&B with singer, Nicole Stromsoe, the venue has covered a lot of musical ground. One genre that has been well represented over the years is that of the contemporary "singer-songwriter." There are many out there these days, each with their...
Recognizing a need for more advanced diagnostic equipment, community members pledged more than $189,000 in gifts during a benefit dinner on April 9 to go toward a planned $3 million imaging center at Adventist Health Tehachapi Valley. Community members attending the event donated $46,000 during a paddle raise event that evening, and those gifts were matched by Sage Ranch developer Jeff Ciachurski. It was also announced that Tehachapi residents Jim and Lesa Cyr are gifting $500,000 toward the...
This article was written by Edward Jones for use by your local Edward Jones Financial Advisor. If you work for a business that offers a 401(k) plan, consider yourself fortunate, because a 401(k), with its tax advantages and variety of investment options, is a great way to save for retirement. But what if you need to tap into your plan before you retire? Is it a good idea to borrow from your 401(k)? To begin with, you need to determine if a loan is even available. You can only borrow from your...
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...
Louise Saunders was born in Phoenix, Ariz., the youngest daughter of an Arizona ranching family. She attended Colorado Woman's College in Denver where she studied business and psychology, but spent much of her time in the study of color and design. She began her oil painting experience when she walked into a gallery in Phoenix, Ariz. in 1968 and observed a class being held. Thinking this would be fun, she enrolled in the class. After only a few sessions, using pallet knife only, the gallery...
First Friday Fun Fest will be celebrated at Tehachapi Treasure Trove on Friday evening, May 3, from 5 to 8 p.m. The Treasure Trove will be featuring Karen's Fiber Arts Supplies. Karen Stevens has recently acquired the Fiber Arts Supply area within the store. Join us to greet Karen, check out the supplies, enjoy food, wine and listen to music by Art Larson on clarinet. Karen has been working with fiber arts for 65 years. She started learning knitting and crocheting from her grandmother when she...
Spring can be an amazingly beautiful time in the Tehachapi Mountains, especially after wet winters like we've had this year, when frequent storms are followed by a rainbow of colored wildflowers. It has been said that "The Earth laughs in flowers" and our mountains this year have been giving us wild blossoms in laughing abundance. I've compiled a list of some favorite wildflowers that thrive in our area. Most of these ephemeral beauties are blooming right now. All of our native plants face this...
It's likely you don't give the air conditioning in your vehicle much thought until you notice it's failing or broken. The last thing you want is to be stuck in a vehicle with no air conditioning on hot Summer days. Fortunately, Don's Pro Tech Automotive experts are on hand to help you stay cool and comfortable. Before bringing your car or truck by for a check-up, here are a few things you can troubleshoot on your own when your vehicle isn't cooling properly. Air not cold enough There are several...
