Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
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February First Friday at Gallery 'N' Gifts will feature photographs by local photographers in the 18th annual Photography Contest, sponsored by Tehachapi Valley Arts Association. Categories will include Landscape and Nature; Travel and Architecture; Animals; Black and White or Sepia; Transportation; People; and Youth Photography. With a $100 Best of Show prize, there are sure to be some gorgeous photos competing. Full rules and info can be downloaded from our website at www.galleryngifts.com or...
The First Friday tradition continues this year at TVAA Gallery 'N' Gifts. We have planned a full year of wonderful new artists to show their unique creations to our community. The Photo Contest is planned for February and August. We can't forget our Youth Contest during April. Our local kids enjoy showing their artistic expressions to the public. Don't forget to come and support them. Join us each first Friday of the month to celebrate art, with our variety of Hors d 'Oeuvres and beverages, and...
Earlier this year USC and UCLA both announced their intentions to move from the Pac-12 Conference to the Big 10, a move driven by more television revenue for their institutions, a better placement on the national stage and potentially more NIL (Name, Image, Likeness) money for their student-athletes. While USC is a private school and can do whatever they would like, there has been some opposition to UCLA's move, since they are a public University of California school operating within the...
For nearly 25 years, Mountain Music served the community as Tehachapi’s downtown music store. Even with the pandemic, it kept a presence downtown with a booth in the Treasure Trove, which is now the Arts Center. “I couldn’t leave the community without a place to buy reeds, strings, capos and other musical necessities,” said owner and founder Deborah Hand, who sat out the lockdown by writing books (available at the Arts Center) and plays. Now the store at 206 E. F St., Tehachapi, will be back in time for Christmas. The “elves” have been workin...
The Tehachapi Warriors football season ended a couple of weeks ago, capping a remarkable campaign with a 10-2 record and a second-round appearance in the CIF Central Section Division III playoffs. The season included the Warriors winning the South Yosemite Mountain League Championship in the first season of the new league's existence. Tehachapi posted a perfect 4-0 mark during that league campaign bringing home the program's 31st league championship and the first outright title since 2011. The...
I pretty much love all forms of live theater; I love going to (and occasionally being in) the plays at the BeeKay Theatre in Downtown Tehachapi. I also love to go out of town to see plays in bigger venues like the Lancaster Performing Arts or even to L.A. And I love going out of town to smaller venues too, like to the Gaslight Melodrama Theater and Music Hall in Bakersfield. By the way, a melodrama is defined as a "sensational dramatic piece with exaggerated characters and exciting events..."...
-November is the loveliest season of the year- At TVAA Gallery 'N' Gifts we are getting ready for a wonderful November show. Our Fine Art Gallery artist will be presenting the newest pieces they have been working for our Fall Show. Autumn is a time for change, and our artists have been pushing themselves to create different paintings that will be sure to enchant you. Join us for First Friday on Nov. 4 from 4 to 7 p.m. at Gallery 'N' Gifts, 100 W. Tehachapi Blvd. "When the trees their summer...
A November to remember Lots of fun and excitement coming this month. We start the month with First Friday on Nov 4. Come one out for Marta's wonderful hors d'oeuvres, wine and punch. Enjoy the company of other art aficionados, all for free. Don't forget to stop off and visit our friends at Gallery 'N' Gifts at 100 W. Tehachapi Blvd., they participate, too. Nov. 8 is Jam Night at the Art Center. Grab your favorite instrument and come on out and have some fun. If you don't have one, we have a few...
The Tehachapi campus of Cerro Coso Community College, 126 S. Snyder Ave., invites the public to enjoy a unique viewing experience of the popular 90's classic Hocus Pocus on Friday, Oct. 28 from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. in the quad. Join them in the quad for an outdoor fun, free, spooky, Halloween movie night. Drive-in movies are virtually a thing of the past, movie goers are encouraged to bring their family, friends, blankets, and lawn chair to enjoy a unique moving-going experience. Hocus Pocus is a...
Hey, hey! It’s Inktober! What is Inktober? It’s a worldwide call to create an ink drawing for all 31 days of October. Experts assure us that you will see improvement in your techniques and art skills if you finish the challenge. To celebrate Inktober, Tehachapi Arts Center Artists are creating pen and ink drawings. Come in and see how our artists use ink creatively for Inktober. You can find out more about Inktober and find the Inktober prompts at www.svslearn.com. During First Friday, held on...
As promised, Healthy Hippie Trading Company is using the future café space for temporary classes and workshops. The October line up features some of the best healers around. "I'm excited not just for my customers but for myself as well," said owner, Sarah Rose. "You can bet that I will be attending as many classes as possible!" One of the first to sign up was Raquel Wilson (Rocky), a certified yoga instructor who is also a preschool teacher at Good Sheperd Preschool. Rocky was a Zumba...
With Homecoming this past week at Tehachapi High, it's a good time to remember lifelong Tehachapi resident Terry Edwards, who earned the title "Warrior of the Century" and the "Ultimate Warrior" after he achieved a milestone that will likely never be equaled by anyone else: he attended 413 Warrior football games in a row without missing a single one for more than 30 years, from 1980 until he passed away at the age of 80 in 2014. Terry's incredible streak of Warrior fandom began with a game...
Coinciding with Tehachapi’s Apple Festival, the Tehachapi Friends of the Library’s “Big Book Sale” this year is on Saturday, Oct. 15 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday, Oct. 16 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. This is another 2-in-1 sale. On Saturday there will be two areas of books set up in the library’s courtyard. The first area will have individually priced books, and will include a number of reasonably priced antique and other specialty books. The second section of books for sale will be the ever popu...
"I was born in the U.S. and raised in the Cayman Islands. I've been sculpting since I was 4 years old. It has always been a passion of mine and a form of therapy for myself. I mainly use polymer clay for my finished pieces but also incorporate other types, as well as wire in my work. I enjoy boxing and acting in my free time. Most of my inspiration comes from nature especially exotic, endemic creatures, such as one of my favorites the blue iguana only to native to Grand Cayman," Matthew...
This schedule is in place from Aug. 8 to Sept. 5 Important Notice Sept. 5 (Labor Day) is the end of our pool season. As a last HOORAH of the season, and in honor of Labor Day, we will be offering Open Recreational Swim on this day from 1-5 p.m. Remember to thank our wonderful Lifeguards for working hard this summer. We wouldn’t have a season without their hard work and dedication! Entry fee: $5 (cash only) Non-swimmers fee: $2 (cash only) 10-visit punch pass: $40 (cash only) Children 3 and under...
Gallery 'N' Gifts hosted its community photo contest and First Friday awards reception on Aug. 5. With 70 photos submitted, the judges had their work cut out for them. One photo stood out from the rest and was deemed "Best of Show." The photo of a steely eyed mountain lion, taken by Wes Burcham was titled, "Go Ahead Make My Day." Congratulations Wes, and all the other participants, your photos made for a stunning show. Photos will be on display until Aug. 29 at Gallery 'N' Gifts. Interested in...
Robert "Bob" Allan Small passed away at age 79 in Tehachapi on May 20. He passed away in his home quietly after suffering several strokes over many decades. Bob was born Sept. 10, 1942, in Compton, California to Allan Ward Small (father) and Winifred Lynette Hartley (mother). He grew up with his older brother, Gary Ward Small. The family moved to Tehachapi when Bob was 8 years old. Bob had many fond memories of growing up in Tehachapi and working at his father's store, Tehachapi Lumber Company....
The 2022 Take Your Best Shot photo contest is back and Tehachapi Valley Arts Association is challenging amateur photographers of all ages to submit their favorite photos from July 23-Aug. 1 at Gallery ‘N’ Gifts. You have a chance to win the $100 Best of Show prize, or one of the first place prizes in the following categories: Landscape & Nature, Travel & Architecture, Animals, Black & White/Sepia, Altered Images, People/Portrait and Youth Photography. Each category will also have ribbons for 2nd, 3rd and honorable mention placings. For rul...
If you're looking for an interesting day excursion from Tehachapi, I suggest you consider taking the Metrolink train from Lancaster into Downtown Los Angeles and back. I've done this before, and it makes a fun and memorable trip. I first took this trip back in 2013 with members of two different Tehachapi train organizations: the Tehachapi Loop Railroad Club and the Friends of the Tehachapi Depot. We toured the vintage Union Station, as well as visited to Grand Central Market – the city's l...
The 2022 Take Your Best Shot photo contest is back and Tehachapi Valley Arts Association is challenging amateur photographers of all ages to submit their favorite photos from July 23-Aug. 1 at Gallery ‘N’ Gifts for a chance to win the $100 Best of Show prize, or one of the first place prizes in the following categories: Landscape & Nature, Travel & Architecture, Animals, Black & White/Sepia, Altered Images, People/Portrait and Youth Photography. Each category will also have ribbons for 2nd, 3rd and honorable mention placing. For rules and inf...
The Dye Natatorium will be open from June 13 to August 6, 2022. Entry fee: $5 (cash only) Non-swimmers fee: $2 (cash only) 10-visit punch pass: $40 (cash only) Children 3 and under: Free **Parent must be in pool with children 3 and under** The pool was closed on July 4 in observance of Independence Day. Schedule is subject to change. Recreational Swim Days & Times: Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, 1-5 p.m. Lap Swim Ages: 16+ Days & Times: Monday-Friday, 5-7 a.m. Shallow Water Aerobics...
Virgin Orbit originally planned to launch on June 29, but postponed the flight after finding the temperature of its rocket propellant were slightly out of bounds. The mission was rescheduled for Friday, July 1. Takeoff from runway 30 at Mojave Air & Space Port was at 10:50 p.m. Launcher One was dropped at 11:53 p.m. Stage one and Stage two rockets fired as scheduled over the Pacific Ocean and second engine shutdown was at 12:01 a.m. This is the fourth orbital satellite launch and the first one...
First Friday is coming July 1. The Arts Center and several downtown businesses will be open and serving hors d’oeuvres, wine and punch. Come on out and make an evening of art and socializing. It’s free. Improv Saturday night on July 9 Susan and Jonathan Hall will be back with their Improv Class. Always an exciting time, making new friends and honing your improvisational skills. Plus, Susan brings snacks, coffee and tea. Children’s Art Class every Wednesday. Summer hours are 3 to 5 p.m. We can offer a private class for birthdays or your own g...
Summer has officially arrived in the Tehachapi-Cummings Valley, with the annual opening of the Cal-Organic Farms produce stand in Tehachapi, providing residents and visitors alike with direct access to the Valley's freshest, organic fruits and vegetables – right from the farm. "Residents tell us they wait all year for the stand to open," said Jeff Huckaby, president of Grimmway Farms, the parent company of Cal-Organic. "We operate the stand on Bear Valley Road, as we have for years, which b...
The Pool opened for the summer on June 13. Kiya Knowlton and Riley Deck were first in line to get through the gate and were welcomed by Lifeguard Aaron Rhoden. Open Swim is scheduled for Monday, Wednesday and Friday from noon to 6:30 p.m. and Tuesday and Thursday from 1:30 to 6:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday will be 11:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Other special events at the pool include Water Aerobics and Adult Lap swims. Lessons for Guppies (ages 3 to 5), Goldfish (ages 6 and up) and Dolphins (ages 8...
