Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
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Tehachapi is home to an abundance of talent, especially in the arts, which includes local musicians. New on the Tehachapi music scene is Bear Valley based duo The Band RAFTERS, a collaborative effort between front man and rhythm guitarist Joe Jones and lead guitarist Jon Wier. They formed the band in 2019 and since then have released three songs, which are available on the major music platforms Spotify, Amazon Music, Apple Music and iTunes. Their fourth single "Take Me Home" released on Friday,...
The Stallion Springs CERT team moved to their new location on Saturday, Feb. 22. The team met at 8 a.m. in the old headquarters on Bold Venture Drive to begin the move to the new headquarters. The new 40 by 70-foot building is located directly behind the Community Center. While there is still a lot of work to be completed, the County has approved a Temporary Occupancy permit for the new building. David Cox and Larry Heasle, the logistics team, coordinated the move, which was completed in only...
At the beginning of January, both Deanna and Rick Phelan retired from Northrup Grumman in Palmdale where they had both worked for 30 years. When looking for a retirement location, Tehachapi seemed like the perfect spot for the two of them and Deanna's mother, Carol Wilson, who is living with them. Tehachapi is close to the desert but not in the desert and the desert is their playground. Deanna and Rick spend most of their free time RZR riding and camping in the desert. Carol sometimes joins...
You wouldn't know it by the weather outside, but things are heating up at the library. Even though it is still winter, we are getting in gear to kick off our summer reading challenge. Last year, our summer reading challenge had 370 participants, but we also had almost 2,000 people attend our programs in June and July, and we served over 600 free lunches through our lunch at the library program in conjunction with Tehachapi Unified School district. Our kickoff event last year was Tehachapi's...
The guitar is a versatile musical instrument. It can be used to play many styles of music, from classical to bluegrass, folk, rock, jazz, blues, country and many others. Most of the time, it is heard either as a solo instrument or in a band accompanied by bass, drums, keyboards, strings, horns and more. Often, a band will have two guitarists, one playing rhythm and the other lead. Then there is the guitar quartet--no bass, drums or keyboards, just four guitars. This configuration is not...
On Friday, Feb. 7, State Senator Shannon Grove held a Town Hall at the Slice of Life Enrichment School in Tehachapi. The purpose of the meeting was to address the Public Safety Power Shutoffs during the autumn of 2019. Also taking part were representatives from Southern California Edison; Laura Lynne Wyatt of Kern County Board of Supervisors; Tehachapi City Officials Greg Garrett and Key Budge; Kern County Fire Department; Deputy Michael Dorkin and spokesperson Megan Person of the Kern County...
The Tehachapi Treasure Trove is open Monday-Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Stop by and see our collection of uncommonly eclectic and unusually unique stuff. We carry an extensive line of art, craft and scrapbooking supplies, as well as artist services in addition to local arts, handcrafts, jewelry, collectibles, music, yarn, gift items and more. Visit us online at www.tehachapitreasuretrove.com and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/TehachapiTreasureTrove or call us at...
Town Hall Meeting There will be a Town Hall Meeting at 9 a.m. on Feb. 29 at the Community Center to discuss solid waste issues. The Solid Waste Surveys are available at the CSD Office. The surveys will be tallied and the results will be presented. A number of important issues such as: Handouts that update and address a number of questions and issues received in response to the survey. A discussion regarding the existing set up and proposed set up for solid waste. A better estimate of costs...
One of the benefits of being City Manager is interaction with the public and more importantly with the local organizations that support our City with their work and services to the residents. One of those groups is the Tehachapi Senior Center, an organization that provides a multitude of services to our senior citizen community. Through a partnership with the City of Tehachapi they operate the Senior Center located at 500 E. F St. The first Wednesday at noon every month they have a board...
Photographers gather your favorite photos and get ready for the 15th annual Winter Photo Contest at Gallery 'N' Gifts. Be sure to enter early as photos will be hung in order they are received until each category is full. Submissions will be accepted through Feb. 3, at Gallery 'N' Gifts located at 100 W. Tehachapi Blvd. A special First Friday reception will be held to show off the photos and announce the winners on Feb. 7 from 5 to 8 p.m. Categories for this year's event include...
First Friday will be celebrated at Tehachapi Treasure Trove on Friday evening, Feb. 7 from 5 to 8 p.m. Featured will be a Jewelry Jamboree... just in time for Valentines day. The Treasure Trove features 11 different jewelry makers creating a variety of jewelry from funky fun to serious pieces. Bassema Korkor and Catherine Hammonds use polymer clay to create one of a kind necklaces and earrings. Ruthie Stockdale's crystal creations glimmer in the sunlight. Loraine Dodson uses beautiful beads to...
February's First Friday will see something special. Local author, Kathleen Kline, will be doing a reading of some of her short stories at Olde Vineyard Charm. Olde Vineyard Charm will be open for First Friday, as usual, and will be hosting this local author. "I enjoy playing with words while bringing joy to others while providing entertaining escapes when you have only a little time to yourself," author Kathleen Kline said. Inside the pages of Kline's booklet "When You Only Have Time For A...
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...
Here we are in the year 2020 and it's already almost time for the first Friends of the Library's Seasonal Book Sale. That's right, the Winter Book Sale is coming up on Feb. 15 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. And it is again two book sales in one. One is the ever popular "Bag Sale" where you buy a bag and fill it up with any of the books in the bag sale room, which is a deal that can't be beat. The second sale is the Antique, Rare and Special Books sale. These books are priced as marked and are still...
It may be named "Fiddlers Crossing," but the small venue in Downtown Tehachapi also features some of the world's finest acoustic guitarists in its concert schedules. On Friday, Feb. 7, the audience will be treated to a touch of Italy when Beppe Gambetta returns to the stage. Gambetta is considered one of the finest flatpicking guitarists on any continent, playing, according to Acoustic Guitar magazine, a "virtual United Nations of influences: Italian, Ukrainian, Appalachian, Sardinian, Celtic."...
Many think of the library as a sort of time capsule that hasn't changed much over the years: a quiet place where you might go to find a book or maybe use a computer, but if this is all you think happens at the library, you haven't been to our library lately. The library does still provide books and a quiet place to study and read if you need it, but you will get a glimpse of something completely different if you go to the Tehachapi Library, located at 212 S Green St., on a Friday afternoon once...
The Tehachapi Treasure Trove is open Monday-Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Stop by and see our collection of uncommonly eclectic and unusually unique stuff. We carry an extensive line of art, craft and scrapbooking supplies, as well as artist services in addition to local arts, handcrafts, jewelry, collectibles, music, yarn, gift items and more. Visit us online at www.tehachapitreasuretrove.com and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/TehachapiTreasureTrove or call us at...
The Stallion Springs maintenance crews were kept busy during the Christmas week snow storm. The crew spent the day Thursday and well into Friday keeping the roads in Stallion clear. Thanks to the crews for their fine work. Clean up Day Clean-up Day is scheduled for Saturday, Jan. 18 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Stallion Springs CSD parking lot. If you have big bulky items, plan on bringing them for easy disposal or recycling. Bulky item pick up for seniors and disabled adults is available. Call...
The acoustic band, Out of the Blue, will be returning to Tehachapi Saturday, Jan. 11, to perform at Fiddlers Crossing. Guitarist and vocalist Pat Seamount was a Tehachapi resident for many years and was known for her poignant interpretations of the songs of Kate Wolf in the group, Handmade. Now based in the Kern River Valley, Pat and her husband, mandolin player Michael Gallagher, formed Out of the Blue in 2003. Terry Harris was added on dobro in 2005 and Kris Wilber came on board to play bass in 2008. All four musicians have been playing most...
Come to Red Rock Canyon State Park on Friday, Jan. 3 to help look for birds as part of the Audubon Society’s 120th Christmas Bird Count! The annual count is the longest running Citizen Science survey in the world. Since the first count in 1900, the Christmas Bird Count has provided critical data on population trends. Prior to the turn of the century, people engaged in a holiday tradition known as the Christmas “Side Hunt” where they would choose sides and go afield with their gun, and whoever brought in the biggest pile of feathered (and furre...
Tommy Wakefield says of himself and his love of photography, "I grew up in a small tourist town in South Haven, Mich., along Lake Michigan. I moved to California for college and have made this my home since graduating. I absolutely love the variety of seasons and landscapes that can be found here. My interest in photography started when I was only 12. I received my first camera when I was 13. It was a 4 megapixel Nikon Cookpix point and shoot. When I was in high school my uncle gave me my first...
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...
First Friday Fun Fest will be celebrated at Tehachapi Treasure Trove on Friday evening, Jan. 3, from 5 to 8 p.m. January's First Friday will be a celebration of the Treasure Trove's creative teachers and students. Students from our Paint Pour, Mixed Media, Fiber Arts, Fused Glass and Painting classes will be displaying their work along with our talented teachers, Lucinda Thomas, Judith Campanaro, Karen Stevens, Ruthie Stockdale, Leila Kleiman and Juanita Niemeyer. Come support the teachers and...
The acoustic band, Out of the Blue, will be returning to Tehachapi Saturday, Jan. 11, to perform at Fiddlers Crossing. Guitarist and vocalist Pat Seamount was a Tehachapi resident for many years, and was known for her poignant interpretations of the songs of Kate Wolf in the group, Handmade. Now based in the Kern River Valley, Pat and her husband, mandolin player Michael Gallagher, formed Out of the Blue in 2003. Terry Harris was added on dobro in 2005 and Kris Wilber came on board to play bass...
A Tehachapi Christmas tradition is returning to Fiddlers Crossing. Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol," read by Tehachapi's own Alex Zonn, will be presented twice at the venue this month, on Friday, Dec. 13 and Saturday, Dec. 14, at 7 p.m. on both days. First published in 1843, "A Christmas Carol" is the story of a bitter old miser named Ebeneezer Scrooge and his transformation resulting from a supernatural visit from the ghost of his former business partner, Jacob Marley, and the Ghosts of...
