Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
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Kern County Director of Public Health Matt Constantine appeared at the Dec. 2 Tehachapi City Council meeting to present a new program being sponsored by the Health Department in 2020 called “Know Your Numbers.” According to Constantine, Kern County residents are among the highest risk in the state for heart disease, diabetes and obesity. The “Know Your Numbers” program is a free six week program to make people aware of the numbers that show up in tests in the doctor’s office and what they mean...
A sample of our Holiday Exhibition: Tina Dille, local artist that celebrates animals and just completed her Welcome to Tehachapi Bears on the utility box in front of the Gallery, will have two new pieces. Her original watercolor "The Scoundrel" depicts an animal form of the "Scrooge" reminding us to enjoy the spirit of Christmas. "WaterPony" is an abstract rendering of a horse that embraces the wonders of nature. Marti Howell, longtime Tehachapi resident and artist will display her new oil and...
First Friday at Tehachapi Treasure Trove will be celebrated on Dec. 6 from 5 to 8 p.m. Tehachapi Treasure Trove will be collecting Toys for Tots. Bring a new unwrapped toy (ages 6-12). Then get a wood ornament to decorate for our unique gridwall Holiday Tree. The Treasure Trove will supply the ornaments and colored markers. The ornaments will be displayed in the store throughout December. All folks donating toys will also receive a raffle ticket for a 45" flat screen TV and other great prizes....
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...
Simply put, Days for Girls is an international nonprofit organization that distributes sustainable menstrual solutions to girls in third world countries. The concept for Days for Girls was born in 2008 when Celeste Mergens, an American woman, was traveling in Nairobi, Kenya. She discovered that for lack of feminine hygiene products, young women were having to stay out of school during their monthly periods. They would stay inside, sitting on cardboard that was used to absorb the flow. Mergens'...
Gallery 'N' Gifts will be all dressed up for the holidays at our November First Friday. The Gallery's jewelers, stained glass artists, and antique bottle makers beautiful new items will be featured. Irene Rippy, one of our stained glass artists, began her work in 1989 after seeing work done by a friend and deciding to take a class. She found she loved it! Starting with glass panels Irene began 3D, mosaic, windows and any other type of art using glass over the years. Of late Irene is also...
First Friday will be celebrated at Tehachapi Treasure Trove on Friday evening, Nov. 1 from 5 to 8 p.m. The Treasure Trove will be featuring work created by the Fiber Friday Group, a diverse group of fiber artists. The Fiber Friday Group, also known as Fiber Frogs, is currently meeting every Friday morning at Tehachapi Treasure Trove. Members of the group knit, crochet, weave on looms, weave baskets, embroider, dye silk, felt, needlepoint, make paper, do origami and more. Some even paint. They...
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...
Applications are being accepted now through Nov. 1 for the Kern County Network for Children’s (KCNC) 2020 Leadership Development Program. Since 1998, hundreds of individuals from organizations throughout Kern County have graduated from the program that serves to achieve three primary goals: • Educate participants to increase understanding of public issues and human relationships. • Mobilize participants to learn to lead effectively in areas of community health and well being. • Help participants network with other citizen action groups with co...
October is upon us and with it the heart of the Autumn season. The temperatures have dropped, the leaves are changing color and the general mood is a bit more contemplative. In this vein, starting in late September, Fiddlers Crossing has been presenting a series of diverse female singer-songwriters, each with her own unique approach to writing and performing songs that lean toward the more personal and introspective. The third and final artist in this series is Lisa Richards, who hails from far...
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 Tehachapi Strings Orchestra, under the direction of Gayel Pitchford, will perform its fall concert on Friday, October 25, 2019, at 7:00 p.m. at Tehachapi Valley United Methodist Church on Schout Road (across the street from Country Oaks Baptist) in Tehachapi. This concert will feature Violists Miles Middleton and Everett Hamilton performing George Telemann’s Concerto for Two Violas with the Tehachapi Strings Orchestra. The Orchestra will also play the first movement of Dvorak’s Symphony No....
Tehachapi Treasure Trove is planning a special First Friday on Oct. 4, as the store's downtown location will be celebrating seven years of making friends and fun, as well as art and of being a continuing major player in the Tehachapi art community. The Treasure Trove began as a nugget in the mind of Mel White with help from Sandy Thoman, and after a couple of exploratory meetings, Susanna Monette and Janet Meabon joined them in the planning and implementation of the new adventure. The initial...
Gallery 'N' Gifts is delighted to welcome Anya Lathrop as our October Guest Artist. Anya is an embroidery artist. Her work is amazing in the fashion of Monet and the Impressionists. Anya says she has devoted her life to the arts, as a musician and vocalist, actor, writer, painter and now as a textile artist. Her husband accurately describes her as, "a person with busy hands," and this restlessness is why she took up embroidery. Unlike paints, brushes and easels, a small kit of embroidery can be...
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...
Last July, Fiddlers Crossing was visited by its first performers from "down under." Singer songwriter Jackie Bristow from Gore, New Zealand accompanied by guitarist, Mark Punch from Sydney, Australia played to a packed house at the downtown music venue. The response was so overwhelmingly positive that the duo was immediately booked for a return performance on Friday, Oct. 4. Jackie Bristow's singing career began at the age of eight, when she took a shine to church hymns at St. Mary's Primary...
Gallery N’ Gifts will be hosting a Witch’s Hat decorating contest with hats on display during the month of October. This contest is free to the public and all are welcome. Dressing up for our First Friday event on Oct. 4 is encouraged. Hats must be dropped off at Gallery ‘N’ Gifts by Monday, Sept. 30, during normal business hours 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Witch’s Hats can be supplied by participants or through Gallery ‘N’ Gifts while supplies last. $3 for small hats and $5 for large hats. Hats can be c...
Summer is ending and Fall is in the air, as the expression goes. While Summer is always full of fun and excitement, the Autumn season seems to encourage a bit more personal reflection and soul-searching as the year winds down. Accordingly, Fiddlers Crossing's concert schedule for the end of September and October will reflect the mood of the season with a series of singer-songwriters, each having their own unique approach. The first concert, on Friday, Sept. 27, features Lisa Sanders and Karen...
The Tehachapi Treasure Trove is open Monday - Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., 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...
First Friday art walks are popular with locals of all ages. These fun events include refreshments, featured artists and entertainment at galleries and shops in Downtown Tehachapi. In September, the new Colleen Farrell Gallery opened its doors and Gallery 'N' Gifts began celebrating its 40th year....
Join us for the September First Friday at the Colleen Farrell Gallery, Tehachapi's newest fine art gallery and artist studio at 112 #A E. Tehachapi Blvd. Colleen Farrell is an award-winning painter and ceramicist who also teaches for the Kern County School District. Farrell has been influenced by a wide historical group of artists from John Constable to Robert Rauschenberg, or the likes of Mark Rothko to her favorite rebel, Thomas Gainsborough. She has set up her new gallery as not only a place...
Come join us for our Sept. 6 First Friday at Gallery 'N' Gifts, featuring the wonderful work of Ramon Ramirez. Ramon discovered art at a very young age. What started as a child's curiosity has become a passion spanning over half a century. His legacy includes an active participation in establishing the Casa de la Cultural art school in the early 1970s. He is the sole illustrator for the California State Department of Education's book "Encuentros - Hombre a Hombre." He has exhibited nationally...
First Friday will be celebrated at Tehachapi Treasure Trove on Friday evening, Sept. 6 from 5 to 8 p.m. The Treasure Trove will be featuring Patti LaZelle of PJ's Arts and Crafts. Patti makes a variety of wonderful things including doll clothes, wood ornaments, cloth dolls and other fun things. Patti talks about her life and becoming an artist and crafter, "I started crafting when I was about 5 years old. I had a neighbor who designed windows at department stores in San Francisco in the '60s....
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...
Book Signing by Barbara K. “Escape from Sodom.” She has just finished the fourth in the series and also writes mysteries. She has been a California resident for about 8 years, currently living in Bakersfield. The book signing will be at Tehachapi Christian Store, 108 E. Tehachapi Blvd. at 5 p.m. on First Friday, Sept. 6....
