Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
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Advance team, engineers share progress at community meetings California High Speed Rail (HSR) Authority has jettisoned a proposed track alignment across the Lehigh Southwest Cement 40-year expansion quarry and Oak Creek-area wind farms in favor of a more westerly route through Cal Portland Cement quarry property. HSR engineers have been meeting with Cal Portland executives to work out the better of two proposed routes through their quarry. Much of the HSR track through the property would be...
Development Services Director Jay Schlosser asked the City Council to award the long awaited Freedom Plaza Project to Cal Prime, Inc. in the amount of $498,000.at the Sept.21 City Council Meeting. This project proposes to construct a public space on the one-half acre lot in downtown Tehachapi located in the southwest corner of Tehachapi Boulevard and Curry Street. The plans for the plaza include decorative colored concrete, brick paving, monuments to honor our military, landscaping, a parking...
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...
Neighbors of Philip Marx Central Park have adopted four carved stump sculptures that the Tehachapi Valley Recreation and Park District ordered removed Aug. 17 for safety reasons. Charles Jones, 30, said he was "devastated" when he saw the tree trimmers cutting the stump carvings, which had become iconic attractions since then-Rec & Park district Manager Gary Opferman commissioned artist Kent Holmgren to create them in 2008. The playful, funny faces emerging from dead and dying trees has...
It happens almost every Saturday: I get calls from people who are lost. They just can't find us. Most times, they just haven't traveled far enough south on Tehachapi Willow Springs Rd. But occasionally, they have made the mistake of putting the physical address in their GPS and found themselves in the middle of nowhere. While I acknowledge that we are in the middle of nowhere, we are not where your GPS takes you. In fact, when I think about it, we are centrally located just 18 miles from...
Tehachapi Treasure Trove First Friday Fun Fest will be celebrated at Tehachapi Treasure Trove, on Friday evening, July 3, from 5 to 8. The featured artist for July will be Vicki Braslow. Vicki specializes in landscapes and old buildings. Her preferred medium is oil. Join us to greet Vicki, enjoy food and wine, and listen to music by Art Larson on clarinet. A Bakersfield native, Vicki Braslow and her husband Geoffrey moved to Tehachapi about 10 1/2 years ago after living in the Bay Area for 20 years. In addition to her work as a Tehachapi...
First Fridays have become a fun evening of refreshments and hospitality and shopping at all the venues participating. Gallery ‘N’ Gifts and the TVAA 100 W. Tehachapi Blvd. (see this page for more details). Tehachapi Treasure Trove is located at 116 E Tehachapi Boulevard, right across the street from the water tower in Railroad Park. (see this page for more details). Tehachapi Museum Erra House on S. Green St. (see this page for more details). The Tehachapi Christian Store Located at 108 East Tehachapi Blvd. in Downtown Tehachapi. (see this pag...
Teresa Magart and Ryan Young moved to Tehachapi in January with their two-and-a-half year old daughter, Skylar. They came from Wrightwood, an area in the San Bernardino Mountains that is known primarily for snow skiing. They had looked for three years for a place that would fill all their requirements. Ryan is a biological consultant and for the last 15 years has been studying the tortoise in the Mojave Desert. He needed their new home to be near his work and be a place where he could pursue...
First Friday Fun Fest will be celebrated at Tehachapi Treasure Trove, on Friday evening, June 5, from 5 to 8 p.m. The featured artist for June will be Flo Sussell. Flo works with paints, inks, and colored pencils to create a variety of vivid images. Join us to greet Flo, enjoy food and wine, and listen to music by Art Larson on clarinet. Flo was born in Stockton, Calif. and was raised in Pittsburg, Calif. She met her husband Jay while working at Space Technology Laboratory living in the Los...
Most of us remember the 100th birthday of the city of Tehachapi held in 2009 in front of the steps of the present city hall complete with a jumbo-tron. But some of you have been here long enough to remember Tehachapi’s 50th anniversary, which my mother Marion Deaver wrote about in 1959. In 1909 the downtown was lit by a dozen gasoline street lights which shone down dimly each night on the dirt streets of the city. If a fire broke out, volunteer firemen rushed to the scene with a hand-drawn t...
First Friday Fun Fest will be celebrated at Tehachapi Treasure Trove, on Friday evening, May 1, from 5 to 8. The featured artist for May will be Kathryn (Katy) Jacobson. Katy creates what she calls Painterly Photos. She takes photographs which she then softens with filters, computer brushes and other techniques available on her computer software. The final product looks like a painting as much as a photo. Join us to greet Katy, enjoy food and wine and listen to music by Art Larson on clarinet. K...
In 2012 the City of Tehachapi introduced a sponsorship program that allowed businesses, organizations, families or individuals to sponsor an American flag in downtown Tehachapi. The sponsorship program, known as the Adopt-A-Flag program, gives Tehachapi and its residents an opportunity to show off their pride and patriotism for America. The City has approximately 100 decorative light posts on Tehachapi Boulevard, Green Street, "F" Street, Curry, Robinson, and the Mill Street corridor, right off...
The featured artist will be Bassema Korkor. Bassema creates a variety of unique jewelry and home decor using polymer clay and wire wrapping. Art Larson will provide background music on his clarinet. Come help us celebrate spring. Bassema has been creating art in many forms, since she was a young child, she started drawing and painting. While living in Vienna as a young adult she studied oil painting with some well know artists. After moving to Tehachapi in 2006, she learned polymer clay and wire wrapping and other art forms from several of the...
First Fridays have become a fun evening for us to open our doors, get out some arts and crafts, a little music, some yummy food, light a sanctuary full of candles and engage in fun, creativity, or prayerful meditation. Come and join us on Friday, April 3 from 5 - 8 p.m. Refreshments and hospitality and shopping will be served at all the venues participating. Gallery ‘N’ Gifts and the TVAA Featured this April will be TVAA’s “Youth Art Contest” for Tehachapi’s young artists kindergarten through 12th grade at Gallery ‘N Gifts, 100 W. Tehachapi...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — More than 2.5 million families have positively changed their financial future through Dave Ramsey’s Financial Peace University (FPU). The nine-week course provides families and individuals with practical tools to gain control of their finances and set themselves up for long-term financial success. The course meets once a week where a different lesson is taught by Dave on DVD followed by a small-group discussion. Lessons include budgeting, relationships and money, getting out of debt, saving for emergencies and investing. FPU...
Please join us for a patriotic Flag Day as we properly retire our nation’s flag and enjoy music, displays, demonstrations, special guests and the spoken word. Flags in need of retirement can be dropped off at the following locations: •Kern County Fire Station, at the corner Curry & Valley Blvd. • Kern County Sheriff ~ West Golden Hills Station •VFW ~ West Tehachapi Boulevard Flag Retirement Ceremony Friday, June 12, 2015 ~ 5 p.m. Coy Burnett Stadium ~ 126 Snyder Ave All Are Welcome ~ Free Admission Questions? Please Call Chuck Reuter (661) 9...
First Friday Fun Fest will be celebrated at Tehachapi Treasure Trove, on Friday evening, March 6, from 5 to 8 p.m. The featured artist will be Jenny Klein. Jenny creates unique three dimensional pictures from prints using a procedure called "paper tole." Art Larson will provide background music on this clarinet. Jenny has been using paper tole techniques for about 4 years. Her passion began when a 90-year-old friend showed her a completed paper tole picture. She knew immediately that she just...
First Fridays have become a fun evening for us to open our doors, get out some arts and crafts, a little music, some yummy food, light a sanctuary full of candles and engage in fun, creativity, or prayerful meditation. Come and join us on Friday, Feb. 6 from 5 - 8 p.m. Refreshments and hospitality and shopping will be served at all the venues participating. Gallery ‘N’ Gifts and the TVAA First Friday Photo Contest Awards Reception from 5 - 8 p.m. at Gallery N Gifts. Join us for a relaxing evening of art, conversation, and delicious treats. She...
“Valentine’s Day is coming up!” I announced excitedly, as the kids and I drove down Tehachapi Boulevard. “And everyone knows what that means, right?” “Hand cramps from writing ‘I love you’?” guessed my oldest son glumly, while my younger two went ballistic with excitement. “That’s right,” I answered, confirming his worst nightmare as we pulled into the KMart parking lot. I had every intention of raiding the collection of school-age Valentine’s while the selection was still good. I could hardl...
The 8th Annual Valentines Wine Walk and Chocolate Tasting, sponsored by Main Street Tehachapi, is scheduled for February 14. Its the perfect time to join friends and sweethearts at the most romantic time of the year for a fun evening and a stroll around Downtown Tehachapi. The 22 host businesses will all provide appetizers, so you can make an evening of it. The selection of wines includes a range of whites, reds, dessert, and sparkling wines that will be perfectly paired to compliment with...
www.theloopnewspaper.com the start off the lovely evening, pouring their “Sparkling Legacy” champagne at the glass pickup point. Your wine glasses, map and ten tasting tickets are to be picked up at the Tehachapi Depot Museum, on the corner of Tehachapi Boulevard and Green Street. Glass pickup begins at 6 p.m., and the event goes on until 9 p.m. Tickets are $25 each in advance, and $30 on the day of the event. Advance tickets may be purchased at Get Dressed Boutique; Tehachapi Flower Shop; Mercury Graphics/ Main Street Office; and the Gre...
Tehachapi Treasure Trove Tehachapi Treasure Trove invites you to join us in celebrating the New Year with a “Come as You Were Party”. Pick your favorite year and come as you were on New Years Eve or New Years Day that year. Anything goes from tux to PJs. Join us for a fun time. Enjoy a little wine, champaign, food and fun. Listen to great old time music by Art Larson on clarinet. Enjoy viewing paintings and photos from earlier times. When: Friday evening January 2, 2015 from 5 to 8 p.m. RSVP Not required, just come as you were. Tehachapi Tre...
Over the last few weeks, I’ve been thinking a lot about the upcoming elections in Tehachapi, and the candidates and issues that will be considered by voters as they cast their ballot this November. As an employee of the City and not an elected official, my role is to manage the day to day business of the City and to avoid political discourse when possible. Instead of engaging in political debate best left to those individuals running for office, my staff and I do our best to provide facts and i...
October 3, Friday evening from 5 to 8 p.m., Tehachapi Treasure Trove will again celebrate our First Friday Fun Fest. You're invited to come see our ever changing displays full of art, crafts, collectables and art supplies. Please join us for fun, refreshments, art, and a chance to visit with Betsy Hannan, our featured artist for October. Music will be provided by Art Larsen on clarinet. Betsy began her crafting work on quilts and graduated from there to life size dolls for toddlers. While her...
Sept. 5, Friday evening from 5 to 8 p.m., Tehachapi Treasure Trove will again celebrate our First Friday Fun Fest. You're invited to come see our ever changing displays full of art, crafts, collectables and art supplies. Please join us for fun, refreshments, art, and a chance to visit with Lynne Freeman, our featured artist for September. Music will be provided by Art Larsen on clarinet. Since early childhood, Lynne has expressed herself sketching, drawing and painting-inspired by her mother,...
