Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
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Johnathon and Susan Hall will present their Improv Class on Saturday, April 30 from 5 to 8 p.m. This is a class not a performance. Students will learn and perform improvisational art. Our new photographer Carol O’Connor will be showing her unique photography on canvas pieces. Carol has had an interest in photography from a young age. The beauty of nature is her favorite subject. Design Your Own Mug with Grayson on Saturday, April 23 from 1 to 4 p.m. This is a fun class for younger artists and a great opportunity for a parent/grandparent and c...
Welcome Chainsaw Coop Tehachapi Arts Center is happy to announce that last month’s guest artist is this month’s newest vendor. Cooper Davidson (AKA Chainsaw Coop) is a local wood sculptor. He produces amazing animals, furniture and signs with his chainsaw. Harvesting the wood from dead trees on his property. His art is environmentally friendly as well as beautiful. Our new Sculpting Class will be held every Saturday morning with Lucinda from 10 a.m. to noon. The medium will be clay. The instructor will provide a clay sculpting kit for a rea...
Our Sculpting Class will be held every Wednesday from 10 a.m. to noon. Lucinda will teach you the basics of hand sculpting in clay. Paint Night is on Saturday, March 19 at 5:30 p.m. Enjoy an evening of good company, wine and snacks as you paint a peaceful country landscape. Saturday, March 26 will be Cathy’s Copper Bookmark Class. Create an attractive useful work of art for yourself or as present for that avid reader on your gift list. Our weekly Children’s Classes with Grayson is held eve...
The Tehachapi Arts center is excited to announce the opening of Alari Design Jewelry Studio, the only full-service jewelry store in town. No more driving to Bakersfield or Lancaster to get that ring resized, repair that setting or change your watch battery. Michael Alari will design and manufacture your very own, one-of-a-kind, custom piece of jewelry. Why pay mall prices when you can pay Tehachapi prices? March artist of the month: Chainsaw Coop As you can imagine from his name he is a...
New artists We’re proud to bring you a number of new artists joining us here at the Tehachapi Arts Center. Liz Ortiz offers her unique jewelry of semi-precious stones and gemstones in sterling silver settings. Danielle Moran features beautiful and creative crochet items. You’ll love the avocado dolls. Letha Harris is bringing the 70s back with her stylish macrame wall hangings and of course plant holders. Lastly Which Craft a coven of five local artists who create fabric artwork among other things. For those interested, they meet at Kamenz Kaf...
Tehachapi Arts Center continues to bring classes, paint night and more to our community. We’re excited to again participate in First Friday. For those unfamiliar, First Friday is where local art galleries and stores in the downtown area open their doors after normal business hours beginning at 5 p.m. on the first Friday of every month. Most offer food, drink and a tad of wine. We’re open till 8 p.m., so come on by. Leila Kleimen will be conducting her much anticipated Beginning Glass Fusion class on Feb. 12 from 1 to 4 p.m. She will show you...
Along with the reopening on Jan. 17 we are excited to announce our paint night on Jan. 22. For the first time, we are offering the subject portrait as a pair. So, bring a friend and you can each create half of a matching set. Also, our weekly children’s classes will resume on Wednesdays starting Jan. 19. There will be more classes and events scheduled for February. The Tehachapi Arts Center is looking for people to join our co-op as well as new vendors. Would you like to teach a class? We have the space and supplies. Is there a class you w...
Usually when we put up new calendars I like to write a rah-rah sis-boom-bah column about the joys of starting a brand new year. Endings and beginnings! Out with the old! In with the new! Look ahead! Start over! Clean slate! Well, not so much this year. Like many of us, after a few years of being absolutely hopeful that the new year was going to be better than the last one, I find myself tiptoeing up to 2022 in order to peek around some corners and keep my fingers crossed and my hooded, wary...
Toys for Tots had another great year here in Tehachapi collecting just under 900 toys for kids in our community. Last year between our collections at Christmas and our Christmas in July, we collected over 1,200 toys. This year we were at about the same level, collecting over 300 this past July. We've been fortunate to have several incredible businesses supporting this effort. Country Real Estate, Tehachapi Martial Arts Center, the City of Tehachapi, Bank of the West and Tehachapi Treasure Trove...
One of my favorite parts of the winter holiday season is driving around town after dark and seeing all the Christmas lights and decorations on people's homes and yards, including, of course, decorated Christmas trees seen through house windows. Long ago my family used to always take part in this holiday tradition, usually starting to decorate our house the day after Thanksgiving, or sometimes not until the first weekend in December. Then around the middle of the month, especially if it was...
From January 1 to 16, 2022. we will be closed for remodeling. On January 17 we will reopen as the Tehachapi Arts Center. We are now a cooperative of more than 24 local artists and craftsmen. The new partnership will bring several positive changes for our customers and community. We will be open more days, offer more classes, more events and opportunities for new artists, as well as new events for the young artists, an Open Mic night for our performing artists and opening up our facility for clas...
My friend Vicki emailed me a copy of the following letter, which was reportedly written by an 83-year-old woman to her friend. I haven't been able to find out who wrote it originally, and you'll note it is a bit dated (i.e. the grocery costs), but the words are wise and as true today as they ever were. In keeping with my last missive on being thankful for the little things, I think this speaks to that effort, as well. So, I wish to dedicate the words in this letter to all of you who find a way...
Many people like to celebrate Thanksgiving with a wonderful old tradition, which is to pause before the holiday meal and go around the table giving everyone a chance to say what they are most thankful for. Invariably, some people can ramble on and on about their multitude of blessings while others find it difficult to think of anything at all, or even to be able to express what they can think of. Some people celebrate the tradition by wanting to make sure they say something profound, speaking...
On Saturday, November 27, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the Errea House porch, 311 S. Green St., Tehachapi, there will be a sale of vintage Christmas items collected over a 50 to 60-year period. There are many large mechanized Christmas figures made before the "computerized" era and some require electricity to operate. There are also other, smaller Santa figures, stuffed bears and tree ornaments. Many of these Christmas items were contributed by museum board member Rich Erdman. After the death of...
Many changes are coming up for the Treasure Trove over the next few months, but some things will remain the same in December. First Friday's celebration will be on Dec. 3 from 5 to 8 p.m., and will once again offer regulars and newcomers alike a chance for laughter and camaraderie, beverages and snacks. As usual, we are proud to feature the wonderful music of Art Larson. Please note that Tehachapi Treasure Trove is once again a collection spot for Toys for Tots. You can bring in new, unwrapped t...
It's that time of year again as we gear up for Toys for Tots in our community. This truly has been a community effort and the response has always been fantastic! Between our "Christmas in July" and our Toys for Tots in December, we managed to collect over 1,200 toys last year, all of which stayed in our town! We're looking at the same incredible group of businesses supporting our effort. Boxes will be at Country Real Estate, Tehachapi Treasure Trove, Miramar International and Tehachapi Martial...
There are 11 Tehachapi downtown businesses that deserve to be recognized: TehachaPIE at Mill Street Kitchen, Four Seasons Cafe, Kohnen's Country Bakery, Tehachapi Flower Shop, Thai-hachapi, The Loop newspaper, Nannette Keller Boutique, Tehachapi Christian Store, Alligator Rose, Tehachapi Treasure Trove and On The Blvd Antiques. Together, with local artist Judith Campanaro, they are helping create a 2022 calendar. The intent is to raise money for the Tehachapi Senior Center. Campanaro learned a...
Two years ago, 2019, most of us celebrated Christmas (and the many other religious holidays of the season) the way we were used to celebrating holidays: we traveled, we shopped for extra groceries and special gifts, we got together in large and small groups and exchanged presents and prayers; we danced, we ate and drank together, we went to parties and concerts and holiday shows. We attended places of worship and joined other people for various specific holiday traditions and festivities; we...
As a writer, I'm used to and okay with taking a bit of poetic license now and then, and making up words or using malapropisms. But as much as I love word play, sadly I am very slow at making up puns. According to the Cambridge dictionary, a pun is "a humorous use of a word or phrase that has several meanings or that sounds like another word." (The dictionary also suggests that a really good pun usually elicits a really good groan.) Even though I'm slow at making them up, I love puns and I have...
It's that time of year of year again as we gear up for Toys for Tots in our community. This truly has been a community effort and the response has always been fantastic! Between our "Christmas in July" and our Toys for Tots in December, we managed to collect over 1,200 toys last year, all of which stayed in our town! We're looking at the same incredible group of businesses supporting our effort. Boxes will be at Country Real Estate, Tehachapi Treasure Trove, Miramar International and Tehachapi...
I love the month of October for many reasons – the little chill in the air, the leaves turning colors, the every-now-and-then brisk breeze that turns into a surprise snowfall, baseball playoffs and football season, hayrides and bonfires. And while I do enjoy those things immensely, I also really like all the scary movies on the big and little screens and the Halloween-type celebrations that happen right down the street. Dark and scary times, fright nights, haunted houses, a good adrenaline r...
Tehachapi Treasure Trove will be celebrating the next First Friday on Nov. 5 from 5 to 8 p.m. November's celebration will once again offer regulars and newcomers alike a chance for laughter and camaraderie, beverages and snacks. As usual, we are also proud to feature the wonderful music of Art Larson. Upcoming classes at the Treasure Trove include a Fused Glass Class with Leila Kleiman on Saturday, November 6, from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Cost is $45 and that includes materials to make a fused...
There are 11 Tehachapi downtown businesses that deserve to be recognized: TehachaPIE at Mill Street Kitchen, Four Seasons Cafe, Kohnen's Country Bakery, Tehachapi Flower Shop, Thai-hachapi, The Loop newspaper, Nannette Keller Boutique, Tehachapi Christian Store, Alligator Rose, Tehachapi Treasure Trove and On The Blvd Antiques. Together, with local artist Judith Campanaro, they are helping create a 2022 calendar. The intent is to raise money for the Tehachapi Senior Center. Campanaro learned a...
If you frequent Farmers Market here in Tehachapi you've probably seen long lines of children waiting to get their face painted. For the last several years, artist Judith Campanaro has been providing this popular entertainment at local events. Along with Farmers Market she has been a regular at the Apple Festival and many other venues, including birthday parties and company picnics. Campanaro said many of the children are regulars. They come back every year and some have even gifted her with...
It's that time of year again, when the leaves are colorful and flying all over, and the fall chill is much more noticeable...and everyone should remember that October is National Breast Cancer Awareness month. Everyone I know has been affected by some kind of cancer, in one way or another, either directly or indirectly. I'm fortunate to have dodged that bullet for myself (so far), but I have been in the fight with friends and family who have been diagnosed. My mother had breast cancer twice and...
