Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
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Playwright Mona Deutsch Miller took top honors at the Tehachapi Community Theatre Association's Playwrights Palooza for "Frankie, Queen of the Ferry." Based in Los Angeles, Miller is the president of the Alliance of Los Angeles Playwrights (ALAP) and member of Fierce Backbone, a theatre company dedicated to new works. Director, Andi Hicks, seasoned actor, Alex Zonn and newcomer to Tehachapi, Wendy Huckeba, brought to life the charmingly poignant story of enduring love that Miller's great...
Artist Marsha Walter is donating an original oil painting to Bear Valley Springs Cultural Arts 2023 Art Show Raffle. As a child Marsha loved to use pastels to create beautiful flowers. In college she took Art Appreciation courses. There she fell in love with Renoir. Marsha became a Registered Nurse and raised a family, but made time to take oil painting lessons through the years. Marsha opened a small business, "The Golden Chalice Art Company," selling cards printed from her art. Life became...
Did you ever think you would be encouraged to "embrace your inner donkey?" Evidently there is a pretty full collection of donkey books that lead to that advice, from Socrates and Shakespeare to "The Bible" and the adventures of Don Quixote. Mentions of donkeys are widely spread through both literature and history. The donkey was domesticated as early as 5,000 to 7,000 B.C. in Africa, and has been used as a working animal since. A beast of burden. Their bodies are strong, their spindly legs...
The Tehachapi Arts Commission announced that the Art 2023 Tehachapi show, which took place at the Aspen Builders Community Center over the July 21-23 weekend, surpassed both of the prior years in both attendance and sales. An estimated 500 people visited the show from Friday evening to Sunday afternoon; many just wanted to see the gorgeous paintings created by 42 artists who came to Tehachapi in May to begin the pieces that were juried to the July show. The highlight of the Friday evening...
I don't usually seek out the macabre or scary things when choosing a new book. But as the heat grows this summer, I decided I could use some cooling goosebumps. Goosebumps are the raising along the skin when one is blasted with cold air, or when suddenly confronted with a startling or eerie situation. Bumps rise up on the skin with a chill and sometimes travel down the neck along the spine. This is where the term "spine tingling" comes from. We need not wait for the chilly winds of fall and...
Alyssa Kamerer is a local artist who grew up in the Los Angeles area and is now a resident of Tehachapi. She graduated with her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from West Coast University and works locally in addition to producing her art, which is her real love. Alyssa has always been influenced by the beauty and the sparkle of diamonds. She says that any the part of the world can be beautified by diamonds. As a diamond artist, she loves to find new ways to represent the textures and colors of a...
Our artist of the month, Glenda Rich, is an experienced artist who worked for Thomas Kinkade in the production of his artwork. She usually works with oil paint but will be teaching with acrylics at our paint night class this month. She has a selection of local landscapes, as well as other subjects displayed in our shop for the month of July. Susan Jane is a local weaver and Renaissance Faire addict, who often spins her own yarn. She has a selection of hand-woven scarfs and table runners, as well...
In 1455, a moveable type printing press gave the world the Gutenberg Bible. Since that time, the preparation of printed words for the purpose of both providing information and reading for pleasure has changed tremendously through the centuries. We now have books printed on a variety of papers in a myriad of fonts, bound in cardboard to leather. Some books are typed and sent directly from screen to screen, no paper needed at all. There is certainly more than one way to tell a story and write a...
With Art 2023 Tehachapi fast approaching, the 47 artists who spent May 11-14 beginning their paintings in Tehachapi, have been completing their work and submitting them to be juried into the nationally recognized art show. The big event takes place in Tehachapi from July 21-23 at the Aspen Builders Community Center located at 410 W. D Street. This is the third year in a row for Art 2023 Tehachapi, which is sponsored by the Tehachapi Arts Commission and supported by American Art Collector and...
We have the privilege to present Josh Patterson as our June Guest Artist at TVAA Gallery 'N' Gifts. Josh spent his early years in a cabin his parents built in rural Pennsylvania. What it lacked in modern conveniences (central heating, a flush toilet, television), it more than compensated for with lush forest, old farmhouses moldering under shrouds of vines and endless adventures for an often-barefoot feral child. That, of course, is where his love of the wild originates. Those early influences...
The use of computer apps and the availability of self-publishing has been a gift to the reading community. Instead of meeting rejection at every step in the publishing world, new authors can have the satisfaction of seeing their characters come to life, page by page, when publishing their manuscripts themselves. The opportunity is also available to create book covers, ones that truly reflect the author's stories in ways that intrigue the casual browser. With the ease of new technology, art is...
After an absence from the art community for more than a decade, the Arts Center is happy to welcome back artist Kathleen Wolf. She will be the instructor for our July Paint night held on Saturday, June 15. She's fun friendly and we're looking forward to having here. Our artist of the month Anya Lathrop's display of embroidered art is like nothing you've ever seen before. What appear to be small paintings, are incredibly detailed and artfully composed embroidered works of art. With some of the...
Lions and tigers and bears, plus magnificent elephants, giraffes, monkeys and the wonders of the sea are within range of day trips to most Californians. In San Diego you find both the San Diego Zoo and San Diego Wildlife Park ... plus SeaWorld. The Los Angeles Zoo provides good views of your favorite wild animals, reptiles and birds. Fresno has the Chaffee Zoo and is worth the trip as it even has a few dinosaurs in the mix. The Santa Barbara Zoo cannot be beat for its location. One can see a...
Paint class with Ed New for Sundays, Ed Vasqkedi will be teaching his intensive art class, painting in Acrylics, from 2 to 4 p.m. All ages welcome. Jam Night Dust off that old guitar, bass, keyboard, ukulele or whatever you have and come on out for a fun night of music and socializing. We are mostly a group of intermediate musicians so don't think you have to be great to join us. Bring a few copies of songs you want us to play. We always meet on Tuesdays. Come on out on May 30. Get on Mark's...
The second weekend in May brought 49 nationally recognized plein air painters to Tehachapi for a paint-out, and a chance to begin works of art that will be completed back in their studios where they can bring the works to life. The finished paintings will be juried into the Art 2023 Tehachapi show that will take place on the weekend of July 21-23 at Aspen Builders Community Center, located at 410 W. D St. in Tehachapi. The show will be the third nationally recognized art show sponsored by the...
In the time before hand held tech games and easy computer access, children used their long summer days indulging in simple games. Bare feet running through the warm grass, they would form opposing teams, winding their arms around each other in a human rope, then call "Red Rover, Red Rover, let Timmy come over!" Timmy would run as hard as he could toward the human wall and try to hit the arms loose to make a break in the line. If he succeeded, he went back to his own team. If unsuccessful, he wou...
Susan Bishop grew up in the foothill town of Springville, California. She lived on the family cattle ranch and roamed the golden hills, shaded by the Oaks trees and rested by the cool Tule River. In the summer, her family operated the Balch Park Pack Station for generations. These formative years greatly affected her subject matter, expressed in acrylic paintings of the land she loves. Susan loves to paint, especially for her clients, depicting a favorite duck hunting scene, serene pastor...
Fine arts painter Donald Towns has been a Tehachapi resident for more than 20 years and still finds that nature and our local surroundings inspire his work. "Beauty is all around when you're willing to explore," says Towns. Many of us, without knowing, have seen the results of his creative influence over the years. Towns worked for many years as a background artist for Disney Studios, working on many notable films such as "The Little Mermaid," "Beauty and the Beast" and "Aladdin," as well as...
On blistering hot summer days my mother would call out to me and my friends languishing and complaining on our front porch, to come in and sit around our kitchen table. She would have her coffee cup filled and give us each a mug of Kool-Aid. Then she would begin telling us stories of her childhood. They were filled with country roads and a Model T Ford, her grandfather's rural mail route, asking a stranger for a drink of cold water from an old fashioned hand pump, opening a gated road with a wil...
For the third consecutive year, the Tehachapi Arts Commission will kick off their nationally recognized art show in mid-May when 49 artists from across the country will visit and explore Tehachapi to begin paintings that will be completed at their studio and then juried into the Art 2023 Tehachapi show. The show will be held at the Aspen Builders Community Center on the weekend of July 21-23. Many of the artists will be returning for the third time; however, every year the May paint-out...
TVAA Gallery 'N' Gifts presents its May guest artist Coral Degagne. Coral has been a Tehachapi resident for 46 years. Her interest in art took off once she started cutting glass, and she hasn't slowed down since. With 18 years of experience "braking glass and putting it back together," her work has become more intricate and amazing with every piece she finishes. Her sensibility for colors, shapes and contrast is translated into all of her work. Coral has worked with stained, fused and etched...
5 X 5 First Friday Fundraiser Our First Friday event is special this month. We will celebrate Cinco de Mayo with a fundraiser. Tehachapi Arts Center is proud to be the sponsor for Raising Star and their 5 X 5 fundraiser. Local artist will create works of art on 5x5 canvases, which will then be sold Friday, May 5 for $55. We will be closed from 5 p.m. until 5:55 p.m. in order to set up for this special event. Raising Star is an equine based therapy provider that works with children and adults...
Joan Baez first thought of herself as an artist, drawing and selling pictures of cute animals to her schoolmates for three cents a piece. Only after bluffing her way through awkward teen moments in high school, playing a ukulele and mimicking others in song, did she find her own voice. And then did she sing! With the ability to reach three octaves, the highest being in the realm of angels, she has shared her voice around the world for over 60 years to both royalty and commoners. For the poor...
The Tehachapi Youth Art Contest is on display this month at Gallery 'N' Gifts. This annual event has been showcasing art by local students for over 30 years. First Friday was quite the event with students, family, friends and community visitors coming to see what this year's artists had to offer. This event is so popular it requires a second special showing on Saturday morning with a cookie and punch reception from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., which is always a hit with the young artists. "This is the...
Raising Star Fundraiser Tehachapi Arts Center is proud to be the sponsor for Raising Star and their 5x5 fundraiser. Local artists will create works of art on 5x5 canvases. These will be sold on 5-5-23 for $55. Any artist wishing to participate can come to the Art Center to pick up a canvas (there are only a few left) or use their own 5 inch by 5 inch canvas. All work needs to be turned in by April 29. Raising Star is an equine based therapy provider that works with children and adults with...
