Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
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Alfred Hitchcock's "The 39 Steps" opens at the BeeKay Theatre on June 1, bringing a trainload of laughter in this spoof of Hitchcock's 1935 thriller film. Although the script for the stage comedy is almost identical to the film script, it's in the madcap playing that the comedy springs to life. Four actors portray all the roles under the direction of Karl Schuck. Schuck has made a speciality of comedy since joining Tehachapi Community Theatre in 2005, playing the wacky neighbor in Neil Simon's...
Gallery 'N' Gifts concluded its Youth Art Contest with a reception on Saturday, April 7, where the winners of the contest received there awards. Forty local school age children, from kindergarten through twelfth grade, entered this year's contest. Their art will remain on display for viewing until April 29 at Gallery 'N' Gifts, 100 W Tehachapi Blvd, in Downtown Tehachapi. Gallery 'N' Gifts is open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Best of show K-8th grades: Mikailey Judkins "Kais Close-up" Best of...
Bear Valley Springs Cultural Arts Association is presenting a special Bear Valley Springs resident, Meg Prior. She will expand our knowledge of the longest running war in American history, Afghanistan. Meg was a 'producing partner' of a team sent to document the men involved in recording, on film, the wars in Vietnam/Cambodia/Laos. Due to unprecedented circumstances, she found herself not in Southeast Asia, but in Afghanistan. In part, she was able to succeed in this position because of her...
Maybe we're drawn into loving "Steel Magnolias" because we see real life truth in it. Inspired in the heart of author Robert Harling after he had lost his own beloved sister, Harling found solace, then joy in writing about that part of her life. Somehow, when Harling combined cherished memories of his sister with how the town's women pulled together to support her, this soulful hit comedy was birthed. TCT's production casts some of our very finest actresses, who draw us into Truvy's beauty...
Local Tehachapi artist Chris Paschke is one of only twenty-five artists that are being featured in the current online exhibition "In Search of Hidden Meaning", March 12 through June 12, 2018. An artist celebrating her 20th year with Wild Apple Graphics, Woodstock VT, also represented by Studio EL, Emeryville Calif., and Grand Image, Seattle Wash., Paschke is identified by her varied art in calligraphy – the art of the written word; Sumi-e, a traditional form of Japanese ink painting; w...
The children from Wednesday's Art for Kids at the Treasure Trove are so excited. Their artwork is on display through the month of March at Kohnen's Country Bakery, 125 W. Tehachapi Blvd. Ste. D. Participating in the exhibit is James Mangelsdorf, age 7, Phillip Mangelsdorf, age 12, Bentley Hecht, age 7 and Daniel Palmquist, age 7. The boys have been learning acrylic painting and drawing. At Phillip's request they are working on perspective. Phillip said he wanted to learn perspective because he...
Opening night had our BeeKay audience bring in standing ovations to Tehachapi Community Theatre's presentation of "The Importance of Being Earnest", directed by Kenny Chugg and produced by David SteeleReed. Even before the show begins you'll be welcomed by a breathtaking stage; then more magic unfolds when our TCT actors (in stunning costumes) bring to life one of the most enchanting romantic stage comedies written by Oscar Wilde. Your giggles will marry intrigue as plot twists and turns keep yo...
Alicia Garver has been teaching art classes in the Antelope Valley for 20 years. She is now teaching in Tehachapi at Slice of Life on Wednesdays. Her students have won county, state, and national art competitions. Eleven of her High School students have won the Congressional Art Competition and had their art hang in Congress for a year at a time representing California. Some of her high school students have won scholarships to the Academy of the Arts University (San Francisco) and Otis (LA)....
The cast was deep into rehearsals of "The Importance of Being Earnest". I was following along with the script when I thought I heard an unknown voice chuckling at the back of the BeeKay Theatre. I turned around, then quickly back again, not wanting to believe what I was imagining. I'd read all about our famous playwright's, love for the paranormal, but was Oscar's ghost now actually seated at the back of the BeeKay? I sipped on my extra strong latte, then turned around again. Oscar was still...
Artist and teacher Debbie Haeberle is making her debut at Gallery 'N' Gifts as the featured artist for the month of January! Debbie is a new resident of Tehachapi and currently teaches art at Jacobsen Middle School. She is a CSUB graduate in art education and was an art activities leader for 12 years as an employee of Bakersfield City School District and Kern High School district. Mrs. Haeberle has been exploring and enjoying art her entire life. She began her formal art study at the age of...
Introducing BVSCAA art donor Robert Hardy "Having worked for forty years as a professional photographer, with most of them devoted to advertising photography, I went into fine art landscape photography a few years ago upon my retirement. I have found both professions to be equally challenging and rewarding experiences. Advertising placed time constraints and special requirements to fulfill the assignments, while fine art landscapes required nature's cooperation and travelling long distances to...
Can your Tehachapi Community Theatre enhance your life? The Gockel family share some of their thoughts about being a part of TCT. "Whether you're stepping into theater as an individual, or as an entire family, there are so many important life skills you're taught in the process of putting on a good show," says Nicole Gockel. "Can you give us some 'for instances'? I asked. "For one thing," says Nicole, "you're brought into a world where people can be so different from you. They believe...
First Friday at Gallery 'N' Gifts this Dec. 1 will feature all new work in a showcase of TVAA "Artists Unleashed". Stop by from 5-8 p.m. for complimentary refreshments, closing bids on our silent auction and a unique opportunity to take home brand new artwork from over a dozen artists based right here in our own community. Michelle Miller started painting about 17 years ago gifting her work to family and friends. Retirement and a move to Tehachapi in 2012 gave a new importance to her work....
In the same manner that the crystal opal shines many colors, so TCT's real life Opal Lawler possesses a brilliant range of talent from singing, dancing, acting, writing, and choreography to set design and directing. I first saw Lawler onstage in 2015, when she starred as Lizzie Curry in TCT's production of "110 in the Shade". She captivated us as we watched her struggles with love between the mystic con-man "Starbuck" (Guy Martin) and the wholesome "Sheriff File" (Thaer Irvin). Yet Lawler's...
Tehachapi was well represented at the recent Kern County Fair. ZiYu Hansen and Betty Finch entered their art work at the Kern County Fair. ZiYu Zeng-Hansen gives special thanks and a shout-out to Betty Finch, our local Gourd and Tehachapi Rodeo Poster Artist who encouraged her to enter her painting, succulents and wire sculpture into the Kern County Fair. Betty Finch entered her gourd art neckless and a gourd art Bulldog Sculpture. Betty received second place for her gourd neckless and a first...
On Sunday, Oct. 22, at 2 p.m., carpool up to the intersection of Stirrup and Sunset, near Jacaranda, to be part of the Invocation of the Bear Valley Springs' Historic Kawaiisu Preserve. It will be a ceremony that will bring the history of the Kawaiisu into 2017. Parking is very limited, so please carpool. The Preserve Project was initiated in November 2016, and was the beginning of Bear Valley Springs' newest amenity. It took much work and negotiation on all sides of the issue. During that time,...
California City Arts Commission is excited to host Rich Gallego, an accomplished Plein Air Painter, for their August workshop on Saturday afternoon, August 19 from noon to 3 p.m. The class will be held at the California City Arts and Community Building. Rich will be teaching the basics of Plein Air Painting including what to bring while you're painting outside, and how to compose your painting. Rich Gallego has been painting the landscape since 1996. His longtime love of nature's wild places hav...
TCT's next production begins August 4, 2017, presenting the hilarious musical comedy, "The Drowsy Chaperone". Directed by Christine Guarante, Drowsy begins with a 'man in the chair', (played by Jason Johnson) who is lamenting the lavish golden age of the stage. But then, instead of staying in his mournful funk, through an old-fashioned vinyl record, he lifts us out of the mundane into an outrageously fun and funny 1928 musical. It seems that a certain theatrical star, Janet Van De Graaf (played...
The votes are in! The winners of Tehachapi Community Theatre's Gold, Silver and Bronze Quill awards were announced after the final performance of the 2017 Playwrights' Festival on June 25. The winning plays were selected by the audience members, who were encouraged to select their three favorite plays from the ten original short plays included in this year's production. The winner of the 2017 Gold Quill award is "Normal Shnormal", directed by Nicole Gockel and written by Ian Patrick Williams, wh...
Once again, Tehachapi's very talented Christine Yandek has been invited to participate in the National Veterans Creative Arts Festival held in Buffalo, New York beginning Sunday, October 29, 2017. Christine was awarded three gold medals which earned her an invitation to participate....
TCT's B.K. Bear holds SilentWolf's 2016 Playwrights' Festival Gold Quill Trophy for the top winning play, "The Tiniest Goodbye". Here we see B.K. and SilentWolf seated on Centennial Plaza's John King bench, named for the founder of Tehachapi Community Theater. So, who will be this year's winners? You could be the one to cast the deciding vote. Just join us this week for our annual festival. Friday & Saturday nights, June 23 and 24 at 7:30 p.m., Sunday matinee, June 25 at 2 p.m. Tickets online...
My interview with Alex Zonn, president of Tehachapi Community Theater (TCT), took place while Zonn was directing "A Doll's House" by Henrik Ibsen, which opened Friday, May 5, at the BeeKay Theatre. When I first met Alex last year, we were preparing for TCT's annual Playwrights Festival. I wasn't ready to hear Zonn's voice. His distinctive pitch goes from a resounding depth reaching the furthest person in the back row of a theater to a tone that comforts the tiniest child a foot away. How did...
Bakersfield Museum of Art at 1930 R Street Bakersfield, Calif., will present the exhibition "Mysterious Muse" by Tina Dille from May 18 to Aug. 12, 2017. Gallery hours are 10 to 4 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday, First Fridays 10 to 8 p.m. with free admission. Opening Reception- May 18, 2017 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Artist Talk June 7 at 10 to 11 a.m. Dille's raven paintings focus on the lore of these birds and their influence in literature and art. Tina Dille is a local artist that paints what she...
The Tony Award-winning musical, The Drowsy Chaperone promises to be one of the biggest and most fun comedic musicals Tehachapi Community Theatre has presented in quite some time. The director, Christine Guarente, and the production staff will be holding an audition workshop for anyone interested in this wonderful project. The workshop will be held on Sunday, April 23, at 2 p.m. until about 4 p.m. at the BeeKay Theatre in downtown Tehachapi located at 108 South Green Street. This workshop is open to the public and wishing to learn about how to...
Tehachapi has many talented artists from kindergarten to high school that submitted art including; water color, oil painting,sculpture,pastel, collage and digital art. Everyone enjoyed the cookies and punch reception held at Gallery 'n' Gifts for the young artists who seemed delighted to see their art displayed. Graduating seniors who are going on to study the arts, please submit an application for our scholarships available this year. You can print an application from our website,...
