Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
First Friday
Kathryn Jacobson holding one of her newly released prints.
Walt and Pam Ryba of the "One in Him" Christian band from Frazier Park.
The pencil sharpener collection of Sally Errecart is grouped into themes such as household items, musical instruments and other categories.
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.
Katy was born in New York City and grew up in Connecticut. She started taking pictures when she was eight years old. She sold her first photos at age 14. She initially took whatever commissions she could obtain shooting yearbook pictures, weddings, Christmas Cards and the like. After graduating from Syracuse University in upstate New York, where she majored in journalism and photography, Katy decided that she had seen enough cold weather. She set out for Southern California and ended up in Santa Barbara where she worked as a journalist and photographer for 30 years. She later moved for a few years outside of Grass Valley where she kept three horses but found that the area was very remote. With her husband, she started looking for an affordable place where she could keep her horses. She discovered Tehachapi with the help of Suzi McReynolds. Katy and her husband, Paul Cook, have lived in Bear Valley Springs for nine years.
Katy loves animals and taking pictures of animals. The love shows in her work. The computer enhancement of many of her photos creates a unique painterly quality. Looking at her pictures, one can feel the essence of the animal she has portrayed.
Katy volunteers for STOP, a pet rescue, where she photographs the animals for adoption posters. She is also a chiropractor and works with the animals as well. In addition, she creates special portraits of pets and their owners by appointment. Her photos are on display at the Treasure Trove.
Tehachapi Treasure Trove is located at 116 E Tehachapi Boulevard, right across the street from the water tower in Railroad Park. Hours are daily 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. (Sundays 11 to 4). Be sure to stop by and see our collection of uncommonly eclectic and unusually unique stuff. Remember we also carry an extensive line of art and craft supplies and artist services along with books and music. For additional information on any of our activities, classes and events, please call (661) 822-6794 or visit http://www.facebook.com/Tehachapi Treasure Trove.
"The Tehachapi Christian Store will once again host favorites Walt and Pam Ryba of the "One in Him" Christian band from Frazier Park. This will be their fourth concert at the store. They sing and play in a way that is worshipful and a lot of fun.
They have been playing together for over 20 years and are working on their third CD. They play familiar songs and many originals, sharing the story behind the lyrics. They are good-hearted folk who love the Lord, and it shows. Come and be blessed!
The concert is from 6-8 p.m. on Friday, May 1. There is limited seating so come early to get a seat. The concert is free and refreshments will be served. The store is located at 108 E. Tehachapi Blvd., next to Gas and Go downtown."
Tehachapi Community Church, 100 East E Street, invites everyone to come to Friendship Hall on Friday, May 1, from 5 until 8 p.m. to make May baskets and paper flowers to go in them. The baskets will be given to the church's neighbors. Baskets may also be made for your own friends and neighbors. All ages are invited to participate in this fun activity.
Fair trade coffee, tea, and chocolate will be available to purchase. Refreshments will be served.
On First Friday, a new exhibit in the Family Case at the Tehachapi Museum will feature the Freeman family, one of Tehachapi's earliest families whose descendants still live here. In 1869, William Farmer Freeman and his wife, Susan Medlin Freeman, came to Tehachapi by wagon train from Navarro, Texas, along with his parents, John and Nancy Freeman. William and Susan's first daughter, Susan "California" Freeman was born in the Tehachapi Valley.
A complete time lines accompanies the exhibit, tracing the Freeman family's history in Tehachapi up to the present day, including many family photos. There is also a branding iron belonging to the Freeman family on display. Also on display in the museum's permanent collection is an old fashioned cheese cutter from the Freeman store, which held an entire wheel of cheese, around which Robert Freeman encouraged his customers to gather and discuss politics while enjoying a wedge of cheese.
Another, continuing exhibit features a portion of the pencil sharpener collection of Sally Errecart. The 78 sharpeners on display are grouped into categories including animals, aviation, space travel, buildings, military items, globes, tools, household items such as telephones, appliances, furniture, televisions, and radios, musical instruments, cars, trains, and other forms of transportation, people, sports equipment, Disney figures, and souvenirs representing local attractions.
The collection was started in 1973 with a replica of a wood burning stove that also functions as a recipe holder, a gift from Sally's mother. Sally and her husband collected many additional ones throughout the years as they traveled.
The Tehachapi Museum is open for First Friday from 5 to 8 pm on the First Friday of each month and there is usually at least one new exhibit. There is always wine, champagne and snacks available for First Friday guests. Additional docents are available if you want to learn more about the exhibits or the Kawaiisu exhibit in the Milano Gallery.
The Museum is at 310 South Green Street, a short walk away from the other First Friday venues on Tehachapi Boulevard. Regular Museum hours are Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays from 12 to 4 pm. The Museum can be reached at
(661) 822-8152.
