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Tue, 09/01/2009 - 12:42 — T-Town Press

 

There is always something fun going on in Tehachapi 

 

 

If you know of an upcoming event please tell us about it.  
   

Tehachapi Community Theatre - Read our Upcoming Events Calender

 

The Tehachapi Art Center:

Every Friday is Clay Day from 1 to 5:P.M. - Come join the fun and play with other artists come on... get your hands dirty! 


First Friday Art Around Town Coming Up
Join us for First Friday this Friday!

First Friday Art Around Town Coming Up

 

 

CrossRoads Gallery’s 2009 Guest Artist program. 
 

If you are a budding artist – or an experienced professional or any creative type in between – you are invited to be part of CrossRoads Gallery’s 2010 Guest Artist program. Upcoming themes and art due dates are as follows:
February 2010 — ”Hearts Afire”— art is due Wednesday, February 3 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. only; any art form that suggests “something from the heart” or something that involves the heart (like love – it is Valentine’s month after all!) is welcome.
March 2010 – “Lions and Lambs” – art is due on Wednesday, March 3, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. only; March is a month that “comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb” so any art form that suggest changes or weather – or actual lions and/or lambs! – is welcome.
April 2010 – “Youth in Bloom” – art is due on Wednesday, April 7 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. only; any art form that celebrates youth (people, animals, flowers,, trees, etc) is welcome.
Please note: A $15 showing fee will be collected for each work submitted and is non-refundable if the work is chosen for the month long show. 
 

  

Meetups:

Writer's Workshop is currently meeting Tuesdays at 5:30 at the Senior Mobile Home Park Rec Room, 333 Dennison. We meet there every Tues except the 4th Tues, due to a conflict for the room space. Contact me for more info if you are interested

Old Time Fiddlers Association jam sessions <!-- ParagraphTitleEnd -->are held in Tehachapi on the second Saturday of each month. The jams are from 2 – 5 p.m. The jam location is changing, so check http://tehachapifiddlers.org/ for the latest info. Fiddlers and pickers of all ages are invited.

Tehachapi Mountain Quilters Guild meets the first Monday of the month at the Bear Valley Church  at 9:00 am., except when it is a holiday, then it is the second Monday.  Visitors and new members are invited to attend.  Contact Margaret Clark, 661-822-3381 for more information.

The Tehachapi Camera Club meets the first and third Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. at the Tehachapi Art Center. 

Tehachapi Mountain Pipes & Drums meets every Thursday at 6:30 p.m. at Community Congregational Church 100 E. E St. 821-0493
 
Bear Valley Pipe Band meets Tuesday 7 to 9 pm at the Whiting Center 26900 Bear Valley Rd. Beginners are welcome. Questions, call James Carmichael @ 661 330-2372
 

Misty Mountain Painters
All Levels of painters are welcome, our monthly meetings are every second Thursday of each month at the
Community Congretional Church. 100 E St. 7 p.m.  Call Julia 340-3271

Tehachapi Community Orchestra meets every Tuesday from 6:30-9 P.M. at Jacobsen Middle School.  Call 821-7511 to audition.

The Tehachapi Art Center: Every Friday is Clay Day from 1 to 5:P.M. - Come join the fun and play with other artists come on... get your hands dirty! 

Summit Singers
hold  rehearsals on Tuesday at  6:30 p.m. at the United Methodist Church 20400 - Backes Lane 822-3836

Gandy Dancers Square Dance Club Workshops Wednesday at Tehachapi Community Congregational Church 100 E. E St. 821-3455 or 822-7030

The Apple Shed. 233 E. Tehachapi Blvd. 661-823-8333

1st Friday- Catherine and will be subbing for Will James this coming Friday, September 4th, - Will James and Maria
      Celtic & Traditional

1st Saturday- Jo Stone-Piano Music

2nd Friday- Geezers - Folk Music

2nd Saturday-Art Larson Clarinet

3rd Friday - Tony Vice - Country Music

3rd Saturday -Mountain Pass Oldies

4th Friday - Max Valentino - Acoustic Guitar

4th Saturday - Pat Strong - Country/Ballads Music

5th Friday-Lindsey & Molly Carlson - Harp and Fiddle

5th Saturday - Craig Shaw - Guitar

City Slickers 1001 W. Tehachapi Blvd. 661-822-4939.

Fridays - DJ
Saturdays - Live Music

La Bella Italian Bistro.
209 S. Green St.
661-822-7419

My sister, Catherine and  I will be playing  (Saturday, September 5) at La Bella Amore's starting at 6 pm.  The amazing guitarist, Steve Hall, will be joining us on Saturday.  Hope you can make it out!  MariaFridays - Live Music

Saturdays - Live Music

McGuire’s Pub. 20424 Brian Way. 661-822-1312.

Wednesdays - DJ

Fridays - DJ or live music

Saturdays - DJ or live music

 

 

THINGS TO DO IN TEHACHAPI

 

 Watch the trains round the loop from the Tehachapi Loop Overlook

  1. Hike in the forest at Tehachapi Mountain Park
  2. Catch a fish at Brite Lake
  3. Ride horses on the numerous equestrian trails around the area
  4. Bike down the "Old Sheep Trail" on Comanche Springs Road
  5. See ancient Native pictographs and petroglyphs at Tomo-Kahni State Park
  6. Visit a Buddhist Temple and Shrine at Mountain Spirit Center
  7. Drive the wind farm tour
  8. Hike the Pacific Crest Trail
  9. See wild stallions running free near Oak Creek Pass
  10. Pick apples at many area orchards from September-October
  11. Visit a working Ostrich Ranch at Indian Point Ostrich Ranch
  12. Taste local wine at Souza Family Vineyard
  13. Dress up like Elizabethan royalty at the Shakespeare Festival
  14. See the gardens at Mourning Cloak Ranch
  15. View spring wildflowers from early March to May
  16. Drive through a covered bridge at Stallion Springs - Watch for swallows
  17. Picnic and play at horse thief park
  18. Play Frisbee golf at Meadowbrook Park
  19. Swim laps at the Dye Natatorium
  20. Get big air at the Ollie Mountain Skate Park
  21. Float over Bear Valley in a hot air balloon on Independence day
  22. Hoot and holler at the Tehachapi Rodeo
  23. Draw your favorite scene at the Chalk on the Walk Festival
  24. Fly a glider from Skylark North at Mountain Valley Airport

Here are a few more things to see and do in Tehachapi:

  • Visit our CrossRoads Gallery to view work of local artists
  • Hike down Chanac Creek
  • Sheer alpacas at Field of Dreams Alpacas
  • See the old cemetery in Golden Hills
  • Visit the Tehachapi Museum
  •  Buy fresh Biscotti from the nuns at the Norbertine Monastery
  • Run the model train at Mountain Crossing Restaurant
  • Visit Tangleweed Farm for fresh organics
  • Purchase fruit, vegetables and other goodies at the Farmer's Market
  • Enjoy the view from Sunset Cliffs in Tehachapi Mountain Park
  • Touch native mortars at Horse Thief Park and Tehachapi Mountain Park
  • Learn local history from Kelcy's dining room museum
  • Listen to music in Central Park - Sundays from June through August
  • Enjoy a play at the  BeeKay theatre
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    People, please shop locally & support our artists. Buy CDs of our local Musicians from Mountain Music & Mama Hillybeans, buy theatre tickets for plays at the Beekay Theatre, & buy art from local artists at Tehachapi's Art Center, CrossRoads Gallery, Gallery and Gifts etc.etc.  Your loved ones will enjoy these intimate gifts while you help support Tehachapi and our Artists.

 

 

           CrossRoads Gallery (101 E Tehachapi Boulevard)
Gallery ‘N Gifts (100 W Tehachapi Boulevard)
Home Consignment Gallerie (655 Tucker, Suite E) 
Tehachapi Community Congregational Church--
         (100 East E Street) 
The Artfulfour (in the K-Mart shopping center)
 
 
 

 

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Sun, 06/07/2009 - 08:18 — Sparks
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FEED ME

If any of you grungers see errors or would like to add events that are not listed here, please let us know.  As you can see this blog gets a very lot of hits. Let's make our Events Blog as complete and as accurate as possible.

thanks bloggers

Mon, 10/19/2009 - 13:29 — marcweber
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Marc Irving Weber Wednesdays at Don Juan's Latin Grill

As part of their Wine Down Wednesday event, Don Juan's Latin Grill will be presenting composer and guitarist Marc Irving Weber every week from 6 to 9 pm.

Dr. Weber has a Bachelor of Music from the Cleveland Institute of Music, a Master of Music from Yale School of Music, and a Ph.D. from the University of Iowa. He has written for orchestra, band, mixed ensembles, choirs, and a variety of solo instruments over the years. 

Now back in California, where he was born and raised, Marc has been focusing on performing. He plays throughout Los Angeles, Ventura, Santa Barbara, and Kern Counties; in Santa Clarita at both Persia Restaurant and the Egg Plantation, in Oak View at Om Fusion of Thai, in Ojai at Farmer and Cook, in Pasadena at Sitar Indian Cuisine, in Tehachapi at Don Juan’s Latin Grill, and in Santa Barbara at Coastal Winery.
 
His live music is influenced by everything from classical, jazz, folk, rock, and blues to music from the Near and Far East. In addition to his ‘fixed’ compositions he loves to improvise, and has found some unique solutions to the problem of performing alone. “I am trying to bring more and more counterpoint into my improvising – it is easy enough to write that sort of thing out, but more challenging to do ad lib.” Marc often employs open tunings, creating a fluid and dynamic bass drone underneath his solo lines. He also uses a digital delay system, creating canons (one line of music ‘copying’ another line) or setting up a call-and-response effect. “As a musician, I love bouncing ideas off of others and in a solo setting I can use some simple technology to transform aspects of myself into the ‘other’ – I send out a ‘call’ and then try to react to it; just the right amount of echo allows things to return a bit, and sometimes the effect can be pretty amazing.”
 
Marc may be reached by phone at 661-993-2540 or by email at drmarcweber@yahoo.com and his website is www.iowacreativemusic.com.
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 08:56 — A Fan - Visitor

College Community

College Community Services
Family Learning Center

CCS Family Learning
Center
Free Activities for
ages 18+
661-822-4639
276 S. Mill St. Ste. B

Poetry Group

By Shannon Jonson
We meet every Thursday from 11-
noon here at CCS FLC.
We’re also learning about Poetry’s vari-
ous forms: Sonnet, Shakespearean
Sonnet, Couplet, Ode, Ballade, Spen-
serian Stanza, Limerick, Free Verse,
Rhyme Royal, Ottava Rima, Epode
among many others.
If you’re out and about, we invite you
to stop in and join us.
The poetry group is coming along at
CCS Family Learning Center. At the
last class, we came up with some in-
spiring and radically different poems.
One of our participants wrote a poem
entitled “speak your mind even if your
voice shakes.”
Did I mention this is a fun and fast
hour? When you get on a roll it’s hard
to stop when our time is up. It hap-
pens every time.

Sun, 02/28/2010 - 07:16 — Earth Guardians
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The Wine and Cheese Cellar

The Wine and Cheese Cellar Having a tasting from Pianetta Winery March 6th
12pm to 3pm. They have some great wines..... Come and Join us... We will
offer awesome discounts only available at the tasting

Tue, 03/02/2010 - 09:20 — BAKO ARTS
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 The Bakersfield Arts scene

 The Bakersfield Arts scene is growing.   


Nyoka Jameson, president of Bakersfield Emerging Contemporary Arists (BECA) has this to say about Bakersifeld art: "So often I hear things like, 'there is no art scene in Bakersfield' and that is simply not true. 


Above: One of the doors to be turned into art on March 5!

There are so many incredibly talented people, but they are spread out all over the place. We want to bring them together, and bring them to the people of Bakersfield." As a way to assimilate the community  BECA and Metro Galleries have come together to make a community art project for local artists to show their skills thus “Opening Doors to the Arts.”  

Nyoka describes the doors as, "very thick, heavy wooden doors. Don Martin of Metro Galleries, had saved them and came up with the idea for the project." 


Above: One of the doors to be turned into art on March 5!

Each artist was given a door from a historical building in Bakersfield being renovated, like the Padre Hotel, to be made into a new piece of art. What was once useless will now be a beautiful masterpiece.  

This challenge may call for bone saws, paintbrushes and maybe some glue. Nyoka said, "Don approached me with the idea for BECA to pick the artists."  Participating artist styles range from soft to detailed; Asian influence to caricature; skulls to peacocks. 


Above: One of the doors to be turned into art on March 5!

The artists are veterans of such art exhibits as Villa Arté, 48 Hour Project, and Burn the Witch. Other artists of BECA who do not have a door of their own to create are making one together.

The fifteen finished doors will be displayed around the Bakersfield arts district on 19th & 20th streets in downtown and in the Wall Street alley for the community to see for free!!  All doors in this exhibit are for sale by silent auction starting at $300.  Portions of the proceeds will benefit local charities.

See you March 5th from 5-8pm in the Arts District during the First Friday artwalk!!

Look for the BECA collaborated Door!


Tue, 03/02/2010 - 15:06 — Sparks
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 Very cool post BAKO.  I'm

 Very cool post BAKO.  I'm eager to see what these doors will look like after the artists are done with them.   I plan on visiting the Burn the Witches exhibit in October as well.  Rock on BECA.

Wed, 03/03/2010 - 05:42 — kathy
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FREE TECH SEMINAR

Tehachapi Community Theatre

431 West "J" Street

Tehachapi, CA  93561

661-822-4037

 

TECH SEMINAR

Have you ever wondered what really goes on “Behind the Scenes”?  Why the audience is moved so much during a play?  A lot of the answer is casting the show right, a good story that captures the audience, and people that are dedicated to the show.

BUT, with out the Technical aspect, it would be a bunch of people on a dark, bare stage with out any background sounds or special effects to help sell the fantasy.

“Dr.’” Doug Jockinsen will be holding a one day technical seminar on Saturday, March 6, 2010.  The seminar will cover:  Scenic Design, Theatrical Lighting, Sound, Costuming, Make-up, Stage Management and Props.

Subtopics will include – Equipment, Materials, Design Steps, Best Practice, and A to Z Examples of each topic.

Each area will be discussed separately, with many template forms and descriptive materials being provided.
Anyone who is curious about the ‘tech’ side of Theatrical production should attend this event.

This is an ALL WELCOMED event for ANYONE.

Contact Doug at douglasjockinsen@sbcglobal.net for more information ot to sin up.

There is no charge for this seminar.
Attendees need only bring a pencil and note paper.
Saturday, March 6, 2010 9:00 am

BeeKay Theatre

110 South Green Street