Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
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The Rotary Club of Tehachapi is gearing up for an evening of music and philanthropy as they host a fundraiser concert featuring James Lee Stanley, a renowned Beachwood Recording artist, alongside other talented performers at the historic BeeKay Theatre, 110 S. Green Street, Tehachapi, on May 18 at 7 p.m. With tickets priced at $25 each, attendees will not only enjoy a night of entertainment, but will also be contributing to a crucial cause. Every nickel raised from the event will directly...
Participants at the sold out Rotary Wine Pairing Dinner were not disappointed by the wine, the food or the fun atmosphere created at the old Moose Lodge on the corner of F and Curry streets. After checking in, each person was sent to their assigned seat to get their first glass of wine, Eberle 2021 Reserve Chardonnay. This gave everyone a chance to mix and mingle, look at the 33 items on the silent auction table and purchase opportunity tickets for the incredible quilt specifically designed for...
If you enjoy meeting fun loving people, eating incredible food and enjoying great wine then this is the event for you. This year, the Rotary Club of Tehachapi has secured five amazing wines from Eberle Vineyards of Paso Robles. The wines were given to chef Mano Lujan, who tastes each one and develops a menu that not only enhances the food, but also brings out the best of the wines. Mano will talk about what he made and why. The Wine Pairing Dinner on Jan. 27 starts at 6 p.m. at the newly...
Every year we book a great line up of talented and entertaining musicians to play at Centennial Plaza during the two days of the Apple Festival. On Saturday, Oct. 14 at 11 a.m. enjoy a new and different treat as The Boot Boogie Babes demonstrate line dancing and take you along for the journey as they teach the audience some of the dances. The Boot Boogie Babes, America's Favorite Line Dance Team provide a safe space for women of all ages, sizes and backgrounds to grow through their love of...
We've heard the chatter and we are trying to meet the demand. We will have more apple pie vendors at the Apple Festival this year. One of the highlights of Saturday's activities on Oct. 14 is the Apple Pie Eating Contest. The contest will be on Green Street just outside of Centennial Plaza. It takes place at 2 p.m. on Saturday and we can accommodate up to 12 participants. There are cash prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd places. It's hilarious to watch a group of adults willing to stick their entire...
What suits your fancy? It's an apple festival so we will have apples. But, do you love BBQ? How about a Tri Tip sandwich and fixings at the Red House BBQ booth? Right next to Red House you can purchase great sauce from Kickin Ash BBQ Sauce. You can get tamales, Mexican street corn, hot dogs, deep fried twisted potatoes with toppings or sliders with apple bacon. Why not have teriyaki, egg roll or chow mein from the Chinese food truck or sausage sandwiches, grilled chicken sandwiches, Philly...
Do you make a wicked apple pie? Enter The Loop newspaper's Apple Pie Baking Contest on Sunday, Oct. 15 at 1 p.m. on the street just outside of Centennial Plaza. Let's see how your recipe ranks against up to nine other bakers. Here are the rules. 1. The contest is open to anyone wishing to bake an apple pie. 2. Only 10 apple pies will be accepted, with a $10 entry fee per entry. 3. All apple pies will be accepted. 4. Pies MUST be checked in at the Apple Festival Organizer's booth at the stage in...
It's an Apple Festival so of course we'll have apples, but we also want you to visit the 103 vendors lined up on Green Street and part of F Street this year. Our vendor merchandise includes potted cactus, succulents, macrame plant hangers, rugs, coasters, Croc charms, pins, toys, clogs, bubble guns, dolls, door hangers, wristlets, handmade wooden boxes, women's clothing and accessories. There will also be handcrafted bird houses/feeders, tea cup feeders, cutting boards, cheese slicers, razors...
Red, yellow, and green are the various colors of apples. Local vendors will be bringing a variety of apples available in Kern County so that we can try to meet everyone's taste for delicious and nutritious apples. Besides apples we'll have apple pies, apple fritters, apple nachos, candy apples and other various apple delights. The Apple Festival is about so much more than apples, though. This festival is meant to bring families together to have fun. We have a large variety of games that we...
This year we'll be celebrating the 10th Anniversary of the Tehachapi Apple Festival. The festival will take place on Green and F streets in Downtown Tehachapi on Saturday, Oct. 14, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday, Oct. 15, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Besides the kids bounce houses and multiple games, this year we will have a street maze for kids to try to solve, free face painting, marionettes performing "Peter and The Wolf" and so much more for kids to do, like apple bobbing on a string. There...
With an incredible reputation for a fantastic evening of food, wine and friendship, the Rotary Club of Tehachapi is proud to present the 9th Annual Wine Pairing Dinner on May 6. The event will be held at Slice of Life Enrichment Center, 48771 W. Valley Blvd. , Tehachapi, at 6 p.m. This venue is roomy, comfortable and inviting. The Wine Pairing Dinner features a silent auction and a mystery wine pull. Tickets are $125 per person ($100 overhead/$25 donation to Rotary) which includes five...
The Apple Festival, on Oct. 15-16, was hugely successful, and the public truly enjoyed it from all reports. Once the event is up and running it may seem like a simple task, but the truth is, it takes a village to get it there. It starts in March with vendor applications being revised with new dates and rules. Throughout the following months we update Facebook, Instagram and Google with all the updates, as well as all sponsorship agreements. By the end of the summer the event is fully insured...
Do you make a wicked apple pie? Enter The Loop newspaper's Apple Pie Baking Contest, which takes place on Sunday, Oct. 16 at 1 p.m. on Green St. just outside of Centennial Plaza in Tehachapi. Let's see how your recipe fairs against up to eight other bakers. Here are the rules. 1. The contest is open to anyone wishing to bake an apple pie. 2. Only eight apple pies will be accepted, with a $10 entry fee. 3. All apple pies will be accepted. 4. Pies MUST be checked in at the Apple Festival...
This is not an obituary but a story of a life well lived. At just two days before turning 101, my mom, Evelyn Dignam decided she was ready to leave this earthly plain. Her life, like so many, was full of ups and downs. She lived through the depression. Her childhood was not always a happy one, so much so, that she would rarely talk about it. Evelyn was a fighter and tried not to let things get her down. She married William Dignam from Bay Ridge Brooklyn in 1942. They loved and supported six...
The Apple Festival is excited to partner with the Make-A-Wish® Northeastern/Central California and Northern Nevada Chapter to grant the South Valley Region's 1,000th wish. This is a first for the festival and it gives us great joy to be able to support such a worthy organization and a local Tehachapi youth. The fun begins at 10 a.m. and we highly encourage the community to come out in support of a fabulous 11-year-old who turned 11 on the 11th of October and was born in 2011. This is his wis...
This year the annual Tehachapi Apple Festival falls on October 15 and 16. As the name implies, the focus is on “appley” goodness. The festival is free to attend and is a fun time for the whole family thanks to its vendors, entertainment and the children’s special “kidzone” area, which has games and activities. (Tickets must be purchased to play in the kidzone.) In recent years more than ten thousand people have attended the festival, so be sure to make your hotel reservations ahead of time. Enj...
My mom, Evelyn Dignam, turned 100 in August. Dad died 27 years ago, and mom moved near our family 25 years ago. Until age 97 she was independent, could keep up with me and was full of life. A few falls later, we moved her into our home in July of 2019. I've always felt loved and respected by my mom and I've looked up to my mom. That's what is hard about living with a shell of the woman she used to be. These days her short-term memory is very poor. Questions and conversations are limited and...
It starts with a concert at The Aspen Builders Inc. Activity Center at 410 W. D St. on April 24 from 2 to 6 p.m. The cost is $25 for tickets, which should be purchased in advance at The Loop newspaper office, 206 S. Green St., Alta One in Albertsons or the Stallion Springs General Store at 27750 Stallion Springs Dr. Tickets will also be available at the door if it is not sold out. The concert is the volunteer efforts of four bands, including Grievance, a Southern/Classic and Country Rock band...
How about a gourmet four course meal including appetizers, soup or salad, a main course and dessert, each served with a scrumptious wine, in a beautiful new space. That's a four-course meal and five wines, the first being served during a mix and mingle period and each following specifically paired with the food. This is all happening on Saturday, March 26 at 6 p.m. at The Studio, 122 S. Green St., Tehachapi. Tickets are $100 per person. The food is beyond delicious and the wine is poured...
After a most trying year of cancellations of concerts, events, festivals, movies and all forms of family fun and activities, we are so glad to be planning our 2021 Tehachapi Apple Festival for Oct. 16 and 17. It will take place from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday on S. Green Street in Downtown Tehachapi. This festival was started as a celebration of apples in Tehachapi. As the years have progressed we have fewer and fewer apple producers in our wonderful town but...
After a most trying year of cancellations of concerts, events, festivals, movies and all forms of family fun and activities, we are so glad to be planning our 2021 Tehachapi Apple Festival for Oct.16 and 17. It will take place from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday on Green Street in Downtown Tehachapi. This festival was started as a celebration of apples in Tehachapi. As the years have progressed we have fewer and fewer apple producers in our wonderful town but the...
On Aug. 27, 2021 my mom, Evelyn Dignam, celebrated her 100 birthday in Las Vegas, Nevada. It was an amazing weekend of family and friends gathering to honor a woman who has seen so much change in her lifetime. Evelyn has created a legacy of six children, 18 grandchildren, 13 great grandchildren (plus one on the way) and 1 great, great grandchild. Evelyn was born in Buffalo, New York on Aug. 27, 1921. At the age of 15, William Dignam saw Evelyn as she walked by his family-owned florist in Bay...
The Tehachapi Apple Festival announces a change in date for the 2021 Apple Festival. It will now take place on the weekend of Oct. 16-17. The festival will continue to feature FREE ENTRY, free carnival games, apple bobbing, pie eating and pie baking contests, free face painting and petting zoo, puppet shows, a hula hoop contest and more. Of course, we also feature an exciting array of vendors featuring lots of great products. There will be many food and beverage choices, plus you can buy...
On Wednesday, October 21, Tehachapi Rotary donated 35 coats to the Tehachapi Salvation Army. These coats were purchased by monies budgeted by the club along with a donation from the Walmart in Tehachapi. Rotarians Rhonda Brady and Cathy Criger went shopping at the Burlington Coat Factory in Bakersfield and Walmart a few days before, choosing coats for teenagers at the request of Salvation Army. Tehachapi Humanitarian Relief Group - this group continues to provide packages or food and life’s n...
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. I can’t really answer which one they are for you but I can say that they are certainly different times. The Rotary Club of Tehachapi is taking a different approach to connecting with our members. One of the best things about Rotary, and our club in particular, is that we are a very social group. We start our meetings by mingling and shaking hands. This is such a strong tradition that should you forget or miss shaking anyone’s hand you could be issued a fine. So how do we deal with our cur...
