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Mushroom Madness 
Fungi can cure or kill, nourish life, and also decompose it back into soil. Fossil evidence for fungi is limited, but the ability to analyze molecular data has led to revelations about the evolution of this extraordinary family of...
Fool’s Gold: The Myth of Tiburcio Vasquez 
“And still of a winter’s night, they say,  when the wind is in the trees, When the moon is a ghostly galleon  tossed upon cloudy seas,    When the road is a ribbon of moonlight  over the purple moor,    A...
Billions in Flight: Migratory Birds 
Autumn doesn’t officially begin until the equinox on September 22, but all across North America birds are already on the wing—billions of them. Migration times and destinations vary based on the species and variables like weather and food sources—some...
One-Room Schoolhouse 
Back to school. A hundred years ago in Topanga, it would have been on foot—and often barefoot—to the little, red, one-room schoolhouse by the creek in the bend of the dirt road.  Public education in California was still relatively...
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Film Festival Wrap Up 

The 17th Annual Topanga Film Festival–Now Streaming on Video on Demand Over the course of six days Topanga transformed into a hub of film and ideas, bringing out an enthusiastic crowd that connected over movies, ideas, compelling roundtable discussions,...
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XANADU 

October 29 & 30… a community theatre production of XANADU Produced by FOCUSfish, Directed by Kristy Beauvais and Gabbi Beauvais Local teens are taking the lead in Xanadu, a romp of a musical that takes the 1980 movie material...
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Intellivision 

Topanga Canyon Gallery proudly presents “Color by Numbers,” a solo exhibition by gallery member and Malibu artist Mark Estes. The opening reception will be Saturday October 29, 4-7pm.  Mark Estes is an engineer turned artist. Creativity has marked his...