“What kind of beast is your salamander?” asked the Prince. “It is hard to tell their kind, your Honor,” said Golg. “For they are too…
The Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area is turning 45 on November 10, 2023. Almost all of the big western national parks were created from…
Almost every spring for the last eight years, mitered parakeets have nested in the old windbreak of eucalyptus trees that borders our garden. By the…
La Costa Beach is almost entirely hidden behind the houses that locals have nicknamed “the Great Wall of Malibu.” Also hidden here, among the homes…
Our theme for 2022 at Topanga New Times was “Changemakers,” and there was no greater changemaker than the Webb Space Telescope. In just a few…
The climate on our planet is changing; and reversing the inevitable seems as if it will require a bit more cooperation than humanity has yet…
In 1974 I found myself traveling through Arkansas on my way to California. Since I wasn’t old enough to drive, I hitched a ride with…
How are we already at the end of the year? 2022 was a strange roller-coaster ride, but it wasn’t all bad. In our last issue…
“Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out that going to the mountains is going home; that wildness is a necessity; and…
You don’t need to be Elon Musk to build a rocket. There is a group of Topangans who made one. You can see it from…
Topanga Canyon Gallery Starts the New Year with Two New Solo Shows Topanga Canyon Gallery is pleased to present the first two solo exhibitions of…
The earliest written account of Christmas in the Santa Monica Mountains appears to be one published by Frederick Hastings Rindge in his 1895 book, Happy…
Topanga Library Sept. 23 & 25. 2 p.m. Free, open seating A staged reading of the Broadway hit; eager fact-checker goes head to head with...
9/28 at 6pm An intimate, one-time opportunity to learn in-depth how National Park Service and Santa Monica Mountains Fund cooperate to support educational programs for...
Comedy Improv under the oaks! Take a trip away from the daily grind and city pace to the wide open space of the Santa Monica...
Friday, Sept. 8 at 7:30 p.m. – Under the Oaks salon series Friday, Sept. 15 at 7:30 p.m. – Under the Oaks salon series Friday, Sept. 22 at 7:30 p.m. – Under the Oaks salon series Friday, Sept. 29 at 7:30 p.m. – Under...
Friday, Sept. 29 at 7:30 p.m. HOLSinger songwriter Holly Gottlieb with Liz Bee, Courtney Preis and friends. Lyrics written on the road whilst soul searching...
A Perfect Ganesh Written by Terrence McNally Directed by Mary Jo DuPrey July 15 – October 7 Terrence McNally’s play finds humor within the self-searching...
Manzanita School and Institute, Topanga’s only accredited independent school for grades K-12, celebrates its 10th anniversary this year. On October 1st from 11-4 p.m. we...
Queen Margaret’s Version of Shakespeare’s War of the Roses Written by William Shakespeare Directed & Compiled by Ellen Geer June 24 – October 1 What...
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