Recovering the Past: Mapping Los Angeles Landscape History
They are called the Chumash. The name refers to a group of related languages and dialects, but it has become the de facto title for the people who spoke them and who lived along the California coast from San...
Patrick Stewart
Before reading and planning to comment upon the recently published memoir of Sir Patrick Stewart—Making It So: A Memoir (October 2023)—I anticipated spending time reminiscing about Star Trek. For me, I was drawn to this one because Stewart played...
18th Anual Topanga Film Festival
The theme of the 2023 Topanga Film Festival is “Unreel.” It’s a playful invitation to reflect on many aspects of filmmaking illusion, from cutting edge AI to more traditional forms of film magic. The 18th annual Topanga Film Festival...
Tony Lee: Strong Hunter
A Chumash story of creation holds that the Earth Mother, longing for company, planted magical seeds in an area now known as Santa Cruz Island in the Santa Barbara Channel. The seeds grew into plants from which sprung men...
Beautiful Music in Topanga for Over 40 Years
Jerry Kessler may have missed his calling. When I told him he could have been a comedian, he quipped, “I’ve never done stand up, but I’ve done a lot of sit down.” Instead, he entertains an audience with melodic...
Russell Charles Jensen 1933-2023
With great sadness the Jensen family wishes to inform that Russell Charles Jensen passed away on September 11, 2023. Russell was born January 18, 1933 in Germantown, NY. As a child people would find him far from home riding...
Getting WiLD with Your Local RCD
Earlier this year, your local Resource Conservation District launched an innovative opportunity to connect community members with nature. This immersive workshop series, known as WiLD CiTY, has so far introduced participants to: a local endangered fish, a coastal wetland,...
Topanga Symphony Performance Oct, 29
The Topanga Symphony, the Santa Monica Mountains’ only community orchestra, announces the Fall 2023 free concert date of October 29, at 3:00 P.M. at the Topanga Community Center 1440 North Topanga Canyon Blvd. Music Director Jerome Kessler will conduct...
Halloween Roundup
It’s the spookiest time of the year. This year’s bumper crop of orb weaver spiders have decorated our mountains in cobwebs, and we’re sharing our favorite local haunts for getting into the spirit of the season. From theme parks...
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