Villagers all, this frosty tide, Let your doors swing open wide, Though wind may follow, and snow beside, Yet draw us in by your fire to bide; Joy shall be yours in the morning! —Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in...
Every fall TNT showcases some of the newest books that are written by local authors, or of local interest. This year presented challenges for everyone in our community. Authors everywhere have been hit hard by rising costs, declines in...
Almost every secondhand shop has a box of old photos for sale. Ladies and gentlemen in their Sunday best; laborers pausing at their work; children, stiff and unnatural in a studio portrait, or candid and full of life on...
For many years, the Malibu Feed Bin heralded the arrival of Halloween with a display of pumpkins for sale. This year, the corner of Topanga Canyon Boulevard and Pacific Coast Highway hosts only a utilitarian assortment of trailers used...
Pie.Eating – Contestants stuff their faces with pie as the crowd looks on with amazement at the pie eating contest at the 50th Topanga Days Festival on Monday, May 26th, 2025. Ryan Fi (spelling?), the returning champion, who won the contest is wearing a grey shirt in the middle. Sarah Reisenbichler, who was close behind, is on his right. Photo by Ivan Kashinsky
Dance Contest Winners
Noble Webster, Maggie Collins
Three-legged Race
Satya Finch and Emma Farkas (four years in a row)
Pie-Eating Contest
Ryan Pickering, returning champion
Bubble Gum Blowing Contest
Crystal June Storey, returning champion
Limbo Winners
Aristea Cottereau, Sophia Bella Davis, P. Treya, and Ajah
Animal Imitation Champ
Koriander Dirschel. She imitated a crow.
If anyone has been forgotten, please let us know!
Bubble.Man- Dennis G Miller, who is dressed as what he calls, “The Greatest Whatever,” is surrounded by bubbles from the Mermaid Butterfly Plant Nursery Float before the start of the Topanga Days Parade at Pine Tree Circle on May 26th, 2025. Dennis came up from the San Fernando Valley for his 4th Topanga Days Parade. When asked what he thought about Topanga, he said, “Topanga is just plain beautiful.” Photo by Ivan Kashinsky
Naya Rose, 3, enjoying bubbles and song on the Love School float. Photo by Todd G. Levin
Topanga Days parade on a Pentax-MX with a 50mm lens on Kodak Tri-X 400 B&W film. He writes that the group photo is of the gathering of parade participants in Pine Tree Circle before the procession. Photo by Todd G. Levin
