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Christmas Carols 
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...
Local Authors/Local Interest 
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...
Family Photos 
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...
Halloween History 
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...
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Planet A 

Venezia Productions with Topanga Actors Company presents: Planet A: A Benefit for the Alzheimer’s Association’s “The Longest Day.”   Afternoon performances at the Topanga Library will take place on June 18 and 19. Tickets are $25. Advance tickets only, no...
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The Studio Tour is Back 

The Studio Tour is back after a two-year forced hiatus! This is the last of four articles in honor of the Tour’s 20th anniversary, each featuring 3 of the 38 artists participating on the tour Danielle Hutchins, a multifaceted...
ArtBeat, Film Reviews

Mid90s 

Jonah Hill’s Mid90s is a unique coming-of-age film from 2018 that is as tender and sweet as it is heart-wrenching. The film follows Stevie (Sunny Suljic), a troubled 13-year-old living in Los Angeles in the 1990s who becomes enamored...
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MOMentum Place, Sunday, May 8th! 

Every year on Mother’s Day, “MOMentum Place” creates a fantastical world of aerial and circus performers, dancers and musicians in the rustic outdoor amphitheater at Will Geer’s Theatricum Botanicum. Bring your mother to honor the MOMentum in her life—always...