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...
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...
THE COASTWATCHERS Chapter Thirteen
Jessie and I printed the The Malibu Coastwatcher the day after Kitty and her family were forced to leave for the internment camp. It wasn’t...
Location is Everything
How the Santa Monica Mountains Helped Shape Film History A reader recently reached out for help finding the film location for an episode of the...
Location Location
The Santa Monica Mountains have been a destination for filmmakers and a location for filming for more than a hundred years, and movie history is...
Open Studios of Topanga
Topanga’s artists studio tour is back! We miss our Gallery but the newly organized Open Studios of Topanga won’t disappoint. Don’t miss this opportunity to...
Silent, Sleeky, Salamanders
“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 COASTWATCHERS
Chapter Twelve Spring was a gentle season that year, with just enough rain to keep the streams running and the hills green. There were no...
IMAGINE A WORLD…WITHOUT SMMNRA
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...
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