“Believe me my young friend, there is nothing—absolutely nothing – half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.” —Kenneth Grahame, The Wind...
Every spring, California gray whales make a monumental pilgrimage from their winter breeding grounds in the warm lagoons of the Sea of Cortez to their...
Hello, readers. As the long-standing creative force behind TNT’s cover designs, I’ve always sought to push the boundaries of artistic expression. I’ve been experimenting with...
Tell me you’ve seen The Bear, FX’s emmy-nominated masterpiece about an Italian American family and a Chicago greasy spoon made good. Last season we saw...
This strange and wonderful cover design celebrates the traditional Italian American Feast of the Seven Fishes in a decidedly non traditional way. It was created...
TRANSPLANTS: A series on Becoming Topangan Artist and filmmaker Ela Roth Capone, 42, is the driving force behind Topanga-based TheoFilms. This production company is celebrating...
Little by little, the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area continues to grow, as public agencies work to fill in the gaps in the patchwork...
Isn’t it interesting how the simple spelling change from Happy Holidays to Happy Holy Days seems to shift something? It lands a little differently, doesn’t...
John Brewer, Along the Malibu: Color Serigraphs and Art of Paul Dubosclard: A Catalogue Raisonné. This monograph on Topanga artist Paul Duboclard is our top...
So, let’s take inventory here at Johnny-on-the-Spot corporate offices overlooking the glorious sprawling metropolis of Bakersfield CA. I have reviewed an album, a film, a...
Victory gardens are gaining popularity again, this time in response to the war against COVID-19. Industrialist millionaire Charles Lathrop Pack is credited with creating the...
In Blood and Thunder: The Epic Story of Kit Carson and the Conquest of the American West (2006), renowned narrative historian Hampton Sides introduces us...
During the second half of the eighteenth century there gathered along the eastern seaboard of North America an enlightened generation of thinkers whose collective will...