1865
Discussions of modern political divisions in the United States often include comparisons to the most divisive moment in the country’s history, the years leading up…
An Album of Thoughts
I judged a book by its cover and was not disappointed. In American Histories: Stories (2018) American novelist and essayist John Edgar Wideman weaves a…
On Hume
In The Great Guide: What David Hume Can Teach Us about Being Human and Living Well, independent scholar Julian Baggini proposes the idea – upon…
A Fan
The US Air Force has a tendency to periodically relocate its people and their families so, when I was in my ninth year on the…
Jesus Boots
“Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I have not come to bring peace, but a sword.” – Matthew…
Judge Peter
I met Judge Peter Ney late in his life; shortly after he had completed his autobiography: Getting Here: From a Seat on a Train to…
Flying Fish 911
The Anthropocene Epoch is an unofficial unit of geologic time, used to describe the most recent period in Earth’s history when human activity started to…
Connecting the Dots
The best history is intimately connected to our own lives and serves in our quest to understand the world we live in. Throughline, a weekly…
The Agora
My mother is a clinical psychologist who began her academic work a bit later in life than is typical; which is to say, I was…
MCMLXXIV
In August 1974, when I was 14 years-old, Richard Nixon resigned as president of the United States under a cloud of lies and malfeasance. The…
Week of Events
Hip Hop With Coach Taisha!
Hip Hop With Coach Taisha!
Virtual Hip Hop With Coach Taisha! Cost: $20/class or $75/4 classes Ages 4 – 7: 3:30 p.m. Ages 8 & up: 4:30 p.m. taishamoniqueclark@gmail.com
Kinflow youth sports classes at Manzanita
Kinflow youth sports classes at Manzanita
KinFlow offers youth sports classes every Tue/Thu starting this week at Manzanita on Old TC. Classes are just starting up again now after a Covid...
Seeking Wholeness as a White-Bodied Leader – Workshop Series
Seeking Wholeness as a White-Bodied Leader – Workshop Series
Practicing embodied justice: how whiteness impacts your leadership. A space for white bodied leaders to build awareness, skills, and practice for unlearningand disrupting how white...
Daily Zoom Classes for Ukulele and Belly Dancing
Daily Zoom Classes for Ukulele and Belly Dancing
Daily Zoom Classes for Ukulele and Belly Dancing with Melanie Kareem! Contact melaniekareemdance@gmail.com. Belly Dance- 2- 3 p.m. Beginner Ukulele; 3:15 - 4:15 p.m. Intermediate...
Youth Filmmaking Workshop
Youth Filmmaking Workshop
Topanga Youth Services Presents: Filmmaking Intensive Workshop. Ages 10-18. October 27 - November 18. Wedensdays and Thursdays from 4-6 at the Topanga Community House. During...
Cirque Mechanics Birdhouse Factory
Cirque Mechanics Birdhouse Factory
High-flying acrobatic troupe Cirque Mechanics brings their mechanical-inspired show Birdhouse Factory to the Smothers stage at Pepperdine University in Malibu on Wednesday, October 27, 2021...
Virtual Dance With Miss Alice
Virtual Dance With Miss Alice
Virtual Dance With Miss Alice--Each class is $90/month. Ballet + Jazz (Enchanted) 2:15 – 3 p.m. Ages 2.5 – 4 yrs. Ballet + Jazz (Bella)...
Kinflow youth sports classes at Manzanita
Kinflow youth sports classes at Manzanita
KinFlow offers youth sports classes every Tue/Thu starting this week at Manzanita on Old TC. Classes are just starting up again now after a Covid...
October Moon Festival
October Moon Festival
In Topanga, you can root and celebrate this season by attending the October Moon Festival at Pine Tree Circle. Hosted by several businesses from Pine Tree Circle,...
FREE PLANT FRIDAYS! – California Native Plant Nursery Volunteering
FREE PLANT FRIDAYS! – California Native Plant Nursery Volunteering
A fun, hands-on way to volunteer & help us grow local milkweed, sage & other natives for restoration, while taking a few home for yourself!...
RED CROSS BLOOD DRIVE
RED CROSS BLOOD DRIVE
RED CROSS BLOOD DRIVE October 29, 2021 10am-4pm The American Red Cross is holding a blood drive at the TCC on October 29, 2021! They...
Nights of the Jack
Nights of the Jack
Nights of the Jack Halloween event will return for its fourth year and back to the popular walking format at King Gillette Ranch in Calabasas from October...
Native Plant Nursery Volunteer Day – FREE Plant Saturday!
Native Plant Nursery Volunteer Day – FREE Plant Saturday!
A fun, hands-on way to volunteer & help us grow local milkweed, sage & other natives for restoration, while taking a few home for yourself!...
Julius Caesar at the Theatricum Botanicum!
Julius Caesar at the Theatricum Botanicum!
Theatricum will open the season on Saturday, July 10 at 7:30 p.m. with a fresh look at Julius Caesar. Director Ellen Geer views Shakespeare’s iconic...
THE APPLE FAMILY: A PANDEMIC TRILOGY
THE APPLE FAMILY: A PANDEMIC TRILOGY
TOPANGA ACTORS COMPANY presents: THE APPLE FAMILY: A PANDEMIC TRILOGYWhat Do We Need to Talk About?*And So We Come Forth*Incidental Moments of the Day*Forced into...
A month of Sundays: journaling with Catalyst Muse
A month of Sundays: journaling with Catalyst Muse
How long has it been since you checked in with yourself and wrote down what you werethinking, feeling, noticing? If it's been a month of...
The Last, Best Small Town at the Theatricum Botanicum
The Last, Best Small Town at the Theatricum Botanicum
On Saturday, July 31 at 7:30 p.m., Theatricum is excited to introduce a world premiere play to the rotation. The Last, Best Small Town by...
THE APPLE FAMILY: A PANDEMIC TRILOGY
THE APPLE FAMILY: A PANDEMIC TRILOGY
TOPANGA ACTORS COMPANY presents: THE APPLE FAMILY: A PANDEMIC TRILOGYWhat Do We Need to Talk About?*And So We Come Forth*Incidental Moments of the Day*Forced into...
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