Fire History
Rising from the ashes. The 2018 Woolsey Fire happened five years ago; the 1993 Old Topanga Fire, thirty years ago; the 1938 Topanga Fire was 85 years ago this November. Join TNT for a look at how wildfire has...
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 AI to more traditional forms of film magic. The 18th annual Topanga Film Festival...
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 an important part of the cultural heritage of the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation...
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 meet and support local artists, explore their working spaces, and experience a one-of-kind journey...
SMMNRA Turns 45
The legislation that created the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area was signed into law by President Jimmy Carter on November 10, 1978, but the fight to build and maintain this one-of-a-kind national park was only just beginning. Join...
ZUCCHINI DAY
August 8 was national Sneak Some Zucchini Onto Your Neighbor’s Porch Day. We are entering into the spirit of the holiday with squash history and recipes. Check out the story on page 10! Illustrations lovingly drawn and painted by...
Cool Breeze
August heat may bake the valleys and turn the local mountains to dusty gold, but out at the coast the marine layer ensures that mornings are cool, afternoons are sunny and warm, and that the evenings cool things back...
Clothing Optional
COVER: Why was nudism such a big thing in the 1970s? Was it a reaction to repressive American mid-century modern conformity? A rejection of Puritanical prudery? Part of the new health and fitness phenomenon? Or just the latest fad?...
Fourth of July
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these...
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