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Jess Dervin-Ackerman is a political activist, community builder, and dedicated spiritual practitioner. Jess hosts workshops on creating heart-centered social change through her project Heart in…
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Hayley Magrini’s new shop, The Well, is a clean refill station offering low-waste essentials for home and body. It exudes the very qualities you will…
I was driving up our beloved CA 27, listening to canyon musician Jordan Wainer’s recently released collection of songs, Maybe It’s a Circle, when alongside…
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On Independence Day the nation reflects on its war stories. Stories about the revolutionaries who stood up to tyranny, and who handed down to us…
The City of Malibu is hosting their 23rd Annual Chumash Day Powwow and Intertribal Gathering. This free, family-friendly event is open to the public and...
Malibu Library, March 25/26; Topanga Library, April 1/2: 2 pm admission FREE/library parking Topanga Actors Company presents THIRD by Wendy Wasserstein. Another (innovatively-staged) staged-reading from...
The City of Malibu is hosting their 23rd Annual Chumash Day Powwow and Intertribal Gathering. This free, family-friendly event is open to the public and...
Described as "phenomenally musical," (Daily Journal), violinist Maria Ioudenitch has received first prizes in the Ysaye International Music Competition, the Tibor Varga International Violin Competition,...
Malibu Library, March 25/26; Topanga Library, April 1/2: 2 pm admission FREE/library parking Topanga Actors Company presents THIRD by Wendy Wasserstein. Another (innovatively-staged) staged-reading from...
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