Hometown Boys Make Good
Amit Gilad feels authentic from the moment we meet. Clad in a Fire Station 69 shirt, and wearing a big smile, this man is an ambassador of feel good music if ever I’ve seen one. He and his business...
2024 Topanga Banjo Fiddle Contest & Folk Festival
Tickets are now on sale Sunday, May 19th at King Gillette Ranch. Featuring live performances from: AJ Lee and Blue Summit, The Way Down Wanderers, Grupo Bella, Hillary Klug, Water Tower, The Crooked Jades, The Packrats, JB Barton, The...
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 huge areas of undeveloped wilderness, but this living crazy-quilt of a park—spread across 153,250...
Holiday Activity Roundup
Good tidings to you at this season of merriment! The holiday season is a great time to slow down and spend time with loved ones, whether you’re spending these moments near or far. For those spending the season near,...
Nights of the Jack
This coming October, the highly anticipated “Nights of the Jack” Halloween event will return for its fourth year, and it’s back to the popular walking format at King Gillette Ranch in Calabasas from October 1 – 31, 6 p.m....
Great Backyard Bird Count 2021
Owls aren’t the only amazing avian residents to watch for in winter; the Santa Monica Mountains and coastline are the winter home of a spectacular variety of migratory birds, from flocks of elegant cedar waxwings to hosts of sparrows...
En Plein Air Artists Unite Virtually
For over two decades, with the strokes of their paint brushes, the Allied Artists of the Santa Monica Mountains and Seashore have reinforced integral conservation efforts. Membership is open to all, despite skill level, and artists are united in...
It Could Be Worse
“I think Divination seems very woolly. A lot of guesswork, if you ask me.” —J.K. Rowling 2020 was the kind of year that casts a long shadow. Dire predictions for a future where the fallout from the coronavirus crisis...
Let There Be Light: A Drive-Thru Holiday Celebration
In good times and bad, Santa has counted on his trusty sleigh and reindeer pack. Jewish Americans ride in every Hanukkah with menorah lightings accompanied with stories about the Maccabes’ triumph over adversity with the help of an efficient oil that burned for eight days. Until now,...
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