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Local Authors/Local Interest 
Every fall TNT showcases some of the newest books that are written by local authors, or of local interest. This year presented challenges for everyone in our community. Authors everywhere have been hit hard by rising costs, declines in...
Family Photos 
Almost every secondhand shop has a box of old photos for sale. Ladies and gentlemen in their Sunday best; laborers pausing at their work; children, stiff and unnatural in a studio portrait, or candid and full of life on...
Halloween History 
For many years, the Malibu Feed Bin heralded the arrival of Halloween with a display of pumpkins for sale. This year, the corner of Topanga Canyon Boulevard and Pacific Coast Highway hosts only a utilitarian assortment of trailers used...
Spanish Style: Hidden History in Plain Sight 
It’s everywhere: historic hilltop mansions from the 1920s and 30s with red-tile roofs and wrought iron fixtures and entire housing tracts from the eighties and nineties that echo those elements in mass production. Real Estate offers are replete with...
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The Magic Librarian 

“Books are a uniquely portable magic,” to quote the illustrious Stephen King. Carl Sagan continues the notion: “Books break the shackles of time, proof that humans can work magic.” If that’s all true, then Ashley Abrams is Glinda the...
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Topanga Actors Company 

Topanga Actor’s Company brings more stirring, contemporary theater to our local library this fall. September THE LIFESPAN OF A FACT: Malibu Library, September 16 & 17. Topanga Library, September 23 & 24. A quirky, thoroughly absorbing drama based on...