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Mushroom Madness 
Fungi can cure or kill, nourish life, and also decompose it back into soil. Fossil evidence for fungi is limited, but the ability to analyze molecular data has led to revelations about the evolution of this extraordinary family of...
Fool’s Gold: The Myth of Tiburcio Vasquez 
“And still of a winter’s night, they say,  when the wind is in the trees, When the moon is a ghostly galleon  tossed upon cloudy seas,    When the road is a ribbon of moonlight  over the purple moor,    A...
Billions in Flight: Migratory Birds 
Autumn doesn’t officially begin until the equinox on September 22, but all across North America birds are already on the wing—billions of them. Migration times and destinations vary based on the species and variables like weather and food sources—some...
One-Room Schoolhouse 
Back to school. A hundred years ago in Topanga, it would have been on foot—and often barefoot—to the little, red, one-room schoolhouse by the creek in the bend of the dirt road.  Public education in California was still relatively...
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MOMentum Place, Sunday, May 8th! 

Every year on Mother’s Day, “MOMentum Place” creates a fantastical world of aerial and circus performers, dancers and musicians in the rustic outdoor amphitheater at Will Geer’s Theatricum Botanicum. Bring your mother to honor the MOMentum in her life—always...
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Impressions 

After what feels like the longest intermission ever, live theatre is back at Will Geer’s Theatricum Botanicum! Since its founding in 1973, the theatre has provided entertainment, arts activism and educational opportunities to the greater Los Angeles area. While...
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Theatricum Goes Live! 

Two plays by William Shakespeare are set to welcome audiences back to the spectacular outdoor venue at Will Geer’s Theatricum Botanicum this summer. The 2021 summer repertory season, sponsored by the S. Mark Taper Foundation, opens with Julius Caesar,...
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Theatricum Live! 

Live performances are back at Will Geer’s Theatricum Botanicum! The inaugural 2021 event on June 6 is an in person concert by Topanga native and longtime Theatricum friend, singer-songwriter and musician Inara George.  Joining George at Theatricum’s spectacular outdoor...
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Theatricum Classes Are Back 

The Theatricum Botanicum is offering its first in-person classes since the coronavirus shutdown last March. The summer programs feature options for adults and children. All in person classes will be held outdoors at Theatricum’s extensive, shady grounds, and will...