TCC Potluck Gala and Topanga Messenger Drawing, February 8
Find out what is in the treasure box on February 8!
Juried Art Show Winners at Topanga Canyon Gallery
Guests, friends, patrons and artists mingle at the opening of the most recent art show at the Topanga Canyon Gallery.
Undergrounding Project in Town Center to Start in February
Signs that will be placed at Topanga Canyon Blvd. and Mulholland and PCH during under grounding work.
TCC Potluck Gala & Topanga Messenger Drawing, February 8
On Sunday, February 8, from 2-5 p.m. bring family, friends, neighbors and food or beverage to the Potluck Gala and Messenger Drawing, sponsored by the Topanga Community Club. It will be an afternoon of gentle revelry, music, a cash bar and the incomparable bounty that is a Topanga Potluck. For those who can't attend the family's memorial service that day at the Bergamot Station Writers Boot Camp for Messe… [Read More...]
Undergrounding Project in Town Center to Start in February
A project to remove Southern California Edison (SCE) overhead utilities and place them underground in the Topanga Town Center will start in February, according to L.A. County representatives. The project, estimated to complete within 18 months or less, covers an area on Topanga Canyon Boulevard (TCB), primarily along the west side, from approximately 300 feet north of the Verizon Building and south to Cuesta … [Read More...]
Sacred Crossings Provides Dignified Home Funerals
When Bernardino (Dino) Zanini, 66, learned that he was terminally ill with leukemia, the Topanga resident chose an empowering process of conscious dying highlighted by hospice care and planning a home funeral with his wife, Medria Connolly, and the Rev. Olivia Rosemarie Bareham, the founder of Sacred Crossings. During the last few months, Bareham guided Zanini and Connolly through the dying process and helped th… [Read More...]
Film Review: Selma Stands and Delivers
MLK film is more than the sum of its parts. Biopics and docudramas are tricky. The event serving as the basis for the film has to carry the proper gravitas so it doesn’t ring hollow. Meanwhile, the main character has to be authentic enough not be profane to history. Ana DuVernay’s Selma bravely tackles one of the turning points in America’s checkered history with race. There are subtle hits and misses but the … [Read More...]
Reading Aloud with Jane Marla Robbins, February 4
Topanga Authors Group (TAG) presents a lecture with veteran performance coach and writer, Jane Marla Robbins, who shares techniques to help writers read their work out loud. The lecture, which will include group exercises and individual coaching, will be held in the Meeting Room at Topanga Library from 7-9 p.m. on Wednesday, February 4. The evening is free and open to the public. Complementary coffee, tea, and refres… [Read More...]
Juried Art Show Winners at Topanga Canyon Gallery
For more than ten years, Topanga Canyon Gallery (TCG) has hosted an annual Juried show. The show is open to all artists but the work needs to be hand delivered. As a result, most entries are from Southern California. After viewing 280 works of art, this year’s juror, Michael Zakian, selected 47 pieces for the 2015 show. This is the second time Zakian has served as the Gallery juror. He is currently the … [Read More...]
Al Martinez— 1929-2015
It is with profound sadness that we report the passing of Al Martinez on January 12 at West Hills hospital of congestive heart failure. He was 85 and had been suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) for a number of years. In 2012, the Huntington Library declared Martinez “The Bard of L.A.” for the exhibit that chronicled the life of this most beloved columnist for the the Los Angeles Times and,… [Read More...]
Kids in the Canyon: It’s A Small World After All
At the risk of gifting you with a song that could possibly be stuck in your head for quite some time, I would like to share an observation I’ve made during the past year. The little people in our lives are living in a very small world. That world exists inside of a screen that is about 2” x 5,” in other words, the screen of a smart phone. Children as young as two are routinely handed a phone to “pl… [Read More...]
