Claire Fordham

Fordham worked for the BBC, ITN and Sky News in the UK and wrote a weekly anecdotal column for Britain’s biggest-selling newspaper, The Sun. She currently writes regularly for Huffington Post, The Malibu Times and the Messenger Mountain News. See "A Chat with Claire Fordham" on this website under Podcasts.

Topangans Feeding the Homeless

During their frequent trips to Downtown, L.A. for their Be Love Apparel brand and business, Kyle Finch and KamGi Chak-Finch were increasingly upset and overwhelmed as they witnessed the numbers of homeless…

The Chalk Garden. Courtesy Theatricum Botanicum

The Chalk Garden

Enid Bagnold’s The Chalk Garden opened to a packed Theatricum Botanicum where the audience was treated to witty dialogue and awesome acting in this comedy of English manners. Inspired by Bagnold’s own…

Terry Marks-Tarlow

A Night at the Opera

Clinical psychologist Dr. Terry Marks-Tarlow has a thriving therapy practice, is an author, illustrator, artist, dancer, and yogi. Now this top Topangan has another string to add to her already impressive bow,…

the chalk garden, theatricum botanicum

The Chalk Garden

A Play of Wit and Intrigue. On Saturday, June 30, 8 p.m., laugh and wonder at Theatricum’s opening night production of Enid Bagnold’s unique comedy. The Chalk Garden, according to Theatricum Botanicum’s…

Helping Orphans in Uganda

When Tracy Burns first visited an orphanage in Uganda in 2016, she was struck by the boundless joy and energy the toddlers greeted her with. But it didn’t take the owner and…

Playing for Democrats

When she isn’t playing the harp, Scheherazade Alexis Aria, known as Lexi to her many friends, works as a community organizer for the Democratic Party, including running the phone banks in Topanga…

#SuperShinySara

Originally commissioned by La Jolla Playhouse for its 2017 Performance Outreach Program (POP), #SuperShinySarah received its second incarnation, as a staged reading, by Topanga Actors Company (TAC) at Topanga Library on April…

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MOMentum Place Celebrates 20 Years

No one is more delighted and surprised than its curator and star, Lexi Pearl, that this year’s “MOMentum Place” being held at Will Geer’s Theatricum Botanicum on Sunday, May 13 at 2…

#SuperShinySara

Looking for a reason to get your kids off their screens? Take them to see a play for young audiences: #SuperShinySara, written and directed by Topanga resident Wesley Middleton. The play was…

An Actor’s Life for A Martinez

The original plan was to study political science at UCLA. Then he was told he had to read 11 books over the summer. That was not an exciting prospect for A Martinez…