Bonnie Graves’ first Halloween in Topanga was just after she and her husband, Adrian Sexton, bought a house on Fernwood. “I was a new homeowner and a new mom. I wanted our…
Topanga’s resident (good) witch, Coco Blignaut, hosted the first in a series of three workshops in her garden where 14 “beloved witches” convened to learn the truth about witches and learn how…
Topanga’s “Mommy and Me” music class expands throughout L.A. Singer-songwriter Mary Arden Gorman founded “Goddess Mamas” in Topanga when her son, Bodhi, was born seven years ago. That morphed into “LoveBug &…
“Animal whisperer, communicator, psychic, animal intuitive. I answer to any of those,” said Topanga’s own Dr. Doolittle, Deb Jones. Mostly, Jones communicates with animals visually or kinesthetically, picking up subtle physical sensations,…
Being a witch isn’t about wearing a pointy hat and casting spells; it’s about communing with nature and anyone can be a witch. So says Topanga’s very own white witch, Coco Blignaut.…
Kathy Eldon turned the tragedy of her son’s murder into an internationally acclaimed movement for social change. Dan Eldon was a young photojournalist working for Reuters news agency when he was killed…
Conservationist Georgienne Bradley is on a mission to explain why oceans are essential for human survival. A staggering 70 percent of the Earth’s oxygen is produced by marine plants. “This number,” said…
“Tony Selvage’s playing has always intrigued me. His use of electronics never gives the impression of gimmickry. Both in esoteric mood music and in standard pop, he is a master.” —Henry Mancini…
Olivia Bareham wants to change people’s perception about death. “I want to break the taboo where we are excited about birth but dread death,” she said. “What if they were both explosive,…
The problem with giving rave reviews to Animal Farm and Other Desert Cities, the non-Shakespeare plays in the 2017 summer repertory from Will Geer’s Theatricum Botanicum, is that this reviewer may have…