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.

Topanga Vintage Market

TREASURE SEEKERS EXIT THE TOPANGA VINTAGE MARKET, SPECIAL FINDS IN HAND. THE FLEA MARKET, FOUNDED IN 2012, TAKES PLACE THE FOURTH SUNDAY OF EVERY MONTH AT PIERCE COLLEGE IN WOODLAND HILLS. The…

Other Desert Cities

Family Secrets Will Out in Other Desert Cities. It’s no wonder Jon Robin Baitz’s family drama, Other Desert Cities was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 2012 and picked up other…

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The Puppet Master

Busy staging and shooting his third Classics in Miniature live-action puppet film, The Legend of Joan of Arc, Steven Ritz-Barr says puppets are as popular as ever, even with blockbuster filmmakers. “Children…

The Hart of Topanga

Spiritual psychologist Kamakshi Hart has been a stalwart of our community since she moved to Topanga from Washington D.C., 15 years ago. She served as president of Topanga Chamber of Commerce for…

This Artist’s Way

Topanga artist Melanie Rothschild has 75 paintings— yes, 75— in an exhibition at FP Contemporary Gallery in Culver City. Out of those, 65 are from a series of 100 tiny paintings she…

Canvasing the World

Filmmaker Bruce Royer drove through Topanga Canyon in 1988 and instantly fell in love with the place. “I knew—with absolute clarity and passion—that I was going to move to Los Angeles and…

A Perfect Ganesh A Perfect Topanga Afternoon

Written by Terrence McNally and originally performed by the Manhattan Theater Club at New York City Center in 1993, the Topanga Actors Company presented a terrific version of A Perfect Ganesh at…

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Return to Freedom

Topanga philanthropists Leslie and Steve Carlson speak about their work and lives committed to giving and sharing, especially with Return to Freedom, a nonprofit dedicated to the welfare of wild horses through…

Animal Farm

THE THIRD PLAY IN THEATRICUM BOTANICUM’S 2017 REPERTORY SEASON, ANIMAL FARM, IS GEORGE ORWELL’S CAUTIONARY TALE ABOUT THE CORRUPTING INFLUENCE OF POWER. SOUND FAMILIAR? Sir Peter Hall’s acclaimed adaptation of Animal Farm,…

A Fiji Family Wedding

I’d already been to Fiji four times before but this trip was going to be extra special. I was going to Savusavu to meet my grandson for the first time. Because my…