Loose Lips Poetry Series

The Loose Lips Poetry series will present its quarterly poetry reading, featuring mother/daughter duo Gloria Vando and Anika Paris, on Saturday, January 18, 2-4 p.m.  Loose Lips readings have received fourteen matching…

The Supreme Law of the Land

With 2020 promising to be not just another presidential election year but a political year with multiple challenges, we at the Messenger Mountain News believe it’s time to reacquaint ourselves with the…

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39th Topanga Nutcracker Ballet

The 39th Annual Topanga Nutcracker Ballet, produced by Sherry and Bob Jason and Ballet for Topanga, builds its corps de ballet from a very young age. The littlest ballerinas always bring down…

2019 Milestone for Liberty Canyon Wildlife Crossing

As of December 31, 2019, the #SaveLACougars campaign passed the $14 million mark towards its ultimate goal of $60 million. What a great way to begin 2020, but there’s still a way…

Topanga Lagoon Restoration Planning Meeting

California State Parks and the Resource Conservation District of the Santa Monica Mountains (RCDSMM) are looking for your input and suggestions on planning the restoration of the Topanga Lagoon area. Following a…

Topanga Elementary Celebrates Stellar Start to 2020

The Topanga Elementary Science Committee, together with the Topanga Community Center (TCC) and the Los Angeles Astronomical Society, is presenting a free astronomy event, “Topanga Nights: Our Place in Space,” on January…

Topanga Nights: Our Place in Space, January 17

Because we are never too young or too old to look up, learn about, and celebrate our place in space, Topanga Elementary Science Committee, the Topanga Community Center (TCC), and The Los…

Strictly Poetry Workshop Series

The City of Malibu begins the 2020 Strictly Poetry Workshops on January 18, a series that continues on March 21 and May 16, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Michael…

Wild at Hart at Solofest 2020

Kamakshi Hart’s award-winning one-woman show, Wild At Hart: A Tale of Trauma & Triumph, premiered at the Whitefire Theatre’s Solofest 2018, was invited back for 2019, and now, again, for Solofest 2020.  …

MRCA Acquires Another Small Piece of Topanga Open Space

The Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority (MRCA) is adding another small patch to its crazy quilt of open space in the Topanga Area. The January 8 MRCA board meeting includes an item…