Around Town

Canyon Sages Summer Schedule

The Canyon Sages doesn’t fold up for the summer and a number of options for the health and well-being of Topanga’s older generation continue. The Topanga Christian Fellowship has generously opened its…

Blessed Are the Children

On Saturday, July 14, from 12 to 12.30 p.m., Coco Blignaut (bookofseraph@me.com) is organizing a group of Topangans to sing Spanish lullabies outside the building of Nuevo Amanecer Latino Children’s Services (NALCS)…

Topanga Mercantile

When Tom Vogel and Dinah Englund established Topanga Mercantile in 2016, Canyon Courtyard wasn’t the beautiful space it is now. The area beside the Topanga General Store was known as “The Ghetto”—frequented…

Shop Local Gift Guide

Looking for that special something for the holidays? The Messenger has ferreted out many one-of-a-kind items that can be found close to home.   The Living Harmony Project (nonprofit): Custom made, decorative…

Berggruen’s Ridgeline Campus Plan and the Environment

Aware that the Santa Monica Mountains represent the last hope of the region for a protected ecosystem and wildlife habitat, and learning that a globally-oriented think tank has unveiled a project designed…

The Tradition Continues at Brandywine

Brandywine restaurant sits unobtrusively on the corner of Ventura Boulevard and Fallbrook Ave. The only way you would have learned about it was by word of mouth. With no effort towards promotion,…

Ghost Hunters

More than 100 would-be ghost hunters—some from as far away as Camarillo and Eagle Rock— gathered at Paramount Ranch in the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area (SMMNRA) on the evening of…

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…