Arts & Entertainment

“The Beauty Is In The Making”

For Bertram Ross, 1920-2003, Martha Graham’s dance partner for twenty-five years and who Marion Sawyer called “a dance poet of endodermal depths.”  (Chelsea Clinton News, 2/22/68) You who took a chance on…

TPA Presents 30 Seconds to Midnight, June 2

Congratulations to the Topanga Peace Alliance that celebrates 13 years and 146 Consecutive First Friday Film Nights on June 2 at the Topanga Library with Independent filmmaker Regis Tremblay’s 30 Seconds to…

Local Healer Featured in documentary film, Heal

Holistic healer, Dianne Porchia is featured in the upcoming documentary film, Heal, for her holistic stress reduction and spiritual healing work with advance stage cancer client, Elizabeth Craig. Four years after diagnosis…

Theatricum Botanicum’s Summer Repertory Opens June 3

Theatricum Botanicum’s Artistic Director, Ellen Geer (Will’s daughter), says the plays she has chosen for this summer season are as relevant as ever, perhaps more so. Speaking at Theatricum’s Spring Salon for…

The Foo Fighters Definitive Album Turns 20

It always comes back to chicken vs. egg. Always. When first discovering music, it was an undisputable fact that my father had the best taste in music. FACT. Van Halen, Rush, Judas…

Robin Becker “Here to There”…and Back Again

Although we announced this dual exhibit, “Here to There, a recent visit to the Topanga Canyon Gallery with Robin Becker adding commentary to her own work, compels me to share my response,…

Get Ready for Mother’s Day with TWC

Topanga Women’s Circle (TWC), a group of volunteer women working on behalf of homeless veterans and families, is pleased to again offer their beautiful Mother’s Day cards for sale at the Topanga…

“Druids of Topanga” Exhibit through May 31

Paintings of Lower Topanga by artists Norton Wisdom and James Mathers, self-proclaimed “Druids of Topanga,” are on exhibit through May 31, at the Ernie Wolfe Gallery, 1655 Sawtelle Blvd. in West Los…

Diana Mathur Releases Witch Hammer

Anyone who has had the fortunate experience of reading, Diana Mathur’s exciting and adventurous book, Article 58, the first in a historical fiction series, The Linden Tree & the Legionnaire, didn’t have to…

Lisa Desimini and the Creative Process, May 3

On Wednesday, May 3, from 7– 9 p.m., at the Topanga Library, Topanga Authors’ Group (TAG) presents author/illustrator Lisa Desimini who will speak about the creative process underlying her prolific career. A Q&A session…