November 13, 2020

November 13, 2020

View the November 13, 2020 issue (Vol. 2, No. 11) in PDF format.

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Arts

‘WeHo Sounds’ Virtual Concert Series 2020-2021

Topanga-based Americana / Roots / Bluegrass band, Murphy’s Flaw, will lead off the “WeHo Sounds” Free Virtual Concert series beginning Friday, November 20, at 6 p.m. ...(Read More)

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By The Canyon Chronicle

Commentary

A Hopeful Warrior on War & Covid-19

It may be a cliché to say that we are at war with a microscopic bug but the novel coronavirus does put all our lives in jeopardy, and in that sense, is closer to threatening ...(Read More)

Culture

Zoroastrianism is Part of L.A’s Cultural Mosaic

Amongst the San Fernando Valley’s religious and cultural mosaic lies a house of worship, the California Zoroastrian Center in Canoga Park, home to Zoroastrianism, arguably t ...(Read More)

Election 2020

After the Rain

After the rain there is a sparkle in the Topanga air. Water droplets hang like tiny diamonds on the trees. The sun glints and shimmers off the yellow roses, a small pumpkin si ...(Read More)

Kathie Gibboney

By Kathie Gibboney

Native Americans: First to Settle, Last to Vote

When we think of vote suppression, we tend to think of the familiar, the obvious, the visible, aimed primarily at African-Americans in the Deep South: onerous p ...(Read More)

Joel Bellman

By Joel Bellman

Passages

Larry Coulson—1945-2020

Topanga has lost an original. Larry Coulson passed away suddenly but peacefully on August 31 after complications from cancer. In his final moments, he was hand in hand with ...(Read More)

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By The Canyon Chronicle

Photography

MRCA Wildland Firefighters Deserve a Hero’s Welcome

If anyone was destined to become one of the top wildland firefighters in Southern California, it is Topanga resident Jakub Slovacek, who lives on Red Rock Road. Back from ...(Read More)

Annemarie Donkin

By Annemarie Donkin

Thanksgiving

COVID-19 Diary: ‘Everything is Possible’

Dear Reader, I align with quantum physics and its vision of multi-universes operating simultaneously. The challenge is how to incorporate them all. Perla: “What if everyth ...(Read More)

Thanksgiving Recipes

Here are a couple of Thanksgiving recipes for our Southern California table, and a bibliography of Native stories and activities for Thanksgiving and beyond. ...(Read More)

Kidiwische Bibliography for Thanksgiving

*Giving Thanks. Chief Jake Swamp. Lee & Low Books. (kids) 1621. A New Look at Thanksgiving. Catherine O’Neill Grace & Margaret M. Bruchac. National Geographi ...(Read More)

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Thinking out loud

Thinking Out Loud

This is Who We Are

Saturday, November 7, Topangans awoke to a light rain that brought in a cold snap and a Double Rainbow (above) that Eric Fitzgerald captured from his deck at about 8:30 a.m., ...(Read More)

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By The Canyon Chronicle

11-8-20

The day after Biden’s president-elect speech a certain tension, held unknowingly, in my body, had relaxed. The effort of plugging a hole in the dike was now supported, ...(Read More)

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