From now through late November, most of Central Malibu's dated fall calendar is anchored at two places. One is the Lisa Smith Wengler Center for the Arts on the Pepperdine campus. The other is Malibu Bluffs Park at 24250 Pacific Coast Highway. Between them sits the Webb Way and Malibu Road corner, where the storefronts have been changing since August. From October through December, crews will also be laying fiber under parts of Malibu Canyon Road, Webb Way, Stuart Ranch Road and Civic Center Way.
So a fall weekend in this part of town covers a short distance. That distance will have cones on it, and the corner in the middle looks different than it did in July.
The steady end: what's on at Pepperdine
The Center for the Arts runs its programs out of Smothers Theatre, Raitt Recital Hall and Lindhurst Theatre. Pepperdine's public event index lists dates and start times for the season. It doesn't list which hall each show is in or what tickets cost, so check the event page before you go.
October has a lot packed into it:
- Thursday, October 8, 7:30 p.m. Syncopated Ladies
- Saturday, October 10, 7:30 p.m. Pepperdine Symphony
- Wednesday, October 14, 7:30 p.m. Simply Three
- Thursday, October 15, 7:30 p.m. Best of Woodstock and Monterey '67: A Back to the Garden Story Concert
- Saturday, October 24, 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. The Three Little Pigs and Other Tales
- Sunday, October 25, 7 p.m. Stop Making Sense, the Jonathan Demme and Talking Heads concert film
- Friday, October 30, 7:30 p.m. Pepperdine Choir
In November the schedule turns toward student and faculty work: a Composition Studio Recital on November 1, a Faculty Recital on November 7, violinist Amaryn Olmeda on November 8 and a Piano Department Recital on November 10. Then Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma! runs two weekends. Evening shows are at 7:30 p.m. on November 13, 14, 19 and 20, with 2 p.m. matinees on November 15 and 21.
The President's Speaker Series also has a midday talk on Friday, October 23, at noon in the Surfboard Room of Payson Library. Katharine Birbalsingh will be in conversation under the title "Strictly Education: Leadership and Excellence in the Classroom," and registration runs through the series page.
The exhibition that runs past winter
The Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art runs on regular hours rather than showtimes. It's open Tuesday through Sunday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., with no reservations required. Its current show, Sebastian Thomas: Always the Moon and the Sun, runs from August 25, 2026 to March 27, 2027.
Thomas works in multi-panel paintings that borrow from illuminated manuscripts, altar paintings and devotional objects. They stage encounters between saints, beasts and heroes, and the museum describes his surfaces as blending International Gothic painting with the wit of popular culture. Because the show runs into late March, it fits around everything else on this list.
The other end: Malibu Bluffs Park on a Friday afternoon
The city's October programs at Bluffs Park are mostly for families, and most of them are free.
The Buzz, Bloom, and Paint community art mural runs Saturday, October 10, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., at no cost. Spooky Skate follows on Friday, October 16, from 3 to 6 p.m. It's also free, but participants have to register.
The biggest event is the Bu Bash Halloween Carnival on Friday, October 23, from 3 to 6 p.m. It costs $10 per participant, and adults who are only coming along with kids don't need to register. The city's listing includes games for prizes, a costume catwalk, bounce houses, food from Ardi's Eats and Sweets Food Truck, and Spooky Stories with the Malibu Library. Pre-registration is recommended through the city's recreation portal.
October 23 is also the day of the Birbalsingh talk at Payson Library. A family could do the noon talk and still reach Bluffs Park well before the carnival ends.
A short drive away, near the Civic Center, Malibu Library hosts Caffeinated Verse, a poetry afternoon on Saturday, October 10, from 1:30 to 4 p.m. It's free and needs no RSVP. On Sunday, November 8, Legacy Park holds a Native Plant Giveaway from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. No registration is needed, but plants are limited and go first come, first served.
The middle: a corner in transition
The Webb Way and Malibu Road corner is where the fall looks least like last year.
BEAMS opened its first U.S. concept shop at 23710 Malibu Road on August 7. The Japanese label was founded in Harajuku, Tokyo, marked its 50th anniversary in February, and has about 165 stores across Japan and Asia. The Malibu shop carries the company's everyday essentials and some collaborations, including BEAMS' first collaboration with Hoka. It's open only on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. According to the company, the opening is meant to build a platform for cultural expression and strengthen its business in North America. So the brand's first U.S. storefront is on Malibu Road, not in a larger city.
N2 Aesthetics opened at 23841 Malibu Road, Suite 18. Council members, city staff and the Malibu Pacific Palisades Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon-cutting there on August 22. The clinic offers skin care, injectables, physician-overseen weight management, and ultrasound and laser treatments.
Ollo, at 23750 Pacific Coast Highway, is the corner's longest-running name in its current form. Owner Nate Heydari closed Coogie's Beach Cafe in 2015 and reopened the space as Ollo. In 2024 he sold the restaurant to head chef Antonio De Cicco and other investors. In July, the owners listed it for sale as a going concern. The sale includes the 94-seat, 3,598-square-foot space, its commercial kitchen and a transferable Type 47 liquor license. De Cicco told The Malibu Times that fewer customers have been coming in, which he links to the fall-off in residents after the Palisades Fire and to visitors avoiding a slower, more congested PCH.
For now the restaurant is still operating. It catered the "Hot Summer Nights" ribbon-cutting at N2 Aesthetics on August 22. It serves breakfast, lunch and dinner, with handmade pasta, pizza, brunch, happy hour and a full bar.
That leaves the corner with a weekend-only global brand that just opened and a long-running local restaurant looking for its next owner. Both are a block from Bluffs Park.
The roads in between, October through December
The Las Virgenes-Malibu Council of Governments is building a regional fiber network that will add more than 38 miles of underground fiber across Agoura Hills, Calabasas, Hidden Hills, Malibu and Westlake Village. Construction started in April 2026.
The Malibu segment covers about 8,000 linear feet and runs from October through December 2026. It connects City Hall and links the traffic signals along Civic Center Way. Crews will work on parts of Malibu Canyon Road, on Webb Way and Stuart Ranch Road, and on Civic Center Way between Malibu Canyon Road and Stuart Ranch Road. Work on the stretch of Malibu Canyon Road in unincorporated Los Angeles County is expected to run into March 2027. The project is paid for with Los Angeles County Measure M transportation funds.
The city hasn't released block-by-block schedules yet. It says detailed construction schedules and traffic impacts will come as they're available, and that drivers should expect construction activity in the work areas until then. Those work areas are the streets between Pepperdine's evening shows and the Webb Way corner. For a 7:30 curtain in October or November, leave a few extra minutes.
One Saturday, October 10
October 10 is the busiest day on the calendar, and its events are already in a workable order:
- 11 a.m. The Weisman opens, and the Sebastian Thomas panels are on view. BEAMS opens at the same hour on Malibu Road.
- 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Add a few brushstrokes to the Buzz, Bloom, and Paint mural at Malibu Bluffs Park.
- 1:30 to 4 p.m. Caffeinated Verse at Malibu Library.
- 7:30 p.m. Pepperdine Symphony at the Center for the Arts.
Lunch or an early dinner at Ollo fits naturally between the library and the concert, since it's on the same corner as BEAMS.
The Webb Way corner is the part of Central Malibu that changes fastest. Who opens there, who sells, and how the street works during construction all shape how the neighborhood feels day to day. Bill and Daniel Moss have followed these blocks for decades. If you want to know how the corner's changes may affect a property nearby, Daniel Moss is glad to talk it through. Contact us.