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Date |
Category |
Presenter |
Description |
| Financial Fridays! |
Fri Apr 03 |
SPECIAL |
Emily Estes |
Join us and Emily Estes (Financial Advisor, Edward Jones) the first Friday of every month for an informal, but informative way to enjoy your evening!
From 5:15-5:45pm Emily will cover various financial topics to help you live a life worth living.
Stay after the talk until 6:30pm for the Q&A, casual discussion, and a beer! |
| Budapest to Isle of Skye By Train |
Sat Apr 04 |
Slide Show |
Sunset Smith |
Train travel from Budapest to Isle of Skye, 2025. Slide show includes Christmas Markets in the Balkans, the world 's longest underground slide, various opera houses, sites galore, lodging, and food/drink along the route. A few nifty travel tips for creating your own solo trip like this one that Sunset enjoyed. |
| Travel Bug Book Discussion |
Tue Apr 07 |
Book Group |
Aimee Gwynne Franklyn |
Tuesday, April 7th, 6:00-7:30 p.m.
The Payback: A Novel by Kashana Cauley
When Jada Williams is relentlessly pursued by the Debt Police, she is left with no choice but to take down her student loan company with the help of two mall coworkers—from the author of the "lethally witty " (The New York Times Book Review) The Survivalists. Jada Williams is good at judging people by their looks. From across the mall, she can tell not only someone 's inseam and pants size, but exactly what style they need to transform their life. Too bad she 's no longer using this superpower as a wardrobe designer to Hollywood stars, but for minimum wage plus commission at the Glendale mall. When Jada is fired yet again, she is forced to outrun the newly instated Debt Police who are out for blood. But Jada, like any great antihero, is not going to wait for the cops to come kick her around. With the help of two other debt-burdened mall coworkers, she hatches a plan for revenge. Together the three women plan a heist to erase their student loans forever and get back at the system that promised them everything and then tried to take it back. "A novel of great fun and unforgettable fury " (Megha Majumdar, bestselling author of A Burning) The Payback is a razor-sharp and hilarious dissection of race, power, and the daily grind, from one of the most original and exciting writers at work today.
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| Travel Tips: Monthly Discussion |
Thu Apr 09 |
SPECIAL |
Ken and Rochelle |
Have you traveled to far off, exciting places? Or are you getting ready to embark on a new adventure? Are you interested in issues relating to travel in general, such as budget ideas or personal security? Join us in our new monthly travel discussion group where you can share some of your favorite travel experiences, practical advice, and general travel topics at our monthly meetings.
This discussion group is for people who have visited a particular destination and want to share their experiences or advice and for those seeking tips, advice, and stories relating to international travel. Everyone welcome!
Second meeting is on Thursday, April 9th from 4:30pm-6pm and will focus on traveling in Italy.
Ken Collins and Rochelle Gerratt will facilitate the meetings. Ken is a frequent presenter at The Travel Bug and a global traveler with a Web site containing practical advice on various destinations. Rochelle has led over 60 domestic and international trips for the Sierra Club and other groups, including her own adventure travel company.
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| Hadrian's Wall |
Sat Apr 11 |
Slide Show |
Brian and Gretchen Johnson |
A trek and ancient history rolled into one: Hadrian 's Wall. This is the experience Brian & Gretchen Johnson will present of walking 8-to-14 miles a day for over a week, across northern England. Close to today 's boundary between England and Scotland, Hadrian 's Wall was a massive defensive line at the limits of the Roman empire, AD 120-410. Today it is a delightful trek through pastures, by historic churches and forts, up to high-point crags, and into quaint villages for each night 's lodging. Come see a slideshow with colorful photos, including the famed Sycamore Gap tree before it was brazenly cut down. |
| Gen X book club |
Wed Apr 15 |
Book Group |
Jeff Grossman |
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| Bolivia and Chile |
Sat Apr 18 |
Slide Show |
Diane Marron |
This South American adventure begins in the Atacama Desert in northern Chile, the driest desert in the world, then off to the Salar de Uyuni of Bolivia, the largest salt flats in the world, then a visit to the magical city of La Paz, the highest capital city of the world, and ending in Barranca, the “Soho” of Lima, above the shores of the largest ocean in the world.
This journey encompasses the moonlike landscapes of the desert with its dramatic rock formations and expansive sand dunes sculpted by millennia of wind and water erosion; the colorful lagoons of the Altiplanos of Chile and Bolivia where wildlife such as flamingoes, vicunas and llamas thrive and where there is a special feeling one can experience of being on top of the world, perhaps because of the rarified atmosphere at 14,000 feet above sea level.
This two-week journey into the sand and the salt and the sea, and to the lagoons and the geysers and the Piedras Rojas, and to the magic of La Paz and its culture, and stepping into the past in Barranca is the “altiplano” of my adventures and I look forward to sharing this with my photographs and videos.
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| Here in Santa Fe |
Sat Apr 25 |
Booksigning |
Stuart Cohen |
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| Greenland |
Sat May 02 |
Slide Show |
Mark Meyers |
In August of 2025, Mark enjoyed slow travel by ferry along the west coast of Greenland from Nuuk to Illulissat with stops in colorful villages along the way. Highlights included views of massive icebergs, hiking through rugged landscapes, and learning about Inuit culture. |
| Travel Bug Book Discussion |
Tue May 05 |
Book Group |
Aimee Gwynne Franklyn |
Tuesday, May 5th
6:00 - 7:30 p.m.
The Rabbit Hutch by Tess Gunty 2022 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER
"Blandine isn 't like the other residents of her building.
An online obituary writer. A young mother with a dark secret. A woman waging a solo campaign against rodents -- neighbors, separated only by the thin walls of a low-cost housing complex in the once bustling industrial center of Vacca Vale, Indiana.
Welcome to the Rabbit Hutch.
Ethereally beautiful and formidably intelligent, Blandine shares her apartment with three teenage boys she neither likes nor understands, all, like her, now aged out of the state foster system that has repeatedly failed them, all searching for meaning in their lives.
Set over one sweltering week in July and culminating in a bizarre act of violence that finally changes everything, Tess Gunty 's The Rabbit Hutch is a savagely beautiful and bitingly funny snapshot of contemporary America, a gorgeous and provocative tale of loneliness and longing, entrapment and, ultimately, freedom. " |
| Tales of the South Pacific |
Sat May 09 |
Slide Show |
Ken Collins |
TALES OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC: A CRUISE FROM TAHITI TO NEW ZEALAND
In March of 2025, Ken and his husband, Bob, took a small ship (550 passengers) cruise from Papeete, Tahiti to Auckland, New Zealand, with stops along the way in French Polynesia, American Samoa, Samoa, Fiji, Vanuatu, New Caledonia and the North Island of New Zealand.
At every island they had an opportunity to explore on their own, book a shore excursion or snorkeling expedition. Once the cruise was over, they rented a car for a week and explored some of New Zealand. Highlights included: spectacular national parks that offer fabulous hiking, the famous glow-worm caves, and the Art Deco town of Napier.
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| Wandering in the Clear Light of New Mexico |
Sat May 16 |
Slide Show |
David Ryan |
With our great climate, anytime is perfect for exploring our fantastic state. Join us on Saturday, May 16 as David Ryan shows us many of the special places that you can only find in New Mexico – places that are compelling and important enough to warrant a trip across the country to check out.
To begin, the nation has only 26 UNESCO-designated World Heritage Sites. Three of them are in New Mexico. That’s more than any other state. And when you throw in our amazing landscapes, places of cultural and historical significance, and our sense of place, you have an amazing state for hiking, wandering, and exploring. It’s unlikely that any other state can match New Mexico for amazing places to explore.
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| E-Bike Adventuring |
Sat May 23 |
Slide Show |
Sandra Corso |
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| Camden to Kathmandu |
Sat May 30 |
Slide Show |
Bruce Berlin |
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| Zew Zealand and ambasadors view |
Sat Jun 06 |
Slide Show |
Tom Udall |
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| Tchad |
Sat Jun 13 |
Slide Show |
Scott Lindenau |
Tchad, land-locked by Saharan neighbors is seldom visited but its endless horizons, craggy landforms and ancient rock-art sites offer the intrepid traveler stunning rewards. This adventure takes you over the Saharan dunes into the desolate Ennedi Massif and to the remote outposts of Fada and Faya-Largeau where the Tuareg, Teda and Dazaga cultures survive. |
| Vietnam: Land of Contrasts |
Sat Jun 20 |
Slide Show |
Charryl Berger |
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| Traveling the 1837 Ioway Map |
Sat Jun 27 |
Slide Show |
Bill Green |
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Sat Jul 04 |
AVAILABLE |
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| Bicycle Tour Vietnam |
Sat Jul 11 |
Slide Show |
Knox Kinlaw |
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| Oman |
Sat Jul 18 |
Slide Show |
Rebekah Kanter |
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Sat Jul 25 |
AVAILABLE |
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| Tunisia |
Sat Aug 15 |
Slide Show |
Rebekah Kanter |
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