Rick Steves is Coming to WTVP! - February 18, 2011
Rick Steves Topics—You Decide
Friday, September 22nd, 2010
Rick Steves is coming to Peoria Friday, February 18, 2011, courtesy of WTVP! On his Central Illinois itinerary will be a tour of the area, followed by some recording time in our studio, a “meet and greet” with his fans, a public lecture, and a book signing.
Rick offers three different instructive and entertaining presentations. Help us decide which he’ll deliver by reading through the following descriptions and checking your favorite.
Rick Steves, public television
host and author of more than 50 guidebooks including the
travel skills handbook, Europe through the Back Door, shares
lessons he’s learned from a lifetime of travel. His
entertaining, information-packed two-hour slideshow will
teach you all the latest on stretching your travel dollar,
avoiding crowds, packing smart, and eating and sleeping
well. When he’s ripped off on the road, he celebrates, happy
to go home and teach his traveling students about the latest
scam. Learn from his mistakes rather than your own. After
spending a third of his adult life living out of a rucksack
in Europe, Rick knows exactly how you can enjoy maximum
travel thrills for every mile, minute, and dollar in your
next adventure.
Topic 2: Travel as a
Political Act
Rick Steves—author of over 50
European travel guidebooks and host of the public television
series, Rick Steves' Europe—believes that thoughtful travel
expands our world view and shapes how we address the
challenges confronting our nation politically. Having spent
four months a year overseas for the last 30 years, Rick
feels that travel helps us “challenge truths we were raised
to think were self-evident and God-given.” His classes have
helped millions of Americans not only enjoy maximum travel
thrills per mile, minute and euro…but become better citizens
of our planet.
Topic 3: Rick Steves’
Iran
Rick Steves calls Iran “the most
poorly understood yet fascinating land” he’s ever visited.
In his 90-minute slideshow, he takes us on a journey of
discovery. His hope? To help travelers learn more about this
perplexing nation whose government so exasperates America,
and to better understand the 70 million people who call Iran
home. His presentation shows the splendid monuments of
Iran’s rich past, as well as Iranian life today¬—in its
giant metropolis, historic capital, and in a countryside
village. He captures Persian culture vividly: Friday prayer
in a mosque to non-conformist teen fashions at the mall;
anti-American murals to the hospitality of a family dinner;
the tranquility of rural life; and the crazy traffic of
modern Tehran. Rather than a political talk dealing with the
complex issues that confront our governments, Steves’
presentation is a travelogue, designed to increase our
understanding of a mighty, ancient nation that has been a
leader in its corner of the world for 2,500 years.
Thank You for your input!
Contact:
Stacey Tomczyk, WTVP Promotion Director, (309) 495-0594 or stacey.tomczyk@wtvp.org
