Travelers tell tales

Armchair Program in West Chester Twp. celebrates 30 years of adventure this winter. The travelers’ storytelling series has invited guests to pull up a chair and virtually traverse the world from the comfort of home since 1991. Evening presentations inside Township Hall, 9113 Cincinnati Dayton Road, feature photographs and highlights from vacation destinations, near and far, as recounted by seasoned globetrotters, enthusiastic sightseers, tourists on holiday and the like.

Programs meet at 7 p.m. on select Friday nights starting Jan. 28. The series is free and open to the public. 2022 lineup:

■ Friday: The Best of the Canadian Maritimes. Rick and Kathy Takanen show the highlights of the Canadian Maritimes.

■ Feb. 11: Baltic Sea. Cruise with Alan Lloyd from the fjords of Norway to the palaces of Russia. Explore Copenhagen, Denmark, and Berlin before disembarking at Stockholm.

■ Feb. 25: Wildflowers in the Woods of Home. Ed Soldo explores the historic origins and continuity of the forests and will present the sequence of species coming into bloom this spring.

■ March 11: Grand Canyon. Rosemary and Bill Deitzer take guests west to the Grand Canyon.

■ March 25: Peru. Travel with Dr. Ram Darolia through Lima, Cusco, and the Sacred Valley, and climb the steep mountains of the city of Machu Picchu to experience history, culture, myths, food and people. Discover the origin of food people eat invented using vertical gardens.

Armchair Program returns for winter 2022 after the series was cut short in 2020 and postponed in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Programs may be subject to cancellation for inclement winter weather.

To contact the Armchair Program, call 513-759-7303 or email lgroff@westchesteroh.org. For information and updates visit www.WestChesterOH.org/Armchair. CONTRIBUTED

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