FILMS & PROGRAMS

The following travel programs are scheduled this week:

TODAY--Writer Terry Wolverton and tour guide Anne Block will read from essays about trips to France and Italy at Traveler’s Bookcase, 8375 W. 3rd St., Los Angeles. 5 p.m. Free. Telephone (323) 655-0575.

MONDAY--Tom Sterling narrates “Vancouver, Isle of Wonder,” at El Camino College Marsee Auditorium, 16007 Crenshaw Blvd., Torrance. 3 and 7:30 p.m. $5.50, $4 seniors, students, children. Tel. (310) 329-5345.

TUESDAY--A film, “Treasures of Mexico,” will be shown at Alhambra High School Auditorium, 101 S. 2nd St., Alhambra. It is filmed and narrated by Dwayne Merry. 7:30 p.m. $2. Tel. (626) 308-2309.

Jennifer Brewer, author of Lonely Planet’s “Finland,” shows slides of that country at the California Map and Travel Center, 3312 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica. 7 p.m. Free. Tel. (310) 396-MAPS.

WEDNESDAY--Spain and Portugal are the subjects of travel photographer Mort Loveman’s lecture at Roxbury Park Auditorium, 471 S. Roxbury Drive, Beverly Hills. 1 p.m. Free. Tel. (310) 550-4761.

THURSDAY--The Earthwatch group shows slides of Manitoba and Iceland at Distant Lands travel bookstore, 56 S. Raymond Ave., Pasadena. 7:30 p.m. Free. Tel. (626) 449-3220.

SATURDAY--La Canada Kiwanis Club shows “France” at La Canada High School Auditorium, 4463 Oak Grove Drive, La Canada Flintridge. 7:30 p.m. $6. Tel. (818) 790-4145.

A Hostelling International workshop on rail travel in Europe will be given at Hostelling International-AYH, 1434 2nd St., Santa Monica. 11 a.m. $10, $5 for members. Tel. (310) 393- 3413.