A photo collage of Rick Steves on the left and the book cover of On the Hippie Trail on the right.

February 8, 2025: Rick Steves

A photo collage of Rick Steves on the left and the book cover of On the Hippie Trail on the right.

Writers Bloc Presents

Rick Steves

Saturday, February 8, 2025

4:00pm

John Adams Middle School (JAMS) Performing Arts Center

1630 Pearl Street Santa Monica, CA 90405

General Admission Ticket No Book: $25

Really Special Deal: General Admission Ticket

& 1 Copy of On the Hippie Trail: $55

buy tickets

HEALTH & SAFETY: WE ASK THAT YOU PLEASE WEAR A FACE MASK WHILE INDOORS FOR OUR EVENTS. THANK YOU.

Who doesn’t dream of having Rick Steves’ life? Traveling throughout the world for a living, cranking out best-selling guidebooks, and hosting one of the most enduring shows on PBS? Irresistible. His appeal crosses generations, demographics, politics, and those who favor wine over beer. So how did Steves catch that travel bug? In his new book, On the Hippie Trail, Istanbul to Katmandu: The Making of a Travel Writer, he tells us of this transformative journey. Forty five years later, he reflects on that trip, including adventures only a guy like Steves could get away with– in Tehran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, and Nepal.

Steves will not only discuss The Hippie Trail, but will discuss the concept of travel as a political act, about the need to get out of our comfort zones and talk to people who live where we travel. Only then can we develop empathy and return home with a broadened cultural and social perspective.

Moderator to be announced.

No refunds on tickets or books. Books must be picked up on the night of the program.