Ghost Towns of America

What: "Travel at the Tripp" film series entertains with "Ghost Towns of America"
When: Sunday, March 7 from 2-4 p.m.
Where: The Russell Tripp Performance Center
Takena Hall, 6500 Pacific Blvd. SW Albany
Cost: Tickets are $8 per show or $6.50 for students and seniors.
Contact: For more information or to purchase tickets, call the LBCC box office at (541)-917-4531
or purchase tickets online at www.linnbenton.edu/go/film-series.

The wild west will bring mystery and history to the Russell Tripp Performing Arts Center Sunday, March 7.

The third of a four part film series, "Ghost Towns of America" will will be led by Gray Warriner.

Each trip in this series is presented by the actual person who traveled abroad, coming home with spectacular footage of their adventures. The next session, "Ghost towns of America," follows the journey of presenter Warriner, on his trip across the wild west.

Warriner has put together a superb film of his trip through ghost towns in Arizona, Colorado, Montana and more. Mining camps, chiseled cliffs and other results of the gold rush can be seen high in the Rockies and across the San Juan Mountains.

This video is unique because of old black and white photos Warriner inserted to let the audience see what these towns originally looked like in the 1800s compared to what it looks like now.

The "Travel at the Tripp" series is put on by the LBCC Performing Arts department and AAA Travel.

AAA Travel will be available to answer questions and baked goods, provided by the Safe Haven Humane Society, can be purchased during intermission and after the program.

"They have got some absolutely fabulous bakers," says Patrice Bledsoe-Wright, performance production coordinator, "I always buy something and take it home to my family."

She enjoys attending the travel series because it's not always easy to get away. "It's kind of like getting to take a vacation," she smiles.

Bledsoe-Wright says that the series has become very popular with the younger generations since it first started four years ago.

The final film will be shown on April 11 and cover grounds of England, Scotland and Wales.

Films are available for purchase at each showing.