Join us for the 48th Annual Passport to Adventure Film Series.
Six professional, full-color films with live commentary by the filmmakers. These films can be informative and educational for young people as well as adults. Take advantage of this inexpensive way to enjoy people and places from all over the globe. This is family entertainment at its best!

Click here to view the 2013-2014 Passport to Adventure brochure.

Passport to Adventure is a public, non-profit activity under the sponsorship of the Calvin Academy for Lifelong Learning (CALL).

Witte Travel is proud to be an official sponsor.

Tickets

Tickets available after September 1, 2013 (Individual show tickets). Ticket sales are through the
Calvin Box Office only (located to the West Lobby of the Covenant Fine Arts Center).
Tickets also sold at door after 6 p.m. on the night of performance.

• Season tickets: $25
• Single tickets: $6
• Student tickets: $3

Purchase by phone 616-526-6282, individual tickets online ($2 fee), or season tickets by postal mail.

Dates & Showtime

All programs are presented in the Covenant Fine Arts Center at 7 p.m.

Thursday, September 26, 2013 at 7:00 PM
In the Steps of Marco Polo with Denis Belliveau and
Francis O'Donnell

Many people have big dreams, but only a few bold adventurers live them. Denis Belliveau and Francis O’Donnell took a wild idea—retrace Marco Polo’s entire 25,000-mile, land and sea route from Venice to China and back—and spent two incredible years of their lives making their dream a reality. This film chronicles the journey of two ordinary men—one a wedding photographer, and the other an artist and former Marine—as they set out to follow Polo’s historic route. Equal parts travelogue, adventure story, history trek and buddy movie, the 90-minute film weaves footage from the duo’s often perilous voyage
with Marco Polo’s descriptions and experiences.

 

Thursday, October 24, 2013 at 7:00 PM
Yellowstone's Trails and Tales with Sandy Mortimer

Michigan native Sandy Mortimer’s exploration of Yellowstone National Park using river otters as guides is a delightful and educational experience sure to be enjoyed by all ages. This film captures intimate and humorous scenes of otters and many other animals—bison, coyotes, wolves, bears, moose, fox, mountain sheep and elk—on a remarkable journey through all four seasons in a region that contains hundreds of unusual geologic features that sustain an immense variety of wildlife. Do not miss this incredible chance
to see newly discovered ancient spires at the bottom of Yellowstone Lake, and hear the sounds
of Yellowstone in the dead of winter.

 

Thursday, November 14, 2013 at 7:00 PM
Sahel: A West African Journey with Sid and Mary Lee Nolan

Sahel is the Arabic word for border.This seasonally dry West African region of steppes and savannas forms the border zone between the Sahara Desert and the forests. Sid and Mary Lee Nolan serve as guides on a journey that begins on the Atlantic shores of Senegal with a visit to the infamous Goree Island, then continues to the Niokolo/Koba National Park. In Mali we take a sand track to Bamako, then
continue along the inland delta of the Niger River to historic Djenne and on to the fascinating
Dogon country that lies in the shadow of the Bandiagara Escarpment.

 

Saturday, January 18, 2014 at 2:00 PM*
The Lure of Alaska with Dale Johnson

Alaska still issues a siren call that resonates with people seeking adventure, sights of gigantic grizzlies fishing for salmon, receding glaciers and primal appeal. Anchorage is now a city of 300,000, almost half the population of the entire state. Forty miles north of this city is the Matnuska Valley, an agricultural region that produces some amazing crops in 22 hours of sunlight every day, such as cabbages that weigh
up to 127 pounds. America’s largest national park, The Wrangel-Saint Alias, covers 13 million acres and contains the abandoned Kennicot Copper Mine which flourished at the end of the 1800's.
*Please note the special showtime.

 

Thursday, February 13, 2014 at 7:00 PM
Rediscovering Ancient America with Gray Warriner

Travel across the U.S.A. and back in time to uncover amazing accomplishments by Native Americans, such as Serpent Mound, the Marching Bears of Iowa's Effigy Mounds, and giant earthen birds in Wisconsin. Ohio's Hopewell culture moved thousands of tons of earth to build giant geometric earthworks in the forms of squares, circles, and octagons. In Florida, towering temple mounds overlooked turquoise waters. Out west, spectacular scenery is the background for exploring cliff dwellings and Pueblo towns, such as Lost
City in Nevada, Mesa Verde, Bandelier, Wupatki, and Canyon de Chelly.

 

Monday, March 3, 2014 at 7:00 PM
The Soul of India with Rick Ray

Former Lonely Planet backpacker-turned cinematographer, writer and director Rick Ray spent four months braving heat, cold, altitude, earthquakes and riots to patch together a personal tapestry of the almost indescribable country of India. This film includes familiar sights —such as the Taj Majal, the palaces and forts of Rajasthan, the Himalayas and the river Ganges— as well as an exploration of concepts such as
the caste system, democracy, marriage, privacy, life and death in a country that still reveals influences of past British rule.