Films & Programs

Monday: Author Merle Elias will discuss her new book, “L.A. First Class: The Best of the Best,” a guide to quality goods and services in Los Angeles. Distant Lands, 56 S. Raymond Avenue, Pasadena. 7:30 p.m. Free. Telephone (626) 449-3220.

Wednesday: Travel photographer Mort Loveman will show slides of Borneo and Malaysia at Roxbury Park, 471 S. Roxbury Drive, Beverly Hills. 1 p.m. Free to Beverly Hills residents; others $1. Tel. (310) 550-4761.

Saturday: Hostelling International will host a workshop on European rail travel at 11 a.m. at HI-AYH Travel Center, 1434 2nd St., Santa Monica. $10, $5 members. Tel. (310) 393-3413.