'Route 66' screening moved to Lewis Auditorium

ST. AUGUSTINE, FL (07/12/2013)(readMedia)-- Due to popular demand, the July 16 screening of the classic 1964 episode of "Route 66," "This is Going to Hurt Me More Than It Hurts You," which was filmed in St. Augustine and the Hotel Ponce de Leon, has been moved to Lewis Auditorium at Flagler College.

In addition, locals who were used as extras in the episode are being asked to come to the screening to be recognized.

The 7 p.m. event is free and being presented as part of the City of St. Augustine's Concerts in the Plaza series and will feature music by Lis & Lon Williamson with Rick Kuncicky before the showing.

Lewis Auditorium at Flagler College is at 14 Granada St. in St. Augustine. For more info, call Laura Stevenson Dumas, Director of College Relations at Flagler College, at 904-819-6205.

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Flagler College is an independent, four-year, comprehensive baccalaureate college located in St. Augustine, Fla. The college offers 28 majors, 33 minors and two pre-professional programs, the largest majors being business, education and communication. Small by intent, Flagler College has an enrollment of about 2,500 students, as well as a satellite campus at Tallahassee Community College in Tallahassee, Fla. U.S. News & World Report and The Princeton Review regularly feature Flagler as a college that offers quality education at a relatively low cost; tuition is $24,960, including room and board. A relatively young institution (founded in 1968), Flagler College is also noted for its historic beauty. The centerpiece of the campus is the former Hotel Ponce de Leon, a grand resort built in 1888 by Henry M. Flagler, industrialist, railroad pioneer and co-founder of Standard Oil. The Ponce has been designated as a National Historic Landmark. For more on Flagler College, visit www.flagler.edu.