Travel film series includes Route 66

If you live near Richmond, Ind., you may want to keep your calendar free on April 15. That’s when the local Lions Club will screen “Route 66, Part II — The Romance of the Road” as part of the Lions Travel Film Series, according to the Richmond Palladium-Item.

Presented by Charles Hartman, it is an expedition across the states California, Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri and Illinois. It focuses on the National Old Trails route, the building of the highway through the Mojave Desert, a history in billboards and classic roadside museums.

The film will begin at 3 p.m. at the Vivian Auditorium in Whitewater Hall at Indiana University East in Richmond. Tickets are $6.

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