Flagler College Events Calendar

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10:30 a.m.- Cannon Ball Contest (Pool)
11:00 a.m.- Large Tricycle Race (Sevilla Street)
11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. – BBQ (Gazebo)
1:30 p.m. – Speeches and time capsule ceremony (on Ringhaver steps)
2:30 p.m. – Tug-o-war (West Lawn)
3:30 p.m. – Twister (West Lawn)
3:30 p.m. – Hoola hoop (outside Crisp-Ellert Museum)

Music provided by WFCF DJ Brian Sullivan aka DJ Ragamuffin.

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•Contest prizes
•Photo booth, Inflatable slide and Slip n Slide available all day!

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This St. Augustine Historical Society lecture is free and open to the public. For more information, call 904-824-2872.

Dr. Samuel Turner will be talking about Juan Ponce de León and the political and mercantile circumstances that affected and gave rise to the discovery of Florida in 1513.

He is the Director of Archaeology at the Lighthouse Archaeological Maritime Program (LAMP) located at the St. Augustine Lighthouse & Museum.

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“Risky Business: Buying in the Global Marketplace”

For more information, call (904) 819-6282.

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Tickets will be issued at the door the night of the concert, beginning at 5:30 p.m. when the lobby opens. For more information, contact Cheryl Hirschi at (904) 827-6900.

The concert is free.  Doors open for seating at 6:30 p.m. CDs and books will be available for sale in the lobby starting at 5:30 p.m. and during the intermission.  Bring your library card to the concert and you will qualify for a drawing for two complimentary tickets to the Florida Heritage Book Festival’s “Meet the Author Reception” on Friday, Sept. 12 at Markland House or two complimentary tickets to hear Sara Gruen, author of Water for Elephants, on Friday, Oct. 24 at the Sawgrass Marriott. This concert is funded by the Florida Arts License Plate Program and sponsored by St. Johns County Public Library System in conjunction with Flagler College Radio WFCF, and the Messages Concert Series.

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Legacy Tours of Flagler College highlight the architectural heritage of the former Hotel Ponce de Leon, listed as a National Historic Landmark. Built by millionaire developer Henry M. Flagler in 1887, the Ponce is considered one of the finest examples of Spanish Renaissance architecture and was one of the most exclusive resorts of its day.

Tours depart from the main lobby (Rotunda) of the College located at 74 King St. Tickets may be purchased at this location 15 minutes prior to each tour, or at Flagler’s Legacy located at 59 Saint George Street (open daily between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.)
Visitors will begin in the Rotunda where they will stare up into an 80-foot domed ceiling supported in part by eight ornately carved oak caryatids, robed women copied from the temple of Diana in Greece.

Other stops include the Dining Hall, where 79 of Louis Comfort Tiffany’s stained glass windows are displayed. Then onto the Flagler Room, originally the hotel’s Grand Parlor, where visitors gaze upon Tiffany Austrian crystal chandeliers, a massive onyx Thomas Edison clock - one of the first ever to be used in a public building - and a historical photo gallery of the Flagler family.

Pricing is $6 for adults, $5 for St. Augustine residents with a valid ID, and $1 for children under the age of 12. Individual reservations are not necessary. For group rates or more information about the tours, please contact Samantha Peacock Palmer, Director of Historical Tours at (904) 823-3378.

Tours run daily at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. when the college is in session. Tours run on the hour during winter and summer breaks. Please note that at no time are the tours free of charge nor is the Dining Hall open to the public.