View Our Accomplishments! Here are some audio clips and pictures of the renovation process. Please take the time to download and listen to the audio files. (These audio clips include interesting history of the Ritz.)
The following photos trace the history of the Ritz Theatre, our progress from the installation of a rubber membrane on the roof in 2001, to the painting of the mural on the lower front, through the restoration of the Ritz front in the summer of 2006:
For a slide show of Historical Photos!
For a slide show of the Mural Creation!
For a slide show of the Ritz Theatre Renovation!
For a slide show of the new Ritz Art Gallery - a project of the Appanoose County Coalition for the Arts!
The metal skin that was covering the original front was removed with the help of community volunteers
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