There are no events happening this summer at Winter Haven's historic Ritz Theatre, but a lot of work is happening behind closed doors. Less than a month after the City of Winter Haven became the ...

There are no events happening this summer at Winter Haven's historic Ritz Theatre, but a lot of work is happening behind closed doors. Less than a month after the City of Winter Haven became the ...

The theater made its big debut in December 1930 after beginning life as the Charles Williams Hardware shop. Army officers stand by a jeep in front of the Ritz Theatre in a September 22, 1948 photo.