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Ritz Theater and LaVilla Museum

(904) 632-5555 rating: 4 (visit their website)
829 N Davis St Jacksonville, Florida 32202 USA
Posted by Ryan Johnson on December 01, 2008 13:55
When taking in the culture of Jacksonville, it can be difficult to choose just where to spend your time out of your apartment. Do you want to go take in a play at the hottest theater in town, or do you want to check out the newest exhibit at many of the fascinating museums? Once locations is making it much easier to choose, because at the Ritz Theater and LaVilla
Museum, you can do both. If you're looking to take in a show, you can do it at one of the best and most famous theaters in town, and before or after you can check out all the fascinating exhibits the museum has to offer. It's everything a fan of the arts could want all in one place.

The Ritz Theater is home to some of the hottest shows in town on a regular basis, filled with touring acts as well as local productions by some of the top companies in town, as well as numerous traveling speakers and performers. Such famous names as Archbishop Desmond Tutu have taken this stage, as well as numerous greats in the operatic and jazz worlds. Every few months they make way for the latest program by the Ritz Voices Youth Choir, as well as the ever popular Amateur Night at the Ritz.

If a show's not quite what you're after, you can take in all the intriguing exhibits available for persual at the LaVilla Museum. Its most famous for its collection of African American historical items, featuring photographs and artifacts telling the story of the African American's trials and tribulations in Northeast Florida. It also houses a collection of fine art, folk art, local art and historical exhibits for a visitor to take in.

Whether you're up for a night of drama, music or lecture, or more in the mood for educating yourself about Jacksonville's past, the Ritz Theater and LaVilla Museum has everything an apartment-ite could want in terms of the arts and culture, with plenty of fun and intrigue as well.
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