Riverside Arts Center

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Resident Artists and Theater Companies:

Michigan Classical Repertory Theatre

PTD Productions

Redbud Productions

Calendar of Events

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Some of our friends and colleagues:

Ypsilanti Downtown Development Authority

Downtown Association of Ypsilanti

Ypsilanti Convention and Visitors Bureau

Ypsilanti Heritage Foundation

Ann Arbor Area
Community Foundation

 

Welcome to the RAC!

The Riverside Arts Center is a "multi-purpose cultural arts venue providing performance, exhibit, studio, office and reception space for artists and arts and cultural organizations to enrich the Ypsilanti community through the arts and cultural experiences."

  • To learn more about RAC's history and our plans for the future, follow the "More About RAC" link at the left.
  • Take a virtual tour of the RAC building by following the "Tour RAC" link.
  • RAC is the performance home for several theater groups; check them out!
  • There's something going on at RAC almost every week; check the Calendar of Events regularly.
Attention Patrons and Friends of Riverside Arts Center:
 The long awaited project to construct an elevator and stair connector between our two buildings has begun!
From July 1st thru December 1st we will be in "excuse our dust" mode.
All scheduled events will take place and the public should encounter little to detract from their Riverside experience.


On top of our current elevator project we have been informed of two other grant awards.
One from the Michigan State Housing Development Authority to refurbish the facade of our Off-Center
and another from the Michigan Council for the Arts & Cultural Affairs to enlarge our theatre lobby
and provide other amenities.


We hope you are as excited as we are as we enable more space to be used for the arts in downtown Ypsilanti.

In the theater:

October 2-5 and 9-12
MCRT presents
Both Your Houses
by Maxwell Anderson

Both Your Houses is a political satire that is as relevant today as it was when it was first performed in 1933. An idealistic young congressman, Alan McClean, takes the surprising position of opposing a bill that provides money for a huge construction project in his own district. Though his fight will probably cost him future support from his peers, from his constituents, and from the woman in whom he is interested (the daughter of the Appropriations Committee chairman), McClean struggles to gather opposition to a bill he knows is wrong. Is a young man’s idealism any match for the accepted way of doing business? Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for drama in 1933, Both Your Houses planted the seeds for such standards of the 1930’s as Mr. Smith Goes to Washington and The Front Page.

Performances Thursday through Saturday at 8:00 PM and Sunday at 2:00 PM. Please see their website for details.

In the Gallery: (Hours: Thursdays–Saturdays, 3:00-9:00 PM, and Sundays, 1:30-4:00 PM)

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October 2-November 1: Companions, sculpture by Norma Penchansky-Glasser and mixed-media works by Ellen Moucoulis and Kate Roesch. Opening reception, Saturday, October 4, 5:00-7:00 PM. (Please note that the Gallery will be closed to the public October 24.)

CALL FOR ARTISTS: The Riverside Arts Center Gallery invites artists to participate in the Second Annual Juried Holiday Art Show (November 7-9). Submissions of paintings, drawings, prints, ceramics, sculpture, wood, metal, glass, paper, photography, jewelry, textiles, fiber, and mixed media art are welcome. Details available here.

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