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Riverside Arts Center, Summer, 2007, Newsletter

EMU at the RAC: Spring Art Fling
Sunday Brunches at the RAC: Art, Food, and EMU’s Encore
Enjoy delicious catered brunch while gazing at art and listening to outstanding EMU Encore musicians. Donations are welcome.

Sunday, April 15, 11:30 AM-1:00 PM
Art from Ann Arbor Art Teachers & Alumni Association. Encore’s toe-tapping tunes feature classic Broadway hits like The Wiz and The Music Man.

Sunday, May 20, 11:30 AM-1:00 PM
Celebrate the opening of the baseball season with Encore’s renditions from EMU Theatre’s spring musical Diamonds. Songs and sketches that range from the trials of Little League to antics in the bleachers.

Insider Stories/Peripheral Visions
Saturday, April 14, 5:00-10:00 PM
Sunday, April 15, 1:00-5:00 PM
Be inspired by this unique collaboration between visual and theatre artists from EMU. Rich with the stories of women shared through visual art installations, storytelling, and performance, this multicultural project is produced by Claudia Wier for teens through adults.

Family Theatre Workshops: Improvin’ Together
Saturdays, April 21 & May 5
Bring your family and laugh and play with EMU Theatre Improvisers. Your kids will love it, and you’re going to have a great time too! Light refreshments will be served. For all ages.

Spring Art Fling is presented in collaboration with Eastern Michigan University’s Institute for the Study of Children, Families, and Communities; the Riverside Arts Center; and EMU’s Communication and Theatre Arts Department––sponsored by Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation and Dominos. For more information, contact Kim Rankins or Christine Tanner at 734-487-0372.

HISTORICAL NOTE: Dedicated: right from the start
-From Harvey C. Colburn’s The Story of Ypsilanti, 1923

Ground for the Masonic Temple was purchased in 1907, being the Chidister lot opposite the east end of Pearl Street and occupied by Westfall’s boarding house and the old Chinese laundry. The building was dedicated, with elaborate ceremonies, on May 5, 1909, the Grand Lodge of the State of Michigan being in charge, and the oration, making application of the glories of Solomon’s Temple to the qualities of Masonic manhood, being delivered by Professor Charles O. Hoyt.