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The Riverside Arts Center publishes a quarterly newsletter which we distribute to supporters and friends. From this page you may view articles and photos which have appeared in recent editions.

Winter, 2007 Arts Center to head Ypsilanti’s end of Cultural Plan
  Down by the RIVERSIDE
  Oktoberfest fundraiser with RFD Boys brought in nearly $10,000 for lights and sound
  Oh, what a little paint can do!
  CCC/RAC collaboration continues this fall
  In the Gallery: Element: Water
  In the Gallery: Holiday Art Fair
  In the Gallery: Dynamic Organics
  Docent Dee Overly wins national award
  Save the Date! February 10, 2008: Support the Symphony at the Riverside
  MorrisCo Art Theatre resurrected with Chekhov’s The Seagull
  Redbud Productions presents I Never Sang for my Father
  MorrisCo Art Theatre presents The Seagull
  P.T.D. Productions presents The Butler Did It, Again!
   
Fall, 2007 Join the Celebration: Oktoberfest
  Ypsi's old Edison office declared "Off Center"
  "Hanging" scheduled for Riverside Off Center
  We're seeing the arts in a new light
  Eleanor Shelton is newest RAC Board Trustee
  Search site offers unique opportunity for RAC browsers
  Publication outlines goals and procedures for artists
  Cutbacks are hurting the arts in Michigan
  Ypsi's theaters make history
  Ypsilanti Players had the longest run of all local theatre companies
  1965: Greek Theatre will combine modern with ancient
  Greek Theatre made headlines
  The seat of the problem
  Theater vs. theatre controversy settled
  EMU/RAC collaboration brought many new families to the arts
  Letter to the editor
  She starts her life in the theatre
 

Hats Off Players produced their first show at Riverside in early July

  Work! An Artist's Impression opens August 2
  Landscape/Bodyscape show opens September 6
  A Matter of Perception
  EMU's TeenBiz presents Imagine Me...What I Could Be
  PTD Productions presents Hollywood Arms
  People Dancing presents Dynamic Dancing 2007
  MCRT presents Everyman
  Redbud Productions presents I Never Sang for My Father
   
Summer, 2007 Paula Doe is new Gallery Coordinator
  Space available
  EMU at the RAC: Spring Art Fling
  HISTORICAL NOTE: Dedicated: right from the start
  Grant Search report aids RAC Foundation
  ART NEWS from near and far
  Let’s all try to get with the program
  First Nighter program resurrected for opening night performances
  Ypsilanti in song again/still
  Winners announced for “It Grows on Trees”
  Ann Arbor Art Teachers & Alumni Association exhibit opens April 12
  DTE Annex hosts sculpture/photo exhibition
  Docent show opens May 3
  Creative innovations invite the possibility of more artistic partnerships
  May 10-20: Michigan Classical Repertory Theatre presents Lady Windermere’s Fan
by Oscar Wilde
  May 31 - June 3: Redbud Productions presents Robert Harling’s famous comedy, Steel Magnolias
  June 14-17 & 21-23: P.T.D. Productions presents The Shadow Box by Michael Cristofer
   
Spring, 2007 There’s progress for the ARTS in Ypsi
  Downtown renovation in full swing at DTE annex
  Citizens Bank Corp supports the RAC
  At this stage: Barry LaRue
  ART NEWS from near and far
  Let’s get artful as we choose a new Ypsi High mascot
  Reciprocity worked well for first Chelsea/Ypsi switch show
  A Washtenaw Community College benefit for the RAC: Tom Stoppard’s The Real Inspector Hound
  Upcoming Events in the theater:
February 22-25: Tom Stoppard’s The Real Inspector Hound
  March 1-11: The Michigan Classical Repertory Theatre presents Christopher Hampton’s play, Les Liaisons Dangereuses (Dangerous Liaisons)
  March 22-25 and 29-31: PTD Productions presents Hazing the Monkey
  May 31 - June 3: Redbud Productions presents Steel Magnolias
   
Winter, 2006 October’s fundraiser brought out Ypsilanti’s supporters of the arts
  Neighbors help neighbors
  Renovation continues in DTE building next door to RAC
 

Cool Cities grant sprints to completion with only a ‘punch list’ left to do

  Diverted grant funds pay off for the Arts Cener
  The way we wore… Costume library given to RAC
  Fei Xu is new UM fellow at RAC
  UM Business School team brings RAC market savvy
  Gallery Coordinator sought
  CALL FOR ENTRIES: Woodworking Competition and Exhibit:
“It Grows on Trees”
  Gallery exhibit reviews
  Calendar of Events
   
Fall, 2006 RAC Foundation Board establishes strategic plan
  Bill Kinley: creative force at Art Center's helm
  Do not be confused by clever imitations
  Those kids across the street
  Reed's watercolors recall a unique period in Detroit's music
  Super Bowl "football quilt" to make its home here
  Painter's family write-ins to the RAC's newsletter
  RACronyms--an initial response
  Performance Previews
   
Summer, 2006 Artist on target in his Ypsi studio
  RAC sculptor John Pappas on exhibit at DIA
  Arts fantasy tour set for Halloween
  Nina Cavit to serve as Foundation’s controller
  RAC quote on gas...
  Noble nominees for next door
  Professionals take the Art Center’s measure
  PALIMPSEST...Diversity documented here in paintings
  An artful proposal began here
  At the Riverside Gallery
  Off-site RAC exhibits
  Classes in the Gallery
  Previews of the coming season
   
Spring, 2006 Water Street “flows” to the Riverside
  Irene Cheung is first RAC Foundation Fellow
  Sponsors rise to support RAC’s quarterly rag
  Showing their support in the arts
  RAC...as seen on TV
  What shall we call “the annex”?
  Options for creativity...metaphorically speaking
  January - Adam and Eve show will go on tour
  At the Riverside Gallery
  Off site RAC exhibits
  Former RAC producers celebrate many holidays through literature
  Previews of the coming season
   
Winter, 2005 After the deluge: A letter to America (Andrei Codrescu, a poetry teacher who lives in New Orleans, indicates the country may now learn what Ypsilantians found out when southerners came here to help win World War II)
  Arts center becoming boon for city (excerpts from William Zilke's article in the September 29, 2005 edition of The Ypsilanti Courier)
  DDA's Goulet gone to CCA, but staying with Ypsi's RAC
  Foundation Board designing RAC's future
  How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Cool Cities (from CURRENT, by Nora Flaherty, an arts reporter, producer and on-air host at Michigan Radio)
   
Fall, 2005 Carolyn McKeever's Edward Hopper-style oil painting chosen for 2005 Heritage Festival poster
  Cross Street Blues dot com! Comic artist features local scenes and personalities
  DTE building opens up
  Public visioning sessions bring fresh, new ideas for DTE project
  What are those kids doing out there in the front yard at Ypsilanti High School?
   
Summer, 2005 A Pinball Dream
  Another riverside ARTZ center
 

Classical clothing making a come-back?

 

Continued classics found in Ypsilanti

  Cool things happening at DTE Building
  Electrifying moments in theater
  Gallery renovations nearing completion
  Stiffler sculpture to be installed
  They're creating modern classics