Riverside Arts Center

The Independent Film Festival Ypsilanti (iFFY) gets underway Thursday and runs through Saturday at the Riverside Arts Center. This is the third year of the festival but, because of pandemic issues, it is the first in which it can be presented, as intended. Martin Thoburn is co-founder of the festival and Natalia Rocafuerte is the new Film Festival director, and they joined WEMU’s David Fair for a conversation on the iFFY journey.

Impacted like a lot of other arts organizations during the pandemic, the Riverside Arts Center in Ypsilanti has had its share of ups and downs. But there…

Peter Sparling has had a long career as a dancer and dance professor at the University of Michigan, and now, as he approaches his 70th birthday, he is…

Whether it was performing on the virtual stage or via Zoom, Ypsilanti area theatre groups have had to be even more creative than usual during the COVID-19…

Ypsilanti's Riverside Arts Center has launched a new residency to give local artists time and space to create and connect with the community. Lisa Barry…

This week, our "On The Ground Ypsi" conversation is about a nearly $2 million gift made to six different Ypsilanti groups and what that means to them.…

Laying off the last paid employee, executive director Elisa Guyton, the Riverside Arts Center, now in its 25th year in operation in Ypsilanti, is…

This week, "Art and Soul" is about the performance arts. Despite being in a pandemic, Ypsilanti dancer and choreographer and vice chair of the new…

This week, "Art and Soul" is about the local visual arts scene. WEMU's Lisa Barry is joined by Omari Rush, executive director of CultureSource and Chair…

The visual arts scene is a vital part of the Washtenaw County community. In this edition of "Art and Soul," WEMU’s Lisa Barry and state and local arts…