Riverside Ballet Theater presents professional ballet performances that entertain and educate both children and adults. Founded in 1969, RBT has a history of developing fine young talent and providing dancers to major companies all over the world. The company's community outreach program brings ballet to more than 5,000 students annually. Riverside Ballet Theater is one of the many art groups which will make this location an art center. Riverside Children's Theater is a nonprofit organization composed of 130 children from kindergarten through ninth grade.
Students attend theater classes weekly and perform two musical productions each school year.
The Riverside Film Festival showcases art films from around the world. A series of 10 films is shown each fall and spring every other Thursday at the historic Fox Theater. Riverside enjoys an active, exciting visual arts community. Public and private galleries exhibit art work in all media by national, regional and local artists. Works by student and professional artists are exhibited at the University Art Gallery on the UCR campus, the Brandstater Gallery at La Sierra University and the Riverside Community College library.