Cultural Hubs

The Union County Performing Arts Center has played a vital role in the revitalization and cultural
renaissance of the Rahway community. A Classic Vaudeville House lovingly restored to its golden age
grandeur, the Arts Center is a monument to an age gone by. Part of the magic of the Union County Arts
Center is experiencing live performances in a vintage 1928 Vaudeville & Silent Movie Palace of just over
1300 seats. This past year has been finalizing the monumental process of rennovating this amazing
venue, most has been accomplished. We anticipate completion of the work at the end of 2007 with an
early 2008 re-opening where the orchestra pit, refurbished to its original 1928 style, will accommodate
the theatre’s original “Mighty Little Wurlitzer” organ. We look forward to seeing you at the Performing
Arts Center again this February!

We hope your experience at the Orchestra of St. Peter by the Sea, sponsored by RSI Bank, Father
Alphonse Stephenson conducting was a wonderful annual holiday experience. Call the Box Office for
future performances: 732-499-8226 or www.ucpac.org

At the core of the Rahway Arts District sit a cluster of cultural organizations that have supported
and sustained the arts and culture in Rahway from before 1930. Today, these organizations now
housed in rennovated architecturally historic landmark buildings are surrounded by a growing number
galleries, artist studios, antique stores, arts businesses and community organizations. The on-going
visual and performing arts programming commitment to arts education guarantee the arts have a
permanent home in Rahway. Visit Rahway and get to know us through our Arts.

The Union County Performing Arts Center

Union County Performing Arts Center, a tax-exempt corporation housed in
the restored historic landmark Rahway Theatre (1928) is the cornerstone of
the Rahway Arts District, conveniently located in Downtown Rahway within
close proximity to a NJ Transit train station.

Over the past years we have established core programs: a series of on-going art exhibits featuring
notable New Jersey emerging artists, a jazz series with performances by many of the top club and
festival names in the metro area. Art Education is presented as multi-week art classes in fall, winter
and spring for adults and children at all levels of experience. During the summer we present a
children's Art Camp, and this year with a new initiative, we are bringing art education to the 4 and 5
year old Pre-K students in the four Rahway elementary schools.

The Arts Guild of Rahway was created to bring the Arts to people throughout our town and a
multi-county region. We have worked to provide opportunities for many talented visual artists to show
their work in our area. Our concerts in jazz and at other times in classical music provide a showcase
for some of the great talent in our state. For people who want to learn to make art themselves or
want to encourage their children to learn, our art classes offer a high level of instruction at
reasonable rates. We might not have something for everyone, but we're working on that!

The ARTS belong to ALL people and the arts can benefit anyone----If you'll just be open to new
experiences----The World is a BIG place and the knowledge and cultures of much of the world can be
found in the Art and the Music and the Dance that artists of all kinds and cultures create.

For more details contact us at 732-381-7511 or visit www.rahwayartsguild.org