The Arts Council became a non-profit organization in 1978 to better serve the growing needs for arts services and programs in the City and County of Riverside. In 1981, the Arts Council became the designated County partner of the California Arts Council’s State-Local Partnership Program, and the central source for arts services, information, and advocacy throughout Riverside County.

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Officially established in 1883, the City of Riverside is increasingly recognized as the legal, financial, educational, and cultural leader in the Inland Empire.

Riverside Downtown Partnership (RDP) is a not-for-profit organization that partners with the City of Riverside, Redevelopment Agency, other not-for-profit organizations, Downtown retailers, Downtown businesses and fellow Downtowners whose joint mission it is to promote and enhance the quality of life in Downtown Riverside.

The California Arts Council was established in January 1976 to encourage artistic awareness, participation, and expression; to help independent local groups develop their own arts programs; to promote the employment of artists and those skilled in crafts in both the public and private sector; to provide for the exhibition of art works in public buildings throughout California; and to enlist the aid of all state agencies in the task of ensuring the fullest expression of our artistic potential.The California Arts Council was established in January 1976 to encourage artistic awareness, participation, and expression; to help independent local groups develop their own arts programs; to promote the employment of artists and those skilled in crafts in both the public and private sector; to provide for the exhibition of art works in public buildings throughout California; and to enlist the aid of all state agencies in the task of ensuring the fullest expression of our artistic potential.

The Press-Enterprise is the leading provider of news and information for Inland Southern California through newspaper and magazine publishing, printing, Internet and telephone information services. In 1998, The Press-Enterprise newspaper created a news and information Web site called Inland Empire Online. It quickly became the No. 1 online source of news and information for Inland Southern California. In 2001, Inland Empire Online became PE.com (www.pe.com).

Inland Empire Weekly is the Inland Empire's first and only FREE weekly News, Arts, and Entertainment publication.