Flint Cultural Center

Mid-Michigan's most unique cultural attraction and synergistic educational resource, Flint Cultural Center offers a spectrum of cultural, artistic and scientific experiences for the Flint community. Discover music, dance, theater, art, history, and science through exciting and enriching exhibits, performances, festivals and events at the Center’s beautiful 30-acre campus setting. The Flint Cultural Center campus includes The Whiting, Longway Planetarium, Sloan Museum, Flint Institute of Arts, Buick Gallery & Research Center, Flint Youth Theatre, and Flint Institute of Music which all contribute to the cultural environment and aesthetic of the region. Visit www.flintculturalcenter.com.

• The Whiting. The most elegant concert hall in Michigan, The Whiting presents regional, national and international performing arts, concerts and stage productions with high-caliber touring artists. Home to theFlint Symphony Orchestra, the 2043-seat theater/auditorium annually presents up to 50 events, including the Spotlight Series with shows like Riverdance and Miss Saigon, the Masters of Jazz & Blues Series with legendary musicians such as Branford Marsalis, engagements of the country’s talented stars and performers, and an array of community events. For tickets, visit www.thewhiting.com.
  
• Flint Institute of the Arts. The beautifully-renovated Flint Institute of Arts presents changing art exhibitions, permanent collection galleries, arthouse films and videos, lectures, art classes, and events. The permanent collection of beyond 7,000 works of art highlights American, European, African, Asian and Native American art, including paintings, sculptures, drawings, prints, and decorative arts. It also features works by acclaimed artists such as Auguste Renoir. Visit www.flintarts.org
• Longway Planetarium. With 285 seats under a starry 60-foot dome, Longway Planetarium is Michigan’s largest planetarium and Flint’s extraordinary gateway to the Solar System. The Planetarium’s Sky Theater features a dynamic digital projection systems create amazing 3-D images ranging from star fields to molecules and a state-of-the-art sound system that transcends you out of this world. Experience colorful laser light shows featuring both rock and family music.The Longway Planetarium’s Learning Center provides interactive learning experiences, including hands-on science demonstrations, telescope workshops and astronomy classes. Visit www.longwayplanetarium.com.
• Alfred Sloan Museum. The Sloan Museum entertains with regional history, historic automobiles and interactive science exhibits and activities. Galleries are packed with over 600 artifacts and photographs, including rare antique automobiles, neon signs, clothing, and original film footage from each decade.In the Hometown Gallery, you’ll explore the tumultuous 19th and 20th centuries through dramatic settings, videos, artifacts, photography and the Flint and the American Dream exhibit. Pierson Automotive Gallery presents a historic fleet of 80 Flint-built automobiles, and the Temporary Gallery enlightens with award-winning travel exhibits. Discover the theories of chemistry and physics through fascinating exhibits and presentations at the Science Discovery Center. Sloan’s Buick Gallery & Research Center houses the most extensive collection of vintage Buicks and automotive memorabilia. Visit www.sloanmuseum.org.
  
• Flint Youth Theatre/Bower Theater. Home of the award-winning Flint Youth Theatre, Bower Theater is a proscenium-style auditorium on the Flint Cultural Center campus that presents theatrical productions, concerts, dance recitals, lectures, demonstrations and meetings.