The Marlene Boll Theatre &
The Lobby Gallery
Our state-of-the-art black box theatre is where you'll find plays, music performances, film exhibitions, and special presentations. The lobby of the Boll Family YMCA displays some of Detroit's finest art and photography exhibits.
Now Showing in the Theatre:
Detroit Poetry Collective & Y-Arts Present The Byte This Poetry Slam Team Send-offs.
August 1
Y-Arts staff members Dee Matthews and David Blair are representing Detroit at the National Poetry Slam in Madison Wisconsin on Aug. 5th – 9th. Come to the Boll this Friday, Aug 1st to hear them and give them a super D, super Y send off!!
They are brilliant! If you’ve never seen Poetry Slam before - come and see this - this is the very best!
In the lobby...
Driving Detroit: A Snapshot of the City
Through August 30Bill McGraw and a crew of others from the Detroit Free Press drove every single street in the city and took pictures! The original Free Press story series ran during the Summer of 2007, but the images captured are as true now as they were then. Please stop by the Boll and take a look at some of the images captured during the series in our lobby -- free of charge!