Concerts, festivals, performances are held here, creative associations work, the first national theater of the Yaroslavl region, the folk song and dance ensemble "Sogozhanochka", the folk collective "Svaya Volna", the creative workshop of needlewomen "Tsolonda", the youth club, the club of traditional folk culture "Dushegreya" and others. The building was built in the second half of the 19th century. The second floor was occupied by the hall of the public assembly and some services of the city council, on the first floor there were shops of iron and groceries of the merchant A.F.Krundyshev.