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WaterFire Providence’s Earth Month Cleanups on Providence’s Rivers and In the Valley Neighborhood Are a Huge Success
Volunteers, interns, and staff staying dry at our Earth Month Cleanup at the WaterFire Arts Center. Photograph by Laura Duclos. On Saturday, April 20th WaterFire Providence hosted 2 two Earth…
Breaking Bread and Making Friends: WaterFire Community Bake Night at Flatbread Company
Pizza truly brings people together! At Flatbread Company’s Community Bake Night to benefit WaterFire, we could see the smiles on faces just as the flatbreads appeared on the tables. Community…
Announcing the 2024 WaterFire Season Schedule
Crowds Gather Along Memorial Park to Enjoy the First WaterFire Lighting of 2018 (Photograph by Erin Cuddigan) The 2024 WaterFire season currently includes six (6) full lightings and two (2)…
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Video credits: Fire dancer Spogga has been performing at WaterFire events for many years. He is also a talented musician who currently lives and works in New Orleans. Storyteller Len Cabral is shown during his appearance at our Rosa Parks House Project exhibition. Luke Jerram’s Museum of the Moon was the centerpiece of our To the Moon and Beyond: Celebrating the 50th-Anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon Landing exhibition.