Inside WaterFire: Navigating Tidal Challenges
Most fans of WaterFire know that the ‘Water’ in our name refers to the three rivers that flow through Downtown Providence. What many do not realize is that those same rivers rise and fall with the tides of Narragansett Bay at least 2 times a day. Unfortunately, since it was last dredged in 1998, siltation ...
Newport Premiere of WaterFire: Art & Soul of a City
Be among the next group to see the documentary that everyone is talking about WaterFire: Art & Soul of a City, produced by two time Emmy award-winner Joe Rocco and WaterFire Executive Artistic Director, Barnaby Evans. Thursday, May 16th 2013 The Jane Pickens Theater 49 Touro Street Newport, RI 02840 Purchase Tickets for this event. WaterFire has ...
WaterFire Providence Earth Day Cleanup
This earth day take pride in your community and help make Providence a better place to learn, work, live, play, and especially – watch WaterFire! Join WaterFire for an Earth Day Cleanup! Saturday, April 20th 11AM – 2PM WaterPlace Park Sign-up here. In years past, hundreds of volunteers have come together to help improve the appearance ...
Playing with Fire WaterFire Documentary Screening
On Sunday, February 10th, guests battled the blizzard of 2013 to attend a Playing with Fire private screening of WaterFire: Art & Soul of a City. The screening took place at the at the gorgeous Riverfront Loft home of Linda and Steven Cohen and was co-hosted by John and Holly Schenck. Guests were also treated ...
JWU Men’s Tennis Team joins WaterFire for a Woodpile Workout
WaterFire would like to thank the Johnson & Wales Men’s Tennis team, lead by Devin Kitterick, Assistant Men’s Tennis Coach and Johnson and Wales student, for helping WaterFire do some important preparation leading up to WaterFire’s 2013 season. Over 10 members of the team plus their coach Adam Spring joined WaterFire for 3 hours on Tuesday to help stack ...
Walking in a Winter Wonderland!
The 2nd Annual Christmas WaterFire on Friday, Dec. 14th was a true Christmas scene filled with good will and a sense of peace. Once again the bright bonfires accompanied by gorgeous music added a sparkle in Santa’s eye. The sound of Christmas songs filled the air and scores of Christmas trees combined to create a ...
The 6th Annual Ruth’s Chris Fundraiser
After another great event season at WaterFire Providence it was, as always, a pleasure for us to work with everyone at Ruth’s Chris Steak House to host our 6th annual WaterFire Ruth’s Chris Fundraiser. It was wonderful to have an amazing group of people from our Board of Directors, sponsors and donors, volunteers and staff, vendors and ...
WaterFire Roma!
From sunset to midnight on September 21th and 22nd 2012 Barnaby Evans in cooperation with the City of Rome and in association with Tevereterno created a WaterFire installation on the Tiber River between Ponte Sisto and Ponte Giuseppe Mazzini on the Vatican side of the river near the old city.
Flames of Hope, The Final Full WaterFire of 2012
Where did the season go? Tomorrow night (Saturday, October 6, 2012) will be our final full WaterFire of 2012 and it’s sure to be a good one! It’s the Gloria Gemma Breast Cancer Resource Foundation’s Flames of Hope WaterFire. It’s always one of our most popular and inspiring events. Check out our event page for ...
