This year, after you’ve given thanks; gotten your door buster deals; surfed for cyber bargains; and finished all of the leftovers, WaterFire Providence would like to introduce you to something new. #GivingTuesday is a “new day for giving back” that began in 2012 as a partnership between New York’s 92nd… Read More »#GivingTuesday Is December 3rd
As we all know, WaterFire is made possible by a small army of volunteers and a small but, dedicated staff. WaterFire connects with numerous other organizations and partners to make its events successful. One partner you might not know of is The Fogarty Center. A fellow Rhode Island nonprofit, The… Read More »Building our Community with The Fogarty Center
The WaterFire Salute to Veterans is scheduled to take place on November 9, 2013. It will be the first-ever community-wide celebration of Veterans on such a large scale in Rhode Island. This WaterFire will be a full WaterFire event lighting and solely devoted to saluting and honoring our Veterans and… Read More »WaterFire Salute to Veterans – November 9, 2013
In collaboration with the Gloria Gemma Breast Cancer Resource Foundation, the bonfires in the basin will be lit at 8:15pm with a special 150 person torch salute in honor of those living with breast cancer and those lost to the disease. This event will be preceded by the lighting of the rest of… Read More »Flames of Hope: A Celebration of Life at WaterFire on October 12th
The fires will be lit shortly after sunset (6:22pm) and remain lit until MIDNIGHT. This event is sponsored by: Webster Bank. Webster Bank has returned for the seventh season in a row to help WaterFire light up and inspire Providence making it a better place to live, work and visit. Please join us in… Read More »October 5th Full Lighting
The fires will be lit shortly after sunset (6:34pm) and remain lit until MIDNIGHT. Tonight’s sponsors are: Roger Williams University & Roger Williams University School of Law Celebrating 20 Years Roger Williams University and the Roger Williams University School of Law have teamed up with WaterFire to celebrate! Roger Williams University and the School of… Read More »September 28th Full WaterFire Lighting
It’s 4:00 a.m. on a Wednesday morning. While most New Englanders are fast asleep and cozy in their beds, Lynn Levesque has just finished her hour and a half workout. By 5:30 a.m. she is seated at her desk at Rhode Island Hospital accompanied by “Chuck,” the friendly-looking face of… Read More »Volunteer Spotlight: Lynn Levesque
The fires will be lit shortly after sunset (6:46 pm) and remain lit until MIDNIGHT. Tonight’s sponsors are: (Up)Beat Cancer: Joe Andruzzi Foundation presented by East Commerce Solutions, Inc. & RI Rally4Recovery & The U.S.-China Institute and Confucius Institute at Bryant University & National Grid We have a lot of exciting special events going on at this weekend’s WaterFire lighting. If you… Read More »September 21st 2013 Full WaterFire Lighting
In case you missed the live broadcast of WaterFire: Art & Soul of a City this past weekend, Rhode Island PBS will be re-broadcasting the documentary along with the appearances by WaterFire executive artistic director Barnaby Evans, the documentary’s executive producer Joe Rocco and director of photography/editor Jim Karpeichik. Eric Auger and… Read More »WaterFire: Art & Soul of City on Rhode Island PBS
Thanks to everyone who submitted their films to our 15 Seconds of Flame Film Festival. We had a lot of fun submissions from our September 7th Lighting. We really liked @kalepowsuprise’s video of fire dancer Liz Knights performing on the bow of Prometheus; she gets a nomination in the Best WaterFire… Read More »15 Seconds of Flames Film Fest Nominations from our September 7th Event
