TroopTop Thursday, August 1 at the WaterFire Arts Center

The community is invited to TroopTop Thursdays at the WaterFire Arts Center every Thursday this summer, through August 29. WaterFire Providence and Valley neighborhood restaurant, Troop PVD, have collaborated to create a rooftop bar with live musical performances and arts experiences as well as a fundraiser for the featured non-profit organization of the night. TroopTop is supported by Cross Insurance, US Rubber Lofts proudly managed by Brady Sullivan Properties, and Boston Document Systems. Programming for each evening is presented by Little Guy At The Gig. 

Thursday, August 1

TroopTop on Thursday, August 1 is from 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. with live music performed by Luis Gilberto, a community member of Teatro Ecas! This week in the gallery we are hosting the exhibition for NetWorks Rhode Island and the Chazan Collection: A Half-Century of RI Artistic Patronage.

TroopPVD will donate a portion of the proceeds from sales of their specialty cocktail to Teatro Ecas. Founded in 1977 by high school teacher Nancy Patiño, Teatro Ecas provides Latino adolescents with afterschool programming in which they can discover their own cultures. This marked the beginning of the Educational Center of Arts and Sciences (ECAS). Teatro ECAS has been New England’s major Latino theater, presenting classical and modern Spanish plays, developing a new generation of actors, and providing educational programming for all ages. Today, Teatro ECAS is New England’s sole Latino repertory theater.

Snacks provided by UNFI Cafe PVD.

See the full 2024 TroopTop Thursday schedule.