[sc name=featured-caption name=”James Turner”] The next full lighting of WaterFire will be Saturday, August 18th. The fires will be lit shortly after sunset (7:42 p.m.) and remain lit until MIDNIGHT. This WaterFire lighting is sponsored by: Fidelity Investments & the Northeast Chapter of the American Association of Airport Executives There are a lot of exciting special… Read More »WaterFire August 18, 2012
The WaterFire Providence My Story Project. Your Memories. Your Stories. Our Inspiration. We’d love to hear it. And we’d love to share it, for your stories tell our story. All amusing, romantic, funny, joyous, poignant, surprising, touching, unexpected or “only-in-Rhode Island” stories are welcome and encouraged! Be creative, be brief, and… Read More »The WaterFire Providence My Story Project
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Clear Currents is the portion of the evening’s Waterfire event that incorporates 100 illuminated Japanese koi (fish) temporarily mounted on canoes and kayaks that registered participants will paddle up and down the river after sunset. The light from these brightly colored fish will beautifully compliment the 80 wood burning braziers installed on the river!
Update Thursday, June 12, 2012, 2:30 pm – The Venture for America WaterFire team won their competition and raised a little over $1,700 for us. Congratulations and big thanks for choosing WaterFire Providence! ♦♦♦ WaterFire Providence and Venture for America rolled out a brand new tee-shirt design at the July 7,… Read More »Venture for America designs a hot new WaterFire tee-shirt!
OK, we’re biased on this but we think Providence is America’s best city to experience art. Before you take in an evening of WaterFire, you can always discover interesting art in the Creative Capital at great places like the RISD Museum of Art, Brown’s Bell Gallery, AS220, The Steel Yard,… Read More »Enjoy Art and Providence Hospitality!
[sc name=featured-caption name=”John Deputy”] Tonight marks the return of the very popular TD Bank Ballroom at WaterFire Providence! Starting at 7 PM you can take advantage of free dance lessons by the awesome Providence Swings in the TD Bank Ballroom and after that you can dance the night away to the great live… Read More »TD Bank Ballroom returns to WaterFire with swing dancing tonight!
We are excited to announce that WaterFire Providence has received national recognition today by ArtPlace, a philanthropic collaboration of the nation’s top foundations in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts and other federal agencies. We are embarking on exciting creative placemaking initiatives to strengthen the Providence community through… Read More »We’ve received an ArtPlace Grant!
By all accounts, last weekend’s WaterFire was a great success. We were fortunate to have two of our State’s leaders to help us out. Thanks Senator Whitehouse and Mayor Taveras for adding your light to the night and helping us show our guests why we think Providence is a great… Read More »Senator Whitehouse and Mayor Taveras Light WaterFire for Netroots Nation
Happy Gaspee Day! Here’s Barnaby and Lt. Dudingston on the Rhode Show with Will Gilbert yesterday talking about The Gaspee Incident and more. Enjoy! httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuwJpUSuV34 And Mayor Angel Taveras also made an appearance with Will and Barnaby. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDlR_bvsJJo Links: June 9, 2012 WaterFire Schedule of Events and The… Read More »Happy Gaspee Day!
Update (June 14, 2012) The winning WaterFire cocktail was The Smoking Monkey by Ben, the Bartender. Read about it and the evening at eat drink RI. ◊◊◊◊◊◊ Please join us at Temple Downtown on Weds., June 13 to celebrate the WaterFire 2012 season and other exciting news! Five Temple bartenders will be… Read More »In search of the ultimate WaterFire cocktail!
