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Full WaterFire & Music and Dance

(8.13) An evening of live music and dancing is on tap at tonight’s full WaterFire lighting, but there will be plenty of entertainment prior to sunset, on three different stages starting at 6pm. The food and artist markets and the POC (Papitto Opportunity Connection) Community Village* will also be opening at 6pm. There’s a lot …

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Performers Needed — WaterFire Steeple Street

The call has gone out from WaterFire seeking performers, artists, and musicians to perform on the Steeple Street Stage during this season’s full lightings. Those who are interested can start by filling out the performer inquiry form on the website. This announcement has generated dozens of questions on the WaterFire FB page including the subject …

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Full WaterFire Honors Covid Heroes

(9.4) It’s back! And Saturday’s WaterFire will be honoring the very people who got us through the past eighteen months and who continue to serve the public under unbelievably stressful circumstances: Essential Workers. The 2021 Covid Heroes lighting will begin with a 100 person Ring of Fire torch lighting ceremony in Waterplace Park. Torchbearers will …

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‘Beacon Of Hope’ Ends July 31

The WaterFire ‘Beacon of Hope’ installation will be closing Friday, July 31st. Big thanks to Barnaby Evans for this beautiful and moving tribute. Each evening when the RI Department of Health reports Rhode Islanders lost to COVID-19 that day, a ceremony takes place, lighting individual luminaria to honor those community members, starting at 8:30pm. The …

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WaterFire Arts Center Now Open

The WaterFire Arts Center is now open to visitors to experience the WaterFire Beacon of Hope installation on a limited basis. Created by the WaterFire team under the artistic direction of executive artistic director Barnaby Evans, the WaterFire Beacon of Hope presents a solitary illuminated WaterFire brazier in the main hall surrounded by a field …

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WaterFire Beacon Of Hope — Live 24/7

The live feed runs all day, with soundtrack, and a ceremony is held every evening at 8:30pm. WaterFire Providence announces the creation of a new art installation in the WaterFire Arts Center. Surrounding the solitary brazier are a field of luminaria, each memorializing a Rhode Island soul lost to COVID-19. Each evening at 8:30 p.m., …

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‘Behind The Scenes At WaterFire’ With Barnaby Evans

(12.6) It’s not all fun and flames you know. That wood isn’t going to stack itself. (Where do they get it all?) Learn all about the staging of this signature Providence event and tour the new WaterFire Arts Center, this Friday on a bus tour with WaterFire creator Barnaby Evans. “Behind the Scenes” is sponsored …

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‘WaterFire For Recovery’

(9.14) WaterFire for Recovery celebrates National Recovery Month with a full lighting this Saturday. It will be a dry event. Things kick off early at the Turks Head Plaza. This year is the 30th anniversary of National Recovery Month, Rally 4 Recovery RI has partnered with WaterFire Providence to host an honorary WaterFire lighting on …

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Full WaterFire With Tech Job Fair

(8.17) Job seekers wanted. A full lighting of Saturday’s WaterFire will be preceded by the 2nd annual TechFire Job Fair at 6pm on Steeple Street. Lighting sponsor Virgin Pulse issued this statement. Virgin Pulse is proud to once again be the lead sponsor of #TechFire at WaterFire, a celebration of Rhode Island’s burgeoning technology community …

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WaterFire Arts Center Store — Holiday Pop-Up

(12.8) The WaterFire Arts Center Store will be hosting a Holiday Pop-Up this Saturday with books, jewelry, apparel, art prints, and home. (Facebook event page.) Stop by for items from local artists including Gather Glass, DWRI Letterpress, Jenny Rachel Sparks Pottery and more! Join us and grab some handmade gifts for the holiday season. Plenty …

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