(8.19) Head downtown tonight for the lighting of eighty braziers from Waterplace Park to Memorial Park on South Main Street. The lighting will begin at 7:40pm and the braziers will remain lit until midnight. On-shore programming will open at 6:30pm. The August 19th WaterFire will celebrate Clear Currents, the community paddling event celebrating improved water …
(7.22) The Starry, Starry Night installation returns to Memorial Park this Saturday with a full WaterFire lighting; add your light to the night by wishing on a star or dedicate a luminaria candle lantern. Origami Master Andrew Anselmo will be hanging out all night at Market Square and visitors can find A Silent Soapbox living statue at …
(6.3) Head downtown this Saturday for the first full WaterFire of the season. This lighting of eighty braziers from Waterplace Park to Memorial Park on South Main Street is supported by the Rhode Island School of Design who will be holding their commencement in the morning. (Don’t forget to tell your parents that this whole …
(4.1) The United Way is sponsoring a special pre-season partial lighting to be held in Memorial Park tonight, Saturday, April 1, in celebration of their annual 401Gives campaign. The lighting will begin after sunset at 7:10pm. The braziers will remain lit until 9:30pm. Food fairs will be open on College Street, adjacent to Memorial Park. Enjoy …
(11.5) Head downtown this evening for a full lighting of WaterFire, with special events planned in anticipation of Veterans Day. Events kick off at the Waterplace Basin with the WaterFire Salute to Veterans: At 4:30 p.m. the night will kick-off with a speaking program on the basin stage in Waterplace park with remarks given by …
(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 …
(6.4) Allow the intoxicating aroma of burning pine and Kettle Korn guide you to the first full WaterFire lighting of the 2022 season! Ignition of the eighty-plus braziers begins at sunset, but the onshore activities kick off at 6:30pm. Starry, Starry Night and the Luminaria return to Memorial Park. Artisans and makers sell their wares …
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 …
(12.4) Two things coming up from the WaterFire people: A basin-only lighting kicks off at sunset this Saturday, December 4, for a holiday celebration. Meanwhile, another holiday market will take place back at the WaterFire Arts Center on both Saturday and Sunday. First the Holiday Celebration at WaterFire with its ArtMart, food vendors, and a …
(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 …
Light ’em up! The 2021 WaterFire season will kick off with a full lighting on Labor Day weekend, ending with a partial holiday event in the beginning of December. Four full lightings and five partial lightings will now be possible through some creative city and state funding. From the ProJo: Last month, as WaterFire fretted …
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 …
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 …
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., …
(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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(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 …