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Barnaby Evans

Grove Street

Providence, Rhode Island, 1977

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Waterplace and WaterFire, pt. 2

This tiny park sits at the new confluence of the Woonasquatucket and Moshassuck rivers forms the Providence River. The old confluence was under the old post office. (Photo by author) This post reprints the second half of Chapter 21, “Waterplace and WaterFire,” from Lost Providence. The Waterplace design by Bill Warner was so good that many experts were confused. It reminded me of the what several…

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WaterFire back in Providence

WaterFire back in Providence

At WaterFire, view of crowd on pedestrian bridge, with skyline in background. Providence has gone two years, since the fall of 2019, without WaterFire, the capital city’s signature work of art, a blessing to citizens of Rhode Island and visitors from much farther afield since 1994. It is the event’s usual crowds of people, maybe 40,000 or more, a dozen or so times a year, that doomed it to covid…

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“Lost Prov” and WaterFire Today at 4:30, in the brand new WaterFire Arts Center (474 Valley St.), Gene Bunnell, the author of…

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WaterFire's ribbon-de-fe

WaterFire’s ribbon-de-fe

Barnaby Evans opens ribbon-cutting speaking program.

At the end of my tour of the WaterFire Arts Center on Sunday (“WaterFire’s crib opens today,”), Waterfire creator Barnaby Evans told me to look out for “a surprise” at the next day’s ribbon-cutting. Well, I have it on video. They did not cut the ribbon, they immolated the ribbon. Fortunately, since things didn’t quite get out of hand, there was…

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WaterFire crib opens today

WaterFire crib opens today

WaterFire Arts Center, 475 Valley St. (Photos by David Brussat)

Barnaby Evans, creator of WaterFire Providence, toured me through the new WaterFire Arts Center yesterday, mere hours before its ribbon-cutting scheduled for 10:30 this morning. The sun played hide and seek with the clouds at 4 yesterday, finally letting me take the above photo of the place, which was built in 1929 for the U.S.…

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As the WaterFire turns

As the WaterFire turns

Volunteers stoke WaterFire braziers. (Screenshot from PBS episode)

Another day, another accolade for WaterFire Providence. Yesterday, PBS Channel 36 broadcast a segment on WaterFire in its show “Weekends with Yankee,” a 13-part series showcasing visits by plane, train, boat and foot to various exciting places around New England. The segment of this week’s episode called “Land and Water” features…

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WaterFire on TV Monday

WaterFire on TV Monday

Braziers filled with wood burn at WaterFire along Providence’s urban rivers. (Marriott Providence)

Barnaby Evans, the creator and mastermind of WaterFire Providence, informs me that it will star in a television show airing at 7:30 on Monday, June 12, on PBS Channel 36 in the Rhode Island area. The show is called “Weekends with Yankee,” and the episode is called “Land and Water.” The WaterFire…

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