Author: Tim Blankenship

Directing WaterFire Providence | The Phantom Boatman | The Living History of Rhode Island

WaterFire Ignites Rhode Island Radio Show –
underwritten by National Grid
Hosted by Bronwyn Dannenfelser and guest co-host Barnaby Evans

On this week’s episode:

Today Bronwyn is joined in the studio by WaterFire Providence’s own managing director Peter Mello. Peter joined the WaterFire Providence staff in March 2011 to co-lead the organization with Barnaby Evans, creator and executive artistic director. Next on the show is long-time friend and WaterFire performer Michael Grando. A classically trained mime Michael has been portraying the Commedia dell’Arte character Pierrot during WaterFire lightings for many years.  Bronwyn’s final guest today is Shawn Badgley from the Rhode Island Historical Society.  Shawn is their Communications & Digital Outreach Coordinator.

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Volunteering with WaterFire | Rose Weaver at Rites and Reason Theater | Gendo Taiko

WaterFire Ignites Rhode Island Radio Show –
underwritten by National Grid
Hosted by Bronwyn Dannenfelser and guest co-host Barnaby Evans

On this weeks episode:

The first guests on today’s show are Chantal Roche and Gary St. Laurent from WaterFire Providence’s volunteer team. They will be talking about volunteer opportunities at WaterFire Providence and what it takes to produce a full WaterFire event with hundreds of volunteers. They will also discussing some of the other opportunities that occur during the week that make for wonderful team building events for corporations and individuals alike.

Our second guest will be actress and Jazz stylist Rose Weaver, who received the Pell Award for excellence in the Arts in 2000. Currently, Rose is an Artist-In-Residence at Brown University’s Rites and Reason Theatre. She is working with Professor Elmo Terry-Morgan, Artistic Director of Rites & Reason Theatre, Associate Professor, Department of Africana Studies, and Department of Theatre Arts and Performance Studies, to further develop Rose’s Brown U 2000 thesis play, called Skips in the Record, about a family coping with Alzheimer’s disease and memory loss.

Our final guest is Kota Mizutani, from the Japanese drumming group Gendo Taiko, they will be performing on the stage in Waterplace Park during Saturday’s WaterFire lighting.

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Volvo Group of North America | La Gondola Providence | The Mobile Museum of American Artifacts

WaterFire Ignites Rhode Island Radio Show –
underwritten by National Grid
Hosted by Bronwyn Dannenfelser and guest co-host Barnaby Evans

On this weeks episode:

Bronwyn and Barnaby will be joined by Robin Crawford, the Executive Director of Corporate Affairs for Volvo Group Truck’s North American division who will be chatting about the Volvo Ocean Race and Volvo Group of North America’s sponsorship of this weekend’s WaterFire lighting. Then we will welcome Matthew “Marcello” Haynes, owner, president, spokesperson, and gondolier at La Gondola to talk about their operation on the rivers of Providence. Our last guest will be Laurelin Kruse founder of the Mobile Museum of American Artifacts.

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Our 2015 Event Season – The Volvo Ocean Race in Newport – Wilbury Theatre Group

WaterFire Ignites Rhode Island Radio Show –
underwritten by National Grid
Hosted by Bronwyn Dannenfelser and guest co-host Barnaby Evans

On this weeks episode:

Bronwyn and Barnaby return to announce the 2015 WaterFire Providence season schedule and talk about some of the special things we can look forward to this season. Then as we gear up for the first partial lighting of the season celebrating the Volvo Ocean Race they will be speaking with Brad Read, Executive Director of Sail Newport/ Volvo Ocean Race Stop Over. And then we will welcome Arthur Richter (board member) and Josh Short the Founding Artistic Director of The Wilbury Theater Group to the show to talk about all that they have going on and their upcoming special event on May 16 at The Providence Art Club.

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Celebrating the End of 2014 and Ringing in the New Year

Bronwyn is joined today by The Reverend Shavon Chappell Starling-Louis of Providence Presbyterian Church will be joining us along with Gladys Brown from the Ghanan Choir at the Providence Presbyterian Church who will be performing at this Friday’s Very Special Christmas WaterFire event.

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Maximizing your Christmas Celebrations

Celebrate your Christmas in style with WaterFire and friends.

Bronwyn is joined today by RI Natives Brianna Tutalo, event coordinator at Providence Investment Management, and Patty Jeffrey, blogger of PattyJ.com, are joining us to talk about the Very Special Christmas WaterFire on Dec 19th, what to see and do in RI this Christmas and some of their favorite holiday traditions.

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Giving and Receiving

Celebrating the Holidays with The Providence Rescue Mission and Edible Rhody Magazine.

Bronwyn is joined today by her co-host WaterFire’s artistic executive director Barnaby Evans. In the first half of the program Bronwyn and Barnaby have a conversation with Sean Carew – Executive Director of the Providence Rescue Mission and partner with WaterFire for the Very Special Christmas Waterfire to Benefit the Providence Rescue Mission on December 19th!

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WaterFire: Art & Soul of a City

Documenting WaterFire and the New England Bridge Conference comes to Providence.

WaterFire: Art & Soul of a City

Bronwyn is joined today her co-host WaterFire’s artistic executive director Barnaby Evans. In the first half of the program Bronwyn and Barnaby have a conversation with Joe Rocco a local documentary film maker, TV host and 4 time Emmy Award winner. Joe and his production company RocJo Productions helped us to produce the WaterFire documentary WaterFire: Art and Soul of a City and had previously produced When the Reds Ruled the Roost, the story of a love affair between the once extremely popular Rhode Island Reds hockey club and their passionate fans.

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The Veterans Portrait Project and a Mystery at WaterFire!

In the first half of the program our guest will be J.J. Partridge the Rhode Island based author of the Algy Temple murder mystery series. His latest book Scratched is in bookstore now.

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WaterFire Providence’s Second Annual Salute to Veterans

In the first half of the Bronwyn’s guest will be Major General Reginald Centracchio,  Adjutant General of the State of Rhode Island and the retired commanding general of the Rhode Island National Guard. MG Centracchio was also a member of the Executive Committee for the 2014 WaterFire Salute to Veterans.

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