WaterFire Ignites Rhode Island Radio Show –
underwritten by National Grid
supported by Lifetime Medical
Hosted by Bronwyn Dannenfelser
Rolling Thunder RI 1 members at the 2014 WaterFire Salute to Veterans Event. Photo by John Nickerson.
Today on the show we’ll be speaking with Larry Brunell, president of Rolling Thunder RI 1. Together with WaterFire Providence they have been an integral part of our Salute to Veterans event, helping to honor our veterans and performing the Soldiers Cross ceremony in Memorial Park.
Our second guest on this show will be WaterFire Providence volunteer Mark Karas. Mark has been the captain of the WaterFire Access Boat for the past two seasons. We are currently booking rides for the November 7th lighting so if you or someone you know is a veteran with limited mobility and would like to unique way to experience WaterFire contact us to get sign up for a ride.
WaterFire Ignites Rhode Island Radio Show –
underwritten by National Grid
supported by Lifetime Medical
Hosted by Bronwyn Dannenfelser
On this program we have a chat with Heather Oberg from the Providence VA Medical Center about our November 7th, 2015 Salute to Veterans Event. Interested listeners can learn more about this event and veterans can sign up to be torch bearers by visiting the WaterFire Salute to Veterans website.
WaterFire Ignites Rhode Island Radio Show –
underwritten by National Grid
supported by Lifetime Medical
Hosted by Bronwyn Dannenfelser with co-host Reverend Dr. Richard Dannenfelser
The second guest on today’s show will be Carol Ann Donnelly, the office manager at the Gloria Gemma Breast Cancer Resource Foundation. Carol is a breast cancer survivor and will be filling us in on all of the special events happening in Station Park at this weekend’s Flames of Hope WaterFire.
Our special guests today are:
Louis Paolino – President of Lifetime Medical and Gary Alexander, Healthcare Specialist at Lifetime Medical. Lifetime Medical is a WaterFire season sponsor and co-sponsor of this weekend’s full lighting and they are currently hiring. At the upcoming event they will have a tent where people can find out more information about their healthcare services as well as submit applications.
We will also be joined by longtime WaterFire sponsors Robert Twomey and Brenda Greene from Webster Bank, discussing Webster Bank’s commitment to community and new things happening in the banking industry.
Peter Mello, managing Director of WaterFire will be my co-host for the show. He will be telling us all about the new developments at WaterFire Providence and what we can expect to see in the future.
WaterFire Ignites Rhode Island Radio Show –
underwritten by National Grid
supported by Lifetime Medical
Hosted by Bronwyn Dannenfelser
Today on the show we will be speaking with Roderick Fraser about The Daughter of Dawn. The Daughter of Dawn is an 80-minute, feature silent film that was shot in May, June, and July of 1920 in the Wichita Mountains of southwest Oklahoma. Shortly after completion, and after only a few screenings, the film disappeared for nearly a century—without a trace. The film was rediscovered in 2005 and restored by the Oklahoma Historical Society.
Rhode Island College hosts Family of legendary Comanche Chief Quanah Parker for first screening in New England of critically acclaimed film The Daughter of Dawn and open panel discussion of native issues. Rhode Island College will be screening the movie on September 24th at 6:00 PM, the first time this movie has been shown in New England.
Also we will be talking with Claude Arnell Milhouse Founder, Executive Director <IntraCity> Geeks about their recent recognition from President Obama and the wonderful programs they have started here in RI. Including a monthly “Code Night with the Mayor”. Our Mission: To teach everyone in urban environments coding and entrepreneurship. <IntraCity> Geeks seeks to help people in urban areas become self sufficient. By doing this, we will reduce income and wealth inequality, bridge the digital divide and diversify technology. We work with people from all walks of life, however, we are recognize that the tech sector needs to have more women and people of color.
Lastly a quick call in from a friend: Eric Auger of Ten31 productions about their work at our FireBall event, their new array of living statues and an upcoming event to support the Samaritans of RI. The Samaritans of Rhode Island are pleased to present their “New Life” exhibit – an afternoon of opportunities for teens to see, experience and connect with RI’s most awe inspiring artists – TEN31 Productions! New Life and a New Day on Park Place in Pawtucket, September 19th at 11:00 a.m.
WaterFire Ignites Rhode Island Radio Show –
underwritten byNational Grid
supported byLifetime Medical
Hosted by Bronwyn Dannenfelser
On today’s show we will be speaking with Chris Lundberg, DDS, MS Northeastern Society of Orthodontists President and sponsor of this weekend’s WaterFire lighting. He will be telling us about what is new with NESO, their annual 2015 meeting and how WaterFire served as inspiration for this years Annual Meeting theme: Spark Ideas. Fuel Success
Also we will be speaking with Benjamin Sibielski, Director of Communications at The Episcopal Diocese of Rhode Island about their 225th anniversary and celebration at this weekend’s WaterFire which will include musical performances and an interactive “Hopes for RI” station.
Our third guest will be Willa VanNostrand proprietor of Little Bitte Artisanal Cocktails, who along with the E&O Tap provided the signature cocktail at last week’s FireBall. She will be sharing some recipes as well as talking about her involvement in WaterFire’s newest addition in the Waterplace Park Basin – Gerbermühle: Biergarten unter den Weiden – Beer Garden Under the Elms
WaterFire Ignites Rhode Island Radio Show –
underwritten byNational Grid
supported byLifetime Medical
Hosted by Bronwyn Dannenfelser
On today’s show we had the pleasure of speaking with Karen Warfield, Community Affairs Manager at Textron, Inc. Karen joined Bronwyn to provide some background about how Textron, Inc and the Textron Charitable Trust work to sponsor and support non-profits in our community. This weekend’s WaterFire lighting is supported by the Textron Charitable Trust.
Steven Spura from Providence Tango called in to chat about Argentine Tango and the performances that his group will doing at this Saturday’s WaterFire lighting. Bronwyn closed out the show with Linda Mahoney from Rally4Recovery sharing their plans for their Recovery Month activities. Recovery Month begins on September 4th.
WaterFire Ignites Rhode Island Radio Show –
underwritten byNational Grid
supported byLifetime Medical
Hosted by Bronwyn Dannenfelser
Our first guests Kobi Dennis and Sean Holley Esq. will be on discussing Project Night Vision and the ProvidenceMidnightSummer Basketball League. In the spring of 2010, in collaboration with state and local law enforcement, community members and local business, Project: Night Vision was created. The mission of the program begins with providing care and services for inner-city youth ages 12yrs.-18yrs. In June of 2015, Sean was named Coordinator of Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza’s Midnight Summer Basketball League.
Our second guest is Leo A Beliveau III who will be talking about all of the different resources and projects happening at Comprehensive Community Action. In December of 1965, Cranston Community Action Program was incorporated. At that time CCAP served Cranston, Coventry, Scituate and Foster. As many of their programs grew to include cities and towns outside that catchment area, they decided to change their name. In September of 1994 they officially became Comprehensive Community Action, but still CCAP.
Like WaterFire, AARP works to improve life in Rhode Island communities and neighborhoods. They will be sharing their recent wonderful experience and impressions of WaterFire, discussing AARP’s work in the community and advocacy at the State House, as well as the AARP Fraud Watch Network, a free, nation-wide program to combat identity theft and consumer scams.
And the rest of the show is all about the FireBall!!!
We will be speaking with two of the event co-chairs: Johnnie Chace and Brooke Lee, and WaterFire’s very own Peter Mello about what is bound to be the hottest party of the year as well as the launch of Inspire, Imagine, Ignite – The Campaign for WaterFire, our first major capital campaign for the WaterFire Arts Center building.
Brooke and Johnnie will share some of the behind the scenes planning that has been going on in preparation for this stellar event as well as some of their own personal stories about WaterFire and Peter will tell us more about what Inspire, Imagine, Ignite – The Campaign for WaterFire is really all about!
WaterFire Ignites Rhode Island Radio Show –
underwritten byNational Grid
supported byLifetime Medical
Hosted by Bronwyn Dannenfelser
Bronwyn’s guests will be writer/director and producer Richard Tilkin and executive producer Cindy Gruber of the film Aside From That– A Film About Everyone’s Least Favorite Topic: “How do we live, knowing we are going to die?” Is there a best practice for thinking about mortality? Aside From That will premiere August 7 at 4:45 p.m. in theRISD Museum‘s Metcalfe Auditorium. Tickets are available on the Rhode Island International Film Festivalwebsite (riiff2015.sched.org) and at the door.
Next Bronwyn is joined by actor Michael Cuomo and filmmaker Paolo Monico. Michael was a RIIFF 2011 Best Actor winner and is back at the film festival this year to be one of the speakers at the 2015 ScriptBiz workshops. Paolo’s film The Mother plays Friday Aug 7th 5:15 pm in the “The Abyss Stares Back” program. The film is dedicated to the memory of his father Sandro Monico.
Brother Hash : Spoggaalso will be joining us in studio to talk about his year’s at WaterFire as well as his music and art both in RI and New Orleans.
