Purple Cat Winery | Honest Tea | Lifetime Medical

WaterFire Ignites Rhode Island Radio Show – underwritten by National Grid and supported by Lifetime Medical. Hosted this week by Bronwyn Dannenfelser and Pat Paolino Cruz.

Today’s show will be co-hosted by local event producer Pat Paolino Cruz. We will be recapping last weekend’s lighting and bringing you up to date on the many wonderful things to do around town this weekend, including the unique and family friendly celebration at the Purple Cat Winery taking place July 1st through the 4th.

We are happy to be joined by James Varrichio of Honest Tea. You might have seen their booth at this last weekend. We’ll get to learn all about their National Honesty Index program and see if we improved on Providence’s last place ranking.

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At Honest Tea we’ve always been curious to see if the rest of the country feels as strongly about honesty as we do, so we developed a social experiment to find out if people would pay for their beverages on the honor system if no one appeared to be watching.

The results might surprise you…

We will also be speaking with Lou Paolino from Lifetime Medical, sponsor of WaterFire and the WaterFire Ignites RI radio show about the company, their current active recruitment and some of the challenges that the changes in healthcare legislation have had on their business over the last couple of years.

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Celebrating 20 years at The Met High School

WaterFire Ignites Rhode Island Radio Show – underwritten by National Grid and supported by Lifetime Medical and Emery’s Catering. Hosted this week by Bronwyn Dannenfelser and Barnaby Evans.

On this week’s show we’re talking with Dennis Littky the co-found and co-director at the The Met High School. They are celebrating their 20th anniversary this year will a full day of activities on Saturday May 21st. The festivities kick-off 11:00 a.m. with a bike fest, carnival, live musical performances by Met Students, basketball tournament, activities, food trucks, a job fair, and more. Capping of the celebration will be a special Basin lighting of WaterFire featuring music performances and 150 torch Ring of Fire ceremony in the Basin of Waterplace Park starting at 6:30 p.m.

Podcast:

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Chatting with AARP | WaterFire’s FireBall

WaterFire Ignites Rhode Island Radio Show –
underwritten by National Grid
supported by Lifetime Medical
Hosted by Bronwyn Dannenfelser

Today’s guests will include:

Kathleen Connell:  AARP Rhode Island State Director

John Martin:  AARP Rhode Island Associate Director

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!!!

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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!

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Navigant Credit Union and Ocean State Sandwich Company

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

On this week’s episode:

Today Bronwyn is joined by the president and CEO of Navigant Credit Union Gary Furtado. 2015 is a milestone year for Navigant Credit Union, they are celebrating their 100th anniversary and are joining WaterFire Providence as one of the lead fire sponsors for our July 18th lighting. Bronwyn’s second guest is Eric Handwerger, the owner and proprietor of the Ocean State Sandwich Company.

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PVD International Arts Festival Wrap Up with Mayor Jorge Elorza | The Providence VA and the WaterFire Salute to Veterans

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

On this week’s episode:

Today Bronwyn will be joined by Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza who will be discussing the successful first annual Providence International Arts Festival and the city’s plans for next year. Then we will be speaking with Winfield Danielson III and Joanne Cardoza from the Providence VA, they will be discussing their upcoming open house being held from  10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, June 27, 2015. Representatives will be on-hand to provide information about opportunities to serve Veterans, and to provide an opportunities for Veterans from Rhode Island and southeastern Massachusetts who have not enrolled with the VA to take a brief tour, learn about what we have to offer, and fill out an enrollment application.

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Providence Art, Culture + Tourism | FirstsWorks | PVD International Arts Festival

WaterFire Ignites Rhode Island Radio Show –
underwritten by National Grid
supported by Lifetime Medical

On this week’s episode:

Today Barnaby is joined by Lynne McCormack and Kathleen Pletcher who will be discussing their roles supporting the arts in Providence and the upcoming Providence International Arts Festival. Lynne is the director of Providence’s department of Art, Culture + Tourism. In her 16-year tenure as a city arts administrator she has moved through the ranks, from production coordinator to a trusted member of the mayor’s cabinet. Since assuming the director position in 2006, Ms. McCormack has successfully transitioned the department from an office of cultural affairs focused on public programming to a community and economic development agency. Kathleen founded FirstWorks in 2004, transforming the one-night First Night Providence festival into a year-round performing arts and educational organization. With over 25 years experience as an entrepreneur, Kathleen has founded three non-profit arts organizations and formed strategies for organizations across the US. As a presenter, she has developed projects with creative pioneers such as Yo-Yo Ma, Kronos Quartet, and Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, linking performances of new work with community engagement across Rhode Island.

Podcast:

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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.

Podcast:

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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.

Podcast:

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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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