[Summit] Summit Digest, Vol 128, Issue 9

[Emlyn Addison]

I agree.

On Tue, Nov 10, 2015 at 7:09 PM, Peter Gallant <Pete1188 at cox.net> wrote:

> My soapbox . .. I'm glad the city is doing a New Year's Eve celebration,
> but charging $50-$75 isn't cool. I can afford those prices, but a lot of
> Providence residents cannot. So that doesn't sound like "One Providence" to
> me. If the Convention Center wants to charge that or more for NYE like in
> past years, go for it. But as a city-sponsored event, nah. It excludes too
> many.
>
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>>   1. Re: New Year's Eve or Bright Night Providence? (Anne Diffily)
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>> Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2015 14:05:41 -0500
>> From: Anne Diffily <adiff11 at gmail.com>
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>> Subject: Re: [Summit] New Year's Eve or Bright Night Providence?
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>> There will be a New Year's Eve event as planned by Mayor Elorza, called
>> One
>> Providence. SEE BELOW.
>>
>> I just received this info from Ticketmaster (how timely!) and found a
>> description on Channel 12's website. Unfortunately, Ticketmaster is the
>> only way to purchase tickets... I loathe their added charges.  /soapbox
>>
>> Anne
>>
>> PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) ? The city of Providence will hold a grand ball
>> for
>> New Year?s Eve 2015, Mayor Jorge Elorza?s office announced Thursday.
>>
>> The announcement was made at the Rhode Island Convention Center, which
>> will
>> also host the ball. The mayor is calling the event ?One Providence New
>> Year?s Eve Ball.?
>>
>> Tickets will be sold starting Monday. The event will last until 3 a.m. on
>> January 1.
>>
>> Elorza hopes it will become a new annual tradition, and pledged it would
>> be
>> family-friendly ? noting the effects of the city?s International Arts
>> Festival this past June
>> <
>> http://wpri.com/2015/06/13/prov-international-arts-festival-kicks-off-saturday/
>> >
>> at Kennedy Plaza.
>>
>> ?We have to take advantage of these opportunities,? not just to come
>> together, Elorza said, but to stimulate the city. ?To work with our
>> businesses. Make sure our restaurants are filled. Make sure establishments
>> throughout the city are busy and vibrant. That?s what people want in a
>> city
>> ? people want to belong to a place where things are happening.?
>>
>> ?In the past couple of years on New Year?s the city has been somewhat dark
>> and somewhat silent and we want to bring it back to life,? Elorza said.
>>
>> A thousand tickets will be up for grabs ? $50 for general admission and
>> $75
>> for VIP.
>>
>> Public Safety Commissioner Steven Pare pledged the event, and the night
>> citywide, would be safe and fully staffed by the police department and
>> first responders.
>>
>> ?We?ll be safe, we?ll be prepared and you?ll have a fun time so ? we got
>> to
>> bring energy back to the city and this is the step in the right direction
>> to do that,? he said.
>>
>> A previous artist-driven celebration on New Year?s Eve in the city, known
>> as Bright Night Providence, <http://brightnight.org/> had its last event
>> in
>> December 2013. A Bright Night web site said (as of November 5) that the
>> event would not be happening in 2015, and steered people to ?Ring In The
>> Night,? <http://ringinthenight.com/> a festival of events including
>> comedy
>> and improv performances, musicians and artists.
>>
>> According to the mayor?s staff, tickets to the ball will be available
>> online through Ticketmaster.
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