[Summit] Summit Digest, Vol 128, Issue 9

Wed Nov 11 04:05:32 UTC 2015

I'm old now, and I don't like to go out much in the evening any longer,
especially when it's cold.  But in principle I tend to agree with Peter and
Emlyn.  What the mayor is proposing appears to be not so much a community
event, as a pretext to give an economic boost to local businesses..  The
original First Nights / Bright Nights were community events.  --  Bob M

On Tue, Nov 10, 2015 at 7:27 PM, Emlyn Addison <noisyblocks at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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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>>> Message: 1
>>> Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2015 14:05:41 -0500
>>> From: Anne Diffily <adiff11 at gmail.com>
>>> To: Summit Neighborhood <Summit at sna.providence.ri.us>
>>> 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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