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Thursday, July 9th, 2009
TONIGHT (July 9) from 5-8: Beer Garden & Special Sound Session Performances!
Join us in Kennedy Plaza TONIGHT to watch special Sound Session performances by two great bands: David Alexis & Co. and Rooted Sound!
David Alexis & Co. takes the Burnside Park stage at 5pm to play their Steel Pan style of music and Rooted Sound will come on at 7pm playing Reggae/R&B tunes!
In addition, there will [...]
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Monday, December 29th, 2008
Bright Night Providence!
Join us at the Bank of America Skating Center, Biltmore Park and Kennedy Plaza for fun festivities on New Year’s Eve!
12-5pm - Art in Ice - Sculptures
12pm-12am - Half Price Skating with Bright Night wrist band
12pm-12am - Food Court
5pm - 2009 Skating Spectacular, featuring local area figure skaters.
5:30pm - Opening Ceremonies - featuring the [...]
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Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
Kennedy Plaza Brings Out the Fruits (and Vegetables!)
Cherries, Apples, nectarines. Pumpkins, lettuce, rutabega. It’s the usual Friday midday crowd at Kennedy Plaza these days. Kennedy Plaza has quite the collection of delicious, Farm Fresh fruits and veggies at its weekly Farmers’ Market every Friday. This is no secret, as the crowds have been feeling the buzz, and heading over the the market’s [...]
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Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
Peaceful Day in the Park
Hand-made flags hosting messages of peace hung from trees and fences surrounding Burnside Park on Sunday, September 21st in celebration of the United Nations’ International Day of Peace. The Peace Flag Project is one of the many organizations hosting events across the globe each year to celebrate worldwide tolerance, peace and unity. The Peace Flag [...]
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Wednesday, September 17th, 2008
Fountain of Youth Kickflips it up a Notch at KP 9/13/08
Fountain of Youth, the newly relocated skate and apparel shop on Eddy Street, opened with grand style on Saturday, September 13. Part Owner and professional skateboarder, Donny Barley, hosted a skateboarding demo at the Bank of America Skating Center. Hundreds of youngsters and old-schoolers on four wheels showed up for the event, filling the rink [...]
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Wednesday, September 17th, 2008
Back to School with Kennedy Plaza:
Downtown Student Experience 9/13/08
Saturday, September 13th, the Downtown Student Experience, an event put on by the Providence Foundation and Downtown Improvement District, gathered students, life-sized puppets, tiny dogs and skateboarders to the Biltmore Park and the Bank of America Skating Center to kick off the opening of the school year. Big Nazo puppets danced to the likes of LLOVE, [...]
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Tuesday, September 9th, 2008
Downtown Student Experience 9/13/08
College students! On Saturday, September 13th, join The Providence Foundation and Downtown Improvement District for the Downtown Student Experience.
The afternoon will be filled with live music and free activities in Biltmore Park, next to the Bank of America Skating Center in Kennedy Plaza. Listen to the sounds of WBRU, beginning at 2PM, while sampling coffee [...]
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Friday, August 29th, 2008
Rhythm & Blues Heritage 8/23/08
Thanks to everyone who came out on the 23rd for a fantastic performance by Paul Williams and the Sweet P Blues Band! The amazing weather and hundreds of attendees made the sweet sounds of the band even more amazing!
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Wednesday, August 27th, 2008
Community Stage tonight! Central African Cultural Dancers!
Tonight from 5-6pm enjoy the sweet sounds of a chorus and dancers featuring Rwandan, Congolese and Burundian youth! Burnside Park.
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Monday, August 18th, 2008
Big Bellies have arrived in Greater Kennedy Plaza!
There are now five new BigBelly solar compactors eating up trash throughout Biltmore and Burnside Parks as well as Kennedy Plaza proper.
The BigBelly “uses the sun’s energy to compact trash at the point of disposal, dramatically increasing capacity by 5 times within the same footprint as ordinary receptacles. Increased capacity reduces collection trips and [...]
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