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Photo: Tom Alexander
First WaterFire Burn of the Season!
Friday, May 21, 2009
in partnership with
MORPC, presents Riverfest on Tour!
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Please note the Friday, August 28, 2009 WaterFire burn in partnership with the Columbus Jazz Orchestra has been rescheduled for the 2010 season.
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Ladies of Longford Perform at WaterFire, May 29, 2009
WaterFire Columbus is becoming one of the most exciting art exhibits in Central Ohio. Please pass this information on to friends and family, as we ignite the season with this very exciting tribute.
WaterFire: A public arts event created by Barnaby Evans in Providence, Rhode Island.
Click on the link below and join the WaterFire Columbus group on Facebook!
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Event Information
Directions to Genoa Park
From the East
- Take I-70 West to Exit 100B, Fourth Street
- Continue straight through the first traffic light on Fulton Street
- Turn Right (North) on Front Street
- Turn left (West) on Broad St.
- Cross over the Broad Street Bridge (Town Street Bridge is Closed)
- Genoa Park is across the Scioto River on the Right on Washington Blvd.
From the West
- Take I-70 East to Exit 97, Broad Street
- Turn Left (East) on Broad Street
- Genoa Park is approximately 2 miles ahead on the Right on Washington Blvd.
From the North
- Take I-71 South to Exit 108B, Broad Street
- Turn Right (West) onto Broad Street
- Genoa Park is approximately 1.5 miles ahead on the Left on Washington Blvd.
From the South
- Take I-71 North to Exit 100A, Front Street
- (100A comes after 105 as you travel from the South. This is due to I-71 merging with I-70)
- Turn Left on Front Street
- Turn Left on Broad Street (Town Street Bridge is closed)
- Cross over the Broad Street Bridge
- Genoa Park will be on the Left across the Scioto River on Washington Blvd.
Parking Information
Parking is available in the COSI parking lots, located on the west side of COSI off Belle Street. On the weekends from Memorial Day to Labor Day (from 3pm on Friday-Sunday), the parking lots will be $4 pre pay, cash only. Riverfront Parking Operations operates the parking lots and has an Auto Cashier system in the North parking lot (the lot in front of COSI near Broad Street) when COSI is closed to the general public or after-hours at a flat rate of $3. Credit cards are not accepted at parking booths. Handicapped parking is also available at COSI.
What is Waterfire?
WaterFire blurs and defines the boundaries between art and life experience. Images of intrigue and brief glimpses of emotion slow down our rapidly accelerating culture. When visitors encounter WaterFire, they cannot absorb the sculpture from just their sense of sight or even from a single vantage point. They must walk through the installation and draw on all five of their senses... Read More
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