Sunset at Long Wave

October 10, 2025 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

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Event Series: Sunset at Long Wave

Sunset at Long Wave

Fridays, October 3 & 10, 6-7 PM
Bonus Mini Groves Sunset Event: Friday, October 17, 6-7 PM!
Meet near the Rose Garden

Come for the light-up spectacle, stay for live music! Join us for Sunset Under Long Wave, a chance to hang out and appreciate local creatives, featuring live music by I Am Empress.

After the sun sets, Long Wave lights up the lawn near the Rose Garden with its mesmerizing spiral structure. Presented by Roger Williams Park Conservancy, this new immersive public art installation combines the talents of Pneuhaus and Smooth Technology, with funding from the RI Commerce Corporation through the RI Rebounds Placemaking Initiative, and support from the Providence Parks Department.

About the artist: I Am Empress is a singer, writer, and performer whose work moves between poetry and music like breath and heartbeat. Her art lives in that space between softness and strength, between what’s been survived and what’s still being born. Drawing from her life as a mother, survivor, and truth-teller, she uses melodic expression, rhythm, and language to turn pain into power and everyday moments into themes of resilience.

As a music student at the Community College of Rhode Island, she’s studying jazz performance and composition, shaping her craft while raising her four children and building a life rooted in both sound and service. Her nonprofit work through The Stone River House focuses on creating intentional spaces for mothers, artists, and families—places where healing, housing, and creativity can exist side by side.

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THANK YOU to everyone who made Rosé in the Roses so memorable! Last Thursday, we celebrated the Conservancy and community, while giving a bittersweet send-off to RWPC’s outgoing board chair, Joe Pari.

Shout-out to @theprovidencedrumtroupe and @thesoundofgravity for filling the Botanical Center with magical sights and sounds – we can’t be the only ones still humming Pink Pony Club, right? 🤩 And to talented musicians Ashley Frith and @luisgilbertord for serenading guests throughout the night!

Stay tuned for a part-2 recap highlighting the rest of our amazing vendors and sponsors who made this year’s event one for the books!

@rwpbotanicalcenter 
@pvdparks 
@beacon.bank 
@beaulinemedia 
@morinscatering
@elliesprov 
@sabrina_scolari_photography 
@wemakepretend 

📽️ Visit the Swan Stories link in our bio to learn more about Joe’s work founding the Conservancy!
It’s a beautiful day for rosé! 🌹🥂 We’ll see you soon!
And finally, we're please to spotlight our Park Hero Sponsors! 🥳

🌹History & Conservation Associates
🌹Meredith Curren and Gary Frishman

Thanks to our supporters' commitment to Roger Williams Park Conservancy, we're looking forward to a full season of fun at the park – from concerts and movies to yoga and walks! 

If you're attending Rosé in the Roses tonight, be sure to say hello and thank you to our many wonderful sponsors!
We ❤ our Rosé in the Roses sponsors!

Our group of Community Sponsors is in the spotlight today. Because of theirs and all of our sponsors' generous donations, this year's event will be more spectacular than ever!

Thank you to:
Audrey & Ed Clifton
@beacon.bank 
@beaulinemedia 
Ruth & Jonathan Fain

If you reserved your tickets, we'll see you TOMORROW at Rosé in the Roses! 💃🥂
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