WARSAW — Frigid weather kept the crowd relatively sparse at First Friday’s Fire and Ice event. The annual February event kicked off around noon, Feb. 3, with carvers from the Michiana Ice Carvers Association beginning their ice sculptures. Twenty-two local businesses and foundations commissioned for ice sculptures … Read More
WARSAW — Temperatures just below freezing didn’t keep hundreds from converging downtown Warsaw tonight, Friday, Feb. 5. They were there to kick off this year’s First Fridays celebrating the state’s bicentennial. This year’s theme for First Friday is “decades of change,” and what better way to start … Read More
WARSAW — Today marks the annual Fire and Ice celebration in honor of February’s First Friday. The event will feature carvings, fire spinners and more.Carvings began at noon today, Feb. 5, in the downtown area. Ten different carvers from Michiana Ice Carvers are currently at work to create … Read More
By PAULA BOWMAN Warsaw First Fridays Organizer WARSAW — Have you heard that 2016 is Indiana’s bicentennial birthday? To celebrate that once-in-a-lifetime event, First Friday is all about the “decades of change” of the past 200 years. We are kicking off our year with our fifth annual “Fire … Read More
The 2015 season of First Friday in downtown Warsaw commenced last night with the spectacular Fire and Ice. The Michiana Ice Carvers started carving more than 10,000 pounds of ice at 10 a.m. on Friday. Throughout the day, blocks of ice transformed into magnificent sculptures. By the time … Read More
The ice is unloaded and the artistic expression is in full swing in downtown Warsaw. This year, the Michiana Ice Carvers hauled in 11,400 pounds of ice to expertly craft 31 sculptures. The Dane and Mary Louise Miller Foundation will provide the centerpiece for the event, with other … Read More
With January nearing its end, another great season of First Fridays is on the horizon for downtown Warsaw. The 2015 First Friday season will start up as it has for the past few years with Fire and Ice. The sidewalks of downtown Warsaw will be adorned by impressive … Read More
It’s getting to be that time of year again for the “Fire & Ice” sculptures! The Michiana Ice Carvers, a group of ice carvers from northwest Indiana and southwest Michigan, will be in downtown Warsaw to demonstrate their craft as well as educate the public about the art … Read More
Article by Kenzie Strichler, On The Edge Student Reporter, Edgewood Middle School At February’s Fire and Ice First Friday there were ice sculptures to represent different stores downtown or other stores around town on the sidewalks. For example, in front of the new coffee shop there was a … Read More
[weaver_youtube xneJlnjBEI4 rel=0] The city of Warsaw hosted the annual Fire And Ice First Friday. Though temperatures were frigid, sculptors set out to create dazzling works of art sponsored by area businesses. A total of 30 sculptures were commissioned for this year’s event and were sculpted throughout the day … Read More
Cold weather is again on tap for this weekend and for tomorrow night’s First Friday Fire and Ice celebration. Early Friday morning, sculptors from the Michiana Ice Carvers will begin carving ice sculptures from 300-pound and 600-pound blocks of ice for the festival. Last year, 46 ice sculptures … Read More
Though Kosciusko County is experiencing its second encounter with a polar vortex this winter, Warsaw will be enjoying the frosty conditions downtown during First Friday on Friday, Feb. 7. This month’s First Friday theme will be the Fire and Ice Celebration which will feature local Indiana and Michigan … Read More
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RxFixskOoE] Preparation for the The City of Warsaw First Friday event Fire and Ice began early this morning when several ice sculptures began work on the 46 ice sculptures planned for the evening’s festivities. The sculptures, which are all created from 300 pound to 600 pound blocks of ice, … Read More
