Feature News
Books
Reading Across Rhode Island: A conversation with Kate Lentz of the Rhode Island Center for the Book
Around the world, shared-reading programs bring communities together to experience a single work of literature. Canada’s public broadcaster sponsors a ...
Cannabis
New Year, New Rules?: Oversight committee tackles issues in medical marijuana program
RI’s medical marijuana program has undergone several iterations since it was made into law in 2006, evolving from a program ...
Dare Me
Global Scavenger Hunt
“Win a Free Trip Around the World!” the subject line said. Because I suffer from wanderlust, I apply to every ...
Environment
Inspiring Environmental Stewardship: Educational opportunities make kids aware of the world around them
Note: This continues our series on environmental education. For part one in the series, go to motifri.com/XXX As I begin ...
Film
Scary Movies for the Scary Season
We’ve rounded up a list of horror films sure to terrify you in this most terrifying of seasons. The Loved ...
Fine Arts
Art Trolleys ‘Graduate’ to Downtown Hotel Hub: Gallery Night Providence has a new home
The trolley shuttle service of Gallery Night Providence has a new launching point — one that may give even more ...
Food
Ceremony: A tea house reimagined
“I want anyone to stumble upon Ceremony and say, ‘Oh my God, what’s this?’” says Michelle Cheng, the owner of ...
Got Beer?
Hit the Bricks: Former liquor store owner opens the first “intellectual bar in Cranston”
After 12 years of running Darwin Liquors on Benefit Street, George Darwin couldn’t predict another venture was waiting for him ...
Health
Advice with Spyce: Getting What You Want and Getting What You Need
Dear Spyce, My girlfriend and I have been together for a few years now and are really into each other. ...
Keep on Moving
All Aboard!: WhistleStop Rock Festival rolls into town
The WhistleStop Rock Festival is a rolling rock ‘n’ roll circus that is scheduled to hit six different New England ...
Lifestyle
In Providence: Living on America
“I have no idea what she does for a living.” We’re sitting on her couch. It’s a couch in a ...
Lunar Notes
Foresight Is 2020: The world is in uproar
As the year begins, we have impeachment, Australia on fire, islands of plastic floating in the oceans, Boris, Brexit and ...
News
Funda Fest 22 Schedule of Events
Funda Fest returns this month. For full coverage, go to motifri.com/funda2020 The schedule of events follows. Jan 20: Providence Children’s ...
Opinion
Tune Your Televisions To: Your superior correspondents announce a new broadcast extravaganza
Required Viewing Phillipe and Jorge are extremely excited about the offer by as yet-to-be-revealed local TV station to host a ...
Phillipe & Jorge
Tune Your Televisions To: Your superior correspondents announce a new broadcast extravaganza
Required Viewing Phillipe and Jorge are extremely excited about the offer by as yet-to-be-revealed local TV station to host a ...
Pin-Up/Profile
Pin-Up: Wayne St. Vincent
What’s your biggest pet peeve? I’ve got a lot of ’em. The biggest one is people on the phone when ...
Roots Report
The Time Is Now: Music fuels the revolution
Okee dokee folks… Welcome to the ’20s, the year of the next presidential election when we have the opportunity to ...
Shopping
Pop One Open in Style: Crandon Whitsitt-Lynch and the art of wax casting
Students at Rhode Island College (RIC) may recognize alumni Whitsitt-Lynch as the school’s building technician, but after hours, this former ...
Sports
The Honeys Sweep the Season
For 11 years, the Providence Roller Derby Home Season Championship trophy has eluded the Old Money Honeys. A different tale ...
Theater
People Are Strange: Wilbury’s Prudencia Hart is wonderfully eccentric
There’s Scottish music, wild drunken karaoke antics and Hell. If there was a word to describe Prudencia Hart’s undoing, “strange” ...
