Motif

We all know what friends with benefits are. If you have any, good for you. I think that they are hard to maintain, no pun intended. It’s always that one’s […]

Grace Darko’s music serves as a bridge, connecting the vibrancy of African heritage with the pulse of American jazz and soul. As a first-generation African American woman carving out her […]

Okee dokee folks…While setting up for my show the other day I had a conversation with the sound person about music. I was shocked to find out that he didn’t […]

The Scurvy Dog will have hosted their second Parking Lot Mega Show of the season by the time this article is printed. The award-winning festival (cough cough, Motif) is celebrating […]

Why Have a Bio Blitz at Peace and Plenty Community Garden?  That may have been a question the 17 people had on their minds as they huddled together in the […]

Since the beginning of 2025 groups have gathered across the US to denounce moves made by the Trump administration, and have successfully made their voices heard across the political and […]

Funeral for RI environmental bills A variety of local ecological leaders embraced satire this past week by holding a funeral for 19 bills that tried to pass through the RI […]

All Summer after“What’s LoveGottoDo?” by Richard Blanco All summer I wander between houses, couches, in and out of Dil and Lil’s secondhand Murano, air conditionless, legs suctioned to the seats […]

A special edition for Motif’s Fiction and Poetry issue Running along the boardwalk  on the way to the shore, In two’s and in three’s, racing  on their way, Crematogaster  sisters, […]

This is the sixth article in a series about community theaters located throughout and adjacent to Rhode Island. With its 2024 production of The Lucky Chance — a 17th-century comic […]