VOTE in the 2013 Motif Theater and Film Awards
Click here to vote The professionals have spoken and the 2013 Motif Theater and Film award nominees are in! So here’s how it works… We contact the industry greats and present them with a list of categories. They send us nominees from each category within their particular expertise. We throw the results into a survey and […]
Open/Closed
The secret is out – Doherty’s Ale House officially opened its new location at the old Bugaboo Creek in Warwick. With 124 taps, beer is oozing from every pore (or … pour). Midtown Oyster Bar arrived on Thames Street in Newport just in time for the flocking of the tourists. It features “the largest raw […]
Bring Your Personality
By Erin Kayata While waiting for Bring Your Own Improv to start, the girl who was taking tickets at the door approached and handed me a slip of paper. “Write your name down and hand it back to me if you’d like a chance to participate in the show,” she explained. This was my first […]
4th of July Events
Fireworks Block Island Where: near Town Beach Pavilion, Block Island When: July 3, 7:30 pm Bristol Where: Bristol Harbor When: July 3, 9:30 pm Cumberland Where: Mendon Road across from Cumberland High School When: July 3, 9 pm Narragansett Independence Day Beach Party & Fireworks Where: Narragansett Town Beach, Town Pier, and North Beach Clubhouse […]
Parkour: Jumping Around in Providence
If you’ve ever seen people in the city scaling walls, leaping down staircases or vaulting over obstructions like they’re being chased by the bad guy in some action movie, you’ve been witness to parkour. Juliet Zailskas is the only female parkour practitioner in Rhode Island and she recently spoke with Motif about her love of […]
Sprinklers Man 65
For Jason Denton, there is particular significance in being a part of the sprinkler installation team for Machester 65. Jay had tickets to the Station the night of the fire – luckily, he got delayed and missed the tragic show. It makes working on the sprinkler system for a West Warwick music venue especially poignant. […]