Hummel Report: The Pond Is Their Oyster
Point Judith Pond is one of Rhode Island’s jewels, a four-mile stretch of crystal-clear water bordering Narragansett and South Kingstown. Tucked up in the northeastern side is Champlin Cove, adjacent […]
Events:
The Flower, The Labor, and The Sea
September 27, 2025 - June 28, 2026
Enter The Vault
Vintage fashion, formerly a niche interest restricted to punks, goths, celebrities, and other weirdoes, has within the past decade achieved a rapid and overwhelming mainstream acceptance. Those who remember being […]
Album Of The Week: Broncho’s Just Enough Hip to Be Woman
If you delve deep enough, you’d be surprised how artistically and musically weird Oklahoma can get. Psychedelic dream punks The Flaming Lips started out there and The Philbrook Museum of […]
Home Improvement Gone Wrong, or How I Spent The Last 3 Weeks Of Summer
My house was built in 1940 and has had virtually no renovations done to it. It was a “handyman special” when I acquired it. I wasn’t a handyman at that […]
This Is NOT Your Un-funny Friend’s Improv Group
We’ve all been there. There’s one friend in your circle, which if you were questioned by a stranger you may say is just an acquaintance. And he thinks that he […]
CD Review: Ryan Adams’ Self-Titled Album
Ryan Adams has made a career doing pretty much whatever he wants. As a young man, he became an alt-country icon, mostly for his work with his band Whiskytown, but […]
Theater Award Winners
Motif seeks to recognize the excellence in local theater at many different levels. We polled the critics and the theater companies themselves – about their own best work, and the […]
Be Part of the Show at Guido’s: Scenes from a Restaurant
Starting this weekend, Rhode Island’s own Radioactive Theater Company will debut its latest production: Guido’s: Scenes from a Restaurant. Written by Rhode Island natives Shannon McLoud and Stephen Nani, Guido’s […]
The Gamm’s Grounded Aims for the Sky
The one-person show is a producer’s dream. Less overhead, same ticket price, more control over the process. Often the domain of comedians and comedic actors, the one-person show does actually […]
PINUP: Vanessa Hernandez
Do you have a nickname? Nessa What’s your occupation? Air National Gaurdsman, Brand Ambassador, Sales Associate at DSW What’s your dream job? To be a flight attendant What do you […]