IMBIBE: A Dorm Daze and Spiced Pumpkin
Fall. Autumn. The season elicits a specific kind of ambivalent response. The death of summer. Harbinger of winter. That special time when kids go back to school, adults rejoice and […]
Events:
The Flower, The Labor, and The Sea
September 27, 2025 - June 28, 2026
Book Review: Brown: History of an Idea by Ted Widmer
Providence native, noted historian and librarian, and the author of Young America: the Flowering of Democracy in New York City (1998), Ark of the Liberties: America and the World (2008) and Martin Van Buren (2005), Ted […]
Beautiful – The Carole King Musical Launches National Tour at PPAC
Beautiful – The Carole King Musical will begin its national tour on September 15 at the Providence Performing Arts Center. Based on the life of singer-songwriter Carole King, the show features many of […]
Lunar Notes
Aries: You’re on a journey of discovery, figuring out what makes you happy, healthy and human. What works for you? Conversations with significant others in your life clarify your thoughts. Things […]
Where the College Kids Go?
Every campus develops a unique, symbiotic relationship with its surrounding community (depending on who you’re talking to, some might call it a parasitic one). Some establishments thrive, but only because of […]
Microwave Gourmet: Dorm-Living Foodies Rejoice!
Going back to school is a bittersweet time for me. There’s the excitement of being reunited with old friends, the wide open possibilities of a brand new semester of classes […]
Alt-Health: Whacked
Watching the American health system operate is like watching a game of Whack-A-Mole: a symptom pops up, a doctor smacks it down. Another one pops up and whack! It goes down. […]
RIPTA World
In preparing for Motif‘s student guide, our mighty editor, Emily, asked if I would be willing to write an article about places one can get to on our state bus […]
The Hummel Report: Junkyard Battles
There is no sign for those driving by, no indication there is a business just behind the tree line off Weaver Hill Road in West Greenwich. But anybody who has lived […]
Phillipe and Jorge’s Cool, Cool World: Something For the ‘Utes, Right Wing Pledge and Billary
A ‘Utes Guide to P&J Phillipe and Jorge have learned that some of our discerning and loyal younger readers are somewhat vague about the origins of the column and references […]