Motif Interviews Northern Lands’ Josh Cournoyer
One of the best things about the holiday season is friends coming home from afar. What’s even better is when they come back home and play a show with their […]
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The Flower, The Labor, and The Sea
September 27, 2025 - June 28, 2026
Fungus Amungus Bring The Holiday Hangover To The Met
Sometimes band members change but the name and vibe stays the same. That’s what you can say about long time Providence funk act Fungus Amungus. Being around for over a […]
Book Review: Christine Jenkins’ Fake Smiles and Lasagna
In Fake Smiles and Lasagna, author Christine Jenkins, a math teacher at Moses Brown School, describes mentoring sibling refugees from Rwanda and helping them get accustomed to the United States. […]
Out of the Woods: A Christmas Story
It was, fittingly, early December when I began to contemplate my own mortality. There was always a vague awareness that nothing lasts forever, but I am descended from a family […]
Christmas in the Stars
Wednesday we can’t wait to escape the hum-drum daily routine, especially when Gemini Moon squares off with the dreamy escape artist Neptune. It’s easy to deceive ourselves under this aspect. […]
Pin-up: Kristen Minsky
Are you excited for Star Wars? Of course! Who’s your favorite Star Wars character? Chewie. What’s not to love? Which is your favorite episode? Episode 4 still feels like the […]
What Cheer Celebrates 16 Years This Weekend
It’s tough starting a small business no matter where you are. You have to deal with rent, cost of goods, paying employees, taxes and all sorts of other things. Sometimes […]
Mike D’s Top Tracks of December
1. Bad Bad Hats “Midway” I was turned on to Minneapolis’ Bad Bad Hats thankfully by my friend Will Noon (from the band fun. / Straylight Run). What separates Bad […]
Fête Feels the Rebirth Groove
Rebirth Brass Band has taken the streets of New Orleans, screen time on HBO’s “Treme” and a Grammy. On Wednesday, December 2, they took the stage at Fête Ballroom. When […]
Lunar Notes: What Will the Weekend Bring?
Thursday, December 17, the Moon floats through Pisces. With Moon in Pisces, folks are impressionable and sensitive. There’s a need to escape the harsh realities of life. Some folks do […]